With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Scofield, University of Kent at Canterbury Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and the darker areas of the human psyche. This edition includes all ten of his ghost stories, and as such is the fullest collection currently available. The stories range widely in tone and type. They include `The Jolly Corner`, a compelling story of psychological doubling; `Owen Wingrave`, which is also a subtle parable of military tradition; `The Friends of the Friends`, a strange story of uncanny love; and `The Private Life`, which finds a shrewd,...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-070-4 Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Дата выхода: июль 2011
A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America`s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it`s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Mike McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security. For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet - Britain`s former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs - he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life. When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue - from which there will be no...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951466-4 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: июль 2011
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" is told through the eyes of Dick, a medical student who moves with his cousin Tom into his uncles unoccupied house on Aungier Street, somewhere in Dublin. Dick and Tom begin having nightmares in which they are visited by mysterious floating portraits and the ghost of the judge.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00236-5 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: январь 2019
The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability. Our list of titles includes great stories from both contemporary and classic authors. When British Prime Minister Adam Lang`s ghost writer, Mike McAra, dies in mysterious circumstances, a new writer is brought in to write Lang`s biography. But it soon becomes clear that Lang and his wife Ruth are a much more complicated couple than they first seem. The Ghost is a powerful commentary on the policies employed by the British government on `The War on Terror` during the Tony Blair years.
ISBN: 978-0-230-42287-2 Издательство: Macmillan Дата выхода: май 2012
Original / British English Claire is staying with her aunt Min. There is an old castle with a black tower in the village. It has a dangerous secret accidents happen there, animals and people die. One day, Claire goes to the castle. She wants to know its secret.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6953-9 Издательство: Pearson Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 978-0-582-40127-3 Издательство: Longman Group UK Limited Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 9781784874483 Издательство: Vintage Classics Дата выхода: январь 2018
Sue Townsend, one of Britain`s most-loved writers and the creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole series, tells a compassionate and gritty story of love and loss in Ghost Children.`Gripping and disturbing. Utterly absorbing` IndependentSeventeen years ago
ISBN: 978-0-241-95840-7 Издательство: Penguin Group Дата выхода: август 2012
ISBN: 978-0-439-83309-7 Дата выхода: август 2011
ISBN: 978-5-521-07111-1 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июнь 2018
The role of a ghostwriter is to make his client look good, not to uncover the truth. But what happens when the client is a major political figure, and the truth could change the course of history? Adam Lang, the controversial former prime minister of Britain, is writing his memoirs. But his first ghostwriter dies under shocking circumstances, and his replacement - whose experience lies in portraying aging rock stars and film idols - knows little about Lang`s inner circle. Flown to join Lang in a secure house on the remote shores of Martha`s Vineyard in the depths of winter, cut off from everyone and everything he knows, he comes to realize he should never have taken the job. It`s not just his predecessor`s mysterious death that haunts...
ISBN: 978-1-4391-3047-6 Издательство: Simon & Schuster UK Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 9781784871901 Издательство: Vintage Classics Дата выхода: январь 2016
The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland; Enigma; Archangel; Pompeii and Imperium. The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, `Rick, I`m sorry, this isn`t for me, I don`t like the sound of it, ` finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick - I often thought he should have been the writer and I the agent - that once he`d started talking there was never any question I wouldn`t listen, and by the time he had finished, I was done for. After five books set firmly in the past, Robert Harris returns with a contemporary novel that brings the reader face to face with some of the biggest issues of our time - the result is a gripping and...
ISBN: 978-0-09-953852-3 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: июль 2011
Full of facts about ghosts and real-life ghost stories. What are ghosts really like?
ISBN: 978-0-582-44812-4 Издательство: Pearson Дата выхода: август 2011
Original / British English Katy and her boyfriend Tom are happy in their band, Steel City. But then Tom gets a new guitar and the trouble begins. Suddenly he can play very well, but he seems to be a different person. Why is he always so angry? When Katy discovers the secret of the guitar she is very afraid. Can she save her boyfriend`s life? This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2552-1 Издательство: Pearson Education Limited Дата выхода: январь 2013
ISBN: 0140621032 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: август 2002
Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The child’s father, Christopher Moore, was devastated by the loss and he retreated from the world. Unable to accept what had happened between them both went their separate ways. However, when Christopher makes a horrifying discovery whilst out walking his dog on the heath he finds that he is compelled to confront Angela about the past. As they start seeing each another again can they avoid the mistakes of the past? And will their future together be eclipsed by those mistakes of yesterday? A compelling fable of our times, Ghost Children is a compassionate and gritty examination of love and loss from one of Britain’s most-loved writers, Sue Townsend.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101082-3 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
ISBN: 9780099560562 Дата выхода: январь 2011
Do ghosts exist? When Rick and Mia explore a mysterious old house perhaps they will find out.
ISBN: 978-0-582-45615-0 Издательство: Longman Дата выхода: июль 2011
Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and the darker areas of the human psyche. This edition includes all ten of his `appacitional` stories, or ghost stories in the strict sense of the term, and as such is the fullest collection currently available. The stories range widely in tone and type. They include `The Jolly Corner`, a compelling story of psychological doubling; `Owen Wingrave`, which is also a subtle parable of military tradition; `The Friends of the Friends`, a strange story of uncanny love; and `The Private Life`, which finds high comedy in its ghostly theme. The...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-422-1 Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
ISBN: 978-5-521-07112-8 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июнь 2018
In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past - and get away with murder. Peter Straub`s classic bestseller is a work of superb horror (The Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time - and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares.
ISBN: 978-0-671-68563-8 Дата выхода: июль 2011
Travis Chase is back in this thrilling follow-up to Patrick Lee`s instant New York Times bestseller, The Breach.
ISBN: 978-0-06-158444-2 Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 9781405914505 Дата выхода: январь 2014
Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders are intent on cutting the top off it and making themselves rich. Jessie and Jake are determined to save the Big Hill but what can they do? A plan is needed, and fast. Could the ghost of Grania O`Malley, the pirate queen, be the answer? You don’t know what you can do until you try.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3340-8 Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd Дата выхода: февраль 2012
