A Short History of Ireland's Rebels
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The stirring story of eighteen of Ireland's greatest rebels, from the sixteenth century to today....
Australia Burns (Show Australia Some Love #3)
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Stories in this collection are contributed by authors who care about Australia and the relief...
Paranormal Horror Science Fiction Short Stories Anthology Charity
Smiling Men with Bad Reputations: The Story of the Incredible String Band, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron and a Consumer's Guide to Their Music
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The Incredible String Band lit up the late 1960s music scene with their groundbreaking LPs The 5000...
Heroes and Landmarks of British Aviation: from Airships to the Jet Age
Peter J. Edwards and Richard Edwards
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Heroes and Landmarks of British Aviation tells the dramatic story of a world leading aviation...
When I Was Mortal
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In the dark narratives that make up When I Was Mortal by Javier Marias, winner of the Dublin IMPAC...
The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories
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An omnibus collection featuring some of the finest works of a master of weird fiction One of the...
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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
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ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS In 1955, with this short story collection,...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Haggopian and Other Stories in Books
Jun 14, 2019
A really mixed bag, all told: there are a handful of very good stories, like the one the book is named for, and a few others contain promising imagery or moments (an oil rig drills down into something it shouldn't; Lovecraft scholars should be able to guess what), but many others become repetitive and slightly tedious. If nothing else the stories here illustrate that, bereft of the philosophy underpinning Lovecraft's own work, the Mythos trappings just become a selection of campy props and costumes that aren't particularly scary.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The King in Yellow in Books
Aug 12, 2019 (Updated Aug 12, 2019)
The best of these stories do have a sense of subliminal encroaching madness and unease, as symbolised by the mysterious play mentioned in the title and its associated motifs, which is very impressively created. However, much of the remainder is a set of essentially interchangeable tales of rich young Americans studying art in Paris and swooning over beautiful young mademoiselles; they are quite heavy going and possibly not worth the effort of reading. The opening few fantasy stories are very good, on the whole; the rest not so much.
The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
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The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the...