Download or read book Traveller s Twisted Tales written by Alistair Pope and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book was designed to be enjoyed according to the readers mood and available time s it contains entertaining stories that range between the true, through the ‘factional’ (stories containing at least some element of truth), to others that are pure fiction. It is up to the reader to decide which is which ... The aim was to provide ‘intelligent’ enjoyment by encouraging the reader to think ahead and predict the twist in the tale. This book of short stories allows the reader to enjoy its range of options as while traveling or relaxing at home.
Download or read book A Traveler s Tale written by Douglas Kew and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirituality, love, faith, thoughts, a tribute to John Lennon ... and a little bit of North East England. A book of thought provoking poetry and photos ... this is A Traveler's Tale. One dollar from the profits of the sale of each book will be given to help the kids of this world. See videos and related photos at http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Travelers-Tale-by-Douglas-Kew/125656667490647
Download or read book Igor and the Twisted Tales of Castlemaine written by Richard L Markworth and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever happened to Igor? You know the guy, Victor Frankenstein’s lickspittle assistant from the ye olde horror B-movies of yore
Download or read book Danger written by James O'Reilly and published by Travelers' Tales Guides. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the safety of a deep leather chair, these stories of danger and survival from around the world will get your adrenaline flowing. From mountain ice to jungle rot, from bombed-out villages and urban ghettos to wild animals and depraved humans, the authors struggle with life, death and their very sanity on their travels.
Download or read book Tales of Travellers Or A View of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greybark and other Twisted Tales written by Steven James Foreman and published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greybark is a collection of published short stories that previously appeared in both print and online publications, all brought together now in one book. Here you will find short stories of horror and hauntings, tales of strange beings and vampires and talking trees, accounts of death and destruction, fatal encounters with ghosts and monsters and mythical creatures, and crime mysteries with unexpected twists in the tales. This is a book to keep by your bedside for a quick read before lights out, or to take with you when travelling, to dip into at random whenever you have half-an-hour to fill or do not have the time to read a full-length novel. Don’t leave home without it! Several of the stories in this book originally appeared in the anthologies Beneath the Surface and Trips to the Dark Side, both published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing and currently out of print. Beneath the Surface was voted third out of the 64 books considered by the Preditors and Editors Poll 2012 in the Anthologies category.
Download or read book The Screen Traveler s Guide written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put yourself in the movie! Step inside dozens of real-life locations with this gloriously geeky, map-filled compendium. Locations are everything. They transport us to far-flung worlds and dystopian futures, and provide the backdrop to intergalactic battles and rampaging monsters. Our most obsessed-about stories would be nothing without them. Meticulously researched and compiled by self-proclaimed superfans and travel experts, The Screen Traveler's Guide maps the real-life locations behind your favorite shows and scenes. Follow the Avengers' battle of New York, discover the Croatian location for Game of Thrones' King's Landing, find out how New Zealand transformed into Lord of the Rings' Middle Earth, uncover exactly where the magical world of Harry Potter is set - and much more. Along the way, you'll discover the landmarks to avoid during an alien invasion, the strangest location stand-ins (did you know, for example, that Liverpool stood in for Brooklyn in Captain America?), the place that's doubled as more countries than any other, and lots of travel inspiration from your pop culture cornerstones. Welcome to the ultimate travel guide for every screen geek.
Download or read book The Deathless Girls written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA debut. They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller community. Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens, Lil is comforted when she meets Mira, a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn't understand. But she also learns about the Dragon, a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls as gifts. They may not have had their divining day, but the girls will still discover their fate...
Download or read book The Tell tale Or Home Secrets Told by Old Travellers written by H. Trusta and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book It s All Because of the Virgin written by Raccoon Sixty and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired empty nesters Raccoon and his wife Trixie became late in life converts to the joys of independent travel. Over the course of several trips taken during the twenty-teens these wanderers take us on strange adventures to off the beaten path destinations in Asia. They would find out as much about themselves as the peoples and backwaters that they would visit. Wherever they went they found friendliness, resourcefulness, shared values, spontaneity, that renewed their faith in the goodness of people. Oh yes and they found humour, there was humour everywhere.
Download or read book Layers of Darkness Six Twisted Tales of Horror and Psychological Torment written by T.W. Malpass and published by T.W. Malpass. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIX TWISTED TALES OF HORROR AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORMENT Layers of Darkness is an anthology that celebrates the many subgenres of horror. Existential, Folk, Fairy Tale, Psychological, Body, Cosmic, Western, Supernatural, and LGBTQ+ are all explored in this emotionally engaging and unnervingly creepy collection of chillers. THE GROVE A woman and her child visit their local cemetery, only to become lost within the spiral of a mysterious grove that has seemingly materialised from another dimension. ARIEL Beth and Dante Fiennes have suffered a wound so deep it can only continue to fester. What appears to be the couple's salvation could instead be a sinister warning. She's home, but she's not the same. OLD CRONE As Prince Darius clings to life in the midst of serious illness, the king and queen take desperate measures by seeking out a hermit believed to be a witch in order to save their only son and heir. ONE FOR THE NIGHT Two strangers get more than they bargained for when they stop over in a deadbeat Texas town on the edge of the Mexican border. Every bad deed deserves another. DREAM TOWN Retracing his deceased mother's steps, a young boy embarks on a journey of discovery with his grandmother, peeling back the layers of a seaside resort deeply mired in the most unsettling form of unreality. RIPE During a long-distance trip across state to visit his sister, a troubled young socialite gets lost on an isolated road and is forced to choose between the comfort of self-preservation and saving an innocent soul from the clutches of a child-thirsty cult.
Download or read book Death Row Rejects written by MARCUS FOXWELL and published by MJ3. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Row Rejects is a must read compilation of nine spine-tinglers that shine new light in the long forgotten dark. These brilliantly twisted tales tell of broken hearts, shattered dreams and fractured minds; as they venture into the unknown and far beyond. isbn:978-150340295
Download or read book Aed s Journey written by Charles G Dyer and published by BookCountry. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrongly accused of witchcraft, pretty young Aed escapes death at the stake and drowning. Latent magic is aroused in her. A series of adventures takes her to Dragon's Mouth where she finds her sorceress mentor, Aitheda who might be immortal. Aitheda has an incredibly powerful magical sword called Gobansaor. This sword will affect their lives far more than they realise. Aed studies hard and hones her skills using the four elements of magic before leaving the sanctuary of Dragon’s Mouth. Aed’s journey takes her through several cities along a circuitous route. Along the way, she experiences tragic losses, the joys of new friendships, betrayal, trickery and romance. The daunting fifth element of magic is learnt about and mastered at great cost. She also has to use her awesome powers on many occasions to defend herself or those she cares about. She naively learns that trust has to be earned and that people cannot be judged by appearances alone. Read this exciting story and be prepared for the unexpected around every corner...
Download or read book The Thirteen Travellers written by Hugh Walpole and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Walpole, the author of "Thirteen Travelers," was a master of social observation. This book consists of 12 fine tales of supernatural horror, which render a humorous depiction of post-WWI society. This 1920 collection also includes "Lizzie Rand," known as one of his most successful excursions into the unknown. Other famous stories are "Absalom Jay," "Mr. Nix," "Nobody," "Lucy Moon," and "Bombastes Furioso."
Download or read book Rags Bones written by Melissa Marr and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best writers of our generation retell classic tales. From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers. Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.
Download or read book Travellers Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ABC's foreign correspondents around the world report on global events - from war zones and areas of famine, flood and disaster - natural and man-made - they bring an incisive and objective perspective to an Australian audience. Just as 'Foreign Correspondent' gives correspondents latitude to cover stories not normally given news and current affairs air-time, as well as room to report in greater depth, the pieces in Travellers' Tales allow the journalists to write about events and places they know well from a personal point of view. From September 11 in New York to the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem, from mercenaries in Sierra Leone to Princess Anne on a camel in Mongolia, whether they are amusing anecdotes or provide a new angle on an already famous international event, Travellers' Tales showcases the talents of the ABC's renowned foreign correspondents, past and present. Contributors include: Jennifer Byrne, Tony Eastley, Eric Campbell, Trevor Bormann, Sally Sara, Chris Clark, Craig McMurtrie, Greg Wilesmith, Jill Colgan, Evan Williams, Craig McMurtrie, Dominique Schwartz, Gordon Taylor, Geoff Thompson, Mark Corcoran, Jonathan Holmes, Walter Hamilton, Tim Lester, Mark Simkin, Michael Brissenden and Peter Lloyd.
Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine Including an Account of the Geography History Antiquities and Inhabitants of These Countries By J L Porter Maps and Plans written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
