Tales of Dragons & Monsters is a fiercely entertaining collection of stories for children aged 7 packed with tales of dragons ogres giants sea serpents & other weird & wonderful monsters The 50 exciting stories are divided into five ferocious sections including " Scales & Tails" " Goblins Boggarts & Trolls" & " Tooth & Claw" Featuring acclaimed authors such as Edith Nesbit L Frank Baum & Joseph Jacobs each tale is accompanied by gripping illustrations This is a thoroughly entertaining anthology that all little monsters will enjoy ...

Tales of Fire Bring a little magic to your home with this Tales of Fire figurine Featuring three dragonlings one red with bronze accents on its horns claws & chest The centre dragonling is green with gold accents & the third is violet with lilac accents The three young dragons appear to be combining their strengths to hold the book upright in order to read it The green dragonling in the center looks intrigued while the red dragon appears confused & the violet dragon seems shocked by the contents of the ancient text The Tales of Fire figurine would make a perfect addition to any dragon enthusiast's collection ...

Tales Of Graces f offers brilliant HD graphics an amazing dynamic real-time battle system a deep & captivating story set within the rich world of Ephinea & other unmissable features In the world of Ephinea a civilization flourishes through the use of " Eleth" a substance found in a material called " Crius" Three kingdoms
- Windor Strata & Fendel
- struggle for dominance of the world while in the remote Windor town of Lhant the eldest son of Baron Aston 18 year old Asbel strives to become a fully-fledged knight However Asbel is forced to give up his dream when his father passes away & he is obliged to succeed him as the Baron of Lhant Tales Of Graces f is the latest episode in the renowned Tales series on the current generation of consoles & the first European appearance of the franchise on Play Station 3 The story is set against the backdrop of three countries beset by a turbulent conflict & is founded on the ideals of "defending your convictions" & "protecting the people important to you For the first time in the Tales series the combat system lets the player freely change attack style depending on the battle situation The characters& distinctive weapons can be swapped for different styles & the new combat system is easier to control while simultaneously making battles more involving The title is developed by Namco Tales Studio Ltd in Japan with the aim of bringing to life the rich depth of the evocative characters created by Mutsumi Inomata Storyline In the world of Ephinea a civilization flourishes through the use of " Eleth" a substance found in a material called " Crius" Three kingdoms
- Windor Strata & Fendel
- struggle for dominance of the world while in the remote Windor town of Lhant the eldest son of Baron Aston 18 year old Asbel strives to become a fully-fledged knight However Asbel is forced to give up his dream when his father passes away & he is obliged to succeed him as the Baron of Lhant Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System The latest version of the most dynamic battle system in RPG gaming Experience dynamic real-time battles with special attacks & two different fighting styles for each character Battles unfold with numerous attack methods & a significantly increased number of tactical possibilities Deep & rich storyline To save the world you must uncover its secret while three kingdoms fighht for supremacy Huge game content There are mini-quests to discover various sub-plots around the world & many other features such as the dualizing item synthesis system for battle experience Renowned creative talent The anime style characters designs are by Mutsumi Inomata who has created countless popular characters in many previous Tales stories The music is created by the famous composer Motoi Sakuraba Over 50 hours of gameplay Go deep into the story & world of Tales of Graces f with more than 40 hours of core gameplay After the main quest take on the Lineage & Legacies epilogue featuring another 10 hours of story! Explore new dungeons fight fierce new monsters & wield newly created spells attacks & techniques! Stunning visuals High Definition graphics & stylish cell shading bring attention to the detailed anime art style Beautiful & spacious environments give players the freedom to explore a truly open world Master new combat styles Command the " Style Shift
- Linear Motion Battle System" to freely switch between fighting styles & deftly evade enemy attacks Activate " Accelerate Mode" to use powerful new techniques & bring the fight to enemies like never before! Unique multiplayer system Enlist the help of up to 3 friends to fight by your side! Players can join the battle at any time simply by plugging in a controller




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Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is compatible with PAL systems Any future DLC may require a US PSN account In Tales of Hearts R PS Vita you are Kor a young man living in a small village by the sea is enhancing his sword fighting skills under the careful supervision of his grandfather Impressed by Kor&s growing skill his grandfather bequeaths to him an unusual weapon known as a Soma Soon afterwards while watching the house in his grandfather&s absence Kor meets a young woman named Kohaku who has come searching for his grandfather Kor is enchanted with the young woman the first girl he&s ever met from outside his village However a mysterious witch soon appears who casts a spell on Kohaku&s Spiria the embodiment of her heart & soul Kor attempts to lift the spell by connecting to her Spiria through a technique known as a Spiria Link but while doing so he accidentally shatters her Spiria Core the source of her emotions Kor armed only with the Soma given to him by his grandfather must now set out on a journey to find a way to make Kohaku&s Spiria whole once more Huge game content & long play hours on Vita at the same level as a console title Players can enjoy the huge game content & long play hours anywhere & anytime they want! Beautiful character design created by the prominent & familiar character designer Beautiful anime-style character designs by Mutsumi Inomata who has designed many characters for previous games in the Tales of series Aerial Chase Linear Motion Battle System Aerial Chase Linear Motion Battle System enables players to blow an enemy with ‘ Break Attack’ & to speedily catch up with it with ‘ Chase Link’ that allows players to use ‘ Chase Dash’ In this way the players can move freely in the air & experience the innovative aerial battles! Deep storyline described with the original JP voiceovers & EFIGS texts Players will be able to play the game with both the original Japanese voice over & EFIGS subtitles ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Tales of Hoffmann has been beautifully restored in 4k supervised by Martin Scorsese Thelma Schoonmaker Powel & Ned Price Newly discovered sequences from Act 3 & the epilogue which were missing from previously released versions of the film were found in the nitrate material held at the BFI & put back into the film as directors Powell & Pressburger originally intended Based on Jacques Offenbach&s opera of the stories of romantic poet ETA Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann gave close collaborators Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger another opportunity to eschew realism & celebrate artifice & creativity Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffmann a university student who is spectacularly unlucky in affairs of the heart Each of his love affairs with Olympia (Moira Shearer) an animated doll Venetian courtesan Giulietta (Ludmilla Tcherina) & singer&s daughter Antonia (Ann Ayars) is doomed to failure due to circumstances far beyond our hero&s control The entire film is shaped by Offenbach&s score given a rousing rendition by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham ...

" An amazing new entry in the Honorverse mythos" " Interesting…stylistically sound" The first ever original comic book tale set in David Weber&s HONORVERSE! Following the success of TALES OF HONOR VOL 1 which explored the origins of Weber&s military heroine the eponymous Honor Harrington this second volume finds Honor is a never-before-seen adventure On the leisure station Eros naval commander Honor Harrington&s roguish uncle has gone missing…under very mysterious circumstances In the absence of actual shore leave it&s up to Honor & her crewmen officers Horace Harkness & Scotty Tremaine with the help of her pet Treecat Nimitz to infiltrate Eros & uncover a mystery of galactic proportions! But what they find will extend far beyond a simple kidnapping & will push Honor & her crew to their absolute limits…and then some Written by MATT HAWKINS & DAN WICKLINE with art from rising star LINDA SEJIC this is one series that Scifi-fans – familiar with the Honorverse or not – won&t want to miss Collects TALES OF HONOR BRED TO KILL 0-4 ...

Tracklist The Disillusion Hypnotized Narcissist On My Mind Dead Eyes When She Takes A Hold Of You Desert Flower Silence Darlin' 61 ...

With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies ' In the great mirror opposite I saw myself & right behind another wicked fearful self so like me my soul seemed to quiver within me as though not knowing to which similitude of body it belonged' Elizabeth Gaskell is better known today for her pioneering social novels such as Mary Barton (1848) but she also wrote some fascinating tales of the supernatural & the macabre which are collected here in this volume The real charm of this dark anthology is its variety Unlike so many writers of this kind of material Gaskell allows the story to fit the style rather than the other way around & as result there is a charming freshness to each tale This remarkable author uses different voices tones & topics to engage her readers & as you turn from one story to the next you cannot be quite sure what to expect ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart
- one of the indivisible primary faculties or sentiments which gives direction to the character of Man' Including Poe's most terrifying grotesque & haunting short stories Tales of Mystery & Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction the collection features some of his most popular tales The Gold-Bug' is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime whereas The Black Cat' The Pit & the Pendulum' & The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals the power of the dead over the living & psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud's later theories on the psyche Poe's Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over
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With an Introduction by John S Whitley University of Sussex This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying & bewildering tales that characterise his work As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as ' The Pit & the Pendulum' ' The Fall of the House of Usher' ' The Premature Burial' & ' The Tell-Tale Heart' all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included These are the first modern detective stories & include ' The Murders in the Rue Morgue' ' The Mystery of Marie Roget' & ' The Purloined Letter' ...