First collected nearly a millennium ago, these folktales are presented as stories that the beautiful Scheherazade
tells her husband, King Shahryar, over 1001 consecutive nights. They include some of the best-known legends of eastern storytelling: "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor," ...
From master thriller writer Michael Crichton: Two imaginative masterpieces of speculative science, full of adventure
and larger-than-life characters. In Jurassic Park, scientists of today clone dinosaurs of the prehistoric past to serve as attractions in a modern theme park. When ...
The victim of betrayal by friends and an insidious plot to hide another's perfidy, innocent young
sailor Edmond Dantes is imprisoned for life at the island fortress of the Chateau d'If. After fourteen years, he makes a harrowing escape and works his ...
A landmark of world literature, The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante's travels through
Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly Beatrice, he learns the meaning of evil, ...
Chinese culture is rich with marvelous folklore, and this exquisitely designed collection draws on that
magnificent historical repository. It features more than 200 fables and tales chosen from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and other classic compendiums. Here are ...
Literary marvels and wonders await you in Classic Fantasy Stories, an anthology of the best
short fantasy fiction published in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book’s thirty selections run the gamut from the humorous fantasy of Edgar Allan ...
Classic Ghost Stories is a treasure trove of tales of ghosts and hauntings with 36
stories published in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book's distinguished lineup of writers includes Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, M. R. James, William ...
This cornucopia of thrills and chills features 25 of the finest English-language tales of the
uncanny and macabre. In addition to works by such stellar authors as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mary ...