An Awful Mystery
Author : May Agnes Fleming
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 1861
Category :
ISBN :
The awful mystery - Le terrible mystère
Author : Rémi Demarquet
Publisher : Primento
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 2511036509
Book Description
Age: from 8 years old Reading Level: from 3rd Grade Thanks to these short bilingual stories, children will learn to master both French and English. In these hot days, reptiles readily bask in the warm sand, storing up all they can of the heat of the burning sun to warm up their cold blood. Madam crocodile, named Odile, keeps a particularly watchful eye on her offspring. On the other bank, but not too far away, a pelican enjoys watching the audience... About the series: children growing in a bilingual environment will love the short and educational stories published by the Éditions Ipagine. Richly illustrated, these tales will help them understand the similarities and the differences between French and English. Featured books: • Night Belle/Belle de Nuit • Blue-eyed Herbie/Herbie aux yeux bleus • Luna, the black panther/Luna, la panthère noire • Malice, the abandoned dog/Malice, le chien abandonné • Mataf and the wolves/Mataf et les loups • Wally, the walrus/Morso, le morse • Elin & Apollo/Nigel & Apollon • Odile and the pelican/Odile et le pélican
A Bad Night's Sleep
Author : Michael Wiley
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429983116
Book Description
Winner of the Shamus Award for Best Novel Working late-night surveillance at a luxury condominium development, Chicago private investigator Joe Kozmarski encounters a burglary crew. Two of the crew members show up in a police cruiser dressed in uniform. In the chaos that follows, Kozmarski shoots and kills one of the thieves, who, like the rest of the crew, is one of Chicago's Finest. And just like that Kozmarski finds he's in for many a bad night's sleep. Kozmarski joins the burglary crew, working as an inside agent for his old friend Lieutenant Bill Gubman. Facing dangerous suspicions from both the criminal gang and the uncorrupted ranks of the police department, uncertain about who wishes to help him stay alive and who wishes to kill him, Kozmarski takes his wildest ride yet. A Bad Night's Sleep pushes full throttle through the streets of Chicago to a stunning conclusion.
The Awful Secret
Author : Bernard Knight
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1448301262
Book Description
Coroner Sir John gets entangled with the Knights Templar in this suspenseful instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. 1195. Gilbert de Rideford is a Knight of the Temple of Solomon – and an old acquaintance of county coroner Sir John de Wolfe, from his crusading days. Gilbert arrives in Exeter, begging for Sir John’s help. He claims to have come into possession of a secret that could shake Christendom to its foundations. But to reveal it, first he needs to escape beyond the reach of the Knights Templar, or the secretive order of warrior monks – his former comrades – will surely kill him. Suddenly swept into a world of religious intrigue and dangerous politics, Crowner John finds himself undertaking a life-threatening mission to Lundy – an island inhabited solely by notorious pirates –until finally the awful secret itself is revealed . . .
The "awful Mess" Mystery
Author : Adrian Robert
Publisher : Troll Communications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Four friends search for a missing bracelet to get Katie out of a really awful mess.
The "Gosh Awful" Gold Rush Mystery
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780635063342
Book Description
During summer break, Christina, Grant, and their two friends Zac and Alex go to Alaska with Mimi and Papa. Mimi inherited a gold mine so they all learn about the Gold Rush era and Forty-Niners.
The Crises of the Christ
Author : George Campbell Morgan
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 35,6 MB
Release : 1903
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales
Author : Wilhelm Hauff
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 13367 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
DigiCat presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental... H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye... John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars The Lair of the White Worm... Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Ancient Sorceries... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night... Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark The House of the Seven Gables... Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror... William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement... Horace Walpole: The Cas...
The Christian World ...
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Catholic church
ISBN :
Book Description
Must-Read Halloween Books
Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 22696 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Musaicum Books presents to you a collection of the greatest horror, supernatural and gothic tales of all time: Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle H. P. Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward At The Mountains of Madness The Colour out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat… Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental… Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars The Lair of the White Worm… Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Ancient Sorceries… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet… Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas… M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night… Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark The House of the Seven Gables… Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror… William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement… Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto William Thomas Beckford: Vathek Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw Guy de Maupassant: The Horla Jerome K. Jerome: Told After Supper…
