They say that all is fair in love and war, and in this thriller from renowned British author Richard Marsh, what begins as a story of romance soon turns into something that more closely resembles an armed battle. Will the newlyweds overcome the evil in their midst and live happil...
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"First published in 1897, Richard Marsh's classic work of gothic horror, The Beetle, opens with Robert Holt, an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face to face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers; a creature who can tra...
Hailed by some fans as the Stephen King of the early twentieth century, Richard Marsh produced a prodigious body of work in the horror, mystery, and supernatural genres before turning to action-adventure later in life. The collection Between the Dark and the Daylight brings tog...
BBC Audiobooks America presents 27 classic short stories, taken from the most celebrated humorists from the 19th century.
"Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator--the originator--Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archival footage, performances, and interviews, the fi...
"Little Richard: I Am Everything tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n' roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator--the originator--Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archival footage, performances, and interviews, the fi...
This gripping novel begins with a harsh prison sentence being passed down on incorrigible villain Robert Champion and quickly spirals into a complex tale of doomed romance, family entanglements, betrayal and deceit. Will Champion's young wife be able to pick up the pieces of her ...
The '60s produced many creative new musicians, but none was more inspirational, controversial, scatological, or creative than Frank Zappa. Beginning with his band, The Mothers of Invention, Zappa created music in a wide range of styles, from tape montage to light jazz to heavy me...
In his own era, author Richard Marsh achieved a level of popular acclaim that rivaled-and in some cases even surpassed-that of luminaries such as Bram Stoker. The Crime and the Criminal is a classic mystery novel that will please fans of the genre.
Much of Christian theology is centered around the promise that eventually Christ will make a triumphant return to earth. But what might actually happen when that event finally transpires? That's the fascinating thought experiment at the center of Richard Marsh's novel A Second C...
It changes its shape at will. It compels others to do its bidding. It inspires terror in all who look on it ... Eminent politician Paul Lessingham is the toast of Westminster, but when 'The Beetle' arrives from Egypt to hunt him down, the dark and gruesome secret that haunts hi...
A creature that seems to have crawled out of our worst nightmares... Meet Paul Lessingham: an up-and-coming statesman, known for his unflappable calm, winning the respect of his peers and the admiration of the people with his powerful convictions and finely crafted speeches in ...
Fate-is it written in the stars from the moment we are born, or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in the strange, luxurious prison...
Richard Marsh's best-selling supernatural thriller The Beetle: A Mystery , was even more popular than Bram Stoker's Dracula when it was first released; both being published in the same year, 1897. Inflicting damage with his hypnotic and shape-shifting powers, a strange oriental ...
Friends Ella and Madge have taken up residence in a long-deserted house that has a reputation for supernatural activity. After a series of strange run-ins with locals, the women are inclined to believe that the home may indeed be haunted. But is a ghost really the cause of their ...
Best known for the bestselling supernatural thriller The Beetle , Richard Marsh was an amazingly prolific and versatile writer, penning popular tales in many different genres over the course of his literary career. In Confessions of a Young Lady , Marsh inhabits the mind of a s...
Fourteen-year-old Bertie Bailey is not exactly an academic powerhouse - instead, he's the kind of kid who's likely to be forced into detention for failing to complete his assignments. When one such punishment pushes him over the line into complete rebellion, it sets off a chain o...