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One of the best Victorian ghost story writers! Includes “The Phantom Coach”, “An Engineer's Story”, “A Service of Danger", and more.

This is the second part of the original Zorro series. Zorro takes to the high seas to fight pirates and save his future wife. A timeless afternoon matinee!

In this classic of English children's literature, an orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.

Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the food stuffs experience incredible growth and serious illnesses.

A seminal work in the history of sociology and a cornerstone of African American literature. Du Bois drew from his own experiences as an African American in American society. Outside of its notable relevance in African American history, The Souls of Black Folk also holds an important place in social science as one of the early works in the field of sociology.

The Harry Potter of it’s time! The book influenced fashion and other merchandise. The perfect rags to riches story. A gigantic hit.

The novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time". It has shaped the formula for the popular western novel. A classic!

The debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the book examines the lives and morality of American youth in the aftermath of World War I. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status seeking.

By the author of King Solomon's Mines and She. This 1899 epic draws heavily upon adventure and exotic concepts. Experience Cleopatra’s wit, her treachery, and her overwhelming presence.

Two of Lovecraft’s most famous pieces. Witchcraft, mystery, abandoned houses and monsters. The Dunwich Horror is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos.

A best seller while Stevenson was alive! By the mid-20th century it had gained critical approval and study. While an adventure novel, it also raises various moral issues, such as the nature of justice and the fact that friends may have different political viewpoints.

Lucian Taylor, the hero, is damned either through contact with an erotically pagan "other" world or through something degenerate in his own nature, which he thinks of as a "faun". He becomes a writer, and when he moves to London he becomes trapped by the increasing reality of the dark imaginings of this creature within him, which become increasingly real. One of the first explorations in fiction of the figure of the doomed artist, who is biographically so much a part of the decadent 1890s.

On publication, it was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its implied sexual content, and the novella hurt Machen's reputation as an author. Beginning in the 1920s, Machen's work was critically re-evaluated and The Great God Pan has since garnered a reputation as a classic of horror.

Eight adventures in this classic British mystery series featuring Horne Fisher and his trusted friend Harold March. Horne is a natural sleuth, but his inquiries develop moral consequences. Notable for their wit and sense of wonder, these tales offer an evocative portrait of upper crust English society before World War One. Contains eight stories: "The Face in the Target", "The Vanishing Prince", "The Soul of the Schoolboy", "The Bottomless Well", "The Fad of the Fisherman", "The Hole in the Wall", "The Temple of Silence", and "The Vengeance of the Statue."

Body language is an essential part of all face-to-face communication and is of central importance in determining the way that we connect with and respond to others around us. The secret signs and messages that are conveyed by non-verbal communication have been proven to be more important that the words we say or even the way in which we say them. Why is it then that so many of us are unaware of the signals we are sending and receiving through the complexities of our body language?

Manipulation, being a tricky word, makes people recoil with fear and distrust, but it is an action that can be used for a good purpose, although sometimes you might be forced to bend the rules and apply some unethical means to meet your goals. As long as you do not adversely affect the lives of the people you are manipulating, the act can be used to get rid of or avoid tricky people who will want to swindle you.

If you are looking for a way to achieve more money, power and respect using the Law of Attraction, this book has everything you need. The Law of Attraction is one of the most powerful universal forces you will ever come across. The truth is that you create your own reality every moment of every day depending on what you focus on.

If you want to totally heal your body, lose weight, fight depression, gain relaxation and focus, without taking a single pill, then this book is for you! Essential oils are known as nature's pharmacy, because they offer incredible, health-transforming effects that can rejuvenate your mind and body. Did you know that there is an intensely healing, rejuvenating and revitalizing essential oil for almost every single letter of the alphabet and every type of pain, illness or health issue?

This book is intended for people who own or intend to own a business empire that they'll leave for their families and later generations. It contains an in-depth analysis of how to lay a strong foundation for a multi-level empire that'll ensure your family earns stable passive income.

Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's best families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the sheltered and beautiful May Welland. Yet he finds reason to doubt his choice of bride after the appearance of Countess Ellen Olenska, May's exotic, beautiful 30-year-old cousin who has been living in Europe.