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  • Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

    by John Bangs ...
    If we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by giving way to our fears, we should enjoy the supernatural exceedingly, it seems to me. Coleridge, I think it was, was once asked by a lady if he believed in ghosts, and he replied, "No, madame; I have seen too many of them." Which is my case ... Read more

    $1.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Little Book of Christmas (Unabridged) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Illustrated Victorian Christmas tales of Santa, childhood whimsy, and satirical humor

    by John Kendrick Bangs, Reid Graybourne ...
    A Little Book of Christmas (Unabridged) gathers John Kendrick Bangs's genial seasonal sketches into a compact volume of festive reflection, domestic comedy, and moral fancy. Written in the polished idiom of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Christmas gift book, it mingles light satire with sincere sentiment, treating Christmas not merely as a holiday but as a civilizing imaginative ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Half-Hours with the Idiot

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    The Idiot, a recurring character in Bangs' works, is portrayed as a well-meaning but dim-witted individual who often finds himself in comical and ludicrous situations. The essays and stories in "Half-Hours with the Idiot" follow the Idiot's misadventures as he navigates various scenarios and interacts with other characters, who are often exasperated by his antics.Bangs' writing style is ... Read more

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  • R. Holmes & Co

    by John Bangs ...
    A collection of 10 short stories about the son of Sherlock Holmes and grandson of Raffles. ... Read more

    $3.92 CAD

  • Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching

    From Political Visions to Classroom Reality

    by John Bangs, Maurice Galton, John Macbeath ...
    What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a coalition ... Read more

    $54.95 CAD

  • Delphi Complete Works of John Kendrick Bangs (Illustrated)

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    Series Book 24 - Delphi Series Ten
    The late nineteenth century American humorist John Kendrick Bangs was an inventive satirical writer, who inspired the genre of Bangsian fantasy. Famous works like ‘A House-Boat on the Styx’ employed a fantastical premise, involving the use of famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the Afterlife. In the popular magazines ‘Puck’ and ‘Life’, Bangs created numerous ... Read more

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  • Mrs Raffles

    by John Bangs ...
    Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman. ... Read more

    $3.92 CAD

  • Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

    by John Bangs ...
    By the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. A fascinating, pulse-pounding, terrifying classic of ghost story lore, surely not to be missed! ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Idiot (unabridged)

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    Narrated by Gregg Margarite ...
    Series series Svenska Ljud Classica

    Unabridged

    2 hours 17 min

    The Idiot is anything but, yet that is how his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers Pedagog's home for single gentlemen see him. His brand of creative thought is dismissed as foolishness. And yet, it starts to get under their skin, because when you are beneath contempt, you can say what you please. Funny, clever, poignant and as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago, this is the first of John ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Enchanted Typewriter

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    According to Wikipedia: "John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife." ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • John Kendrick Bangs: 14 books of humorous fantasy

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    This file includes: Andiron Tales; The Autobiography of Methuselah; The Booming of Acre Hill and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life; Coffee and Repartee; The Enchanted Typewriter; Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others; A House-Boat on the Styx; The Idiot; Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica; Olympian Nights; The Pursuit of the House-Boat, being some further account of the divres doings of the ... Read more

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  • R. Holmes & Co.

    by John Kendrick Bangs ...
    Raffles Holmes possesses all of the detection skills of his father, Sherlock—with none of the responsibilityRaffles Holmes comes from impressive stock, with both larceny and detection in his blood in equal measure. He's the son of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, and the grandson of gentleman criminal A. J. Raffles. No wonder he's so conflicted between the desire to solve crimes and the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD