The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. It`s no place for Shadowhunters, but through twi centures a Silent Brother has visited. Brother Zachariah was once a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. Now he is searching for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Market’s dark dealings, Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul and a young Jace Wayland finds safety. In the Market is hidden a ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Throughout his career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction, and began the tradition of "the ghost story at Christmas". Many of his supernatural tales are presented here, including the brilliant novella "The Haunted man and the ghost's bargain", which deserves to be as well known as "A Christmas carol". While all aim to send a shiver down the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens' flamboyant style: his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents and moral observations. This & ... |
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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. ... 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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A heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits. When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start the "The Sad Ghost Club" - a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people who think they don't belong. But when a third ghost wants to join the club, things get a bit more complicated. Can the two ghosts overcome their insecurities and uncertainties in their new friendship, and find a way to welcome new members to the club? Stunningly illustrated, this is Volume 2 in a new graphic novel series, for ... |
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Януари 1918 година. След като е ранена и освободена от служба, военната медицинска сестра Лора Айвън е принудена да остави брат си, който все още се сражава във Фландрия. Вече у дома в Халифакс, Канада, тя получава вест за смъртта на Фреди заедно с всичките му вещи. Но нещо не е наред... Решена да разбере истината, Лора се връща в Белгия като доброволка в частна болница. Скоро след пристигането си тя чува слухове за обитавани от духове окопи и странен хотелиер, чието вино дарява забрава. Възможно ли е Фреди да е избягал от бойното поле само за да попадне в плен на някого... или нещо? Ноември 1917 година. След експлозия ... |
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Retold by Sarah Walker. ... In Sweden nobody wants a troll to come into their garden, but how do you stop them? On a lonely road at night in Oman, Abdul's car breaks down and he takes a ride with a stranger, but perhaps it is safer to walk. In England some young people play a scary game, and in Asia, a soldier returns home - at last. Every country in the world has stories about ghosts and spirits and monsters of one kind or another. Some people believe in ghosts and some don't - but everyone enjoys a good ghost story. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Любимият разказвач на Америка отново ни връща на идиличния остров Камино, където Брус Кейбъл, книжар и колекционер на редки издания, и младата писателка Мърсър Ман попадат в окото на поредната буря, връхлетяла този рай. Известният с литературните си партита бохем Брус Кейбъл е домакин на сватбеното тържество на Мърсър Ман, чийто втори роман е предизвикал сензация. Точно преди Мърсър да напусне любимия си остров, Брус ѝ разказва една невероятна история, която може да се превърне в следващия ѝ бестселър. Мощен строителен предприемач с политически връзки и дълбоки джобове иска да превърне малък остров между ... |
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Retold by Rosemary Border. ... "After dinner we turned the lights out and played hide and seek. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with... with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there - all thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the house! We touched each other in the dark, counting. Thirteen. Quickly, nervously, I lit a match to see..." By the book Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Room 13 and Other Ghost Stories is an Elementary Level reader written by M. R. James. This book consists of five short stories about ghosts, evil spirits and creatures of the night. The five stories are Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze, and The Lost Crowns of Anglia. This book is in British English. Key features: carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary; some difficult words and phrases are explained with pictures; the book has around 1100 basic words for Elementary-level students; free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets here. ... |
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Като момче, растящо в покрайнините на Дъблин, Гейбриъл Бърн търси убежище във въображаем свят сред полята и хълмовете недалеч от дома си, в периферията на бързо разрастващ се град. Син на родители от работническата класа и най-големият от шест деца, той храни детинско желание да стане свещеник. Когато е на единайсет години, Бърн прекосява Ирландско море, за да постъпи в семинария в Англия. Четири години по-късно отново се връща в родния си град. Там се хваща на работа като куриер и работник във фабрика, а в свободното си време ходи на кино. Именно тук може да започне да си представя живот отвъд сивия свят на Ирландия от ... |
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The Canterville Ghost Sir Simon de Canterville is a ghost. He has lived in his house for hundreds of years. His job is to terrify the people who stay there. Then Mr. Otis, an American, buys the house. And the ghost is angry - he cannot frighten the Otis family. The Model Millionaire Hughie Erskine loves Laura Merton. But Hughie is poor and he cannot marry her. Then one day he meets a beggar and all his wishes come true. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Mr. Podgers can read people's hands. Mr. Podgers reads Lord Arthur Savile's hand a party. What will Lord Arthur's future be? This book is in ... |
