Christmas Books, Ghost Stories & Other Tales HB ullustr
Somehow, Christmas and ghost stories go well together, and here too Dickens was a master of the art. This title presents a collection of his supernatural tales, including such classics as "The Signalman" and "The...
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit,...
Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas...
Selected by Rosemary Gray, poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a...
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
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...
Collectors Book of Westerns TPB
Once they had settled the eastern seaboard, the founding fathers of the great North American continent encouraged others to follow them to the land of opportunity. So the refugees, the poor and the oppressed, the...
Collected Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
This title features collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, `the Jazz Age`, but his reputation...
Collected Tales & Poems of E.A.Poe
Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mother, he was taken into the foster care of John Allan, a Virginia...
Collected Novels of the Bronte Sisters (HB)
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most popular works of English fiction. Although Charlotte Bronte`s heroine is outwardly plain, she possesses an indomitable spirit, and great courage. Forced to battle...
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
Wilde`s works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which...
Collected Works of Nathanael West
A close friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald (he died in a car crash the day after Fitzgerald`s death), Nathanael West wrote two classic American novels; The Day of the Locust is a stark portrayal of Hollywood in the 1930s...
John Donne (1572-1631) is a poet of concerted emotional and intellectual force, whose strenuously original approach to the subject matter, diction and form of verse re-made English poetry. Donne’s poetry combines...
Collectors Book of Science Fiction (TPB)
Selected and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Prepare to take a step beyond reality into the fantastic realm of other worlds imagined by the pioneers of science fiction. This collection features a set of wide...
Housman`s melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Admirers have found his work elegant and...
Collected Works of Oscar Wilde HB
Wilde`s works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which...
Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe HB
Edgar Allan Poe received scant recognition for his efforts, until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. The poem`s popularity gave him a new visibility in literary circles. This title presents a collection of his...
Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde
Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of his formative years includes the haunting...
A spectre is haunting Europe (and the world). Not, in the twenty-first century, the spectre of communism, but the spectre of capitalism. Marx`s prediction that the state would wither away of its own accord has proved...
Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll (TPB)
Книга полностью на английском языке. Lewis Carroll is famed for his magical stories, "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass", both of which are included in this volume illustrated throughout by Sir John...
Complete Fairy Tales (Grimm Br.) HB
The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales. Together with their well-known tales of "Rapunzel", "The Goose Girl", "Sleeping Beauty", "Hansel and Gretel" there are darker tales which deserve to be better...
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear`s crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years.This edition, illustrated by the author,...
`The Owl and the Pussy-Cat`, `Calico Pie` and `The Pobble Who Has No Toes`, together with Edward Lear`s crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years. This edition, illustrated by the...
Complete Prophecies/ Нострадамус. Предсказания
Who was Nostradamus, and what faith should we place in his predictions? This book gives objective answers. It reveals that Michel de Nostredame, a 16th-century French doctor, was more Renaissance man than arcane...
Complete Richard Hannay Stories
Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent type, combining the...
