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A Brief History of British Kings and Queens by Mike Ashley
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the Brit ...Show more
A Brief History of King Arthur by Mike Ashley
Category: History
Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple? It is just a chivalric fantasy? This title uncovers fresh insights into the legend: there is an evidence that the Arthurian legends arose from the exploits of not just one man, but at least three ...Show more
Great American Ghost Stories by MIKE ASHLEY
Category: Horror | Series: Dover Mystery, Detective, & Ot
Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Compiled by Mike Ashley
Category: Fiction | Series: Mammoth Books
A reference guide to the genre of crime fiction. It features a general and historical introduction to the genre, along with an author A-to-Z containing 500 entries on major writers. Each entry features biographical background, a bibliography and notes on films/series adapted from their works.
The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF by Mike Ashley
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Mammoth Books
The last sixty years have been full of stories of one or other possible Armageddon, whether by nuclear war, plague, cosmic catastrophe or, more recently, global warming, terrorism, genetic engineering, AIDS and other pandemics. These stories, both pre- and post-apocalyptic, describe the fall of civiliza ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of Dark Magic by Mike Ashley
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Mammoth Books
This title features twenty-three spellbinding tales of sorcery, wizardry and witchcraft, of the ceaseless battle between good and evil. From dark lords and epic clashes between the forces of good and evil to a child's struggle to control magical powers for the first time this wonderfully varied collecti ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Mammoth Books
An anthology of 12 novellas that encompasses over 4,000 years of our dark, criminal past, from Bronze Age Britain to the eve of the Second World War, with stories set in ancient Greece, Rome, the Byzantine Empire, medieval Venice, seventh-century Ireland and 1930s' New York.
The Mammoth Book of Men O' War by Mike Ashley
Category: Short Stories | Series: Mammoth Books
This book contains eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. It features favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwate ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing Science Fiction by Mike Ashley
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Mammoth Books
Many readers are attracted to science fiction for that singular moment when a story expands your imagination, enabling you to see something in a new light. Not all SF works this way. This volume collects the very best of it that does, with 25 of the finest examples of mind-expanding and awe-inspiring sc ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures by Mike Ashley
Category: Classic | Series: Mammoth Book of
This is the biggest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle laid down his pen - nearly 200,000 words of superb fiction featuring the Great Detective by masters of historical crime, including Stephen Baxter, H. R. F. Keating, Michael Moorcock and Amy Myers. Almost all the s ...Show more