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Product Description: Some people seem to have all the luck. But how can we get to be so lucky ourselves? Our forbears had a much clearer idea of what luck was and how it operated, whether it be in facing the hazards of mining, seafaring or childbirth or more mundane challenges such as gambling, falling in love and walking under ladders...read more

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9781523730315 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 6, 2016, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Some people seem to have all the luck.

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Product Description: After eleven years Mario and his friends have almost forgotten the nightmare they went through. Now they face evil again, this time in the Hungarian countryside. Strange things are happening in the small village where Mario’s mother Sam lives; locals report missing livestock and unusual footprints in their gardens...read more

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9781518636790 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 14, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: After eleven years Mario and his friends have almost forgotten the nightmare they went through.
9781507774144 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 21, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: ‘Look, children!

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9781516843855 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 3, 2015, cover price $9.38

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9781494421861 | 3 edition (Createspace Independent Pub, January 16, 2014), cover price $15.99

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9780304345359 | Cassell, March 1, 1996, cover price $24.95

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9781494362225 | 3 edition (Createspace Independent Pub, January 9, 2014), cover price $15.99

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9781445608617 | Reprint edition (Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, June 19, 2013), cover price $19.95

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9781482012835 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 4, 2013, cover price $15.99

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Product Description: 20 terrifying tales of horror written by such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Ambrose Bierce. Steel your nerves for encounters with ghouls, werewolves, invisible vampires, screaming skulls, monstrous slugs and, not least of all, the cruelty and murderous nastiness of your fellow-man...read more

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9781481285728 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 18, 2012, cover price $16.49 | About this edition: 20 terrifying tales of horror written by such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, H.

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Product Description: Containing twenty classic short stories written by masters of the form, this collection includes unforgettable tales from Maupassant, Chekhov, Hardy and many more great writers. Some, like Saki's 'The Open Window' or Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', are delightfully mischievous explorations of human foibles; others, like Gogol's 'The Overcoat' or Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' ruminate more darkly upon the enigma of mortal existence...read more
By David Pickering (editor)

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9781481077163 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 30, 2012, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Containing twenty classic short stories written by masters of the form, this collection includes unforgettable tales from Maupassant, Chekhov, Hardy and many more great writers.

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Product Description: This collection contains twenty of the very best supernatural tales from the golden age of the ghost story. It includes classics by some of the most esteemed writers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, among them Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ambrose Bierce, Washington Irving and M...read more

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9781481032094 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 27, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: This collection contains twenty of the very best supernatural tales from the golden age of the ghost story.

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Product Description: 20 terrifying tales of horror written by such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Bram Stoker. Close the curtains, put another log on the fire, and embark on a scary journey into an underworld roamed by murderous Inquisitors, long-dead witches, phantom cars, haunted dolls, werewolves, mummies, zombies and vampires, to name but a few...read more

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9781480277571 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 16, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: 20 terrifying tales of horror written by such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, H.

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Product Description: Containing twenty of the very best supernatural tales from the golden age of the ghost story, this new selection ranges from acknowledged classics by the likes of Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe and M.R. James to neglected chillers by lesser-known authors, such as Frank Cowper, William Hope Hodgson and Amelia B...read more

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9781481014946 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 16, 2012, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Containing twenty of the very best supernatural tales from the golden age of the ghost story, this new selection ranges from acknowledged classics by the likes of Sheridan Le Fanu, Edgar Allan Poe and M.

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Product Description: This unconventional rites-of-passage debut novel begins on the last evening of the twentieth century and spans a 25-year period in the life of its central character, encompassing along the way life in an English public school, a mysterious stone circle, witchcraft, illegal archaeology, first sex, teen confusion, hedgehogs and sudden death...read more

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9781479267118 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 10, 2012, cover price $12.79 | About this edition: This unconventional rites-of-passage debut novel begins on the last evening of the twentieth century and spans a 25-year period in the life of its central character, encompassing along the way life in an English public school, a mysterious stone circle, witchcraft, illegal archaeology, first sex, teen confusion, hedgehogs and sudden death.

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9780141040851 | 1 original edition (Penguin USA, November 24, 2009), cover price $14.00

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Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

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9781103744374 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9781103744299 | Bibliolife, April 30, 2009, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

Product Description: Ralph Waldo Emerson once described the English language as "the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven". We dip into this sea more often than we realize, sprinkling our writings and everyday conversations with words and phrases that are derived from other languages...read more
By David Pickering (editor)

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9780816044580 | Facts on File, March 1, 2002, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Provides pronunciations, origins, and meanings for words and phrases from foreign sources, ranging from such everyday terms as 'dollar,' to words in the news and the specialized languages of cooking, music, the arts, and the law.

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9781439573761 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $25.95 | also contains Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases | About this edition: Ralph Waldo Emerson once described the English language as "the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven".

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Product Description: “Fine words butter no parsnips” is an expression dating back 400 years. Twocking and chav are popular new arrivals in the ever-growing vocabulary of British slang. What do words and phrases like these have in common, and what sets them apart? That’s what this fascinating book sets out to explore...read more

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9780753824177 | Phoenix, November 4, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: “Fine words butter no parsnips” is an expression dating back 400 years.

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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

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9781437217858 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781437088793 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 1, 2008, cover price $26.95

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Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

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9780554440835 | Bibliobazaar, August 31, 2008, cover price $28.99
9780554440798 | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, August 31, 2008), cover price $32.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9780554440828 | Bibliobazaar, August 31, 2008, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780554440804 | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, August 31, 2008), cover price $22.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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From theatre to politics, no other single civilisation has influenced the Western world more profoundly than that of ancient Greece.

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9780007231652 | Min edition (Collins, May 28, 2008), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: From theatre to politics, no other single civilisation has influenced the Western world more profoundly than that of ancient Greece.

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From the Colosseum to Hadrian's Wall, Gem Ancient Rome shows us how Rome's vast empire laid the foundations of today's civilisation.

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9780007231645 | Min edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, May 28, 2008), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: From the Colosseum to Hadrian's Wall, Gem Ancient Rome shows us how Rome's vast empire laid the foundations of today's civilisation.

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All the essential facts on ancient Egypt covering mummification, the pharaohs, the pyramids and the mysterious rituals.

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9780007231638 | Collins, May 28, 2008, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: All the essential facts on ancient Egypt covering mummification, the pharaohs, the pyramids and the mysterious rituals.

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