In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irrestistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In Apt Pupil a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union. The Body sees four young boys venture into the woods and find life, death ...and the end of innocence. The Breathing Method is the tale of a doctor who goes to his club and discovers a woman determined to give birth - no matter what.

At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world. FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity ...

The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At asmall-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned bytelegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed JasonBourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand thetelegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos,known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusiveterrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: afinal confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor ofOriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped hewould never have to do again -- assume the terrible identity ofJason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically andeconomically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure thecunning Jackal into a deadly trap -- a trap from which only one ofthem will escape.

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, masterthief GIDEON'S SWORD At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-classmathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideonlearned the truth: His father was framed and deliberatelyslaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avengehim. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-timemission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father'sdestruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, andsuccessful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone,who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has needof just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time. In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.

Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, abeautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearbyWildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen hisfriendship, but when her reclusive behavior becomes the subject oflocal gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether histrust in her has been misplaced. It is only when she allows Gilbertto read her diary that the truth is revealed and the shockingdetails of the disastrous marriage she has left behindemerge...Told with great immediacy, combined with wit and irony,"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is a powerfully involving read.

Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm . . . Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears. Do the dead sing? In this bumper collection of chilling tales, which includes the brilliant story adapted into the acclaimed movie The Mist, we meet: a woman who has never crossed The Reach, the water dividing her from the mainland; a gramma who only wants to hug little George, even after she is dead; an innocent looking toy with sinister powers; and a primeval sea creture with an insatiable appetite.

The inspiration for the major motion picture starring BradPitt and Cate Blanchettaplus eighteen other stories by the belovedauthor of "The Great Gatsby" IN THE TITLE STORY, a baby born in1860 begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. F.Scott Fizgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called hisera aa generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought,all faiths in man shaken.a Perhaps nowhere in American fiction hasthis aLost Generationa been more vividly preserved than inFitzgeraldas short fiction. Spanning the early twentieth-centuryAmerican landscape, this original collection captures, withFitzgeraldas signature blend of enchantment and disillusionment,America during the Jazz Age.

"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the gloves herself. Big Benwas striking as she stepped out into the street. It was eleveno'clock and the unused hour was fresh as if issued to children on abeach." -from "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" The landmark modernnovel Mrs. Dalloway creates a portrait of a single day in the lifeof Clarissa Dalloway as she orchestrates the last-minute details ofa grand party. But before Virginia Woolf wrote this masterwork, sheexplored in a series of fascinating stories a similar revelry inthe mental and physical excitement of a party. Wonderfullycaptivating, the seven stories in Mrs. Dalloway's Party create adynamic and delightful portrait of what Woolf called "partyconsciousness." As parallel expressions of the themes of Mrs.Dalloway, these stories provide a valuable window into Woolf'swriting mind and a further testament to her extraordinarygenius.

A new edition of one of the greatest allegorical stories everwritten A masterpiece of the English Puritan tradition, "ThePilgrimas Progress" is rich in its imaginative power and its vividand heartfelt language. It recounts the story of Christian, whoappears to the author in a dream, and his journey to Heaven throughthe trials and tribulations of life. He meets many like-mindedpilgrims on his way, such as Faithful and Hopeful, but before theyattain their goal they encounter the Giant Despair and the River ofDeath itself. Translated into more than one hundred languages, "ThePilgrimas Progress" continues to have an immeasurable influence onEnglish literature.

When Woolf debuted in 1961, audiences and critics alike couldnot get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, itportrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night ofdangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunningrevelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years.With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away ofsocial pretense, Newsweek keenly foresaw Who's Afraid ofVirginia Woolf? as "a brilliantly original work of art-anexcoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks ofrecognition and dramatic fire that will be igniting Broadway forsome time to come."

Frank Abagnale was possibly the world's most talented conartist. A high school dropout, Abagnale amassed millions of dollarsby passing bad checks, playing the role of an airline pilot(including actually flying commercial airplanes), a pediatrician, alawyer who worked for the state attorney general, and a collegeprofessor at Columbia University. He tells his own story here,detailing his outrageous scams with candor, gusto, and a wickedsense of humor.

Oscar is a sweet but fat sci-fi obsessed introvert who -- fromthe New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother andrebellious sister -- dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R.Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But Oscar may never getwhat he wants. Blame the fuku -- a curse that has haunted Oscar'sfamily for generations, following them on their epic journey fromNew Jersey to Washington Heights and back to Santo Domingo.Encapsulating Dominican American history, Oscar's story open oureyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary Americanexperience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere --and risk it all -- in the name of love. Pulitzer Prize winning novel

'I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If Icannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientificbig-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heavebricks into the middle of them.' With "The Way of All Flesh",Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face ofVictorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler'sdeath, the novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhoodand youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family'. With irony, wit andsometimes rancour, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs,turning inside-out the conventional novel of a family's lifethrough several generations.

In this collection of five Christmas-themed stories, belovedauthor Mary Balogh brings together tales of love, marriage,friendship, loneliness, and healing. Includes four Balogh holidayclassics, "The Star of Bethlehem," "The Best Gift," "PlayingHouse," and "No Room At the Inn," as well as "A Family Christmas,"which is only available in this anthology.

Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates character andexploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of the Geats, a people ofsouthern Sweden. Narrative combines mythical elements, Christianand pagan sensibilities, actual historical figures and events tocreate a striking work of great power and beauty. Genealogies.

Written in 1953, published in 1959 (after the 1957 publicationof Kerouac's On the Road made him famous overnight) and long out ofprint, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England milltown is one of Kerouac's most accessible works.

The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series openswith second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if hewas right to choose a collective mind as the best possible futurefor humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nationsand planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know thepast and goes in search of legendary Earth, all references to whichhave been erased from galactic libraries. The societies encounteredalong the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy aboutman's fate, conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss, whois part of the first world/mind, Gaia.

He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, they pull off a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big score every small timer dreams of: kidnapping the infant heir to a family fortune. The trouble is that by the time the deal goes down, the brains of the operation has died. Or has he? Now Blaze is running into the white hell of the Maine woods with a baby as hostage. The crime of the century just turned into a race against time . . .

When a Washington, D.C. police detective is targeted by Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Loving is a ruthless 'lifter', hired to extract information from his victims, and he will use whatever means necessary including kidnapping, torturing or killing their family. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. He also knows just how brutal the lifter can be - six years earlier, Loving killed someone close to him. The situation soon escalates into a deadly contest between protector and lifter as each tries to outwit the other ...

Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escapedthe penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence. Bent onrevenge, he's going back to where he began--Blewer County,Texas... Born deaf, lately widowed, Anna Corbett fights to keep the ranchthat is her son's birthright, unaware that she is at the center ofHerbold's horrific scheme--and that her world of self-imposedisolation is about to explode... Drifter Jack Sawyer arrives at Anna's ranch asking for work,hoping to protect the innocent woman and her son from Herbold'srage. But Sawyer can't outrun the secrets that stalk him--or theday of reckoning awaiting them all...

One by one, children of New York's wealthiest are takenhostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money or power--he onlywants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for theirluxurious lifestyles. And, if they don't, he corrects theirignorance--by killing them. To Detective Michael Bennett, it becomes clear that these murdersare linked and must be part of a greater, more publicdemonstration. With the city thrown into chaos, he is forced toteam up with FBI agent Emily Parker, and the two set out to capturethe killer before he begins his most public lesson yet--a deadlymessage for the entire city to witness. From the bestselling author who brought you the Alex Cross novelscomes James Patterson's most action-packed series yet. With theheart-pounding suspense that only Patterson delivers, WORST CASEwill leave you gasping for breath until the very end.