The secret seven collection 4

Book 10: Puzzle For The Secret Seven (first published in 1958) In book ten, the gang witness the horror of a house going up in flames. Then there's the theft of a very valuable violin. Are the two incidents connected? The Seven mean to use all their detective know-how to find out! Book 11: Secret Seven Fireworks (first published in 1959) In book eleven, Jack's little sister, Susie, is so a…

To the lighthouse

“Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow,” said Mrs. Ramsay. “But you’ll have to be up with the lark,” she added. To her son these words conveyed an extraordinary joy, as if it were settled, the expedition were bound to take place, and the wonder to which he had looked forward, for years and years it seemed, was, after a night’s darkness and a day’s sail, within touch. Since he…

The merchant of Venice

Features one of Shakespeares most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. Here, the text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. T…

Tales of terror and mystery

"When the impossible has been eliminated the residuum, however improbable, must contain the truth."

Frankenstein

“I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.” A summer evening’s ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit Alpine room, and a runaway imagination—fired by philosophical discus…

A haunting in Venice

Enjoy Agatha Christie’s beloved classic, Hallowe’en Party —the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice , directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh—with a new introduction by Michael Green, screenwriter of the film. When a Halloween party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer. At a Halloween party, Joyce—a surly thirteen-year-old—boasts t…

The black cat & other stories

Suatu pagi, kulilitkan simpul tali di sekeliling leher kucing itu dan menggantungnya pada dahan sebuah pohon. Aku menggantungnya sambil berlinang air mata. Aku menggantungnya meski aku tahu ia mencintaiku. Aku menggantungnya meski aku tahu aku melakukan dosa mematikan yang akan menghancurkan jiwaku.

Because you love to hate me : 13 kisah dari sisi gelap

Pernahkah kau bertanya-tanya mengapa rambut Medusa dipenuhi ratusan ular mungil berbusa? Apakah raksasa benar-benar suka menyantap manusia? Apakah Maut tidak merasakan apa-apa saat mencabut nyawa? Atau, apakah si Penyihir yang mengutuk Putri Duyung hingga mati menjadi buih sekeji yang kita kira? Dalam antologi berisi 13 cerpen magis ini, kau akan mendapat kesempatan menyelami pikiran para an…

Turtles all the way down

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780525555360

Collation

286 p. ; 21,5 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 GRE t

Ghost: running for his life, or from it?

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Trackseries from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.