It is 1888 and the foggy streets of Whitechapel, one of the poorest areas of Victorian London, are gripped by fear. Five women thought have been murdered by the same hand, all but one of their corpses terrifyingly mutilated. But who were these women? And who could the murderer be? This fascinating book contains over one hundred facts about the awful crimes of the serial killer we all know as Jack the Ripper. Organised into sections covering each individual victim, clues to the Ripper's identity, possible suspects and more, this is an excellent addition to any classic crime fan's bookshelf.

A comic tale of gangsters, first love and the crooked path to the straight and narrow: Mercedes Bent is trying to go straight - if only her family weren't so crooked. Mercedes has carved herself a nice little niche at the Daphne Pincher Academy for young ladies, running a sweepstake and taking bets on anything that moves. The only fly in the ointment is her arch-rival, gangster's daughter, Harley Spinks. How come she's got the great work placement and Mercedes has ended up in a boring bank? But things start to look up when Mercedes wangles a date with the bank's hottest young trainee, Zak - until she finds out that it's not just the Spinks gamg who are into dodgy dealings: her own brothers are as crooked as a pair of corkscrews too! It's a safe bet that Mercedes will have to keep her family's illegal acitivities under wraps - if she's to have even an outside chance with the boy of her dreams.

There's a new pupil at St Agnes' school in the historic city of Meresbury. She's a mysterious, otherworldly girl called Emerald Greene. A girl without a past, without a family or friends. When Jess and Richie decide to befriend her, they're in for a few shocks - for Emerald lives in a mansion which doesn't exist, and can see things nobody else can see. Meanwhile, Meresbury becomes home to a series of strange events. What is the secret of the tomb which the eccentric Professor Ulverston has unearthed in an ancient stone circle? Where does the talking cat come from? And why have Mr Courtney and his Special Measures operatives arrived in town? With unearthly apparitions stalking the land, Jess and Richie soon realise that their mysterious classmate might be the only one to know what's happening. But it seems Emerald Greene has her own secrets - and nobody is quite sure whose side she is really on...

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.

This fantastic book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Incas. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about emperors, cities, religion, gods, everyday life and many more. The 'All About' series is an educational collection of books from P S Quick, and is targeted to interest 7 to 11 year olds - but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.

A collection of Austen's earliest writings, written when she was very young. Many of these were written for the amusement of her family, and are reproduced here in their original form, with all misspellings and other inaccuracies intact.A fascinating look into the young mind of one of the world's greatest authors. You can already see in these writings the beginnings of what would become the unmistakable Jane Austen style.

Tanara Oriana moare intr-un accident, chiar in ziua nuntii ei. Pentru oricine, acesta ar parea sfarsitul. Nu si pentru ea. Se intoarce ca recuperator de suflete, insa nu la vechea viata si familie, pentru care trebuie sa ramana moarta, ci la una cu totul noua. Rasfatul si confortul, considerate garantate mai inainte, se duc acum pe Apa Sambetei. Va trebui sa lupte pentru a-i salva pe ceilalti, dar si pe sine. Apar noi prieteni, noi dusmani si… prima iubire? Exista viata dupa moarte? Unii vor spune ca da, altii ca nu. Dar exista un raspuns la care cu siguranta nu v-ati gandit. Exista recuperatorii de suflete. Smulsi din existentele lor, sunt aruncati in altele, neintrebati de nimeni, fara sa li se ceara acceptul. Trebuie doar sa se supuna legilor celor de Dincolo. Iar unii aleg razvratirea…In volumul 3, lucrurile iau o intorsatura la care nimeni nu s-ar fi gandit. Ce este Dincolo? Indiferent cu ti-ai imaginat tu, cititorule ca e, nimic din ce ai trait pana acum ne te-a pregatit pentru ce vei afla.Ai curaj? Atunci, continua aventura alaturi de Oriana si ingerii ei.

Owen élete fenekestül felfordul, amikor apja, akit a fiú meggy?z?dése szerint ártatlanul ítéltek el, meghal a b?rt?nben. Monroe, a fiú iskolájának informatikusa felajánlja neki, hogy egy Animus használatával lehet?vé teszi Owen számára, hogy tisztázza apja nevét. Az eszk?z segítségével ugyanis feltárhatja a saját DNS-ében rejl? genetikus emlékeket. ?m Owen nagyobb fába vágta a fejszéjét, mint hitte. A szimuláció alatt ugyanis felfedez egy ?si és nagy hatalmú, rég elveszettnek hitt relikviát – az ?denszigonyt. Két rivális titkos szervezet, az Orgyilkos Testvériség és a Templomos Rend semmit?l sem riad vissza, hogy megszerezze ezt az ereklyét. Owen számára hamarosan nyilvánvalóvá válik, hogy csak úgy menekülhet meg, ha ? találja meg el?sz?r a Szigonyt. Monroe irányítása alatt Owen és néhány másik fiatal egy olyan szimulációba lépnek be, amely a DNS-eikben lév? k?z?s emlékeken alapul: az 1863-as New York-i felkelés idejébe térnek vissza. Owen és társai súlyos kihívásokkal kerülnek szembe a forrongó város utcáin, ott megélt tapasztalatiknak pedig hosszú távú k?vetkezményei lesznek a jelenben. A t?bbsz?r?sen díjnyertes Matthew J. Kirby trilógiájában egy az Assassin’s Creed világában játszódó teljesen új t?rténetet ismerhetünk meg, amely szorosan illeszkedik a kánonba, számtalan utalással a játékokra és a decemberben mozikba kerül? filmre.

Miután John és Brooke magára maradt, városról városra stoppolva vadásznak Amerika k?zép-nyugati részén a még megmaradt utolsó Sorvadtakra. Csakhogy a Sorvadtak is vadásznak rájuk, ráadásul az FBI is a nyomukban van. Minden újabb várossal, minden újabb kamionos pihen?vel, minden újabb autópályával egyre k?zelebb kerülnek egy olyan kegyetlen gyilkoshoz, akire John semmilyen jól bejáratott analitikus és el?rejelz? módszere nem alkalmazható. K?zben Brooke meghasadt pszichéje az elméjén osztozó t?bb százezer halott személyiségt?l túlterhelve tántorog az ?sszeomlás peremén. Hol birtokában van szellemi képességeinek, hol nem, és minden nap új nevek, gondolatok és emlékek t?rnek felszínre benne, mígnem felbukkan az a személyiség, akire John végképp nem számított: Senki utolsó áldozata, csapdába esve John egyetlen megmaradt barátjának testében.

A New York Times bestseller Hollóárnyék-trilógia Magyarországon is nagy sikert elért szerz?jének új sorozata! TARTALOM: Véráldottak – olyan férfiak és n?k, akik a vad sárkányok véréb?l készült elixírek elfogyasztásával mérhetetlen er?knek parancsolnak. A Vashajó Szindikátust a véráldottak hatalma tette naggyá. Most azonban pusztító vihar k?zeleg: a sárkányok vérvonala gyengül?ben, a felemelked? Korvantin Birodalom pedig ugrásra készen várja a pillanatot, hogy kihasználhassa a Szindikátus gyengeségét. Ráadásul a vadonban is mozgolódás támad: a sárkányok támadásai egyre gyakoribbá válnak – és ami még ennél is rosszabb, szervezettnek t?nnek. Az utolsó reménysugár nem más, mint egy mitikus sárkány, amelynek nagyerej? vére valódi csodákra képes – ha egyáltalán létezik ez a rejtélyes lény. A sors végül három h?st választ ki magának. Claydon Tocreekre, a lajstromozatlan véráldottra és kisstíl? tolvajra hárul a feladat, hogy az ismeretlen vadonban felkutassa a legendás sárkányt, aminek a létezésében még csak nem is hisz. Lizanne Lethridge, a Szindikátus félelmetes erej?, ifjú elit kéme hirtelen találja magát ellenséges terepen, küldetése egyre veszedelmesebb helyzetekbe sodorja. Corrick Hilemore, az ismert világ peremén cirkáló kalózvadász Vashajó parancsnokhelyettese k?nnyen lehet, hogy túl nagy fába vágta a fejszéjét, amikor a k?ny?rtelen rablók nyomába eredt – és helyettük egy jóval komolyabb ellenséggel kerül szembe. Ahogy a birodalmak egymásnak feszülnek, mindhármuknak harcolni kell azért, amiben hisznek, ha nem akarják, hogy a világot elnyelje az ébred? t?z.

45.538 de cuvinte. At?tea stau str?nse ?n cartea asta. A?a ?mi indic? un contor al softului ?n care am editat textul. Ceea ce ?nseamn? c? ?n aceast? prezentare a ei, a c?r?ii, trebuie s? m? comport ca un gospodar care ar ?ncerca s? hr?neasc? toat? p?s?rimea satului cu o singur? m?n? de gr?un?e. N-am cum. ?i nici n-a? vorbi despre ea a?a cum o facem despre copiii no?tri, care sunt mereu ?i mai de?tep?i, mai frumo?i sau m?car mai ?nal?i dec?t ai altora. ?n momentul ?sta, tot programul de editare m? salveaz?. Observ c? are posibilitatea de a rezuma textul meu ?n numai zece sentin?e: De riduri. De paradigm?. Nu de om, ci de m?gar [...] De necur??ie. De ?coal?. De efeminat. De care uitasem. De munc?. De butie. De p?reri. ?mi dau seama ?ns? c? posibilul cititor interesat, ori librarul care ar dori s? v?nd? cartea, nu are cum s? ?n?eleag? prea multe din asta. Nu pricep nici eu de unde apeten?a programului pentru prepozi?ia de. Sunt singur ?n cas?, nimeni nu-?i poate da cu p?rerea despre volumul ?sta, editorii m? sun? rug?nd s? le trimit acest sinopsis. ?n clipa aia, Cimbru, c?inele meu, cel care m? ?n?elege mereu at?t de bine, ??i f?lf?ie coada pe l?ng? cracii pantalonilor mei. ?i pun manuscrisul ?n fa?? ?i-l rog s? m? ajute cumva. ?l miroase curios, de dou?, trei ori, p?n? ??i d? seama c? nu-i bun de m?ncat. E clar, cartea asta nu este bun? de m?ncat! Poate o fi bun? la altceva. Nu ?tiu, m?car ca palet? de ping-pong.

Karinthy legismertebb, legnépszer?bb m?ve mindmáig az ?gy írtok ti. Ez a m? hozta meg számára az ismertséget, ezzel a k?nyvével aratta els? igazi, nagy sikerét. A kávéházi játékokból, nemzedéktársainak kigúnyolásából alakult karikatúrasorozat id?vel tudatos enciklopédiává b?vült, s nemcsak a magyar szerz?k arcképcsarnoka teljesedett ki, hanem világirodalmi és m?faji tematikával is gazdagodott. Máig ható sikerének titka, hogy Karinthy a célba vett írói egyéniség egész karakterét, az alkotói modor és modorosság torzképét rajzolta meg. K?tetünk a Még mindig így írtok ti méltán híres gy?jteményén túl a korabeli lapokban megjelent k?zlések legjobb gúnyrajzait is tartalmazza.

Partenerul este asemenea unei oglinzi, iar ?n oglind? ni se reveleaz? solu?ia. ?ntr-o rela?ie nu se petrece nimic ?nt?mpl?tor, deoarece fiin?a pe care ai atras-o ?n via?a ta face parte din planul vie?ii tale. Ceea ce spune sau nu, ceea ce g?nde?te sau simte, modul ?n care se comport? ??i oglindesc for?ele energetice l?untrice care ??i ghideaz? via?a ?i rela?ia. Prin intermediul principiului oglinzii vei fi capabil s? descifrezi tiparele incon?tiente. Dac? ?n?elegi ce a ac?ionat p?n? acum ?n fundal, vei atrage transform?ri benefice ?n via?a ta.? Blocajele suflete?ti vor disp?rea, iar ?n fi nal se poate petrece ceea ce dou? fiin?e umane privesc drept cea mai ?nalt? fericire comun?: o iubire eliberat? ?i profund ?mplinitoare, pentru fiin?a iubit? ?i pentru tine ?nsu?i. Cartea de fa?? este asemenea unui program practic, menit s? vindece blocajele rela?ionale, s? aduc? o profund? cunoa?tere de sine ?i s? ofere posibilitatea dob?ndirii unei reale eliber?ri interioare. ??n rela?ii nu exist? noroc sau ghinion. Exist? doar iubire ?i tipare ascunse. Iar dincolo de tipare te a?teapt? ?mplinire ?i libertate.”

After the publication of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" I began to receive letters from children, telling me of their pleasure in reading the story and asking me to "write something more" about the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. At first I considered these little letters, frank and earnest though they were, in the light of pretty compliments; but the letters continued to come during succeeding months, and even years. Finally I promised one little girl, who made a long journey to see me and prefer her request,—and she is a "Dorothy," by the way—that when a thousand little girls had written me a thousand little letters asking for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman I would write the book, Either little Dorothy was a fairy in disguise, and waved her magic wand, or the success of the stage production of "The Wizard of OZ" made new friends for the story, For the thousand letters reached their destination long since—and many more followed them. ? ?And now, although pleading guilty to long delay, I have kept my promise in this book. L. FRANK BAUM., Chicago, June, 1904 To those excellent good fellows and comedians David C. Montgomery and Frank A. Stone whose clever personations of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land, this book is gratefully dedicated by THE AUTHOR Chapter 1 Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead ??In the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip. There was more to his name than that, for old Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was expected to say such a long word when "Tip" would do just as well. This boy remembered nothing of his parents, for he had been brought when quite young to be reared by the old wom-an known as Mombi, whose reputation, I am sorry to say, was none of the best. For the Gillikin people had reason to suspect her of indulging in magical arts, and therefore hesi-tated to associate with her. Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any oth-er Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip's guardian, how-ever much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess. ? Tip was made to carry wood from the forest, that the old woman might boil her pot. He also worked in the corn-fields, hoeing and husking; and he fed the pigs and milked the four-horned cow that was Mombi's especial pride... ? ABOUT AUTHOR: Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856–May 6, 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of one of the most popular books ever written in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen.? Other Books of Author: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) American Fairy Tales (1901) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) Ozma of Oz (1907) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) Glinda of Oz (1920) The Road to Oz (1909) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)

Alexandra, o adolescent? rebel?, este trimis? de p?rin?i s? ??i petreac? vacan?a de var? ?ntr-un sat din Transilvania, pentru a fi ?ndep?rtat? de o iubire considerat? imoral?. Odat? ajuns? ?n V., ea este atras? de pove?tile localnicilor legate de o crim? s?v?r?it? ?n urm? cu mai mult de un veac: contesa Aneke fusese acuzat? de incest ?i vr?jitorie ?i ucis? ?n p?dure. Alexandra porne?te pe urmele contesei, hot?r?t? s? afle ce s-a ?nt?mplat cu adev?rat. Castelul ascunde mistere la fiecare col?… Pe m?sur? ce fapte ?i personaje stranii ies la iveal?, Alexandra ??i d? seama c? are ?n comun cu frumoasa vr?jitoare mai mult dec?t ?i-ar fi imaginat, inclusiv iubirea ei secret? ?i interzis?. Va reu?i Alexandra s? salveze aceast? iubire ?i ?n final propria via??, sau va avea soarta tragic? a Anekei?Dou? lumi distincte se ?ntrep?trund: lumea adolescen?ilor de azi, cu Facebook, concerte rock, tatuaje ?i pierce-uri, ?i lumea contesei disp?rute, cu intrigi de curte ?i pove?ti uitate.Un mistery romance ?n tonuri ?ntunecate despre incest, supersti?ii, tr?d?ri, secrete, legende transmise peste veacuri.

Cafeaua fierbinte coboar i urc n acelai timp, ceaca se umple, pereii rotunzi se nclzesc, Tante Dante (din prun) simte cldura i se trezete, Nea Tza simte n nri aburul cafelei i deschide ochii, midiile snt deja fierbini, Tante Dante ateapt cuminte, n prun, s fie servit. De ani de zile, n fiecare diminea, mblnzitorul privete amuzat cum cafeaua fierbinte readuce la via imaginea inscripionat pe ceaca de cafea, mblnzitorul privete cum, simind cldura cafelei, Tante Dante i Nea Tza ncep s se mite de fiecare dat dup acelai scenariu, adresndu-i din fotografia aceea fierbinte aceleai cuvinte, de ani i ani de zile:— Bun dimineaa, Tante Dante!— Bune midii, Nea Tza!“

O sut? cincizeci de mii la peluze e una dintre cele mai puternice c?r?i scrise ?n perioada postsocialist?. E o carte care, la fel ca ?i Tratat de Tanatofobie sau ?oboloniada (de Steliana Grama) va bulversa, cu siguran??, clasamentele literaturii contemporane. Doar c?, spre deosebire de celelalte dou? c?r?i, tragem n?dejdea c? cei care fac critic? literar? nu vor str?mba din nas ?i o vor citi acum. Iar dac? acest lucru nu se va ?nt?mpla, suntem siguri c? peste ani se va g?si cineva care o va descoperi ?i o va aprecia la justa valoare. (Dumitru Crudu)Diana Iepure e o poet? matur? ?i complet?, textele ei sunt scrise bine ?i controlate, iar cartea unitar? adun? ?i formeaz? o lume proprie, ceea ce e foarte important pentru un poet, o lume contradictorie ?n raport cu titlul c?r?ii. Un experiment interesant, cu r?d?cini ad?nci ?n .md, care m? face curios ?n leg?tur? cu urm?torul proiect al Dianei Iepure. (Mihail Vakulovski)Poezii ca ni?te scrisorele sau file de jurnal simulat adolescentin. Cele mai bune mostre, ?lefuite ?i frizate exact c?t s? nu par? prea aranjate, sunt parc? inspirate de noua sinceritate sau, ?i mai bine, de experien?ele holistice, intime ale performatismului. Diana Iepure este valoroas? pentru c? reu?e?te s? scape influen?elor. Uneori, e bine ca poe?ii s? stea mai mult ?n cas?, s? c?nte la pian, s? vad? c?t mai rar al?i poe?i. (Felix Nicolau)

Auzim adesea pe c?te cineva spun?nd, Via?a mea e un roman! Dar c??i dintre noi au curajul s? zugr?veasc? ?n cuvinte ?i s? pun? pe h?rtie ceea ce li s-a ?nt?mplat de-a lungul anilor?Elena Dican este unul dintre foarte pu?inii care ?i-au transformat amintirile ?ntr-un roman. Domnia-sa nu numai c? a trecut testul curajului, dar a ?i dovedit c? are toate calit??ile necesare pentru a duce un astfel de proiect la bun sf?r?it: u?urin?a de a construi scene memorabile, de a da via?? fiin?elor evocate, cre?nd personaje veridice, gata s? sar? din pagin? ?n via?a real?, precum ?i capacitatea de a medita pe marginea celor v?zute, auzite, experimentate ?i rememorate.?n acest fel, scrierea Elenei Dican creeaz? nu un jurnal al vie?ii sale, ci un adev?rat roman, cu toate valen?ele ?i atributele romanului, dar care p?streaz? ?n acela?i timp ?i valoarea de document al vremurilor ceau?iste ?i al vremurilor de azi. Prin mijloacele specifice acestei specii literare, autoarea direc?ioneaz? cu mare pricepere curiozitatea ?i imagina?ia cititorului c?tre mesajul pe care ?l are de transmis.Un mesaj plin de c?ldur?, de umanitate, de ?ncredere ?n via?? ?i de recuno?tin?? pentru ceea ce este frumos ?i atr?g?tor pe aceast? lume.

The book's protagonist is an English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey in Victorian England, and identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller. The narrator recounts the Traveller's lecture to his weekly dinner guests that time is simply a fourth dimension, and his demonstration of a tabletop model machine for travelling through it. He reveals that he has built a machine capable of carrying a person, and returns at dinner the following week to recount a remarkable tale, becoming the new narrator.In the new narrative, the Time Traveller tests his device with a journey that takes him to A.D. 802,701, where he meets the Eloi, a society of small, elegant, childlike adults. They live in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings, doing no work and having a frugivorous diet. His efforts to communicate with them are hampered by their lack of curiosity or discipline, and he speculates that they are a peaceful communist society, the result of humanity conquering nature with technology, and subsequently evolving to adapt to an environment in which strength and intellect are no longer advantageous to survival. Returning to the site where he arrived, the Time Traveller is shocked to find his time machine missing, and eventually works out that it has been dragged by some unknown party into a nearby structure with heavy doors, locked from the inside, which resembles a Sphinx. Later in the dark, he is approached menacingly by the Morlocks, ape-like troglodytes who live in darkness underground and surface only at night. Within their dwellings he discovers the machinery and industry that makes the above-ground paradise possible. He alters his theory, speculating that the human race has evolved into two species: the leisured classes have become the ineffectual Eloi, and the downtrodden working classes have become the brutish light-fearing Morlocks. Deducing that the Morlocks have taken his time machine, he explores the Morlock tunnels, learning that they feed on the Eloi. His revised analysis is that their relationship is not one of lords and servants but of livestock and ranchers. The Time Traveller theorizes that intelligence is the result of and response to danger; with no real challenges facing the Eloi, they have lost the spirit, intelligence, and physical fitness of humanity at its peak. Meanwhile, he saves an Eloi named Weena from drowning as none of the other Eloi take any notice of her plight, and they develop an innocently affectionate relationship over the course of several days. He takes Weena with him on an expedition to a distant structure that turns out to be the remains of a museum, where he finds a fresh supply of matches and fashions a crude weapon against Morlocks, whom he fears he must fight to get back his machine. He plans to take Weena back to his own time. Because the long and tiring journey back to Weena's home is too much for them, they stop in the forest, and they are then overcome by Morlocks in the night, and Weena faints. The Traveller escapes only when a small fire he had left behind them to distract the Morlocks catches up to them as a forest fire; Weena is presumably lost in the fire, as are the Morlocks. The Morlocks use the time machine as bait to ensnare the Traveller, not understanding that he will use it to escape. He travels further ahead to roughly 30 million years from his own time. There he sees some of the last living things on a dying Earth, menacing reddish crab-like creatures slowly wandering the blood-red beaches chasing butterflies in a world covered in simple lichenous vegetation. He continues to make short jumps through time, seeing Earth's rotation gradually cease and the sun grow larger, redder, and dimmer, and the world falling silent and freezing as the last degenerate living things die out.

In “True Ghost Stories,” Mr. Carrington presents a number of startling cases of this character; but they are not the ordinary “ghost stories”—based on pure fiction, and having no foundation in reality. Here we have a well-arranged collection of incidents, all thoroughly investigated and vouched for, and the testimony obtained first-hand and corroborated by others. The chapter on “Haunted Houses” is particularly striking. The first chapter deals with the interesting question, “What is a Ghost?” and attempts to answer this question in the light of the latest scientific theories which have been advanced to explain these supernatural happenings and visitants. It is a book of absorbing interest, and cannot fail to grip and hold the attention of every reader—no matter whether he be a student of these questions, or one merely in search of hair-raising anecdotes and stories. He will find them here a-plenty! The following little book endeavors to bring together a number of “ghost stories” of the more startling and dramatic type,—but stories, nevertheless, which seem to be well authenticated; and which have been obtained, in most instances, at first hand, from the original witnesses; and often contain corroborative testimony from others who also experienced the ghostly phenomena. Some of these incidents, indeed, rise to the dignity of scientific evidence; others are less well authenticated cases,—but interesting for all that. These have been grouped in various Chapters, according to their evidential value. Chapters II. and III. contain well-evidenced cases, some of which have been taken from the Proceedings and Journals of the Society for Psychical Research (S. P. R.), or from Phantasms of the Living, or from other scientific books, in which narratives of this character receive serious consideration. Chapter V., on the contrary, contains a number of incidents which,—striking and dramatic as they are,—cannot be included in the two earlier Chapters, as presenting real evidence of Ghosts; but are published rather as startling and interesting ghost stories. Chapter IV., devoted to “Haunted Houses,” contains brief accounts of the most famous Haunted Houses, and of the phenomena which have been witnessed within them. Appendix A gives a list of a few of the important “Historical Ghosts,” Appendix B describes the “Phantom Armies” lately seen by the Allied troops in France—while Appendix C lists a number of books of Ghost Stories which the interested reader may care to peruse. A short Glossary, at the beginning of the book, explains the meaning of certain terms used,—which are not, perhaps, ordinarily met with in books of this character. In the Introductory Chapter, I have endeavored to explain, very briefly, the nature and character of Ghosts; what they are; and the various scientific theories which have been brought forward, of late years, to explain Ghosts. I hope that this may prove of interest to the reader; in case it does not do so, he is invited to “skip” directly to Chapter II., which begins our account of “True Ghost Stories.” I wish to express my thanks in this place to the Council of the English S. P. R. for special permission to quote and to summarize several striking cases here reproduced; also to Miss Estelle Stead, for permission to utilize several cases previously printed at length in Mr. Wm. T. Stead’s collections of Ghost Stories. H. C. [Author]

Some writing classes caution their students to avoid first-person stories—too traditional, too dated, too difficult to sell. We’ve convinced 5-time Hugo Award winner Mike Resnick to show you how it’s done with two dozen of his best first-person stories. You want Hugo nominees? We got ’em. Humor? Them, too. Award winners and nominees? Yep. Fantasy? But, of course. Science fiction? Absolutely. Sherlock Holmes? We’ve even got one of them. Mike Resnick is, according to Locus magazine, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short fiction. First Person Peculiar will explain why.