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The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 19,30 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192781673

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Book Description

A collection of stories about time, exploring all the different ways that we can twist and play with time. The stories take in trips to the future, package holidays to the past, visitors from other times with unwelcome messages, a thief with the power to stop time altogether, a man in lovewith someone who died years before he was born, a star fleet that paradoxically caused its own destruction, and many more. With a sure appeal for everyone who likes an exciting, thought-provoking story, as well as fans of science fiction and ghost stories, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of stories to amuse, amaze, and enthral.



The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher :

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 22,96 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192781697

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Book Description

Christmas has always been a time for telling stories, and this collection draws on that tradition to create a wonderful mixture of stories for the festive season. It includes stories about presents and surprises; about family quarrels and loneliness; about both happy and sad times - and, of course, about ghosts. It all adds up to a thought provoking and absorbing collection which brings together stories about all the different faces of Christmas, and what it means to us.



The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 16,27 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192781789

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Book Description

Tells stories about all kinds of ghosts, including children, snooker-players, ventriloquist's dummies, and warriors.



The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 12,89 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192781451

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Book Description

A collection of ghost stories from mainly U.K. authors. B/W illus. 8-14 yrs.



The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 34,30 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192781802

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Book Description

This is a collection of stories in which nightmares and bad dreams are an essential part of the plot. In some stories the nightmare parallels or predicts events in waking life. In others, the nightmare takes over and the dreamer cannot get back to reality. There are also other stories which have a nightmarish quality to them. The characters are trapped and unable to make an escape.



Animal Stories

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 41,35 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192782212

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Book Description

A collection of folk tales and myths, fiction and fables about all kinds of animals.



Alien Stories 2

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 25,24 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192751898

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Book Description

A collection of stories about aliens, from a star beast to the underdweller, from an intergalactic agent to an invader in a dark car, and not forgetting the Martian who falls in love with an Earth girl. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.



Aliens 1

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 21,41 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192751621

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Book Description

This collection brings together a wide range of stories about aliens and encounters with aliens. Some are hostile invaders of Earth, others friendly and more generous visitors - though not all of them are as friendly as they would like us to believe.



Nasty Endings 2

Author : Dennis Pepper

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 47,33 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780192751430

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Book Description

This collection of stories all havea terrible shock waiting for you, so watch out for the ending -it's nasty!



Ray Bradbury

Author : Jonathan R. Eller

Publisher : Kent State University Press

Page : 606 pages

File Size : 26,16 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780873387798

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Book Description

This is a textual, bibliographical and cultural study of 60 years of Bradbury's fiction. The authors draw upon correspondence with his publishers, agents and friends, as well as archival manuscripts, to examine the story of Bradbury's authorship over more than half a century.