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As the winter nights draw in and you settle in front of a cosy fire, it's the perfect time for a dash of the supernatural...embrace the gloom with spine-chillers from Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, Edith Wharton and many moreDo you believe in ghosts?Ghosts, spirits, spectres or spooks, we have always felt the presence of someone - or something - hovering in the darkest corners of our imaginations.The great writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, from Elizabeth Gaskell to Rudyard Kipling, also produced some of the most influential ghost stories ever written, defining the genre for generations of writers to follow.Gathered in this thrilling collection are some of the most iconic Victorian ghost stories, from Charles Dickens's 'The Signalman' to M.R. James's 'A Warning to the Curious', alongside more unexpected contributions from masters of the form such as J.S. Le Fanu and H.G. Wells.You may think you don't believe in ghosts, but these stories will haunt you nonetheless.

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From the grit of a frontier man’s dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they’re all here in Classic Dog Stories – the perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by anthologist Ned Halley.In this entertaining collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life. Working dogs, dogs who are mistreated by humans, dogs who save lives and the ones that make us laugh; they all leap and bound on the page in stories by our most accomplished writers, including Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Jack London and Jerome K. Jerome.

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The enduring appeal of the Christmas story relies on heartfelt tradition and often moral quandaries both magical and mundane, all wrapped in the lore and practice of this cherished holiday. This anthology collects ten classic tales from some of literature's greatest writers. Stories included in this collection are "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by the Bros. Grimm, "A Christmas Tree" by Charles Dickens, "The Burglar's Christmas" by Willa Cather, "A Letter From Santa" by Mark Twain, "A Country Christmas" by Louisa May Alcott, "Where Love Is, There God Is Also" by Leo Tolstoy, "The Christmas Banquet" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum, and "Christmas; or the Good Fairy" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Tales from the classic era of ghost stories, one of the most popular and enduring fiction categories.A selection of mysterious and intriguing tales from the shadows, featuring M.R. James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edith Wharton and Algernon Blackwood, with F. Marion Crawford''s The Doll''s Ghost and Guy de Maupassant''s The Apparition.Ghost Story Anthologies. Ghost stories appear in most traditions around the world, with tales of the supernatural and the presence of ancestors felt around the campfires of storytellers. With new introductions, these specially curated collections bring together the twisting narratives of Charles Maturin, H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood and many more classic and ancient sources.

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Ghost stories reached the height of popularity in the late nineteenth century and this collection offers a fine selection of ghostly tales from that time. Many of the contributors are amongst the most famous writers in the English language led by the master of the genre, M. R. James. What all the stories have in common is that they give the reader a delicious sense of terror but in different ways. Rudyard Kipling in ‘The Phantom Rickshaw’ and Charles Dickens in ‘The Signalman’ expertly twist their protagonists’ emotions, creating fear and dread.Mary Elizabeth Braddon and E. Nesbit aim for downright terror in their tales ‘The Shadow in the Corner’ and ‘Man-Size in Marble’ and there’s even room for some spooky humour with Saki’s tale, ‘Laura’. With tales of revenge, supernatural malevolence and ghostly goings on, this anthology is full of expertly crafted and terrifying ghost stories.This series of gorgeous pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmilan Collector's Library celebrates the very best Gothic and horror literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.

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Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios.Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu''s "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street," with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins'' "The Lost Ghost," in which a strange child''s disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in all those she encounters; Robert Louis Stevenson''s "The Body-Snatchers"; "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost," by Wilkie Collins; and other gripping works by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, Amelia B. Edwards, Fitz-James O''Brien, and M. R. James.Rich in detail and ghoulish incidents, this modestly priced collection will thrill readers who appreciate tales of terror as well as devotees of well-crafted literature.

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A beautifully illustrated treasury of charming animal stories written by members of Mumsnet and Gransnet and chosen by a panel of judges led by former Children''s Laureate, Anthony Browne.This delightful and unique treasury features ten prize-winning stories written by members of the popular parenting websites, Mumsnet and Gransnet. Chosen by a celebrity judging panel, led by former Children''s Laureate, Anthony Browne, and including Miriam González Durántez, Lucy Mangan and Justine Roberts, these are warm and witty stories, written by parents, for parents. Each of the stories is gorgeously illustrated by a talented new artist, making this the perfect gift to be treasured at bedtime.

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A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translationsThis new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates some of the very best Japanese literature from the past hundred years. Each story appears in the original Japanese alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a witty send-up of modern social graces to a powerful evocation of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this remarkable collection includes works from beloved authors Abe Akira, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Betsuyaku Minoru, Hoshi Shin''ichi, Kawakami Mieko, Kono Taeko, Murakami Haruki, Oba Minako, Ota Yoko and Uchida Hyakken.

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A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a poignant tale of betrayal to a darkly humorous exchange between wedding guests, this captivating collection includes works from authors such as Leopoldo Alas (Clarín), Cristina Fernández Cubas, Medardo Fraile, Carmen Martín Gaite, Karmele Jaio, Carmen Laforet, Javier Marías, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas, and Esther Tusquets.

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A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translationsThis new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Italy. Each story appears in the original Italian alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a spellbinding tale of the supernatural to a powerful portrait of post-war Italy, this revelatory collection includes works from beloved authors, Italo Calvino, Fausta Cialente, Alba de Céspedes, Grazia Deledda, Natalia Ginzburg, Elsa Morante, Lalla Romano, Umberto Saba, Alberto Savinio, and Elio Vittorini.

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Edited by Joseph O''Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged.This collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7.

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Get comfy and share six beautiful 5-minute kindness stories. This collection of tales will help little ones learn about being friendly, caring, generous, polite, helpful and much, much more. Reassuring and positive reads about the importance of helping to make others feel good.

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"Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day."In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories—including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This edition includes a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster which explains the book''s importance as a Japanese cultural and literary classic.The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore—the spirits of the dead and the spirits of the living. In Ghostly Japan examines both and, in the process, offers a fascinating window into Japan''s supernatural and spiritual world.The 14 stories include:"Fragment"—A young pilgrim encounters a mountain of skulls and is shown a terrible truth"Ingwa-banashi"—On her deathbed, a dying wife bequeaths to her young rival a sinister and horrific gift"A Passional Karma"—A spectral beauty transcends death to return for her handsome samurai lover"Story of a Tengu"—A priest saves the life of a Yokai monk and is granted a wish, but the outcome is not as expectedWhile some stories contain spine-tingling imagery, others offer looks into Japan''s rich culture and folklore. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on the nation''s fascination ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, Ancient Japan was a country and culture that lived with between realms: the world of everyday and the world of supernatural.It was a time and place where men could be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or stories that long-awaited an opportunity to reveal them and seek reparation.The Snow Ghost and Other Tales brings together some of the best and scariest tales that endured across centuries of folk lore in one new beautiful hardback collection. Finally commited to writing during the turn of the twenieth cenutry by a unique set of folklorists, the ghost stories presented in this new anthology will transport readers to a time of magic and mystery, and let them relish in the spine-tingling traditions of Japanese culture largely lost now to modernity.For readers of Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell and Shirley Jackson

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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 (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (1925).This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by author and playwright David Stuart Davies.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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A spine-chilling anthology of ghost stories for young horror fans!BEWARE… The stories in this book will SCARE YOUR SOCKS OFF! Will a changing room ghost give a football team the ultimate fright? Is an evil spirit haunting the lake at summer camp? Will a boy’s eye transplant be a ghostly gift or a ghastly curse? Discover the answers to all these questions and more (or die trying) in this terrifying collection of eight ghost stories. Featuring four scream-worthy horror writers, including bestselling author Michael Dahl, this anthology is a must-have for fans of genre classics, like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, and any seeker of nightmare-fuel. The perfect gift for Halloween or to read at campouts, sleepovers or anytime you don’t want to sleep!Other Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Monster Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Sorcery Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!Zombie Stories to Scare Your Socks Off!

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Greatest Horror Stories from Around the World is a spine-chilling anthology featuring classic tales of terror from literary giants like Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Guy de Maupassant, and more. From psychological suspense to supernatural horror, this collection delves into the darkest corners of human fear, making it a must-have for horror enthusiasts and anyone eager to explore the genre's timeless and diverse traditions. Tales that will linger long after the last page is turned! - Offers a taste of the world's best horror literature. - The stories explore universal fears that resonate across cultures and time periods. - Includes a variety of short stories like The Horror of the Heights, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cats of Ulthar, and more. - Carefully selected stories that represent different periods, regions and styles. - The stories explore deep psychological and existential themes that provoke thought and introspection.

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Tales about ghosts are as old as human culture itself but the ghost story as a distinguished literary form reached its apogee in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As traditional religions declined in the West during those years, people looked for new ways of describing the spiritual realities explained by religion. The ghost story is a literary expression of this need, its rise corresponding to the growing popularity of Spiritualism. Ghost stories balance the increasingly powerful scientific materialism of the age with intimations that there are other orders of experience which we cannot define and only glimpse. The Everyman selection of ghost stories includes examples from this period by major writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Henry James and Edith Wharton. M. R. James is featured as a specialist in the genre. Later writers include Elizabeth Bowen, Penelope Lively and Ray Bradbury.One feature of this collection is to show that there is more to the ghost story than the thrill of horror, important though that is. These stories include comedy and tragedy, pathos, drama and even poetry. Each is a masterpiece in its own right, irrespective of whether or not we believe in the realm ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Chinese Ghost stories bring the past into the present, with everyday tales, fables and the antics of mischievous gods.A delightful collection of Chinese ghost stories such as The Painted Skin, The Laughing Ghost, The God of the City, The Magic Sword, The Dangerous Reward and more.Ghost Story Anthologies. Ghost stories appear in most traditions around the world, with tales of the supernatural and the presence of ancestors felt around the campfires of storytellers. With new introductions, these specially curated collections bring together the twisting narratives of Charles Maturin, H.P. Lovecraft, Edith Wharton, Algernon Blackwood and many more classic and ancient sources.

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Read if you dare! Grab the s’mores and settle around the fire for the spooky, spine-chilling tales in?Campfire Ghost Stories. A perfect Halloween read, this haunting collection is a treat for young readers to share.All who enter here, beware! These legends, myths, and terrifying tales are perfect for sitting around the campfire, and are sure to send your heart racing. This goosebump-raising collection includes werewolves, vampires, Bigfoot, deadly fairies, banshees, vanishing hitchhikers, mysterious graveyards, Slender Man, and more.Campfire Ghost Stories:Is perfect for reading aloudWill haunt and delight readers of all agesCreates amazing memories around the campfireEncourages imagination and the sharing of stories Share these chilling stories:As a Halloween trick or treat, gift, or presentWith young horror, supernatural, or gothic readsAt sleepovers, camping, or other gatherings for a family friendly spooky timeWith ghoulish illustrations bringing these supernatural stories to life, you might think twice before turning off the flashlight. Prepare for a sleepless night with?Campfire Ghost Stories.?Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector''s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector''s Library are books to love and treasure. Throughout his illustrious writing career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you will find five ghost stories, all of which are included in this collection. Dickens began the tradition of the ‘ghost story at Christmas’, and many of his tales in this genre 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 his supernatural tales aim to chill the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens’ flamboyant style, his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents and moral observations. It is a mixture which makes these stories fascinating and entertaining as well as unsettling. To paraphrase the Fat Boy in The Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens ‘wants to make your flesh creep’.This collection brings together all ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Scare yourself silly this Halloween with fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .'' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions?Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu''s The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton''s Afterward, Cynthia Asquith''s The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold''s The Telephone.Filled with fright and spine-tingling tension, these delightfully disturbing tales are the perfect companion for all this Halloween.

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THE PERFECT NIGHTTIME READ - DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT''S SLEEP*Introduced by Lucy Mangan* Recommended by RED magazine *''Dreamy'' STYLIST''Calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep... the most beautiful book that will, without a doubt, put you in the mood for some ZZZZs.'' THE SUNTales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night''s sleep. This cheering book of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind.Sleep is essential for our well being and our health, but in our busy lives it is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to put down your smartphone, stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a page or two away. From classic stories by Oscar Wilde, Guy de Maupassant and Katherine Mansfield, to friendly tales of our childhoods and poetry that reminds us of the simple joys of life, this lovingly curated book will soothe a tired mind and gently carry you to the peaceful land of sleep.So switch off, snuggle down and allow yourself to escape into new worlds ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Descriptosaurus: Ghost Stories builds on the vocabulary and descriptive phrases introduced in the original bestselling Descriptosaurus and, within the context of ghost stories, develops the structure and use of the words and phrases to promote colourful cinematic writing. This essential guide will enable children to take their writing to the next level, combine their descriptions of setting and character and show how the two interact. Children can then experiment with their own ghost stories, armed with the skills, techniques and vocabulary necessary to describe their ghostly scenes in a way that allows the reader to feel the characters’ fear and visualise the source of their terror within the setting.This new system also provides a contextualised alternative to grammar textbooks and will assist children in acquiring, understanding and applying the grammar they will need to improve their writing, both creative and technical.

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Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did confess that she was frightened of them.Wharton imbues this potent irrational and imaginative fear into her ghostly fiction to great effect. In this unique collection of finely wrought tales Wharton demonstrates her mastery of the ghost story genre. Amongst the many supernatural treats within these pages you will encounter a married farmer bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell which saves a woman's reputation; the weird spectral eyes which terrorise the midnight hours of an elderly aesthete; the haunted man who receives letters from his dead wife; and the frightening power of a doppelganger which foreshadows a terrible tragedy.Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years.

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A chilling collection of Henry James''s finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics editionIn ''The Turn of the Screw'', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the very best of Henry James'' short stories, including ''The Jolly Corner'' and ''The Third Person'', all of which explore human psychology through ghostly visitations and the uncanny.

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A sex worker on a journey to break free.A young woman stuck in a love triangle and meditating on what it means to live with mental illness, in a society that vilifies it.A curious boy living in The United Arab Emirates during the 1980’s, shocked by what he finds when chipping away the government-mandated white-out from pages of his magazine. A pregnant woman followed from the scene of a car wreck by an unlikely ally investigates censure of the body by male-dominated structures.These stories and other tales shine a light on the meaning of censorship in Aiden Shaw’s Penis, an anthology collecting new work from the voices of our future!In twelve arresting stories spanning genres from memoir to historical fiction and magical realism, new and emerging international authors investigate the subject of censorship through an array of lenses: as subjugation, erasure, or immunity. Whether it be recovering from an attempt to end one’s life or being deprived of life’s liberties, these remarkable perspectives get to the heart of what connects us, and ask the questions: What does it mean to be silenced, to be censored? Or perhaps, more importantly, what does it mean to break free? Authors:Selma CarvahloMichael Harris CohenStephanie ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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With a new introduction, this collection of Japanese ghost stories brings together fantastic tales of vengeful spirits, mountain-dwelling phantoms, man-eating oni, haunted trees, and child-rearing ghosts, with stories such as Yuki-Onna, Hoichi the Earless, The Ghost of O-Kiku from The Bancho Sarayashiki, the sorry tale of O-Iwa from the Yotsuya Kaidan, The Peony Lantern and The Ghost Who Bought Candy. Japan has a long and ancient custom of sharing stories of the supernatural, brought to fashionable prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period, now presented here for the modern reader.FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

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As they relax after dinner on Christmas Eve, the members of a family and their guests turn to telling ghost stories. These ghoulish accounts range from the melancholy to the macabre, and get increasingly bizarre as the ghosts leap out of the tales and make an appearance in the family’s home. Fact and fiction, the real and unreal collide, until the reader is not sure who is haunting whom.A masterful work of comic horror, Jerome K. Jerome’s After-Supper Ghost Stories is a witty look at why Christmas Eve is so perfect for ghost stories and why ghosts love the Yuletide season.

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Čítanka z edice NOVÁ LITERATURA seznamuje studenty podrobně s literární tvorbou jednotlivých autorů. Prohlubuje probírané učivo a obsahuje rozsáhlého množství textů. Vystihuje co nejlépe styl každého autora. Součástí jsou doplňující otázky. Ty mají studenty motivovat k vlastnímu kritickému myšlení, samostatnému formulování závěrů, zařazování poznatků do širších souvislostí. Rozvíjí mezipředmětové vztahy. Nová čítanka byla sestavena s ohledem na katalog požadavků ke státní maturitní zkoušce. Nová čítanka je vhodná také k přípravě na maturitu. Na její tvorbě se podílel kolektiv zkušených autorů a pedagogů za odborné spolupráce s doc. Mgr. Radkem Malým, Ph.D. Respektuje různost typů škol. Využívá literární teorii k analýze textu a jeho interpretaci. Pracovní učebnice zaměřená na porozumění a práci s textem. Množství textů ke čtení během celého školního roku. U některých autorů mají studenti možnost zhodnotit jejich dílo v různých etapách jejich uměleckého vývoje nebo porovnat jejich tvorbu prostřednictvím odlišných literárních žánrů, kterým se tito autoři věnovali. Čítanka také umožňuje zmapovat některá zásadní společenská témata napříč literární historií. Obsah: Úvod Starověká literatura Starověká Antická literatura Středověká Evropská literatura Středověká Česká literatura Renesance a Humanismus Baroko Klasicismus, osvícenectví a preromantismus

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This luxurious hardback anthology brings together 15 classic ghost stories by some of the genre's most acclaimed writers, presented in a beautiful gift edition with gilded page edges.This ghoulish collection is a perfect companion for lovers of the paranormal, featuring classic tales from Golden Age of the ghost story. Inside you will find haunted mansions, dark crypts, vengeful curses, silent specters and other supernatural delights of the genre, artfully conjured by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James.Stories include: 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe 'The Wailing Well' by M. R. James 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton 'A Ghost' by Guy de Maupassant 'An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street' by Sheridan Le Fanu This beautiful collection is presented with silver gilded page edges, ivory paper and wonderfully gothic endpaper illustrations, making it a wonderful gift for any horror lover.

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector''s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector''s Library are books to love and treasure. Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with their 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 of the art of raising as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Rosa Mulholland. Within the pages of this collection you will find strange accounts of haunted houses, death warnings from beyond the grave, and revengeful spirits, all guaranteed to stir the imagination and chill the blood.Selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies.Stories in this edition:Sheridan Le FanuThe Room in Le Dragon VolantMadam CrowlÂ’s GhostSquire TobyÂ’s WillThe Child that went with the FairiesAn Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier StreetGhost Stories of ChapelizodThe Vision of Tom ChuffW. B. YeatsThe CurseHanrahamÂ’s VisionBram StokerThe JudgeÂ’s HouseThe Secret ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A new, lyrical collection of famous stories and the less well-known.A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer), Lord Dunsany (''The Sword of Welleran'') and Fitz-James O''Brien (''The Diamond Lens'', ''What Was It?'').FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

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"The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible. . . . He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients."—Dorothy Scarborough This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell''s "The Old Nurse''s Story" through to Edith Wharton''s "Afterword," this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction, and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Objev podobné jako The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories - Michael Newton

One of the most famous ghost stories, Blackwood''s ''The Empty House'' is a classic haunted house tale of terror. Now with a new introduction and biography.Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell. Blackwood''s ''The Empty House'' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor, around every corner, through every half-opened door. This edition includes ''A Haunted Island'', ''The Wood of the Dead'', ''Skeleton Lake'' and several other ghoulish tales.FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and a new glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.

Objev podobné jako The Empty House, and Other Ghost Stories - Algernon Blackwood

Druhé, aktualizované, opravené a rozšířené vydání slovníku, který sestavil široký kolektiv autorů-bohemistů. Slovník vedle obsáhlé úvodní stati o vývoji české literatury zahrnuje na 1 000 hesel autorů (včetně anonymních) od nejstarších dob až po počátek 21. století a poprvé je připojen i rejstřík filmů a televizních inscenací, které vznikly na základě literárních děl a s odkazem na příslušné autory.

Objev podobné jako Slovník českých spisovatelů - Václav Vaněk, Věra Menclová, kolektiv autorů

Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens’ lifetime.  He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits.His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen.Chilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes  of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.

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''I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...''Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.This edition presents all of James''s published ghost stories, including the unforgettable ''Oh, Whistle and I''ll Come to You, My Lad'' and ''Casting the Runes'', and an appendix of James''s writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones''s introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James''s background and his mastery of the genre he made his own.

Objev podobné jako Collected Ghost Stories - M.R.James

The Ghost Stories of M.R. James collects the tales that best illustrate the author''s quiet mastery of the ghost story form. Running through each of these stories is a slowly escalating sense of unease and dread, which ultimately shifts into the wildly uncanny. JamesÂ’ characters exist in a world of ancient objects whose atrocious histories begin to repeat when they are disturbed, and the blinkered repression common to JamesÂ’ narratives only amplifies the shock of the spectral appearance.

Objev podobné jako The Ghost Stories of M. R. James

''I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...''Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.This edition presents all of James''s published ghost stories, including the unforgettable ''Oh, Whistle and I''ll Come to You, My Lad'' and ''Casting the Runes'', and an appendix of James''s writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones''s introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James''s background and his mastery of the genre he made his own. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Collected Ghost Stories - M.R.James

Malignant forces and supernatural visitors haunt these superbly spooky tales, selected and introduced by Ruth Rendell M. R. James wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernize a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognizable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a doll''s house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window—ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense. James''s prescription for his ghost stories was to "let the ominous thing put out its head, unobtrusively at first, and then more insistently, until it holds the stage."

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Muži vs. ženy. Oni z Marsu, ony z Venuše. Spojili sa a vytvorili unikátnu zbierku poviedok. Každá z nich je iná. Sú šokujúce, ale aj romantické, drsné, s hriešnou dávkou erotiky, no aj s odkazom na zamyslenie. Nechajte sa vtiahnuť do sveta štrnástich poviedok mužsko-ženského sveta, ktorý nám vie všetkým niečo dať. Od prvej po poslednú stranu sa ponorte do fascinujúcich príbehov a odhaľte potenciál autorov, ktorí vám v poviedkach ponúkajú kúsok svojho vlastného sveta.

Objev podobné jako Muži vs. Ženy - kolektiv autorů, Kolektiv autorů US AIR FORCE

25 chilling short stories by outstanding female writers.Women have always written exceptional stories of horror and the supernatural. This anthology aims to showcase the very best of these, from Amelia B. Edwards''s ''The Phantom Coach'', published in 1864, through past luminaries such as Edith Wharton and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern talents including Muriel Gray, Sarah Pinborough and Lilith Saintcrow.From tales of ghostly children to visitations by departed loved ones, and from heart-rending stories to the profoundly unsettling depiction of extreme malevolence, what each of these stories has in common is the effect of a slight chilling of the skin, a feeling of something not quite present, but nevertheless there. If anything, this showcase anthology proves that sometimes the female of the species can also be the most terrifying . . .

Objev podobné jako The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women - Marie O'Regan

A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.This illustrated edition includes four of Susan Hill's scariest ghost stories: Dolly, The Man in the Picture, Printer's Devil Court and The Small Hand. 'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express'No one chills the heart like Susan Hill' Daily TelegraphVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautifulIllustrated by Nick Tankard

Objev podobné jako The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories - Susan Hillová

Over 25 short story masterpieces from writers such as Louis de Bernières and Ian Rankin - modern literary tales to chill the blood.This spine-chilling new anthology of 20th and 21st century tales by big name writers is in the best traditions of literary ghost stories. It is just a little over a hundred years ago that the most famous literary ghost story, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, was published and in the intervening years a great many other distinguished writers have tried their hand at this popular genre - some basing their fictional tales on real supernatural experiences of their own.

Objev podobné jako The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories - Peter Haining

Celebrate the chill of classic Irish ghost tales in this beautiful Collector''s Edition, drawing threads from folklore, legend and ancient origins.Ghosts and spirits abound in this glorious gift edition of Irish tales, building on the history, mythology and the folklore of the Emerald Isle. Stories include The Child That Went with the Fairies, The Canterville Ghost, The Last of Squire Ennismore, and more. A range of celebrated Irish authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries offer mystical, atmospheric tales of lost souls and haunted landscapes.

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Autorský kolektiv sleduje proměny kněžské identity v moderní éře, orámované z jedné strany snahou o obnovu autority římskokatolické církve a z druhé strany obdobím meziválečné Československé republiky. Publikaci tvoří biogra? e třinácti různě postavených kněží, kteří náleželi do několika generací. Jsou zde zastoupeni kněží ve světské pastoraci (Jan Pauly), biskupové (Jan Valerián Jirsík), řeholníci (Andreas Hamerle), teologové (Eduard Winter), politici (Bohumil Stašek) i básníci (Jakub Deml). Autory zajímá jak identita osobní (otázka sebepojetí kněze a jeho re? exe okolím), tak identita sociální (sounáležitost s farností, klérem či národem). Právě moderní doba v důsledku zrychlujících se změn společnosti generovala větší možnosti individuální volby.

Objev podobné jako Kněžské identity v českých zemích - Lukáš Fasora, Jiří Hanuš, kolektiv autorů, Tomáš W. Pavlíček

Nezbytná příručka pro žáky základních i středních škol a nejaktuálnější průvodce českým pravopisem pro všechny, kteří chtějí mít kultivovaný mluvený i psaný projev. Zárukou kvality je kolektiv autorů z Ústavu pro jazyk český.

Objev podobné jako Pravidla českého pravopisu - Olga Martincová, kolektiv autorů

Multidisciplinární kolektiv autorů z řad neurochirurgů, neurologů, radiologů, intenzivistů a anesteziologů se i v 2. vydání publikace snaží podat ucelený pohled zejména na problematiku neuroanestezie a neurointenzivní péče. První část publikace je věnována historii neurochirurgie, neuroanestezie a perioperační péče. Na vybrané kapitoly z anatomie a fyziologie CNS navazuje část chirurgická, zabývající se jednotlivými typy operačních výkonů. Samostatnou kapitolu autoři věnují interakci farmak a CNS. Další kapitoly popisují možnosti klinického i přístrojového vyšetřování a monitorování nervového systému. Samostatná kapitola se zabývá neuroradiologií včetně té intervenční. Kapitoly věnované anestezii u neurochirurgických výkonů pojednávají o předoperační přípravě, jednotlivých druzích zákroků s anesteziologickými specifiky a nejčastějších komplikacích či odchylkách, se kterými se může anesteziolog během operačního výkonu setkat. V aktualizovaném vydání je nově zařazena kapitola k tématu dětské neuroanestezie. V rozsáhlém oddílu věnovaném neurointenzivní péči jsou popsány principy péče o pacienta s kraniocerebrálním poraněním i zásady komplexní péče po neurochirurgických výkonech, včetně ventilační strategie, účelné farmakoterapie, antibiotické léčby a výživy, nově také možnosti prognózování a neurorehabilitace. V závěru knihy čtenář nalezne přehled potenciálních časných i pozdních komplikací souvisejících s operačními výkony na mozku a míše.

Objev podobné jako Neuroanestezie a základy neurointenzivní péče - Tyll Tomáš, kolektiv autorů, David Netuka, Vlasta Dostálová

Aktuálně není ve včelařství naléhavějšího tématu, než je zdraví včel. Téma výsostně praktické a bytostně důležité. Hromadné kolapsy včelstev posledních let jsou toho více než reálným důkazem. Včely a jejich zdraví jsou již od počátku neodmyslitelně provázány s krajinou. Na otázky, jaký je jejich nynější stav, odpovídá velice fundovaně společná monografie odborníků z Mendelovy společnosti pro včelařský výzkum a přizvaných zahraničních autorů. Kniha volně navazuje na publikaci z roku 2016 s názvem Ekologie chovu včel. Autorský kolektiv a uchopená témata jsou zárukou odborně kvalitní a čtivé publikace, která nezůstává jen u pouhé deskripce, ale nabízí i možnosti řešení, klade další otázky a připomíná témata, která je nutno prozkoumat. Tento přístup ocení nejen čtenáři, ale bude přínosná i pro cíl a objekt našeho společného zájmu, a tím jsou zdravé včely.

Objev podobné jako Ekologie a zdraví včel - Karel Sládek, kolektiv autorů, Květoslav Čermák