This is not a ghost story

This Is Not a Ghost Story

Nothing is as it seems in this chilling, twisting tale by bestselling author Andrea Portes, perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux and Danielle Vega. Ri

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This is Not a Love Story

This is not a love story. It's complicated. The brand new novel from the bestselling author of Salvage, set in Amsterdam.

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This Book is Not a Bedtime Story

Renowned author Eoin McLaughlin and award-nominated illustrator Rob Starling join forces to create a hilarious, not-so-spooky tale!

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This Is Not A Love Story

A hilarious, fresh take on the trials and tribulations of being a woman in your twenties, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Mhairi McFarlane.

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This Story Is Not About a Kitten

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This is Not a Fashion Story

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This Is Not My Home

A humorous and heartfelt reverse immigration story that will resonate across cultures and show us how a place can become home.

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This Is Not a Love Song

The debut story collection by a rising star who has been compared to Michael Chabon, E. L. Doctorow, and Dennis Lehane, and whose novel The World of T

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This Is Not My Hat - Klassen Jon

Anotace: A sneaky fish learns a lesson in crime and punishment in the bestselling, multiple award-winning sequel to I Want My Hat Back. Winner of the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 From the creator of the bestselling I Want My Hat Back and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole comes the story of a tiny fish who proudly wears a blue hat. It fits him perfectly. Problem is...

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This Was Not America

This is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish and American history. It is also a story of the hidden anguish that courses th

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Reading Planet: Rocket Phonics – Target Practice – This is not an Adventure Story! – Orange

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story (PC) Klíč Steam (PC)

Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a 2.5D game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots; celebrating the slow, fearful creep of dread instead of relying on over the top action and jump scares. The ghosts - as glitches on our reality - act as spiritual ...

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This Is How It Always Is (1472241592)

Kniha - autor Laurie Frankelová, 328 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS is a warm, touching and bittersweet novel about a family that's just like any other - until it's not. For readers of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES and THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY. 'A lively and fascinating story of a thoroughly m...

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Ghost Song

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber—armed and combat-ready, memory clear of purpose. But something new is stirring… Strike out beneath the surface in search of answers in Ghost Song, an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns lit only by bioluminescent f...

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Ghost Stories - Dickens Charles

Anotace: Throughout his illustrious writing career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you will find five ghost stories, all of which are included in this collection. Dickens began the tradition of `the ghost story at Christmas`, and many of his tales in this genre a...

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Not Such A Bargain

This page-turning story about moving on from a life of crime is sure to engage both teenagers and adults who are working to improve their reading skil

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Ghost Song (PC)

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber—armed and combat-ready, memory clear of purpose. But something new is stirring…Strike out beneath the surface in search of answers in Ghost Song, an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns lit only by biolumine...

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Not Such a Bad Life

This is the story of a footballer whose life was blighted by a debilitating illness that might have defeated him, were it not for an unflinching deter

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My Son's Not Rainman

This is not only the story of the difficulties of being a single-parent to a boy with autism, but also an insight into the joy that comes from being a

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Ghost Stories - Montague-Rhodes James

<p>'Still as the night was, the mysterious population of the distant moonlit woods was not yet lulled to rest'The aim of a good ghost story is to make the blood freeze, pleasurably, and this M. R. James achieves to perfection in these wonderful stories. His most atmospheric settings include English country houses and gardens, the north end of the churchyard, the yew...

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Only Love Can Hurt Like This: An unforgettable love story from the bestselling author - Toon Paige

Anotace: `Heartwarming and heartbreaking` Giovanna Fletcher`Deep, emotional, powerful` Milly Johnson`It swept me away!` Beth O`Leary___________________________Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans.When Wren realises her fiance is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover.On the other side of the world, Ander...

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Not for Parents Rome

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* This is not a guidebook. And it is definitely 'not-for-parents'. It is the real, inside story about one of the world's most famous cities - Rome. * If you were a cat why would you want to live in Rome? * Would you want to go to the bathroom with dozens of other people? * Can you imagine eating a flamingo's ton...

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We Are Not Ourselves

LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD A stunning, heartbreaking debut - 'We Are Not Ourselves' is both the intimate story of a family and an epic of the American Century. Raised in the 1940s in the mostly Irish neighbourhood of Jackson Heights, Queens, by an alcoholic mother and a union-wage father, Eileen yearns for more from an early age. Driven by this longing, ...

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Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks: Oxford Level 7: Not Ethan Again!

Jessies big brother Ethan has taken her stuff again. But this time he's in for a surprise ... Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-eng

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Not My Problem (1839130857)

Kniha - autor Ciara Smith, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Nina LaCour, this queer coming-of-age story from the author of The Falling in Love Montage is wry, multilayered, and unflinchingly honest. Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t solve. But when she stumbles upon overachiever Meabh Kowalska having a full...

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Both Flesh And Not

Both Flesh and Not combines David Foster Wallace's best-loved essays with work never before published in the UK. Beloved for his brilliantly discerning eye, his verbal elasticity and his uniquely generous imagination, David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. Collected in Both Flesh and Not are fifteen essays published for the fir...

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The Ghost Ship - Mosse Kate

Anotace: Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse. The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Sh...

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All This Could Be Different

'This is not a story about work or precarity. I am trying, late in the evening, to say something about love, which for many of us is not separable from the other shit.' All This Could be Different introduces us to Sneha. A recent college graduate freshly arrived in Milwaukee, she occupies her days with rote, stressful work as a young consultant for a battery production c...

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Story of B

"The Story of B combines Daniel Quinn's provocative and visionary ideas with a masterfully plotted story of adventure and suspense in this stunning, resonant novel that is sure to stay with readers long after they have finished the last page. Father Jared Osborne--bound by a centuries-old mandate held by his order to know before all others that the Antichrist is among us-...

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This Book Kills - Ravena Guron

<p>"For fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M McManus." The Observer "An awesome book, full of mystery, friendship and sass. ***** " The Sun "Fun, twisty and insightful...will keep you on the edge of your seat." Adiba Jaigirdar, YA Book Prize winning author of Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating "I'll make it clear from the start: ...

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Story of Esci

This well-known Italian brand will remain famous for having introduced many innovations in the world of modelling, starting with the wide dissemination of board designs. ESCI were originally known for their offerings in the very popular 1/72 scale. They were also a pioneer in offering multiple variants of the same model parts or different markings, as well as the first (i...

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The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins (0241989051)

Kniha - autor Tom Higham, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of...

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This Woven Kingdom - Tahereh Mafi

<p>Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people&amp;horbar;New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first novel in this epic, romantic fantasy series inspired by Persian mythology.</p> <p>To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to...

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Essential Bible Story Maps

Immerse yourself in the Story of the Bible. With these 39 maps, you can take off your shoes and walk the dusty paths of Abraham, Samson and Jesus. The maps in this set walk you through one biblical story at a time so you can follow the geographical thread that runs through the narrative of the Bible. This is not a Bible atlas...

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Why Not? (PB) - George Webster

<p>If you reach for the stars, you can do anything! People are like story books, there's joy to find within. So, turn a page, come inside. and let the fun begin. Perfect for every child and every family, Why Not? is an energetic, heartfelt and positive story, with bright illustrations that are guaranteed to make you smile. Why Not? is sure to inspire everyone to gi...

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The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories - Susan Hillová

Anotace: A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, b...

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Only Love Can Hurt Like This

Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans.When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover.On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and is still struggling to move on.Wren hopes that spending the summer with her dad and step-family on their farm in Indiana will...

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The Sad Ghost Club Volume 2

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone.Shhh. Pass it on.)When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start the The Sad Ghost Club - a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people...

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The Sad Ghost Club 3 - Lize Meddings

<p>'We wanted to create a space where anyone who is feeling sad or alone could come and feel ... well, not so alone. Welcome ... to the Sad Ghost Club!'A heart-warming series about friendship, compassion and finding your kindred spirits.When one sad ghost, alone at a crowded party, spies another sad ghost across the room, what happens next changes everything. Becaus...

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Story of Tecumseh (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Story of TecumsehLeague. Then he first began to assume importance in the eyes of his enemies and to occupy a place in the his tory of the Border Wars. After the disaster at Tippe canoe, Tecumseh tried in vain to rally his followers in support of their common cause. It was then that in despair he offered his services to the British King.Tecumseh appeared i...

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This Summer Will Be Different - Carley Fortune

<p>PRE-ORDER NOW! ***A glorious and tantalising new escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER and MEET ME AT THE LAKE, Carley Fortune. This summer they'll keep their promise. This summer they won't give into temptation. This summer will be different.The first time Lucy and Felix met she was on vacation on Prince Edward Island. And a tour...

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Carrie Soto Is Back

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach....

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Complete Ghost Stories - Montague-Rhodes James

<p>In another infinitesimal flash he had taken it in. Pale, dusky skin, covering nothing but bones and tendons of appalling strength; coarse black hairs, longer than ever grew on a human hand; nails rising from the ends of the fingers and curving sharply down and forward, grey horny and wrinkled. He flew out of his chair with deadly inconceivable terror at his heart...

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Reading Champion: That's Not My Teddy

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman

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Reading Champion: That's Not My Teddy

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman

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Carrie Soto Is Back

From the bestselling author of MALIBU RISING, DAISY JONES & THE SIX and THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO'It made me cry twice, and when I finished reading, I had to sit for a minute with the hole it left in my chest . . . just order it' EMILY HENRY'A crowd-pleaser. Taylor Jenkins Reid captures all the sweat, rivalry and glamour of elite sport' THE TIMES'Jenkins Reid has ...

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She Is a Haunting - Tran Trang Thanh

Anotace: Jade Nguyen has always lied to fit in. She's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough - at least for this summer with her estranged father in Vietnam. Just five weeks of ignoring the quietly decaying French colonial house he's fixing up, then college and freedom are hers. But soon Jade begins waking up every morning certain that something h...

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She Is a Haunting - Trang Thanh Tran

<p>This deliciously spooky, yearningly romantic ghost story from a brilliant debut author will thrill fans of Kalynn Bayron and Wilder Girls by Rory Power. Jade Nguyen has always lied to fit in. She's straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough - at least for this summer with her estranged father in Vietnam. Just five weeks of ignoring the quietly decaying ...

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Just Haven´t Met You Yet: The new feel-good love story from the author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Cousens Sophie

Anotace: The stunning new love story from the bestselling author of This Time Next Year`Impossible to put down` CATHY BRAMLEY`A sure-fire hit!` LAURA JANE WILLIAMS`Packed full of holiday sparkle` JOSIE SILVER____________________________Tell me the story of how you two met. . .Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love stories.When...

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Just Haven´t Met You Yet: The new feel-good love story from the author of THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Sophie Cousens

<p>The stunning new love story from the bestselling author of This Time Next Year'Impossible to put down' CATHY BRAMLEY'A sure-fire hit!' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS'Packed full of holiday sparkle' JOSIE SILVER____________________________Tell me the story of how you two met. . .Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love stories.When ...

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Outliers : The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

<p>Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, an...

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Galician saga. Book 3. The ghost of peace

The Ghost of Peace, the third book in the Galician Saga, covers the events of 1923-1928. On March 15, 1923, in Paris, it was decided to transfer Eastern Galicia, where the Ukrainian population predominated, to Poland’s government. Not everyone liked this decision. The Galician territories were filled with Polish military settlers, on whom Józef Pilsudski had high hopes; ...

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Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson

'His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were already glazed in death, and before Francis could reach the bed the body had toppled over and lay inert and lifeless. Even as he looked, he heard a limping step go down the passage outside.' E. F. Benson was a master of the gh...

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Penguin Readers Level 1: The Canterville Ghost - Wilde Oscar

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introduci...

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All This Could Be Different - Mathews Sarah Thankam

Anotace: `This is not a story about work or precarity. I am trying, late in the evening, to say something about love, which for many of us is not separable from the other shit.`All This Could be Different introduces us to Sneha. A recent college graduate freshly arrived in Milwaukee, she occupies her days with rote, stressful work as a young consultant for a battery prod...

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All This Could Be Different - Sarah Thankam Mathews

<p>'This is not a story about work or precarity. I am trying, late in the evening, to say something about love, which for many of us is not separable from the other shit.' All This Could be Different introduces us to Sneha. A recent college graduate freshly arrived in Milwaukee, she occupies her days with rote, stressful work as a young consultant for a battery pro...

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Süskind

<p>The year is 1738; the place, Paris. A baby is born under a fish-monger's bloody table in a marketplace, and abandoned. Orphaned, passed over to the monks as a charity case, already there is something in the aura of the tiny infant that is unsettling. No one will look after him; he is somehow too demanding, and, even more disturbing, something is missing: as his w...

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The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories: A special edition of the classic gothic novel - Susan Hill

<p>A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume.Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but ...

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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton - Whartonová Edith

Anotace: Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies.Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did conf...

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