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To a great mind, nothing is little.The First Three Sherlock Holmes Novels in One BookA Study in Scarlet: After returning from the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Dr. John. H. Watson begins to seek out someone to share a living space with. It is then and there that he is introduced to a one Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and thus begins the famous relationship between the master detective and the good doctor. Upon hearing of a murder committed in an abandoned house, Dr. Watson convinces the reluctant Sherlock to investigate. With his trusty magnifying glass and a tape measure, Sherlock and his partner Dr. Watson embark together on the first of their many investigations.The Sign of Four: The greatest detective duo is back and they have taken a case from Mary Morstan, whose father has gone missing ten years earlier after he had returned from India. The case isn't as simple as a missing person, however. Starting six years ago, Mary had begun to receive a single pearl every year, and with the last pearl, a request for a meeting was attached to the gift. Coincidentally, it seems Mary's father had a friend from his regiment named Major Sholto who had died at near the same time Mary began receiving her annual pearl. Together, Holmes, Watson, and Mary set off to meet the anonymous sender of the pearls, and thus begins the second mystery in the Sherlock literary canon.The Hound of the Baskervilles: In the moors of Devon, Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead of an apparent heart attack. But with a horror-stricken look frozen on his face and fresh footprints of none other than a legendary giant dog found nearby, Dr. James Mortimer believes misconduct played a role in his friend's untimely death and Mortimer solicits the help of Sherlock Holmes to get to the bottom of this curious case.

All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.The disturbing Mr. Hyde is making his repugnant presence known in late 19th Century London. But punishment for his vile acts are always parried by the good, and well-respected, Dr. Jekyll. Soon, the secret relationship between the two men will be revealed.¿A classic that continues to be referenced today, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will forever be locked in literary history.

I almost wish I hadn''t gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-it''s rather curious, you know, this sort of life!The Alice in Wonderland Omnibus edition is also available in a beautiful hardcover from Reader''s Library Classics (ISBN: 9781954839045)Presented here is a paperback edition of Lewis Carroll''s Alice series of books including Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. Included are all 90+ of the original publications'' John Tenniel illustrations properly formatted and sized within the story. Read the Alice saga the way it was meant to be read.Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland: Down the rabbit hole away little Alice goes. Follow her at your own peril, but beware of the world you are about to enter. One with a decapitation-crazed queen, an unintelligible duchess, a sleepy dormouse, a chronically late rabbit, a witty Cheshire cat, a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar, a Hatter and a March Hare hosting a mad tea party, and a caucus race so bewildering that the best way to explain it is just to do it.Through the Looking Glass: Adventure, mayhem, and madness continue for young Alice after she climbs through the mirror hanging above her fireplace''s mantel. Into the reflective world she travels, and soon she discovers that just as everything is backward in a mirror''s reflection, so is everything, from backward sentences to backward logic, in the mirror world. Rank by rank, Alice must cross through an enormous chess board as she meets a fantastical motley crew of creatures, chess pieces, and humans alike. What shall happen when little Alice reaches the end of the chess board?