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Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead

A Fantasy Novel

by Robert Hood ...

In a place where no stars appear in the night sky, a group of strangers whose ancestries reach back to an earlier apocalyptic disaster are brought together to track down a resurrected corpse that might hold the key to the End of the World. Described by science fiction legend Jack Dann as "one of the strangest and most interesting visions to come out of the modern horror/fantasy genres," acclaimed ... Read more

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In a place where no stars appear in the night sky, a group of strangers whose ancestries reach back to an earlier apocalyptic disaster are brought together to track down a resurrected corpse that might hold the key to the End of the World. Described by science fiction legend Jack Dann as "one of the strangest and most interesting visions to come out of the modern horror/fantasy genres," acclaimed
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Scavengers

by Robert Hood ...

Mike Crowe doesn't believe in ghosts, but it seems there's one ghost that believes in him. Can he escape the attention of a psychopath long enough to help her?A not-exactly legal PI, Crowe is blackmailed into tracking down a serial killer known as The Scavenger. At the same time, he finds himself increasingly plagued by visions - and eventually visitations - of a young girl he failed to save from ... Read more

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Mike Crowe doesn't believe in ghosts, but it seems there's one ghost that believes in him. Can he escape the attention of a psychopath long enough to help her?A not-exactly legal PI, Crowe is blackmailed into tracking down a serial killer known as The Scavenger. At the same time, he finds himself increasingly plagued by visions - and eventually visitations - of a young girl he failed to save from
... Read more
A Vindication of Monsters

Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

by Lucy Sussex, Nancy Holder, Sara Karloff, Lisa Morton, Carina Bissett, Michele Brittany, Donald Prentice Jr, Ciarán Bruder, Piper Mejia, Anthony P Ferguson, Claire Fitzpatrick, Leslie S Klinger, Lee Murray, Jason Franks, Robert Hood, H K Stubbs, Matthew R Davis, Grant Butlier, Octavia Cade ...

In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn. The woman was Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Fanny Imlay, and her baby Mary Godwin, who, through many trials and tribulations, grew up to become the remarkable Mary Shelley, creator of one of the most important books in literature: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. While ... Read more

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In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn. The woman was Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Fanny Imlay, and her baby Mary Godwin, who, through many trials and tribulations, grew up to become the remarkable Mary Shelley, creator of one of the most important books in literature: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus. While
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The Poetry Of Death

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Hood, Robert Burns, Kahlil Gibran ...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this volume we look at Death, the end of mortality. Through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets the emotions of this subject are distilled to bring you a unique poetic guide ... Read more

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Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this volume we look at Death, the end of mortality. Through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets the emotions of this subject are distilled to bring you a unique poetic guide
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Kaiju Rising II

Reign of Monsters

Edited by N.X. Sharps, Alana Abbott ...

Series Book 2 - Kaiju Rising
We are surrounded. A wealthy man hunts the kaiju that killed his daughter on an island inhabited by mega-fauna. They are everywhere. By the light of a campfire a young girl shares the true story of the epic brawl that caused Hurricane Irene. There is no escape. Sabotage turns an international science competition into a monster and mecha massacre. They Reign. From deep ocean trenches and dense ... Read more

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We are surrounded. A wealthy man hunts the kaiju that killed his daughter on an island inhabited by mega-fauna. They are everywhere. By the light of a campfire a young girl shares the true story of the epic brawl that caused Hurricane Irene. There is no escape. Sabotage turns an international science competition into a monster and mecha massacre. They Reign. From deep ocean trenches and dense
... Read more
From the Waste Land

by Clare Rhoden, Grace Chan, Leanbh Pearson, Laura E.Goodin, Tee Linden, Jeff Clulow, B.P. Marshall, Cat Sparks, Aveline Perez de Vera, Geneve Flynn, Rebecca Dale, Eugen Bacon, Austin P. Sheehan, Rebecca Fraser, Tim Law, Louise Zedda-Sampson, Robert Hood, Francesca Bussey, Nikky Lee ...

From The Waste Land - stories inspired by T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Plaintive ghosts, deep space, medieval castles, rising seas, parched deserts, abandoned villages…Inspired by its powerful themes—still highly resonant in an era looking for hope—nineteen original tales mark the centenary of Eliot's poem. From the Waste Land brings together decorated writers and new voices in fantasy; ghost ... Read more

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From The Waste Land - stories inspired by T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Plaintive ghosts, deep space, medieval castles, rising seas, parched deserts, abandoned villages…Inspired by its powerful themes—still highly resonant in an era looking for hope—nineteen original tales mark the centenary of Eliot's poem. From the Waste Land brings together decorated writers and new voices in fantasy; ghost
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Mountain Tourism

Experiences, Communities, Environments and Sustainable Futures

by Senija Causevic, Joel Schmidt, Elizabeth Halpenny, Umberto Martini, Sanjay Nepal, Kathleen Scherf, Tracey J Dickson, Anne Terwiel, Marit Engeset, Sydney Johnsen, Michael Volgger, Dr Michael Lück, Thorvardur Aranson, Axel Dreyer, Robin Reid, Baikuntha Acharya, Robert Hood, Emmanuelle George, Simon Milne, Farhad Moghimehfar, Lluis Prats, Peet van der Merwe, Billy Colins, Peter Williams, Aurelia Kogler, Anita Zehrer, C Michael Hall ...

Mountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of mountain tourism experiences and the impacts tourism has on these environments. Including authors from ... Read more

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Mountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of mountain tourism experiences and the impacts tourism has on these environments. Including authors from
... Read more
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Shadow of a Shade, The

A man explores the Arctic, but his friend takes advantage of this

by Tom Hood ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

36 min

Tom Hood was born on the 19th January 1835 at Lake House, Leytonstone just outside of London, the son of the famed poet Thomas Hood.Hood was educated at University College School and Louth Grammar School before attending Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1853 to study for a career in the Church. Despite passing all of his exams he never graduated.Hood began writing at Oxford and first published soon ... Read more

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Tom Hood was born on the 19th January 1835 at Lake House, Leytonstone just outside of London, the son of the famed poet Thomas Hood.Hood was educated at University College School and Louth Grammar School before attending Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1853 to study for a career in the Church. Despite passing all of his exams he never graduated.Hood began writing at Oxford and first published soon
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - London

A celebration of English poems

by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Blake, John Keats, John Donne, Lord Byron, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Christina Rossetti, Alexander Pope, Edward Lear, Robert Browning, Thomas Hood, Daniel Defoe, Charlotte Mew, G K Chesterton, Thomas Gray, Charlotte Smith, Edward Thomas, William Morris, John Ruskin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Algernon Charles Swinburne ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

3 hours 7 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Victorian Ghost Story, The - The Men

Titans of literature such as Charles Dickens, M R James, Rudyard Kipling & more

by J Y Ackerman, Sheridan Le Fanu, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Charles Dickens, Reverend R S Hawker, Henry James, Tom Hood, Thomas Street Millington, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Jerome K Jerome, M R James, W W Jacobs, F G Loring, Barry Pain ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time.Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known ... Read more

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Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all things spiritual on ‘the other side’, then perhaps it’s simply right place, right time.Whatever the reasons given or proffered the reality and known
... Read more

Equoid: A Laundry Novella

A Tor.Com Original

by Charles Stross ...

Series series Laundry Files
Charles Stross's "Equoid" is a dark fantasy tale from the Hugo-winning author of Rule 34, Halting State, The Atrocity Archives, and many others.The "Laundry" is Britain's super-secret agency devoted to protecting the realm from the supernatural horrors that menace it. Now Bob Howard, Laundry agent, must travel to the quiet English countryside to deal with an outbreak of one of the worst horrors ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Charles Stross's "Equoid" is a dark fantasy tale from the Hugo-winning author of Rule 34, Halting State, The Atrocity Archives, and many others.The "Laundry" is Britain's super-secret agency devoted to protecting the realm from the supernatural horrors that menace it. Now Bob Howard, Laundry agent, must travel to the quiet English countryside to deal with an outbreak of one of the worst horrors
... Read more
L.A. Requiem

by Robert Crais ...

Series Book 5 - An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel
“Terrific entertainment . . . A powerful portrait of Los Angeles in our time: swift, colorful, gripping, a real knockout.”—Dean KoontzThe day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally ... Read more

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“Terrific entertainment . . . A powerful portrait of Los Angeles in our time: swift, colorful, gripping, a real knockout.”—Dean KoontzThe day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally
... Read more

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