The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories

A collection of English detective stories features work by Arthur Conan Doyle, Clarence Rook, R. Austin Freeman, Arthur Morrison, G.K. Chesterton, E.C. Bentley, H.C. Bailey, and many more

The field of detective fiction is vast, and The Oxford Book of Detective Stories brings together the best short fiction from around the world to show how different nationalities have imposed their own stamp on the genre. As well as English and American stories from acknowledged masters such as Ellery

A collection of thirty-two stories of travel by the world's greatest writers past and present, including Edith Wharton, John Updike, Rebecca West, and Jack Kerouac, transports readers to places as far apart as the Rhine and Palestine

Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charms and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in The Oxford Book of Ireland poets, novelists, artists,dramatists,

A wide-ranging collection brings together forty works from such authors as Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Alice Munro, and Amy Tan, and includes fictional stories about racism, cultural identity, ghosts, history, and more. UP.