Author : M.R. James
Publisher : Jo Fletcher Books
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1623650259
Montague Rhodes James--M. R. James--was an English academic and provost of King's College and Eton. He started writing ghost stories to entertain his friends. . . one hundred and fifty years after his birth he is now revered as the father of the modern English ghost story. This gorgeous hardback collection contains all thirty-five of M.R. James's highly acclaimed ghost stories, including the classics: "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" and "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook."
Author : M. R. James
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2017-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1537822357
Eight classics by great Edwardian scholar and storyteller. "Number Thirteen," "The Mezzotint," "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," more. Renowned for their wit, erudition and suspense, these stories are each masterfully constructed and represent a high achievement in the ghost genre.
Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Meteorological services
ISBN : 1608320340
From the heart of tornado alley, Smith takes us into the eye of America's most devastating storms and behind the scenes of some of the world's most renowned scientific institutions to uncover the relationship between mankind and the weather.
Author : Adam Lehrhaupt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442435828
Monkeys, toucans, and alligators unleash mayhem.
Author : Montague Rhodes James
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781840225518
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. --! From publisher's description.
Author : S. T. Joshi
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Mary Roach
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0393324826
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
Author : M. R. James
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 177545908X
Looking for a spooky tale to read in front of the fireplace on Halloween or around the campfire on your next outdoor adventure? The Five Jars from M.R. James, master of the Victorian ghost story, is a frightening but family-friendly yarn that will tantalize young and old alike.
Author : Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1407145215
Gritty and hard hitting, this is thoughtful teen fiction at its finest. Seventeen-year-old Tyler is the popular boy in high school after years of being "the geek". But then Bethany - rich, blonde, beautiful - is the victim in a teenage sex scandal, and somehow Tyler is the prime suspect. Can Tyler find a way out of the mess he's in?
Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : The Economist
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1541730127
Smart, savvy answers to universal questions, from the highly popular The Economist Explains and Daily Chart blogs-a treat for the knowing, the uninitiated, and the downright curious. Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down brings together the very best explainers and charts, written and created by top journalists to help us understand such brain-bending conundrums as why Swedes overpay their taxes, why America still allows child marriage, and what the link is between avocados and crime. Subjects both topical and timeless, profound and peculiar, are explained with The Economist's trademark wit and verve. The Economist Explains and its online sister, the Daily Chart, are the two most popular blogs on The Economist's website. Together, these online giants provide answers to the kinds of questions, quirky and serious, that may be puzzling anyone interested in the world around them. Want to know why exorcisms are on the rise in France or how porn consumption changed during a false alarm missile strike warning in Hawaii? We have the answers They are sometimes surprising, often intriguing, and always enlightening.
