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From the jungles of Indonesia to the very heart of New York City comes a plague that kills 100 percent of its victims.

There are new residents in the Long Island Sound ... and they have a taste for flesh. The first time the creatures tasted human blood, their savagery went undetected.

Williams Burroughs meets Philip K. Dick in this dystopian drug-fueled novel set in the not-so-distant future. Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality.

George Santayana's renowned work of moral philosophy outlines his vision of the ideal life.Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The author of Rights of Man and Common Sense argues for belief in God without religion.My own mind is my own church.

The Founding Father's most influential work: an impassioned defense of democracy and revolution in the name of human rights.Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it b

The acclaimed Russian novelist's epic morality tale of a young man's horrifying crime and his struggle for redemption. Rodion Raskolnikov, a young man living in St.

We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman.

Wisdom for today's world from three great thinkers of the Renaissance era.

New York Times Bestseller: This "shocking" murder mystery addresses homophobia in the military during World War II (Richard Wright, author of Native Son).

The landmark alternate history novel by "one of the best American writers" (Ray Bradbury). In the world of this novel, said to be an inspiration for Philip K.

Two classic science fiction stories about a California family fleeing a nuclear holocaust, written in an era when a dystopian future seemed inevitable.

The Art & Craft of the Short Story explores every key element of short fiction, including story structure and form; creative and believable characters; how to begin and where to end; and the ge

This classic mind-shattering tale, which "ranks high among the horror stories of the English language," plunges into the darkness of the Cthulhu mythos (Time).