Erasmus' services to a new way of learning took various forms. He wrote school-books, bringing out his view that boys were kept too long over grammar, and ought to begin reading some good author as soon as possible. His own "Colloquies" were meant partly as models of colloquial Latin; the book was long a standard one in education. These lively dialogues are prose idylls with an ethical purpose,—the dramatic expression of the writer's views on the life of the day. Thus the dialogue between ...

Erasmus' services to a new way of learning took various forms. He wrote school-books, bringing out his view that boys were kept too long over grammar, and ought to begin reading some good author as soon as possible. His own "Colloquies" were meant partly as models of colloquial Latin; the book was long a standard one in education. These lively dialogues are prose idylls with an ethical purpose,—the dramatic expression of the writer's views on the life of the day. Thus the dialogue between ...

2087 is a hell of our own making. Modern problems left unchecked have created a society where greed, avarice, and apathy rule. Unfettered technology has brought time travel to the world, an activity reserved for the rich. A time regulation agency, TRA, is responsible for monitoring and organizing this new worldwide obsession. When jump team EC614 finds themselves stranded in 1815 Brussels, they will fight to survive in one of the bloodiest battles in European history. Marion Yarrington wil...

Some say the past has allowed us to hide.Such interpretations should be considered dangerous.Following the destruction of the Time Regulation Agency, subversive activities have increased across multiple regions worldwide.Former TRA personnel are suspected to have dispersed to Canada, Germany, the UK, and the Outlands. Their locations remain unverified. Dr. Jai Yang cannot be located, and this has become of great concern to the council.This level of instabilit...

Lawson’s life has fallen apart.With his marriage ending and his career in tatters, he retreats to the place where he once felt free. His family’s lake house in rural Alabama had always been a sanctuary.Quiet. Familiar. Uncomplicated.But he will soon find that lakes remember.What begins as a needed escape quickly turns into something far more unsettling. The water haunts his dreams. The nights are never quiet. And the past Lawson tried to outrun begins to rev...

The hallowed halls of Cahaba University have welcomed women of refinement and distinction since 1864. Nestled in a quaint, small town in the Alabama hills. We are proud to be known for our academics, travel, lifelong friendships, and the proud traditions of our Greek societies. Here, young women discover who they were always meant to become. Within our storied sororities, students find sisterhood, legacy, and a family that will shape the rest of their lives. Generations of Cahaba graduates...

The citizens of Salem suffer more than their fair share of life’s ills. Murder. Mayhem. Jealousy. Greed. But when a mysterious handmade Gun shows up on the scene, nothing will ever be the same. For this Gun has its own moral code. It will never fire to do evil, only to do good. As it tumbles in and out of the lives of ordinary citizens - junkies, clerks, cops, criminals, unfaithful husbands - they find their lives changed forever. Sometimes for the better; sometimes for worse.Born ...

Brought to you by Puffin.Why is Matilda worried about being on the naughty list?What happens when years after the creation of his original marvellous medicine George’s granddaughter Gigi decides to make her own potion?And how does Charlie plan to celebrate Christmas at the chocolate factory?A magical and hilarious short-story collection from 13 bestselling, much-loved storytellers. This is the perfect seasonal read...

"Readers who know Lovecraft's legacy mostly through turgid and tentacled Cthulhu Mythos pastiches will find this book a treasure trove of literary terrors." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Here are nineteen Lovecraftian stories—both new and rediscovered—that take their cues from the mythos of the iconic horror writer. Today's masters of supernatural thrills celebrate H. P. Lovecraft's oeuvre with tales of weird fiction and cosmic horror, collected by H...

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost stories.

Peter Krite is a cop; a cop with a problem. For eight years he has been drifting on a sea of uncertainty, a sea of guilt, a sea of hate. Drifting on that sea in a booze-fuelled haze, haunted by the slaughter of his wife and children, and the inability of the forces of law and order to bring their killers to justice.Now, despite the system’s lack of progress and his own loss of hope, there comes a shaft of light at the end of his tunnel. A message, delivered anonymously to his cell ...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Indian Lake trilogy: Three stories that uncover what's lurking just beyond your headlights . . .Take a road trip into your darkest nightmares with three stories from the modern master of horror and "one of the best writers working today" (NPR). Here, Bram Stoker Award–winning author Stephen Graham Jones gives evil an all-too-familiar face, whether it's the man from the dog shelter, a colleague at a work conv...