The Raven And The Monkey S Paw

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1153704928

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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edgar Allan Poe,Edith Wharton,Saki,Charles Dickens,O. Henry
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307824028

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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw by Edgar Allan Poe,Edith Wharton,Saki,Charles Dickens,O. Henry Pdf

The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick, thrilling dip . . . under the covers with a flashlight. The writing itself sends as many awe-inspired shivers down the spine as do the ghosts and goblins on these pages. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror story and the chiming lyric poem, opens the volume with his best-loved stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Berenice," and "Ligeia." Every bit as chilling now as on the day they were written, these tales retain their power to stir the reader again and again. Poe, who was as well known for his poems as for his stories, is also represented by such verse standards as "The Raven," "Lenore," "To Helen," "Ulalume," and "Annabel Lee," among others. Numerous other practitioners of the supernatural story are included: Edith Wharton, with her gripping "Afterward"; Charles Dickens and his famed ghost story "The Signalman"; W. W. Jacobs, with this compilation's inspiration, "The Monkey's Paw." Also here are Saki's engrossing "Sredni Vashtar"; O. Henry's story of love lost and hopes dashed, "The Furnished Room"; Wilkie Collins's lively "A Terribly Strange Bed"; and "The Boarded Window," Ambrose Bierce's tale of the bizarre. A year-round collection for reading aloud—and frightening your friends—The Raven and the Monkey's Paw will gratify all manner of thrill-seekers.

Author : Melissa Marr,Tim Pratt
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316212922

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Rags & Bones by Melissa Marr,Tim Pratt Pdf

The best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Author : Michael Gates Gill
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101216996

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How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill Pdf

Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks. In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water. But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minority trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person. Behind the scenes at one of America’s most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and, thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gill at last experiences a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before. Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.

Author : Laura Numeroff,Nate Evans
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781613120552

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The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by Laura Numeroff,Nate Evans Pdf

Friendship comes in many flavors in the launch of a charming new series by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, and Lynn Munsinger. Just as jellybeans are different colors and flavors, each character in this heartwarming friendship story has a personality and pizzazz that young readers will love. Emily loves to dance and can’t wait to meet the other girls in her class, who are sure to be just like her. But instead she meets Nicole, a tomboy who would rather be playing soccer; Bitsy, who loves arts and crafts; and Anna, a shy bookworm who has no interest at all in dancing. Realizing that they have to work together to make their dance recital a success, the girls learn to love each other’s differences and strengths as they band together and name their group the Jellybeans! The latest picture book by beloved bestselling authors Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans is as sweet as sugar and features four adorable characters that all children will relate to. With joyful illustrations by Lynn Munsinger that dance off the page, The Jellybeans and the Big Dance will inspire readers to dance, prance, and boogie-woogie to the beat of their own drum.

Author : Carl Neville
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912248841

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Eminent Domain by Carl Neville Pdf

In the Socialist Utopia of the People's Republic of Britain a routine criminal investigation spirals out of control with world-shattering consequences. The Cold War ended thirty years ago, the Communists have won in Europe and the world has settled into two blocks divided by a silicon curtain, The Partition. The tranquil backwater of the People's Republic of Britain is due to host an international sporting event, the Games, and celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the country becoming a republic. When the organiser of the Games dies suddenly and his office is broken into, Barrow, the retired security operative enlisted to investigate, is drawn into a conspiracy that has implications not only for him and his team of young and inexperienced assistants, but for their entire way of life. How is the American research student Julia Verona implicated? Is some kind of attack being planned? Who is really in command of the operation? Is there a double agent within the PRBs security apparatus? What is the significance of the reclusive novelist Vernon Crane? Fusing the trappings of a literary thriller with experimental style, Eminent Domain explores the art, culture, politics, personalities, conflicts, loves and losses of a range of boldly realised characters in a Utopian world radically different to our own but recognizably the way that things, at one time, might have been. A kaleidoscopic satire of our present moment, Eminent Domain is both a dark thriller and a radical neo-modernist experiment that probes at the limits of Utopia, a formally dazzling reimagining of the political novel in which lives, worlds and even realities collide to devastating effect.

Author : Lena Tabori,Natasha Fried
Publisher : Welcome Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Apparitions
ISBN : 9781599620862

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Chills and Thrills by Lena Tabori,Natasha Fried Pdf

A collection of scary stories, magic tricks, spells, superstitions, and legends. Includes such classics as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Monkey's Paw," and "The Judge's House."

Author : Karl Fugelso
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843843764

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Ethics and Medievalism by Karl Fugelso Pdf

Essays on the modern reception of the Middle Ages, built round the central theme of the ethics of medievalism.

Author : Glen Berger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781451684582

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Song of Spider-Man by Glen Berger Pdf

“One of the best literary works of this year” (Miami Herald-Tribune): The true story of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come true…the making of the Spider-Man musical. As you might imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are challenges one can’t begin to imagine when collaborating with two rock legends and a superstar director to stage the biggest, most expensive production in theater history. Renowned director Julie Taymor picked playwright Glen Berger to cowrite the book for a $25 million Spider-Man musical. Together—along with U2’s Bono and Edge—they would shape a work that was technically daring and emotionally profound, with a story fueled by the hero’s quest for love…and the villains’ quest for revenge. Or at least, that’s what they’d hoped for. But when charismatic producer Tony Adams died suddenly, the show began to lose its footing. Soon the budget was ballooning, financing was evaporating, and producers were jumping ship or getting demoted. And then came the injuries. And then came word-of-mouth about the show itself. What followed was a pageant of foul-ups, falling-outs, ever-more harrowing mishaps, and a whole lot of malfunctioning spider legs. This “circus-rock-and-roll-drama,” with its $65 million price tag, had become more of a spectacle than its creators ever wished for. During the show’s unprecedented seven months of previews, the company’s struggles to reach opening night inspired breathless tabloid coverage and garnered international notoriety. Through it all, Berger observed the chaos with his signature mix of big ambition and self-deprecating humor.

Author : W.W. Jacobs
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732695805

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The Lady of the Barge by W.W. Jacobs Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The Lady of the Barge by W.W. Jacobs

Author : Bill Hunt
Publisher : Bill Hunt
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1419618830

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The Last Witness from a Dirt Road by Bill Hunt Pdf

A moving coming-of-age story, written, possibly by one of the last of Southerners to grow up on a working sugar plantation in rural Louisiana. Told through the eyes and voice of the son of the white overseer, this is a unique portrait of a time and place on the cusp of dramatic change.

Author : Kevin Neece
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0578922940

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The Story of a Blacklisted Bootlegger by Kevin Neece Pdf

In order to report his late father's real life EPA whistleblower crime, Kevin Neece confesses his life story to the FBI in the form of a Scandalous Filmmaker Tell All that's been described as Self Delusional, Self Destructive, and Surreal.

Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1198 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 0520079086

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The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films by American Film Institute Pdf

"The entire field of film historians awaits the AFI volumes with eagerness."--Eileen Bowser, Museum of Modern Art Film Department Comments on previous volumes: "The source of last resort for finding socially valuable . . . films that received such scant attention that they seem 'lost' until discovered in the AFI Catalog."--Thomas Cripps "Endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Author : Marie Ravensoul
Publisher : In Satan's Honour Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1775262405

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At Satan's Altar by Marie Ravensoul Pdf

Marie RavenSoul, a disciple of the Devil for more than 30 years, presents the reader with a fascinating collection of her personal and heartfelt devotionals to the Lord of Darkness. Those who have been searching for a serious and practical guide to religious rites in honour of Satan will find what they seek in this volume. Written with the explicit religious worship of the Devil in mind, At Satan's Altar provides a wealth of liturgical material to aid both the novice practitioner and the seasoned Satanist alike. Whether your path is a solitary one or you are looking for something to add to your Coven's rituals, this book will not disappoint.

Author : Karen Maitland
Publisher : Headline
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472215079

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The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland Pdf

The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland, author of the bestselling and much-loved Company of Liars, will delight fans of Game of Thrones or Deborah Harkness seeking a new, dark fix. 'An atmospheric and dark story' The Times Never trust your secrets to a Raven when you are not its true master... 1224. Langley Manor, Norfolk. Lord Sylvain has been practising alchemy in hiding for years and now only the Apothecary's niece can help him with final preparations to forge the Philosopher's Stone. Alchemy calls for symbols - and victims - and when a man in possession of an intricately carved raven's head arrives at the Manor in a clumsy attempt at blackmail, Sylvain has both symbol and victim within easy reach. But the White Canons in nearby Langley Abbey are concealing a crucial, missing ingredient... Regulus, a small boy with a large destiny.