"We cannot get rid of mankind’s fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true. I give you a holy word: DISARM." –Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye DickAs the U.S. continues to simmer with violence, and mass-shootings continue to pile bodies into graves at an alarming rate, it’s time to take action.No more “thoughts and prayers.”No more fuzzy sentiments.No more excuses.No more bullshit.Disarm, a chari...

Discover an extraordinary collection of the world's most influential literary masterpieces in one remarkable volume.Explore "50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die Vol. 1," a carefully curated anthology celebrating the timeless works that have shaped literature, philosophy, history, and human thought across centuries. Featuring classics by many of the world's most celebrated authors, this collection offers an inspiring journey through some of the greatest books ever writte...

Unlock the World of Classic Literature with "50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die Vol. 2"!Dive into a collection of literary treasures that span centuries and genres, offering timeless stories and unforgettable characters. This carefully curated ebook features 50 must-read novels, each meticulously chosen to enrich your reading journey and broaden your literary horizons.Highlights Include:Engaging and Diverse Selection: From James J...

The moving story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald—washed up, alcoholic and ill—dedicated himself to devising a heartfelt course in literature for the woman he loved.In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born journalist, broke off her engagement, and until Fitzgerald had a fatal heart attack in her apartment in 1940, the two writers lived the fervid, sometimes ...

This book, newly updated, contains the complete novels and stories of Kate Chopin in the chronological order of their original publication.The Novels:At FaultThe AwakeningThe Short Stories:Emancipation: A Life FableWiser Than a GodWith the ViolinA Point at Issue!Miss Witherwell’s MistakeA HarbingerThe Maid of Saint PhillipeThe Going Away of L...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find the complete novels of Louis...

In this new edition of Janet Lewis’s classic short novel, The Wife of Martin Guerre, Swallow Press executive editor Kevin Haworth writes that Lewis’s story is “a short novel of astonishing depth and resonance, a sharply drawn historical tale that asks contemporary questions about identity and belonging, about men and women, and about an individual’s capacity to act within an inflexible system.” Originally published in 1941, The Wife of Martin Guerre has earned the respect...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This second volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Cha...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This first volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Cham...

Elizabeth Hardwick was one of America’s great postwar women of letters, celebrated as a novelist and as an essayist. Until now, however, her slim but remarkable achievement as a writer of short stories has remained largely hidden, with her work tucked away in the pages of the periodicals—such asPartisan Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Review of Books—in which it originally appeared. This first collection of Hardwick’s short fiction reveals her brilliance...

The first-ever collection of 50+ writings from the 20th-century critic who “redefined the possibilities of the literary essay”—including works not seen in print for decades (The New Yorker)Elizabeth Hardwick wrote during the golden age of the American literary essay. For Hardwick, the essay was an imaginative endeavor, a serious form, criticism worthy of the literature in question.In the essays collected here, she covers civil rights demonstrations...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This fifth volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, M. R. James, H...