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Alexander the Great

Richard Stoneman

• Paperback | Engels
• Accompanying the first ever exhibition on the storytelling around Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, this book charts the evolution of a legend tha... Lees meer

A Phantom Lover

Vernon Lee

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• During her lifetime Violet Paget, who wrote as Vernon Lee, was referred to as 'the greatest of modern exponents of the supernatural in fiction', and y... Lees meer

Breaking the News

Jackie Harrison, Luke McKerman

• Hardcover | Engels
• From the first newspaper publication just over 400 years ago to today’s 24-hour coverage of events, fast-evolving technologies and attitudes have shap... Lees meer

Bibliography of the East India Company

Catherine Pickett

• Paperback | Engels
• This annotated bibliography uses books, pamphlets, and maps to trace the activity of the East India Company in the century-plus following the India Ac... Lees meer

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Lewis Carroll

• Hardcover | Engels
• One "golden afternoon" in Oxford, in July 1862, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, accompanied three young sisters, Lorina, Alice, and Edith, on a... Lees meer

Heavy Weather

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• Since Odysseus' curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, literature has been awash with tales of bad or s... Lees meer

Into the London Fog

Elizabeth Dearnley

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• As the fog thickens and the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from all over the city. A jilted lover returns as a demon to ... Lees meer

The Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll

• Hardcover | Engels
• The peculiar wit and imagination of Lewis Carroll are once again in evidence in The Hunting of the Snark , his epic nonsense poem which first appeared... Lees meer

Sunless Solstice

British Library

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• Strange things happen on the dark wintry nights of December. Welcome to a new collection of terrifying Christmas tales, and prepare to plunge into the... Lees meer

The Heart of the Forest

John Miller

• Hardcover | Engels
• Looking at threats to forest life across the globe, John Miller draws on literature, film and art to explore why woods matter to us, building on the e... Lees meer

Cornish Horrors

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice for a crime lon... Lees meer

Which Way?

Theodora Benson

• Paperback | Engels | Women Writers
• 'There was no one in the room. Blinds and curtains were closed; the light of the skies, if any, was shut out. ... Only the fire was alive, consuming i... Lees meer

Queens of the Abyss

Mike Ashley

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• This new anthology follows the instrumental contributions made by women writers to the weird tale, and revives the lost authors of the early pulp maga... Lees meer

The Whole Art of Dress

A Cavalry Officer

• Hardcover | Engels
• As we look back upon past centuries, and can scarce repress our laughter at many of the absurd fancies in costumes our ancestors wore, our present bel... Lees meer

One Year's Time

Angela Milne

• Paperback | Engels | Women Writers
• It’s New Year’s Day and Liza is painting her floor. Walter, who she met at the party the night before, arrives unexpectedly, and they immediately star... Lees meer

Roads of Destiny

Alasdair Richmond

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• Delving into the strange imaginings of Arthur Conan Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Sarban, Robert Holdstock and many more, this new collection brings toget... Lees meer

Fearsome Fairies

• Hardcover | Engels | Hardback Classics
• A thrilling new collection of stories pairing strange creatures with frightening encounters to revive the fearsome past of the fairy folk. There was a... Lees meer

Warfare in Medieval Manuscripts

Pamela Porter

• Hardcover | Engels
• The glamour associated with knights in shining armor, colorful tournaments, and heroic deeds appeal strongly to the modern imagination. However, few p... Lees meer

The Gothic Tales of Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

• Hardcover | Engels | Hardback Classics
• Sheridan Le Fanu, who began his journey into Gothic storytelling in the 1830s, would later be lauded by writers such as M. R. James for his innovation... Lees meer

The Platform Edge

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• Howling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished her... Lees meer

Haunters at the Hearth

Lucy Evans, Tanya Kirk

• Paperback | Engels | Tales of the Weird
• In the winter months, the cosiness of the hearth and armchair – or reading nook of choice – comes together with tales of creeping horror to form an en... Lees meer

The Haunted Library

• Paperback | Engels
• The Haunted Library is a new collection of classic ghost stories--many of which have never before been anthologized--from the golden age of the genre ... Lees meer

Spaceworlds

• Paperback | Engels | Science Fiction Classics
• Astronauts constructing a new space station must avert destruction from a missile sent by an unknown enemy; a generation starship is rocked by revelat... Lees meer

The Philosophy of Chocolate

Sam Bilton

• Hardcover | Engels | Philosophy of
• What makes chocolate so alluring? Why is it the inspiration for endless culinary creativity? Sam Bilton explores our complex relationship with this ve... Lees meer