A charming, young English woman is at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires when she finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable and is forced to choose between convention and passion.

The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and one of H. G. Wells' most visionary novels. It recounts the harrowing ordeal of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rescued by a man named Montgomery, Prendick finds himself on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London who was expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments. Prendick...

West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.

Dr. Jekyll, a genteel, respectable London physician is transformed into Mr. Hyde, a foul-tempered, uncouth degenerate.

From the photographer who brought Thoreau's Walden and Cape Cod to life comes a new work combining classic literature with brand-new photography. This time, Scot Miller takes on the seminal work of John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra. The book details Muir's first extended trip to the Sierra Nevada in what is now Yosemite National Park, a landscape that entranced him immediately and had a profound effect on his life. The towering waterfalls,...

A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation, Sherlock Holmes. Venture back in time to the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, to join literature's greatest detective team, the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson, as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. This classic collection includes many of the famous cases, and great strokes of...