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Alma Books Ltd The Sandman: Annotated Edition – Also includes an extract from the 'Uncanny' by Sigmund Freud (Alma Classics 101 Pages)
Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fear that the lawyer Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father – the latter dying as a consequence of one of these sessions – was none other than the Sandman, a mythical figure who was said to steal the eyes of children who refused to go to sleep. When a mysterious Italian salesman comes to town, Nathanael’s suspicions are reawakened, pushing him to the brink of madness as extraordinary events unfold. First published in 1816, this classic of German Gothic fiction has enthralled generations ever since, and has spawned countless interpretations by critics intrigued by its powerful symbolism. Sigmund Freud famously examined the novella in relation to his concept of the “Uncanny”, and an extract from this analysis is included in this volume.
£7.78
Headline Publishing Group The Scarlet Thief: Battle of the Alma, 1854
INTRODUCING JACK LARK: SOLDIER, LEADER, IMPOSTER.The first book in the compelling military adventure series for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Matthew Harffy.'Brilliant' Bernard Cornwell'Quite simply do yourself a favour and read these books' S.J.A. Turney'Nobody writing today depicts the chaos, terror and brutality of war better' Matthew Harffy1854: The banks of the Alma River, Crimean Peninsula. The men of the King's Royal Fusiliers are in terrible trouble. Young officer Jack Lark has to act immediately and decisively. His life and the success of the campaign depend on it. But does he have the mettle, the officer qualities that are the life blood of the British Army? From a poor background in London's East End, Lark has risen through the ranks by stealth and guile and now he faces the ultimate test...THE SCARLET THIEF: JACK LARK BOOK 1⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF JACK LARK: 'Jack Lark is the new hero everyone should be reading' 'Life and death on the frontline is so viscerally described that you can smell and taste the blood and powder' 'Everything you need in an historical military novel. Intrigue, deception, the horror of combat, revenge...' 'Jack Lark is a hero I'll happily follow' 'What a great start to a new series, long may it continue'
£9.99
Alma Books Ltd The Peter Rabbit Stories: with new colour illustrations by Anna Currey (Alma Junior Classics)
This collection brings together in a single volume the four books that feature the famous young rabbit with the blue jacket and a penchant for mischief and disobedience: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr Tod. From Peter’s early adventures in the kitchen garden of Mr McGregor to his late exploits in the rescue of his cousin Benjamin’s baby bunnies, these stories show why Beatrix Potter remains one of the most beloved children’s authors this country has ever produced.
£12.99
Austin Macauley Publishers Nobody Does It Better Than Me: The Story of Alma
£11.99
Hodder & Stoughton The Return: The creepy debut novel for fans of Stephen King, CJ Tudor and Alma Katsu
Her best friend disappeared. A stranger came back.SEX AND THE CITY MEETS STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING IN THIS CHILLING DEBUT Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return-except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone. She feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back.She's right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she's been or what happened to her.Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong-she's emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who-or what-is she?An eerie storm of a debut that fuses thriller and horror into a brilliant depiction of women's friendships - the rivalries, jealousies, anxieties and love.Praise for THE RETURN'The Return expertly treads the fine line between thriller and horror. It's as deliciously creepy as opening up a box of candy-coated spiders-and eating them all in one sitting'Christina Dalcher, bestselling author of Vox'Combining suspense and horror with razor-sharp insights into the nature of female friendships, Rachel Harrison's The Return is a creepy, nerve-wracking, page-turning addition to the emerging field of horror thrillers'Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger'The Return is moving and terrifying in equal measure. A brilliant rumination on friendship, pain, and the myriad of unsuccessful ways we all try to run from our past and fill the holes in our hearts. Harrison's keen prose won't let you go. Be warned, you'll double check the locks on your doors before you try to sleep'Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon 'By turns scary and funny, horrifying and real, The Return is impossible to put down. It takes an honest, scathing look at female friendship while at the same time pulling the reader into a perfect nightmare of a story'Simone St. James, bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel 'The Return is supernatural horror at its very best! Sharp dialogue, complex relationships and mind-bending action will have readers locking their doors and checking under their beds. Rachel Harrison has reinvented this genre and will surely be hailed as a pioneer among her peers'Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before 'Hair-raising horror and pure entertainment in Harrison's compulsively readable debut . . . The tension and nuance of Harrison's complicated female friendships add depth to an already delicious, chilling debut'Publishers Weekly'Fusing horror and thriller together, it's an unsettling tale of rivalry, envy, fear, friendship and love' Culturefly's Books of 2020
£9.99
Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U Arte de bien morir y la contienda del cuerpo y alma: un incunable toledano de 1500
£22.99
Alma Books Ltd Oblomov: New Translation: Newly Translated and Annotated with an introduction by Professor Galya Diment, University of Washington (Alma Classics Evergreens)
First published in 1859, Oblomov is an indisputable classic of Russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as Gogol’s Dead Souls, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov. The book centres on the figure of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, a member of the dying class of the landed gentry, who spends most of his time lying in bed gazing at life in an apathetic daze, encouraged by his equally lazy servant Zakhar and routinely swindled by his acquaintances. But this torpid existence comes to an end when, spurred on by his crumbling finances, the love of a woman and the reproaches of his friend, the hard-working Stoltz, Oblomov finds that he must engage with the real world and face up to his commitments. Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov – here presented in Stephen Pearl’s award-winning translation, the first major English-language version of the novel in more than fifty years – is a timeless novel and a monument to human idleness.
£9.99
Seagull Books London Ltd Manon's World: A Hauntology of a Daughter in the Triangle of Alma Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel
At once a narrative biography and a medical history, Manon’s World tells the story of a haunted young woman caught in the middle of a love triangle in interwar Germany. Manon Gropius (1916–1935) was the daughter of Alma Mahler, the widow of Gustav Mahler, and the architect Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus, and the stepdaughter of the writer Franz Werfel. In Manon’s World, James Reidel explores the life and death of a child at the center of a broken love triangle. The story takes a unique course, describing a peripheral figure but in a context where her significance and centrality in the lives of her famous parents and circles comes into relief. Reidel reveals a neglected and fascinating life in a world gone by—Vienna, Venice, and Berlin of the interwar years. Not just a narrative biography, Manon’s World is also a medical history of the polio that killed Manon and a personal cultural history of the aspirations projected on her—and seen as lost by such keen observers as Elias Canetti, who devoted two chapters of his Nobel Prize–winning memoirs to his encounters with Manon and her funeral. That event led Alban Berg to dedicate his signature Violin Concerto “to an angel.” Reidel reveals a more complex image of a young woman who desired to be an actress and artist in her own right despite being her mother’s intended protégé, an inspiration to her father who rarely saw her, and her stepfather Franz Werfel, who obsessively wrote her into his novels, beginning with The Forty Days of Musa Dagh and as a revenant in all the books that followed.
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Alma Edizioni Espresso Ragazzi: Libro + ebook interattivo 2
£27.50
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£14.08
Alma Edizioni Domani: Libro + mp3 audio e video online 1
£33.95
Alma Edizioni NUOVO Canta che ti passa
£38.95
Editorial Alma Enigmas Criminales Para Mentes Perspicaces
£12.80
£28.00
Alma Edizioni Dieci A1: Libro + ebook interattivo: 2019
£36.50
Alma Edizioni Le prime 1000 parole italiane: con esercizi
£22.13
Alma Edizioni Nuovo Espresso: Grammatica A1-B1
£19.45
£14.97
Alma Edizioni MoviMente: Teacher's Book
£28.39
Alma Edizioni Chiaro! B1 - book + online audio
£31.95
Alma Edizioni Viaggiamo in Italia: Libro + audio online 2
£40.75
Alma Edizioni Nuovo Magari
£29.28
Editorial Alma La Metamorfosis Y Otros Relatos
£13.00
Editorial Alma Narraciones Extraordinarias
£13.95
£14.08
Alma Edizioni Italiano in pratica: + video online. A1/A2
£22.13
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£30.18
Alma Edizioni Domani 2: Book + DVD-ROM
£34.95
£20.34
Alma Edizioni Ambaraba: Libro studente 3
£19.45
Alma Edizioni Nuovo Espresso
£37.95
Alma Edizioni Chiaro
£20.34
Editorial Alma La Inquilina de Wildfell Hall
£26.58
Editorial Alma El Profeta
£9.13
Editorial Alma Alicia En El País de Las Maravillas
£12.86
Alma Edizioni I verbi italiani (A1-C1): 2023
£27.50
£28.39
Alma Edizioni Nuovo Espresso: Libro studente + audio online 5
£37.95