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.

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.

BASED ON A TRUE STORYLEAVE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. STEP INTO EVERYTHING YOU'RE MEANT TO BECOME.At nineteen, Matt boards a train and leaves Salem behind. He has a job waiting in Seattle, a dream he can't ignore, and no idea how profoundly this one decision will change the course of his life. In the City of Seven Hills, he finds more than a career he finds a world. At the Dilettante, a little chocolate shop with a big heart, Matt discovers creat...

Fu Shen and Yan Xiaohan have barely savored their first taste of wedded bliss before Yan Xiaohan is sent on a mission south, leaving Fu Shen alone in the capital. When a sudden storm drives Yan Xiaohan's party into the shelter of a mysterious temple, he is thrust into unexpected peril, with Fu Shen too far away to help.Meanwhile, Fu Shen's absence from the northern battlefields has given the Zhou Empire's enemies a tempting opportunity. Once again facing the prospect of war, Fu Shen must d...

When your body becomes evidence, escape becomes strategyMackenzie Williams never expected to need an escape plan. She has money, dual citizenship, a private plane, and options most women don’t. But when she discovers she’s pregnant, none of it changes one fact: the reproductive care she needs is illegal in the United States. A legitimate business trip to Portugal gives her cover, but getting there without exposing the real reason for the trip is another matter....

CONTENTS H. W. COLLINGWOOD 1. Indian Pete's Christmas Gift HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 2. The Fir-Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 3. The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 4. The Little Match Girl HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 5. Betty's Bright Idea HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 6. Christmas In Poganuc HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 7. Christmas; or, The Good Fairy HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 8. The First Christmas of New England HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 9. Christmas Bells HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 10. T...

NEW EXPANDED EDITION!!I was six when Darcy Patrick moved next door.By the time we were eight, we were best friends.At fifteen, I gave a classmate a black eye for calling her names.At sixteen, she talked me through asking my crush to prom.I helped her get over her first heartbreak at nineteen.Two years later, she returned the favor.It wasn’t until I was twenty-nine I realized I loved her.

This book explores the phenomenon of V-Cinema, founded in Japan in 1989 as a distribution system for direct-to-video movies which film companies began making having failed to recoup their investment in big budget films. It examines how studios and directors worked quickly to capitalize on niche markets or upcoming and current trends, and how as a result this period of history in Japanese cinema was an exceptionally diverse and vibrant film scene. It highlights how, although the V-Cinema in...

Success. Wealth. Power.Franklin Benedict left his three sons a legacy and an empire, and the brothers are now at the helm of one the most powerful shipping corporations in the world. Though they were raised as southern gentlemen, they have no problem living up to the playboy label they’ve been given.Secrets. Lies. Betrayal.But their father left behind something else. Something he thought long buried in the dark corners and the ever churning tide of the Charleston lo...

Success. Wealth. Power.Franklin Benedict left his three sons a legacy and an empire, and the brothers are now at the helm of one the most powerful shipping corporations in the world. Though they were raised as southern gentlemen, they have no problem living up to the playboy label they’ve been given.Secrets. Lies. Betrayal.But their father left behind something else. Something he thought long buried in the dark corners and the ever churning tide of the Charleston lo...

Millions of years ago, a small dinosaur slips and scrambles, before sinking into the earth. Her bones lie under the soil, slowly transforming into something wonderful. Then, one day, a miner spies a shimmer of blue and green.The Opal Dinosaur explores the amazing discovery of rare opalised bones. Follow the journey as the bones are found, forgotten and then finally identified as an exciting new dinosaur species.Reading level varies from child to child, but we recom...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!