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'Os contos que compõem esta coletânea foram selecionados dentre os mais populares, incluídos alguns pouco conhecidos do público brasileiro, como Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, M.r. James e W.W. Jacobs. esperamos que nossas escolhas dêem tanto prazer ao leitor quanto o que nos proporcionou a...

Sir Derek Jacobi reads a collection of tales from the master of ghost stories, M. R. James, whose stories have for many years inspired the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptations. M. R. James was described as "a man who, in company with Sheridan le Fanu, is the best ghost-story writer England has ever produced".

In this beloved classic, James Hilton tells the story of a beloved school teacher, Mr Chipping, and his long tenure at Brookfield School. From before the war to long after, Mr Chipping, known as "Chips" to all the boys, presides over Brookfield, until the final goodbye. Often adapted, by radio...

Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes listeners on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose "new woman" opinions work far-reaching changes in him.

Captain Alexander Clay and the crew of the Griffin return from India after almost two years away, impatient to see loved ones at home, but fate has other ideas. In the middle of the Atlantic they cross paths with a huge Franco-Spanish fleet on its way to the Caribbean, and find themselves drawn into one of the greatest naval campaigns in history.

A Life Defined by Loyalty. A Love That Never Ends.“Humans think they are the ones doing the rescuing. But from the moment I saw him, I knew I was the one who had to keep his heart whole.” Born in the quiet of Missouri, and surviving the jagged uncertainty of a rescue shelter, a tiny, tan Chorkie named Mr. Hanky Panky always knew he had a grand destiny. With his bat-like ears and a face that looked like the love child of Chewbacca and Yoda, he didn’t look like a typical hero, but his motor was built for a legendary kind of love.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When Mr. Anderson checks into the Golden Lion, a venerable old inn in the Danish town of Viborg, he finds himself in Room Number 12 — comfortable enough, though strangely narrower by day than it seems at night. Odder still, the hotel has no Room...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A quiet country house. A kind guardian. And a past that refuses to stay buried. In Lost Hearts, M. R. James crafts a chilling tale of a young boy sent to live with his enigmatic cousin: an eccentric scholar with a troubling fascination for ancient...

Este volume da coleção Clássicos do Medo reúne cinco obras-primas dos contos de terror e mistério da literatura de língua inglesa.

Collection includes the most famous horror stories of all time from the pens of genius' of the genre: Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” is a collection of mysterious and atmospheric tales by renowned writer M.R. James. Transporting us into the realm of supernatural fiction, James weaves intriguing narratives that evoke feelings of unease and mystery...

A second collection of tales from the master of ghost stories, M. R. James, whose stories have for many years inspired the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas TV adaptations. This volume includes 'A Warning to the Curious', 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral', 'The Mezzotint', and 'A Neighbour's Landmark'.

Beginning with the unforgettable title story—a wry and chilling horror tale about cloning and alien invasion that inspired the classic teleplay "The Duplicate Man" from the television series The Outer Limits—Simak propels the listener on a breathtaking journey across the galaxies and into the future. He then enthralls us with the strange chronicle of twin siblings, one tied to the Earth, the other drawn to the stars; imaginings of a volatile reunion of two former enemies who must join forces on Jupiter's moon or face extinction; and the story of a house in the middle of nowhere.

When popular mystery writer Sebastian McCabe agreed to take part in a literary debate in London, he had no clue that he would wind up as both investigator and suspect in the strangest case of his amateur sleuthing career. Arthur James Phillimore, investment guru to the stars and member of an elite Sherlock Holmes society, steps back into his home to fetch an umbrella one rainy day and is never seen alive again. The mystery is eerily evocative of one of Dr. Watson’s most famous untold tales, the disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore. But this Phillimore soon reappears - dead.

Mr. Durty is a filth demon! He loves killing people almost as much as he loves making a mess! Find him at the local landfill huffing discarded sanitary napkins. What will Mr. Durty do next? Each kill in his filthy saga is more heinous than the next!

My life is in tatters: a scandalous elopement, the possible loss of my beloved Longbourn, and the mortifying memory of a rejected proposal. As if that's not enough, I now have the delightful job of handling the unruly Holt children as their governess. Little did I know, this role would pull me into the world of international intrigue. Italy, Napoleon, and danger? Not exactly what I signed up for.

Darcy's got the wealth and wit, but Elizabeth's heart is already spoken for. Cue the romance and shenanigans, because the game of love is about to get serious. **Elizabeth Bennet** It was supposed to be simple: come back to Derbyshire, see childhood friends, maybe fall in love. But that was before I realized George Darcy, the boy I’d set my heart on when I was just thirteen, was engaged to Lady Lucilla.

English adventurer Harvey Landon agrees to help his old Oxford friend, Don Vargas, who is plotting the overthrow of a South American government. The Revolutionaries, however, are without aircraft and, to obtain their supply, Landon volunteers to take a letter out of the country to a mysterious Mr. Delgado in New York. Complications begin as Landon is stalked on board the New York-bound oil tanker by two agents intent on killing him and stealing the letter.

This collection comprises 40 stories by and inspired by the originators of weird fiction. From Blackwood's The Empty House, through to Philip K. Dick's The Hanging Stranger, Lovecraft's Out of The Aeons, and beyond.

M.R. James had a great, and simple, formula for writing ghost stories. Establish the mundane and everyday detail (which is heightened by the Victorian academic settings), and then introduce, briefly, the supernatural, which cracks the surface of everything normal that has been so carefully established.