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  • Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boysby James Patterson

    HarperCollins 2011; US$ 0.99

    A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller , edited by Jon Scieszka. more...

  • Even More Short & Shiveryby Jacqueline Rogers; Robert D. San Souci

    Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 5.99

    Thirty spine-chilling stories from around the world provide plenty of shivers in this spooky collection.  Curl up with old friends like Washington Irving's "Guests from Gibbet Island" or Charles Dickens' "Chips."  Or make the aquaintance of "The Skull That Spoke" and "The Monster of Baylock"--but beware of spectral visitors like "The Blood-Drawing Ghost." This exciting mixture of classic and contemporary tales from Mexico, China, Poland, Nigeria, and other lands near and far is perfect for hair-raising reading! Twenty deliciously eerie illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers highlight this companion to Robert D. San Souci's earlier collections of scary stories, Short & Shivery... more...

  • Arabian Nightsby Andrew Lang

    Andrews UK 2010; US$ 6.99

    The Stories contained in Arabian Nights have been handed down from generation to generation and are just as compelling today as they were when first told. This collection, specially selected and edited by Andrew Lang is a wonderful anthology, and will delight readers young and old. This version has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. more...

  • Guys Read: Ghost Vision Glassesby Patrick Carman

    HarperCollins 2011; US$ 0.99

    The ad promised you’d be able to see into the spirit world. But they couldn’t work for real . . . could they? A short story from Guys Read: Thriller , edited by Jon Scieszka. more...

  • Mixed Magicsby Diana Wynne Jones

    HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 5.99

    Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories. A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And as the gods of an ever-so-orderly world try to destroy the young Sage of Dissolution, Chrestomanci lends a hand. Like Chrestomanci himself, acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones has a graceful flair, which sparkles in the remarkable... more...

  • Island Boyzby Graham Salisbury

    Random House Children's Books 2002; US$ 10.99

    In this rich collection, Salisbury’s love for Hawaii and its encircling sea shines through every story. Readers will share the rush a boy feels when he leaps off a cliff into a ravine or feasts his eyes on a beautiful woman. They’ll find stories that show what it takes to survive prep school, or a hurricane, or the night shift at Taco Bell, or first love. Graham Salisbury knows better than anyone what makes an island boy take chances. Or how it feels to test the waters, to test the limits, and what it’s like when a beloved older brother comes home from war, never to be the same. From the Hardcover edition. more...

  • Across the Wallby Garth Nix

    HarperCollins 2005; US$ 7.99

    Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom. Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies there, along with all those he cares for. But here in Ancelstierre, far south of the Wall, the Charter is dormant, and among the obstacles Nick faces is one that is not entirely human, and which has a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself. With "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case," Garth Nix continues to explore the magical world of The Abhorsen Trilogy. In additional short stories that range from classic fantasy -- two widely different takes on the Merlin myth -- to a gritty urban version of Hansel and Gretel, to an unusual take on the role... more...

  • Henry W Longfellow: The Worksby Henry W Longfellow

    Packard Technologies 2004; US$ 9.95

    Includes a HUGE COLLECTION of the Works of Henry W. Longfellow Includes easy-to-use search and navigation. Includes tap-and-go Table of Contents. Includes: THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUSTHE VILLAGE BLACKSMITHEVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIETHE SONG OF HIAWATHATHE BUILDING OF THE SHIPTHE CASTLE-BUILDERPAUL REVERE'S RIDE.THE BUILDING OF THE LONG SERPENTOICES OF THE NIGHTEARLIER POEMSBALLADS AND OTHER POEMSPOEMS ON SLAVERY.THE SPANISH STUDENTTHE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMSTHE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDETHE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISHBIRDS OF PASSAGE.TALES OF A WAYSIDE INNTHE MASQUE OF PANDORATHE HANGING OF THE CRANEMORITURI SALUTAMUSA BOOK OF SONNETSKERAMOSULTIMA THULEIN THE HARBORFRAGMENTSCHRISTUS: A MYSTERYJUDAS MACCABAEUS.MICHAEL... more...

  • Listening to Mondrianby Nadia Wheatley

    Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 12.32

    Nadia Wheatley's award-winning and critically acclaimed collection, The Night Tolkien Died , was first published in 1995. Listening to Mondrian brings six of these stories and an additional two new stories to another generation of readers in a stylish new edition. more...

  • Firebirds Risingby Pamela Dean; Emma Bull

    Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 9.99

    Here is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning anthology Firebirds! Firebirds Rising takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, and?best of all?the unexpected. The one thing readers can count on is marvelous writing. Firebirds Rising proves once again that Firebird is a gathering place for writers and readers of speculative fiction from teenage to adult, from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond. more...