Queens: English Courses

Based on interviews of 200+ Scientologists, a deep-dive into the history, people, and practices that call into question if this is a religion, business, or cult. Free on Internet Archive.

This is the true story of H.H. Holmes and the victims he lured to his mysterious and secretive "murder mansion," during the historical Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Free on Internet Archive.

Written in 1928, this is an evocative account of the gangsters and crimes that inspired the modern Mafia. Free on Internet Archive.

Truman Capote's masterful retelling of the events and plans leading to the 1959 annihilation of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas. Free on Internet Archive.

A Southern Gothic true crime about the murder of marginalized Danny Hansford at the hands of his boss, a wealthy antiques dealer. Free on Internet Archive.

Beginning with their time working together in a crisis center, Ann Rule describes her relationship with - and creeping suspicions about - one of America's most well-known serial killers. Free on Internet Archive.

Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects - from Public Health to Buddhist Ethics, Soft Matter to Classics, and Art History to Globalization. Each volume provides an authoritative and engaging assessment of a concept, field, or body of work, drawing out the central ideas, themes, and approaches. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable to develop your core knowledge.

Collection includes literary criticism and classic works.

Includes books on literary criticism and classic titles

The Internet Archive and participating libraries have selected digitized books from their collections that are available to be borrowed by one patron at a time from anywhere in the world for free. These books are available in BookReader format and usually in PDF and ePub formats.

Graphic Medicine is a field that explores and supports the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare.the discipline could include graphic memoirs of illness, educational comics for both students and patients, academic papers and books, gag strips about healthcare, graphic reportage and therapeutic workshops involving comic making, as well as many other practices and source material, both fictional and non-fictional.

from Walden University

Bellevue Literary Review is an award-winning independent literary journal that probes the nuances of our lives in illness and in health. BLR publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that brings together the perspectives of patients, caregivers, family members, students, healthcare professionals, and the general public.

These reading guides provide a framework for encountering illness from a variety of perspectives and are useful teaching tools for instructors of literature, ethics, and medicine/nursing, social workers, and health care professionals, as well as for adult continuing education courses, general reading groups or book clubs, and individuals looking for deeper ethical, social, and literary readings of the experience of illness.

A database for all things poetry: poems, poetry guides, poet biographies, and other poetry resources. Search by poem or poet for information

Writing The writing you're required to do in your lifetime varies—for example, timed writings and essay questions on exams; autobiographical essays for college applications; high‐school and college papers on a variety of subjects; and business letters, proposals, memos, and reports related to your work. Use this book to help you get started.