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Throughout history people have claimed, or have been claimed, to have magical powers through contacting dead spirits. This is a fascinating look at some of those people, from ancient times to the modern age.

No railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostock. It is not just its vast length and the great variety of the lands and climes through which it passes. It is not just its history as the line that linked the huge territories which are Russia together. It is a dream...

This is the true story of Juan Francisco Cortes from his birth in 1904 to his death in 1938 towards the end of the Spanish Civil War. In a village called Abdet about 25 km from Benidorm in southern Spain, a young couple, Felipe and Maria fall in love and as a result of their passions Maria becomes pregnant....

A fantastic look at the history of English literature from Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century to Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the 19th, taking in 30 authors on the way, including William Shakespeare, John Milton and Alexander Pope.

In 1895/6 the sixty-year-old Mark Twain set off on a worldwide lecture tour to pay off his debts from a publishing company bankruptcy, notes from which a year later became his final travel book Following the Equator. Two years later he wrote, 'How I did loathe that journey around the world! except...

In which street is the Diogenes Club? A Study in Pink is a problem deserving how many nicotine patches? Who is found dead in a locked chamber, with a poison dart above his ear? Which company employed a full-time secretary to answer Sherlock-related mail? What kind of creature swallowed the Blue Carbuncle?...

Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes? Do you want to know some incredible trivia about the world’s greatest detective? Whether it is Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s Sherlock that you enjoy, or Robert Downey Junior’s portrayal in the film series that piques your interest, this fantastic book of facts...

Are you a devoted fan of Cheryl Cole? Have you followed her career from the early days of Girls Aloud through to chart topping solo artist and glamorous X Factor judge? Do you consider yourself to be an expert on the woman who has become a trend setting style icon and global megastar? If so, now you...

Three of the short story collections starring the famous detective are combined here.Contains all the stories originally published in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905).Conan Doyle first published his fictional character...

Like many of Charles Dickens' novel, Bleak House is a social commentary and critique. It focuses on the failings of the British judiciary system, following the lives affected by the discovery that a man left more than one will.

The original text of one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. The play is presented here in it's original form, with all its original spelling intact.

The amiable detective-priest Father Brown, who brought Chesterton to a wider public first appeared in The Innocence of Father Brown and remains one of the best-known names in crime fiction.These two novels were first published in 1911 and 1914 and contain 12 short stories each.

The tales of five criminals (it is left up to the reader to work out which are the four ‘faultless’ of the five) told by G. K. Chesterton. Contains much of his trademark witty paradox and intrigue.

This book contains 100 questions on what is one of the most popular villains ever printed. Batman's nemesis the Joker. Questions on the comics and his various TV and movie appearances.