The terror and horror that typify Poe's fiction are evidenced in such tales as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe. 7 4_ THE BLACK CAT For the most wild yet most homely.
The French-born dog usually occupied the rear jump seat with the aide, Lieutenant Robert Wallis. D-Day soon realized his exalted status and took full advantage of it. “The pup rides around in the general's jeep and his behavior is such ...
Thomas J. (“Stonewall”) Jackson was married to Daniel Harvey (“D. H.”) Hill's sister. Both men were generals, but at least they fought together, ... National division was seen in the familial connections of “Jeb” Stuart, who died at the ...
“Chasing Midnight” is original here. Midnight is a girl with serious ambitions. Somewhat darker than the usual lighthearted Black Company tale, this one involves the Company only peripherally. When originally commissioned for an ...
... story was made with a view to its intrinsic merit and striking qualities rather than as typifying the writer's art. It was, of course, impossible in the space of one book to exhaust all that is best. But to my knowledge, the present ...
Features 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Andy Duncan Andy Duncan is a South Carolina native who was a fulltime journalist for twelve years. Duncan teaches writing at Frostburg State University in Maryland, where he is on the tenured English Department faculty.
From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's beloved novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter.
A superb collection of classic and contemporary football fiction by renowned authors. Selections include "Trojan Horse" by Ellery Queen; "Sooper, Dooper" by Frank Deford; "Alumnus Football" by Grantland Rice; "Hold...
The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones; a graph of these hierarchies would be many layers deep. This book introduces a broad range of topics in deep learning.