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A Cat Compendium: The Worlds of Louis Wain (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720612295

A wealth of Wain's most famous drawings, as well as rare writings by and about the artist. An ideal book for both Wain fans and cat-lovers in general....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:94

USD $19.27

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A Slip Of The Pen: The Writers Book Of Blunders (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861057938

'A Slip of the Pen' is a painstakingly researched and thoroughly entertaining collection of some of literature's most hilarious, unexpected, and down-right odd bloopers. Notorious for seeking out strange yet true stories...more details
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USD $18.49

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Armchair Detective (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781857971071

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USD $13.88

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Black Magic Killers (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845297909

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USD $14.59

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Cannibal Killers (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845297923

Real life stories of chilling killers...more details
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Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost Stories (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993416

Among his many accomplishments, Charles Dickens was also the author who initiated the tradition of writing ghost stories for Christmas. The magic of the seasonal tales he created for the readers of Household Words and All The Year Round has remained undiminished through the years and are now brought together in one volume...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:260

USD $24.80

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Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines, The (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781853753886

The era between the wars in America was on of dramatic change and uncertainty, a time of sexual liberation, Prohibition, organized crime and the Great Depression. At such times of flux people look to escapism and fantasy to fill out their humdrum and troubled lives. Along with movies and radio...more details
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USD $58.54

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Classic Era of Crime Fiction, The (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781853754333

During the 100 years from the middle of the 19th century to the 1950s, every important element of crime fiction was created. From Sherlock Holmes to James Bond...more details
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USD $58.54

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DICTIONARY OF GHOSTS (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780709065326

This is a welcome reprint of the hugely successful and comprehensive A-Z reference work on the diverse lore of the spirit world. "A Dictionary of Ghosts" defines all the various types of apparitions and creatures of superstition known through the centuries. Recounting legends of famous hauntings...more details

USD $46.78

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DICTIONARY OF VAMPIRES (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780709065500

An impressively researched A-Z reference work about one of the most fascinating - and feared - creatures in supernatural legend....more details
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USD $63.41

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Edgar Allen Poe's Lost Tales (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993157

Here are treasures This is no ordinary anthology of Poe items but a unique collection of tales that in most cases have not appeared in print for well over a century and that will be completely new to all but a few Poe specialists. Then there's a group of tales that Poe acknowledged reading...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:196

USD $24.80

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Gaston LeRoux's Phantom Stories (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993058

With the Phantom of the Opera Leroux reached the height of his literary powers, and although he developed other fascinating characters, nothing quite matched that one book...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:164

USD $21.87

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Great Irish Detective Stories (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780330334181

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Great Irish Tales of the Unimaginable: Stories of Fantasy and Myth (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780285632066

Ireland's "rich heritage of mythology" is in large part responsible for the genre well represented in this anthology. Each of these 24 stories is prefaced by a brief history of the legend that inspired it and a short biography of its author. In the section titled "Gods and Heroes...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:309

USD $32.15

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Haunted House Stories, The Mammoth Book of (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845291853

Expanded and with grea new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of hauntings ever....more details
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USD $21.40

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Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720612653

Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction and Hunted Down assembles a fascinating selection of his work in which the men of the law make their mark....more details
Format:Paperback / softback Pages:223

USD $24.38

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Lassie: The Extraordinary Story of Eric Knight and the World's Favourite Dog (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720612677

Although Lassie is an American icon, her creator was born in the Yorkshire Dales before moving to the US in his youth. Eric Knight drew on first-hand knowledge of working class hardship and his own collie...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:115

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LBW: Laughter Before Wicket - A Century of Humorous Cricket Short (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861053398

J.M. Barrie, Anthony Trollope, P.G. Wodehouse, A.A. Milne and Ben Travers - apart from being famous literary figures - were all cricket writers and unashamed enthusiasts. This collection celebrates...more details
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USD $24.34

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Murder by the Glass (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780671854027

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Nine Lives Of Doctor Who (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780747222439

November 1998 marks the 35th anniversary of the first-ever Doctor Who programme. This is the biography of the nine men who have taken on the role of the legendary Time Lord - from the cult figure of Tom Baker...more details
Format:Hardback Pages:192

USD $53.65

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Serial Killers (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845297930

Real life stories of chilling killers...more details
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USD $19.46

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Shades of Dracula (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993065

"Welcome to my house Enter freely and of your own will " He made no motion of stepping to meet me, but stood like a statue, as though his gesture of welcome had fixed him into stone. With these words we are introduced to one of the most famous figures in literature...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:208

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Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861059895

Sweeney Todd, the notorious Demon Barber, has been called 'the greatest mass murderer in English history'. With the aid of an ingenious revolving chair and a cut-throat razor...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:197

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Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861055873

'Sweeney Todd will never die. We all need bogeymen and he was bogier than most.' - Anna Pavord, the Observer, 29 January 1979. Sweeney Todd, the notorious Demon Barber...more details
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Sweetheart Killers (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845297916

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The Banzai Hunters: The Forgotten Armada of Little Ships That Defeated the Japanese, 1944-45 (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781844860524

General W. J. "Bill" Slim's bloody and fraught victory over the Japanese on the mainland would not have been possible without the springboard provided by a remarkable assortment of army and navy men. In this thoroughly researched and accessible analysis...more details
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The Banzai Hunters: The Forgotten Armada Of Little Ships That Defeated (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861059413

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The Chianti Raiders: The Extraordinary Story Of The Italian Airforce In (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861058294

In this account of the Battle of Britain, Peter Haining tells the story of Italian-led air raids on England, the fighter pilot with Mafia connections...more details
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USD $38.98

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The Essential Seducer (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780709053743

In this entertaining and enlightening collection of quotations, Peter Haining has distilled the writings of generations about the erotic power struggle in which men and women have served as tempter or tempted. Seduction is the key to this art...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:96

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The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780976402534

The canon of Sherlock Holmes adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle contains fifty-six stories and four novels. But there were yet other adventures and artifacts pertaining to Mr. Holmes not listen in the canon. Peter Haining has collected them here...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:256

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The Jail That Went to Sea: An Untold Story of the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-42 (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781844860500

In 1941 the British people had their backs to the wall in their lone fight against the might of Hitler's Germany. America was neutral, at least until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Glasgow became the starting point for one of the most amazing and...more details
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The Jail That Went To Sea: An Untold Story of the Battle of the (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861057273

In 1941, the British people had their backs to the wall in their lone fight against the might of Hitler's Germany. America was neutral, at least until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Glasgow became the starting point for one of the most amazing and...more details
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The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories: Great Supernatural Tales of the Twentieth Century (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780786719600

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The Mammoth Book of Movie Detectives & Screen Crimes (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780786705849

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The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781845296889

This giant collection includes a huge range of 20th-century first-hand accounts of hauntings, such as the American troops who repeatedly saw the ghosts of a dead platoon of men while on patrol in Vietnam; and the witnessed haunting of a house near Tintagel in Cornwall that led actress Kate Winslet to pull out of buying the property...more details
Format:Paperback / softback Pages:524

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The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780762433964

A collection of stories that are not just campfire lore - these ghosts are real In a fully up to date version, this collection provides over 100 genuine eyewitness accounts of hauntings...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:524

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The Mysterious Novice: Tales of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993317

The Gothic "Bluebooks" were the hugely popular paperbacks of their time, eagerly sought by uncounted numbers of readers in the Nineteenth Century who could not afford the more decorous three-volume novels favoured by the gentry. Containing sensational tales of lustful monks...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:188

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The Mystery of Rommel's Gold - The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861057419

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The Mystery of Rommel's Gold: The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781844860531

The whereabouts of a stolen hoard of treasure known as Rommel's Gold is one of the most elusive and enduring mysteries of World War II. This fabulous cache...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:221

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The Mystery Of Rommels Gold: The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861056849

The whereabouts of a stolen hoard of treasure knowns as "Rommel's Gold" is one of the most elusive and enduring mysteries of World War II. The fabulous cashe...more details
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The Sherlock Holmes Compendium (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993485

The phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes is based on the series of novels and short stories written almost a century ago that have generated a world-wide network of enthusiasts who have spent the intervening years endlessly debating and investigating the life and cases of the most famous of all detectives...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:316

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The Spitfire Log: Sixtieth Anniversary Tribute (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780285633636

Of all the aircraft that defended Britain's shores so gallantly during World War II, none inspired affection as did the Spitfire, the fighter that became a symbol of courage and determination during the Battle of Britain. Today...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:144

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The Vampire Omnibus (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780752803739

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The Vampire Omnibus (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781857976946

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The Walls of Illusion: A Psychedelic Retro (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780285634145

Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll--writings from the psychedelic era by the people who lived it....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:208

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Topsy Turvy Tales: The Lost Stories of W. S. Gilbert (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781933993300

The world knows W. S. Gilbert as half of the enduringly popular duo of Gilbert and Sullivan whose comic operas with their ingenious plots and witty songs have delighted audiences all over the world for well over a century. But long before this great partnership began...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:260

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Vintage Science Fiction: Stories Inspired by Landmark Films (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9780786706471

From the cerebral 2001 to the B-grade It Came From Outer Space -- both of which are from stories by Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury, respectively...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:528

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Where the Eagle Landed: The Mystery of the German Invasion of Britain, 1940 (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781844860517

In the summer of 1941, when the likelihood of an invasion was a daily threat to the people of England, one of the most intriguing and persistent legends of the World War II was born: that German troops did land on the coast of East Anglia in a prelude to the invasion that was then only weeks...more details
Format:Paperback / softback Pages:244

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Where The Eagle Landed: The Mystery Of The German Invasion of Britain, (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781861057501

One of the most remarkable and persistent legends of World War Two, the story of German forces landing on the coast of Suffolk in September 1940 has inspired numerous works of fiction. But the conviction that the invasion plan...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:256

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Wrotten English: A Celebration of Literary Misprints, Blunders and Typos (Book)

Peter Haining

ISBN:9781907554100

This book is an anthology of side-splitting authors? errors, publishers? boobs, printers? devils, terrible titles, comical clangers and all manner of literary lunacy dating back since the invention of the printing press. Painstakingly researched and tapping in to the public?s insatiable general interest with the written word...more details
Format:Hardback Pages:196

USD $17.51

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Great Irish Tales of Horror (Book)

Souvenir Press;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780285632806

In this chilling collection, banshees howl, graves open, unnamed horrors lurk in the shadows, and victims flee in terror from a doom they cannot escape....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:336

USD $29.21

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Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens (Book)

Charles Dickens;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720609943

Dickens was fascinated by crime. Murders, especially, fascinated him, and the skills of the detectives engaged in solving them. Peter Haining casts his net wide in this collection of twelve stories that embody that fascination. He is justified too...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:224

USD $39.21

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Sensation Stories: Tales of Mystery and Suspense (Book)

Wilkie Collins;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720612202

The "Sensation Novel" ushered in the modern mystery genre. It was inaugurated by Wilkie Collins's 1860 best-seller "The Woman in White, which Andrew Lloyd Webber has just adapted. But this collection...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:279

USD $23.36

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The Demanding Dead: More Stories of Terror and the Supernatural (Book)

Edith Wharton;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720612721

With eight outstanding ghost stories, this collection highlights Edith Wharton's ability to switch genres seemingly without effort. The same literary genius evident in her best known works such as The Age of Innocence...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:214

USD $43.85

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The Ghost-Feeler: Stories of Terror and the Supernatural (Book)

Edith Wharton;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720611526

A chilling collection of ghostly stories from Edith Wharton.Far removed from the comfort and urbane elegance associated with Edith Wharton's famous novels...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:200

USD $18.67

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The Ghost-Feeler: Stories of Terror and the Supernatural (Book)

Edith Wharton;Peter Haining

ISBN:9780720609967

Readers of The Buccaneers, The House of Mirth, and the recently filmed The Age of Innocence may be surprised to learn that Edith Wharton, known for her elegant narrative style...more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:188

USD $42.58

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The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Book)

Peter Haining;Editor *

ISBN:9780786716036

Expanded with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead--from vengeful and violent spirits...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:512

USD $16.05

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Flying Sorcerers (Book)

Haining Peter (ed )

ISBN:9781857237252

This sparkling sequel to WIZARDS OF ODD once again turns logic on its head with a galaxy of star writers and stories. Terry Pratchett, the arch-priest of the genre...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:383

USD $19.50

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Knights of Madness: Further Comic T (Book)

Haining Peter (ed )

ISBN:9781857239584

When comedy enters the world of fantasy, anything can happen - and it usually does in the inventive hands of such brilliant writers as Terry Pratchett...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:336