The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections is the autobiography of Ellen Terry, a prominent English actress known for her extraordinary contributions to the theater during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this engaging narrative, Terry recounts her experiences from her childhood in a theatrical family to her rise as one of the most celebrated actresses of her time. Through vivid recollections, she shares anecdotes from her personal life, insights into her relationships w...

There is no need to enlarge here upon the vogue which the Russian Ballet, or rather that company of dancers which has become familiar outside its own country under that title, has achieved in England, France, Germany, and America. Sufficient testimony to that is provided by the appearance of this book, which seeks to present a souvenir of the performances with which so many spectators have been delighted. It may be interesting, however, to sketch briefly the history of the ballet as a form...

20 fairy tales hauntingly reimagined by some of today's finest sci-fi and fantasy authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, and more.Once upon a time, all our cherished dreams began with the words once upon a time. This is the phrase that opened our favorite tales of princes and spells and magical adventures. World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling understand the power of beloved stories—and in Black Hear...

Dark and decidedly grown-up stories inspired by fairy tales—from New York Times bestsellers Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Susanna Clarke, and more.This collection from World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling proves that fairy tales don't have to be for little children and that happily ever after doesn't necessarily mean forever. Here, the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White,...

A dangerously seductive collection of tales that—like the sirens themselves—are impossible to resistSensuality mingles with fantasy in this sultry anthology starring fairies, sphinxes, werewolves, and other beings by masterful storytellers including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, and more. Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers features a vampire who falls in love with her human prey, an updated Red Riding Hood fantasy, an unsuspecting y...

Travel to future worlds where teens live in the wake of catastrophic disasters in this anthology featuring nineteen stories from YA and adult authors."Engrossing. . . .Fans of the genre will naturally gravitate toward After and find much to enjoy. Others may simply be attracted to the names Jane Yolen, Garth Nix, Gregory Maguire, Beth Revis, Cecil Castellucci, and Carrie Ryan; even if they come for their favorite...

Award-winning and New York Times –bestselling authors adapt classic fairy tales into their own fantastical visions in this short story collection.Mistreated by her stepfamily, a young woman with a kind heart learns that, when it comes to love, size doesn't matter in Jane Yolen's "Cinder Elephant."Feeling hurt and betrayed by the woman they cared for when she ran off with a prince, "The Seven Stage a Comeback" by e...

Classic fairy tale villains get to share their sides of the story in this collection from the multi-award-winning anthologists.In a bookshop in rural Maine, a good for nothing, unambitious young man finds his calling, in Delia Sherman's "Wizard's Apprentice."A wife's giant confronts a mischievous thief who dares to invade her home in Peter S. Beagle's "Up the Down Beanstalk: A Wife Remembers."Garth Nix te...

The multi-award-winning anthologists present a story collection of modern interpretations of classic fairy tales.Lonely and withdrawn since her father's death, "The Girl in the Attic" finds love and understanding where she least expects it in Lois Metzger's poignant reimagining of "Rapunzel."A young woman marries her neighbor to save her family from poverty—only to encounter her husband's dark "Chambers of the Heart"—in this tale of "Bluebeard" from Nina Ki...

Along with historical narrative, hear rare recordings of some of the most people in history, including Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, William Howard Taft, James Whitcomb Riley, O. Henry, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Theodore Roosevelt, Ellen Terry, King George V, and Amelia Earhart. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.

This Gaslamp Fantasy anthology features all-new stories set in a magical Victorian Era, with entries from Jeffrey Ford, Tanith Lee, and others.Renowned anthologist Ellen Datlow draws together some of today's most exciting historical fantasy authors for a bewitching journey into Victorian England. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells presents eighteen original stories ranging from steampunk adventures to Jane Austen-inspired works that some critics call Fantasy ...

Historical recordings of actors from the beginning of the recording era. CD 1: Historical Shakespeare performances by Ainley, John Barrymore, Bourchier, Casson, Forbes-Robertson, John Geilgud (1920s and 1940s). CD 2: A miscellany. Some startling historical performances in a wide range of works from Edith Evans, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward, Sarah Bernhardt, Fred Terry, Laurel and Hardy, Edwin Booth, Bransby Williams, Jean Cocteau, Feodor Chaliapin and others.