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In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly
realm of the Otherside—where urban legends roam—calls to two women,
both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity
and explore this other world, will the most earth-shattering thing they
discover on the Otherside be their feelings for each other?
The Otherside is still crawling with dangerous mysteries, but that also
means it's filled with appeal for those drawn to investigating the
unknown. Now that the Luna Urumi and mysterious Satsuki specter
situations are settled, at least for the time being, Sorawo and Toriko
are looking forward to a leisurely exploration of the Otherside at
their own pace.
Back in the real world, Sorawo happens to notice something strange
about her neighbor's wrist. Then she hears a disturbing voice from the
apartment next door...
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are among the best loved and
most famous in world literature. This volume features more than
forty of their best-known fairy tales, lavishly illustrated with
line drawings and colour plates by Artur Rackham.
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the
secret power of his "family jewel," so who better to fight
alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?! Momo
Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they'll believe in and what they won't. Their quest
to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes
and paranormal battles they'll have to participate in to believe!
The banana-stealing Serpoians are back! And they've trapped Okarun,
Momo, and Aira in a void to have another go at stealing their
reproductive organs. The subsequent battle causes the powers of the
Acrobatic Silky dwelling within Aira to awaken, and she temporarily
joins forces with Momo and Okarun. But will they be any match for
their opponents after the aliens merge with their minions to form
an even greater being?!
The bestselling modern classic, Milan Kundera’s iconic novel of love and politics in communist Czechoslovakia.
A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon; a man torn between his love for her and his womanising. His mistress, a free-spirited artist, lives her life as a series of betrayals; while her other lover stands to lose everything because of his noble qualities. In a world where lives are shaped by choices and events, and everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance and weight – and we feel ‘the unbearable lightness of being’.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being encompasses passion and philosophy, infidelity and ideas, the Prague Spring and modern America, political acts and private desires, comedy and tragedy – in fact, all of human existence.
On the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles:
godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks. But when
his pride is wounded and he refuses to fight, the thread of fate begins
to spin . . . From frenzied rampages to intimate moments of grief, this
selection from Homer’s Iliad traces the tale of a warrior whose name
echoes through the ages, and whose story remains as powerful as ever.
Nine spine-tingling stories from the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Mournful cries in an ice-bound sea, a potion that allows the user
to commune with ghosts, an Egyptian priest who cannot die, and a
mesmerist of unrivaled power. Brace yourself for these and other
chilling encounters in The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror. Even
before he created Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle terrified
and delighted readers with tales of suspense, haunted by mysterious
forces that defy rational explanation. These stories capture the
unique draw of the uncanny and the curiosity that compels us all to
ask, "Could it be true?" Presented by the Horror Writers
Association, and introduced by award-winning author Daniel
Stashower, this collection illuminates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
talent for the macabre and the supernatural. The Parasite and the
other stories in this collection showcase Conan Doyle at his most
inventive, sure to entertain both new readers and his most
dedicated fans.
For the first time ever, a beautiful deluxe stamped clothbound
hardcover edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings housed in
a custom-built clothbound slipcase, and illustrated throughout in color
by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colors
and with many bonus features unique to this edition.
The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most
gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of
the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the
jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable
fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth.
The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his
kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to
Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against
the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The
Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as
Elrond and Galadriel took part.
The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth
of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of
each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of
the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and
Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third
Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.
This deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is
printed in two colors and features, for the very first time, more than
50 colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien
himself as he composed this epic work.
Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all
the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet
featuring ‘A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making’ by
Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing ‘Taniquetil’.
It is additionally quarterbound with raised ribs on the spine, stamped
in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built
clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in silver and include a ribbon
marker.
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an
assassin and a telepath!
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when
it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the
betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate
assignment-to get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over
his head! Yor's on assignment and finds herself up against a gang
of assassins on board a luxury cruiser. Meanwhile, Loid and Anya
each discover that bombs have been planted throughout the ship!
Will their best efforts be enough to save the vessel?
"Cara!" Mr. Wilkinson stood on the jetty looking out at the long,
low shadow of the island, dark against the setting sun. "A
beautiful place, and a beautiful name." "It's the Gaelic word for a
corpse." From the dramatic Highlands to bustling cities and remote
islands in wild seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland
have enthralled and shaped generations of mystery writers. This new
collection presents seventeen classic stories, spanning a period
from the 1880s to the 1970s, by a host of Scottish authors
alongside writers from south of the border inspired by the history
and majesty of the storied country. Featuring vintage tales by
Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson and Baroness Orczy
together with mid-twentieth-century mini-masterpieces by Margot
Bennett, Michael Innes and Cyril Hare, this anthology also includes
a rare Josephine Tey short story, reprinted for the first time
since 1930.
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Devils
(Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs; Translated by Constance Garnett; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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R128
Discovery Miles 1 280
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Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction by A.D.P.
Briggs. In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the
head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave a small
group of violent revolutionaries, from which he had become
alienated. Dostoevsky takes this real-life catastrophe as the
subject and culmination of Devils, a title that refers the young
radicals themselves and also to the materialistic ideas that
possessed the minds of many thinking people Russian society at the
time. The satirical portraits of the revolutionaries, with their
naivety, ludicrous single-mindedness and readiness for murder and
destruction, might seem exaggerated - until we consider their
all-too-recognisable descendants in the real world ever since. The
key figure in the novel, however, is beyond politics. Nikolay
Stavrogin, another product of rationalism run wild, exercises his
charisma with ruthless authority and total amorality. His
unhappiness is accounted for when he confesses to a ghastly sexual
crime - in a chapter long suppressed by the censor. This prophetic
account of modern morals and politics, with its fifty-odd
characters, amazing events and challenging ideas, is seen by some
critics as Dostoevsky's masterpiece.
A novel by Stephens. Truly unique, it is a mixture of philosophy,
Irish folklore and the neverending battle of the sexes all with
charm, humour and good grace.
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and
short story writer during the Victorian era. Much of her childhood
was spent in Cheshire, in Knutsford, a town she would immortalise
as Cranford.
An adventure story/satire criticizing hypocritical mores and
institutions of the Victorian Age.
One volume featuring two action-packed tales from the universe of
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba! Savage demons devour unsuspecting
humans in Taisho-era Japan. Armed with special swords, the Demon
Slayer Corps fights to stop the devastation demons spread. Giyu
Tomioka, the sole Water Hashira, and Kyojuro Rengoku, a
high-ranking Kinoe, embark on missions to eliminate demons and
prove their mettle as two of the fiercest Demon Slayers. Giyu heads
north to an area where a band of hunters was killed. He and the
Insect Hashira meet Yae, the daughter of a slain hunter, who
believes a bear killed her father, but the truth is harder to face.
Kyojuro also receives his newest assignment and hopes completing it
will prove he's worthy of the title Flame Hashira, which his father
abandoned. An explosive battle unfolds as Kyojuro takes on a demon
of the Twelve Kizuki who holds a grudge against Kyojuro's father.
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