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41) The possessed
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"From "a master of verbal burlesque [and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail" (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz's harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, now in a new, authoritative English translation. Witold Gombrowicz is considered by many to be Poland's greatest modernist, and in The Possessed, he demonstrates his playful brilliance and astonishing range by using the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a darkly funny...
43) Eye of the devil
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An innocent outsider to the enclosed world of a forbidding French château and its surrounding vineyards peels back layers of mystery to reveal a shocking truth. The outsider, the wife of a troubled marquis, discovers, perhaps too late, that her husband's ancestral château is home to witches, warlocks, a sinister priest, 12 hooded figures, and terror.
45) Schloss vogelöd, die Enthüllung eines Geheimnisses = The haunted castle, the exposure of a secret
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A hunting party is interrupted by the arrival of a notorious Count, who is believed to have murdered his brother. The uninvited guest sets in motion an elaborate plot to resurrect the ghosts of the past and bring to light the dark secret that lies at the center of his brother's death. A 'benevolent dictator' must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic conspirators....
46) Eye of the devil
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A forbidding French chateau and its surrounding vineyards are the settings for Gothic thrills in this haunting excursion into the occult. In a chiller reminiscent of the later The Wicker Man (1973), in which an innocent outsider to an enclosed world peels back layers of mystery to reveal a shocking truth.
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ADVENTURE STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Plus Man is a roguish knave without equal, an antihero in his own mind. His coolheaded robot, however, knows better. This odd couple has just been given a break: a tip on a score of valuable alloy. The catch? The alloy is in a haunted castle. One really haunted castle. Like a young Indiana Jones with super science, Plus Man successfully bumbles his way through hair-raising heists and sticky situations. Ben...
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(José María).Sin miedo volume 2
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Español
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"Cerca del pueblo en el que veranean Los Sin Miedo se alza un misterioso castillo rodeado de un bosque envenenado. Según cuentan, nadie puede cruzarlo con vida. ¿Cuál es la causa? Y sobre todo, ¿por qué? ¿Qué ocultan sus viejos muros de piedra?"--P. [4] of cover.
In the town where the Fearless Club spends their summer there is a mysterious castle surrounded by a poisonous forest. No one has ever come out alive. What caused it, and why?
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