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Usher's Passing

By: Robert McCammon

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Poe’s classic tale lives on in this gothic novel of ancestral madness in the mountains of modern-day North Carolina, from a New York Times–bestselling author. Ever since Edgar Allan Poe looted a family’s ignoble secret history for his classic story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” living in the shadow of that sick dynasty has been an inescapable scourge for generations of Usher descendants. But not for horror novelist Rix Usher. Years ago, he fled the isolated family estate of Usherland in the menacing North Carolina hills to pursue his writing career. He promised never to return. But his father’s impending death has brought Rix back home to assume the role of Usher patriarch—and face his worst fears. His arrival forces him to confront a devious and impassive family and his vulnerable sister’s slow descent into insanity. Stirring memories of the grim folktales born out of the surrounding Briartop Mountains and the terrifying legends of missing children, Rix knows that in the dark, twisted corridors of Usherland, that dreadful something he saw as a young boy is still there. It’s waiting for him, as decayed and undying as the Usher heritage, and more depraved than anything Poe could have imagined. This eerie novel by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Swan Song and Boy’s Life is “a frightening pleasure” and a worthy tribute to the master who inspired it (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

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Open Road Media

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145323151X

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9781453231517

The Southern Novels

Boy's Life, Mystery Walk, Gone South, and Usher's Passing

By: Robert McCammon

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The Southern Novels

Boy's Life, Mystery Walk, Gone South, and Usher's Passing

By: Robert McCammon

Four chilling tales from the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song and the “true master of the Gothic novel” (Booklist). From rural Alabama to the Louisiana bayou to the North Carolina mountains, World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award–winning author Robert R. McCammon has made the American South his own Gothic playground in these four unforgettable novels. A Boy’s Life: “Strongly echoing the childhood-elegies of King and Bradbury, and every bit their equal,” McCammon’s World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award–winning novel takes place in 1964 Alabama, where a twelve-year-old boy’s idyllic life takes an abrupt turn into a dark world of mystery when he and his father witness a car roll into a lake—only to discover a corpse handcuffed to the steering wheel (Kirkus Reviews). “It’s McCammon’s The Prince of Tides. . . . Incredibly moving.” —Peter Straub Mystery Walk: Two boys with mysterious powers—a psychic who speaks with the dead and a faith healer—share a common bond and hold mankind’s fate in their hands in an epic showdown of good versus evil. “As finely a turned tale of horror as the best of them.” —Houston Chronicle Gone South: A veteran’s moment of rage leads to a grisly murder and a heated chase deep into the bayou, where he encounters a pair of bizarre bounty hunters—and a strange new friend, who might help him find redemption. “A gothic picaresque that mixes gritty plot and black comedy.” —The Wall Street Journal Usher’s Passing: Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is no fiction in this Gothic novel of ancestral madness in the mountains of modern-day North Carolina, as the heir to the Usher legacy—a horror novelist—confronts his terrifying inheritance. “A frightening pleasure.” —St. Louis Dispatch

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Open Road Media

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1504052129

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9781504052122

Colonel Edward E. Cross, New Hampshire Fighting Fifth

A Civil War Biography

By: Robert Grandchamp

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Colonel Edward E. Cross, New Hampshire Fighting Fifth

A Civil War Biography

By: Robert Grandchamp

Edward Ephraim Cross (1832-1863) accomplished more in his short lifetime years than most men who live to be 100. By the eve of the Civil War, he had traveled from Cincinnati to Arizona working as a political reporter, travel writer, editor, trail hand, silver mine supervisor, and Indian fighter. In the summer of 1861, he became colonel of the Fighting Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers and gained fame as a fearless battlefield commander during action at Fair Oaks, Antietam, Fredricksburg, and Chancellorsville before being mortally wounded at Gettysburg. However, behind this great soldier lay a flawed man, an alcoholic with a short temper who fought a constant battle with words against immigrants, abolitionists, and others with whom he disagreed. This detailed biography presents a full portrait of this controversial and little-known figure, filling a critical gap in the literature of the northern Civil War experience.

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McFarland

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0786493224

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9780786493227

The Second Western Megapack

25 Classic Western Stories

By: Zane Grey,Ed Earl Repp,Max Brand,Clarence E. Mulford,Robert E. Howard

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The Second Western Megapack

25 Classic Western Stories

By: Zane Grey,Ed Earl Repp,Max Brand,Clarence E. Mulford,Robert E. Howard

The Second Western Megapack presents a wide-ranging selection of western stories sure to get your pulse racing. Here are action tales of the old west by masters such as Zane Grey, Ed Earl Repp, Robert E. Howard, Clarence E. Mulford, Max Brand -- and many more. More than 2,000 pages of great reading! Complete contents: QUICK PAY FOR MAVERICK MEN, by Ed Earl Repp TOM’S MONEY, by Harriet Prescott Spofford WHILE SMOKE ROLLED, by Robert E. Howard THE AFFAIR AT GROVER STATION, by Willa Cather THE OUTLAW PILOT, by Stephen Payne READY FOR A COFFIN, by Gene Austin BULLDOG CARNEY, by W. A. Fraser DUST, by Marcet and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius THE JIMMYJOHN BOSS, by Owen Wister THE APACHE MOUNTAIN WAR, by Robert E. Howard ABOVE THE LAW, by Max Brand WITH GUTS, GUN, AND SCALPEL, by Archie Joscelyn THE END OF THE TRAIL, by Clarence E. Mulford THE WILD-HORSE HUNTER, by Zane Grey THE HONK-HONK BREED, by Stewart Edward White THE TEXAN SCOUTS, by Joseph A. Altsheler THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK, by Robert E. Howard A KINSMAN OF RED CLOUD, by Owen Wister NO REPORT, by S. Omar Barke THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN, by Zane Grey GUNMAN’S RECKONING, by Max Brand LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE, by Owen Wister THE LONE RANGER RIDES, by Fran Striker MAN SIZE, by William MacLeod Raine COLUMBIA AND THE COWBOY, by Alice MacGowan And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see all the entries in the Megapack series -- including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, classics, and much, much more!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434446484

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9781434446480

The Maroons

Queensland's State of Origin heroes

By: Robert Burgin

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The Maroons

Queensland's State of Origin heroes

By: Robert Burgin

A fitness plan for everyone to shred stubborn areas of body fat and boost metabolism—no need to go to a gym Healthy Body educates you about your body, getting fit, and how to eat right for it. Once you understand the hormonal rules that govern your body you will become the master of your physique and the controller of your body. This book teachers readers how to shred stubborn areas of body fat, and what supplements to take for flabby arms, legs, and mid-section. It will teach you how to boost your metabolism with simple weight-based circuit-style training at home that will increase lean muscle while burning fat. It discusses simple everyday equipment list, weekly overviews, and 24 exercises. Lifestyle tips are offered, along with a meal plan and more than 30 recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with post workout snacks and treats. Includes dual measures.

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Simon and Schuster

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1922579963

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9781922579966

The Germanic Strong Verbs

Foundations and Development of a New System

By: Robert Mailhammer

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The Germanic Strong Verbs

Foundations and Development of a New System

By: Robert Mailhammer

As a contribution to the ongoing discussion of the genesis of the Germanic language, this book investigates the strong verbs of Proto-Germanic using a new approach that combines historical and typological morphology with quantitative etymology. It reveals that the morphological peculiarities and the etymological problems of the strong verbs have been considerably underestimated. The first part of the book explains how drastically the inherited verb system was transformed when it was uniformized and simplified around a functionalized verbal ablaut. In particular, it is shown that the systemic position of ablaut is typologically different from that in the verb morphology of the Indo-European parent language. Moreover, the origin of the lengthened grade preterits and other well-known morphological problems of the strong verbs are discussed. After developing a methodological framework, the second part of the book presents a quantitative analysis of the etymological situation of the strong verbs. It demonstrates that the etymological relations of the strong verbs are significantly less clear than commonly assumed, as almost half of them have no accepted etymology. A comparative quantification of the primary verbs of Sanskrit and Ancient Greek, both of which possess much better etymological connections within the Indo-European language family, underlines the significance of the Germanic data and the validity of the analytical framework. Taken together, the investigations presented in this book put the Germanic strong verbs in a new and markedly different light. Their largely obscure etymological situation in combination with their far-reaching morphological restructuring has telling implications for the prehistory of the Germanic languages and suggests new pathways for future research.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110198789

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9783110198782

Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Africa, and Europe

By: Robert Montgomery Martin

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Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Africa, and Europe

By: Robert Montgomery Martin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.

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3368754483

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Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Africa, and Europe

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