This is the tale of a town on the fringes of fear, of ordinary people and everyday objects transformed by terror and madness, a microcosm of the world where nothing is ever quite what it seems. This is a world where the unreal is real, where the familiar and friendly lure and deceive. On the outskirts of civilisation sits this solitary town. Home to the unhinged. Oblivion to outsiders.Shallow Creek contains twenty-one original horror stories by a chilling cast of contemporary write...

Consideration of the body as a subject for study has increased in recent years with new technologies, forms of modification, debates about obesity and issues of age being brought into focus by the media. Drawing on contemporary culture, Body Studies: The Basics introduces readers to the key concerns and debates surrounding the study of the sociological body, cutting across disciplines to cover topics which include:Nature vs. Culture: how we ‘build’ and transform our ...

Welcome to Storyton Hall, Virginia, where book lovers travel from near and far to enjoy the singular comforts of the Agatha Christie Tea Room, where they can discuss the merits of their favorite authors no matter how deadly the topic . . .With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again—managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resort’s latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of ...

A Locked Room Mystery on a Train Through the Rockies Where Every Passenger Has a Motive for MurderDetective Nora Walsh wanted a holiday. What she got was twelve suspects, two bodies, and sixteen hours trapped on a luxury train with nowhere to run.When Vancouver homicide detective Nora Walsh boards the Cascade Crown for a three-day journey through the Canadian Rockies, she's desperate for peace. No cases. No bodies. Just mountains, expensive wine, and blissf...

Il ne veut pas s’attacher.Elle ne pense plus qu’à lui.Malgré l’interdit.Batteur mondialement connu du groupe « On the wave », Adam n’a qu’une ambition : finir la promotion de son nouvel album pour repartir jouer à salles combles à travers le monde. Et surtout, ne jamais se confronter au traumatisme subi dans son enfance. Vivre dans le déni lui convient très bien.Au moment où sa mémoire refait surface, pour s...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard C...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

A Sunday Times Bestseller‘I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.’ ObserverThe long-awaited new memoir and follow-up to the bestselling Ramble Book.Hey, how you doing, casual browser? Adam Buxton here. Are you ready for some hot hyperbole about this book? Here we go …In I Love You, Byeee, the highly anti...

Protocol Zero: A Gripping AI Thriller Murder MysteryAn Unputdownable Antarctic Locked Room Mystery with a Deadly Artificial Intelligence TwistWhen the killer might not be human... who can you trust?In the pitch-black isolation of Antarctica's six-month polar night, Dr. Sarah Nakamura arrives at the cutting-edge Neumeyer-7 Research Station for what should be a routine ethics review. Instead, she walks into a technological nightmare that will redefine...

A Sunday Times Bestseller‘I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.’ ObserverThe long-awaited new memoir and follow-up to the bestselling Ramble Book.Hey, how you doing, casual browser? Adam Buxton here. Are you ready for some hot hyperbole about this book? Here we go …In I Love You, Byeee, the highly anti...

Andy and three other kids wake up in a locked room.The room has no windows, but it has a locked door, with a countdown clock above it.They have less than an hour to figure out how to get out of this room. But when they do . . .?There’s another locked room, and more locked doors. And they can’t go back.High concept, high stakes, high emotions – this story packs a punch and you won’t be able to put it down.

American singer, songwriter, and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis. He is known as "rock n' Roll first great wild man" and "one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century," thus the moniker "the Killer."Lewis served as the spokesperson for muscular dystrophy from 1956 to 2010, a relatively uncommon neuromuscular condition that frequently starts in childhood and gradually impairs movement.It covers detailed information about Jerry lee lewis and his biography, music career an...