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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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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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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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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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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Five-minute Bible Stories includes stories from both the Old and New Testaments, wonderfully retold to capture a child's interest and provide a perfect introduction to the events of the Bible. Included are well-known tales such as Noah and the Ark, David and the Giant, and Jonah and the Whale, each accompanied by beautiful illustrations. ... |
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Ученическата раница на Topgal е с дизайн, който е подходящ за момчетата. Гърбът ѝ е оформен с "възглавнички" от мрежеста материя, като между тях се образуват отвори за по-добра циркулация на въздуха. За комфорта и удобството допринасят и презрамките на раницата. Функцията им за регулиране в горната и долната част ви позволява да регулирате раницата спрямо височината и комфорта на детето. Също така, те са снабдени с регулируема гръдна лента и магнит, който захваща краищата на презрамките, така че да не висят. Раницата разполага с 1 основно и 1 допълнително отделение, 1 малък и 1 голям преден джоб, както ... |
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Black Stories Conspiracy Theories е част от серията Black Stories , където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта игри по темата! ... 50 гарвановочерни загадки. В странния свят на конспиративните теории нищо не е твърде пресилено, за да не бъде обявено за вярно. За привържениците на конспирациите всичко е свързано и нищо не се случва без причина. Но внимавайте: не може да помогнете на всеки, който е убеден в своята "истина". А често и те не искат помощ, а сами се забъркват в неприятности. Тогава точно се случват невероятни инциденти и ужасни злополуки с катастрофални последици. Какви точно - разгадайте вие с тези ... |
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Black Stories True Crime е част от серията Black Stories , където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта игри по темата! ... 50 гарвановочерни загадки. Впуснете се в прочути криминални случаи, загадъчни убийства и завладяващи истински разследвания, които са оставили света в недоумение. В това издание ви очакват нови смразяващи кръвта 50 черни загадки: 50 мрачни и почти невероятни криминални случая, които наистина са се случили! Независимо дали става дума за отвлечен пингвин, труп във фризера или арест в рамките на няколко секунди, всичко наистина се е случило - някога, някъде по света, колкото и абсурдно да звучи. Как се ... |
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Quick reads by great writers. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... "To buy books would be a good thing", observed Arthur Schopenhauer , "if we also could buy the time to read them". All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. "Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers" offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or ... |
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Among the country's greatest artistic contributions, twentieth-century Russian literature was revolutionary on its approach to realism, injecting characters with human weaknesses familiar to all. It also provided fodder for other such important concepts as existentialism and even passive resistance, which was rooted in the works of Tolstoy and practiced successfully by Gandhi and Martin Luther King. The twelve powerful short stories in this collection are excellent examples of writing by the foremost authors from Russia's Golden Age of Literature. Ideal for students of Russian literature, this magnificent ... |
