Hunting Classics

Pierce Ambrose. That was the name of the man I'd been sent to kill. The man I'd failed to kill. I have one day left to make good on my contract before the thugs holding my sister and her son start sending me pieces of them. Pierce Ambrose. A man with a secret I didn't uncover until it was too late to turn back, too late to give up on trying to kill him. Now, if I want to see my sister and nephew again, I have to try one last time. My name is Mac Brennan, and this time I'm playing for keeps.

A blizzard savaged the mountain peaks, but at an inn called the Hunters' Haunt, travelers found safe refuge, a cozy room, and a roaring fire. All but Omar, the Trader of Tales - against whom the innkeeper had been nursing a grudge. But before he could pitch Omar out into the storm, his other guests proposed a contest: if Omar could top a roomful of their tallest tales, the storyteller could win his room and board. For Omar the stakes were life and death.

Sue Quentin has reached the end of her rope - she's desperate, and there's only one way out. Her plan doesn't include falling for Tony, the mysterious hit man she hires. He listens when she speaks and somehow convinces her that maybe her problems aren't entirely insurmountable. He even thinks her little potbelly is sexy. So he's a werewolf - everyone has flaws! Sue enjoys being coddled by Tony, and, for his part, Tony likes the way Sue moans when he touches her. She begins to think she and Tony might have a shot at a future together, despite his unorthodox profession...and even though she doesn't know his real name.

CSA Word continues its ever-popular series of classic short stories, featuring writers such as Jerome K. Jerome, Louisa May Alcott and Saki, read by such respected and revered readers as Derek Jacobi, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.

“So many people have written and claimed that their families were the original of the Forsytes,” wrote Galsworthy, “that one has almost been encouraged to believe in the typicality of an imagine species.” It is the Spring of 1920, 34 years on from the beginning of the Saga. “Young Jolyon” is married to Irene after her divorce from Soames, and they now have a son, Jon. Soames has re-married and has a daughter, Fleur. A new generation of Forsytes comes of age and the Saga continues.

The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don’t let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful work. There are passion and lust in these pages, high art and low comedy, and unthinking violence that ride alongside ever-correct manners. Scandal, tragedy, despair, rape, accidental death, marriage, remarriage and a healthy leavening of births all unfold against a rolling backdrop of a world war.

This collection contains the best of classic horror writing, with the atmospheric genius of Edgar Allan Poe, the invention and eeriness of Bram Stoker, and the suspense of Wilkie Collins amongst the terrifying gems. In this veritable schooling in the origins of modern-day horror and fantasy, some of the best minds in the history of English literature take on the world of vampires, werewolves, and the supernatural.

Two small areas in Oregon and Washington are going under a barrage of bank robberies by a lady bandit gang that kills a bank teller at each place they bob. The locals are stumped and call un U.S. Marshal Chance Thorn. Another robbery goes down and a teller and one of the robbers are killed. He has no names, little descriptions for the gang, and almost nothing to work with. Can he solve the mystery of he lady bank robber or will it be his first defeat?

Chance Torn, U.S. Marshal based in San Francisco, is mixed up in the middle of a tough cattle rustling situation in the middle of Texas. He was assigned it due to his growing up on a cattle ranch. He had to fake it as an out of work cowhand and try to get hired on by the rustlers who seemed to be short handed. He got hired, and helped them rustle another three hundred head of market ready steers to go along with two hundred they had before. His big problem was how to stop this trail drive to the railroad cattle pens without getting himself shot full of holes by the twelve other riders and ...

Can a druidess with the power of visions be blind to love? Weapons Master Kanyth Skaraven has always found favor with the ladies, until he meets Perrin Thomas. Though the fairy-like druid descendant seemed fated for him, he finds himself torn in two directions. His unique power with the forge is something he must keep under tight control - a control that slips when Perrin is near. But as the deadly attacks of the mad druids and their giants escalate to a fever pitch, Perrin and Kanyth must master their deepest fears as well as their desires.

An adventure classic by James Oliver Curwood with a thrilling set-up: three men, a map and a hidden treasure... A young white man, his half-breed friend, and an Indian sage who communes with the wilderness, all know the gold is hidden somewhere in the north Canadian wilderness. But is the map really reliable? This work is packed with almost nonstop adventure and action! James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American action-adventure writer.

The quest to find the Nine Gates that lead to the underworlds of Shyish and an audience with Nagash continues.... Tarsus of the Hallowed Knights leads his Stormcast Eternals into the unearthly city of Helstone. Their enigmatic guide, Mannfred von Carstein, assures them that what they need to find his necromantic master lies within its halls, but there is more than darkness lurking in the ruins. Chaos has already taken root, and a reckoning against the servants of the Plague God awaits.

They're the chosen - Winchester, Remington, and Colt - brothers trained to hunt down supernatural beings using the latest steam-powered gadgetry. It's a hard legacy to shoulder, and it's about to get a lot more dangerous…A devil of a job. Colt Jackson has gotten his name on many a wanted poster with success in the family business: hunting supernaturals across the frontier. Lately, though, there's a sulfur stink in the wind and the Darkin population is exploding. A rift in the worlds is appearing.

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) was the author of over 100 adventure books, many focusing on a poor boy's struggle to overcome poverty and adversity. Alger's books are fast-paced page-turners that have enjoyed immense popularity while advocating generosity, honesty, industry, thrift, temperance, education and bravery. Mark the Match Boy recounts the adventures of a boy ill suited to life on the streets of New York and his fortunate association with Richard Hunter.

Sometimes cozy and familiar as Grandma's homemade scarf, sometimes cold as a frozen forest after a snowstorm, this collection of classic winter tales and poems is as varied as the season it celebrates. Featuring the masterful storytelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Dickens and a host of others, this audiobook will keep the listener enthralled deep into the long winter night.

A fascinating collection of short stories by some of the greatest Victorian female writers. This anthology covers every theme from spirits and the occult to love and sexuality to sentimentality and romance to social observation and critique. 'The Operation' by Violet Hunt, 'Satan's Circus' by Eleanor Smith, 'A Dream of Wild Bees' by Olive Schreiner, 'A Dill Pickle' by Katherine Mansfield, 'Squirrel in a Cage' by E. M. Delafield, 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton, 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman....

Jerusalem, 1192. The Third Crusade rages on. Rahma al-Hud loyally followed her elder sister Zeena into the war over the Holy Land, but now that the Faranji invaders have gotten reinforcements from Richard the Lionheart, all she wants to do is get herself and her sister home alive. But Zeena, a soldier of honor at heart, refuses to give up the fight while Jerusalem remains in danger of falling back into the hands of the false Queen Isabella. And so, Rahma has no choice but to take on one final mission with her sister.

When Mark Twain reflects on childhood you can be certain humor will follow. Such is the case with a young boy and an attempt to capture a turkey bare handed. You may wonder if you should sympathize with the turkey—or the boy.

U.S. Marshal Chance Thorn gets an assignment to solve the problem of a fifty thousand dollar train robbery of Treasury one hundred dollar bills somewhere outside of Sacramento, California. Chance, home based in San Francisco, gets to Sacramento and digs into the case. It soon develops into much more than a mere train robbery and he is head over six-gun into a counterfeiting scheme that has netted the gang hundreds of thousand of dollars. It’s his job to find the stolen money and now to close down and prosecute the counterfeiters. It’s a double mystery that he has to work hard trying to ...

A reverse of normal hunting of man hunting an animal. This is a man hunting a man for sport. A rich aristocrat hunts a shipwrecked man. This short novel has grown more popular over time.