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The Good, The Bad, & The Uncanny

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Gunslingers. Lawmen. Snake-oil Salesmen. Cowboys. Mad Scientists. And a few monsters.The Old West has never been wilder!THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNCANNY presents sixteen original and never-before-published adventures by some of today' s most visionary writers who have spun wildly offbeat tales of gunmen, lawmen, magic, and weird science.Saddle up with Josh Malerman, Scott Sigler, Keith DeCandido, Cullen Bunn, R.S. Belcher, Greg Cox, Jeffrey Mariotte, Laura Anne Gilman, Aaron Rosenberg, Maurice Broaddus, John G. Hartness, Carrie Harris, James A. Moore, Marguerite Reed, C. Edward Sellner, Carrie Harris, and Jennifer Brody! These tales twist the American West into a place of darkness, shadows, sudden death, terror in the night, bold heroism, devious magic, and shocking violence.Each story blazes a new trail through very strange territory – discovering weird science, ancient evil, mythic creatures, and lightning-fast action.Edited by Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of GHOSTWALKERS: A DEADLANDS NOVEL, the Joe Ledger Thrillers, V-WARS, and KAGEN THE DAMNED.

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue #19

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The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty-one fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"Bump in the Night" by Kevin J. Anderson"Holding Out for a Hero" by Christina F. York"A Father's Daughter" by Lisa Silverthorne"Bones" by Rob Vagle"You Know We've Got a Hell of a Band" by David H. Hendrickson"No. 40 Basin Street" by O'Neil De Noux"Duck" by Ray Vukcevich"Creative Constructions, Inc." by Kent Patterson"The Last Lonely Day in the Orchard of Lost Travelers" by Scott Edelman"One Wild Night" by Adam-Troy Castro"The Tombstone Barber" by Robert J. McCarter"Wicked Local Food Fight" by Johanna Rothman"Elf Help Seminar" by Stefon Mears"Gone with the Flamingos" by C.A. Rowland"If I'm Lyin', I'm Dyin'" by Jason A. Adams"Terrier at 20,000 Feet" by Jerry Oltion"Self Service" by J. Steven York"Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"A Quiet Neighborhood" by Annie Reed"The 1970s Must Die!" by Robert Jeschonek

Time Travel Holidays

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Time travel might not seem like the standard holiday story fare. But in the hands of talented writers, you'll find yourself transported to new places and new world .In this incredibly creative WMG Holiday Spectacular anthology, Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a masterfully curated collection of holiday stories that travel through time and back again.Ride along with Brenda Carre and Joey as that little explorer manages time travel in just about the best way possible. Join Lisa Silverthorne for a gothic romance with storms and broken dreams and just the right amount of hope. And travel the galaxy with Robert Jeschonek who writes an award-worthy classic science fiction tale set on Mars.Along with stories by Irette Y. Patterson, Michèle Laframboise, Steven Mohan, Jr. and more, these eleven powerful writers add plenty of adventure to the holiday season.Includes:"Loss Prevention at the Hypermart" by DeAnna Knippling"No Material Impact on the Timeline" by Irette Y. Patterson"Déjà Vécu" by Dæmon Crowe"Training Run" by Marcelle Dubé"The Skeptic and the Primrose" by Michèle Laframboise"The Space Between Us" by Lisa S. Silverthorne"Heaven in 1944" by Leslie Claire Walker"Crutnacker Sweets" by Brenda Carre"The Yule Log" by Cate Martin"The Last Saturnalia" by Steven Mohan, Jr."What Happened Between Go-Days 15 and 16" by Robert Jeschonek

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses his desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched acts.

From Potter's Field

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#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this classic forensic thriller.An unidentified nude female sits propped against a fountain in Central Park. There are no signs of struggle. When Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her colleagues Benton Wesley and Pete Marino arrive on the scene, they instantly recognize the signature of serial killer Temple Brooks Gault. Scarpetta, on assignment with the FBI, visits the New York City morgue on Christmas morning, where she must use her forensic expertise to give a name to the nameless—a difficult task. But as she sorts through conflicting forensic clues, Gault claims his next victim. He has infiltrated the FBI’s top secret artificial-intelligence system developed by Scarpetta’s niece, and sends taunting messages as his butchery continues, moving terrifyingly closer to Scarpetta herself.

Cometh up as a Flower. An autobiography. [By Rhoda Broughton.]

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The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire.

Hammer and Bolter: Issue 3

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Hammer & Bolter is Black Library’s monthly fiction magazine. Each issue is packed with all-new short stories, serialised novels, interviews, previews and more. This month Hammer and Bolter contains some real treats. The Doom Eagles make an appearance in our instalment of Phalanx and we talk to author Aaron Dembski-Bowden about his future plans. New author Ben McCallum makes his debut with the Warhammer story Charandis, and we have two more short stories from Darius Hinks and Rob Sanders.

Scarpetta

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Kay Scarpetta – młoda lekarz sądowa otrzymuje zlecenie zbadania rannego mężczyzny, Oscara Bane’a, który dobrowolnie zgłosił się na więzienny oddział psychiatryczny. Pacjent, podejrzany o brutalne zamordowanie swojej dziewczyny – czemu zaprzecza – zgadza się na badania, ale pod warunkiem, że zostaną przeprowadzone przez Scarpettę i jej męża. Wiadomo, że dziewczyna była torturowana przed śmiercią i że dojdzie do kolejnych morderstw. Bane, cierpiący na liczne fobie, jest paranoikiem przekonanym, że ktoś śledzi jego każdy ruch. Scarpetta stwierdza, że mężczyzna ma obsesję również na jej punkcie.

Mademoiselle de Maupin

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Theophile Gautier's masterpiece "Mademoiselle de Maupin" might be better known for its lengthy preface than the actual novel itself. It is there in which the author discusses art for art's sake, arguing that "everything useful is ugly." The novel itself is a historical romance based on the life of French opera star Julie d'Aubigny, better known as Mademoiselle Maupin. The subject of gossip and many colorful stories during her time, Mademoiselle Maupin was known as a first-rate swordswoman who often disguised herself as a man. In "Mademoiselle de Maupin" we find a love triangle between Chevalier d'Albert, a young French Gentleman who struggles with finding a woman that meets his idealistic expectations, Rosette whom he engages in an affair with to ease his boredom, and the dashing young Theodore, who is actually Maupin disguised as a man. "Mademoiselle de Maupin" is an excellent example of the French historical romance which in its time was considered somewhat controversial for its sexually orientated themes; by today's standards however it would be considered quite tame.

The Man from the Broken Hills

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For years Milo Talon had been riding the outlaw trail, looking for a man who had betrayed his family. Only Hank Rossiter wasn’t the man he had been: old now and blind, Rossiter was trying desperately to hold on to a small ranch to support his daughter, Barbara. Suddenly Talon found himself in the middle of a range war, siding with the man he’d marked for payback. But had Rossiter really changed? And could his daughter be trusted by either of them? For Milo, getting to the truth meant a long hard fight to separate his enemies from his friends—and forgiveness from revenge.

Labyrinths

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The classic by Latin America's finest writer of the twentieth century—a true literary sensation—with an introduction by cyber-author William Gibson. The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian. Umberto Eco's international bestseller, The Name of the Rose, is, on one level, an elaborate improvisation on Borges' fiction "The Library," which American readers first encountered in the original 1962 New Directions publication of Labyrinths. This new edition of Labyrinths, the classic representative selection of Borges' writing edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby (in translations by themselves and others), includes the text of the original edition (as augmented in 1964) as well as Irby's biographical and critical essay, a poignant tribute by André Maurois, and a chronology of the author's life. Borges enthusiast William Gibson has contributed a new introduction bringing Borges' influence and importance into the twenty-first century.

The time machine

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The time machine, H.G. (Herbert George) Wells. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/1901 . The time machine Wells, H.G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 s.n. s.l. s.d First edition 1898 Text tagged to TEI compatible format by Jeffrey Triggs for the University of Oxford Text Archive

Os corações perdidos

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Autora de Pequenos incêndios por toda parte, que ganhou uma adaptação para série disponível no Prime Video, lança distopia emocionante sobre racismo e xenofobiaSituado num futuro distópico onde asiáticos-americanos são vistos com desprezo e desconfiança por seus vizinhos e pelo governo, Os corações perdidos apresenta um retrato assustador muito próximo da realidade.Depois de anos de instabilidade econômica e violência, o governo dos Estados Unidos criou leis para preservar a “cultura norte-americana”. Sob a justificativa de manter a paz e restaurar a prosperidade, as autoridades passaram a retirar a guarda dos filhos de qualquer pessoa que se oponha à nova legislação — especialmente as de origem asiática — e a forçar as bibliotecas a recolher livros considerados antipatrióticos.Bird Gardner nunca questionou as decisões do governo e sabe que não deve fazer perguntas nem chamar atenção. O menino de doze anos leva uma vida tranquila com o pai, um ex-linguista que agora trabalha numa biblioteca universitária. Sua mãe, Margaret, uma poetisa sino-americana, largou a família sem deixar rastros quando o filho tinha nove anos.Bird não sabe o que aconteceu com a mãe e por que ela foi embora, mas, quando recebe uma misteriosa carta contendo apenas um desenho, ele suspeita que ela esteja envolvida e decide investigar. Sua busca por respostas o levará até Nova York, onde descobrirá muito mais do que ele imaginava sobre a mãe.Os corações perdidos é uma história atemporal sobre as injustiças para as quais a sociedade escolhe fechar os olhos, o poder da arte — e suas limitações — na luta contra o sistema, as lições e o legado que passamos para os nossos filhos e como podemos manter nosso coração intacto em um mundo despedaçado.

The Collected Works of Arthur Schopenhauer

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 5680 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The World As Will And Idea • Essays of Schopenhauer• The Essays of; Studies in Pessimism• The Essays of: the Wisdom of Life• The Essays of; On Human Nature• The Essays of; the Art of Controversy• The Basis of Morality• Thoughts Out of Season • The Essays of; Counsels and Maxims• The Essays of; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc.• The Essays of; The Art of Literature • RELIGION: A DIALOGUE.• A FEW WORDS ON PANTHEISM.• ON BOOKS AND READING.• PHYSIOGNOMY.• PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.• THE CHRISTIAN SYSTEM.• ON AUTHORSHIP AND STYLE ON NOISE ON EDUCATION ON READING AND BOOKS THE EMPTINESS OF EXISTENCE ON WOMEN THINKING FOR ONESELF SHORT DIALOGUE ON THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF OUR TRUE BEING BY DEATH RELIGION—A DIALOGUE PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS METAPHYSICS OF LOVE PHYSIOGNOMY ON SUICIDE• ON STYLE ON THE STUDY OF LATIN ON MEN OF LEARNING ON THINKING FOR ONESELF ON SOME FORMS OF LITERATURE ON CRITICISM ON REPUTATION ON GENIUS• etc.

The Wonderful Visit

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The Wonderful Visit is an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells. [1] With an angel—a creature of fantasy—as protagonist, and taking place in contemporary England, the book could be classified as contemporary fantasy, although the genre was not recognised in Wells's time. The Wonderful Visit also has strong satirical themes, gently mocking customs and institutions of Victorian England as well as idealistic rebellion itself.

The Men Who Shot Liberty: 60 Rip-Roaring Westerns in One Edition

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This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey) The Rainbow Trail The Spirit of the Border The Untamed (Max Brand) The Night Horseman The Seventh Man The Virginian (Owen Wister) The Last of the Mohicans (James F. Cooper) The Prairie Chip, of the Flying U (B. M. Bower) The Flying U Ranch The Flying U's Last Stand Cabin Fever Rimrock Trail (J. Allan Dunn) The 'Breckinridge Elkins' Series (Robert E. Howard) The Last of the Plainsmen (Zane Grey) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Bret Harte) The Wolf Hunters (James Oliver Curwood) The Gold Hunters The Border Legion The Country Beyond (Curwood) The Lone Star Ranger (Grey) Riders of the Silences (Brand) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Heart of the West (O. Henry) White Fang (London) The Lure of the Dim Trails (Bower) The Luck of Roaring Camp (Harte) The Rustlers of Pecos County (Grey) O Pioneers! (Willa Cather) My Ántonia Roughing It (Mark Twain) The Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams) The Two-Gun Man (Charles Alden Seltzer) The Law of the Land (Emerson Hough) The Short Cut (Jackson Gregory) Astoria (Washington Irving) The Valley of Silent Men (James Oliver Curwood) "Drag" Harlan (Charles Alden Seltzer) Whispering Smith (Frank H. Spearman) The Outlet (Andy Adams) Reed Anthony, Cowman A Texas Cow Boy (Charles Siringo) The Boss of the Lazy Y (Charles Alden Seltzer) The Golden Dream (R.M. Ballantyne) The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane) The Long Shadow (B. M. Bower) The Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill) The Hidden Children (Robert W. Chambers) The Way of an Indian (Frederic Remington) The Bridge of the Gods (Frederic Homer Balch) Where the Trail Divides (Will Lillibridge) The Desert Trail (Dane Coolidge) The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane) That Girl Montana (Marah Ellis Ryan)...

Taming the Lone Wolff

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A Wolff in Protector's ClothingProtecting people for a living is one thing. But wealthy security expert Larkin Wolff wants no such responsibility in his personal life. Emotional involvement with clients is strictly forbidden. Only, he's never had a client like Winnie Bellamy. The waiflike heiress is a beguiling blend of innocence and sexuality. Larkin knows the dangers of getting too emotionally involved, but when Winnie obviously needs him—personally and professionally—how can he say no? The vulnerable beauty makes him long for what he can't have. And suddenly Larkin's ready to break all his own rules.

Swann's Way

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The celebrated first volume of the novel that “brilliantly explores the workings of time and memory against the backdrop of Belle Époque France” (The New Criterion). One the greatest novels of the twentieth century, In Search of Lost Time begins with Swann’s Way, a young man’s evocative journey of perception and remembrance, “which meanders from the nameless narrator’s recollections of his Combray childhood to a time before his birth, when Swann was in love with Odette, and back again as the narrator meditates on the power of names over the imagination and recalls falling in love with Gilberte, Swann and Odette’s daughter” (Los Angeles Times). “A masterpiece . . . Even when I’ve felt myself hopelessly drifting in my little boat, I’ve felt the lulling beauty of Proust’s writing. This is a man who can make a multi-page description of a Hawthorn blossom fascinating—and then do it again, and again, and again. What’s more, when you actually focus, pick up those oars and start powering through those dense waters, you realize just how much is going on beneath the surface. What insights. What subtle ironies. What teasing jokes. What sensual pleasures. What feats of memory and description. What loving characterizations. And what devastating character assassinations. You realize, in short, that this is the stuff.” —The Guardian “Even those who have not read the novels are aware of the journey of memory on which the narrator goes when he tastes a madeleine dipped in tea; it has become ‘the Proustian moment.’” —The Telegraph

Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, & Other Writings

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The biography, the philosophy, and some of the most influential works of the infamous French writer who shocked the world with his erotic novel, Justine. No other writer has so scandalized proper society as the Marquis de Sade, but despite the deliberate destruction of over three-quarters of his work, Sade remains a major figure in the history of ideas. His influence on some of the greatest minds of the last century—from Baudelaire and Swinburne to Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky and Kafka—is indisputable. This volume contains Philosophy in the Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his political philosophy; Eugénie de Franval, a novella widely considered to be a masterpiece of eighteenth-century French literature; and the only authentic and complete American edition of his most famous work, Justine. This literary portrait of Sade is completed by one of his earliest philosophical efforts, Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man, a selection of his letters, a fifty-page chronology of his life, two important essays on Sade, and a bibliography of his work. “[Sade] remains a great, horrifying, but also vastly illuminating figure.” —Newsweek “Justine is the most abominable book ever engendered by the most depraved imagination.” —Napoleon Bonaparte “Shines a perverse and revealing spotlight on the entire era of the French Revolution . . . An important and elucidating book.” —Robert Lowry, Chicago Sun-Times

Warriors 3

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A genre-busting collection of stories about soldiers and fighters from today’s most popular authors—including a new Lord John novella by Diana Gabaldon.From George R. R. Martin’s Introduction to Warriors:“Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers, representing a dozen different publishers and as many genres. We asked each of them for the same thing—a story about a warrior. Some chose to write in the genre they’re best known for. Some decided to try something different. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat.”The stories in the third volume of this book are:Introduction: Stories of the Spinner Rack, by George R. R. MartinThe Triumph, by Robin HobbSoldierin’, by Joe R. LansdaleClean Slate, by Lawrence BlockThe Girls from Avenger, by Carrie VaughnThe Pit, by James RollinsMy Name is Legion, by David MorrellThe Custom of the Army, by Diana GabaldonMany of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

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