Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels, Vol. 1 is an essential introduction to the most imaginative, influential, and enduring works that shaped the landscape of 20th-century fantasy literature. This volume gathers a diverse selection of masterpieces—spanning high fantasy, gothic fiction, dark fantasy, mythic adventure, and supernatural tales—offering readers a rich exploration of how the genre evolved into one of the most important in modern storytelling. The collection opens with Gormenghas...

A collection of forty crime and thriller short stories, with all profits from the sale of this book to be donated to Hospice UK and Sophie's Appeal.Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds—a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place "By the Water?" What goes on behind "A Stranger's Eyes?" And what is so special about "Slow R...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Learn how to welcome new neighbors into your community, particularly when they might be far from home, in this uplifting and diverse picture book that champions human connection and inclusivity. After all, the world is everyone's home and we're one big family!When we see someone new in our neighborhood, how can we help them feel safe and loved and important?How can we tell them, you're...

If we do in fact “remember the Alamo,” it is largely thanks to one person who witnessed the final assault and survived: the commanding officer’s slave, a young man known simply as Joe. What Joe saw as the Alamo fell, recounted days later to the Texas Cabinet, has come down to us in records and newspaper reports. But who Joe was, where he came from, and what happened to him have all remained mysterious until now. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, authors Ron J. Jackson, Jr....

Millions of America’s youth dream of playing major league baseball or in a college bowl game on New Year’s Day. Growing up in Arkansas during the Great Depression, Ransom Jackson had no idea that one day he would not only play in back-to-back Cotton Bowls for two different colleges—the first and only player to do so—but that he would also become known as “Handsome Ransom,” all-star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. He was in Chicago in 1953 when Ernie Banks became the first African Ameri...

This volume includes 21 Classic Western Stories by American authors:A DAUGHTER OF RAASAY BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEBLAZED TRAIL STORIES BY STEWART EDWARD WHITETHE SHORT CUT BY JACKSON GREGORYWINNING THE WILDERNESS BY MARGARET HILL McCARTERJUDITH OF BLUE LAKE RANCH BY JACKSON GREGORYTHE BONDBOY BY G. W. OGDENTHE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE BY FRANK H. SPEARMANCLAIM NUMBER ONE BY G. W. OGDENTHE RANCHMAN BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER

“Johnson takes a big gamble by telling such a complex tale invoking every genre imaginable while juggling distinct and deep characterizations. The bet pays off, resulting in a story that will be popular with book clubs and fun to discuss.” —Associated PressNew York City, New Year’s weekend, 2001. Jillian Guthrie, a troubled young journalist, stumbles onto a tantalizing mystery: the same man, unaged, stands alongside Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gandhi ...

This collection includes classic works on the history of Rome from its foundation to the collapse of the empire into Western and Eastern:Julius Caesar:The Gallic WarsThe Civil WarTacitus:The HistoriesThe AnnalsAppian:Roman HistoryThe Civil WarsEdward Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireTheodor Mommsen: The History of Rome

This audiobook is narrated using AI-generated voice technology. Fiat Money Inflation in France is a sharp, document-driven warning drawn from the French Revolution's most famous monetary experiment: the rise and collapse of the assignats—paper money issued in massive quantities and backed by confiscated lands. Andrew Dickson White follows the story step by step: the initial political promise, the early "temporary" issues, the pressure to print more, the surge in prices, the growth of specu...

This fantastic title in the Nature Storybooks series is about one of Australia's most puzzling and unique animals - the platypus.Platypus leaves his burrow in the riverbank and dives into the cool green pool. It is dusk and he is hungry. Platypus is always busy, always moving, looking for his next meal. Follow platypus as he plays, swims, dives and scurries around his riverbank home.

In our universe, Ponce de León is remembered for his fruitless search for the mythical fountain of youth. But, in an alternate universe, his quest found something very different—and very dangerous. After his return to Spain, bizarre rumors flew about what he had found there, and what had come back with him.Eighty-five years later, Spain sent a fleet of ships against England. The English were confident that they could repel the threat—but England's fleet was annihilated by weapons s...

The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-19th century.They call themselves the Stolen. Their owners call them captives. They are taught their captors’ tongues and their beliefs but they have a language and rituals all their own.In a world that would be allegorical if it weren’t saturated in h...