The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories (Young Oxford Books)

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A collection of stories about time, exploring all the different ways that we can twist and play with time. The stories take in trips to the future, package holidays to the past, visitors from other times with unwelcome messages, a thief with the power to stop time altogether, a man in love with someone who died years before he was born, a star fleet that paradoxically caused its own destruction, and many more. With a sure appeal for everyone who likes an exciting, thought-provoking story, as well as fans of science fiction and ghost stories, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of stories to amuse, amaze, and enthral.

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Really, really GOOD!.......2006-11-11

An excellent anthology of time travel stories. All of the stories are classics. This mix of authors and stories seems to be perfectly chosen because they are still contemporary and speak to today's more selective readers. A reader of any age will enjoy this compilation. Younger readers will find this broad range of stories especially tasty. The best one in my opinion is the "Love Letter" by Jack Finney. This story captured my imagination when I was in grade school and its sense of adventure, magic and romance never left me. That was something I have been able to pass along to my child because of this very nice anthology.

The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories

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Breaking the Rules, the Evolution of the American Detective Story - Good Collection
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The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories

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ASIN: 0195117921

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Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often committed in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the Persian carpet usually blue. But from the beginning, American writers worked important changes on Poe's basic formula, especially in use of language and locale. As early as 1917, Susan Glaspell evinced a poignant understanding of motive in a murder in an isolated farmhouse. And with World War I, the Roaring '20s, the rise of organized crime and corrupt police with Prohibition, and the Great Depression, American detective fiction branched out in all directions, led by writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who brought crime out of the drawing room and into the "mean streets" where it actually occurred. In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert bring together thirty-three tales that illuminate both the evolution of crime fiction in the United States and America's unique contribution to this highly popular genre. Tracing its progress from elegant "locked room" mysteries, to the hard-boiled realism of the '30s and '40s, to the great range of styles seen today, this superb collection includes the finest crime writers, including Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, Sue Grafton, and Hillerman himself. There are also many delightful surprises: Bret Harte, for instance, offers a Sherlockian pastiche with a hero named Hemlock Jones, and William Faulkner blends local color, authentic dialogue, and dark, twisted pride in "An Error in Chemistry." We meet a wide range of sleuths, from armchair detective Nero Wolfe, to Richard Sale's journalist Daffy Dill, to Robert Leslie Bellem's wise-cracking Hollywood detective Dan Turner, to Linda Barnes's six-foot tall, red-haired, taxi-driving female P.I., Carlotta Carlyle. And we sample a wide variety of styles, from tales with a strongly regional flavor, to hard-edged pulp fiction, to stories with a feminist perspective. Perhaps most important, the book offers a brilliant summation of America's signal contribution to crime fiction, highlighting the myriad ways in which we have reshaped this genre. The editors show how Raymond Chandler used crime, not as a puzzle to be solved, but as a spotlight with which he could illuminate the human condition; how Ed McBain, in "A Small Homicide," reveals a keen knowledge of police work as well as of the human sorrow which so often motivates crime; and how Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer solved crime not through blood stains and footprints, but through psychological insight into the damaged lives of the victim's family. And throughout, the editors provide highly knowledgeable introductions to each piece, written from the perspective of fellow writers and reflecting a life-long interest--not to say love--of this quintessentially American genre. American crime fiction is as varied and as democratic as America itself. Hillerman and Herbert bring us a gold mine of glorious stories that can be read for sheer pleasure, but that also illuminate how the crime story evolved from the drawing room to the back alley, and how it came to explore every corner of our nation and every facet of our lives.

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Could have been better.......2006-04-03

I picked the book with interest. I wondered which story by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Edna Buchanan would be included as an excellent example of the current state of the art. I did not like the absence of Edna.
The editors felt compelled to get Nero Wolfe out of the brownstone for a gag. If I'd felt I had to make Nero break his own rules I'd of chosen "This Won't Kill You." That story is a good example of the "It was the behavior of the dog" mystery.

Breaking the Rules, the Evolution of the American Detective Story - Good Collection.......2006-01-17

Critics have observed that the widely popular detective story is essentially a literary game, and have speculated that readers might tire of its structured formula, thereby leading to the eventual disappearance of this genre. Nonetheless, after more than 150 years, the mystery story remains vibrant. Why is this so? The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories provides an answer.

Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have assembled stories that trace the evolution of the American detective short story. Their contention, amply supported by their selections, is that American authors have stretched, modified, and violated the rules and structural form of the detective story, thereby continuously enriching this genre, and ensuring its longevity. Each story is preceded with an interesting, one-page discussion on topics like the emergence of credible female detectives, the growth of regionalism, and the development of authentic, psychologically complex characters.

This literary theme is interesting in itself, but the primary attraction is the stories. I especially liked I'll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler), Small Homicide (Ed McBain), Guilt-Edged Blonde (Ross MacDonald), Christmas Party (Rex Stout), Words Do Not A Book Make (Bill Pronzini), Benny's Space (Marcia Muller) and Chee's Witch (Tony Hillerman).

Some were titles that I have encountered elsewhere: Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich), The Problem of Cell 13 (Jacques Futrelle), The Doomdorf Mystery (Melville Davisson Post), The Parker Shotgun (Sue Grafton), An Error in Chemistry (Faulkner) and The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe). Others were by early masters of this genre: Erle Stanley Gardner, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Anthony Boucher, and Edward Hoch.

All in all, the thirty-three stories selected by Hillerman and Herbert create a satisfying, enjoyable anthology, one that will appeal to avid readers of detective fiction.

Interesting selection.......2002-09-21

There are a good mix of stories here. They range over a broad time period, early to present. I like the fact that there were some authors I haven't read yet, or others that I never associated with mysteries. The reason I didn't give it five stars is that there were quite a few stories that I had already read in other anthologies. Nice introductions to each story, with background info on the author.

A remarkable collection of American detective fiction.......2000-04-04

I am taking a class this semester, Mysteries, and this book is the required text. I have always enjoyed mysteries, but this book has added to that pleasure immensely. Hillerman and Herbert have done an extraordinary job of piecing together a good representative slice of American detective/mystery writers past and present. The books begins with Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." The editors wrap the selection up with Marcia Muller's "Benny's Space," published in 1991. The book spans the evolution of the American detective story throughout its entire history.

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The detective story, with its roots in Poe's Chevalier Dupin mysteries and Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone, first achieved mass popularity in the 1890s with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Its success has a good deal to do with its pungency, and with its power to intrigue and absorb the reader while abiding by the rules of the genre (however flexible these have become). Every age has produced a kind of detective fiction which exemplifies its distinctive manners and customs, from the sedate tales which began to appear in the wake of Sherlock Holmes to the debonair detection of the 1920s and after. The sleuth short story took off in many directions, with such writers as Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Carter Dickson, and Edmund Crispin bringing the upmost expertise and ingenuity to bear on the detective theme. An increasing realism is apparent in the post-war era, though with no diminution in entertainment value, and as we come up to the present, the detective story has been adapted further to accommodate sexual comedy and other facets of modern life. This collection of 33 stories shows the scope, vigour, and enduring fascination of the detective story, as well as indicating its importance as a barometer of social attitudes and literary practices. It gathers together a wide range of stories, many unfamiliar by writers of the calibre of Agatha Christie, Julian Symons, Ngaio Marsh, G. K. Chesterton, P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Nicholas Blake, Michael Innes, and H. R. F. Keating.

The Oxford Book of Victorian Detective Stories

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The Oxford Book of Victorian Detective Stories
Michael Cox
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ASIN: 0192804480

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Short, enticing tales of mystery and detection were part of the Victorian readers' staple diet. The detective story celebrated the human ability to explain and comprehend. In this entertaining anthology, Michael Cox has assembled a wide-ranging selection of 31 stories from authors such as J.S. Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mrs Henry Wood, Wilkie Collins, M.P. Shiel, Baroness Orczy, Sax Rohmer, Robert Barr, and, inevitably, Arthur Conan Doyle. There are police detectives, gentlemen amateurs, lady detectives, professional consulting detectives, even an 'anti-detective' (who devises a crime for himself to solve) and a psychic detective. The villains against whom they pit their wits are equally various, as are their crimes - from fraud and forgery to theft, abduction, and of course, murder most foul, whether by poison, bullet, or blade.

Sherlock Holmes Col S: Oxford World Classics (Oxford Pocket Classics)

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Great book if you love Sherlock Holmes mysteries!

Sherlock Holmes Col S: Oxford World Classics (Oxford Pocket Classics)
Rh Value Publishing
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ASIN: 051760616X
Release Date: 1986-01-01

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This volume includes Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal of Bohemia, The Naval Treaty, The Blue Carbuncle, The Greek Interpreter, The Red-Headed League, The Empty House, The Missing Three-Quarter, and His Last Bow.

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Great book if you love Sherlock Holmes mysteries!.......1999-12-03

For any reader that loves Sherlock Holmes or any type of mystery, this is the perfect book for you. This book has many stories that create intrigue in your mind. Because this is a Sherlock Holmes novel, it has the obvious characteristics of Sherlock Holmes, the keen observation and the bizarre cases. I have read this book twice and the stories still kept my attention. This book is NOT boring. Along with being a great read, this book has English easy enough for younger students to understand. I highly recommend this book for any person who likes mysteries.

The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (Oxford Books of Prose)

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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (AUTHORS) AND THEN SOME

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ASIN: 0192803719

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The field of detective fiction is vast, and The Oxford Book of Detective Stories brings together the best short fiction from around the world to show how different nationalities have imposed their own stamp on the genre. As well as English and American stories from acknowledged masters such as Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, and Agatha Christie, the anthology includes stories by Simenon, Conan Doyle, Sarah Paretsky, and Ian Rankin, and roams across Europe and further afield to embrace Japan, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, and other countries. Women detectives, police procedurals, the amateur sleuth, locked-room mysteries are all here, and in her introduction Patricia Craig examines the figure of the detective in international literature.

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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (AUTHORS) AND THEN SOME.......2004-05-07

According to the editor, and born out by these stories, one of the things that distinguishes the English detective story from its American counterpart, is that it is almost always about "detecting" as in analyzing clues in the Sherlock Holmes manner and solving crimes mostly as a result of inductive reasoning, while American detective stories are often about the tough guy Raymond Chandler or Robert B. Parker type of detective, who gives and receives beatings and often strongarms confessions out of the frequently violent criminals.

Another thing I noticed in most of the stories from England was the fact that, where there was a murder, it usually took place "off stage" or had happened before the story opened. In the American version we frequently see the grisly doings as they happen.

I was familiar with some of these authors, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ruth Rendell, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Dorothy Sayers to name a few. I was also introduced to a number of authors I had never read, even though their stories spanned a period from before my birth to fairly modern times.

To pick just one story to discuss, I settled on Ngaio Marsh's "Death on the Air" in which a "wireless" buff was electrocuted while tuning his very early model radio. This in a period where you had to manipulate two dials at the same time to bring in a signal. The electrocution was supposed to look accidental, but . . . .

Our detective and his police aids bring the case to its conclusion by detective work that seems very crude compared to our modern methods, which is coupled with some very insightful questioning of family members and friends of the deceased. Their methods prove every bit as effective as our modern ones which include DNA Testing, Computer analysis, etc. There was actually more pure intellect involved in many of the older stories that there is in many modern mysteries.

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The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted by dark images of psychological tragedy, suicide, and incest in a collection of
tales that have haunted generations of readers.

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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
The Adventure of the Three Gables
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Adventure of the Creeping Man
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

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Super Reader.......2007-08-02

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains stories by Doyle that are set later, after the turn of the century, and are probably not quite as strong as the rest of the collection.

There is still the fun of The Sussex Vampire to be found, and the finger on the side of the nose style of The Illustrious Client to enjoy, and Holmes is still Holmes.

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 01 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 02 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 03 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 04 The Adventure of the Three Gables - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 05 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 06 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 07 The Problem of Thor Bridge - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 08 The Adventure of the Creeping Man - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 09 The Adventure of the Lion's Mane - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 10 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 11 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 12 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman - Arthur Conan Doyle

Royal client, good girl, bad baron.

4 out of 5

Watsonless, with rare skin condition.

4 out of 5

Crown jewel walkabout play.

3.5 out of 5

Crooks so dumb, Holmes blackmails them.

3.5 out of 5

Sussex, Scooby Doo style.

3.5 out of 5

Family tree forensics.

3.5 out of 5

Senator in triangle.

3.5 out of 5

Dogs don't like drug-addled monkey men.

4 out of 5

Watsonless retired detective's investigations have an aquatic angle.

3.5 out of 5

Cowardly strongmen, hungry lion, unhappy wife.

3.5 out of 5

Desperate horseracers.

3.5 out of 5

Art dealer punishes adultery.

3.5 out of 5

Least favorite of the Sherlock Holmes short story collections .......2007-02-06

Although he also wrote several novels featuring the world's greatest fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, it was especially in his short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle perfected the Holmes formula. "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" (published in 1926) is the last of the five collections of Holmes short stories. Like most of the other collections, it features a dozen of these short stories, which on the whole are inferior to his previous efforts. Perhaps the most outstanding contribution here is The Three Garridebs, although The Sussex Vampire, Thor Bridge and Shoscombe Old Place are also worth reading. This is certainly a collection that Holmes fans will not want to miss, but new readers should begin with the more solid and consistent introductory collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".

Here's a list of the stories in this collection (with the better stories marked with stars):

1. The Illustrious Client, 1924 - Holmes is hired to prevent the murderer Baron Gruner's imminent marriage to Violet de Merville, which he does by stealing his lust diary with the assistance of Miss Kitty Winter, Guner's angry former lover.
2. The Blanched Soldier, 1926 - A unique first person account, as Holmes helps James M. Dodd find his friend Godfrey Emsworth, who is being hidden by his family (due to his leprosy).
3. The Mazarin Stone, 1921 - For once a story narrated in the third person, Holmes is hired by the government to recapture the stolen Crown diamond, which he does by some trickery in his apartment with the thieves Count Sylvius and Sam Merton.
4. The Three Gables, 1926 - Holmes ignores the threats of hired ruffians like Barney Stockdale to unravel the mystery of a bizarre robbery of some papers from Mary Maberley's son Douglas, by connecting the theft to his former lover Isadora Klein.
5. *The Sussex Vampire, 1924 - Robert Ferguson's Peruvian wife has been caught sucking her baby's blood like a vampire, but Holmes shows that the real villain is a poisonous and jealous sibling. A clever story!
6. **The Three Garridebs, 1924 - Nathan Garrideb is told by John Garrideb that if they can find a third Garrideb they will inherit millions. Holmes uncovers it as a scheme by the infamous Killer Evans to recover money from the dead forger Rodger Prescott.
7. *Thor Bridge, 1922 - Neil Gibson's wife is jealous of her husband's affection for the governess Grace Dunbar, and when Dunbar is accused of murdering Gibson's wife it is up to Holmes to exonerate her by uncovering a clever suicide.
8. The Creeping Man, 1923 - Why does Professor Presbury's dog suddenly attack him, and why is he seen creeping along hallways on all fours and climbing up the walls of his mansion? Holmes finds out that it is a result of his quest for eternal youth.
9. The Lion's Mane, 1926 - When Fizroy McPherson is found half-dead near a beach with multiple apparent whip-lashings, Ian Murdoch seems the natural suspect. Another first person account, as Holmes unravels the case and explains his dying words "Lion's Mane" only when Murdoch himself nearly becomes a victim in a similar manner.
10. The Veiled Lodger, 1927 - The deductions of Holmes are virtually absent, as Mrs Merrilow's lodger Mrs Ronder explains why she hides her face as a result of an incident involving her husband, a lover and a circus lion.
11. *Shoscombe Old Place, 1927 - Consulted by head trainer John Mason, Holmes must get to the bottom of the bizarre behavioural changes of Sir Robert Norberton, who has bet everything on his horse winning the Derby, and his sister.
12. The Retired Colourman, 1926 - When Josiah Amberley's wife apparently vanishes with his fortune and her lover Dr. Ray Ernest, Holmes is the one who uncovers a clever murder.
-GODLY GADFLY

Conan-Doyle treading water.......2006-06-03

It's no secret that by this point Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle was bored with Sherlock Holmes and wished to let him go forever but the public kept hounding him and he only wrote them out of obligation. The lack of inspiration shows and the stories seem generic.

A few of them are not even told from Watson's perspective, with one being a rather odd third-person story and two being told by Holmes himself. Perhaps the constant narration by Watson is what led to so many movies casting Conan-Doyle lookalikes to play him as a bumbling fool who does no more than follow Holmes around. Or maybe Conan-Doyle was just trying to experiment by not sticking to formula. But Watson is missed in the story 'The Lion's Mane', in which there isn't even any damn crime committed. And there's not even any mystery in the 'Veiled Lodger' story. It was 19 pages of pointlessness!

Don't get me wrong, there are couple of good stories, such as 'The Blanched Soldier' and the one with the wife who commits suicide (the name of that story escapes me). But 'The Case of the Sussex Vampire' and 'The Creeping Gentlemen' have intriquing set-ups but lame endings. And in the case of the latter, just down-right far-fetched and ill-fitting in the Holmes universe.

I think the main problem with most of these is that the never really go anywhere. Literally. Holmes seems to solve them without even leaving his office. Come on! Let's go out and have an adventure rather than staying in and doing work!

By this point Holmes was past his prime. And any discriminating fan will realise this.

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.......2002-01-17

Buyer beware!! This audio contains only 4 or the original 13 stories contained in the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Clearly it is an abridgement. !!

Sherlock's Swan Song.......2001-05-05

"The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" was Doyle's last collection of short stories on the great detective. The stories may not have been uniformly as good as the earlier Holmes stories, and some of the plots may have been derivative, but they still entertain.

"The Three Garridebs" rehashed the plot of "The Red Headed League". "The Creeping Man" turned in a creepy tale whose premise has been disproved by later science. "The Veiled Lodger" was not even a mystery.

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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, yet he considered them only a small part of his literary output. He expected to be remembered for his historical fiction, especially The White Company. He also wrote science fiction novels, short stories, and horror tales. He was knighted for a pamphlet he wrote justifying England's actions during the Boer War, in which he served as a physician in a field hospital. After one of his sons was killed during World War I, he turned to spiritualism for comfort. He became a prominent spiritualist, lecturing and writing frequently on the subject. This book--the first biography of Arthur Conan Doyle written for young adults--provides a lively account of the writer's fascinating life. Pascal considers the overlaps between the fictional Holmes and Watson and their creator, and draws a memorable picture of late Victorian society. Sidebars containing excerpts from Doyle's writings, and numerous photographs and illustrations invigorate the captivating narrative. Oxford Portraits is a new series of biographies for young adults. Written by prominent writers and historians, each of these titles is designed to supplement the core texts of the middle and high school curriculum with intriguing, thoroughly informative and insightful accounts of the lives and work of the notable men and women who helped shape history. Each book is illustrated with numerous graphics, photographs, and documents. A unique feature is the inclusion of sidebars containing primary source material, mostly excerpts from the subject's writings. A chronology, further reading list, and index rounds out every volume.

The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (Young Oxford Book of)

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Excellent collection of stories!
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Beautiful bedtime reading!
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The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (Young Oxford Book of)

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This is a collection of 35 stories where the main feature is the ending. Sometimes it's an unpleasant or a nasty end, sometimes there is an unexpected twist, but usually the ending comes as a complete surprise to the people in the story.
You'll meet sinister landladies, deadly coffins, poisonous hats, evil statuettes, murderous monks, and real lions. And you'll find answers to such questions as: what does it feel like to be a ghost? What is living at the bottom of the well? And what should you do if you meet the terrifying Gorgo?
The stories are written by well-known writers such as Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, E. Nesbit, T.H. White, John Christopher, and many more. They will thrill, delight, amuse, frighten, and surprise you. But watch out for the end--it could be nasty!

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Excellent collection of stories!.......2000-12-28

I bought this book on a whim while searching for something new to read. This is a great collection for somebody who's sick of the cheesy and predictable "scary stories" that you will usually find in bookstores. With stories by authors such as Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury, this is a great book for all ages.

a must-read.......2000-04-20

You will not want to put down this book. These stories can be suspenseful, scary, or just plain wierd, but they all have nasty endings. They include a pathway to another time (paths), an old town rumour come true (loony), flesh eating underground aliens (Hey, you down there), and more. These beautiful stories will keep you on the end of your seat and wanting more.

Beautiful bedtime reading!.......2000-04-08

The mix of stories in this collection was wonderful. A few old familiar favorites that I was glad to find and a lot of stories I had never read before. Each chilling in it's own way. I rationed them out, only one a night right before bed. I found "Sweet Shop" to be delightful, and had to turn the lamp on in the middle of the night to check under the bed after reading "Such a Sweet Little Girl". This book is definitely worth adding to your collection.

Very well chosen group of stories.......2000-03-17

I enjoyed almost every story in this book---a rarity for a book of short stories. They were all well written, and all had an ending that either you would not have seen coming, or if you did, you still found it a bit of a shock. I loved the story which featured teenagers from different eras in history meeting, and then seeing a young person that looked like he was from prehistoric times---until something tells them otherwise, and the truth is quite a shock! This would be a good collection to upgrade the quality a little of what kids are reading if they are into horror like Goosebumps---stories with some substance but just as gripping---in fact probably much more so.

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Oxford Children's Classics

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Oxford Children's Classics
Arthur Conan Doyle
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If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. The Baskerville family has been haunted for generations by a fearsome hound - a phantom beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws. Surely it is just a legend? Then Sir Charles is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall. It is time to bring in Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, to discover the truth about the family curse...

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