The mystery man threw off his disguise & started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s he'd been paid GBP17 expenses. When he wanted to run he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised. Forever. Now he was fighting back gatecrashing races all over Britain. No number on his shirt. No friends in high places. Soon he would be a record-breaker one of the greatest long-distance runners the world has ever seen. This is his true story: The Ghost Runner"." ...

How to become an Undercover Pirate...1) Have a pirate captain as your ancient ancestor 2) Find a message in a bottle & a magic gold doubloon 3) Get whisked back in time to join a pirate crew 4) When you get home DONT TELL ANYONE. Remember
- youre undercover! When Sam Silver & the crew of the Sea Wolf board a galleon looking for Spanish gold they find its already been stolen
- by a ghost ship! Can our pirate heroes outwit a ghostly crew or is the treasure gone for ever?

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A thrilling ghost story from the author of the popular Football Academy series. Lucas Irfan & Jack want to mark the beginning of their summer holidays in style! Tricking their parents with a camping cover story the boys sneak into the old abandoned football stadium to spend the night. Are the rumours about it being haunted true? They're about to find out
- Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers of 12+
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Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear & obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave & other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts paradoxically she did confess that she was frightened of them. Wharton imbues this potent irrational & imaginative fear into her ghostly fiction to great effect. In this unique collection of finely wrought tales Wharton demonstrates her mastery of the ghost story genre. Amongst the many supernatural treats within these pages you will encounter a married farmer bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell which saves a womans reputation; the weird spectral eyes which terrorise the midnight hours of an elderly aesthete; the haunted man who receives letters from his dead wife; & the frightening power of a doppelganger which foreshadows a terrible tragedy. Compelling rich & strange the ghost stories of Edith Wharton like vintage wine have matured & grown more potent with the passing years. ...

Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous & the darker areas of the human psyche. This edition

Includes:: all ten of his ghost stories & as such is the fullest collection currently available. The stories range widely in tone & type. They include The Jolly Corner a compelling story of psychological doubling; Owen Wingrave which is also a subtle parable of military tradition; The Friends of the Friends a strange story of uncanny love; & The Private Life which finds a shrewd high comedy in its ghostly theme. The volume also

Includes:: Jamess great novella The Turn of the Screw perhaps the most ambiguous & disturbing ghost story ever written.



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Look.. .there by the dustbins what do you see? A shimmering & a glimmering & a figure forming in the darkness. It is the Ghost Teacher... Class 3 are the worst class ever. They do lots of crashing & bashing nose-picking & flicking fighting & fidgeting. No teacher can control Class 3. Until Miss Shade
- the Ghost Teacher
- pays them a visit...

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This title

Includes:: a brand new & exclusive Morganville short story. When Claire is ordered to repair the

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Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-&-bust highway of the American West Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines railroad stops cattle ranches resorts stagecoach stops & gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than twenty-five ghost towns rich in stories & history.

Includes:: directions for when you take your trip. Complemented by Kerrick James gorgeous sepia-tone & color photography. Explore the beauty & nostalgia of these abandoned communities along Americas favorite highway!

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It was not until long after his grandmother Sophie had died that Michael Jacobs was eventually permitted to read the lengthy & passionate letters that his grandfather Bethel had written her from nine thousand miles away. In these letters Jacobs discovered a remarkable story of hardship deprivation & enduring love. His grandfathers work on the railway through the Andes was exhausting & desperately lonely. He had little in common with his fellow workers & became consumed by a mounting despondency from which only his love for Sophie could save him. But as the months & years of separation passed the world in which Sophie was blossoming appeared more & more remote from his own. Michael Jacobs journey back through time takes him from a rain-swept Hull churchyard to desolate Antofagasta in Chile & to the former silver capital of Potosi. Climbing through ghostly lunar-like scenery towards the snow-capped summits of the Andes he follows the route of his grandfathers railway
- across giant rocky plateaux through terrifyingly steep gorges & valleys of tropical lushness & past grim mining townships buffeted by winds rain & snow
- to reveal an extraordinary love story.

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The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House Ghost Wars is the most accurate & revealing account yet of the CIAs secret involvement in al-Qaeadas evolution. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East accessed previously classified government files & interviewed senior US officials & foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIAs covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Ladens rise traces how he built his global network & brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all he lays bare American intelligences continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11
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