Edith Nesbit - The House of Arden

Edith Nesbit - The House of Arden
The famous Arden family treasure has been missing for generations, and the last members of the Arden line, Edred, Elfrida, and their Aunt Edith, have nothing to their names but the crumbling castle they live in. Just before his tenth birthday, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden; he also learns that the missing fortune will be his if—and only if—he can find it before the turns ten. With no time to lose, Edred and Elfrida secure the help of a magical talking creature, the temperamental Mouldiwarp, who leads them on a treasure hunt through the ages. Together, brother and sister visit some of the most thrilling periods of history and test their wits against real witches, highwaymen, and renegades. They find plenty of adventure, but will they find the treasure before Edred’s birthday? Probably one of the best children's books ever written! Illustrated.

Pages: 260
ISBN: 9781329374232

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Viktor Rydberg - Fädernas gudasaga

Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895) återberättar här sagorna om våra fornnordiska gudar med Oden och Tor i spetsen. Om världens skapelse, världsträdet Yggrasil, de första människorna, Midgård och Valhall och de andra världarna, och om Ragnarök. Läs de svindlande äventyren som satt outplånliga spår i vår kulturhistoria och omgivning. Närmare en svensk "bibel" än så här går det inte att komma.

Sidor: 260
ISBN: 9781329373648

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Edith Nesbit - The Wonderful Garden

Do you believe in magic? Caroline, Charles and Charlotte do, and nothing that happens during their summer holiday at their great uncle's house does anything to diminish that belief. There the Three C.'s find a wonderful garden and some very old books, resulting in escapades which do not necessarily please the grown-ups. Edith Nesbit, as usual, transports us back to the hazy summer days of a well-to-do Edwardian childhood, liberally spiced with magic, humour and lessons learned. As Gore Vidal once wrote: "...though a reading of E. Nesbit is hardly going to change the pattern of a nation, there is some evidence that the child who reads her will never be quite the same again, and that is probably a good thing." Published more than 100 years ago, this is one of Nesbit's least-known children's books, out of print for many years but now it is finally back. Illustrated.

Pages: 248
ISBN: 9781329375222

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Howard Pyle - The Story of King Arthur and his Knights

In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle carries us back to the enchanting world of King Arthur and his Round Table. The book chronicles the adventures of Arthur as he draws the sword Excalibur from the anvil, proving his right to the throne, and as he courts and wins the heart of Guinevere. Later he suffers the treachery of the wicked Morgana le Fay and witnesses the tragic fate of the Enchanter Merlin. In Pyle’s classic retelling, the legends come alive in unsurpassed vividness. More powerful than any of Merlin’s spells, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights has enthralled and delighted generations of readers fascinated by chivalry, magic, and the unforgettable drama of medieval times. A wonderfully fantastical and compelling version of the Arthur legend. Howard Pyle's stories of King Arthur and his knights are themselves legendary. Colorful tales of chivalry are combined with his own detailed illustrations to create an elegant and beautiful book.

Pages: 360
ISBN: 9781329373815

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Bram Stoker - Under the Sunset and other fantasy stories

Bram Stoker is most remembered for Dracula, but he wrote a lot of other books including this lovely collection of fantasy short stories.
Far, far away, there is a beautiful Country which no human eye has ever seen in waking hours. Under the Sunset it lies, where the distant horizon bounds the day, and where the clouds, splendid with light and color, give a promise of the glory and beauty that encompass it. Sometimes it is given to us to see it in dreams. This Country is the Land Under the Sunset. This is the story of that Country, and what happened when evil came to abide there. It is a story all of us must hear.

Pages: 136
ISBN: 9781329025721

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Lars Ulwencreutz - Redaktör'n fäktar vidare

Redaktör'n fäktar vidare - i kampen att belysa verkligheten för de skumögda.

Redaktör’n är tillbaka! Oikofobernas skräck! Trots mordhot och telefonterror efter den förra boken, ”Redaktör’n har ordet”, är han nu alltså tillbaka, elakare än någonsin. Redaktör'n delar ut blandade käftsmällar åt de behövande och försöker belysa verkligheten för de skumögda. Politisk korrekthet är bannlyst här, vi föredrar att tänka självständigt och kritiskt. Endast döda fiskar flyter medströms som bekant. Redaktör'n hyser varken någon önskan eller förhoppning om att få folk att tycka och tänka som honom, tvärtom vill han få folk att tänka självständigt. Hans ständiga käpphäst är "Där alla tänker lika, är det inte många som tänker alls" - en perfekt beskrivning av en skock får. I den bästa av världar, och med en objektiv rapportering i press och media, skulle inte en bok som denna behövas. Men där är vi ju tyvärr inte. Så välkommen att ta del av Redaktör'ns syn på tillvaron i det land han kallar Absurdien.

Sidor: 372
ISBN: 9781329373990

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William Morris - Golden Wings and other fantasy stories

Golden Wings and Other Fantasy Stories is a collection of fantasy short stories by William Morris including the classics “Lindenborg Pool” and “The Hollow Land” among others.

Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781329025783

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Verner von Heidenstam - Svenskarna och deras hövdingar

Svenskarna och deras hövdingar är en bok med noveller skriven av Verner von Heidenstam 1908–1910, avsedd som läsebok i historia, på samma sätt som Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige var det i geografi. Den ingick i serien Läseböcker för Sveriges barndomsskolor. Novellerna är historiskt baserade och sträcker sig från sagoåldern till Bernadotte. Här finns Ynglingaätten, Ansgars besök på Birka, Håtunaleken, Nyköpings gästabud och alla andra dramatiska ögonblick ur vår historia. Kort sagt innehåller den allt man behöver veta för att vara allmänbildad i svensk historia.

Sidor: 564
ISBN: 9781329025554

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Eleanor M Ingram - The Thing from the Lake

To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assistance of his cousin Phillida and her beau Ethan Vere, he sets about fixing up the place. Immediately however, an unseen mysterious woman begins giving him warnings during nocturnal visits to leave the house at once. Soon he begins hearing strange ominous sounds emanating from the tiny lake at the back of the house coupled with a permeation of sickly odors. An evil presence then begins to visit him during the witching hours of the late night, challenging him to a battle of wits from which there can be only one victor. Is his mysterious female visitor there to help and encourage him to flee from the house, or is she working in tandem with The Thing From the Lake? A gripping, occasionally frightening tale, Ms. Eleanor M Ingram wastes no time in grabbing the reader into the story and manages to weave a tale that will leave the reader guessing at every turn of events.

Pages: 204
ISBN: 9781329025707

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Carolyn Wells - The Man Who Fell Through the Earth

The Man Who Fell Through the Earth by Carolyn Wells. A lawyer is leaving his office on the top floor of an office building. He sees the shadows of two men fighting through the clouded glass of an office door followed by a shot from the office across the hall. He goes to investigate. He finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him in the hallway without being seen. A murder has been committed, that of the banker. Who is the murderer? A business associate, the banker’s beautiful ward, or a mysterious woman who had been in the office earlier? And what part, if any, was played by the amnesia victim pulled from the river; a man who insists that his earliest memory is of falling through a hole in the earth?

Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781329025387

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What if... No 3 - Occult Detective Fiction

Special issue - Occult Detective Stories

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Francis Stevens - The Heads of Cerberus

Written by the woman whose pseudonym was Francis Stevens, it has been hailed as the first alternate history novel. Fantasy master H. P. Lovecraft hailed Francis Stevens as among "the top grade of writers." "The Heads of Cerberus" tells of "an alternate-world Philadelphia, reached by a handful of this-world people. This Philadelphia is one in which the political corruptors have become ruthless autocrats, ruling through phony "civic service" competitions which result in cynically brutal enslavement of the people. The name of William Penn has become, under the organizational label of "Penn Service," the very fountainhead of viciously depraved, dictatorial government. Definitely a classic and fun to read."

Pages: 216
ISBN: 9781329025431

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