Books with title Irish Tales of Mystery and Magic

A bewitching world of mystery and magic awaits you! Meet singing elves with magical feet; skeletons that move of their own accord; and a heroic blackbird who outwits a powerful king. Master storyteller Hugh Lupton is at his exceptional best as he shares the most mysterious tales in his repertoire. Features stories from Chile, Greenland, India, Nigeria, North America, Russia and Scotland. Ideal for Hallowe'en and for Christmas. Seven unputdownable stories each with an uncanny edge.

Poe is without doubt the 'master of the macabre' or, as proposes the contemporary thriller writer, J D Worner, in her Introduction, 'the Dean of Death'. This beautiful edition of Poe's 'Tales of Mystery & Imagination' contains the compilation as originally conceived in 1902 with the addition of: an Introduction by contemporary thriller/horror writer, JD Worner; an Essay on Poe by D H Lawrence; a 'Life of Edgar Allan Poe'; the tales 'William Wilson' and 'Metzengerstein'; the poem 'The Raven'; annotations, including translations of the French; contemporary illustrations by portrait artist, D Dhorne, and the original illustrations by Harry Clarke.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Barnes and Noble Edition, 2001. Thick Royal 8vo. 4620pp. Profuse and wonderful illustrations including full page coloured plates, black and white and red and white plate, coloured frontispiece, double endpapersfront and rear, title page, prelims, in-text illustrations and chapter endpiece vignettes. Appears as new, excellent unopened and unread, clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind well held in joints and hinges, crisp as issued, silk ribbon bookmark, all edges bright gilt. Beautifully in bound in Barnes and Noble trademark faux red leather, with 3 raised band s to spine and featuring bright gilt embossed, red and black elaborate illustration to both boards and to spine. A great addition to the library of reader and collector alike.

No Sherlock, Just Good Ol’ Short Stories“This world of ours appears to be separated by a slight and precarious margin of safety from a most singular and unexpected danger.” - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Horror of the HeightsIn his attempt to drift away from the character that defined his writings, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tries to experiment in the Tales of Terror and Mystery. This time, he takes the reader into a parallel, fantastic world where flying near-transparent monsters and man-eating large cats are causing terror in the human society. But with Sherlock Holmes gone, can anybody solve the seven mysteries? This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This ebook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes Get your next Xist Classic title for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1A7cKKl Find all our our books for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1PooxLl Sign up for the Xist Publishing Newsletter here. Find more great titles on our website.

This is Edgar Allan Poe as you've never seen him before! Enter a world where you will be shocked, terrified and, though you'll be too scared to admit it at first, secretly thrilled! Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales of horror and tragedy have delighted and enthralled readers for over one hundred and fifty years with their ability to terrify, repulse and amaze. Here are four tales, including "The Black Cat" and "The Fall of the House of Usher," from the master of the macabre, which have been carefully abridged and lavishly illustrated by Gris Grimly, collected together in this gruesomely delectable edition.

This antiquarian volume contains a collection of some of Edgar Allen Poe’s most famous tales, including “The Gold-Bug”, “Ms. Found in a Bottle”, “A Descent into the Maelström”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “William Wilson”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Mystery of Marie Roget”, “The Pitt and the Pendulum”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains”, and more. This volume constitutes a must-have for fans of the macabre, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Tales of Mystery and Imagination” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.