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The Mammoth Book of Heroes

Jon E. Lewis
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337258

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True courage is such a hugely valued aspect of humanity. This volume contains 200 accounts of heroism that took place between the times of Ancient Greece and the 21st century. Many of the accounts are in the words of those who were there, of men and women who showed real courage, often with their own lives on the line. The tales include: the death of Sir Thomas More; George Washington at Valley Forge; Nelson losing his arm at Santa Cruz; Oscar Schindler saving the lives of Polish Jews; SOE heroine Violette Szabo in occupied France; the protesters in Tiananmen Square; and the New York firefighters and the airline passengers of flight UA49 on September 11th, 2001.

The Mammoth Book of Journalism

Jon E. Lewis
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780332734

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The newspaper has recorded and influenced modern history like nothing else on earth. From The Washington Post's exposure of Watergate, Tom Wolfe's 1960's social documentary in The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test to Robert Fisk uncovering the slaugher at Chatila, all the articles included here are reportage from the frontline of life. The 100 dispatches collected here are reports which have caught most vividly the greatest events of the twentieth century, the editorials which have changed our thinking, the criticisms which have penetrated most deeply into contemporary culture. Most of all, they offer a snapshot of these modern times.

The Mammoth Book of Predators

Alex MacCormick
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Author : Alex MacCormick
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780334035

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Don't go into the woods today. . . If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, stalking and eyeing your every move. The variety and range of these potential predators is truly astonishing, from Asiatic wolves to rogue elephants, fire ants to sharks, snakes, crocodiles and grizzlies. In this definitive anthology survivors recall their terrifying ordeals, while hunters and other witnesses describe the final bloody moments of victims and their killers. Including: The British climber alone in the mountain wilderness pursued for days by a vengeful bear The African traveller's unhappy encounter with a crocodile A member of the Royal Family's gory meeting with a shark in the Caribbean A tiger breaking out of the jungle to grab a woman from her village

The Mammoth Book of Sorceror's Tales

Mike Ashley
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Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780333618

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Bursting with the same magic that has brought a whole new following to fantasy, this anthology combines the excitement of the Harry Potter phenomenon with the appeal of Lord of the Rings, the ingenuity of the Discworld series and the adventure of the Conan stories. It features a range of light and dark fantasies - from quests, games and monsters, to wizards, witches, dark spells and even darker secrets - all obsessed with the use of magic in this world or the next. Mike Ashley's masterly selection includes such precursors of the Potter series as 'The Sleuth-Worm' by Edith Nesbit, 'The Wall around the World' by Theodore Cogswell, 'Ged's Apprenticeship' by Ursula K. Le Guin and others that deal with the discovery of magic or apprenticeship into magic by ordinary folk. With plenty of specially commissioned new stories, it all adds up to a spellbinding bumper volume in which contributors include: Neil Gaiman, Michael Moorcock, John Morressy, Theodore Sturgeon, John Jakes, Patricia McKillip, Esther Friesner, Louise Cooper, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Tom Holt and Charles de Lint.

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits

Mike Ashley
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Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780333601

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Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s. The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy. It was also a decade that saw wonderful detective fiction from the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and others. Contributions range from Cornell Woolrich's story of murder at a jazz party set aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, to Grenville Robbins's impossible homicide committed on the radio, live on air, and Mat Coward's tale of death at a house party hosting the inaugural meeting of the British Communist Party.

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

Jon E. Lewis
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849015370

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The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones of the buffalo and the practice of berdache (men adopted as women). The book offers a chronological history of America's indigenous peoples. It covers their dramatic early entry into North America, out of the now submerged continent of Beringia, then in more recent times the 'forgotten wars' of the 16th and 17th centuries, which wiped many tribes from the face of the East Coast, and finally describes to the last struggles of the Cheyenne and the Comanche. Celebrating these peoples' way of life rather than focusing narrowly on the manner of their genocide, it does not ignore uncomfortable facts of the Amerindian past - including the cannibalism believed to have been practised by some tribes and the Native Americans' part in the decimation of North America's buffalo herds.

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16

Gardner Dozois
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Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780332642

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Michael Swanwick, Geoff Ryman, Allen Steele, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Michael Cassott, Charles Stross are just some of the high-profile names that feature in this volume of what is now regarded as essential reading for every science-fiction fan. This year's edition includes not just the biggest names in science-fiction writing but also many of its other brightest young talents too, as well as even more stories than ever before. All this, and the usual thorough summations of the year, plus a list of recommended reading, more than upholds an established tradition of value and excellence.

The Mammoth Book of Vampires

Stephen Jones
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Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780332802

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Modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this specially re-vamped edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into. From an award-winning editor who knows the genre backwards, here is the very best in vampire fiction: from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula. This revised edition features over a dozen new stories, including Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark and Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho. There are contributions by Nancy Kilpatrick, Christopher Fowler, Paul Mcauley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tina Rath, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison and Kim Newman.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003

Stephen Jones
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Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337166

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The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.

The Mammoth Book of 20th Century SF II

David G. Hartwell
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Author : David G. Hartwell
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780334189

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This volume, covering the period from the 1890s to the future, includes stories from founding fathers of the field like H. G. Wells and C. S. Lewis; beloved mainstays of the genre, such as Philip Jose Farmer, Roger Zelazny and Jack Vance; notable female writers, including Nancy Kress, and authors like Bruce Sterling, William Gibson and James Morrow, who have hit their stride in the last two decades. Also featured are those widely recognised outside the genre, the celebrated writing of E. M. Forster and Michael Shaara, as well as translations of foreign writers' formative work including that of Wolfgang Jeschke and Dino Buzzati.

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: World War I

Jon E. Lewis
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780337296

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The spectre of the Great War still haunts us. No other conflict so dramatically illustrates the waste of life, and the slaughter of innocents, as that of 1914-18. And none has so dramatically shaped the modern world: the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the break-up of Empire, the supremacy of America and World War II all stem from the four years of the 'war to end all wars'. Here is the eye-witness chronicle of that war, from the trenches of Flanders to the staff rooms of the Imperial Germany Army, from T. E. Lawrence in the desert to the 'Red Baron' in the air, from Land Girls in England to German U-boat crews in the Atlantic, it leaves nothing out. And if all the horror of the war fought by the Tommies in the trenches is captured, so too are the machinations of the 'top brass' and politicians.

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved

Colin Wilson
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Author : Colin Wilson
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780337050

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The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved by Colin Wilson Pdf

Now available in one tremendous volume is a compelling and remarkable history spanning over two thousand years of the greatest unsolved mysteries known to mankind, including: Atlantis ? the Bermuda Triangle ? Bigfoot ? crop circles ? crystal skulls ? the Holy Shroud of Turin ? the Hope Diamond and other cursed jewels ? the mystery of the Mary Celeste ? mummies and their curses ? poltergeists ? sea monsters ? spontaneous human combustion ? Tunguska and other falling meteors ? vampires ? zombies Includes a mystery never examined before - the missing maps of Atlantis Colin Wilson is an acknowledged expert in the field of the unexplained and is in constant demand by the media Colin has a track record of proven successes with the Mammoth series, including, most recently, The Mammoth Book of Murder

The Mammoth Book of Monsters

Stephen Jones
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Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780332789

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The Mammoth Book of Monsters by Stephen Jones Pdf

Monsterrific stories by top names in horror writing Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, Ghouls . . . these and many other Creatures of the Night are featured in this bumper collection of stories by such authors as Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, Tanith Lee, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Joe R. Lansdale, Lisa Tuttle, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper and many others. Here you'll discover creatures both unnatural and manmade, as the walking dead rise from their graves, immortal bloodsuckers seek human nourishment, deformed monstrosities pursue their victims across the countryside, and the ugliest of nightmares is revealed to have a soul. Drawn from the pages of legend and literature, these stories feature Things that slither, stagger, swoop, stomp and scamper. So bolt the doors, lock the windows and shiver in the shadows, because no-one is safe when the Monsters are loose .

The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest

Jon E. Lewis
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780337272

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The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Everest by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the "Death Zone" best - the climbers of Everest themselves. Yet this is more than a cherry-picking of great true and exhilarating memoirs of Everest. Included are the history of the conquest of Everest, and all the natural and cruel beauty of Chomolungma "The Mother Goddess of the World".

The Mammoth Book of Mountain Disasters

Hamish MacInnes
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Author : Hamish MacInnes
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780332697

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The Mammoth Book of Mountain Disasters by Hamish MacInnes Pdf

Caught way up on the mountain, no one is safe, from the archetypal nightmare of Tony Kurtz, seen to freeze to death by his stranded rescuers as he hung off the Eiger, to events that unfolded on the Grand Teton, where rescuers narrowly escaped being clubbed to death by their reluctant rescuees. This collection of 35 first-hand accounts will shock and inspire in equal measure. Here is the original draft of Joe Simpson's classic Touching the Void and the first full telling of Jamie Andrew's extraordinary rescue from the Alps, which made headlines in 1999. Plus a specially commissioned account of the epic winter rescue on Mount Ararat, 2000 - the most remote mission ever undertaken by a helicopter-rescue team. And the rescuers own grim battles for survival. Compiled by one of the world's most respected mountaineers, this volume spans five continents - from the Appalachians to Mount Cook, from Peak Lenin to Siula Grande. It includes some of the brightest stars of mountaineering and mountain rescue: Joe Simpson, Doug Scott, Pete Sinclair, Milos Vrbe, Paul Nunn, Ludwig Gramminger, Karen Glazley, Ken Phillips and Blaise Agresti.