The Complete Tales of the Unexpected
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 9780563528722
More Tales of the Unexpected
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140056068
Book Description
Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary.
Tales of the Unexpected
Author : H.G. Wells
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368933108
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Completely Unexpected Tales
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140098208
Book Description
Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do you have? Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the most unusual stories ever told. Here in one volume are Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected, making this a superb compendium of vengeance, surprise and dark delight.
The Complete Tales of Lucy Gold
Author : Kate Bernheimer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2011-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1573661597
Book Description
As a child, Lucy dreams of talking fairies and lives contentedly in the wooded suburbs of Boston; she grows up to be a successful animator of fairy-tale films. Or does she? She claims at moments to be a witch in the woods. Like her sisters, who appeared in Bernheimer’s first two novels (The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold and The Complete Tales of Merry Gold), Lucy has a secret, but she is unable to fasten onto anything but brightness. Novelist Donna Tartt writes, “Lucy’s particular brand of optimism, blind to its own shadow, is very American—she is innocence holding itself apart so fastidiously that it becomes its opposite.” This novel is a perfect end to the Gold family series, and the perfect introduction, for new readers, to Bernheimer’s enchanting body of work.
My Uncle Oswald
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101605421
Book Description
Meet Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Roald Dahl's most disgraceful and extraordinary character . . . Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. In this instalment of his scorchingly frank memoirs he tells of his early career and erotic education at the hands of a number of enthusiastic teachers, of discovering the invigorating properties of the Sudanese Blister Beetle, and of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, his electrifying partner in a most unusual series of thefts . . . 'Raunchy and cheeky entertainment' Sunday Express 'Immense fun' Daily Telegraph Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Unexpected Magic
Author : Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0062244604
Book Description
Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents ariveting collection of unpredictable tales, including: A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast. When Anne has mumps, her drawings come to life, and she must protect her home from them. Four children become involved in the intrigue surrounding an innocent prince, an evil count, and a brave outlaw. These fifteen stories and one novella will enchant, startle, and surprise!
Complete Stories
Author : Clarice Lispector
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811227944
Book Description
One of the most phenomenally acclaimed and successful books of recent years is now available as a paperback—with three just-discovered stories Here, gathered in one volume, are the stories that made Clarice a Brazilian legend. Originally a cloth edition of eighty-six stories, now we have eighty- nine in all, covering her whole amazing career, from her teenage years to her deathbed. In these pages, we meet teenagers becoming aware of their sexual and artistic powers, humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies, old people who don’t know what to do with themselves— and in their stories, Clarice takes us through their lives—and hers—and ours.
Tales of the Unexpected
Author : Mary Kempski
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,31 MB
Release : 2020-10-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781909492745
Book Description
Conservators' prolonged proximity to paintings makes them ideally placed to notice anything unusual or surprising which might arise during examination or treatment. Ensuing investigations, often aided by technical analysis, include the recent increasingly widespread use of macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) scanning which has led to a raft of new discoveries. The papers in this volume, presented at the British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers' conference 'Tales of the Unexpected' in Conservation', look at the unexpected from a variety of periods and places of origin, and from a range of perspectives: practical, technical, historical and ethical.
The Spectre
Author : David Lapham
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Gotham City (Imaginary place)
ISBN : 9781401215064
Book Description
"In a tenement slum in Gotham, an unspeakable murder has occurred, and every soul living in the building is a suspect. The Spectre must use Allen's detective instincts to solve the murder and punish the wicked. But Gotham City has no shortage of wicked people who need punishment, and Crispus Allen soon finds himself in danger of losing his humanity to the inhuman task he has been presented with. And when the grisly evidence of the Spectre's supernatural killing spree starts piling up, Allen finds himself under investigation by his old colleagues in the GCPD ... not to mention Gotham's other protector--the Batman"--Page 4 of cover
