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Before finding renown as a writer of ghost stories, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, mining in the Alaskan goldfields, and working as a newspaper reporter...

One of the former British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding...

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood - Curl up with a collection of mystery andHorrortales from an author whom many critics regard as one of the masters of the genre. The Empty House...

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening...

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening...

Jimbo Algernon Blackwood - A seven-year-old boy suffers a near-fatal injury, after which he lingers for days between life and death. In this liminal period, the young protagonist undergoes a bizarre experience...

The Damned Algernon Blackwood - Two friends, Bill and Francis, come to visit a lonely absent friend. Blackwood writes about a house that may be haunted, or maybe it isn't. Strange things happen in the...

The Willows Algernon Blackwood - "The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's...

The Garden of Survival Algernon Blackwood - A narrative told in the first person in the way of a letter from Richard to his twin brother. This book is not only about the wondrous tales of his life, career...

The Extra Day Algernon Blackwood - Judy, Tim, and Maria were just little children. It was impossible to say exactly what their ages were, except that they were just the usual age, that Judy was the eldest,...

The Centaur Algernon Blackwood - Set in the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas, The Centaur centres on Terence OMalley, a journalist of mystical temperament who is studying the peoples of the...

A Prisoner in Fairyland Algernon Blackwood - In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey...

This collection assembles four of Blackwood's greatest stories: "The Insanity of Jones," "The Man Who Found Out," "The Glamour of the Snow," and "Sand." Algernon Blackwood was truly one of the progenitors...

This collection assembles four of Blackwood's greatest stories: "The Insanity of Jones," "The Man Who Found Out," "The Glamour of the Snow," and "Sand." Algernon Blackwood was truly one of the progenitors...

"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been...

Considéré par Lovecraft comme son égal, célébré pendant des décennies comme l’un des maîtres du fantastique, Algernon Blackwood n’a pas en France le public qu’il mérite. La richesse de son œuvre, la puissance...

Die 21. Ausgabe des Magazins Zwielicht. Das Titelbild ist wie immer von Björn Ian Craig. Mit Illustrationen von Frank G. Gerigk und Adrian van Schwamen Geschichten: Charline Winter - The Train Have...

Die Weiden: Aus dem Jahre 1907 von Algernon Blackwood. Insgesamt hatte er über 200 Kurzgeschichten, Romane und Novellen geschrieben. Dies ist eines seiner bekanntesten Werke. Eine Kanufahrt auf der...

An aunt and her nephew embark on a weird adventure. They attempt to spend a night in a house which witnessed way more dangerous days. A man was murdered many years ago. And the aunt and her nephew want...

Can people come back from the dead? Can they bring something or someone back from there? If so, can they reach out to people who are still alive? "The Return" and "The Second Generation" are two stories...

In the eerie silence of an empty house, shadows dance and whispers echo through the void. Algernon Blackwood's classic collection of ghost stories invites you into a realm where the supernatural lurks...

Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1907, I salici è, secondo H.P. Lovecraft, il più bel racconto soprannaturale della letteratura inglese. Due uomini, il narratore e lo Svedese, partono per un viaggio...

The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December...

The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December...

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer across short stories, novels and plays. His passion for the supernatural and for ghost stories together with a fascination for all things in the occult and mysticism...

In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey was hardly in his line, it seemed. But...

The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been...

Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent) and educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according to...

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was one of the all-time great supernatural writers, who sought less to horrify than to awe the reader. This volume of fifteen short stories includes "The Tryst" and "A Victim...

The ghost story is as old as human speech, - and perhaps even antedates it. A naïve acceptance of the supernatural was unquestionably one of the primal attributes of human intelligence. The ghost story...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

"'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'" Dark times have...

"'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course,...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

He doesn't believe in happy-ever-afters. Only she can prove him wrong.Miles Orson has a monster inside him. His Grizzly Bear is teetering on the edge of disaster and there is only one thing that might...

Titan Ascendents Box Set: Books 1-5Book 1: King of the TitansRevenge is a dish best served cold, or so they say...For Julian White, revenge is a burning obsession that consumes him day and night. He's...

When a series of gruesome, ritualistic murders shakes London, Detective Evelyn Grant finds herself plunged into a world of ancient secrets and shadowy cults. As symbols of a forgotten order emerge at...

Delve into the the wacky, the witty and mildly creepy, from tales of magic, aliens and ghouls to sweet romances.Ima Ghoul, author of Zombies and Papercuts, brings the adventurous reader an anthology of...

Big Sugars toxic fertilizer has caused an outbreak in the cane fields. Vicious mutant iguanas have taken over the farm and spread across the state in a murderous migration. Without his appendage, Curious...

In the fae Kingdom of Falcondale, Prince Nox ascends the throne under the ominous cloud of his father's assassination. Beneath the veiled guise of enacting the bride trials, Nox, a brooding and often...

It's 1997, senior year, and aspiring astronomy student, Reese, has her eyes set on the stars. The only thing holding her back is her jealous boyfriend, Michael, whose increasingly manipulative and abusive...

I am Alexandra and I am a Dochani. A race of beings born with the Map of the Universe within ourselves, but not all of us have that gift, but my family does. In the library is a book written by an ancestor...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...