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Vampire Tales: The Big Collection (80+ stories in one volume: The Viy, The Fate of Madame Cabanel, The Parasite, Good Lady Ducayne, Count Magnus, For the Blood Is the Life, Dracula’s Guest, The Broken Fang, Blood Lust, Four Wooden Stakes...)

by Leonid Andreyev, Nikolai Gogol, M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Walter De La Mare, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard, D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, Vernon Lee, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Nesbit, Vincent O’Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Victor Roman, Pu Songling, Johann Ludwig Tieck, John William Polidori, Alexei Tolstoy, Sabine Baring-Gould, William Gilbert, Jan Neruda, A. B. Mitford, Eliza Lynn Linton, Phil Robinson, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Julian Hawthorne, Mary Cholmondeley, Anne Crawford, Marsh Richard, Eric Stenbock, Mary E. Braddon, Fred M. White, H. B. Marriott-Watson, Hume Nisbet, F. G. Loring, Augustus Hare, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Frank Norris, Louise J. Strong, Luigi Capuana, Théophile Gaultier, E. G. Swain, Claude Askew, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Horacio Quiroga, Ulric Daubeny, Uel Key, Dion Fortune, Everil Worrell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hesketh V. Pritchard, Cynthia Asquith ...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the ... Read more

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The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the
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On the Magnet, Magnetick Bodies also, and on the Great Magnet the Earth a New Physiology, Demonstrated by ManyArguments & Experiments

by William Gilbert ...

Clearer proofs, in the discovery of secrets, and in the investigation of the hidden causes of things, being afforded by trustworthy experiments and by demonstrated arguments, than by the probable guesses and opinions of the ordinary professors of philosophy: so, therefore, that the noble substance of that great magnet, our common mother (the earth), hitherto quite unknown, and the conspicuous and ... Read more

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Clearer proofs, in the discovery of secrets, and in the investigation of the hidden causes of things, being afforded by trustworthy experiments and by demonstrated arguments, than by the probable guesses and opinions of the ordinary professors of philosophy: so, therefore, that the noble substance of that great magnet, our common mother (the earth), hitherto quite unknown, and the conspicuous and
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On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth

Enriched edition. New physiology, demonstrated by arguments & experiments

by William Gilbert, Dylan Holden ...

Translated by Silvanus P. Thompson ...

In "On the Magnet, Magnetick Bodies also, and on the Great Magnet the Earth," William Gilbert presents a groundbreaking treatise that delves into the nature of magnetism, laying the foundation for modern scientific inquiry into magnetic phenomena. Published in 1600, this work is characterized by a meticulous blend of empirical observation and philosophical discourse, echoing the burgeoning spirit ... Read more

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In "On the Magnet, Magnetick Bodies also, and on the Great Magnet the Earth," William Gilbert presents a groundbreaking treatise that delves into the nature of magnetism, laying the foundation for modern scientific inquiry into magnetic phenomena. Published in 1600, this work is characterized by a meticulous blend of empirical observation and philosophical discourse, echoing the burgeoning spirit
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The Contrast

by William Gilbert ...

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. ... Read more

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The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works.
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ Book of Poems

by Joseph William Gilbert Barnett ...

After completing my first two books, I decided to put the four Gospels into a poem format as well, comparing the Old Testament predictions of the coming Messiah and how they were all fulfilled through Jesus Christ. This book also explores the parables of Jesus and how the four Gospels are in perfect harmony with each other. I hope the reader will be drawn closer to the Lord as Jesus is coming back ... Read more

$9.99 USD

After completing my first two books, I decided to put the four Gospels into a poem format as well, comparing the Old Testament predictions of the coming Messiah and how they were all fulfilled through Jesus Christ. This book also explores the parables of Jesus and how the four Gospels are in perfect harmony with each other. I hope the reader will be drawn closer to the Lord as Jesus is coming back
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The Bible Heroes of Faith Book of Poems

by Joseph William Gilbert Barnett ...

After completing my first book, The Holy Scriptures Book of Poems, I was inspired to write another book. Initially, I thought of trying to write several children stories of the more known Bible characters. I also wanted to add more detail and depth to the stories. After I completed the stories of the Bible characters I had set out to write about, I had the idea to put them all together in one book ... Read more

$9.99 USD

After completing my first book, The Holy Scriptures Book of Poems, I was inspired to write another book. Initially, I thought of trying to write several children stories of the more known Bible characters. I also wanted to add more detail and depth to the stories. After I completed the stories of the Bible characters I had set out to write about, I had the idea to put them all together in one book
... Read more
The Holy Scriptures Book of Poems

by Joseph William Gilbert Barnett ...

Back in the late 1980s, I had the idea to write a poem about the Book of Revelation. After writing that poem, I thought to myself, "What if I could write the entire Bible in an easier-to-read-poem format?" That had never been done before, so I accepted the challenge. After about nine years of writing and rhyming, it finally came into being. I hope people will find this labor of love as an ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Back in the late 1980s, I had the idea to write a poem about the Book of Revelation. After writing that poem, I thought to myself, "What if I could write the entire Bible in an easier-to-read-poem format?" That had never been done before, so I accepted the challenge. After about nine years of writing and rhyming, it finally came into being. I hope people will find this labor of love as an
... Read more
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Worlds Earliest Vampire Chronicles, The

25 Essential Tales That Defined Vampire Lore

by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens, John William Polidori, Uriah Derick D’Arcy, Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach, Théophile Gautier, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett, Edwin F. Roberts, Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, William Gilbert, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Lord Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Julian Hawthorne, James Hume Nisbet, Anne Crawford, Augustus Hare, F. G. Loring, Algernon Blackwood, Bram Stoker, Ulric Daubeny, E. F. Benson ...

Narrated by Graham Dunlop ...

Unabridged

19 hours 32 min

25 essential tales that defined modern Vampire lore. A MUST HAVE for any Vampire lore fan!From Folk Tales to Seductive Aristocrats. The best, most complete compilation of Vampire stories from the 18th century to early 20th century.Contains:• Account of A Vampire• Dead Persons in Hungary Who Suck the Blood of The Living• The Vampyre• The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. ... ... Read more

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25 essential tales that defined modern Vampire lore. A MUST HAVE for any Vampire lore fan!From Folk Tales to Seductive Aristocrats. The best, most complete compilation of Vampire stories from the 18th century to early 20th century.Contains:• Account of A Vampire• Dead Persons in Hungary Who Suck the Blood of The Living• The Vampyre• The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. ...
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Innominato

The Wizard of the Mountain

by William Gilbert ...

A Classic Gothic Horror Triumph - Rediscovered!Brianza, Lombardy, 14th Century Italy. A mysterious and solitary astrologer inhabits a magnificent castle overlooking Lake Como. The Innominato (Nameless) is known to provide advice and assistance to those in need of 'special' favours. Rumoured to be an augur, wizard and necromancer possessing immense power of unknown origin, he is spoken of with fear ... Read more

$3.99 USD

A Classic Gothic Horror Triumph - Rediscovered!Brianza, Lombardy, 14th Century Italy. A mysterious and solitary astrologer inhabits a magnificent castle overlooking Lake Como. The Innominato (Nameless) is known to provide advice and assistance to those in need of 'special' favours. Rumoured to be an augur, wizard and necromancer possessing immense power of unknown origin, he is spoken of with fear
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Audiobook

The Last Lords Of Gardonal (Unabridged)

by WILLIAM GILBERT ...

Narrated by Benjamin Valenzuela ...

Unabridged

1 hour 40 min

Two brothers, born into money and power, are as cruel as the feudal age in which they live. But when the oppressed villagers seek help from a sorcerer, the wicked barons just may have met their match… This tale features a relatively early example in English fiction of a vampire and was first published in The Argosy in 1867. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Two brothers, born into money and power, are as cruel as the feudal age in which they live. But when the oppressed villagers seek help from a sorcerer, the wicked barons just may have met their match… This tale features a relatively early example in English fiction of a vampire and was first published in The Argosy in 1867.
... Read more