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This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Contents:Novels:Jimbo: A FantasyThe Education of Uncle PaulThe Human ChordThe CentaurA Prisoner in FairylandThe Extra DayJulius LeVallonThe WaveThe Promise of AirThe Garden of SurvivalThe Bright MessengerShort Stories:The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories:The ListenerMax Hensing - Bacteriologist and MurdererThe WillowsThe Insanity of JonesThe Dance of DeathMay Day EveMiss Slumbubble - and ClaustrophobiaJohn Silence:A Psychical InvasionAncient SorceriesThe Nemesis of FireSecret WorshipThe Camp of the DogA Victim of Higher SpaceThe Lost ValleyThe WendigoOld ClothesPerspectiveThe Terror of the TwinsThe Man from the ''Gods''The Man Who Played Upon The LeafThe Price of Wiggins''s OrgyCarlton''s DriveThe Eccentricity of Simon ParnacutePan''s Garden: a Volume of Nature Stories:The Man Whom The Trees LovedThe South WindThe Sea FitThe AtticThe Heath FireThe MessengerThe Glamour of the SnowThe ReturnSandThe TransferClairvoyanceThe Golden FlySpecial DeliveryThe Destruction of SmithThe Temptation of the ClayIncredible Adventures:The Regeneration of Lord ErnieThe SacrificeThe DamnedA Descent Into EgyptWayfarersDay and Night Stories...Play:Karma; a reincarnation playAlgernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which climaxes with a traveler''s sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon and its sequel The Bright Messenger, which deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Jimbo: A Fantasy (Adventure Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. "Jimbo was not quite sure that he understood the message, but he liked it all the same, and felt comforted. So long as they believed in one another, the rest did not matter very much after all. And when at last, shivering with cold, he crept back to bed, it was only to find through the Gates of Sleep a more direct way to the things he had been thinking about, and to wander for the rest of the night, unwatched and free, through the wonders of an Enchanted Land…."

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Willows (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Willows is one of Blackwood''s best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening character. Most ominous are the masses of dense, desultory, menacing willows, which "moved of their own will as though alive, and they touched, by some incalculable method, my own keen sense of the horrible." - Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. After managing to land their canoe for the evening, during the night and into the next day and night, the mysterious, hostile forces emerge in force, including large, dark shapes that seem to trace the consciousness of the two men…Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Wendigo (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This thrilling story is based on Blackwood''s experience''s hunting in the backwoods of Canada. A group of men deep in the Northern wilderness are visited by a terrifying creature from Native American legend…Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Ultimate Horror Classics Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe.Table of Contents:The Empty HouseA Haunted IslandA Case of EavesdroppingKeeping His PromiseWith Intent to StealThe Wood of the DeadSmith: An Episode in a Lodging-HouseA Suspicious GiftThe Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New YorkSkeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Damned (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe.Excerpt:"Certain things, however, gradually then became apparent, forcing themselves upon me. They came slowly, but overwhelmingly. Not that facts had changed, or natural details altered in the grounds—this was impossible—but that I noticed for the first time various aspects I had not noticed before—trivial enough, yet for me, just then, significant. Some I remembered from previous days; others I saw now as I wandered to and fro, uneasy, uncomfortable,—almost, it seemed, watched by some one who took note of my impressions. The details were so foolish, the total result so formidable. I was half aware that others tried hard to make me see. It was deliberate. My sister''s phrase, ''one layer got at me, another gets at you,'' flashed, undesired, upon me."

This carefully crafted ebook: "Ancient Sorceries and Other Tales" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Blackwood''s best known stories are "The Willows" and "The Wendigo".Contents:The WillowsThe Insanity of JonesAncient SorceriesThe Man Who Found OutThe WendigoThe Glamour of the SnowThe Man Whom the Trees LovedSand

This carefully crafted ebook: "JOHN SILENCE SERIES - Complete Collection: A Psychical Invasion + Ancient Sorceries + The Nemesis of Fire + Secret Worship + The Camp of the Dog + A Victim of Higher Space" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe.Table of Contents:A Psychical InvasionAncient SorceriesThe Nemesis of FireSecret WorshipThe Camp of the DogA Victim of Higher Space

This carefully crafted ebook: "Algernon Blackwood: Premium 11 Novels Collection (Jimbo, The Education of Uncle Paul, The Human Chord, The Centaur, The Promise of Air, The Garden of Survival, The Bright Messenger and more)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which climaxes with a traveler''s sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon and its sequel The Bright Messenger, which deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness.Table of Contents:Jimbo: A FantasyThe Education of Uncle PaulThe Human ChordThe CentaurA Prisoner in Fairyland: Sequel to The Education of Uncle PaulThe Extra DayJulius LeVallonThe WaveThe Promise of AirThe Garden of SurvivalThe Bright Messenger; Sequel to Julius LeVallon

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ROULETABILLE: The Mystery of the Yellow Room & The Secret of the Night (Thriller Classics)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:"The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is one of the first locked-room mystery crime fiction novels. It is the first novel starring fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, and concerns a complex and seemingly impossible crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the scene of the crime. The emphasis of the story is firmly on the intellectual challenge to the reader, who will almost certainly be hard pressed to unravel every detail of the situation. Also included in this edition is the thriller novel "The Secret of the Night".Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l''Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name. His novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is also one of the most famous locked-room mysteries ever.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Mystery & Horror Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents."The Phantom of the Opera" is a story inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century. Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers'' retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time, there are rumours of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. Sometime after the gala, the Paris Opera performs Faust, with the prima donna Carlotta playing the lead, against the Phantom''s wishes. During the performance, Carlotta loses her voice and the grand chandelier plummets into the audience... Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l''Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name.

This carefully crafted ebook: "GERTRUDE STEIN Ultimate Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, Memoirs & Essays" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:IntroductionA Message from Gertrude SteinNovelsThree LivesThe Making of AmericansPoems, Stories & PlaysTender ButtonsObjectsFoodRoomsMatisse, Picasso and Gertrude SteinA Long Gay BookMany Many WomenG.M.P.Geography and PlaysSusie AsadoAdaMiss Furr and Miss SkeeneA CollectionFranceAmericansItaliansA Sweet TailThe History of BelmonteIn the GrassEnglandMallorcan StoriesScenesThe King or SomethingPublishers, the Portrait Gallery, and the Manuscripts of the British MuseumRocheBraquePortrait of Prince B. D.Mrs. WhiteheadPortrait of Constance FletcherA Poem about WalbergJohnny GreyA Portrait of F. B.Sacred EmilyIIIIIIIIIIOne (Van Vechten)One (Harry Phelan Gibb)A Curtain RaiserLadies VoicesWhat HappenedWhite WinesDo Let Us Go AwayFor the Country EntirelyTurkey Bones and Eating and We Liked ItEvery AfternoonCaptain Walter ArnoldPlease Do Not SufferHe Said ItCounting Her DressesI Like It to Be a PlayNot SightlyBonne AnneeMexicoA Family of Perhaps ThreeAdvertisementsPink Melon JoyIf You Had Three HusbandsWork AgainTourty or TourtebattreNextLand of NationsAccents in AlsaceThe Psychology of Nations or What Are You Looking AtFour Saints in Three ActsMemoirsThe Winner LosesThe Americans are ComingReflections on the Atom BombBiographiesThe Autobiography of Alice B. ToklasPicassoPortraits of PaintersGertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein''s writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce''s Ulysses and to Marcel Proust''s In Search of Lost Time.

This carefully crafted ebook: "GERTRUDE STEIN Premium Collection: 60+ Poems, Tales & Plays in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:THREE LIVESThe Good AnnaMelancthaThe Gentle LenaTENDER BUTTONSObjectsFoodRoomsMATISSE, PICASSO AND GERTRUDE STEINA Long Gay BookMany Many WomenG.M.P.GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYSSusie AsadoAdaMiss Furr and Miss SkeeneA CollectionFranceAmericansItaliansA Sweet TailThe History of BelmonteIn the GrassEnglandMallorcan StoriesScenesThe King or SomethingPublishers, the Portrait Gallery, and the Manuscripts of the British MuseumRocheBraquePortrait of Prince B. D.Mrs. WhiteheadPortrait of Constance FletcherA Poem about WalbergJohnny GreyA Portrait of F. B.Sacred EmilyIIIIIIIIIIOne (Van Vechten)One (Harry Phelan Gibb)A Curtain RaiserLadies VoicesWhat HappenedWhite WinesDo Let Us Go AwayFor the Country EntirelyTurkey Bones and Eating and We Liked ItEvery AfternoonCaptain Walter ArnoldPlease Do Not SufferHe Said ItCounting Her DressesI Like It to Be a PlayNot SightlyBonne AnneeMexicoA Family of Perhaps ThreeAdvertisementsPink Melon JoyIf You Had Three HusbandsWork AgainTourty or TourtebattreNextLand of NationsAccents in AlsaceThe Psychology of Nations or What Are You Looking AtGertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, best known for Three Lives, The Making of Americans and Tender Buttons. Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. Picasso and Cubism were an important influence on Stein''s writing. Her works are compared to James Joyce''s Ulysses and to Marcel Proust''s In Search of Lost Time.

This carefully crafted ebook: "MYSTERIOUS CASES OF MR. TUTT - Complete Series in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Mr. Ephraim Tutt is a crafty old attorney who supports the common man and always has a trick up his sleeve to right the law''s injustices.Table of Contents:Tutt and Mr. TuttThe Human ElementMock Hen and Mock TurtleSamuel and DelilahThe Dog AndrewWile Versus GuileHepplewhite TrampLallapaloosa LimitedBy Advice of CounselThe ShysterThe Kid and the CamelContempt of CourtBy Advice of Counsel"That Sort of Woman"You''re Another!Beyond a Reasonable DoubtOld Man TuttJefferson Was RightHer Father''s HouseTit, Tat, TuttBlack SalmonJust at That AgeMr. Tutt Takes the CountMr. Tutt Goes FishingTootleNo ParkingMr. Tutt''s Queerest CaseArthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, who quickly became "the best known lawyer in America". Train wrote a number of novels and short stories inspired by his parallel career as a lawyer in private practice and a New York County District Attorney.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE CONFESSIONS OF ARTEMAS QUIBBLE (Legal Thriller)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Confessions of Artemas Quibble tells the tale of the early 20th-century law and order, as recounted by a shady and successful New York criminal lawyer. The story begins with Quibble''s reminiscences of his early life and how he decided to practice law, and later moves on to a series of anecdotes about his cases and descriptions of numerous tricks, sophistries and sundry artifices used by infamous shyster lawyers.Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wily old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law''s injustices. Train wrote a number of novels and short stories inspired by his parallel career as a lawyer in private practice and a New York County District Attorney.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE BLIND GODDESS (Murder Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Excerpt:"Eileen! The blood rushing to his eyes blurred his sight, and the pavement rose up to smite him. Eileen accused of killing Dickie! What a fantastic idea! He thrust a nickel into the boy''s hand, and crushing the paper into his pocket, staggered across Franklin Street to the Elm Castle. Good God! What made them think Eileen could have done anything like that?"Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wily old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law''s injustices. Train wrote a number of novels and short stories inspired by his parallel career as a lawyer in private practice and a New York County District Attorney.

This carefully crafted ebook: "TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney''s Office in New York City" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney''s Office tell of mayhem, corruption, forgery, murders, and other crimes that were going on in New York City in the late 19th and the early 20th century.Table of Contents:The Woman in the CaseFive Hundred Million DollarsThe Lost StradivariusThe Last of the Wire-TappersThe Franklin SyndicateA Study in FinanceThe "Duc De Nevers"A Finder of Missing HeirsA Murder ConspiracyA Flight into TexasA Case of Circumstantial EvidenceArthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wily old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law''s injustices. Train wrote a number of novels and short stories inspired by his parallel career as a lawyer in private practice and a New York County District Attorney.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE SOLOMON KANE SERIES – Complete Fantasy & Action-Adventure Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Solomon Kane is a late 16th–early 17th century Puritan, who is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back. Howard described him as a tall, gloomy man of pale skin, gaunt face and cold eyes, all of it shadowed by a slouch hat. He is dressed entirely in black and his weaponry usually consists of a rapier, a dirk, and a brace of flintlock pistols.Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Table of Contents:Red ShadowsSkulls In The StarsRattle Of BonesThe Moon Of SkullsThe Hills Of The DeadThe Footfalls WithinWings In The NightSolomon Kane''s Homecoming - A Poem

This carefully crafted ebook: "KULL OF ATLANTIS - Complete Fantasy & Action-Adventure Series" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character, which was more introspective than Howard''s subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian. He is an Atlantean barbarian and King of Valusia in the ancient Thurian Age (predating Conan''s Hyborian Age).Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Table of Contents:The King and the OakThe Shadow KingdomThe Mirrors of Tuzun ThuneKings of the Night

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE STEVE HARRISON SERIES – Complete Detective Mysteries in One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Table of Contents:Fangs of Gold (People of the Serpent)Names in the Black BookGraveyard RatsThe Tomb''s Secret

This carefully crafted ebook: "PHILO VANCE MURDER MYSTERIES - Complete Collection (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Philo Vance is a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York dilettante and bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent he likes to use for solving some quite complicated crimes. His methods are unusual and often in contradiction to the firm police rules and official requirements, but his wit always gets him a step further. Philo Vance novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine, who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books.Table of Contents:The Benson Murder CaseThe Canary Murder CaseThe Greene Murder CaseThe Bishop Murder CaseThe Scarab Murder CaseThe Kennel Murder CaseThe Dragon Murder CaseThe Casino Murder CaseThe Garden Murder CaseThe Kidnap Murder CaseThe Gracie Allen Murder CaseThe Winter Murder CaseS. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE BENSON MURDER CASE (Philo Vance Mystery Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psychological aspects of the crime of interest, and feels that they would be beyond the capacities of the police, even those of his friend District Attorney Markham. Together, Vance and Markham investigate Benson''s business associates and romantic interests, and Vance investigates the circumstances under which the body was found, trying to reconstruct the crime. S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE CANARY MURDER CASE (Whodunit Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Canary Murder Case is a classic whodunit mystery novel which deals with the murder of a sexy nightclub singer, with Philo Vance as an investigator. The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her apartment. She has a number of men in her life, ranging from high society to gangsters, and more than one man visited her apartment on the night she dies.S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Bran Mak Morn - Trilogy: Kings Of The Night, Worms Of The Earth & The Children Of The Night" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Bran is the last king of the tribal race of Picts, a mysterious, active fighting force during the Norwegian occupation of the Scottish islands as late as the 11th Century. Howard marks Bran as the "chief of the Cruithni Picts" suggesting that he followed the belief that the Picts once colonized Northern Ireland as well as Scotland.Robert Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Time Travel Adventures of James Allison" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The book of incredible adventures of a Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes.Robert Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "PIRATE''S VENGEANCE – 3 Adventure Classics in One Volume: The Isle of Pirate''s Doom, Black Vulmea & Swords of the Red Brotherhood" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Pirate''s Vengeance is a collection of historical novels that tell the tale of most notorious Caribbean pirates. Swords of the Red Brotherhood, features Terence Vulmea, aka Black Vulmea, who was born a 17th Century Irish peasant, and carried his vendetta with the English oppressors of his country to the waters of the Caribbean. The Isle of Pirate''s Doom is a Helen Tavrel Story, a female pirate of the Caribbean.Robert Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.

This carefully crafted ebook: "MURDER MYSTERIES - S.S. Van Dine Edition: 12 Detective Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Philo Vance is a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York dilettante and bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent he likes to use for solving some quite complicated crimes. His methods are unusual and often in contradiction to the firm police rules and official requirements, but his wit always gets him a step further. Philo Vance novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine, who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books.Table of Contents:IntroductionTwenty Rules for Writing Detective StoriesThe Philo Vance SeriesThe Benson Murder CaseThe Canary Murder CaseThe Greene Murder CaseThe Bishop Murder CaseThe Scarab Murder CaseThe Kennel Murder CaseThe Dragon Murder CaseThe Casino Murder CaseThe Garden Murder CaseThe Kidnap Murder CaseThe Gracie Allen Murder CaseThe Winter Murder CaseS. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE GREENE MURDER CASE (Mystery Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Greene Murder Case focuses on the murders, one by one, of members of the wealthy and contentious Greene family. The family comprises two sons and three daughters under the rule of their mother, a bedridden invalid who spends her days feeling sorry for herself and cursing her ungrateful children. The family is required to live in the Greene mansion under the terms of their father''s will. Philo Vance takes a hand when, one evening, a daughter of the Greene family is shot to death and another one is wounded.S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym he created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Man Who Forgot Christmas (Western Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.After a successful prison breakout Lou Alp, a thief, and Jack Chapel, a wrongly accused person, form an unlikely pair and plan to rob a bank. But when the attempt at bank robbery goes awry with a bullet wound on Alp''s legs, Chapel comes forward to take care of him. But things are not going to be as easy as both of them fall for the same girl, Kate. What happens after this is sure to melt many hearts."It was snowing. A northwester was rushing over the mountains. As the storm wind shifted a few points west and east, the mountains cut it away, so that one valley lay in a lull of quiet air, with the snow dropping in perpendicular lines; or else the mountains caught the wind in a funnel and poured a venomous blast, in which the snow hardened and became cold teeth. The two men lying in a covert saw Skinner Mountain, due south of them, withdraw into the mist of white and again jump out at them, blocking half the sky. The weather and the sudden appearances of Mount Skinner troubled Lou Alp." (excerpt)