Howard Robert: 706 books
Re-Quest
Dark Fantasy Stories of Quests & Searches
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Home is behind, the world ahead. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Old gods outwitted by heroes. Magical weapons that bring good and evil. Dragons winging over the city or walking upon the earth. A wizard witnessing endless battles. These stories and more explore the theme of Re-Quest.
Leave home behind...
Fell Beasts and Fair
A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them.
Thieves,...
The Ostrich Paradox
Why We Underprepare for Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it? It is a must-read for everyone who cares about risk.”
-Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking,...
A Handful of Mischief
New Essays on Evelyn Waugh
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom,...
"Do You Know...?"
The Jazz Repertoire in Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Every night, somewhere in the world, three or four musicians will climb on stage together. Whether the gig is at a jazz club, a bar, or a bar mitzvah, the performance never begins with a note, but with a question. The trumpet player might turn to the bassist and ask, “Do you know ‘Body and Soul’?”—and...
by Robert E. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This is one of his western stories.
by Robert E. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This is one of his western stories.
by Robert E. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Robert E. Howard turned to writing comic and dialect Western tales only late in his career, but he found an immediate and continuously successful market for them, and they are in many respects his most accomplished and polished works. „The Pike Bearfield Stories” is a collection of stories in...
The Pirates' Treasure Chest (7 Gold Hunt Adventures & True Life Stories of the Legendary Swashbucklers)
The Gold-Bug, The Book of Buried Treasure, Treasure Island, The Pirate of Panama, Black Bartlemy's Treasure, Pieces of Eight, The Pagan Madonna, Stolen Treasure...
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
The Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe): A man is bitten by a golden bug and what ensues is a treasure hunt adventure featuring a cryptic message. Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson): A young boy is trapped between fierce pirates and his desire to find the missing treasure. The Pirate of Panama (William...
by Robert E. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This is one of his western stories.
by C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
In 1935, the editor of Fantasy Magazine asked five prominent science fiction writers and five prominent fantasy writers to write two "round-robin" stories, both called The Challenge From Beyond. The authors of the fantasy version were C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard...
by Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack Dann
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Resurrected corpses, voodoo conjuring, black magic (and blacker science)...these are all well known to cause zombie breakouts. Here are classic and modern tales, full of thrills and chills and the living dead...tales of zombies! These stories don't (well, mostly don't!) go for the gross-out. Great...
The Fantasy Adventure Stories: 7 Stories
(The Shadow of the Vulture, Black Canaan, People of the Dark, Spear and Fang, The House of Arabu, The Voice of El-Lil, The Lost Race :The Bran Mak Morn Stories)
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
The Fantasy Adventure Stories is the fantasy short story written by Robert E. Howard. It contains 7 fantasy stories.
The Shadow of the Vulture The story introduces the character of Red Sonya of Rogatino, who later became the inspiration for the popular character Red Sonya, archetype of the...
by Joseph Conrad, Mark Twain, Howard Pyle
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
The Chouans [Honoré de Balzac] An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge [Ambrose Bierce] One of Ours [Willa Cather] Ailsa Paige [Robert William Chambers] The Riddle of the Sands [Erskine Childers] The Duel [Joseph Conrad] The Tale [Joseph Conrad] The Deerslayer [James Fenimore Cooper] The Last of the Mohicans...