Winged Victory is a 1934 novel by English World War I fighter pilot Victor Maslin Yeates that is widely regarded as a classic description of aerial combat and the futility of war.The novel concerns World War I, the existence pilots lead and the fear involved in flying early biplanes. Its protagonist, Tom Cundall, plans to leave the Royal Air Force when his service is up and live on a West Country farm with his friends. However, by the time he is due to leave the Air Force, all his f...

‘The greatest novel of war in the air.’ - The Daily MailFrance, 1914.The war on the land is taking to the skies.Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane.But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to question the war, and what, or who, he is fighting for.There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914-1918, based very largely on the author’s experie...

Experience the chilling combat of World War I from inside an early biplane in this classic novel, by a pilot who lived through the war himself.France, 1914. The war on the land is taking to the skies . . .Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane. But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to question the war, and what, or who, he is fighting for.There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in t...

The war on the land is taking to the skies.Pilot Tom Cundall is ready to take on the enemy in his trusty Camel fighter plane. But as he sees more and more planes shot down in flames, he begins to question the war, and what, or who, he is fighting for.There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 1914–1918, based very largely on the author's experiences.Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitem...

Recognized as the definitive reference and text on the relationship between brain health and behavior in children and adolescents, this volume is now in a third edition with 75% new material, including major updates throughout and numerous new chapters. Leading experts provide a neuropsychological perspective on medical, neurological, genetic, and developmental disorders that are frequently seen in clinical practice. The volume examines the impact of each condition on the ...

A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, neg...

The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays is a rich tapestry of early 20th-century drama, capturing the zeitgeist of an era defined by cultural upheaval and artistic innovation. This remarkable collection encompasses a wide range of literary styles, from the symbolic and allegorical to naturalism and realism, offering readers an expansive view of modern drama's evolution. Within these pages, the anthology presents a compelling mix of transformative narratives that not only entertain but also revea...

Santa's Christmas Library gathers more than four hundred seasonal narratives, poems, carols, legends, and illustrated selections into a capacious archive of Christmas writing. Moving from folktale and devotional verse to domestic realism, fantasy, satire, and moral fable, the volume traces the holiday's literary transformations across languages and centuries. Canonical Christmas narratives stand beside fairy tales, hymns, children's literature, and lesser-known period pieces, while such la...

Classic stories of occult fiction by Dion Fortune, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Marie Corelli, R. W. Chambers, and more.These are the authors and tales that inspired modern masters like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Nic Pizzolatto—edited and introduced by leading occult author and scholar Judika Illes. These powerfully evocative stories—some of which have been forgotten over the years, like buried treasure—will thrill and chill reade...

#DarkAcademia Classics Collection gathers fiction, essays, fantasy, social satire, psychological study, and modernist experiment around the dark-academic preoccupations of learning, ambition, secrecy, beauty, moral compromise, and intellectual unrest. Its range moves from late-Victorian romance and realism through Edwardian wit to the fractured sensibilities of modernism. Particularly arresting are the collection's treatments of cloistered aspiration, aesthetic obsession, and the unsettlin...

Embroidery Enthusiast's Library: 16 Must-Read Books gathers a remarkably wide field of writing on needlework: practical instruction, household guidance, design criticism, historical survey, aesthetic reflection, and literary evocation. Rather than treating embroidery as a merely ornamental pastime, the volume situates it within the material culture of dress, interiors, education, collecting, and women's artistic labor. Its range—from usable techniques and patterns to accounts of textile tr...

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way… Christmas is here, and so are we with our biggest ever Christmas basket. There's something for everyone - novels, short stories, poems, and carols - for a cozy and wonderful holiday enjoyment. So grab a cup of coffee and soak into the spirit of festive cheer with our "The Big Christmas Basket": Novels: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) Little Lord Fau...