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The private lives of strangers can be fascinating, as these tales
reveal. In them, the strangers are all passengers on the No 13 bus
leaving Oxford Station at 1.15pm on a summer's day, arriving some
40 minutes later at the John Radcliffe Hospital. During their
journey more passengers get on and others get off and they rarely
interact. But behind each inscrutable facade are the joys and fears
of complex private worlds and private thoughts. This is a book to
dip into. It will, of course, help pass the time on a bus journey
or even in hospital but it is intended to give pleasure to anyone
who enjoys reading about other people and lives which may be
exciting, sad or just plain different. All proceeds from the book's
sale are being donated to the Hidden Heroes Fund of the Oxford
Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds which supports staff
recognition, development and training across all the Trust's
hospitals.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is
not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you
many strange things.' Earnest and naive solicitor Jonathan Harker
travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous
Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian
Mountains. Through notes and diary entries, Harker keeps track of
the horrors and terrors that beset him at the castle, telling his
fiance Mina of the Count's supernatural powers and his own
imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape and
reunite with Mina, his experiences have led to a mental breakdown
of sorts. Meanwhile in England, Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten
and begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van
Helsing, a previous suitor of Lucy's, Seward, and Lucy's fiance
Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula and his attempts on Lucy
and consequently Mina's life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic
novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling
today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of
Victorian values as it was at its time of publication.
This book is an anthology of the recent work of the Poynton
Creative Writers' Guild. It contains poetry, short stories,
memoirs, and factual articles with titles such as 'Moon Musings',
'Anger' and 'The Smallest Room'.
These twenty four short stories are ideal for advent reading or
whenever you can fit them into the busy month of December. These
festive snapshots into other people's lives aim to enliven and
entertain. A handful of the stories are set in the recent past,
because Christmas is a great time for nostalgia. There are stories
about anticipation, hope and that tingling feeling you get when
waiting for something pleasant to happen. There is a cast of
characters of all ages and not all of them are human. There are
themes of time and counting, dark and light, change and renewal.
The book is two dozen slices of Christmas, waiting to bring cheer
at the dark time of the year.
It's time for Tate and Gia's story. The third book in the Forbidden Love series - also suitable as a standalone - following Book #1, Truly Madly Deeply and #2, Wildest Dreams. Details coming soon . . . READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH L.J. SHEN: 'The way this book had me in a chokehold' 'I'm honestly speechless' 'New favourite author! I could NOT put this book down' 'This book was everything . . . GRAB THIS BOOK NOW' 'All emotions covered' 'Five stars all day long'
Introducing The Final Chapter of a three book series. Glitter Girl
and Water Girl had just become mission leaders. On a nice beautiful
day in Hero World both the girls were just strolling down the
streets when all of the sudden they are thrown into a secret
island. While on the island they discover that their mission is to
uncover the island secrets. Want to read more of H. Madison s
books? Don t miss X-Finney Strikes Again and The Most Dangerous
Mission ."
These five stories follow young women living far from home,
coping with new and often unfamiliar rules, as they confront the
compelling circumstances of adult love. The rich, unforgettable
tales in this collection, set in Southeast Asia and on the Indian
subcontinent, showcase a writer of exceptional talent, one of
today's most gifted and exciting young voices.
'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the
discovery of a bearded corpse would give a fillip to my jaded
mind.' Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery
novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently
dropped off the face of the Earth. Reported missing by his
secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author
herself, it appears that crime and murder is afoot when Lestrange's
housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of
Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and
a potentially fictional victim, as E C R Lorac spins a twisting
tale full of wry humour and red herrings, poking some fun at her
contemporary reviewers who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to
belong to a man (since a woman could apparently not have written
mysteries the way that she did). Incredibly rare today, this
mystery returns to print for the first time since 1935.
"The Waves" is often regarded as Virginia Woolf's masterpiece,
standing with those few works of twentieth-century literature that
have created unique forms of their own. In deeply poetic prose,
Woolf traces the lives of six children from infancy to death who
fleetingly unite around the unseen figure of a seventh child,
Percival. Allusive and mysterious, "The Waves" yields new treasures
upon each reading.
Annotated and with an introduction by Molly Hite
ONE MAN - ONE PLANET - ONE CHANCE 2557 Humans have been banished
from Earth. Forced to live in huge space colonies close to the
moon. Earth has become Heaven. The course of mankind has been set
towards colonising the universe. The Pax Humana is in full effect.
Giant corporations overseen by The Powers control every human
necessity from birth until death, those that fail to adhere to the
system are summarily executed. Genesis is the new
beginning...Xavier Miro is a space rigger, graffiti artist and
dissident. A series of dreams leads to an adventure where he will
meet Moon Dudes, Shamanic Space Pirates, Galactic Ravers, Zugbots
and fall foul of the sinister Shadows. And where he will not only
find out the answers to why mankind was expelled from Earth, but
why he is the one person that can save humanity.
Don't miss the first-ever graphic novel for Five Nights at
Freddy's, an adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel,
The Silver Eyes, illustrated by fan-favourite game artist Claudia
Schroeder! Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's
Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie - whose father owned
the restaurant - and her childhood friends reunite on the
anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza
place which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they
discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they
used to be. The four adult-sized animatronic mascots that once
entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret ...
and a murderous agenda. With tense, terrifying illustrations! Fans
won't want to miss this graphic novel adaptation Don't miss books 2
and 3 in this stunning graphic novel series: The Twisted Ones and
The Fourth Closet
Title: The Crown of Life.Publisher: British Library, Historical
Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the
United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the
British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides
readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and
19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of
audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader
looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the
main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy,
and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Gissing, George; 1899.
360 p.; 8 . 012622.f.54.
Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did
everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a
mysterious light. That was when everything changed-Hikaru most of
all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always
stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?
Aya’s found out that the guy she was interested in isn’t a guy at
all―and she’s also realized that she just can’t keep her cool around
Mitsuki! The two haven’t quite put a name on their complex, earnest
feelings, but they only grow as the pair continues to bond over the
music they love. With their senior year at hand, future plans are
coming into question…and Aya’s thrown for a loop when a mysterious
woman shows up and wants Mitsuki to go overseas!
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The Karamazov Brothers
(Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett; Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction by A. D. P.
Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is
violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are
forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to
parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive
intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The
search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet
paradoxically unite them. Around the writhings of this one
dysfunctional family Dostoevsky weaves a dense network of social,
psychological and philosophical relationships. At the same time he
shows - from the opening 'scandal' scene in the monastery to a
personal appearance by an eccentric Devil - that his dramatic
skills have lost nothing of their edge. The Karamazov Brothers,
completed a few months before Dostoevsky's death in 1881, remains
for many the high point of his genius as novelist and chronicler of
the modern malaise. It cast a long shadow over D. H. Lawrence,
Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, and other giants of twentieth-century
European literature.
'Powerful and impressive ...there is a fine inevitability in the
plot structure which gives it true tragic quality' - Dorothy L.
SayersAdrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through
violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas,
1931. Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a
riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December,
Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely
house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond
of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on
Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been
granted. This fascinating and unusual novel tells the story of what
happened that dark Christmas night; and what the murderer did next.
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