The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (of 5) of the Raven Edition (Annotated) by
Born in poverty at Boston, January 19 1809, dying under painfulcircumstances at Baltimore, October 7, 1849, his whole literary careerof scarcely fifteen years a pitiful struggle for mere subsistence, hismemory malignantly misrepresented by his earliest biographer, Griswold,how completely has truth at last routed falsehood and how magnificentlyhas Poe come into his own, For "The Raven," first...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Dover Thrift Editions) by Dover Publications $3.50
Eleven of the best and most popular tales of the immortal sleuth include "Silver Blaze," concerning the "curious incident of the dog in the night-time"; "The Greek Interpreter," starring Holmes' even more formidable brother, Mycroft; and "The Final Problem," the detective's notorious confrontation with arch-criminal Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Dodo Press) by Dodo Press $13.99
Elinore Pruitt Stewart, nee Rupert (1876-1933) was an American nurse and author. Both parents died when she was young, and she was sent to work for the local railroad. She married a man much older than her who then died in an accident. With her young daughter she moved to Denver and trained to become a nurse. In 1909 she went to work on a homestead in Wyoming, later marrying her former employer....

NORTHANGER ABBEY and A MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN (Cambridge World Classics) Complete Novel by Jane Austen and Biography by James Edward Austen (Leigh) (Annotated) (Complete Works of Jane Austen) by James Edward Austen-Leigh $0.99
ANNOTATED:* Contains literary critiques, detailed biographies, and detailed historical contextOVERVIEW:Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication. The novel was written about the years 1798–1799. It was revised by Austen for the press in 1803, and sold in the same year to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co., who decided against publishing. The novel was...

Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (Classic Reprint) by Forgotten Books $9.17
INTRODUCTIONThe medical profession is justly conservative. Human life should not be considered as the proper material for wild experiments.Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.Remember the scornful reception which first was accorded to Freud's discoveries in the domain of the unconscious.When after years of...

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 by General Books LLC $25.04
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fantasy literature, American/ History and criticism; Authors, American/ 19th century/ Biography; Authors, American - 19th century - Biography; Poe, Edgar Allan; Fantasy literature, American - History...

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Scribner $16.00
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and...

Life on the Mississippi (The World's Best Reading) by Random House Childrens Books $12.95
Mark Twain's own story of his youthful years as a cub-pilot on a steamboat plowing up and down the Mississippi River.

Men of the Bible (Annotated) by
Men of the Bible by Dwight L. MoodyCONTENTS.Chapter1.Abraham’s four SurrendersChapter2.The Call of MosesChapter3.Naaman the SyrianChapter4.The Prophet NehemiahChapter5.Herod and John the BaptistChapter6.The Man Born Blind and Joseph of ArimatheaChapter7.The Penitent ThiefABRAHAM’S FOUR SURRENDERSA great many people are afraid of the will of God, and yet I believe that one of the sweetest...