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  • AMAZING TALES VOLUME 15
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    AMAZING TALES VOLUME 15
    MAX C. SHERIDAN ET AL.
    Prepare to embark on an exhilarating journey with "Amazing Tales Volume 15",. This extraordinary anthology is a gateway to the boundless expanses of science fiction, where each tale is a star in a vibrant constellation of imagination. Dive deep into the realm where survival, resilience, and cosmic discoveries intertwine, inviting readers to ponder the vast tapestry of possibili...

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  • POLITICIANS AND EDUCATION POLICY
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    POLITICIANS AND EDUCATION POLICY
    SHERIDAN DUDLEY
    Based on an in-depth case study, this book reveals how politicians, as policy makers, conceptualise, develop and initiate large-scale education system reform and why it matters for whole system school improvement. Governments all over the world are spending increasing time, money and effort on improving school systems but the evidence suggests that few of them are getting it ri...

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  • THE WATCHER AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES
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    THE WATCHER AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES
    J. SHERIDAN LE FANU
    A captain on the run from his demons…literally! A trapped countess fights for her life in an unfamiliar estate. A love-struck painter searches to save his love against the mysterious suitor that stole her. And more! The Watcher and Other Weird Stories contains six Victorian cautionary tales. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu shines the light on not only the shadows in the cobblestone all...

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  • REVISITING GROOVED WARE
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    REVISITING GROOVED WARE
    MIKE COPPER, ALASDAIR WHITTLE AND ALISON SHERIDAN
    Following its appearance, arguably in Orkney in the 32nd century cal BC, Grooved Ware soon became widespread across Britain and Ireland, seemingly replacing earlier pottery styles and being deposited in contexts as varied as simple pits, passage tombs, ceremonial timber circles and henge monuments. As a result, Grooved Ware lies at the heart of many ongoing debates concerning s...

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  • ROOTS OF POWER
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    ROOTS OF POWER
    MICHAEL SHERIDAN
    Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies. In Cameroon, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent, and Tanzania, dracaena and cordyline plants are simultaneously property rights institutions, markers of social organization, and expressions of life-force and vitality. In addition to their localized ...

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  • TELEPRESENCE: ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL
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    TELEPRESENCE: ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL
    THOMAS B. SHERIDAN
    Telepresence: Actual and Virtual explores the history of telepresence from the 1948 developments of master–slave manipulation, through to current telepresence technology used in space, undersea, surgery and telemedicine, operations in nuclear and other hazardous environments, policing and surveillance, agriculture, construction, mining, warehousing, education, amusement, social...

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  • A PERFECT FAMILY
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    A PERFECT FAMILY
    SARAH SHERIDAN
    A young woman starts having doubts about her dream man in this unsettling thriller from the bestselling author of Girl in Bed Three. Nineteen-year-old Ellen is thrilled to have Jack Bryant as a best friend and roommate. She would be even happier to have him as a boyfriend. Ellen doesn't just love Jack, she loves his entire family—so perfect, so wealthy, so envied by the neighbo...

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  • IN THE VOLCANO'S MOUTH, OR, A BOY AGAINST AN ARMY
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    IN THE VOLCANO'S MOUTH, OR, A BOY AGAINST AN ARMY
    FRANK SHERIDAN
    Excerpt: "“All aboard!” “All but passengers ashore.” The loud, stentorian voices of the officers of the magnificent palace steamer L’Orient, of the Peninsular and Oriental Line, sounded all along the Southampton docks, up the streets to the old gates, and even penetrated into some of the business houses of the quaint old English town. The shout, so commonplace to the citizens o...

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  • CARMILLA
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    CARMILLA
    J. SHERIDAN LE FANU / JOSEPH LE FANU
    Sink your teeth into the cult classic vampire novella that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Fear sweeps the countryside as people fall victim to a strange illness. After a peculiar accident, beautiful Mircalla becomes a ward at Laura's family home. Soon, friendship blooms between the mysterious Mircalla and curious Laura. Love is in the air, but so is something deadly. Will Mirc...

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  • GIRL IN BED THREE
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    GIRL IN BED THREE
    SARAH SHERIDAN
    "Wow . . . had me gripped from the first page . . . I honestly couldn't stop reading." —Goodreads reviewer, five stars A victim of crime may actually be a criminal in this twisting tale of psychological suspense by the author of Devil's Play. When Sophie Macreavey wakes up in the hospital, suffering from stab wounds, detectives are quick to question her—hoping to make sense of ...

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  • THE IRISH IN THE VICTORIAN CITY
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    THE IRISH IN THE VICTORIAN CITY
    ROGER SWIFT / SHERIDAN GILLEY
    First published in 1985, this book explores the social history of the Irish in Britain across a variety of cities, including Bristol, York, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stockport. With contributions from foremost scholars in the field, it provides a thorough critical study of Irish immigration, in its social, political, cultural and religious dimensions. This book will be of interest...

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  • THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD
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    THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The House by the Churchyard (1863) is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its own merits, the novel is important as a key source for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. ...

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  • THE ROOM IN THE DRAGON VOLANT
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    THE ROOM IN THE DRAGON VOLANT
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The Room in the Dragon Volant is not really a supernatural tale. It does however have plenty of gothic elements and some genuine horror, and it’s an ingenious and entertaining tale. It’s set in France just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and involves a young rich Englishman who falls in love with a beautiful but mysterious, and unhappily married, countess. It also involve...

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  • THE EVIL GUEST
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    THE EVIL GUEST
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The letter from the rich cousin came at a low point in the Marston family's finances. The man was as ill-bred and pushing as ever: utterly the model of a noxious relation -- but he was rich, and the Marstons were all but destitute. The family could hardly refuse him. But they would come to rue that letter, and the invitation that followed it; it was the beginning of the end for...

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  • IN A GLASS DARKLY, COMPLETE, VOLUME 1-3
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    IN A GLASS DARKLY, COMPLETE, VOLUME 1-3
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    In a Glass Darkly (1872), a collection of five short stories in the horror and mystery genres, presented as the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Hesselius. ...

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  • THE TENANTS OF MALORY, VOLUME 2
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    THE TENANTS OF MALORY, VOLUME 2
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Tenants of Malory, The, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1867). This story opens in the little Welsh town of Cardyllian. The hero is Cleve Verney, who falls in love with Margaret Fanshawe, the daughter of Sir Booth Fanshawe, who, in ignorance of his landlord’s identity, is hiding from his creditors at Malory, part of the estate of Lord Verney,—Arthur’s uncle,—who has brought Sir Booth t...

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  • THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 3
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    THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 3
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh', a Catholic priest. ...

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  • UNCLE SILAS: A TALE OF BARTRAM-HAUGH
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    UNCLE SILAS: A TALE OF BARTRAM-HAUGH
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Uncle Silas (1864), a macabre mystery novel and classic of gothic horror. It is a much extended adaptation of his earlier short story "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess", with the setting changed from Ireland to England. A film version under the same name was made by Gainsborough Studios in 1947, and a remake entitled The Dark Angel, starring Peter O'Toole as t...

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  • THE WATCHER, AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES
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    THE WATCHER, AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The Watcher and Other Weird Stories (1894), another collection of short stories, published posthumously. ...

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  • WYLDER'S HAND
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    WYLDER'S HAND
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    First published in 1864, Wylder’s Hand was one of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s most popular novels, but has been largely neglected, until now. It is a nerve-jangling tale of jealousy and murder, for fans of the grisly and gripping. Synopsis: The Wylders and the Brandons share a history of intermarriage, bitter rivalry, villainy, and madness. The wedding of Mark Wylder to his rich and ...

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  • THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 2
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    THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 2
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh', a Catholic priest. ...

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  • THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 1
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    THE PURCELL PAPERS — VOLUME 1
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh', a Catholic priest. ...

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  • CHECKMATE
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    CHECKMATE
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Walter Longcluse is clever, cunning and rich. Having insinuated himself into the affections of the Arden family, he becomes devoted to the beautiful young Alice, although she cannot bring herself to like this strange and mysterious friend of her brother's. Then Longcluse visits a gambling club with Alice's brother, Richard, and finds himself confronting the indiscreet Monsieur ...

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  • GREEN TEA; MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE
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    GREEN TEA; MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Green Tea, a haunting narrative of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. ...

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  • THE TENANTS OF MALORY, VOLUME 1
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    THE TENANTS OF MALORY, VOLUME 1
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Tenants of Malory, The, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1867). This story opens in the little Welsh town of Cardyllian. The hero is Cleve Verney, who falls in love with Margaret Fanshawe, the daughter of Sir Booth Fanshawe, who, in ignorance of his landlord’s identity, is hiding from his creditors at Malory, part of the estate of Lord Verney,—Arthur’s uncle,—who has brought Sir Booth t...

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  • CARMILLA
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    CARMILLA
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is ...

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  • J. S. LE FANU'S GHOSTLY TALES, COMPLETE VOLUME 1-5
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    J. S. LE FANU'S GHOSTLY TALES, COMPLETE VOLUME 1-5
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    The present collection contains such favorites as, "Carmilla," "The Familiar," "Green Tea," and "Schalken the Painter," as well as much otherwise unobtainable work. There is, for example, the magnificent nouvelle "The Haunted Baronet", material from "The Purcell Papers," the practically unknown essay-story "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House," and nine other first-rate s...

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  • THE COCK AND ANCHOR
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    THE COCK AND ANCHOR
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    First published in 1845, Le Fanu's The Cock and Anchor is one of the most interesting historical novels written in Ireland in the nineteenth century. It is many things at once: a record of Victorian Irish mores, a story of love struggling against class prejudice, a study of crime and punishment, and an engaging thriller. But first and foremost it is a full-bodied, energetic por...

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  • A STABLE FOR NIGHTMARES; OR, WEIRD TALES
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    A STABLE FOR NIGHTMARES; OR, WEIRD TALES
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Le Fanu worked in many genres but remains best known for his horror fiction. This collection by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu contains eleven stories, included here are: Dickon the Devil, A Debt of Honor, Devereux’s Dream, Catherine’s Quest, Haunted, Pichon and Sons, of the Croix Rousse, The Phantom Fourth, The Spirit’s Whisper, Dr. Feversham’s Story, The Secret of the Two Plaster Ca...

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  • MADAM CROWL'S GHOST AND THE DEAD SEXTON
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    MADAM CROWL'S GHOST AND THE DEAD SEXTON
    JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
    Two good old fashioned ghost stories by J.S. Le Fanu. A great author with a very modern style of writing. Excerpt from Madam Crowl's Ghost: "Twenty years have passed since you last saw Mrs. Jolliffe's tall slim figure. She is now past seventy, and can't have many mile-stones more to count on the journey that will bring her to her long home. The hair has grown white as snow, tha...

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