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  • Mammoth Books presents Lethal Legends

    Four short stories by Michael Kelly, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Mark Valentine and Terry Dowling

    by Mark Valentine, Michael Kelly, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Terry Dowling ...
    Series Book 229 - Mammoth Books
    THE WOODS - Michael KellyMichael Kelly reveals "The Woods' was written for an anthology seeking regional horror and ghost stories. I'd just read Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephant's'. Now, in no way am I comparing myself to Hemingway but I wanted to write a similarly brief tale, with only two main characters, and where the horror was off-stage. As well, the setting had to be distinctly ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Jonathan Swift and His Infidel Translator Desfontaines

    Some Basic Considerations on the Paris Translation of Gulliver’s Travels

    by B.A. Mark Valentin ...
    The reception process of a literary work – especially a very popular one – can be seen as a scientific subject absolutely worth focusing on in an academic course. This paper tries to contribute to the analysis of Jonathan Swift’s reception on the continental book market by concentrating on the relation between a widespread French translation of Gulliver’s Travels and the original English work. In ... Read more

    $15.67 USD

  • Comparison of Green Line I 1995 and Green Line I 2001 Considering the Structure of Tasks

    by B.A. Mark Valentin ...
    Schoolbook analysis as a field of research opens a wide range of perspectives worth taking a closer look at. Even though, noticing the current discourse leads to an astounding conclusion: Considering schoolbooks as one major and significant instrument of school life, the amount of research carried out on this topic is rather insubstantial. Noting that there is a wide range of different ... Read more

    $15.67 USD

  • Hypercorrection as a Factor in Linguistic Change

    by B.A. Mark Valentin ...
    Hypercorrection is a term of high significance in sociolinguistics. This article aims to clarify what exactly is meant by this widely discussed phenomenon. In this context, it is not only important to explain what is meant by the term itself, but also to describe hypercorrection as a factor in linguistic change. Very fruitful and extensive research on this topic has been carried out by William ... Read more

    $15.67 USD

  • The Slype

    by Russell Thorndike, Mark Valentine ...
    "[W]orthy of being compared to Dickens's creations . . . First-class entertainment." - William F. Deeck,The Mystery Fancier"An exciting story told in a pleasant narrative style with considerable skill, and a whole portfolio of Dickensian characters, drawn against a rich background make The Slype an almost perfect piece of light fiction." - The Outlook"No one will care to hurry when he can spend ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Survivor

    by Dennis Parry, Mark Valentine ...
    "Mr. Parry brings it off brilliantly. It starts like a comedy, ends like a tragedy and runs like a nightmare from beginning to end." - New York Times"One of the few first-rate horror tales since The Hound of the Baskervilles was a pup." - Newsweek"Unconventional, witty, and well told, this strange and modern ghost story will appeal to those who like their literature on the different side." - ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Master of the Macabre

    by Russell Thorndike, Mark Valentine ...
    Tayler Kent flees London in a blinding snowstorm, hoping to escape the ghosts that haunt his home. Instead, he finds things may have gone from bad to worse when he crashes his car, breaks his ankle, and is forced to take refuge at a medieval monastery now inhabited by the eccentric Charles Hogarth, known as "The Master of the Macabre." As Kent's ankle heals, Hogarth entertains him with fine food, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Mystery of the Yellow Room

    by Gaston Leroux, David Stuart Davies ...
    Series series Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural
    Introduced by Mark Valentine.The greatest French detective in his most fiendish case. Even if Hercule Poirot had been born a Frenchman, not a Belgian, he would have to take second place in detection to Joseph Rouletabille, the brilliant young sleuth created by Gaston Leroux.Here, in his first and most baffling case, the eighteen year old reporter astounds readers with his audacity and ingenuity. ... Read more

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  • Mammoth Books presents Messing With Your Head

    Five Stories by Joel Lane, Kirstyn McDermott, Steve Rasnic Tem, Mark Valentine, Brian Hodge

    by Joel Lane, Kirstyn McDermott, Brian Hodge, Mark Valentine, Steve Rasnic Tem ...
    Series Book 278 - Mammoth Books
    Black Country - Joel Lane"'Black Country' is one of a sequence of weird crime stories set in the West Midlands that I've been working on for years," says Joel Lane. "A collection of them is forthcoming with the title Where Furnaces Burn. 'Black Country' is also a sequel to my earlier story 'The Lost District', which describes another narrator's experience of Clayheath."I'd like to thank The ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Best British Short Stories 2025

    by David Bevan, Rose Biggin, Christopher Burns, Ian Critchley, Pippa Goldschmidt, Linden Hibbert, Hannah Hoare, Catrin Kean, Roger Luckhurst, Baret Magarian, Wyl Menmuir, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, Simon Okotie, Imogen Reid, C. D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Elizabeth Stott, Mark Valentine, Naomi Wood, Nicholas Royle ...
    Series Book 15 - Best British Short Stories
    The definitive showcase of the year's finest British short stories'Bravo to Salt's beacon of delight and intrigue – its annual collection of the UK's best short stories, from established and emerging voices.' —Duncan MinshullNow relaunched for a new era, Best British Short Stories returns with a bold new look and a renewed commitment to celebrating the art of the short story. As we enter our ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness

    (Dis)Orderly Spaces

    by Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine ...
    While disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, politics, social policy and the health and medical sciences have a tradition of exploring the centrality of alcohol, drinking and drunkenness to people's lives, geographers have only previously addressed these topics as a peripheral concern. Over the past few years, however, this view has begun to change, accelerated by an upsurge in interest in ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Best British Short Stories 2023

    by Nicholas Royle, Alinah Azadeh, David Bevan, AK Blakemore, Gabriel Flynn, Jim Gibson, Lydia Gill, Miles Greenwood, Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Philip Jennings, Sharon Kivland, Alison Moore, Georgina Parfitt, Gareth E Rees, Leone Ross, John Saul, D. J. Taylor, Briony Thompson, Matthew Turner, Mark Valentine, David Wheldon ...
    Series Book 0 - Best British Short Stories
    Inspired by Giles Gordon and David Hughes's Best Short Stories series, which ran to ten volumes between 1986 and 1995, Best British Short Stories this year reaches its thirteenth volume.Best British Short Stories 2023 showcases an excellent and varied selection of stories, by British writers, first published during 2022 in magazines, journals, anthologies, collections, chapbooks and online.This ... Read more

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