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(H/B) THE GOTHIC TALES OF SHERIDAN LE FANU
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0163

Sheridan Le Fanu was lauded by contemporaries such as M. R. James for his innovations in the ghost story and mystery genres, and his mastery of conjuring atmosphere and driving stories to thrilling narrative crescendos. And yet, aside from some regularly anthologized short stories and novellas, much of the writer's fiction remains unknown despite its quality. Aiming to firmly position Sheridan Le Fanu alongside other canonical horror writers published by the British Library, this anthology focuses on some of his lesser-known stories, explo...
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(P/B) DEATH HAS DEEP ROOTS
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0116

At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during the war. She is now employed at the Family Hotel in Soho, where Major Eric Thoseby has been found murdered. The cause of death? A stabbing reminiscent of techniques developed by the Maquisards. While the crime is committed in England, its roots are buried in a vividly depicted wartime France. Thoseby is believed to have fathered Lamartine's child, and the prosecution insist that his death is revenge for his a...
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(P/B) SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0060

"The death was an odd one, it was true; but there was after all no very clear reason to assume it was anything but natural." In the winter of 1942, England lies cold and dark in the wartime blackout. One bleak evening, Councillor Grayling steps off the 6.12 from Euston, carrying GBP120 in cash, and oblivious to the fate that awaits him in the snow-covered suburbs. Inspector Holly draws up a list of Grayling's fellow passengers: his distrusted employee Charles Evetts, the charming Hugh Rolandson, and an unknown refugee from Nazi Germany, a...
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(P/B) THE SPOILT KILL
A STAFFORDSHIRE MYSTERY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0148

A highly influential CWA Gold-Dagger award-winning novel returns to print in this atmospheric 1960's title, featuring period detail and a dark, modern edge to the story. It's the second novel from the unjustly neglected author Mary Kelly, following the ingenious The Christmas Egg. Staffordshire in the 1950's. Within the clay tanks at the pottery company Shentall's, a body has been found. Amid cries of industrial espionage and sabotage of this leader of the pottery industry, there is a case of bitter murder to solve for Inspector Hedley Nic...
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(H/B) A HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 100 MAPS
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0168

Whilst the First World War had seen an exceptional growth in the use and production of military cartography, the global conflict that followed employed maps, charts, reconnaissance, radar, sonar and the systematic recording and processing of geographical and topographical information on an unprecedented scale. It is impossible to understand the events and outcomes of the Second World War without deep reference to mapping at all levels. Maps themselves became the weapons and had a decisive impact. In this highly original work Jeremy Black, ...
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(P/B) THE PROGRESS OF A CRIME
A FIREWORKS NIGHT MYSTERY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0156

Another story from Crime Classics author Julian Symons, venturing into the 1960s with a more modern feel, blending classic crime with psychological thriller. Symons was a hugely influential writer, whose book on the history of the Crime genre, Bloody Murder, is known and still hotly debated by fans worldwide. The Progress of a Crime story boasts an excellent seasonal atmosphere, with the murder taking place by the bonfire on fireworks night. '...has the cool, accurate vision of the best documentary.' - Evening Standard The murder, a brutal...
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(P/B) INTO THE LONDON FOG
EERIE TALES FROM THE WEIRD CITY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0157

'Outside, where the air was foggy, the square was noiseless, save for an occasional hoot of a motor passing into the streets. By degrees I found the light growing rather dim, as if the fog had penetrated into the room...' As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A s?ance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rumours abound of an opening to another world among the quiet alleys. Join E...
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(P/B) BEYOND TIME
CLASSIC TALES OF TIME UNWOUND
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0144

With an introduction and history of time travel in literature by Mike Ashley, the authors featured in the book range from science fiction giants such as H G Wells and Arthur C Clarke to lost gems from the science fiction magazines in the Library collection. Discover the influential short stories which inspired Doctor Who, Back to the Future and The Terminator! Time travel has long been a staple of science fiction. Removing the bonds of time on a story allows for many interesting possibilities, but it also presents complicated problems and ...
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(P/B) LOST MARS
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE RED PLANET
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0180

`I was suddenly struck with the sight of a trail of rich red vegetation of several miles in the midst of the eternal snows. I approached with curiosity this oasis in the frozen desert. 'An antique shop owner gets a glimpse of the red planet through an intriguing artifact. A Martian's wife contemplates the possibility of life on Earth. A resident of Venus describes his travels across the two alien planets. From an arid desert to an advanced society far superior to that of Earth, portrayals of Mars have differed radically in their attempt to...
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(P/B) THE END OF THE WORLD
AND OTHER CATASTROPHES
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0119

Sound the sirens! The end is here, and it comes in many forms in this new collection of apocalyptic short stories from the classic age of science fiction. Join humanity on the brink of destruction in 13 doom-laden visions from the 1890s to the 1960s, featuring rare tales from the Library's vaults. Tales of plague seizing an over-polluted capital, a world engulfed in absolute darkness by some cosmic disaster, and of poignant dreams of a silent planet after the last echoes of humanity have died away. Extreme climate change, nuclear annihilat...
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(P/B) MENACE OF THE MONSTER
CLASSIC TALES OF CREATURES FROM BEYOND
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0135

The fact that humanity is not alone in the universe has long preoccupied our thoughts. In this compelling new collection of short stories from Science Fiction's classic age, our visions of 'other' are shown in a myriad of forms - beings from other worlds, corrupted lifeforms from our own planet and entities from unimaginable dimensions. Amongst these tales, the humble ant becomes humanity's greatest foe, a sailor awakes in a hellish landscape terrified by a monstrous creature from the deep, an extra-terrestrial apocalypse devastates our wo...
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(P/B) MENACE OF THE MACHINE
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0112

Technological advance is never straightforward. A man is murdered by an automaton built for chess. A computer system designed to arbitrate justice develops a taste for iron-fisted, fatal rulings. An AI governing what we now know as an internet wreaks havoc on society after removing all forms of censorship. Assembled with parts from the late 19th century to the 1960s, this new collection of classic stories warns of the possible threats, both comic and severe, of a world in which human and machine live side by side. A delightfully, and worry...
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(H/B) LOVE LETTERS
INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN FAMOUS LOVERS
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0170

In an age of emails, tweets and emojis, this beautiful selection of original love letters invites us into a privileged realm and reminds us why the written word is so expressive and revealing. The 30 handwritten notes included in this book span centuries, cultures and continents. They contain expressions of every shade of love, from the joy of falling in love to the pain of unrequited passion. They include amorous declarations, pain and grief, the final separation of loved ones and philosophical reflections on the end of a love affair. The...
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(H/B) SCIENCE FICTION
A LITERARY HISTORY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0059

Science fiction (SF) has existed as a popular genre for around 150 years. This book offers a survey of the genre from nineteenth-century pioneers to contemporary authors, introducing the plural versions of early SF across the world, before examining the emergence of the 'scientific romance' in the 1880s and 1890s. The 'Golden Age' of writers' expansive SF pulp was concentrated in the 1930s, consolidated by best-selling writers like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. The contributors to this volume also track the increasingly diverse forms S...
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(P/B) THE DARKEST OF NIGHTS
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0115

A vicious plague has broken out in China and spread to Japan. The world governments look on callously, until the shadow of the Hueste virus begins to sweep across the rest of the globe. The pandemic draws nearer to Britain; shelters are hastily constructed across the country, but for whom? As the death toll rises and the populace finds themselves sacrificed for the sake of the elite, the cry for revolution rings out amidst the sirens. Maine's savage portrayal of society on the brink of ruin is a cruel forerunner of the more pessimistic sci...
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(P/B) THE NOTTING HILL MYSTERY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0108

The story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron 'R___', suspected of murdering his wife in order to obtain significant life insurance payments. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders. Presented in the form of diary entries, family letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that woul...
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(P/B) THE CHESTENHAM SQUARE MURDER
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0109

Unfortunately for the murderer, an invitation to visit had just been sent by the crime writer Aldous Barnet, staying with his sister at no. 8, to his friend Superintendent Meredith. Three days after his arrival, Meredith finds himself investigating the shocking murder two doors down. Six of the square's inhabitants are keen members of the Wellington Archery Club, but if Meredith and Long thought that the case was going to be easy to solve, they were wrong? The Cheltenham Square Murder is a classic example of how John Bude builds a drama wi...
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(P/B) THE SOCIETY OF TIME
THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY AND OTHER STORIES
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0176

Don Miguel Navarro lives in Britain - a Britain which failed to repel the Spanish Armada invasion. He is part of the Society of Time, an organization which polices the improper use of time travel, and which is galvanized into action when an ancient relic from a parallel time's South America is spotted on the black market. In three fascinating and ground-breaking novellas, John Brunner weaves an ingenious tale of a divergent and compelling timeline, and poses complex questions of how we perceive the fourth dimension and its relation to our ...
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(P/B) MURDER OF A LADY
A SCOTTISH MYSTERY
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0037

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Inspector Dundas is dispatched to Duchlan to investigate the case. The Gregor family and their servants are quick - perhaps too quick - to explain that Mary was a kind ...
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(P/B) THE POCKET DETECTIVE 2
100+ MORE PUZZLES, BRAINTEASERS AND CONUNDRUMS
Εκδότης: BRITISH LIBRARY
Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 5252-0142

Fancy yourself as a golden age detective? In these pages lie the clues you will need to crack the most impenetrable of cases. Culprits lurk between the lines of word searches. Imposters are unearthed in anagrams. A keen eye and a quick wit are your best tools for eliminating the suspects in a range of puzzles, suitable for all ages and levels. For seven years, the British Library has brought neglected crime fiction writers into the spotlight in a series of republished novels and anthologies. Updated with brand new puzzle styles and includi...
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