This title is edited, along with an introduction, by David Stuart Davies. Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror? This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone . The Star attraction is the novella - The Haunted Hotel , a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death. The action takes place in an ancient palazzo converted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale. The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts,...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-533-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A spooky but funny story about Jeff Brown’s Flat Stanley – everyone’s favourite flat boy – perfect for children learning to read.Stanley and his brother Arthur are going to their school`s Halloween party. They dress up in costumes and Stanley is particularly looking forward to the limbo competition. They`re rather disappointed by the haunted house, though – it`s really not very scary. But when they see a bully upsetting their friend Martin, they decide to teach him a lesson – by being very scary indeed!The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they...
ISBN: 9781405282291
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Вирджиния Вулф — один из самых значимых авторов двадцатого века. Ее стиль "потока сознания", органично вплетающий в ткань повествования случайные мысли и окрашенные светлой печалью ностальгии воспоминания и фантазии, по сей день завораживает читателей по всему миру. В сборник "Дом с привидениями" вошло девятнадцать коротких рассказов, некоторые из которых были опубликованы посмертно.Хотите насладиться...
ISBN: 9785171583644
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Enjoy all the fun of a trip to your favourite shops in this charming sticker book. Fill a bakery with delicious treats, decorate a florists with beautiful flowers, fill a department store with clothes and lots more. There are over 300 reusable stickers, and a fold-out back cover to store stickers when not in use.
Двухтомник "Тоби Лолнесс" - "На волосок от гибели" и "Глаза Элизы" - вышел во Франции в 2006-2007 гг., а затем был переведён на 28 языков и стал мировым бестселлером. Завоевав около 20 престижных французских и международных литературных наград, этот остросюжетный роман в жанре фэнтези принёс мировую славу автору - молодому французскому писателю и драматургу Тимоте де Фомбелю. Во второй книге романа о крошечном...
ISBN: 978-5-00083-136-6
Издательство:
КомпасГид
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
The Lamberts - Enid and Alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a troubled age. Alfred is slowly losing his mind to Parkinson`s disease. As his condition worsens, and the Lamberts are forced to face the secrets and failures that haunt them, Enid sets her heart on gathering everyone together for one last family Christmas.
ISBN: 978-0-00-723244-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lester Ballard, a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman dispossessed on his ancestral land, is released from jail and allowed to haunt the hill country of East Tennessee, preying on the population with his strange lusts.
ISBN: 978-0-330-51095-0
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Книга антрополога Ольги Дренды посвящена исследованию визуальной повседневности эпохи польской перестройки. Взяв за основу концепцию хонтологии (hauntology, haunt — призрак и ontology — онтология), Ольга коллекционирует приметы ушедшего времени, от уличной моды до дизайна кассет из видеопроката, попутно очищая воспоминания своих респондентов как от ностальгического приукрашивания, так и от наслоений более...
ISBN: 978-5-91103-413-9
Издательство:
Ad Marginem
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
From the masterly imagination behind A Game of Thrones - one of the greatest fantasy epics of all time and an unmissable HBO hit series - comes a definitive history of Westeros`s past as told by Archmaester Gyldayn.Unravelling events that led to A Song of Ice and Fire, Fire and Blood is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros. Revealing long-buried secrets and untold lasting enmity, it sets the scene for the heart-stopping series conclusion, The Winds of Winter.300 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire, long before the schism that set the houses of Westeros at each other`s throats, one house ruled supreme and indomitable. House Targaryen, the house of the last remaining...
More than 40 terrifying tales from the masters of cosmic horror.Unspeakable evils, elder gods, and forgotten terrors haunt the pages within this volume. Whether telling of the emergence of the tentacled Cthulhu in "The Call of Cthulhu" or the rise of an ancient pagan deity in "The Great God Pan", the stories found here are the stuff of nightmares.This collection includes the brilliant and horrifying tales from:• H. P. Lovecraft• Robert E. Howard• Arthur Machen• Lafcadio Hearn• Robert W. Chambers
Travel back into the rich feline fantasy world of the Warrior Cats in the fifth book series! Battles for honour and territory continue as Fireheart takes over the ThunderClan in this dramatic adventure.With Bluestar both increasingly ill, Fireheart must take on even more responsibility within ThunderClan. But terrible dreams of danger and death haunt Fireheart`s dreams, as Tigerclaw seeks revenge and renegade dogs threaten everyone. Has StarClan abandoned ThunderClan forever?
ISBN: 9780007140060
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
In the exciting second Warriors story arc, the wild cats of the forest have lived in peace and harmony for many moons—but new prophecies from their warrior ancestors speak of a mysterious destiny and grave danger for the clans. The final title in this thrilling feline fantasy adventure.Soon after the cats reached their new home by the lake, ThunderClan`s medicine cat Leafpool received an ominous warning from StarClan: Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red. As the Clan slowly recovers from a devastating badger attack, Leafpool can`t help but wonder… do her prophetic dreams mean there are even worse dangers still in store for the warrior cats?At the same time, shadows of the past continue to haunt the...
A set of five haunting, enchanting tales from the master storyteller behind War Horse Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here. There are stories from the past of mermaids and spriggans and knockers and witches. The stories in this book however do not come from the past. They have all happened in my lifetime. At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Since the beginning of time strange and mysterious things have happened there, and these stories highlight all the most haunting and enchanting events. Once a year, on a misty fall night, there is a pounding of hoof beats as a great white horse comes thundering over the moor in...
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5675-9
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner AwardAmerican Booksellers Association Book of the Year AwardSan Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of...
