the legend of sleepy hollow

The Sleepy Hollow Legend "is one of the first works of American literature that is still read today. The story takes place in Tarry Town, a Dutch hamlet, in a remote glen known as Sleepy Hollow, around 1790. It tells the tale of Ichabod Crane, a Connecticut schoolteacher who is sycophantic, lean, lanky, and incredibly superstitious, who contends with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town troublemaker, for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, an 18-year-old who is the only child and daughter of a wealthy farmer named Baltus Van Tassel. The Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a Hessian soldier who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, pursues Crane as he leaves a party he attended at the Van Tassel residence on an autumn night "rides to the battleground in search of his head every night.

Alexander The Great

This is the amazing historical account of Alexander the Great, a young man who went out to conquer the worlds until there were none left. One of history's most effective military leaders, Alexander was a brutal and self-willed ruler of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia whose power spanned from Greece to Egypt to India. This informative biography of the great monarch illustrates not only his extraordinary military prowess, unmatched success and victories, and skillful leadership abilities, but it also gives us a window into this incredibly fascinating man's life.

the parasite

An Egyptian priest who is immortal, a mesmerist of unmatched strength, mournful screams in an ice-bound sea, a potion that allows the user to communicate with ghosts, and other things. In The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror, be prepared for these and other terrifying encounters. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle frightened and enthralled audiences with tales of suspense that were haunted by enigmatic powers that defy logical explanation before he created Sherlock Holmes.