Bøger af Russell Lee

In the late 19th century, a newborn from Balitmore named Benjamin looks like a 70-year-old man and begins to age backwards over the years.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story about an unnamed narrator who has a deep fear of being buried alive.

A classic Thanksgiving romantic short story by Edward Payson Roe. This book was written in the 1800s and tells a historical holiday story with a romantic undertone. The main character, Elsie, decides to surprise her brother by giving him a kiss on his return home from college. Instead, she ends up kissing her brother's friend from college and gets embarrassed. But, her embarrassment later turns to love. The beginning of this version features a biography of the author.

The classic novel by L. Frank Baum about Dorothy of Kansas being swept up by a tornado and ending up in the magical Land of Oz. This version features restored illustrations from the classic book.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story that features a female narrator who gets decapitated by the minute hand of a cathedral clock and then questions if her head or body is the real version of herself.

A collection of public speaking phrases from the historic book "Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases," which was published in 1917.

A woman's pride leads her to marry a man that she doesn't love, while leaving the man she does love behind. This is a short story written by the famous author Louisa May Alcott.

The classic novel by famous French writer Jules Verne. It was originally published as "Child of the Cavern," but later became "The Underground City" in English publications. This version of the book features pictures and illustrations in many of the chapters. There is a mixture of colored photos and old black & white style photos.

Edgar Allan Poe's fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin is back for his third and final case. This time he investigates the stolen letter of an unnamed female who is being blackmailed by the devious "Minister D."

The classic short story written in 1889 that examines what life will be like in 1000 years, which is the year 2889. This version has been enhanced with some visual illustrations.

An early 20th century prize fighter gives up fighting for his bride-to-be, but dies in his final match.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story about a small devilish figure that enters an isolated town and interrupts the people's structured traditions.

During the American Civil War, the poor family of a missing Union soldier must cope with their struggles on Christmas Eve. This restored version of the story features a biography of the author, Edward Payson Roe, in the beginning.

This classic Edgar Allan Poe story is one of the first recognized detective stories in American literature. It is about a mysterious double murder in Paris that draws two natives of the city to solve the case.

This L. Frank Baum classic is part of the "Wizard of Oz" series of books. In the Scarecrow of Oz, a sailor with a wooden peg-leg and a little girl from California end up in Oz by accident. While there, they meet the Scarecrow who helps them stop the mean King Krewl of Jinxland. This version of the book features newly added illustrations and pictures.

A rare comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a young man who has an infatuation with noses.

This classic novel by Edgar Allan Poe takes us on a sea adventure with a young man, Arthur Gordon Pym. After he sneaks onto a whaling ship, it later becomes shipwrecked from a severe storm and this forces him to deal with starvation and cannibalism in order to survive. This illustrated version of the novel features pictures and illustrations in the beginning of certain chapters that represent its theme.

A rare Louisa May Alcott short story that gives her take on the Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

Edgar Allan Poe's satirical short story about a female writer who is told by her editor that she must kill herself and then record the sensations of her death.

A classic non-fiction autobiographical story by famous writer Mark Twain. In this story, Twain discusses his childhood experiences exploring the Mississippi River on a steamboat. This would later become the inspiration for his famous stories involving Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

A Charles Dickens short story that was actually the inspiration for "A Christmas Carol." In this story, a gravedigger that hates Christmas gets kidnapped by goblins while digging a grave and then they help him get into the Christmas spirit. The beginning of this version has a biography of the author.

The classic time travel story by H.G. Wells about a 19th century inventor who invents a time machine and visits the year 802,701 A.D.

A Christmas classic about two rich rival families living in mansions opposite from one another who eventually make peace during the holidays.

A classic Edgar Allan Poe short story that takes place near the Ragged Mountains of North Carolina and is partially based on his experiences while he was a student at the University of Virginia.

The classic short story by Washington Irving which tells the story of a 19th century schoolmaster, Icabod Crane, who comes across the ghostly Headless Horseman on his way home to New York.

A short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a man who blames his doppelganger for the problems of his past and then meets up with his doppelganger while attending college in the present.

During the late 16th century, a strange man visits a deeply religious village in Austria and introduces himself as Satan.

The classic novel by Rudyard Kipling that features numerous short stories involving Mowgli, a man raised by the animals of a jungle.

The story of the first Christmas tree in medieval Germany. This version comes with restored and newly added illustrations.

A university professor, Darrell Standing, serves a life sentence in San Quentin State Prison for a murder he did not commit. The prison guards do everything they can to break his spirits, like subjecting him to a torturous device named "The Jacket." While in the jacket, he puts himself in a trance-like state to ease the pain and imagines himself living past lives and walking among the stars.