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The Mummy's Foot is a gothic tale, published in French as "Le Pied de Momie." It relates the adventures of a man who buys the 3,000 year old foot of Princess Hermonthis in a Parisian curio shop. Gautier has a fascination with Ancient Egypt as well as an obsession with mortality, decay, and...

One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In UNCLE SILAS (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by unscrupulous schemers. The narrator, Maud Ruthyn,...

In the uncharted wastes of Antarctica, an exploration party from Miskatonic University encounters a gory sight when they discover their advance team’s camp has been destroyed and its members slaughtered. There is no evidence of what happened except a series of burial mounds, six of which contain...

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It begins in 1917 with “The Tomb” and ends in 1935 with his last original work “The Haunter of the Dark.” This edition presents Lovecraft’s stories in chronological order by their presumed...

A classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker's later treatment of the vampire mythos in Dracula. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the...

A special omnibus edition containing books 1 and 2 of The Astor Chronicles.Book 1: TalonWith a newly awakened icetiger for his companion, Talon is finally learning the magic of the Kriite people, including telepathy and shape-changing. After his home town Jaria is attacked by Zeikas he embarks...

Il capitano dei carabinieri, Lucio Mariani, improvvisamente si ritrova coinvolto in una storia antica,intrisa di mistero e intrighi che lo metterà a dura prova non solo per risolvere il mistero della morte dello zio, ma anche di fronte alle sue paure personali ed a vecchi ricordi che ormai aveva...

**In questo libro finalmente capirai il tuo fine nella vita, finalmente potrai rispondere alla domanda che tutti ci chiediamo "che cosa voglio fare nella mia vita" o da piccoli " che cosa voglio fare da grande " Socrate diceva "conosci te stesso"** bene in questo...

A guy, a husky dog, and a snowman… what a rare combination! Alwyn is a little lonely in his tiny house in the northern part of the country. Snow is everywhere, and he is bored out of his mind. His only buddy, Timber, a husky dog, keeps him company. But he still wants something else, someone...

Making new friends is a wonderful thing. Should you have a lot in common with your new friend? Do you have to look the same? What happens when you look very different from each other? “The Jungle Crew” is an enjoyable rhyming story about how animals big and small meet and become great friends....

Polly wants to give her mother something extra special for her birthday. What will she think of? Another bilingual adventure with Polly Possum in English and Spanish.

Per chi ha ancora il coraggio di amare e innamorarsi, per guardare alla realtà con occhi diversi, quelli del vostro cuore, e per far riflettere sul sentimento più misterioso e potente di tutti: l’Amore che ci fa girar la testa dalle emozioni, che ci fa battere il cuore riempiendolo di gioia, che...

A beautiful story of Zuka, a boy from Africa and Nidi, the butterfly.  

Nino sta per tirare un calcio di rigore...segnerà? Lo abbiamo fatto scrivere ai ragazzi del Secondo Circolo di Pompei che hanno dato libero sfogo alla fantasia per ideare i finali più divertenti ed originali, ma soprattutto per raccontare se stessi, le proprie paure, i propri desideri.Non è fontamentale...