One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Dickens, Collins's friend and mentor. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall readers today. The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems...

This is Cather's coming-of-age classic---the story of a young artist who leaves the mediocrity of her home town to seek fame and success in the big city.

"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--

"Set in early 1900s Colorado, the unforgettable tale of a young woman who bravely faces the consequences of speaking out against injustice. In a voice spiked with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving her family's snowbound mountain cabin to work in a manor house for the Padgetts, owners of the marble-mining company that employs her father and dominates the town. Sharp-eyed Sylvie is awed by the luxury around her; fascinated by her employer,...

Basil (1852) is a novel by Wilkie Collins. Written in the aftermath of Antonina (1850), his successful debut, Basil finds the author honing the trademark sense of mystery and psychological unease that would make him a household name around the world. Recognized as an important Victorian novelist and pioneer of detective fiction, Wilkie Collins was a writer with a gift for thoughtful entertainment, stories written for a popular audience that continue...

A stolen Hindu diamond, the Moonstone, works its curse after being stolen from it's shrine. Just before Rachel's birthday, a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle. Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her to wear. The jewel goes missing and Rachel believes that Blake stole it. Determined to prove his innocence, Blake leaves in order to pursue...

A guide to one of Marvel Comics' superheroes traces his forty-year career, reviewing the main storylines and the major characters, villains, and supernatural creatures who encounter Bruce Banner and his inner double, the Hulk.

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Wilkie Collins. After Dark. Antonina. Armadale. Basil. The Black Robe. Blind Love. The Dead Alive. A Fair Penitent. The Fallen Leaves. The Frozen Deep. The Guilty River. The Haunted Hotel. Heart and Science. Hide and Seek. I Say No. Jezebel. The Law and the Lady. The Legacy of Cain. Little Novels. Man and Wife. Miss or Mrs.? The Moonstone. My Lady's Money. The New Magdalen. No Name. No Thoroughfare....

Love, jealousy and hatred- life-changing emotions for any mortal. But when two witch sisters, Sapphire and Saffron, exhibit such feelings, then the wickedness of their family feud is felt by many, living on the mythical land of Peridot.But while their minds are bent on destroying each other, an old menace lurks amid the shadows, watching and waiting, for this, the right moment, to subdue all his foes and revenge themselves from a painful defeat- a...

Also collects material from War of the Realms: War Scrolls (2019) #1 and The Astonishing Ant-Man (2015) #6. Malekith's invading army has giants - but so does Midgard! As the War of the Realms rages, four men must rise to monstrous heights at the behest of All-Mother Freyja and infiltrate the savage territory of Florida - now known as New Jotunheim! Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Atlas go sky-scraping shoulder-to-shoulder on a deadly mission to kill...