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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains 'the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's Dracula' (The Times).
In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.
When Interview with the Vampire was published the Washington Post said it was a 'thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination . . . sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable'.
Now, more than forty years since its release, Anne Rice's masterpiece is more beloved than ever.
When Bunny Carter, the old lady from the Manor House, is discovered
in an open grave, Sophie Sayers is sure it's a case of foul play.
But when it comes to suspects, she's spoiled for choice. One of
Bunny's squabbling children from three different husbands? Petunia
Lot from the Cats Prevention charity, always angling for a legacy?
All these and more had motive and opportunity. But who is to blame?
And can Sophie and her boyfriend, village bookseller Hector Munro,
stop them before they strike again? Previously published by Debbie
Young.
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! Twilight and Nightfall enter an underground tennis
tournament, hoping for an opportunity to obtain an intelligence
document that threatens to bring the world to the brink of war! But
will their mission be compromised by Nightfall's secret crush on
Twilight?!
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The King in Yellow
(Paperback)
Robert W Chambers; Introduction by David Stuart Davies; Series edited by David Stuart Davies
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread
it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all
times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of
horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W.
Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird
fiction. This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the
presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright,
madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of
futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious
poison. Dare you read it? This collection has been called the most
important book in American supernatural fiction between Poe and the
moderns. H. P. Lovecraft, creator of the famed Cthulu mythos, whose
own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The
King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear'.
Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister
secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection
reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of
backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to
land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken identities,
and on-stage deaths begin to look a little too convincing. . . This
expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from
giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian
Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites from the British
Library Crime Classics series: Anthony Wynne, Christianna Brand,
Bernard J. Farmer and many more. Mysteries abound when a player's
fate hangs on a single performance, and opening night may very well
be their last.
With an exclusive introduction and notes by David Stuart Davies.
Translation by Louis Mercier. Professor Aronnax, his faithful
servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an
extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and
terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns out to be a
giant submarine, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by whom
they are soon held captive. So begins not only one of the great
adventure classics by Jules Verne, the 'Father of Science Fiction',
but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to
the South Pole.
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Papa Hamlet 2021
(Paperback)
Arno Holz, Johannes Schlaf; Translated by James J. Conway
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Pan
(Hardcover)
Knut Hamsun
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Discovery Miles 7 390
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Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The
Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and
a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of
Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially
glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore
in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but
wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that
surrounds him. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of
American literature from the period following the First World War
and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.
The headline from The Maningpool Telegraph read: TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR
NOEL GRAMPIAN – shot during performance – Symphony Concert Calamity.
As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool
Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is
shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It
was no secret that he had many enemies – musicians and music critics
among them – but to be killed in mid flow suggests an act of the
coldest calculation.
Told through the letters and documents sent by D.I. Alan Hope to his
wife as he puzzles through the dauntingly vast pool of suspects and
scant physical evidence in the case, this is an innovative and playful
mystery underscored by the author’s extensive experience of the
highly-strung world of music professionals. First published in 1941,
this new edition returns Farr’s only crime novel to print to receive
its long-deserved encore.
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