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I recently bought Cranford by Mrs Gaskell. The book was published in 1907 and there is a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. In the flyleaf there is a sticker from St Aidan's School awarding a prize to...
I have a question about Adam Mickiewicz. I know that in 1832 he went to Dresden where he wrote third part of "Dziady". Can anyone give me a full address where he lived in Dresden? Or...
I once read a short story set in Ireland concerning the life and death of a fisherman and his family. The story had 'chapters' based on the days of the week but each new day was separated by years....
The story's about a man who falls and cuts himself on a witch's grave (he doesn't realise at the time). He slowly starts to turn into a vampire, but he's not aware this is actually happening until a...
Please help - I can remember reading a ghost story with a twist in the tale - the only bits I can remember is a man retelling a story in a pub - about two men who have an arguement on a cliff top -...
a novel about a modern day terrorist plot using WWI tunnels and rifles. What is the corerect title and author, please? Can I get a copy?
hi fhm featured a book in their magazine about a photographer who took photographs of objects and made them look like other objects (a bit like the carphone warehouse adverts that used to be on big...
Has anyone come across 'The Man Who Bit The Dog' ,by the above. I would like to wind back the years by reading it again!
The sypnosis is that of a man who gets drunks, falls and cuts himself on a witch's grave (which he doesn't realise until later). He slowly turns into a vampire, but isn't actually aware that this is...
I read a book in the last 10 years or so, where the husband, who seemed to be a control-freak ratbag (I'm not bitter, honest). He used to put ketchup on all her clean plates and let it dry, so she'd...
Locke says, "The Negro today is inevitably moving forward under the control largely of his own objectives." Generally, what are these two objectives? Specifically describe the...
i have been told i have a tallent for creative writing, i have channeled my ability into an unpublished book/s. since then i have been interested in publishing. how do i go about getting the...
In which novel, short story, play or other book is MacGowan killed when the eponymous heroine is kidnapped?
This is a long shot but....anyone heard of this book? This book is a childrens fairy tale book with many stories in it. I know one of the stories in it is about a castle that is far away and everytime...
Are Kate Chopin and Frederic Chopin related?
who wrote the book rocky and the ratman
I am looking at furthering my reading, but I'm not a fan of fiction (at all), so I'm looking at autobiographies, mostly political - I've just ordered Mandela's "Long Walk To Freedom" off Amazon...
Has anyone read the Emporer/conqueror books? Are they any good?
i read a book years ago and i cant remember the name or author. I remember from the book that it was about a boys private school where a female teacher fell in love with one of her pupils. She fell...
In junior high I read a book about a group of kids who were caught in a cave-in in an old mine. A group of bullies was chasing another group, they all went in the mine, and boom. The book tells of...
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