This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Gilded Age The Prince and the Pauper A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The American Claimant Tom Sawyer Abroad Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Pudd'nhead Wilson Tom Sawyer, Detective A Horse's Tale The Mysterious Stranger Novelettes A Double Barrelled Detective Story Those Extraordinary...

Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this fast-paced tragedy of guilt and retribution, in which the power of human beings to control their own destiny is called into question.The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth, his wife, to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough as he desperately attempts to eliminate all who might threaten his ill-gotten p...

Included --- 1. A Ghost Stories, by Mark Twain 2. August Heat, by W. F. Harvey 3. Berenice, by Edgar Allan Poe 4. Casting the Runes, by M. R. James 5. Caterpillars, by E. F. Benson 6. Celui-Là, by Eleanor Scott 7. Circumstance, by Harriet Prescott Spofford 8. Consequences by E. M. Delafield 9. Count Magnus, by M. R. James 10. Fear, by Achmed Abdullah 11. Fishhead, by Irvin S. Cobb 12. Gabriel-Ernest, by Saki 13. His Unconquerable Enemy, by W. C. Morrow 14. In the Penal Colony (Part 1), by ...

This collection contains eight of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. Each exhibits the vigour, humour, and optimism of the young master before he turned to the gloom and bitterness of the great tragedies.ContentsA Midsummer Night’s DreamAll’s Well That Ends WellTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingThe Comedy of ErrorsAs You Like ItMeasure for MeasureThe M...

Library of Masterpieces—100 Books to Read in a Lifetime offers an ambitious cross-cultural canon of enduring literature, philosophy, drama, and narrative art. Moving from classical epic, tragedy, and political thought to the novel, Gothic romance, detective fiction, modernist experiment, children's literature, and existential reflection, it reveals how literary forms continually remake questions of power, desire, faith, justice, memory, and freedom. Monumental epics, psychologically intric...

In this new short biography of Ulysses S. Grant, leading scholars provide an accessible introduction to Grant and his legacy. Grant led Federal forces to victory in the Civil War, was the first modern American president, and authored his memoirs, which would eventually become one of the greatest books of nonfiction by an American author.The authors present a thematic exploration of Grant, providing the necessary insight to appreciate Grant and correct the myths that for too long cl...

Winner, 2018 CASETA Publication Award, sponsored by the Center for Advancement and Study of Early Texas ArtRichard Stout’s legacy as an artist is broad, deep, and firmly moored to his Texas Gulf Coast origins. Born in Beaumont in 1934, he has been painting, sculpting, and teaching in Houston since 1957, in the process creating both an influential body of work and a committed national and international following among artists and collectors.Stout’s expressionist oeuvre, poss...

This collection contains the following works:Medea by SophoclesAntigone by SophoclesAgamemnon by AeschylusEumenides by AeschylusThe Choephori by AeschylusThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Macbeth by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shake...

Enjoy this meticulously edited SF Collection, jam-packed with space adventures, dystopian apocalyptic tales and the greatest sci-fi classics: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 20.000 Leagues under the Sea The Mysterious Island… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Last Man Edgar Wallace: Planetoid 127 The Green Rust… Otis Adelbert Kline: The Venus Trilogy The Mars Series Malcolm James...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?Ethics Beyond War’s End provides answers to these questions from the just war tradition. Just war thinking ...

The Greatest Christmas Tales & Poems is a remarkable anthology that celebrates the rich tapestry of Yuletide narratives and poetic enchantments. This collection encompasses an astonishing variety of literary styles, from the heartwarming prose of Victorian classics to the whimsical charm of fairy tales and the contemplative musings of revered poets. With standout pieces capturing the essence of Christmas spirit, the anthology deftly traverses themes of generosity, redemption, and festivity...