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Ghosts: M.R. James by M. R. James
Category: Short Stories & Essays | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
A high-pitched laugh echoes in an empty church. Servants discover their master dead in his bed, the only sign of disturbance an open window. The coffin of a woman hanged as a witch is found to be empty. A skeletal figure creeps closer and closer to the house where an unsuspecting family lie sleeping. ...Show more
Grasses of South Australia - An Illustrated Guide to the Native and Naturalised Species by John Jessop; Gilbert R. M. Dashorst (Illustrator); Fiona M. James (Illustrator)
Category: Nature
In this book, for the first time, all of the State's grasses have been carefully drawn, including more than 450 line drawings and 20 paintings illustrating typical members of each tribe. Grasses of South Australia provides easy-to-read, up-to-date and valuable information for everyone with an interest i ...Show more
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R Doty, M.D.
Category: Health
Extraordinary things happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism ...Show more
Level 1: The Crown Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack by James, M. R.
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Pearson English Active Readers Ser.
Pearson English Active Readers present stories carefully written and graded across five levels for teachers of English who want to activate their students' language through reading, . From original stories, classic and contemporary fiction, to film adaptations and nonfiction titles, an integrated skil ...Show more
M R James Ghost Stories by M. R. James
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
M.R. James's celebrated ghost stories resonate still, their chilling narratives drawing us unsuspecting into the deadly shadows. His tales are haunted, bleak disturbances of the soul, carefully crafted from the stuff of human fears. A towering presence in literature, TV and the movies, his work is much ...Show more
Penguin Readers Level 4"The Locked Room" and Other Horror Stories by M.R. James
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Text
Classic / British English (Available April 2008) A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.