A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told.In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stal...

A gritty, inspiring, heart-wrenching memoir by the Academy Award-winning legend and icon Sylvester Stallone, about his unlikely path to stardom and the creation of the greatest underdog story ever told.In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stal...

A hunchbacked boy of fifteen builds a man of iron that walks, driven by a steam boiler in its chest, and hitches it to a wagon for the prairies. Ellis was an Ohio schoolteacher who sold his first dime novel at twenty and never stopped, writing hundreds under a dozen names; this 1868 story is the first science fiction the American mass market produced, and every robot since is downstream of it.

The Spine-Chilling Tales for Halloween surveys the Gothic imagination from its Romantic origins to the weird fiction of the early twentieth century. Its stories range from graveyard reverie, spectral visitation, and ancestral curse to psychological terror, scientific transgression, maritime dread, and cosmic horror. Alongside familiar vampire, phantom, and doubles narratives, the volume offers unsettling excursions into decaying houses, forbidden manuscripts, and malign landscapes, making ...

The touching tale of an unexpected friendship in the face of overwhelming oddsBlair Robertson has a powerful gift: He is a great talker. When he speaks, other kids listen. And he really loves to speak. One of his favorite subjects is his native land, the new United States of America. When Hal, a British orphan, passes by Blair and his friends, Blair yells, "Down with the British!" and compels his friends to toss poor Hal off the dock and into the water. Little to Bl...

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: H. P. Lovecraft: The Tomb The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House Bram Stoker: Dracula The Dualists Edgar Allan Poe: The Cask of Amontillado The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Premature Burial Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Evil Eye Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror William Hope Hodgson: The Ghost Pirates The Night Land Algernon Blackwood: The Willows The Wendigo A ...

Personal stories from entertainers, athletes, and other successful people on how they overcame setbacks—and advice on how you can, too.What makes the difference between the desire for success and real success? Learn from some of the world's most successful people—including Mark Cuban, Sylvester Stallone, Bill O'Reilly, Montel Williams, Stevie Nicks, Snoop Dogg, Gloria Gaynor, Randy Couture and others, in this unique collection of stories and advice.They may...

Journeys Through Bookland gathers a wide-ranging treasury of classic literature for young readers, pairing great stories, memorable poetry, adventure, humor, patriotism, and moral reflection with vivid illustrations and a strong educational purpose. In this volume, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is introduced through a vivid biographical portrait of Swift himself: a brilliant, sharp-tongued, politically influential writer and churchman whose difficult childhood, uneven education, and ...

Journeys Through Bookland opens as more than a collection of stories: it is a carefully graded reading journey meant to guide children, parents, and teachers through the world's great literature. From nursery rhymes and fairy tales to myths, biography, history, poetry, and drama, the ten-volume set is arranged to build appreciation, understanding, character, and school learning step by step. Richly supported with pictures, notes, pronunciations, introductory sketches, biographies, contents...

This anthology opens the door to classic literature for young readers, weaving together poetry, stories, and nature writing in a lively, illustrated guide to literary appreciation. From Wordsworth's radiant "The Daffodils" and Burns's tender, witty, and defiant poems to Scott's Highland song and Irving's comic Alhambra feud, it introduces beauty, courage, memory, and rhythm as pleasures to be heard as well as read. Clear commentary helps children understand meter, rhyme, and poetic feet, m...

This lively reader gathers stirring historical narratives, patriotic verse, adventure tales, and classic literary selections by Poe, Irving, Browning, Burns, Lamb, Shakespeare, and others, creating a guided tour through world literature for young readers. Framed by illustrations and study aids, it invites close reading while celebrating courage, exploration, conflict, imagination, and wit. The selections range from the perilous river flight of "Ringrose and His Buccaneers," where pirates a...

This volume of Journeys Through Bookland gathers a rich treasury of children's classics, moving from nursery verse and fairy tales to legends and adventure tales that have delighted readers for generations. With vivid illustrations and carefully chosen selections, it invites young readers into worlds of imagination, moral reflection, and enduring storytelling, from the comic wonder of Alice in Wonderland to the heroic and adventurous spirit of Robinson Crusoe, Beowulf, Robin Hood, Aladdin,...