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Deadlines is a tribute anthology dedicated to the memory of writer and crime fiction enthusiast, William E. Wallace. A career journalist, Wallace got a first-hand look at the darker side of humanity working at various papers in California before settling at the San Francisco Chronicle. Upon retiring,...

From a host of bestselling and award-winning authors come the stories from the darkest corners of their imaginations featuring one of the most abhorrent acts of mankind; cannibalism! Throughout history, human beings have feasted on human flesh. Whether it was to survive starvation or to horrify...

This collection of dark, Lovecraftian horror contains stories that would please Cthulhu and the rest of The Ancient Ones, and they're difficult to please.

«É uma história que faz arrepiar os cabelos.» Assim principia Camilo Castelo Branco um dos seus romances, e, pese embora o sensacionalismo, da mesma forma poderíamos descrever os vinte e sete contos e novelas incluídos nesta antologia, onde se pretende apresentar uma amostra representativa...

Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899-1966) wrote his novel "The African Queen" in 1935, using the pseudonym C. S. (Cecil Scott) Forester. "The African Queen" tells the story of an Englishwoman, who is the companion and housekeeper of her brother Samuel, an Anglican missionary in German-colonized...

In Plain Murder, C. S. Forester takes us into the life and mind of an ordinary man, husband and father living and working in England in the late 1920's. Mr. Morris and a couple of co-workers were caught taking bribes, and were in danger of losing their jobs. Because of the desperate need for income,...

The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of ‘the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking’ The most vivid, moving – and devastating – word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced...

From 1807 until 1814,  armies from Napoleon's empire fought the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula. The Penisular Wars or Guerra de la Independencia (“War of Independence”) contributed considerably to Napoleon’s eventual downfall; but until 1813...

Mr. and Mrs. Marble live  in a rather seedy house at 53 Malcolm Road in London, certainly not the best part of town, but it's all they can afford considering that neither Mr. or Mrs. Marble can live within their means.  They are always in debt with no way out, until a nephew arrives one...

The Ship is the heroic tale of a few hours in the life of a British light cruiser in World War II, and of the men on it. Before writing The Ship, C.S.Forester spent several weeks on a similar warship, and has given us a very clear picture of the actual thoughts and emotions of the men as they carry...

C. S. Forester's Three Matronly Mysteries contains three short stories, each with its own intriguing twist. In The Eleven Deck Chairs, a group of eleven distinguished and attractive women (ten with government officials for husbands) are being shipped to another location for some reason during...

This high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom. Aquí está el ebook español de El sobrino del mago, libro uno de la serie clásica de fantasía, Las crónicas de Narnia. Esta versión...

This high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom. El caballo y el muchacho, libro tres en la serie clásica de fantasía, Las crónicas de Narnia. En un viaje desesperado, dos fugitivos...

This high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom. Aquí está el ebook español de El príncipe Caspian, libro cuatro en la serie clásica de fantasía, Las crónicas de Narnia. Los hermanos...