Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years, bestselling author Jeffrey Archer's As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one man's rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With t...

The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUSThe conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A ve...

A cinematic audiobook with a haunting score and enhanced atmosphereEdgar Allan Poe wrote “The Masque of the Red Death” nearly 180 years ago, yet its narrative and characters continue to mystify and captivate. The short story is driven by Prince Prospero’s attempt to evade the “Red Death,” a fatal plague infecting his kingdom, by hiding in his abbey, where he indulges in pleasures and delights with other nobles. He soon finds out that no one can escape their end.Steven Arche...

Daily Bread is the Bible reading guide that aims to help you hear from God as you read the Bible. If you've ever asked the question, 'What possible relevance can this verse have for me today?' or 'What difference does this passage make to my life?' then read on...

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction—Complete 20 Volumes offers a sweeping conspectus of the modern novel and tale, tracing fiction's development from eighteenth-century satire and comic realism to psychological, historical, Gothic, romantic, and social forms. Its range extends from picaresque wit and domestic irony to supernatural terror, moral fable, realist portraiture, and expansive social critique, with landmark works such as novels of manners, historical romances, American sketches,...

'ÄúBeware The Silence'Äù offers a compelling exploration of the haunting theme of silence, approached from myriad angles with an exceptional range of literary styles. This anthology spans Gothic horror, eerie ghost stories, psychological unease, and speculative fiction. From the poetic subtleties found in whispers of the unseen to louder manifestations of horror, the collection ignites curiosity and fear. Standouts within the volume resonate with timeless relevance, astutely navigating eer...

The Horror Beyond Life's Edge: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales is an extraordinary anthology that plunges readers into the eerie and enigmatic realms that lie beyond the known world. The collection unearths a vast array of macabre classics and supernatural mysteries, penned by literary titans across centuries and continents. With its intricate tapestry of dark tales, this volume embodies the gothic allure and spectral fascination that have captivated readers thro...

In 'THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics', readers are offered a mesmerizing journey through the shadowed realms of the supernatural and macabre. This expansive collection covers a wide spectrum of literary styles including eerie gothic tales, mysterious spectral encounters, and horror classics that have shaped the genre. Each piece is a tribute to the craftsmanship of suspense and the uncanny, with standout narratives that envelop the reader in haunt...

The Nature of Grief is a provocative new study on the evolution of grief. Most literature on the topic regards grief either as a psychiatric disorder or illness to be cured. In contrast to this, John Archer shows that grief is a natural reaction to losses of many sorts, even to the death of a pet, and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology.This innovative new work will be required reading for developme...

A group of six colonists awake from cold sleep partway to their destination - everyone else is dead, the ships cannot be landed, and an electronic warfare attack has left something malicious behind in the ships' computers. The survivors try to find out what happened, but discover that the hostile code is much more dangerous and important than they originally imagined.

First published in 1963, The Irish in Britain tells the story of the many facets of the Irish migration and discusses some of its economic, demographic and social implications. The Irish in Britain have been the most substantial minority group in the British population since the 18th century. After the Great Famine, when more than a million left Ireland for England and America the impact of the Irish was strongly felt in the labour movement, in politics and especially in the then ...

First published in 1994, Male Violence examines male violence as the major source of human suffering from a wide range of perspectives. This book contains accessible contributions from a wide range of psychologists who have studied the many faces of male violence: in childhood and adulthood; on the street and in the home; towards men, women and children; and in its sexual and non-sexual forms. These varied topics, together with an emphasis on naturalistic rather than labo...