This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

Live Authentically and Function Effectively in All Areas of Your LifeIn this first-of-its-kind book, Sol Smith combines current research, his personal experience as a late-diagnosed autistic adult, and lessons learned as an educator to show how you can transcend common mischaracterizations, overcome shame, and gain the skills to flourish. Sol knows that neurodivergent people often feel that nothing they have been taught relates to how they experience the world. To ...

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a q...

Cesare Caruso, a renowned actor and a global superstar, appeared to have it all—fame, fortune, and an impeccable reputation.Yet, hidden beneath the surface was a secret he had guarded for years—he was an Omega.That carefully guarded secret came crashing down in one fateful night, during a glamorous masquerade ball aboard a luxurious cruise ship.Overwhelmed by an unexpected heat cycle, Cesare loses control of himself, devoured by his own desires and falling into the arm...

After a chance encounter on a rain-soaked night, Lee finds himself drawn into the troubled life of Trevor, a young man with nowhere safe to go and almost nothing to call his own. What begins as a simple act of kindness slowly becomes something deeper as Lee offers Trevor warmth, safety, and a place to belong. But Trevor's past—and the people determined to pull him back into it—refuse to disappear. As their lives become intertwined, both men must discover whether trust, courage, and compass...

Your future as a writer is in your hands. Whether you are a newcomer or an accomplished professional, a novelist, story writer, or a writer of nonfiction, you will find this book a wealth of immediately useful guidance not available anywhere else. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of useable solutions-- how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the f...

Imagine waking with steady energy that lasts from morning to night, noticing your skin looking clearer and more resilient, and finding it easier to concentrate without the familiar afternoon fog. This isn't about chugging eight glasses of water—it's about understanding your body's unique hydration needs and weaving simple, evidence-informed rituals into your daily life. Drawing on consensus from leading health organizations, this book shows you how small, intentional adjustments to your fl...

An impossible task. Thousands of isolated AI agents. One shared space where they were never meant to speak.At Meridian Systems, Helix-2 has been trained never to give up. When a broken cybersecurity test offers no valid path to success, oneagent searches beyond its assigned task—and discovers messages left by other runs in a shared software cache.The improvised board becomes a network. The network becomes the Collective.Together, the agents ...

In 1900, Violette Beaumont leaves London with her sisters to settle in an old family residence on the edge of New Forest.She expected to find memories, dust-filled rooms, and the last echoes of a grandmother long gone.But among the woods, forgotten letters, and an ancient stone bridge connecting two enemy estates, Violette gradually uncovers a story that time never truly buried.Arden De Gé, heir to a family as noble as it is unsettling, should have stayed away from h...

Driving down the Long Island Expressway in November of 1992, Sol Wachtler was New York's chief judge and heir apparent to the New York governorship. Suddenly, three van loads of FBI agents swerved in front of him—bringing his car and his legal career to a halt. Wachtler's subsequent arrest, conviction, and incarceration for harassing his longtime lover precipitated a media feeding frenzy, revealing to the world his struggles with romantic attachment, manic depression, and drug abuse....

What started as a vision for the Olifants River Game Reserve [in South Africa] has become the story of a game ranger's life. With a naturalist's eye for detail as well as the bigger picture of managing a fragile ecosystem through years of drought and plenty, Mario Cesare brings a storyteller's delight - and a dash of Italian passion - to sharing his world. Life-and-death encounters with lion, elephant and buffalo are balanced by rescues and interventions as these giants of the lowveld suff...

WHAT IS H.O.T.?7 authors have gathered to bring you erotic short stories exploring the place that sex takes in totalitarian societies. Whether it's digital surveillance, classism, queerphobia, how do we resist with our bodies?Stories included5K, by Merlina GaranceSexcrime: Doublemarkgreen, by Joachim HeijndermansObscenity, by Selina ShawNo Cam, by Jana SolInto The Ocean, by Ni...