His disappearance is not the only mystery left behind What were the stories that went with these drawings? There are some clues Who is Harris Burdick? Where did he disappear to? & how was he going to finish his stories? Chris Van Allsburg presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title & a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story ...

With its insightful portrayals of her protagonist's inner life Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho was a hugely influential work of early Gothic horror This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Jacqueline Howard Emily St Aubert lives with her loving enlightened parents in exquisitely happy rural isolation But when she is tragically orphaned the beautiful young woman is thrown on the mercy of her heartless aunt's sinister new husband The villainous Signor Montoni has designs upon his wife's fortune & that of her niece & imprisons them in the gloomy medieval castle Udolpho Separated from her beloved Valancourt Emily must cope with torments of wild imaginings & terrors as ghostly omens & attempts upon her virtue & life threaten to overwhelm her One of the most popular novels of its time The Mysteries of Udolpho continues to grip readers with its vivid characters its sublime Alpine settings & its dramatic sense of suspense & danger In her introduction Jacqueline Howard discusses the novel's huge success when it was first published its place as a groundbreaking work of the Gothic genre & Radcliffe's imaginative use of history poetry landscape & the supernatural This edition also

Includes:: further reading a chronology & notes Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the leading exponent of Gothic fiction During her lifetime she published five novels including A Sicilian Romance (1790) The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) & The Italian (1797) as well as a collection of European travel writings Her novels were immensely popular & much imitated If you enjoyed The Mysteries of Udolpho you might like Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Writings also available in Penguin Classics

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When a peculiar advertisement appears in the newspaper for children to take part in a secret mission children everywhere sit a series of mysterious tests In the end just four children succeed Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance They have three things in common they are all honest all remarkably talented & all orphans They must go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where the only rule is that there are no rules There they must work as a team to save not only themselves but also the world outside the walls ...

Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance are back
- but so is Mr Curtain with another devious scheme! Can the Mysterious Benedict Society
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It is Friday 13 August of the year 1886 very early in the morning The lanes of Soho are depraved the air as heavy as the mind of the people & no one forebodes what terrifying things happened in this night The murder of a wealthy citizen with an irreproachable reputation raises a lot of riddles Was he really murdered here
- in Soho? & why did he have to die? Full length " Hidden Object" adventure An exciting story with about 200 tasks 30 different scenes & 30 tricky mini games Thrilling & tight storyline based on " Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" Graphically complex elaboration Impressive music & atmospheric sound effect background
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The Mysterious Forest is a cooperative memory game inspired by Daniel Lieske&s graphic novel The Wormworld Saga After going through a magical painting young Jonas enters a fantasy world Players help him cross the Mysterious Forest & face the frightening Queen of the Draconias The game is played in three phases During the scouting phase the players look at each of the eight forest cards in play & try to memorize all the equipment they need to cross the forest Then they prepare Jonas& backpack by rolling the dice & trying to get the right pieces of equipment Once ready the players start the expedition by turning the first forest card face up & discarding the required equipment from the backpack If they can reach the final card & choose the right equipment before they reveal it they win the game! 2-4 Players 10-25 Min Playing Time Age 6 ...

With an Introduction by Alex Dolby Translation by WHG Kingston Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world & provided means to escape from it The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon Blown across the world they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe the men apply their scientific knowledge & technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature The book is also an intriguing mystery story for the island has a secret ...

When the mysterious & eccentric Miss Charlotte arrives in the village of Saint-Anatole to take over the tiny library the locals are surprised to find out that she does things differently Wearing a long blue dress & a giant hat she takes her books out for a walk in a wheelbarrow & shows the children that reading can be fun & useful Sometimes she is so caught up in the magic of the stories she shares with her audience that she forgets all sense of reality
- so much so that one day she loses consciousness & the children must find a way to bring her back The second in Dominique Demers's popular The Adventures of Miss Charlotte series The Mysterious Librarian brilliantly illustrated by Tony Ross is a wonderful story about the magical & inspiring power of books
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Double bill of classic British comedies The Mysterious Mr Davis Julian Roscoe is in dire financial straits with debts coming out of his ears & creditors on his tail He invents a business partner & soon finds himself juggling high finance & dodging crooks Featuring comedy legend & star of Scrooge (1951) Alastair Sim The Lad A cheeky ex-convict is mistaken for a private detective by a wealthy family who try to pay him not to dig up the dirt on them Instead of taking the money & scarpering he decides it&s time to turn over a new leaf Actors Henry Kendall Kathleen Kelly Morris Harvey Alastair Sim Gordon Harker Directors Claude Autant-Lara Henry Edwards Language English Number of discs 1 ...

A mysterious stranger appears at a New Year's Eve party becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite So far it had been a typical New Year's Eve house party But Mr Satterthwaite
- a keen observer of human nature
- sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight Who was this Mr Quin? & why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal the woman with the dyed-black hair?

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