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How to Tell a Story and Other Essays

by Mark Twain

In How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, iconic American author Mark Twain discusses his own experience as a writer and his personal style. In various essays in the collection he attacks a contemporary of his,...


To the Batpole: An Essay/Parody on Batman

by Alex Bledsoe

From Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City: Alex Bledsoe imagines Alfred's reaction to Bruce Wayne's confusion over the onset of puberty.


Essays - First Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson...


Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

by Robert Louis Stevenson

G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." This collection of Stevenson's essays includes:...


Essays - Second Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson...


Letters on England

by Voltaire

Letters on England gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider,...


Intentions

by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was one of the most successful playwrights of the Victorian era. He was also a notorious supporter of the decadence and aesthetic movements, eventually jailed for having a young male lover. His name...


Third Class in Indian Railways

by Mahatma Gandhi

From the text: I have now been in India for over two years and a half after my return from South Africa. Over one quarter of that time I have passed on the Indian trains travelling third class by choice. I have...


The Essential Thoreau

by Henry David Thoreau

Collected here in this omnibus edition are Henry David Thoreau's most important works including A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, including Civil Disobedience;...


Flights of Fancy

by Crow Johnson Evans

In this short story collection, author Crow Johnson Evans displays a deep concern and understanding of humanity, a lively spirit of adventure, and a lyrical writing talent. The outcome is a reading treasure...


Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction

by James Doig

Australia has a long tradition of weird fiction, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology showcase the richness and variety of Australia horror and supernatural stories in the nineteenth...


The Lost Art of Losing

by Gregory Norminton

The Lost Art of Losing is a collection of thoughts, rants and aphorisms by award-winning novelist Gregory Norminton. By turns comic and despairing, jubilant and wry, they present, through fragments, a picture...


Shakespeare and the Supernatural

by Margaret Lucy

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...


The Truth About Anna: And Other Stories

by William Warren

William Warren's writings on Asia have entertained and informed readers all over the world for 40 years. As he says, 'Even as a child, I preferred the unusual to the ordinary, the little-known to the familiar;...


Journey from Paris to Java

by De Honor Balzac & Barry Winkleman

Honor de Balzac, the renowned French novelist and playright, and one of the pioneers of literary realism, makes a short fantasy diversion to the mystical island of Java, where he, or rather the narrateur, encounters...


My Dears

by Ruth Snary & Snowden Cathy

Mother and I corresponded weekly for over fifty years and thirty years ago I began to keep her letters. Recently I decided to collate some in a book so that others could share my delight in reading them. They...


Charles Dickens Christmas Stories

by Charles Dickens

13 Christmas stories by Charles Dickens:

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Tree

What Christmas is as we Grow Older

The Poor Relation's Story

The Child's Story

The Schoolboy's Story

Nobody's Story

The Chimes

Mrs. Lirriper's...


Happy and Merry

by Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella

Just in time for Christmas comes a collection of the very best holiday essays from the bestselling Mother/Daughter writing duo. Whether their shopping for matching reindeer dog sweaters or having second helpings...


A Slayer Comes to Town: An Essay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Scott Westerfeld

From Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show: Scott Westerfeld analyzes the success of Buffy as a nontraditional "Trespass" story.


DON'T PRESS THAT BUTTON!: An Essay on James Bond

by J. A. Konrath

From James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007: J.A. Konrath's spy gagdget shopping list includes "usefulness" analyses and a cool-factor review.