Something Wicked assembles more than 560 horror classics, macabre tales, and supernatural mysteries into an expansive genealogy of dread. Moving from Gothic castles, revenants, doubles, and cursed objects to psychological terror, occult investigation, science-fictional menace, and mordant satire, the volume demonstrates horror's remarkable formal elasticity. Canonical narratives stand alongside rediscovered popular fiction, short sensational pieces, ghost stories, and uncanny experiments, ...

The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales presents a vast and thrilling array of gothic and supernatural fiction that navigates the intricacies of human emotion and the eerie unknown. This anthology captures a fantastic range of literary styles from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, embodying the era's fascination with the uncanny, the mysterious, and the macabre. The collection includes captivating stories that traverse themes of spectral en...

THE Bishop of Meaux, the very able and acute Bossuet, has constructed an ingenious argument from the Prophetic Promises of Christ, which is for ever to establish the Roman Church and the Churches in communion with her as the sole visible Church Catholic, while it is for ever to exclude the Protestant Churches from all share and participation of that venerable title.His argument cannot be given with more of fairness and propriety than in his own words.THE DOCTRINE OF THE CATHO...

Emily Clark has just moved. She doesn’t like her new house, and shedoesn’t like her new town. But one night she wakes up to find a horse in herbackyard—a ghost horse! Where did he come from? And why is he hauntingEmily’s backyard? Only by solving the mystery can Emily set the ghost horsefree.This great-selling Stepping Stones Mystery title features a spooky—butlovely—new cover.

Gadgets, girls, and bad guys—Adam Sharp has everything the big boys have and more!Fifty-seven channels, and there’s nothing on—literally! When the world’s television satellites are blocked by just one station, the Happy Channel, superspy Adam Sharp, travels to the Australian Outback to investigate. But will the help of IM-8 agent Alice Springs, TV snake-wrangler Wayne Wallaby, and two kangaroos be enough to combat the evil mindwashing of the Happy Channel’s puppy dogs, candy, and bi...

Katie Lynn and her best friend, Tina, are all set to win the town's baking contest. That is, until Jonathan Wilbarger enters and the sugar-coated bake-off turns into a sizzling battle. Can the Katie Lynn Cookie Company stand the heat and out-cook the competition? Or will its recipe for success turn into a dessert disaster?Find out in The Battle of the Bakers. Winning recipe included!

By: Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson & Maryhelen Wilson, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2017, 248 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-512-6. Here are reports from 150 newspapers, over a five-year span, which give valuable details about Missouri ancestors. there are notables; there were centenarians; and those who died in unusual ways. But in the main, these 9,000 records provide valuable ordinary details about the ordinary people who were our ancestors - where and when they died, and from what cau...

Be inspired by Football Legend, Cristiano Ronaldo!From goal scoring records, and iconic celebrations to bicycle kicks, Ballon d'Or and beyond, discover how this sporting hero rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest football players the world has ever seen, plus one of the planet's most notable philanthropists and charitable ambassadors.Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of ...

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins.Following her father’s early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral t...

Be inspired by Football Legend, Vinícius Júnior!From making his debut on a professional pitch at just 16 years old, to scoring the decisive goal in the UEFA Champions League final, discover how this rising star’s amazing agility and dribbling talent led him to become one of the finest players of his generation.Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their favourite players in this captivating biography series.

By: Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson, and Maryhelen Wilson, Pub. 1983, Reprinted 2017, 64 pages, E-BOOK, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-508-9. Many important details not found in civil records appear in this collection, from about 50 newspapers and covering a wide area. Most identify the Brides's father or a parent - "second daughter to Ezekiel, of Spencer Co., KY.", "daughter of Edwin, deceased", formerly of Hardin Co., TN." A vital clue often missing in courthouse papers is the "Mrs." preceding ...

**Brought to you by Penguin.COULD YOU UNCOVER YOUR MURDERER BEFORE YOUR LAST BREATH?**Who killed Harriet?Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether you love her or hate her, Harriet is impossible to say no to. But someone has finally snapped and as Harriet lies dying, she is determined to figure out who has killed her.Was it her devoted husband?Or was it her best friend and sometimes lover?Or Kar...