SINCE you request that our correspondence should be out of the beaten track, be it so. My retirement from the world will naturally give an air of peculiarity to my sentiments, which perhaps may entertain where it does not convince. In justice to myself, let me observe, that truth sometimes does not strike us without the assistance of custom; but so great is the force of custom, that, unassisted by truth, it has worked the greatest miracles. Need I bring for proof the quantity of nonsense i...

The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented include Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more.The western tales are:“A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail,” by Johnston McCulley“Sixguns to Bowie,” by Robert J. Hogan“The Drive,” by Clarence E. Mulford“Thieves of...

Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States’ histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism?Slavery’s Descendants brin...

Nocturnal Creatures gathers ten foundational studies of bats and their ecology, tracing the transformation of chiropteran scholarship from descriptive natural history to ecological interpretation. Across field observations, taxonomic inquiry, distributional records, and analyses of behavior and habitat, the volume reveals bats as crucial subjects for understanding adaptation, biodiversity, and nocturnal environments. Its varied scientific styles—careful species accounts, regional surveys, ...

Espionage, Intrigue, Secrets, Lies. Welcome to the world of Spyfunk!, a collection of spy tales that put characters of African/African Diaspora descent front and center. These exciting stories follow the rules and break them, ranging from range from conventional to extraordinary, the past to the future, and from reality to fantasy. Spyfunk! has the package, and it's more than ready to deliver! With stories by John F. Allen, Eugen Bacon, Jeff Carroll, Milton J. Davis, Keith Gaston, Joe Hill...

Welcome to the Essential Western Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about deadly shootouts, gunslingers seeking revenge, love stories with beautiful women, in peril, and of course, cowboys and their trusty steeds.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Western fiction.This book contains the following novels:- The Outlet by Andy Adams.- Starr, of the Deser...

THE SPELL HAS BEGUN gathers more than 550 supernatural mysteries, macabre tales, and horror classics into an expansive map of the uncanny. Ranging from Gothic romance, ghost story, and sensation fiction to decadent nightmare, psychological terror, occult speculation, and early weird fiction, the volume traces how dread assumes domestic, historical, comic, and cosmic forms. Canonical landmarks of haunted houses, revenants, cursed objects, doubles, vampiric visitations, and forbidden knowled...

The nuclear storm that swept the globe has left behind the Deathlands, a legacy of hate and violence. Pockets of survivors live off the ravaged land or on stockpiles found in redoubts. But from out of the ashes, a fearless man spearheads the drive to pierce the heart of darkness...The gateways are secret installations from pre-dark days used by Ryan Cawdor and his group as escape routes. Once again the warrior survivalists emerge from a jump and into a world—and empire fallen—ruled...

Two centuries after Armageddon, the eternal battle between order and chaos continues. Pockets of fortified city states are ruled by powerful barons, plenipotentiaries of humanity's secret enslavers. Half human hybrids, these inheritors carry out an ages-old conspiracy of mankind's domination. But there are those who fight this insidious horror.A renegade enforcer of the new order, Kane is now a freedom fighter dedicated with fellow insurrectionists to free the future from the yoke ...

STRANGE STRANGE THINGS gathers more than 550 supernatural mysteries, macabre tales, and horror classics into an expansive map of the uncanny. Spanning Gothic romance, ghost story, occult fiction, psychological terror, sensation narrative, satire, scientific fantasy, and weird fiction, the volume traces the genre's transformations from early Gothicism to modern cosmic dread. Haunted houses, revenants, doubles, cursed objects, spectral investigations, and inexplicable visitations recur, whil...

This volume includes 16 Classic Western Romance Stories by American authors: THE GIRL FROM MONTANA BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL THE MAN OF THE DESERT BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL RIDGWAY OF MONTANA BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE A DAUGHTER OF THE DONS BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE A TEXAS RANGER BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT BY ZANE GREY RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE BY ZANE GR...

The dark frontier of the twenty-second century is lawless and oppressive, but humanity is slowly beginning to carve out new beginnings in the midst of this brutal, nuke-altered world. In pockets of civilization called villes, peace and hope start to flourish. But law and order invite what's evil and corrupt....Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists are guests of a powerful Tennessee baroness and her mysterious adviser at her ville on what was once the mighty Mississippi. ...