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2025

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The book "Goblin Tales of Lancashire" features a series of short stories that delve into the supernatural and mythical creatures of Lancashire, England. These tales often involve goblins, fairies, and other fantastical beings, set against the backdrop of the Lancashire countryside and its rich cultural traditions.James Bowker's writing style in "Goblin Tales of Lancashire" is characterized by its vivid descriptions, atmospheric settings, and a fascination with the mysterious and otherworld...

2010

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INTRODUCTION. Many of the superstitions which still cling to him the Lancashire man of the present day is indebted to his Celtic and Scandinavian ancestors. From them the Horse and Worm stories, and the Giant lore of the northern and southern mountains and fells, have come down, while the relationship of the 'Jinny Greenteeth/ the presiding nymph of the ponds and streams, with allusions to whom the Lancastrian mother strives to deter her little ones from venturing near the pits and brooks ...

PriceR 151,21

2018

EN

Herein are 26 illustrated tales about the goblins, fairies, elves, pixies, and ghosts of Lancashire for children. As you can see this book is not only about goblins but rather about the many beings which inhabit the lands of the Fairy Kingdom.Herein you will find stories like:The White DobbieThe Skriker, or ShriekerThe Unbidden GuestThe Fairy's SpadeThe King Of The FairiesThe Captured FairiesThe Pillion LadyThe Fairy Funeral

2022

EN

In the richly evocative anthology, 'The Horrors for the Long Christmas Night,' readers are treated to a broad panorama of Victorian and Edwardian literature, where the enchantment of Christmas intertwines with the eerie charm of ghost stories. This collection showcases an intriguing range of styles—from the subtle psychological tension to the overtly supernatural. Each piece, masterfully crafted, transports readers into a time when storytelling was an art form, wielded to captivate audienc...

The Horror Of Christmas

Collection of the Best Ghost Stories, Supernatural Mysteries & Gothic Horrors

2020

EN

'The Horror of Christmas' captures the chilling paradox between festive joy and the haunting depths of human psyche, making it a riveting addition to the genre of horror literature. This collection draws together an exceptional array of narratives from gothic to ghostly, curated from the pens of the finest Victorian and early Edwardian authors. Sprinkled among these tales are seminal pieces influenced profoundly by folk traditions and the eerie silences of winter nights during the Yuletide...

2022

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In the intriguing anthology, *Darkness Looms on Christmas*, the collection traverses the haunting and often mesmerizing interplay between the mystique of the holiday season and the eerie undercurrents of the supernatural. This volume meticulously brings together a vast array of literary styles, from Gothic dread to ethereal fantasy, showcasing masterful storytelling that captivates by fusing familiar Christmas themes with chilling mystery. Through its diversity, the anthology illuminates t...

Murder Mysteries for the Long Christmas Night

Victorian and Edwardian Tales of Gothic Crime, Locked Rooms, and Spectral Detection

2023

EN

Murder Mysteries for the Long Christmas Night gathers Victorian and Edwardian crime fiction into a seasonally apt meditation on secrecy, domesticity, detection, and moral unease. Its range extends from Gothic hauntings and locked-room puzzles to comic inversions, sensation fiction, psychological suspense, and early procedural inquiry. Against Christmas's conventional imagery of hearth and fellowship, these tales expose concealed resentments, precarious inheritances, uncanny visitations, an...

2022

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Dive into the enchanting world of 'Murder Mysteries for the Long Christmas Night,' a carefully curated anthology that masterfully weaves the complexities of murder and mystery into the cozy ambiance of a winter's eve. This collection combines an eclectic mix of literary styles and tones, ranging from atmospheric Gothic thrillers to sharp, witty detective tales. Amid the layered narratives, each storyline unravels with intricate plots, inviting readers to piece together the puzzle of a whod...

The Best Holiday Mysteries for Christmas Time

Victorian and Edwardian Christmas Ghost Tales, Locked-Room Crimes, and Fireside Suspense

2023

EN

The Best Holiday Mysteries for Christmas Time gathers Victorian, Edwardian, and early modern tales in which seasonal warmth shades into suspense, detection, supernatural unease, and comic misrule. Its range extends from locked-room puzzles and domestic intrigues to spectral visitations, crimes of conscience, and ironical holiday reversals. Christmas functions not merely as décor but as a literary pressure point: a season of reunion, charity, secrecy, and heightened expectation. Standout mo...

The Greatest Christmas Murder Mysteries & Thrillers

Victorian and Edwardian Yuletide Tales of Murder, Ghosts, Family Secrets, and Winter Suspense

2023

EN

The Greatest Christmas Murder Mysteries & Thrillers gathers Victorian, Edwardian, and early modern short fiction in which the season of hospitality, ritual, and domestic intimacy becomes a setting for dread, detection, and surprise. Its range encompasses locked-room puzzles, supernatural visitations, sensation fiction, comic reversals, psychological suspense, and tales of crime concealed beneath snowbound respectability. Alongside classical investigations and uncanny Christmas hauntings, t...

2018

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This new edition of the Oxford Handbook in Geriatric Medicine has been expanded and updated to reflect the substantial changes in clinical practice since the previous edition, including the Francis report and the impact on care for the older patient, the National Dementia Strategy and screening, and the evolution of the role of Geriatricians in other specialities. It includes new material on risk scoring management of TIA, and a new chapter on the older surgical patient. With an a...

PriceR 779,69

The James Joyce BBC Radio Collection

Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man & Dubliners


Unabridged

13 hours 12 min

2019

EN

Three BBC radio productions of major works by James Joyce – plus Gordon Bowker’s fascinating biographical account of his lifeUlyssesIn this full-cast dramatisation of Joyce’s epic modernist novel, the stories of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom combine as they meander through Dublin in the course of one day, 16 June 1904. Andrew Scott stars as Stephen, with Henry Goodman as Bloom, Niamh Cusack

PriceR 312,34