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100 Mystery Masterpieces of World Literature

A Global Anthology of Detective Puzzles, Gothic Terror, Espionage, and Psychological Suspense

by Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D. H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Edgar Wallace, R. Austin Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ernest Bramah, Sapper, Arthur Morrison, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Buchan, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Robert William Chambers, J. S. Fletcher, Richard Marsh, Annie Haynes, Alexandre Dumas, Maurice Leblanc, Gaston Leroux, Émile Gaboriau, Marcel Allain, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Algernon Blackwood, Washington Irving, Guy de Maupassant, E. C. Bentley, A. A. Milne, Sax Rohmer, Erskine Childers, E. W. Hornung, Earl Derr Biggers ...

100 Mystery Masterpieces of World Literature surveys the extraordinary elasticity of mystery writing, from Gothic dread, sensation fiction, and locked-room puzzles to espionage, detective procedure, supernatural terror, and psychological crime. Its capacious selection situates investigation beside adventure, social satire, romance, and horror, revealing how the genre absorbs the anxieties of ... Read more

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100 Mystery Masterpieces of World Literature surveys the extraordinary elasticity of mystery writing, from Gothic dread, sensation fiction, and locked-room puzzles to espionage, detective procedure, supernatural terror, and psychological crime. Its capacious selection situates investigation beside adventure, social satire, romance, and horror, revealing how the genre absorbs the anxieties of
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50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 1)

A Global Anthology of Gothic Crimes, Ingenious Clues, and Classic Detective Tales

by Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D. H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Edgar Wallace, R. Austin Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ernest Bramah, Sapper, Arthur Morrison, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Buchan, Robert William Chambers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, J. S. Fletcher, Richard Marsh, Annie Haynes, Alexandre Dumas, Maurice Leblanc, Gaston Leroux, Émile Gaboriau, Marcel Allain, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Algernon Blackwood, Washington Irving, Guy de Maupassant, E. C. Bentley, A. A. Milne, Sax Rohmer, Erskine Childers, E. W. Hornung, Earl Derr Biggers, S. S. Van Dine ...

50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 1) surveys the formative breadth of crime writing, from Gothic enigmas and sensation fiction to locked-room puzzles, espionage narratives, psychological investigations, and tales in which the supernatural shadows rational detection. Its selection places canonical detective stories beside international adventures and darker studies of ... Read more

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50 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction (Vol. 1) surveys the formative breadth of crime writing, from Gothic enigmas and sensation fiction to locked-room puzzles, espionage narratives, psychological investigations, and tales in which the supernatural shadows rational detection. Its selection places canonical detective stories beside international adventures and darker studies of
... Read more
Fair Youth

by Lawrence Wells ...

In 1570 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, a headstrong young nobleman with literary ambitions, enters into a romance with Queen Elizabeth I. As the queen's chief of courtly entertainment de Vere organizes a stable of writers producing plays and masques. His peers nickname Vere "the Spear-shaker."Fearing court gossip about the royal affair, Elizabeth orders Oxford to ... Read more

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In 1570 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, a headstrong young nobleman with literary ambitions, enters into a romance with Queen Elizabeth I. As the queen's chief of courtly entertainment de Vere organizes a stable of writers producing plays and masques. His peers nickname Vere "the Spear-shaker."Fearing court gossip about the royal affair, Elizabeth orders Oxford to
... Read more
In Faulkner's Shadow

A Memoir

by Lawrence Wells ...

Series series Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
What happens when you marry into a family that includes a Nobel Prize winner who is arguably the finest American writer of the twentieth century? Lawrence Wells, author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir, fills this lively tale with stories that answer just that. In 1972, Wells married Dean Faulkner, the only niece of William Faulkner, and slowly found himself lost in the Faulkner mystique. While ... Read more

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What happens when you marry into a family that includes a Nobel Prize winner who is arguably the finest American writer of the twentieth century? Lawrence Wells, author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir, fills this lively tale with stories that answer just that. In 1972, Wells married Dean Faulkner, the only niece of William Faulkner, and slowly found himself lost in the Faulkner mystique. While
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100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 2] (Black Horse Classics)

by Rabindranath Tagore, Rebecca West, Sinclair Lewis, Jules Verne, W. Somerset Maugham, George Sand, Upton Sinclair, D. H. Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Black Horse Classics ...

This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged by authors' last names: Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] Beauty And The Beast [Barbot de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne] The Law [Frédéric Bastiat] Cabin Fever [B. M. Bower] Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] Discourse on the Method [Descartes] Sister Carrie [Theodore Dreiser] The Three Musketeers [Alexandre ... Read more

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This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged by authors' last names: Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] Beauty And The Beast [Barbot de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne] The Law [Frédéric Bastiat] Cabin Fever [B. M. Bower] Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler] Discourse on the Method [Descartes] Sister Carrie [Theodore Dreiser] The Three Musketeers [Alexandre
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Ghostwriter

Shakespeare, Literary Landmines, and an Eccentric Patron's Royal Obsession

by Lawrence Wells ...

2025 Silver Book Award Winner in the category of Humor/Satire awarded by Bestsellersworld.com2025 Bronze Book Award Winner in the category of Biography/Memoir awarded by Bestsellersworld.comNominee for the 2025 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Life WritingPart literary mystery, part an examination of what constitutes fiction versus reality, Ghostwriter is based on the true story ... Read more

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2025 Silver Book Award Winner in the category of Humor/Satire awarded by Bestsellersworld.com2025 Bronze Book Award Winner in the category of Biography/Memoir awarded by Bestsellersworld.comNominee for the 2025 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Life WritingPart literary mystery, part an examination of what constitutes fiction versus reality, Ghostwriter is based on the true story
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Backstory

A Literary Life on the Run

by Dean Faulkner Wells, Lawrence Wells ...

For every published article there is a backstory of behind-the-scenes adventures. Between 1980 and 2000, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells traveled coast to coast on magazine assignments. Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run reveals how unexpected events played a major role in each article. The collection of twenty-five articles begins with Dean’s interview with Willie “Suicide” Jones, her ... Read more

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For every published article there is a backstory of behind-the-scenes adventures. Between 1980 and 2000, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells traveled coast to coast on magazine assignments. Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run reveals how unexpected events played a major role in each article. The collection of twenty-five articles begins with Dean’s interview with Willie “Suicide” Jones, her
... Read more
101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

A Landmark Anthology of Gothic Crime, Locked-Room Puzzles, Espionage, and Suspense

by Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D. H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, R. Austin Freeman, Anna Katharine Green, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ernest Bramah, Sapper, Arthur Morrison, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Buchan, Robert William Chambers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, J. S. Fletcher, Richard Marsh, Annie Haynes, Alexandre Dumas, Maurice Leblanc, Gaston Leroux, Émile Gaboriau, Marcel Allain, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson, Algernon Blackwood, Washington Irving, Guy de Maupassant, E. C. Bentley, A. A. Milne, Sax Rohmer, Erskine Childers, E. W. Hornung, Earl Derr Biggers, S. S. Van Dine ...

101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die surveys the astonishing breadth of crime fiction, from Gothic menace, sensationalism, and supernatural terror to the analytic detective tale, espionage thriller, locked-room puzzle, and psychological mystery. Its selections place clue-driven investigation beside stories of doubles, hidden crimes, urban vice, imperial adventure, and ... Read more

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101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die surveys the astonishing breadth of crime fiction, from Gothic menace, sensationalism, and supernatural terror to the analytic detective tale, espionage thriller, locked-room puzzle, and psychological mystery. Its selections place clue-driven investigation beside stories of doubles, hidden crimes, urban vice, imperial adventure, and
... Read more
Masterworks of Masculine Rebellion and Insight – 5 Classic Psychological Fictions

Enriched edition. New Grub Street, The House with the Green Shutters, The Way of All Flesh, The History of Mr. Polly

by George Gissing, George Douglas Brown, Samuel Butler, H. G. Wells, David Herbert Lawrence, Alban Croft ...

In *Masterworks of Masculine Rebellion and Insight – 5 Classic Psychological Fictions*, the reader is invited to explore a rich tapestry of narratives that delve deeply into the psyche of male protagonists navigating societal conventions and personal introspection. The collection brings together a compelling range of literary styles—from the stark realism and psychological depth reflective of ... Read more

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In *Masterworks of Masculine Rebellion and Insight – 5 Classic Psychological Fictions*, the reader is invited to explore a rich tapestry of narratives that delve deeply into the psyche of male protagonists navigating societal conventions and personal introspection. The collection brings together a compelling range of literary styles—from the stark realism and psychological depth reflective of
... Read more
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Stories About Loneliness in Big Cities

You can be surrounded by people but still feel alone

by James Joyce, Anton Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, O Henry, Leonid Andreyev, Catherine Wells, Beatrice Harraden ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley ...

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Many of us enjoy solitude. Maybe a few minutes, or an hour, maybe a few days to decompress and unwind. But for some people, and there are many persuasive reasons as to why, solitude has a big brother; Loneliness. There is no-one to share with, to split the burden or triumphs of life.And in big cities, that teem with life and energy, to be alone is one of the great conundrums of life.In this volume ... Read more

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Many of us enjoy solitude. Maybe a few minutes, or an hour, maybe a few days to decompress and unwind. But for some people, and there are many persuasive reasons as to why, solitude has a big brother; Loneliness. There is no-one to share with, to split the burden or triumphs of life.And in big cities, that teem with life and energy, to be alone is one of the great conundrums of life.In this volume
... Read more
The Top 10 Short Stories - The English Men

by D H Lawrence, H G Wells, G K Chesterton ...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
Different Strokes

John Warren Wells on Human Behavior

by Lawrence Block, as John Warren Wells ...

Series series John Warren Wells on Human Behavior
In the early 1970s, with Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones rewriting film history, John Warren Wells hired on to write the script for a high-quality pornographic movie. Originally published by Dell, Different Strokes includes the remarkable script he delivered, the production diary he kept, an interview with the film's leading lady—and a 2012 afterword that puts it all into uncanny ... Read more

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In the early 1970s, with Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones rewriting film history, John Warren Wells hired on to write the script for a high-quality pornographic movie. Originally published by Dell, Different Strokes includes the remarkable script he delivered, the production diary he kept, an interview with the film's leading lady—and a 2012 afterword that puts it all into uncanny
... Read more

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