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An anthology of chilling, classic horror stories, including "The Tale-Tell Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving; "The Hand", "Was it a Dream?", and "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant; "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells; "Moon-Face" by Jack London; "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. 

Mental toughness is the ability to regulate your emotions, manage your thoughts, push beyond the obstacles, and forge a path toward success while others may abandon their dreams. No matter who you are or what you currently believe, you can build your mental strength and live your best life. 

We live in a world where understanding how to communicate has become essential. While it is always easier to interact in the virtual world, people find it more difficult to establish and maintain relationships in the real world. If you possess certain cognitive, emotional, and relations skills and abilities, you can relate effectively with others and acquire versatile and positive behavior. Improve Your Social Skills is designed to explain to you how you can develop effective skills to increase the chance of living a successful life.

Self-esteem is your judgment of who you are and about you as a person. Low self-esteem can be a huge obstacle in the path to our dreams and goals. The good news is that our level of self-esteem is not written in our DNA. You cannot choose what color your eyes are, but you can learn to respect and love yourself more and to appreciate your strengths. Increasing self-esteem represents the first step for facing the challenges of life and achieving your goals. This book outlines practical tips and exercises on how to increase your sense of self-esteem.

Self-discipline is one of the keys to living your life to the fullest. It’s not only about pure willpower or about repeatedly doing something, it’s about training yourself to follow a specific set of rules that help you shape and align your thoughts and behaviors to the goals you set. This book is here to guide you through the process of developing and practicing your self-discipline and to get into the habit of applying it consistently to your life to reach everything that you want.

Art and life. Each the mirror of the other. This then is the classic definition of what ‘Realism’ as a writing form really is. Some might call it a fancy term for the mundane day to day pursuits but in the hands of an author it comes alive. We are drawn into characters and landscapes that we can empathize with, we can, metaphorically speaking, help shoulder their burden, be on the long trail with them whatever the landscapes, the hurdles, incidents and other people may place in their literary way.