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„That is not dead wich can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.“ Klappentext Frequently imitated and widley infulential Howard Phillips Lovecraft reinvented the genre of horror in the twentieth centruy, dicarding ghosts and wichtes and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindeling sanity in a chaotic an malevolent universe. In this volume Lovecraft’s preeminent interpreter S.T. Joshi presents a selection of the master’s fiction from early tals of nightmares and madness such as „The Outsider“ and „The rats in the Walls“ tot he overpowering cosmic terror of „The shadow over Innsmouth“ and „The call of Cthulu“. More than just a collection of terrifing tales, this definitive edtion revales the development of Lovcrafts mesmerizimg narrative style and establishes him as a canonical – and vioonary – Amercian writer. Übersicht Autor: H.P. Lovecraft Verlag: Penguin Verlag Sprache: Englisch Seiten: 360 ISBN: 978-0-14-312945-5 Genr...

„Nur wenn ein Buch von suchender Hand ergriffen und aufgeschlagen wurde, wenn es erworben und davongetragen wurde, dann konnte es zu neuem Leben erwachen. Und das es, wovon Bücher träumten.“ Klappentext Bücher können alles – sogar töten! Der junge Dichter Hildegunst von Mythenmetz erbt ein makellose Manuskript, dessen Geheimnis er ergründen möchte. Die Spur weist nach Buchhaim, der Stadt der träumenden Bücher... Walter Moers entführt uns in das Zauberreich der Literatur, wo Bücher nicht nur spannend oder komisch sind, sondern auch in den Wahnsinn treiben oder sogar töten können. Übersicht Autor: Walter Moers Verlag: Piper Sprache: Deutsch Seiten: 475 ISBN: 978-3-492-24688-0 Genre: Fantasy Reihe: Ja, Band 4 der Zarmonien Reihe                                       ...

„Jane meanwhile, possesed neither a lover, nor a dead lover, nor a penny of her own.“ Klappentext Historian Lucy Worsely leads us into the rooms from wich our best-loves novelist quietly changed the world. This new telling oft he story of Jan’s life shows us how an why she live as she did, examinig the palces and spaces that matterd to her. It wasn’t all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggel. Jane famously lived a „life without incident“, but with new resarch and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Darcy. Übersicht Autor: Lucy Worsley Verlag: Hodder Sprache: Englisch Seiten: 486 ISBN: 978-1-473-63220-2 Genre: Biographie Reihe: Nein                ...

„ When a man is certain that he knows God’s will, and is resolved to do it regardless of the cost, he is the most dangerous person in the world.” Klappentext A world in turmoil 1588, and Europe is in revolt as religious hatred sweeps the continent. Elizabeth Tudor has ascended tot he throne but she is not safe in this dangerous new world. There are many who would see her removed, not least Mary Queen of Scots, who lies in wait in Paris. A new order Elizabeth determines to set up a new secret service: a group of resourceful spies and courageos agents entrusted to keep her safe and in power. As she searches for those who will make the differnce, one man stands out. A man who would die for his queen For Ned Willard the oppertunity to serve his queen is God-sent. He cannot stay in Kingsbridge and watch the love of his life marry another an das fire burn and extremism begins to spark throughout Europe, Ned makes his choice. He will spend his life protecting his monar...