Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, was known not only as a poet, playwright, and founder of the Black Arts movement, but also as one of the most provocative voices of the civil rights era and beyond. These pieces, which span the years from 1960 to 1965, cover subjects ranging from Cuba to Malcolm X to street protests and soul food, and are accompanied by the author's new introduction from 2009.

Anne McCaffrey draws the reader back in time to an earlier Pern to tell the story of one of Pern’s great and true heroines.
An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch. 
Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen,...

“[McCaffrey is the] master of the well-told tale.”—Chicago Sun-Times
As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the dragonriders, Pern’s greatest weapon against Thread. But not everyone on Pern was...

Reno and several innocent travelers are terrorized at a lonely desert cafe by four escaped convicts.

Reno and Bobby are taken prisoner by Jack Varnell, Reno's former partner, who has been corrupted by a vicious drug lord.

Reno Raines saves a tiny rural town from a sadistic tyrant.

Hoping to learn the identity of the cop who incriminated him for murder, Reno trails a mad killer, Otto Heath, who in turn vengefully stalks a circuit court judge.

Reno joins a drug smuggling biker gang to find the murderer of a teenage mechanic.

Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-ever Dragonriders of Pern short-story collection!
Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernest ocean. Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill...

Reno, Bobby and Cheyenne rescue Mitch from enslavement in Col. Bracket's illegal gladiator operation.