This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their "trick endings" or "twists in the tail": repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry's cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso&# ... |
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Welcome to beautiful Moominvalley, where Moomintroll, his family and friends live. Anything can happen here, and it often does! But even when the Moominhouse floats away, strange hattifattenerss appear, and a magical hat causes mayhem - the kind-hearted Moomins take it all in their stride. ... |
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"Classic Animal Stories" is a wild and wonderful collection of animal adventure tales for children aged 8+. "Classic Animal Stories" is the perfect introduction to renowned writers such as Rudyard Kipling , E. Nesbit , Kenneth Grahame and Anna Sewell. A host of favourite characters, from "Shere Khan" to "Black Beauty", are brought to life by enchanting artwork. Charming illustrated decoration on every page and an irresistible sparkly cover makes this a book to treasure. "Classic Animal Stories" Beautifully illustrated throughout; 20 extracts and stories from around ... |
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Edited by David Stuart Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with a wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions from such masters as: Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker , Oscar Wilde , W. B. Yeats and Rosa Mulholland. Within these pages you will find strange accounts of haunted houses, death warnings from beyond the grave, and revengeful spirits, all guaranteed to stir the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump; the leopard his spots; the elephant his trunk; how the alphabet was made; and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon. Rightfully considered one of the enduring classics of children's literature, "Just So Stories" is an enchanting collection that still delights and illuminates over a century after it was first published. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kipling himself, this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition also ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one, and Montague Rhodes James was a master of the genre. He draws the reader into a narrative that at first seems innocuous, but which becomes darker and darker by gentle turns until he transfixes you with his prose, creating the most unforgettable, alarming and frightening images. "Complete Ghost Stories" by M. R. James contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales: "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904), "More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Reading the stories of Somerset Maugham is rather like curling up and up listening to the delicious, risqué tales of an old, dear and rather wicked friend. You turn the pages and enter a magical world of fabulous characters, are transported to the very place, the villa, the street, the bar, of which he writes. This Macmillan Collector's Library selection features ten of his finest and most vivid stories: "The Letter", "The Verger", "The Vessel of Wrath", "The Book-Bag", "The Facts of Life", " ... |
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Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and others. Introduction by Mike Ashley . ... Fans of horror and the supernatural will savor the dark delicacies in this spine-tingling anthology of the genre's very best. Featuring an international gallery of the world's great horror writers, this collection celebrates one of literature's most popular forms of fiction with 14 masterfully crafted tales of terror. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft ... |
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A tribute to the first great age of fictional sleuthing, this delightful collection of 13 mystery classics is devoted to the genuine tale of ratiocination, "in which the detective solves the crime by investigation and observation, by using his or her wits". Douglas G. Greene, a widely recognized authority in the field of mystery fiction, provides an introduction and informative headnotes for the stories. Included among these gems, written between 1841 and 1920, are Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", widely acknowledged as the first detective story; Charles Dickens ' " ... |
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Играта е част от серията "Black Stories", където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта истории. ... 50 гарвановочерни загадки. Още една доза страшно забавни истории! Играта "Black Stories 3" се състои от 50 гарвановочерни пъзела, от които ще ви настръхнат косите, а кръвта във вените ви ще замръзне. Защото тези черни истории са по-черни, по-страшни, по-сложни и по-забъркани от всякога. Решете загадките като задавате въпроси, използвайте въображението и логиката си. Парче по парче, въпрос по въпрос и загадките се разплитат пред очите ви. Това е забавна игра, идеална за парти или събиране с приятели. Можете ... |
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Играта е част от серията "Black Stories", където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта истории. ... 50 гарваново черни загадки. Те са по-тъмни. Те са по-сложни. Те са още по-страшни... Играта "Black Stories 2" е пълна с още по-засукани мистерии и ужасяващо-страховити истории, от което да настръхнете. Впуснете се в едно интересно преживяване и се запознайте с историите, а след това се опитайте да разрешите загадките. Можете ли да се справите с толкова силни усещания? Решете загадките като задавате въпроси, включите въображението и логиката си. Парченце по парченце, въпрос по въпрос и страховитите ... |
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"Black Stories 4" е част от серията "Black Stories", където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта игри по темата! ... 50 гарвановочерни загадки. Още една доза страшно забавни загадки! Толкова трудни, черни и зарибяващи, колкото своята предшественица, ако не и повече. Екипът на 'Black Stories" ги тества и установи: страшно добри са! Сега е ваш ред! Ще можете ли да решите загадките, използвайки логиката, въображението си и въпроси с "Да" и "Не"? Ще успеете ли да подредите парче по парче пъзелите от тези истории? Очаква ви едно зловещо забавление, което не бива да липсва от нито ... |
