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Del 71 - The New Flesh
New Flesh
Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformation
AvMary Shelley,Arthur Conan Doylem. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
150 kr
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It had taken, at most, three seconds for the elevator to pass downwards from the sixteenth to the twelfth ... Mr Meldrum had ceased to be, and something hideously different took his place.A man convinced that he has developed a phantom beak edges towards a terrible metamorphosis. Interlopers dismissing the superstitions of hare-women in the countryside pay for their scepticism with blood. The cruel jokes of a girl at the village festival of the Green Man lead her to a crueller transfiguring in the woods.Tracing the quintessential horror concept of the strange transformation from the Victorian era through to the modern day, horror writer, expert and enthusiast Mark Morris presents a thrilling selection of metamorphic tales. Including stories of bestial shapeshifters such as the tiger-men, fox spirits and werewolves of world folklore, this collection also presents some of the weirder shifts of the horror genre, where a flatworm masquerades as a boy, a girl becomes one with a bridge, and a babe-in-arms and her beekeeper father come to reflect the creatures of the hives.
Midnight Is a Place
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
257 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Black Hearts in Battersea
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
162 kr
Skickas
"Simon paid off the driver and turned to follow Mrs Twite. But she seemed to have locked the door behind her and, as he rattled the latch unavailingly and then rapped the locker, something dark and suffocating was forced down over his head and a pair of hands gripped his throat."Simon, coming to London to study painting with his old friend Dr Field, finds he has vanished without trace. Determined to discover what lies behind his disappearance, Simon is trapped in a fiendish plot. Why has his landlord got guns in his cellar and how does one deal with his irrepressible daughter, Dido . . .?
Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
118 kr
Skickas
1832 - a period of English History that never happened. Good King James III is on the throne and the country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel. When Sylvia and Bonnie (both orphans) fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they must use all their wits to escape unscathed - for the governess is more cruel and merciless than the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase.
Night Birds On Nantucket
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
120 kr
Skickas
Shipwrecked Dido Twite, picked up by a whaling ship, finds herself many miles from home and facing deep troubles. Sinister Miss Slighcarp, the governess from Willoughby Chase, makes a reappearance, this time is cahoots with Hanoverian plotters who have a dastardly plan in mind.
Cuckoo Tree
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
169 kr
Skickas
While her friend Capt Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido is marooned with the odd inhabitants of the Tegleaze estate. Soon suspicious things happen; a priceless possession is stolen, a boy kidnapped, a twin sister found and when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she is in the midst of another wicked Hanoverian plot. Can she combat mass hypnotism, smugglers, and a gang of murderers to prevent the plot to put St Paul`s Cathedral in the River Thames?
Dido And Pa
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
143 kr
Skickas
Dido Twite is waylaid by her father, the shady Abednego Twite, acting on instructions from his evil patron. Why is Dido so urgently needed in Wapping? Why are King Richard's friends all accidentally drowning in the Thames? How does hard-drinking Mrs Lily Bloodvessel figure in this intricate plot, with her cellar full of sleeping guttersnipes? Another rollercoasting story by Joan Aiken, in which Dido's scheming Pa finally receives his comeuppance.
Limbo Lodge
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
168 kr
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Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. Snakes are the least of Dido's worries as she and her companions struggle through the jungle. On Aratu she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. And what is this strange royal residence called Limbo Lodge?
Stolen Lake
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
106 kr
Skickas
Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. Is she equal to the challenge? A rich mixture of legend, fantasy, humour and pure snowballing adventure.
Wolves of Willoughby Chase
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
120 kr
Skickas
Can you go a little faster? Can you run?Long ago, at a time in history that never happened, England was overrun with wolves. But as Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia discover, real danger often lies closer to home. Their new governess, Miss Slighcarp, doesn't seem at all nice. She shuts Bonnie in a cupboard, fires the faithful servants and sends the cousins far away from Willoughby Chase to a place they will never be found. Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches?BACKSTORY: Find out a few things you didn't know about wolves and learn all about the wonderful world of the author.
Black Hearts in Battersea
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
107 kr
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‘Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?’Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to make his fortune. But the city is plagued by wolves and mysterious disappearances. The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a chance to open his glistening new paints Simon stumbles right into the centre of a plot to kill the King. And worse than that Simon is kidnapped and sent to sea! Luckily there are two friendly stowaways aboard – the feisty Dido Twite and the spoiled young Justin. But when the ship catches fire things look pretty dire. Can they escape? Will they save the king in time?BACKSTORY: Test your knowledge of Black Hearts in Battersea and play the name game.
Wolves of Willoughby Chase
60th Anniversary Edition
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
107 kr
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Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this special edition of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.It's 19th Century England, Good King James III is on the throne, and the whole country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel.When young orphans Bonnie and Sylvia get caught by the governess, Miss Slighcarp - they need their wits and Simon the goose-boy - to escape unscathed.For Miss Slighcarp is more cruel and merciless than the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase. . .
Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
118 kr
Skickas
Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this treasured edition of The Whispering Mountain.Owen and Arabis live in a quiet town in Wales, near the Whispering Mountain, rumoured to be where a long-lost King buried his treasure, including the legendary Harp of Teirtu.The Harp was discovered a long ago and was kept in the town's museum until it was stolen by the dishonourable Lord Malyn.But the Harp has disappeared. . .'And the Harp of Teirtu find her master.'Join Owen and Arabis on an exhilarating adventure into the Whispering Mountain and unearth its ancient secrets.
Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2016
89 kr
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Prize winning WOLVES CHRONICLES PREQUEL reissued in A Puffin Book - All 12 Wolves books now in print for the first time ever.In THE WHISPERING MOUNTAIN by Joan Aiken, the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the start of a hair-raising race to save the harp from sinister Lord Malyn. As they struggle to keep it out of his hands, they are plunged into a wild adventure involving murder, kidnapping, underground worlds, savage beasts, floods, avalanche, the mysterious children of the Pit - and above all, a man who will stop at nothing to get the harp back again.Winner of the 1969 Guardian Fiction Award.
Bridle the Wind
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
320 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
The Teeth of the Gale
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
289 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Arabel's Raven
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
215 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Chucklers: Level 20: The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories
AvCatherine Baker,Morris Gleitzmanm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
133 kr
Skickas
In The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories, discover what happens when you wake up thirsty in the middle of the night. How do you play a trick on the most insufferable boy in the village, while helping out Aunt Arabelle at the same time? What would you do on your birthday if you were a lobster? Find out when you join Harriet, Just William, and Harold and Gloria in this comical collection of short stories.Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.
Necklace Of Raindrops
AvJoan Aiken
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
179 kr
Skickas
"This is how it all began..." From 'A Necklace of Raindrops' to 'The Patchwork Quilt', here are eight classic stories to treasure and enjoy. Beginning and ending with a birthday, this spell-binding collection conjures up a world filled with magic, where wishes can come true. A necklace of raindrops that keeps its owner dry in the heaviest rainstorm; a tiger that runs faster than the wind; a huge floating apple pie with a piece of sky in it; a baker's cat who swells to the size of a whale when his mistress feeds him yeast; a house that stands on one leg - these are just some of the objects and characters that figure in these delightful stories.
Shadow Guests
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
169 kr
Skickas
Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this thrilling edition of The Shadow Guests.Following the double disappearance of his mother and older brother, Cosmo Curtoy is sent to live with his strange cousin in England.When he arrives, Cosmo decides to explore the ancient Mill House on his cousins' estate - where he meets the Mill's spirited guests. . .But can he trust them?Join Cosmo on this supernatural time-travelling adventure and break the Curtoy's curse!
Shadow Guests
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2018
89 kr
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After the mysterious disappearance of his mother and older brother, Cosmo is sent away to live with his father's eccentric cousin, and to a strange school where he is lost and lonely among his unfriendly classmates. Luckily he can escape at weekends to the peace of his cousin's ancient mill house, and the shadowy companions only he can see. But then he learns about the family curse, with which his visitors from the past seem to be connected. The 'shadow guests' welcome Cosmo's help but are their increasingly menacing activities linked to his own problems?
Arabel and Mortimer Stories
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
118 kr
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Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this treasured edition of Arabel and Mortimer Stories.Late one night, as Mr Jones drove his taxi home through a storm, he spotted a large black bird with a hairy fringe round its beak sprawled out in the road.Mr Jones decides to take the bird home to Number Six, Rainwater Crescent, London, NW 3 ½, to meet his daughter, Arabel, she'll know what to do - she loves animals!'His name's Mortimer', she said. But it doesn't take long until the mischievous Mortimer causes chaos in the Jones household. . .
Arabel and Mortimer Stories
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2019
89 kr
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Arabel and her notorious raven Mortimer make a welcome return to Puffin Books!When Arabel's father, Ebenezer Jones, drives his taxi home late one night he comes across 'a large black bird, with a hairy fringe around its beak.' He takes it home and from that moment on, life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabel's raven is called Mortimer - and he's one in amillion. 'Nevermore!' he cries when astonished or upset, 'Down the hatch' he thinks before gobbling bowler hats, stairs, telephones. He dislikes flying except in emergencies, and with disaster-prone Mortimer around there are plenty of those. There are six hilarious escapades in this collection, brought to life by Quentin Blake's wonderfully animated illustrations.
More Arabel and Mortimer
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
107 kr
Skickas
Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this highly anticipated edition of More Arabel and Mortimer.Late one night, as Mr Jones drove his taxi home through a storm, he spotted a large black bird with a hairy fringe round its beak sprawled out in the road.Mr Jones decides to take the bird home to meet his daughter, Arabel, she'll know what to do - she loves animals!'His name's Mortimer', she said.Return to Number Six, Rainwater Crescent, London, NW 3 ½ with Arabel and Mortimer as this mischievous bird continues to cause chaos in the Jones household. . .
More Arabel and Mortimer
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2019
89 kr
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Arabel and her notorious pet raven Mortimer make a welcome return to the Puffin nest.When Arabel's father, Ebenezer Jones, drives his taxi home late one night he comes across 'a large black bird, with a hairy fringe around its beak.' He takes it home and, from that moment on, life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabel's raven is called Mortimer - and he's one in a million. 'Nevermore!' he cries when astonished or upset, 'Down the hatch' he thinks before gobbling bowler hats, stairs, telephones. He dislikes flying except in emergencies, and with disaster-prone Mortimer around there are plenty of those. There are seven hilarious escapades in this collection, brought to life by Quentin Blake's wonderfully animated illustrations: THE MYSTERY OF MR JONES'S DISAPPEARING TAXI; MORTIMER'S PORTRAIT ON GLASS; MORTIMER'S CROSS; MORTIMER SAYS NOTHING; A CALL FROM THE JONESES; MR JONES'S REST CURE and ARABEL'S BIRTHDAY.
Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
107 kr
Skickas
Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation – including this wonderful new edition of The Winter Sleepwalker and Other Stories.Join master storyteller Joan Aiken and illustrator extraordinaire Quentin Blake for eight original and wildly imaginative modern fairy tales.From Martian dinosaurs and eight-legged horses to a girl cursed to turn into a pink snake on Sundays, these weird and wonderful short stories weave folktale, fantasy and modernity into something entirely unexpected.Told with Aiken’s distinctive wit and brought to life by Blake’s marvellously atmospheric illustrations, these surreal, sublime and endlessly enjoyable tales are perfect for reading alone or together.
Necklace of Raindrops
and Other Stories
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2009
78 kr
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Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all with the colorful, dreamlike quality of the very best fairy tales. Joan Aiken’s delicious prose is a joy to read aloud to very young listeners yet simple enough for the independent reader to savor on his or her own. Kevin Hawkes’s illustrations–nearly 60 of them–capture with great flair and fun the magical adventures and the triumph of the good over the bad.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Way to Write for Children
AvJoan Aiken
Häftad, Engelska, 1998
250 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Serial Garden
The Complete Armitage Family Stories
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
44 kr
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE''She''s one of the most important and interesting children''s fiction writers of the last fifty years'' NEIL GAIMAN''What a thrill to discover this gem from the witty and endlessly inventive Joan Aiken'' CHRIS RIDDELL''She is one of the writers I admire most in the world'' KATHERINE RUNDELL''She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for years to come'' PHILIP PULLMAN''The most swooningly romantic story you''ll ever read - The Serial Garden'' FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE''I wish we''ll have two children called Mark and Harriet. And I hope lots of interesting and unusual things will happen to them. It would be nice if they had a fairy godmother, for instance. And a phoenix or something out of the ordinary for a pet. We could have a special day for interesting and unusual things to happen - say, Mondays. But not always Mondays, and not only Mondays, or that would get a bit dull''As a result of their mother''s honeymoon wish, Mark and Harriet Armitage have a fairy godmother, a pet unicorn and are prepared for anything life can throw at them (especially, but not always, on a Monday): hatching griffins in the airing cupboard, Latin lessons with a ghost, furious Furies on the doorstep and an enchanted garden locked inside a cereal packet. Life with the Armitages can be magical, funny, terrifying - but never, ever dull.''A delightful summary of one side of Aiken''s talent: whimsical, funny, a series of brilliantly imaginative ideas stitched together with dream logic . . . It is the mixture of irrepressible gaiety and invention with the tragic that makes Aiken one of the great children''s authors . . . impossible to calculate the number of people who have enjoyed her books - who have had some magic injected into the mundane'' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Kingdom and the Cave
AvJoan Aiken
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
72 kr
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE''She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for years to come'' PHILIP PULLMAN''Witty and endlessly inventive'' CHRIS RIDDELL''She''s one of the most important and interesting children''s fiction writers of the last fifty years'' NEIL GAIMAN ''The Under People. They live in a huge Cave. They are thought to be boring upwards. Giant worms and flying ants. Underground magic''Mickle, the palace cat, knows the kingdom is in danger. He can feel it in his whiskers and he has found a mysterious note in the royal library ... (Yes, of course he can read, and speak - if he chooses to!) Mickle can''t trust the King and Queen with his mission, so he and Prince Michael, with the help of their animal friends (and quite a bit of magic!), set out on a perilous quest to find the sinister Under People, discover their secret power and save the Kingdom of Astalon.In her first novel, written when she was only a teenager, Joan Aiken showcases the imagination, wit and storytelling zest that would lead to classics like Arabel''s Raven and The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

Joan Aiken – författare

New Flesh

Midnight Is a Place

Black Hearts in Battersea

Wolves Of Willoughby Chase

Night Birds On Nantucket

Cuckoo Tree

Dido And Pa

Limbo Lodge

Stolen Lake

Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Black Hearts in Battersea

Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)

Whispering Mountain (Prequel to the Wolves Chronicles series)

Bridle the Wind

The Teeth of the Gale

Arabel's Raven

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Chucklers: Level 20: The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories

Necklace Of Raindrops

Shadow Guests

Shadow Guests

Arabel and Mortimer Stories

Arabel and Mortimer Stories

More Arabel and Mortimer

More Arabel and Mortimer

Winter Sleepwalker And Other Stories

Necklace of Raindrops

Way to Write for Children

Serial Garden

Kingdom and the Cave