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The foreword to the story tells of Conan's travels to Punt with Muriela, refers to a scam perpetrated against worshippers of an ivory goddess and then on to Zembabwei, where he joins a trading caravan on its way to Shem.

"Queen of the Black Coast" is one of the original stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert Ervin Howard. Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.

Pistol Politics by Robert Ervin Howard Pistol Politics by Robert Ervin Howard We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection.

Carmen (1845) by Prosper Mérimée is the original novella that inspired the classic opera by Bizet.

First published in 1931, this new edition is now available. It is a collection of short stories set within the timeframe of Sabatini's best-selling novel 'Captain Blood'. A second collection of short stories 'The Fortunes of Captain Blood (1936) is also available.

Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy to an English mother and Italian father. His parents were opera singers who became teachers. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in England, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager, in Switzerland. By the time he was seventeen, when he returned to England to live permanently, he was the master of five languages.

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks.

Industrial Revolution is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Poul William Anderson is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Poul William Anderson then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Defenders' is a short story about the aftermath of a nuclear war. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Dick and his family moved to the Bay Area of San Francisco when he was young, and later on to Washington Dc following his parents divorce.

This early work by Philip K. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Piper in the Woods' is a short story about a curious psychological problem encountered by soldiers upon returning from a certain asteroid. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois.

“Warrior of the Light” is a collection of texts that, for the first time, are gathered from the internet writings of Paulo Coelho. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps us to discover the warrior of the light within each of us. In these volumes readers are invited to to travel through the life and imagination of a pilgrim writer.

Faced with a war that it cannot win Mankind must take desperate measures. A team of scientists take the brain of a dying college and fuse it with a spaceship. But once in space can it be trusted to carry out it’s orders?

“Warrior of the Light” is a collection of texts that, for the first time, are gathered from the internet writings of Paulo Coelho. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps us to discover the warrior of the light within each of us. In these volumes readers are invited to to travel through the life and imagination of a pilgrim writer.

Stories are one of the oldest ways we have of passing on knowledge. They are literature at its purest and can be cheerful, funny, tragic or dramatic.

Whirligigs offers some of O. Henry's best short stories

To love your wife is good; to love your State is good, too. But if it comes to a question of survival, you have to love one better than the other. Also, better than yourself. It was simple for the enemy; they knew which one Aron was dedicated to...

The Trimmed Lamp follows The Four Million and provides another series of stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work.

Twenty-five years ago the school children used to chant their lessons. The manner of their delivery was a singsong recitative between the utterance of an Episcopal minister and the drone of a tired sawmill. I mean no disrespect.

Large Format for easy reading. The first collection of humorous short stories from the author of The Four Million, his stories deal for the most part with ordinary people:

William Sidney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862 He was a voracious reader as a child reading anything from classics to cheap dime store novels. He graduated from his aunt’s elementary school in 1876 and then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School though his aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. Porter travelled to Texas in March 1882, hoping a change of air would help relieve a persistent cough. In Austin he led an active social life as well as singing and playing both guitar and mandolin. He became a member of the "Hill City Quartet," and through this began courting Athol Estes, then seventeen and from a wealthy family. Her mother objected to the match because Athol was suffering from tuberculosis. On July 1, 1887, Porter eloped with Athol. Porter's friend Richard Hall became Texas Land Commissioner and offered Porter a job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in 1887 at a salary of $100 a month, drawing maps from surveys and field notes. As a developing and popular writer he continued to contribute to magazines and newspapers.