The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Langan John)(Paperback)

The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Langan John)(Paperback)

'I want to be like John Langan when I grow up, okay? He blends meticulously crafted traditional narratives with joyous genre-bending and narrative rule-breaking. His stories are fiercely smart, timely, timeless, heartbreaking, and of course, flat-out scary. Langan fearlessly commits to his

Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies (Langan John)(Paperback)

John Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with a new book of stories.An aspiring actress goes to an audition with a mysterious director. An editor receives the last manuscript of his murdered friend. A young lawyer learns the terrible connection between her

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback)

When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to

Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being (Barrow John D.)(Paperback)

John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of the universe. Barrow begins by investigating

Geographies of Postcolonialism: Spaces of Power and Representation (Sharp Joanne)(Paperback)

Geographies of Postcolonialism introduces the principal themes and theories relating to postcolonialism. Written from a geographical perspective, the text includes extended explanations of the cultural and material aspects of the subject. Exploring postcolonialism through the geographies of

The Fisherman (Langan John)(Paperback)

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each

Colour in Art (World of Art) - Kelly Grovier, John Gage

A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art by John Gage, author of the award-winning Colour and Culture. The complex phenomenon of colour has received detailed attention from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, physiology, psychology, linguistics

Walk the Darkness Down (Boden John)(Paperback)

Some things are older than time. Older than darkness.-Levi is a monstrous man-made of scars and scary as hell, he's glutted on ghosts and evolving to carry out the dark wishes of the ancient whispers in his head. He's building a door and what's on the other side is terrifying.-Jones spent a lot of

Sky Ship and other stories: A Bloomsbury Reader (McCaughrean Geraldine)(Paperback / softback)

The Campden Wonder (Masefield John)(Paperback)

THIS 34 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Tragedy of Nan and Other Plays by John Masefield, by John Masefield. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN

A Map of the Sky (Wong Claire)(Paperback)

'A lovely story of trying to understand the big wide world through a child's eyes. A Map of the Sky is so well written it made me feel young again! It captures the beauty and drama of the North Yorkshire coast as though you are there, allowing you to escape the hurry of modern life. Highly

The Monstrous Child (Simon Francesca)(Paperback)

A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager -- and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself

Geographies of Developing Areas: The Global South in a Changing World (Williams Glyn)(Paperback)

Geographies of Developing Areas is a thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate. Rather than presenting the Global South as a set of problems, from rapid urbanization to

The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Webster John)(Paperback)

John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. The

Ladder to the Sky (Boyne John)(Paperback / softback)

'A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft

The Canadian Short Story (Metcalf John)(Paperback)

No other person has done more to celebrate and encourage the short story in Canada than John Metcalf. For more than five decades he has worked tirelessly as editor, anthologist, writer, critic, and teacher to help shape our understanding of the form and what it can do. The long-time editor of the

Flying Home And Other Stories (Callahan John)(Paperback / softback)

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (Polidori John)(Paperback)

John Polidori's classic tale 'The Vampyre'(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer,

Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters (Kopy Jordan)(Paperback / softback)

Mining the Sky (Lewis John S.)(Paperback)

While we worry over the depletion of the earth's natural resources, the pollution of our planet, and the challenges presented by the earth's growing population, billions of dollars worth of metals, fuels, and life-sustaining substances await us in nearby space. In this visionary book, noted

A Dictionary of Sociology (Scott John)(Paperback)

A consistent best-seller, the wide-ranging and authoritative Dictionary of Sociology was first published in 1994 and contains more than 2,500 entries on the terminology, methods, concepts, and thinkers in the field, as well as from the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology,

Goddess Chronicle (Kirino Natsuo)(Paperback / softback)

On an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld. But what will happen when she returns to the island? Based on the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi, The Goddess

Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan (Man John)(Paperback / softback)

Were they unique, or might some apply in other times and other places - even here and today?In Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan, John Man re-examines the life of Genghis Khan to discover the qualities, characteristics and strategies that made him the great leader that he

Fixer the Robot (Kelly John)(Paperback / softback)

Every morning, FIXER robot,trundles up the hillTo help the other robots as theydig and push and drill. A charming text that combines a truly heart-wrenching story with mechanical details, sure to enchant every young