Presented within are nine examples of the finest horror and supernatural literature ever written. Inspired by a series of dreams and nightmares, Helen Leys, writing under the pseudonym Eleanor Scott, crafted these stories of suspense and terror, atmosphere and dread, in 1929 – and never again wrote in this genre; Randalls Round has not been available in the UK since that year.Chilling tales of suspense, antiquity and sacrifice; spine-tingling stories of possession, ancestry, and ev...

Celui-Là by Eleanor Scott is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: "I don't for a moment expect you to take my advice," said Dr. Foster, looking shrewdly at his patient, "but I'll give it all the same. It's ...

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 ...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.“A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —EssenceIn 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to th...

The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public administration for several decades. Despite significant research, the process of collaboration can still be a fraught endeavour for practitioners. Nevertheless, agencies keep trying to work together because it is the only way to make progress on the biggest challenges facing public administrators. This Element reveals the deeply contingent nature of collaboration, rejecting the idea that collaboration ca...

"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Today her insightful critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the impact of women artists on contemporary art since the advent of the feminist movement.

In Making the Unknown Known, leading scholars throughout Texas explore the significant role women artists played in developing early Texas art from the nineteenth century through the latter part of the twentieth century. The biographies presented here allow readers to compare these women’s experiences across time as they negotiated the gendered expectations about artists in society at large and the Texas art community itself. Surveying the contributions women made to the visual ar...

An important, groundbreaking book--two decades in work--that tells the story of the unlikely but history-changing twenty-eight-year bond forged between Pauli Murray (granddaughter of a mulatto slave, who, against all odds, as a lesbian black woman, became a lawyer, civil rights pioneer, Episcopal priest, poet, and activist) and Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1948 and human rights internationalist) that critically shaped Eleanor Roosevelt's, and therefore FD...

The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. Contributors also highlight the broader issues associated with achieving equality in mental health, including conflicts between different forms of discrimination, t...

Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection!THE CAPTAIN CLAIMS HIS LADYBrides for Bachelorsby Annie Burrows(Regency)Shy and clumsy debutante Lizzie Hutton meets devastatingly handsome Captain Harry Bretherton, who takes a surprising interest in her! If only it weren’t ...

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christm...

The authors of After the Revolution return with an incisive study of the work of contemporary women artists.In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that "The battles may not all have been won . . . but barricades are gradually coming down, and work proceeds on all fronts in glorious profusion." Now, with The Reckoning, authors Heartney, Posner, Princenthal, and Scott bring into focus the accomplishments of 24 acclaimed international women artists b...