His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed & the face was a mask of agonised horror & fruitless entreaty But the eyes were already glazed in death & before Francis could reach the bed the body had toppled over & lay inert & lifeless Even as he looked he heard a limping step go down the passage outside'E F Benson was a master of the ghost story & now all his rich imaginative spine-tingling & beautifully written tales are presented together in this bumper collection The range & variety of these spooky narratives is far broader & more adventurous than those of any other writer of supernatural fiction Within the covers of this volume you will encounter revengeful spectres vampires homicidal spirits monstrous spectral worms & slugs & other entities of nameless dread This is a classic collection that cannot fail to charm & chill ...

Get ready to rule the night on a mini-scale with the PJ Masks Nighttime Micros 6-Piece Figure Set Featuring kids&8217; favourite characters from the show & small enough to fit in the palm of their hand Each pocket-sized figure is the perfect addition for any PJ Masks collection Bring home Catboy Owlette Gekko Night Ninja Romeo & Luna Girl in this set Ages 3 ...

Includes: Cat-Car Owl Glider & Gekko-Mobile Vehicles features a new show-inspired design Perfect for playing out adventures
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Behind every door of the PJ Masks Nighttime Micros Mystery HQ Box Set is a surprise! Which PJ Masks character will you unwrap? Look for the show&8217;s newest characters Munkigu Newton Star & Motsuki! Adorable mini-sized collectibles! Collect all characters & trade with your friends! Characters include Catboy Gekko Owlette Romeo Connor Munkigu Newton Star Luna Girl Greg PJ Robot Motsuki Romeo&8217;s Robot Night Ninja a Ninjalino & Amaya ...

Directed by Hammer horror director Baker this is another version of the tale of the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic told in a semi-documentary style through the eyes of the ship's second officer Herbert Lightoller whose duties provided him with a unique perspective of the everyday goings-on aboard the huge ocean liner An excellent cast (selected for their resemblances to photos of the real passengers) conveys the courage greed fear hope & despair of the real-life passengers Based on the novel by Walter Lord ...

'I worked one hundred murders' says Detective Mike Hoolihan an American policewoman ' In my time I have come in on the aftermath of maybe a thousand suspicious deaths most of which turned out to be suicides accidentals or plain unattendeds So I've seen them all jumpers stumpers dumpers dunkers bleeders floaters poppers bursters But of all the bodies I have ever seen none has stayed with me in my gut like the body of Jennifer Rockwell I say all this because I am part of the story I am going to tell & I feel the need to give you some idea of where I'm coming from' Night Train is a mystery story which lingers in the reader's mind even after Mike Hoolihan declares the case closed ...

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius a 57-year-old Classics scholar on a journey that takes him across Europe Abandoning his job & his life & travelling with a dusty old book as his talisman he heads for Lisbon in search of clues to the life of the book's Portuguese author Amadeu de Prado As he gets swept up in his quest he finds that the journey is also one of self-discovery as he reencounters all the decisions he has made
- & not made
- in his life & faces the roads not travelled

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Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments gilded dining cars champagne bars & wealthy travellers Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance intrigue & decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes The reality could often be as thrilling early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot) In Night Trains Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents This is no simple matter The night trains have fallen on hard times & the services are disappearing one by one But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers the intriguing characters & exotic atmospheres have survived Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post the sun rising over the Riviera or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail By tracing the history of the sleeper trains he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself The original sleepers helped break down national barriers & unify the continent Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity
- & otherwise
- as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times' with Brexit looming Against this tumultuous backdrop he experiences his own smaller dramas as he fails to find crucial connecting stations ponders the mystery of the compartment dog & becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit

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Artists Night Viper Label Listenable Records Format Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 No Escape 2 Summon the Dead 3 Never Win 4 Exterminator 5 On the Run 6 Ashes 7 Going Down 8 Lady Bad Luck 9 Revenge 10 All That Remains ...

The world is a different place after dark & this magnificent photography book illuminates the mesmerizing realm of all things nocturnal After dark the light is different; there is an unspoken intimacy; new & different activities occur & in the natural world an unseen universe comes alive Page after page of vivid photos explore the many nuances of night vision--from the sea by moonlight to night markets in Laos to the face of a child lit up by a screen in a darkened room The range of images is breathtaking A smoky jazz club Flowers that bloom only at night Phosphorescent fish Lions photographed with infrared cameras The Eiffel Tower all lit up Faces around a campfire A stadium lit by floodlights Earth from space Elegant sexy & a little mysterious this richly illustrated book is a stunning pathway to some of the world&s most captivating sights ...