13 plays and dramatisations of the works of the influential playwright, novelist and essayist J. B. Priestley - plus bonus programmesJ. B. Priestley was one of Britain's most significant writers. His output was prodigious: in his lifetime, he penned 26 novels, 39 plays and hundreds of essays. He enjoyed great success on stage, notably with Dangerous Corner, Time and the Conways and An Inspector Calls, which experimented with narrative str...

This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts’ essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. The book examines the theoretical foundations, the historical and empirical evidence for policy formation, the policy levers and modelling, as well as the new policy challenges. The section Theoretical Foundations reviews population issues today, population theories, the population policies’ framewo...

The Giants of Literature: Series 2 gathers a capacious canon of Western writing, moving from the epic scale of antiquity to the psychological, social, fantastic, and naturalist concerns of the modern age. Its selections place heroic narrative beside realist fiction, Gothic speculation, detective intrigue, children's nonsense, regional tragedy, and tales of adventure. The volume's significance lies in this range: elemental quests, morally intricate domestic worlds, uncanny experiments, and ...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 5 contains the following 10 Masterpieces :Jude the Obscure - Thomas HardyKidnapped - Robert Louis StevensonLittle Women - Louisa May AlcottOthello - William ShakespeareThe Call of the Wild - Jack LondonThe Moonstone - Wilkie CollinsThe Rainbow - D. H. LawrenceThe Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)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.This book contains the following w...

The American Classics Collection – Volume One is an expansive and captivating anthology featuring more than forty novels, short stories, and poems by some of the most celebrated voices in American literature. This carefully curated volume brings together a rich diversity of styles and genres, showcasing the evolution of storytelling across generations. Readers will encounter the dark imagination of Edgar Allan Poe, the warmth and moral insight of Louisa May Alcott, and the bold, thought-pr...

50 Westerns - The Best Adventures, Gunfight Duels, Battles, Rider Trails & Legendary Outlaws surveys the Western as a capacious popular form: a literature of frontier passage, violence, labor, law, landscape, and contested legend. Its selection moves among swift gunfight narratives, outlaw tales, trail adventures, historical romances, detective-inflected episodes, and meditations on wilderness, ranging from plainspoken realism to sensational adventure and mythic fantasy. Battles, cattle dr...

50 WESTERNS (Vol. 1) is a meticulously curated anthology that showcases the rich tapestry of the American literary Western genre. This collection spans the gamut of iconic frontier narratives to lesser-known gems, highlighting the evolution and diversity of the genre. The anthology not only encapsulates classic elements of Western lore—vast landscapes, relentless pursuits, and moral battlegrounds—but also explores nuanced voices and complex themes offering a broad spectrum of styles from t...

The Outlaws of the Wild West: 150+ Westerns in One Edition surveys the Western as a capacious literary form, gathering frontier romances, outlaw tales, adventure narratives, cattle-country sagas, mining-camp sketches, and psychologically charged dramas. Across its immense range, the volume tests the shifting boundary between law and violence, civilization and wilderness, individual freedom and communal order. Canonical frontier myths stand beside brisk popular fiction and darker examinatio...

This book-collection file includes: Alcatraz, Black Jack, Bull Hunter, Gunman's Reckoning, Harrigan, The Night Horseman, The Rangeland Avenger, Riders of the Silences, Ronicky Doone, The Seventh Man, Trailin', The Untamed, and Way of the Lawless. According to Wikipedia: "Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today is primarily known by one, Max B...

Hours of great reading await, with Western tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (famous for Conan the Barbarian), and Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more!HIS KIND OF HELLION, by Johnston McCulleyTEXAS JOHN ALDEN, by Robert E. HowardTHE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, by Bret HarteTHIEVES OF BLACK ROCK DESERT, by Bill AnsonTHE RATTLER ROU...

The Andre Norton MEGAPACK® collects 15 classic works by the Grand Master of Science Fiction, ranging from science fiction to westerns to mystery. Included are:"The People of the Crater""The Gifts of Asti""Plague Ship""Star Born""All Cats Are Gray""The Time Traders""Voodoo Planet""Storm Over Warlock""Star Hunter""The Defiant Agents""Key Out of Time""Ralestone Luck" (historical)"Ride Proud, Rebel!" (h...