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Titre : Not exactly ghosts with fires burn blue Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Caldecott, Andrew, Auteur Editeur : Wordsworth Année de publication : 2007 Importance : 305 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84022-549-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : Here together for the first time in one volume are the twenty five spooky stories created by Sir Andrew Caldecott in two collections the 1940s: Not Exactly Ghosts and Fires Burn Blue. Caldecott, who only turned to fiction after retiring from the civil service, allowed his lifelong fascination with the supernatural full reign in these simple yet remarkably disturbing stories. Taking his inspiration from the master of the ghost story, M. R. James, who chilled by implication rather than by gory description, Caldecott created believable but unsettling scenarios which effectively produce a sense of unease in the reader. The mundane becomes horrific; the everyday is unnerving; and the commonplace is frightening. At last these rare forgotten gems are available once more to stir the imagination and chill the blood. Not exactly ghosts with fires burn blue [texte imprimé] / Caldecott, Andrew, Auteur . - Wordsworth, 2007 . - 305 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84022-549-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : Here together for the first time in one volume are the twenty five spooky stories created by Sir Andrew Caldecott in two collections the 1940s: Not Exactly Ghosts and Fires Burn Blue. Caldecott, who only turned to fiction after retiring from the civil service, allowed his lifelong fascination with the supernatural full reign in these simple yet remarkably disturbing stories. Taking his inspiration from the master of the ghost story, M. R. James, who chilled by implication rather than by gory description, Caldecott created believable but unsettling scenarios which effectively produce a sense of unease in the reader. The mundane becomes horrific; the everyday is unnerving; and the commonplace is frightening. At last these rare forgotten gems are available once more to stir the imagination and chill the blood. Exemplaires(1)
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Titre : The canterbury tales Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Chaucer, Geoffrey, Auteur Editeur : Wordsworth Année de publication : 2002 Importance : 709 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84022-536-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the finest storytellers in the English language, as well as being a great poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales, although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death, is generally regarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another. The Tales themselves range from the exemplary saints' lives told by the nuns, to the bawdy, comic tales of the miller and the reeve, always shot through with Chaucer's cunning wit and dry humour. Chaucer leaves his readers with the impression that the whole of medieval society has passed before their eyes. This new transcription and edition is taken from British Library MS Harley 7334, a beautifully decorated, volume produced within ten years of Chaucer's death. The aim of the present edition, with its 'on-page' notes and glosses, is to enable readers with little or no previous experience of medieval English to read and enjoy this landmark in Eng (less) The canterbury tales [texte imprimé] / Chaucer, Geoffrey, Auteur . - Wordsworth, 2002 . - 709 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84022-536-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the finest storytellers in the English language, as well as being a great poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales, although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death, is generally regarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another. The Tales themselves range from the exemplary saints' lives told by the nuns, to the bawdy, comic tales of the miller and the reeve, always shot through with Chaucer's cunning wit and dry humour. Chaucer leaves his readers with the impression that the whole of medieval society has passed before their eyes. This new transcription and edition is taken from British Library MS Harley 7334, a beautifully decorated, volume produced within ten years of Chaucer's death. The aim of the present edition, with its 'on-page' notes and glosses, is to enable readers with little or no previous experience of medieval English to read and enjoy this landmark in Eng (less) Exemplaires(1)
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Titre : The decline and fail of the roman empire : 28 selected chapters Type de document : texte imprimé Editeur : Wordsworth Année de publication : 1998 Importance : 1056 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-85326-499-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : This book is considered one of the reigning histories of the Roman Empire, and its author, Edward Gibbon, was awarded much praise for his rare insistence on first-hand accounts and his eloquence and irony in prose. Winston Churchill noted that when he set out to read Gibbon’s multi-volume work, he simply “devoured” it, and “rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all” (Churchill, My Early Life, 111). Gibbon worked tirelessly to produce this comprehensive history of one of the greatest empires of the world. He wrote in an unbiased and wholly objective manner by examining only primary sources, causing himself to be named one of the first modern historians. These volumes contain a rich abundance of fact and story, and prove to be a delightful, if weighty, read for the amateur and professorial historian alike. The decline and fail of the roman empire : 28 selected chapters [texte imprimé] . - Wordsworth, 1998 . - 1056 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-85326-499-3
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : This book is considered one of the reigning histories of the Roman Empire, and its author, Edward Gibbon, was awarded much praise for his rare insistence on first-hand accounts and his eloquence and irony in prose. Winston Churchill noted that when he set out to read Gibbon’s multi-volume work, he simply “devoured” it, and “rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all” (Churchill, My Early Life, 111). Gibbon worked tirelessly to produce this comprehensive history of one of the greatest empires of the world. He wrote in an unbiased and wholly objective manner by examining only primary sources, causing himself to be named one of the first modern historians. These volumes contain a rich abundance of fact and story, and prove to be a delightful, if weighty, read for the amateur and professorial historian alike. Exemplaires(1)
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Titre : The heart of the Antractic and South Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Shackleton, Ernest, Auteur Editeur : Wordsworth Année de publication : 2007 Importance : 744 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84022-616-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : Ernest Shackleton led two Antarctic expeditions, and died shortly after the beginning of the third. His first expedition was not a total success (they did not reach the South Pole), and the second was, in some senses, a total failure (they never reached the Antarctic mainland at all). Yet it is the second for which he is remembered. His expedition ship Endurance was trapped, then crushed in the ice, before his party could be landed, leaving his men in a hopeless situation. For months Shackleton held his party together before taking to boats and bringing everyone to safety to Elephant Island. His open-boat journey to South Georgia, and the eventual rescue of the party left behind, are now legendary. Visitors to Shackleton s grave in South Georgia, stepping over the lounging elephant seals that keep the dead company, pay homage to the man who had the vision, bravery and strength to open up Antarctica for all who followed. Shackleton showed the flame of leadership as few in the history of exploration have done, and nowhere does this come through more clearly than in the two accounts in this volume. The heart of the Antractic and South [texte imprimé] / Shackleton, Ernest, Auteur . - Wordsworth, 2007 . - 744 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84022-616-4
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : Ernest Shackleton led two Antarctic expeditions, and died shortly after the beginning of the third. His first expedition was not a total success (they did not reach the South Pole), and the second was, in some senses, a total failure (they never reached the Antarctic mainland at all). Yet it is the second for which he is remembered. His expedition ship Endurance was trapped, then crushed in the ice, before his party could be landed, leaving his men in a hopeless situation. For months Shackleton held his party together before taking to boats and bringing everyone to safety to Elephant Island. His open-boat journey to South Georgia, and the eventual rescue of the party left behind, are now legendary. Visitors to Shackleton s grave in South Georgia, stepping over the lounging elephant seals that keep the dead company, pay homage to the man who had the vision, bravery and strength to open up Antarctica for all who followed. Shackleton showed the flame of leadership as few in the history of exploration have done, and nowhere does this come through more clearly than in the two accounts in this volume. Exemplaires(1)
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Titre : The horror in the museum : and other stories- volume 2 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : M. J. Elliott, Auteur Editeur : Wordsworth Année de publication : 2010 Importance : 450 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-84022-642-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : H. P. Lovecraft, the creator of Cthulhu Mythos, is the acknowledged modern master of the macabre, but he also worked with many younger pulp writers. Collected here are a dozen of their experiments in arcane terror, unearthly horror, and inhuman evil. Adding his inimitable touch, Lovecraft revised these tales of terror into frightful shadows of his own unique imagination. "Lovecraft's fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror."—Clive Barker "H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the 20th century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."—Stephen King
The horror in the museum : and other stories- volume 2 [texte imprimé] / M. J. Elliott, Auteur . - Wordsworth, 2010 . - 450 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84022-642-3
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 800 Littérature (Belles lettres) Résumé : H. P. Lovecraft, the creator of Cthulhu Mythos, is the acknowledged modern master of the macabre, but he also worked with many younger pulp writers. Collected here are a dozen of their experiments in arcane terror, unearthly horror, and inhuman evil. Adding his inimitable touch, Lovecraft revised these tales of terror into frightful shadows of his own unique imagination. "Lovecraft's fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror."—Clive Barker "H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the 20th century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."—Stephen King
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