"Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" von P.G. Maxwell-Stuart ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der historischen und kulturellen Aspekte von Dämonologie und Hexenverfolgung. Das Buch bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die Entwicklung...

The tail piece "Stories I have tried to write " accompanies 30 classic tales of their genre set against convincing backgrounds to afflict chilling terror on the reader.

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by...

"The Two Gentlemen of Verona" ist eine Komödie von William Shakespeare und gilt als eines seiner frühesten Werke. Die Handlung dreht sich um die beiden Freunde Proteus und Valentine, die aus Verona stammen. Valentine reist nach Mailand,...

Jeremy Bentham was a ferocious critic of political and legal justification. He sought to replace the ramshackle systems which surrounded him with new, complete codes of law, constitutions and methods of punishment. These were to be based...

The vicar, Dr Primrose, his six daughters and wife Deborah form an Arcadian picture of affectionate family life. However, their rural idyll is rudely disturbed by a swindler and the villainy of a vile seducer and further troubles come...

Das "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" von Ebenezer Cobham Brewer ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das erstmals 1870 veröffentlicht wurde. Es bietet Erklärungen und Ursprünge für eine Vielzahl von Redewendungen, Sprichwörtern, Mythen,...

"I tried to turn away, but the shadows and the sounds and the stench were everywhere. Then I remembered something I used to do in half-conscious nightmares as a boy, and began to repeat to myself, 'This is a dream! This is a dream!' But...

This work lists over 10,000 significant dates. It offers information on birth and deaths on each day as well as important events which have taken place on them.

The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates....

This work translates standard English words into slang. It offers over 200 colloquial synonyms for the word drunk, such as "pickled" and "three sheets to the wind". It is ordered alphabetically, and provides over 12,000 standard words...

This work is edited and introduced by David Stuart Davies. 'On top of the tomb, seemingly driven through the solid marble - for the structure was composed of a few vast blocks of stone - was a great iron spike or stake. On going to the...