Darkwater Hall

Author : Catherine Fisher
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444902976

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Darkwater Hall by Catherine Fisher Pdf

It is 1900, and Sarah Trevelyan, a pupil-teacher, is desperate to reclaim her family home, Darkwater Hall. Lost by her grandfather in a gambling wager, its present owner, John Azrael, is a mysterious man who draws her into a bizarre bargain ... the fulfilment of her dreams ... if she will only give up her soul. In 2000, Darkwater Hall is a private school for boys. Tom Hughes longs for the education found within its walls, but instead goes to the local school and has trouble with unpleasant bullies. His twin brother, Simon, who died at birth, is his constant companion, unseen or heard by anyone else. When Tom meets the strange girl Sarah, and a new teacher, Azrael, he finds himself embroiled in their deadly deal ...

Author : Catherine Fisher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101591109

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Darkwater by Catherine Fisher Pdf

It is a life-changing deal—and it will end your life as you know it. Sarah Trevelyan would give anything to regain the power and wealth her family has lost, so she makes a bargain with Azrael, Lord of Darkwater Hall. He will give her everything she needs to restore the Trevelyan name, and one hundred years to do it—in exchange for her soul. Fast-forward a hundred years to Tom, who dreams of attending Darkwater Hall School. A professor named Azrael offers him a bargain. Will Sarah be able to stop Tom from making the same mistake? Catherine Fisher's version of Faust is utterly spellbinding!

Author : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Fiction in English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039038554

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The Darkwater Hall Mystery by Kingsley Amis Pdf

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101872611

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The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories by Otto Penzler Pdf

The biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever assembled! Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about him almost as much as writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler collects eighty-three wonderful stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, published over a span of more than a hundred years. Featuring pitch-perfect cases by acclaimed modern-day Sherlockians Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches by literary luminaries both classic (P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy B. Hughes, Kingsley Amis) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Colin Dexter); and parodies by Conan Doyle’s contemporaries A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, and O. Henry, not to mention genre-bending cases by science-fiction greats Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock. No matter if your favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey, Jr., or Benedict Cumberbatch, whether you are a lifelong fan or only recently acquainted with the Great Detective, readers of all ages are sure to enjoy The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. Including - Over a century’s worth of cases, from Conan Doyle’s 1890s parodies of his own creation to Neil Gaiman’s “The Case of Death and Honey” (2011) - Appearances by those other great detectives Hercule Poirot and C. Auguste Dupin - 15 Edgar Award–winning authors and 5 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters - Stories by Laurie R. King, Colin Dexter, Anthony Burgess, Anne Perry, Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, and many, many more.

Author : Anne Mather
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488050961

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Charade in Winter by Anne Mather Pdf

Read this classic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Anne Mather, now available for the first time in e-book! A dangerous deception... Alix has good reasons for wanting to work for the powerful Oliver Morgan—but she knows he won’t like them! So she takes the job he offers under false pretences, hoping he will never discover the truth... But Alix is about to find out that that she has been deceived too when it turns out the position doesn’t exist! Alix is soon caught up in a dangerous double-game with Oliver—and the disturbing attraction between them is threatening to upset both their plans... Originally published in 1977

Author : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590178256

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Dear Illusion by Kingsley Amis Pdf

With Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis established himself as the bad boy of twentieth-century British letters. Later he became famous as another kind of bad boy, an inveterate boozer, a red-faced scourge of political correctness. He was consistent throughout in being a committed enemy of any form of “right thinking,” which helped to make him one of the most consistently unconventional and exploratory writers of his day, a master of classical English prose who was unafraid to apply himself to literary genres all too often dismissed as “low.” Science fiction, the spy story, the ghost story were all grist for Amis’s mill, and nowhere is the experimental spirit in which he worked, his will to test both reality and the reader’s imagination, more apparent than in his short stories. These “woodchips from [his] workshop”—as he called them—are anything but throwaway work. They are instead the essence of Amis, a brew that is as tonic as it is intoxicating.

Author : Dave Thompson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781480386167

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Sherlock Holmes FAQ by Dave Thompson Pdf

SHERLOCK HOLMES FAQ:ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD'S GREATEST PRIVATE DETECTIV

Author : Peter Ridgway Watt,Joseph Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351895002

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The Alternative Sherlock Holmes by Peter Ridgway Watt,Joseph Green Pdf

Between 1887 and 1927, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote sixty Sherlock Holmes stories, and his great Canon has become the most praised, most studied, and best-known chapter in the history of detective fiction. Over twenty thousand publications pertaining to the Sherlock Holmes phenomenon are known to have been published, most of them historical and critical studies. In addition, however, almost since the first stories appeared, such was their uniqueness and extraordinary attraction that other authors began writing stories based on or derived from them. A new genre had appeared: pastiches; parodies; burlesques; and stories that attempted to copy or rival the great detective himself. As the field widened, there was hardly a year in the twentieth century in which new short stories or novels did not appear. Many hundreds are now known to have been published, some of them written by authors well-known for their work in other literary fields. The non-canonical Sherlock Holmes literature not only constitutes a literary field of considerable historical interest, but includes many stories that are both enjoyable and fascinating in their own right. Although a large bibliography on these stories exists, and a few limited anthologies have been published, no attempt has previously been made to collect them all and discuss them comprehensively. The Alternative Sherlock Holmes does so: it provides a new and valuable approach to the Sherlock Holmes literature, as well as making available many works that have for years remained forgotten. Presented as an entertaining narrative, of interest to both the aficionado and the scholar, it provides full bibliographic data on virtually all the known stories in the field.

Author : Catherine Fisher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101537145

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Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Pdf

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells and corridors, but metal forests, dilapidated cities, and wilderness. It has been sealed for centuries, and only one man has ever escaped. Finn has always been a prisoner here. Although he has no memory of his childhood, he is sure he came from Outside. His link to the Outside, his chance to break free, is Claudia, the warden's daughter, herself determined to escape an arranged marriage. They are up against impossible odds, but one thing looms above all: Incarceron itself is alive . . .

Author : H.M. Long
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789094992

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Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long Pdf

Epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses, and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne. Epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne. Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy's bones to dust with a scream. Banished for disobeying her goddess's command to murder a traveller, she prays for forgiveness alone on a mountainside. While she is gone, raiders raze her village and obliterate the Eangi priesthood. Grieving and alone, Hessa - the last Eangi - must find the traveller and atone for her weakness and secure her place with her loved ones in the High Halls. As clans from the north and legionaries from the south tear through her homeland, slaughtering everyone in their path Hessa strives to win back her goddess' favour. Beset by zealot soldiers, deceitful gods, and newly-awakened demons at every turn, Hessa burns her path towards redemption and revenge. But her journey reveals a harrowing truth: the gods are dying and the High Halls of the afterlife are fading. Soon Hessa's trust in her goddess weakens with every unheeded prayer. Thrust into a battle between the gods of the Old World and the New, Hessa realizes there is far more on the line than securing a life beyond her own death. Bigger, older powers slumber beneath the surface of her world. And they're about to wake up.

Author : Steven H. Gale
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : 0824059905

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Encyclopedia of British Humorists by Steven H. Gale Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Robert Clark
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780385528344

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Dark Water by Robert Clark Pdf

Birthplace of Michelangelo and home to untold masterpieces, Florence is a city for art lovers. But on November 4, 1966, the rising waters of the Arno threatened to erase over seven centuries of history and human achievement. Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city’s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses. Two American artists wade through the devastated beauty; a photographer stows away on an army helicopter to witness the tragedy first-hand; a British “mud angel” spends a month scraping mold from the world’s masterpieces; and, through it all, an author asks why art matters so very much to us, even in the face of overwhelming disaster.

Author : Lynnette Porter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476600574

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Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century by Lynnette Porter Pdf

The 21st century is a good time to be Sherlock Holmes. He stars in the Guy Ritchie films, with Robert Downey, Jr.; an internationally popular BBC television series featuring Benedict Cumberbatch; a novel sanctioned by the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate; and dozens of additional novels and short stories, including two by Neil Gaiman. Add to this the videogames, comic books, and fan-created works, plus a potent Internet and social media presence. Holmes' London has become a prime destination for cinematic tourists. The evidence is clearly laid out in this collection of 14 new essays: Holmes and Watson are more popular than ever. The detective has been portrayed as hero, and antihero. He's tech savvy, and scientifically detached--even psychologically aberrant. He has been romantically linked to The Woman and bromantically to Watson. Whether Victorian or modern, he continues to fascinate. These essays explain why he is destined to be with us for years to come. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Richard Bradford
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849544719

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The Odd Couple by Richard Bradford Pdf

Kingsley Amis was a mimic, jester, father, husband, atheist, pseudo-socialist and clubland Tory boozer with a limitless taste for adultery; Philip Larkin a glum misanthrope who lived in self-imposed solitude. And yet, after meeting at St John's, Oxford in 1941, this unlikely pair struck up a friendship to endure for more than forty years, despite a period of acrimony in the 1960s. From their early days of undergraduate ambitions and enthusiasms through to the bitterness of middle age, Richard Bradford charts the progress of a remarkable friendship, and shows how crucial it was to the making of these two literary giants. Without Larkin's inspiration and input, Amis would never have written his award-winning debut, Lucky Jim; if not for Amis's overnight success, Larkin would never have abandoned his hopes of becoming a novelist and turned instead to verse. Larkin's ensuing resentment would simmer beneath the surface of their relationship for years to come. Drawing on an enormous archive of letters, manuscripts and interviews, The Odd Couple not only offers a rare glimpse into the private correspondence of two controversial and eccentric men, it also illuminates some of the finest novels and poems of the twentieth century.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1585 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349813667

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Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers by NA NA Pdf