Literary Collections - General

Travel with us into the dark world of the undead, as they stalk our nightmares in their never-ending quest for human blood. Here are gathered eleven classic tales of vampiric horror, courtesy of such literary luminaries as F. Marion Crawford, E. F. Benson, Nikolai...

Highways gleam with two kinds of mica as Burma Shave boasts, I have lives like a cat Taking heed of the exits that exist for my money I stock up on earthworms, making protein from fat -America Coming Undone Now I am but a...

"Brock Downsized" - the story When the prostheses and condom manufacturing factory where Bill Brock has been Communications Manager goes belly-up Brock finds himself out on the street. In this comic but ultimately serious novel, Brock is obliged to take up the somewhat undignified...

The history of this book contains a large percentage of veracity and a minimum of fiction. The names of the characters are not the originals for the protection of the protagonists. Sad mind already found between us the views are exclusively of the author....

In this book are narrations and personal thoughts by Savanna, a woman who sees herself as a huntress for wisdom from the knowledge-filled expanses of her vast life in the worldly plains. These are her exclusive records, covering a range of subjects from love...

The title of my book, A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind, looks at some of life's scenarios and what we as individuals are faced with on a day-to-day basis. Throughout this book, I am hoping that the reader(s) will be able to...

Along with previously selected works, prize-winning poet Joseph Dorazio presents twenty-six new poems in As Is, a unique collection that explores the wide spectrum of the human experience, from the search for vintage treasures to archeological myths tied to global warming. Dorazio examines the...

This work by Stanley Lane-Poole, British archaeologist and orientalist, was originally published in 1888. This particular book is on the history of Turkey, beginning in the thirteenth century, and outlining its development up to the late nineteenth century. It is complete with illustrations, and...

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 editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: William Lyon PhelpsISBN-10: 1473315484ISBN-13: 9781473315488Publisher:...

A beautiful poetic essay that sums up, and revels in all that is stunning and overwhelming about a summers evening in the British countryside. Every detail is perfectly observed, almost to clearly defined, leading the author to question something so beautiful can really be...

""I want to bring home to our people the gravity of the situation; because I want to tell them that the military and naval power of the German Empire is unbroken; that of the twelve million men whom the Kaiser has called to the...

Inspired by Bernard Shaw's dictum that the Earth is the lunatic asylum for all the other planets, GEDOODLES II is the jaundiced expression of Harry Geduld's profound insights into the human condition. The book contains a sample of Geduld's juvenilia, a long interview with...

Gedoodles is the first of Harry Geduld's two volumes of mainly comic verse. It also contains a revised Obituary, (written by himself), and a short story entitled "The Keepsake."Author: Harry M. GeduldISBN-10: 1468530755ISBN-13: 9781468530759Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2012Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

phati'tude Literary Magazine is a quarterly publication that publishes poetry, fiction and essays written by both emerging and established writers of diverse origins whose works exhibit social, political and cultural awareness. Published by the Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS) a NY-based...

'Returning Channels' are water, words and wires. They flow shaping coasts, cities and people, occasionally for the better. They wash, they drop, they gather and sometimes they just drift. Landscapes glimpsed include the concrete, the granite and the crumbling. Devon, Gwynedd, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Oswestry...

As the title suggests, the stories in this book are incidents that actually happened in the lives of people. The stories fall into different categories, such as unexplained phenomena, bizarre happenings, spiritual, horror, mystery, going beyond human limit, and a host of others. All...

This book basically highlights the need for understanding and acceptance of the arts as viable career options for young people. It promotes the need for a discussion on choosing careers, thus avoiding possible conflicts between parents and child. In this story, Angelique, a girl...

The book comprises a number of verse or prose pieces, which the author wrote while in Tayyibah, Jerusalem, Toronto, Philadelphia, and New York between the 1960s and the first decade of the twenty-first century. Nature, human relations, and dialogue between the self and the...

I am a poet who likes to write about all the day to day aspects of modern day living. The frustrations that happen to people and makes them think "why me"! and laugh about at a later date I like to write about the...

This book contains not only some thoughtful moments of the writer Robert F. Edwards, but the dates as well. For over 36 years, the sayings and the dates reflect in some small way as a diary of the writer. Nevertheless, if the reader takes...

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new...

Within this book are simple and deeply reflective messages. Every poem carries meaning for the reader to enjoy and philosophize with. Whether you are looking for poetry that delivers simple reading enjoyment or poetry that takes the reader to deeper levels of understanding. This...

REFLECTIONS ON SOLITUDE and other ESSAYS explores a diverse range of topics from Eastern mysticism to mathematics, while blending in an element of fantastic realism. Sameer Grover is one of the eminent voices of our time.Author: Sameer GroverISBN-10: 1462054366ISBN-13: 9781462054367Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2011Pages: 156Format:...

Words to a writer are as exotic as spices to a gourmet cook. Writers savor the feel of the perfect verb. Writers work and rework sentences and paragraphs until each word feels right as it rolls off the tongue or the pen (or the...

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.Author: Susan CoolidgeISBN-10: 1461047935ISBN-13: 9781461047933Publisher:...

Based on a true story. At 86 years old, Banat Frantz recalls the first 21 years of his life, growing up Jewish and gay in Hitler's Germany. He brings the wisdom and perspective of nearly nine decades to the observations of his younger self,...

- Teresa Thurman, a hospice nurse traveling home late at night after watching her patient slip into eternity, is terrorized by a pick-up truck driver repeatedly ramming her car to push her off the deserted road. It takes a miracle to protect her life....

This book is intended for all purposes, which includes classroom discussion on poetry and other purposes such as performing poetry, readers own pleasure and so on. Most of the poems have real story lines in them, which are very emotional and should be read...

Pink Crush, draws from my hobby scores written between 2001 - 2008. Thematically, its conversation is grounded in the beauty that the natural environment presents and where the statements veer into inspiration, these, record contemplation from biblical readings. The poems in this collection are...

A collection of mini-short stories, essays and a dab of poetry blended into this recipe for controversial soup. It's subject matter will cut like a knife as it bleeds the truth, which no longer can hide in the darkness. Authoress Terry E Lyle has...

What you won't find in The Review is a reliance of the four media favorites and we all know what they are. What you will find is an extensive library of topics most of which were written while SB was sitting on a ridge...

The Crescent, the Sea, and the Long Sand by David K. Lemons is a collection of poetry and stories drawn from the author's having lived in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico and the United States. The poems deal with friendship, love, politics, philosophy,...

This is a remarkable collection in which Paul Hastings Wilson, author of The Ishango Bone, In the Wilderness of Zin, Hunger's Season and Turning Islands, employs an impressive ear for dialogue, acuity of observation and uncanny psychological insight to take the reader on a...

An intriguing collection of stories, the Black Lake Chronicles will take you from the halls of a British boarding school to an Ontario farmstead with a charging cow and a young girl taking flight; the unexplained forces that foretold a tragedy or found a...

This is an anthology with 26 contributors. It will be published by the Bull Run Unitarian Universalists congregation in Manassas, VA. The editors are Bette Hileman and Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt. Lone bat in night sky unites fellow Vietnam troops. Couple nearly dies trying to...

Sunday Ink: Works by the Uptown Writers is an eclectic, multi-genre anthology of fiction and fairytale, poetry and play, with a touch of memoir that adds an element of personal narrative to the collection. The Uptown Writers-Carol Bolt, Pamela Hobart Carter, Geri Gale, Sandra...

This book is a compilation of Beryl's poetry which she so passionately shared with her family and friends. It was created in loving memory of her so that her words will continue to be shared with others. The expression of the strength and beauty...

A Teacher's Truth... offers a unique perspective of public education in the past, present, and future. A Teacher's Truth... addresses the journey of interconnections within the attempts to stabilize, radically reform, and restructure a public school system, and the amount of time required spanning...

Set in India of the 21st century, this book titled Musings, is a collection of essays about Indian society, its trends, its fashion, its movies, its icons and above all its common people.People who make what India is today.A society of grave complexities, of...

A thought, a feeling, even this, which hangs in the air, is the most restless thing that cries out for a word to give it identity and a voice to set it free. Only then does it seek after your eyes to give it...

This book solves a 400 year old mystery about Shakespeare's friends. The contents are based on a theory which fits in exactly with all the words in the sonnets and with historically recorded facts. There is no firm evidence, but this theory reveals a...

What and Why They Are: A Peep into Feminism is about the life and works of four lady intellectuals who dared to communicate their feelings about the fate of womanhood in the world dominated by men. These authors are Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir,...

The Stradivarius in the Basement is a collection of essays, some humorous, some serious, based on the author's 72 years of observing - and participating in - life on this wonderful but essentially puzzling planet.Author: Kristina SIMMsISBN-10: 1452001340ISBN-13: 9781452001340Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/18/2010Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight:...

From The Mom Egg, an annual collection of poetry, fiction, prose, and art by or about mothers & motherhood, an inaugural theme issue, on the subject of "Lessons". A young girl learns her mother's new husband may have some redeeming qualities after all. A...

North Salem Review is a literary journal featuring prose and poetry, and recognized as a model of a community partnership that promotes creativity, reading, and enjoyment. The Review is a project of the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, the Friends of the Ruth Keeler Memorial...

This collection is presented from a teen's view of life. From love, to pain, to joy, to loneliness. visit www.treadingwatertoday.com Emily would love to hear from all of her readers! you may drop a note to: PO Box 3093 Saint Francisville, LA 70775 For...

Author: Harris Cole VernickISBN-10: 1449097480ISBN-13: 9781449097486Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2010Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.17lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.89d

'WELLSPRINGS: Poems of Life & Nature', is the largest collection of works by the author. It is a meditation on life as experienced by him and his subjects, and the human condition as observed by him. The poems are deeply contemplative and introspective. They...

Collecting memories is inevitable. As human beings, each one of us goes through life experiencing events, feelings, and sometimes tragedies. Some of the poems in this collection express the emotion felt at such times by the author. Some pieces convey whimsy and fun, whereas...

The Best Poetry in America is written to share with the world where history has taken poetry over the years. The book allows the reader to take a poetic journey in life via themes and dreams. The author allows the reader to have numerous...