This is the first and only reader to encompass the eclectic range representing the complete body of work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930): Sherlock Holmes tales, horror stories, nonfiction reporting, and, in its entirety, the apocalyptic novel "The Poison Belt."
One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detectvie story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems—"The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee"—remain among the most popular in American literature. Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like "The Purloined Letter," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," together with less-known masterpieces like "The Imp of the Perverse," "The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym," and "Ligeia," which is now recognized as one of the first science-fiction stories, a total of seventy-three tales in all, plus fifty-three poems and a generous sampling of Poe's essays, criticism and journalistic writings.
In this stunning collection of stories about mothers and daughters the world over, tales of pleasure and sadness, devotion and ambivalence, mix just as they do in real life. Ranging widely in time and place, the twenty-five stories here offer intriguing and moving perspectives on this complex and powerful bond. Authors include Margaret Atwood, Colette, Janet Frame, Zhang Jie, Sylvia Plath and Jeanette Winterson.
One of Cook's most successful—and timely—bestsellers. Contagion is a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium as a deadly epidemic is spread not merely by microbes—but by sabotage....
Het anders zo vredige plattelandsstadje Byron raakt in rep en roer als een vreemdeling, die zichzelf John Smith noemt, zich daar vestigt. Niemand kan voorkomen dat hij het hele dal opkoopt, zelfs niet de machtige familie Hurlingford, die tot op dat moment alle touwtjes in handen had. Missy Wright, de jongste van de drie ongehuwde dames die het statige huis Missalonghi bewonen, wordt nog het meest geraakt door de onverwachte ontwikkelingen. Noodgedwongen leidt zij een eenzaam en uiterst saai bestaan, maar de komst van John Smith maakt onvermoede gevoelens in haar wakker... Missy is een ontroerende liefdesgeschiedenis van de auteur van De Doornvogels.