A selection of 30 magical and mischievous short stories by Britain`s most beloved children`s author - perfect for sharing at Halloween!Witches and pixies abound in this magical selection of thirty short stories, perfect for seasonal reading and sharing. With lots of humour and fantastic characters these classic tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain`s favourite children`s authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.

ISBN: 9781444942576
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

Three thrilling stories that follow the courageous Norse god, Thor, the god of thunder as he embarks on terrifying adventures. Children will be captivated when Thor wrestles a sea serpent, faces a cave full of giants and then fights a frost giant.

ISBN: 9781409550679
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

ISBN: 9781444965209
Дата выхода: январь 2022

ISBN: 978-5-699-53795-2
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011

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Россия, Санкт-Петербург: самовывоз

This collection of 15 stories from a popular Japanese writer, perhaps best known in this country for A Wild Sheep Chase ( LJ 11/15/89), gives a nice idea of his breadth of style.  The work maintains the matter-of-fact tone reminiscent of American detective fiction, balancing itself somewhere between the spare realism of Raymond Carver and the surrealism of Kobo Abe.  These are not the sort of stories that one thinks of as ˝Japanese˝; the intentionally Westernized style and well-placed reference to pop culture gives them a contemporary and universal feel. Engaging, thought-provoking, humorous, and slyly profound, these skillful stories will easily appeal to American readers but must present something of a challenge to the Japanese...

ISBN: 0-099-44875-0
Дата выхода: июнь 2016

From lightning-wielding Zeus, the supreme Greek god, to protective Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love - heroes, gods, and monsters are brought to life in these retellings of myths from around the world.Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories is a children`s book that invites you to explore all the well-known stories from Greek and Norse mythology, and a range of other cultures across more than 100 tales.Discover the fascinating myths of Anansi, the West African trickster god who takes the form of a spider; the story of the Wawilak Sisters of Arnhem Land in northern Australia, who form the land as they walk across it; or the Slavic tale of Ivan as he chases the mischievous Firebird.Read about ferocious, man-eating monsters such as the...

ISBN: 9780241296929
Издательство: Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2023

Bringing together all Charles Dickens` ghost stories - twenty in all - including several longer tales. Here are chilling histories of coincidence, insanity and revenge. To paraphrase Joe in The Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens `wants to make your flesh creep`.Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Ghost Stories is illustrated by various artists, with an afterword by David Stuart Davies.Throughout his illustrious writing career, Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you...

ISBN: 9781509825400
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter`s night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as `real` apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting new selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - Fisher`s Ghost by John Lang is set in Australia and A Ghostly Manifestation by `A Clergyman` is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.

ISBN: 978-1-84022-066-7
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2010

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

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Danger! And Other Stories" is a collection of fascinating short stories like "One Crowded Hour", "A Point of View", "How It Happened", "The Prisoner`s Defence", and "Three of Them".

ISBN: 978-5-521-07171-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. The Human Drift includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing," "Four Horses and a Sailor," and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" - a nautical ghost story of London`s youth. Brown Wolf and Other Stories is a collection of adventure short stories that includes many amazing tales such as "That Spot," "Trust," "All Gold Canyon," and "The Story Of Keesh."

ISBN: 978-5-521-08172-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories includes such amazing stories as "The Snow-Image" and "The New Adam and Eve". This volume also contains the novel "Fanshawe", that was the first published work by Hawthorne, published anonymously in 1828. It was based on his experiences at Bowdoin College in the early 1820s. He had written successful short stories before, but this was his first attempt at creating a novel.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07690-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories is a collection of humorous and sentimental stories of sheepherders, cowpunchers, trail cooks, prospectors, outlaws, and Texas Rangers that offer the modern reader a window into American West. Perhaps reflecting O. Henry`s own experience as a young man in the middle of nowhere, where women were few and far between, many of the stories are comic tales of romantic rivalry.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07679-6
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

A charming new bumper short-story collection from the world`s best-loved storyteller.A fantastic collection of 30 stories about animals of all shapes and sizes, this will charm children aged 6 and up. From pet puppies to woodland wildlife, garden birds to pond-dwelling frogs, Enid Blyton was a devoted and knowledgeable animal-lover. Readers who feel the same way are bound to love her wonderful stories about our furry friends - and scaly, feathery or fluttery ones too!These delightful stories are ideal for newly confident readers and are the perfect length to be read aloud in the classroom or at bedtime.Enid Blyton (R) and Enid Blyton`s signature are Registered Trademarks of Hodder & Stoughton Limited. No trademark or copyrighted material...

ISBN: 9781444940251
Дата выхода: январь 2024

This superb new collection brings together stories from the earliest decades of Gothic writing with later 19th and early 20th century tales from the period in which Gothic diversified into the familiar forms of the ghost-and horror-story. Some of these stories, like the haunting ‘The Lame Priest’ are ‘lost masterpieces’ and several have never been anthologised before.

ISBN: 978-1-84022-425-2
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011

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

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.These classic stories are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail.An essential part of any child`s bookshelf, Ladybird Tales are perfect for sharing together and creating memories to treasure forever.This beautiful treasury brings together five of everyone`s favourite fairy tales: Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Puss in Boots.

ISBN: 9780723299066
Издательство: Ladybird
Дата выхода: июнь 2017

Издание полностью на английском языке.Father Brown, one of the most quirky genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in "The Innocence of Father Brown" in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton`s kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths.This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories, showing a quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner.

ISBN: 9781853260032
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2006

Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "Moon-Face`and Other Stories" is a collection that contains many wonderful stories like "The Leopard Man`s Story", "Local Colour", "Amateur Night", and "The Minions of Midas".

ISBN: 978-5-521-07497-6
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Short Stories is a collection of beautifully written and gripping tales, including several ghost stories and Crowley Castle story, featuring a love triangle of sorts. It makes the perfect evening or summer reading for adults and young adults alike.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07711-3
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories contains "The Dream", "A Ruler of Men", "The Friendly Call" and other famous stories by O. Henry.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07673-4
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories is Hawthorne`s interesting story collection, which was written in honor of The Old Manse, where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. This book includes wonderful short stories "The Procession of Life", "The Artist of the Beautiful" and other tales.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07699-4
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes "Strictly Business", "The Gold That Glittered", "Babes In The Jungle", "The Day Resurgent", "The Fifth Wheel" and other famous stories.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07675-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name 0. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes "Psyche and the Pskyscraper", "A Bird of Bagdad", "Compliments of the Season", "A Night in New Arabia" and other stories.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07677-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes amazing stories like "The Rose of Dixie", "The Third Ingredient", "The Hiding of Black Bill", "Schools and Schools" and many others.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07681-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018