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Howard Roger Garis (1873 -1962) was an American author best known for his series Uncle Wiggily, which follows an elderly bunny rabbit as he helps other animals in the neighborhood solve problems. Uncle Wiggily began as a weekly series in the Newark News, but has since been collected into a full volume. In addition to Uncle Wiggily, Garis has written over fifteen different children's series, and was one of the most popular authors of the early 20th century.
Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1844 - 1923) was a Scottish historian and author, best known for his contributions to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The Ballad in Literature focuses on the formal qualities of the ballad, as well as its development through history.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, First Baron Macaulay (1800 - 1859), was a British historian and Whig politician, best known for his books on British history. His tendency to see history as a drama led him to treat figures whose views he opposed as if they were villains, while characters he approved of were presented as heroes.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and essayist, best known for his works Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island. The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale focuses on a conflict between two brothers who are torn apart by the 1745 Jacobite rising.
Achmed Abdullah's name was once synonymous with adventure. He published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, thrilling millions of readers throughout the world. He wrote with authority about exotic peoples and places because he had lived a life filled with adventure, serving in the British army and travelling extensively to exotic locales before settling down to a literary career.Here is the first new book of Adbullah's stories in almost seventy years, sampling a broad range of his work. "A Charmed Life" tells of one life-changing night in India, when a white man glimpses a beautiful woman in danger and acts to rescue her. "Framed at the Benefactor's Club" is a fascinating, intricately plotted mystery set in Manhattan. "The Yellow Wife" is a chilling look at Chinese life in Chinatown. "Bismallah!" is a light adventure in Africa, as crooked traders try to put a successful rival company out of business. "Light" is a surprisingly effective supernatural tale. "A Yarkand Survey" tells the story of a corrupt governor sent on a survey mission that might cost him his life -- if he isn't careful! And "Fear" is the tale of two thieving white men in Africa and the weird fates that awaited them.Ranging from mystery to adventure to outright horror, from the streets of New York to the rooftops of Calcutta, from London's Chinatown to the jungles of Africa, here are tales of men caught up by plots and mysteries beyond their wildest imaginings! Features a new introduction by pulp scholar Darrell Schweitzer.
That's a knife in his chest, just like the kind my ex-wife used to use in her knife-throwing act. But that was a long time ago. Before she married the owner of this carny... And there's the owner now. He's the dead man.CARNY KILL. A mystery from the author of Swamp Sister and The Red Fathom.
Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 - 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. He wrote more than 100 novels between 1887 and 1943. "The Ex-Detective" was first published in 1933.
The fabulous oil fields were opening up -- and the open range was being closed off. Violence and whining bullets marked the struggle between the cattlemen and the new oil millionaires until Walt Slade rode in to bring peace to the warring factions. But the tall Ranger undercover man had his work cut out for him-as he found out the night an unseen killer riddled his room with gunfire! Then it became a personal feud, to be settled only with the deadly crashing roar of GUN JUSTICE!
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