Teaching can be a highly satisfying profession, but it can also be overwhelming. Stress management. Self-care. Mental well-being. Mindfulness. These words have become all too familiar, but what do they actually mean for you? And how can they help without adding to your to-do list?All teachers have different experiences and different needs. Through stories by diverse educators, this professional resource invites you to try different wellness strategies, explore varying perspectives,...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English novelist, writer, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895, Kim, 1901, as well as, many well-known short stories and poems. The three poems include "Sussex," read by Stanley Morrison; "If," by GH Hendricksen; and "Gunga Din" by Paul Lahnerd.

Collection containing a selection of 20 mystery and detective stories written by 6 famous authors, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Egerton Castle, Stanley J. Weyman, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson.

As I came through the Desert thus it was – As I came through the Desert. The City of Dreadful Night.

This file includes: The Bronze Hand, The Chief Legatee, The Circular Study, The Golden Slipper, The House in the Mist, The Leavenworth Case, The Mill Mystery, The Millionaire Baby, The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, The Old Stone House and Other Stories, A Strange Disappearance, and That Affair Next Door. According to Wikipedia: "Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and disti...

This file includes the following classic mysteries: The Man in Lower Ten (1906), The Circular Staircase (1908), When a Man Marries (1910), Where There's a Will (1912), The Case of Jennie Brice (1913), The Street of Seven Stars (1914), The After House (1914), K (1915), Long Live the King (1917), The Amazing Interlude (1918), Dangerous Days (1919), Love Stories (1919), A Poor Wise Man (1920), The Bat (1920), The Confession (1921), Sight Unseen (1921), The Breaking Point (1922). According to ...

James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books -- including the Ellery Queen Jr. series -- but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most unusual...and fun!This MEGAPACK™ collects all the "Library Fuzz" tales, plus several that feature ...

Richard Deming (1915-1983) wrote prolifically for magazines (more than 200 short stories) as well as for major book publishers (more than two dozen novels, ranging from original crime novels to media tie-ins (Dragnet and The Mod Squad) to even a pseudonymous nautical series involving submarines. He was a meticulous professional who never disappointed readers.Included here are 15 of his best crime tales, including:THE ART OF DEDUCTIONTHE CLOCK IS CUCKOOSAY IT W...

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading pleasure.THE LENTON CROFT ROBBERIE...

In the six volumes of the Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the first volume, we find stories written by American authors.

The Father Brown stories penned in the early 1900s by British critic-novelist-philosopher G.K. Chesterton still rank among the best examples of the detective fiction genre.With his round face, pipe and umbrella, the shambling priest Father Brown is an unlikely detective—yet his innocent air hides a razor-sharp understanding of the criminal mind.When G.K. Chesterton first published his first Father Brown mystery, readers must have been shocked to s...

Here for your reading delectation, are 25 outre tales of crime. Since history has proven that there is nothing unusual or unexpected about the human (or inhuman) drive to break the law, it should come as no surprise that the weird, the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain odd often, in fictional form, manifest themselves allayed to the criminal element. Included are:INTRODUCTION, by Shawn GarrettTHE WINDOW OF HORRORS, by H.L. MenckenTHE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIR...