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A collection of twenty horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: SOMETHING IN THE SKY: Strange things happen to two college students on Lovers Lane after a meteor cuts a path through a nearby cemetery. THE TOASTER: The City of Baltimore appropriates funds to move Edgar Allen Poe's grave site to a new mausoleum. LORD OF DARKNESS: Fred finds a large box on his doorstep with a horrific looking ebony statue inside that terrifies him. He abhors scary things and takes it to the city dump for disposal. THE METEOR: Newt is ...

Tom Swift is the main character in the book series of science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology. First published in 1910, the series total more than 100 volumes. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer. Tom's adventures have been written by various ghostwriters. Most of the books are credited to the collective pseudonym Victor Appleton. Most of the various series emphasized Tom's inventions.

Wolfsblut - ein Klassiker der Jugend- und Abenteuerliteratur. Der junge Wolf lernt das Leben in der Wildnis kennen, doch seine Mutter ist nur zur Hälfte Wolf. Und es gibt auch in Wolfsblut Instinkte, die ihn die Gesellschaft des Menschen suchen lassen... Packender Roman über Kälte, Natur, das Leben in der Wildnis - und die Freundschaft von Mensch und Tier.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: THE MALL OF THE DAMNED: During the zombie apocalypse, a masked assassin with unusual skills terrorizes five survivors seeking refuge in a mall. SHADOW OF A DOUBT- There's something Timothy is not telling about the fatal accident that took his sister's life. METAMORPHOSIS: A young teenager is repulsed when she looks in the mirror and pursues black magic to become beautiful. ANOTHER DAMN DAY IN VEGAS: Two detectives have a particularly grisly day chasing bad guys. ...

Cooper Landon is determined to keep what is rightfully his, even after he's wounded and stranded in the mountains. To survive, he must use his wit and knowledge against thieving outlaws and Indians. Meanwhile, Yancy Landon is determined to find his brother. There are many obstacles to overcome, including an escaped prisoner, a fire, missing money, and an old foe, Lee Mattingly. COOPER continues the story of The Landon Saga.

In Durchs wilde Kurdistan setzt Kara Ben Nemsi zusammen mit Halef und dem spleenigen Sir David Lindsay seine Orientreise fort...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: TOP OF THE WORLD: A dangerous hybrid of several species of animals has escaped from its cage at a remote research facility in the Arctic during a prolonged blizzard. THE ASYLUM: Paranormal investigators are sent to an abandoned mental institution when a teenager disappears after visiting it for a good scare with his buddies on Halloween. THE DEVIL'S DIARY: A horror author rents a creepy cabin to cure a bad case of writer's block and finds a journal written by a serial...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: HOUSE OF HORRORS: Tom and his wife relocate to a house owned by a notorious serial killer to afford the home of their dreams. THE PLAGUE SHIP: Jack and Emma are on a luxury cruise where a virus turns the passengers into ravenous ghouls. THE RANSOM OF RADCLIFF: Two small-time crooks experience obstacles when they kidnap a billionaire vampire's son THE MAN WITH TWO LIVES: After a devastating auto accident, a wealthy man resorts to a full body transplant, but the only ...

Yorkshire, North of England, 1786. As the abandoned son of a lascar—a sailor from India—Heathcliff has spent most of his young life maligned as an "outsider." Now he's been flung into an alien life in the Yorkshire moors, where he clings to his birth father's language even though it makes the children of the house call him an animal, and the maids claim he speaks gibberish. Catherine is the younger child of the estate's owner, a daughter with light skin and brown curls and a mother that nobody talks about. Her father is grooming her for a place in proper society, and that's all that matters.

Anne of Green Gables has been translated into at least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way through life in the fictional Canadian town of Avonlea, in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Experience the gritty realism of Billy Casper's world as he fights to escape the confines of life in a 1960's Yorkshire mining town by training and flying a hawk. "You'll not catch me! You'll never catch me."

Once upon a... time there was a marvellous land of Snergs. Miss Watkyns, a teacher who loved children, lived there. Just over the river lived Golithos, a not so friendly giant, who also loved children – with a lot of salt! He had a friend called Mother Meldrum, the wickedest witch that ever lived. When Sylvia and Joe run away for a big adventure their lives are in deadly peril when they fall into the clutches of these two evil characters.

Alex ha quindici anni. La malattia della madre lo costringe a lasciare una tranquilla cittadina californiana per seguire l'eccentrica nonna Kate, reporter di professione, in una spedizione nel centro dell'Amazzonia. Bisogna cercare una Bestia mostruosa e gigantesca che paralizza con il suo odore chi la incontra. Alex si trova così ad affrontare eventi e situazioni eccezionali, dalle banali punture d'insetti all'incontro con animali feroci, come l'affascinante giaguaro.

From Snuff: Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days’ fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whomever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile.

First written in 1904, this is one of Edith Nesbit's best-loved children's stories. It it the second story about a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - who live in London. One day their mother buys a new carpet for the nursery which mysteriously contains a stone egg. When the egg falls into the fire by accident, nobody can possibly imagine what adventures will be unleashed.

Robin Hood's father may now be Sheriff of Nottingham and working hard to root out police corruption and the remains of Guy Gisborne's criminal empire, but the Sherwood rebel's problems are far from over. Former sheriff Marjorie Kovacevic has been elected national president promising to round up illegal refugees and migrants and use the army to wipe out the rebels and bandits who control Sherwood Forest. But she needs to pass a new law before she can send in the troops to recapture Robin's home, Sherwood Castle.

Flickan Maj föds 1945 i Göteborg. Vi får följa hennes uppväxt på västkusten genom ett föränderligt 1950-tal. Här ryms glädje och vemod liksom drömmar om Paris och poesiskrivande. Redan i de yngre åren känner hon sig lite utanför, ligger och tänker och umgås inte så värst mycket med sina jämnåriga. Men tillsammans med sin frejdiga väninna Birgitta får hon ändå vara med om en hel del. Snart börjar de spana på killar och tiden rullar fort mellan vänskapen, familjen, studierna och semestervikariatet på Göteborgs-Posten.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror collections is 4.3!! The terrors include: COLD CALLS: Mortimer will stop at nothing to find new clients for a failing funeral parlor business passed down to him by his ruthless father. ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: SHADY REST: A rehabilitated psychopath, who inherited millions, leaves the asylum with eight friends willing to share her sprawling mansion. BELIEVE IT OR NOT: A bank robber soon regrets taking a desolate road to escape a roadblock. THE ROCK: A joke backfires when a youth puts his best friend's eye out with a rock after announcing his intentions to do it. THE DARK, CREEPY WOODS: Two teens decide to ignore the No Trespassing sign and enter the woods where three teens...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: DEAD PEOPLE: Jesse's father wants him to go to a wake to see his first dead person. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU: Bernard is the richest person in the world but learns he has only six months to live. TERMINATOR: Why is this dog kept in a cage in a four-car garage? Could he be responsible for the recent animal attacks? THE DEMON DOLL: Could this Voodoo Doll bought at a flea market really grant a wish when the moon is full? THE SANTA KILLER: A psycho killed his father ...