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Hours of great reading await, with adventure tales culled from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century by some of the most renowned pulp authors, including Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Harold Lamb, William Hope Hodgson, Dorothy Quick, E. Hoffmann Price, and many more! More than 500 pages of fiction! (Search for ?megapack? to find all the other great titles in this series.) <P> Included in this volume: <P> THE BLACK ADDER, by Dorothy Quick<BR> ...
| Автор | Уильям Ходжсон |
The Classic American Short Story Megapack (Volume 1) assembles 34 of the greatest stories ever written by American authors – including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Jack London, and Stephen Crane. Includes multiple stories per author, their most famous short works, along with biographical notes. <P> Complete contents:<P> YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel...
| Автор | Джеймс Купер |
[i]The Cowboy Megapack[i] collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented include Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more. The western tales are: “A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail,” by Johnston McCulley “Sixguns to Bowie,” by Robert J. Hogan “The Drive,” by Clarence E. Mulford “Thieves of Black Rock Desert,” by Bill...
| Автор | Owen Wister |
"Good-bye, Mr. Chips" tells the story of a much-beloved schoolteacher and his long tenure at Brookfield, a fictional boys' public boarding school. Mr. Chipping conquers his inability to connect with his students, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman whom he meets on holiday and who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, «Chips.» <P> Despite his own mediocre academic record, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring...
| Автор | James Hilton |
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack collects 11 more short stories and 11 novels by E.F. Benson, spanning horror, mystery, suspense, and historical subjects, including such classics as Miss Mapp and Queen Lucia. <P> Included are: <P> THE OUTCAST<BR> THE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARE<BR> THE BLACKMAILER OF PARK LANE<BR> THE DANCE ON THE BEEFSTEAK<BR> THE ORIOLISTS<BR> IN THE DARK<BR> THE FALSE STEP<BR> "PUSS-CAT"<BR> THERE...
| Автор | E.F. Benson |
The Rafael Sabatini Megapack collects 20 works by the author of many classic swashbuckling adventures, including Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, and more.<P> Included are: <P> Mistress Wilding<BR>Captain Blood<BR> Scaramouche<BR> Historical Night's Entertainment (First Series)<BR> Historical Night's Entertainment (Second Series)<BR> St. Martin's Summer<BR> The Snare<BR> The Trampling of the Lilies<BR>...
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
“You’re carrying my baby. You will be my bride…”For two glorious weeks, Cate Everett shared Brody Stewart’s bed. Four months later and the seductive Scotsman is back in town. Will she be living a loveless sham or will he throw his heart into the bargain?
| Автор | Дженис Мейнард |
Falling for the boss, or taking him down?Savannah Carlisle had the perfect plan. By infiltrating the Abbott family’s Tennessee bourbon empire as their events manager, she’d be one step closer to claiming half of the business they stole from her grandfather. Now she’s not so sure. Because sexy Blake Abbott, heir to it all, is simply intoxicating. He’s supposed to be the enemy. But after one long, stormy weekend, she’s pregnant with his child…
| Автор | Reese Ryan |
The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack collects 20 classic stories and novels from the «King of the Pulps»! Bedford-Jones, among the most prolific and popular of pulp magazine writers, penned thousands of short stories and more than 100 novels in the early to mid 20th century. His work is full of adventure, mystery, suspense, romance, and action – always a gripping story, well told. <BR> THE HOUSE OF SKULLS<BR> WRITTEN IN RED<BR> YELLOW INTRIGUE<BR> DOWN THE...
| Автор | H. Bedford-Jones |
Pirates! Here are tales of the seven seas (and beyond) by some of the greats of nautical fiction. From classics like «Treasure Island» and "The Ghost Pirates, to pulp tales by Robert E. Howard and J. Allan Dunn to modern swashbucklers set in fantasy worlds, «The Pirate Story Megapack» is a thrill-a-minute compilation of more than 3,100 pages of great pirate tales, both historical and set in fantasy world. And not all pirates sail the seas… Included are:<P> THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN, by J. Allan...
| Автор | R.M. Ballantyne |
The horse has been championed throughout history as a war machine, a means of transport, an adjunct to farming, a source of popular entertainment, and, finally, as a true friend and companion. So it's no surprise that writers throughout history have featured the horse prominently in their fiction. Here are 25 stories and 5 poems of equine fiction and literature, from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, and many others! ...
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
Lost: One wife and mother.Finding the wife he’d believed lost forever is a miracle to wealthy CEO Thomas Collier. Yet Rosalind is suffering from amnesia and can’t remember anything including her husband and daughter! As Christmas draws near, can Thomas help Rosalind regain her past?
| Автор | Barbara Wallace |
She’s in love with the boss!Sadie Matthews know she has to quit. But life has other plans. Ethan Hart, CEO of his family's chocolate business, receives surprise guardianship of a baby girl. Now he needs his trusted assistant more than ever….
| Автор | Maureen Child |
Victorian author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) is most remembered today for her ghost stories, but she was a prolific and popular author in many genres: not only the supernatural, but mystery and suspense, romance, and especially contemporary fiction were her speciality. She produced more than two dozen volumes of published short stories and novels. For this volume, we have grouped the most famous of her supernatural stories together at the beginning, then moved on to more mainstream...
| Автор | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |
A protege of Flaubert, Maupassant’s stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. He authored some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. The story «Boule de Suif» («Ball of Fat», 1880) is often accounted his masterpiece. His most...
| Автор | Guy de Maupassant |
Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (1888 – 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. When she was 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a friend of modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. She was the subject of the 1973 BBC miniseries A Picture of Katherine Mansfield starring Vanessa Redgrave. The six-part series...
| Автор | Katherine Mansfield |
Scandal at a society wedding! Can he resist the runaway bride?Helping Nikki Lucas flee her wedding, best man Max Conway never expected to be accused of having an affair with the bride! Seeking solace on a remote island, he bumps straight into Nikki. Their connection is undeniable but she’s completely off-limits…
| Автор | Kandy Shepherd |
An accident stole her memory. A chance encounter brings it back.Violet Niarchos can’t recall the affair that gave her a child. But when she runs into Aidan Murphy, she knows the sexy bar owner is no stranger and soon a romance rekindles…
| Автор | Andrea Laurence |
‘Marry me.’ He needs to claim his son.TJ proposes a marriage of convenience to Sage, the mother of his newly discovered son. But there’s unfinished business between him and his wife; they shared one passionate night years ago and now their desire reignites…
| Автор | Barbara Dunlop |
Classic American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900) wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. His novel «The Red Badge of Courage» is standard reading in many American schools. This volume collects 94 of his classic works, including:<P> STEPHEN CRANE: AN INTRODUCTION, by Vincent Starrett<BR> THE RED BADGE OF...
| Автор | Stephen Crane |
George Barr McCutcheon – author of the classic novel Brewster's Millions, as well as the Graustark series – was a popular American novelist in the early 20th century. This volume assembles no less than 25 of his works, including Brewster's Millions and four Graustark novels–more othan 2,700 pages! <P> Included are: <P> BREWSTER'S MILLIONS<br> GRAUSTARK<br> BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK<br> TRUXTON KING<br> THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK<br> ...
| Автор | George Barr McCutcheon |
Family… By FateBridgett Monroe dreams of adoption – and when she finds an abandoned baby it seems her dreams might come true. Only Cullen Reid McCabe, stands in her way! Cullen needs Bridgett’s help to find the baby’s parents – but could “family” mean the three of them?
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Can two business rivals find their happy-ever-after?An arranged marriage is the only way Yasmin Carter can save her family’s company. But the handsome man waiting at the altar is Ilya Horvath, her bitter business rival! Ilya plans to win over his reluctant bride with all the passion at his command…
| Автор | Yvonne Lindsay |