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Paulo Coelho’s essential collection in one sleek boxed set. Includes six classic books: The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, Warrior of the Light, The Valkyries,Veronika Decides to Die, and Eleven Minutes.

This box set contains the British paperback editions of three bestselling Neil Gaiman classics, all illustrated by acclaimed artist Chris Riddell, to complete your collection!The editions of the Newbery Medal and Carnegie Medal winner The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk in this box set contain the illustrations from the British editions, which are both hilarious and moving. Chris Riddell has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice, among other awards and honors.These paperbacks have never before been published in the United States and are available here only in this special box set.

Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do you have? Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the most unusual stories ever told. Here in one volume are Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected, making this a superb compendium of vengeance, surprise and dark delight.

L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. Now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and ghostly--are back in appealing new editions.The spooky original illustrations have been retained, but dramatic new cover art by Brett Helquist (illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events) gives the books a fresh, timeless appeal for today's readers.

Del Rey / Ballantine, 1977. Paperback, 1st printing. Brown was a master of short-form science fiction. Introduction by Robert Bloch, and these stories: "Arena" (1944); "Imagine" (1955. poem); "It Didn't Happen" (1963); "Recessional" (1961); "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (1965, with Carl Onspaugh); "Puppet Show" (1962); "Nightmare in Yellow" (1961); "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" (1960); "Jaycee" (1955); "Pi in the Sky" (1945); "Answer" (1954); "The Geezenstacks" (1943); "Hall of Mirrors" (1953); "Knock" (1948); "Rebound" (1960); "Star Mouse" (1951); "Abominable" (1960); "Letter to a Phoenix" (1949); "Not Yet the End" (1941); "Etaoin Shrdlu" (1942); "Armageddon" (1941); "Experiment" [Two Timer]" (1954); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I" (1961); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II" (1961); "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III" (1961); "Reconciliation" (1954); "Nothing Sirius" (1944); "Pattern" (1954); "The Yehudi Principle" (1944); "Come and Go Mad" (1949); "The End" (1961).

A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her. Once upon a time there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything. One windy autumn night, while walking in the woods, she encountered a noisy pair of shoes--and then pants, a shirt, and a pumpkin head--that gave her the scare of her life.

Grimm's Fairy Tales meets Ransom Riggs in this deeply creepy, gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve original pitch-dark fairytales, from international bestselling author of The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert.Journey into the Hinterland, where every page tells a wondrously terrible adventure . . .In this brutal and beautiful world a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice - and still lives.But it's not safe inside these pages, and once you enter, you may never want to leave . . .The highly anticipated collection of stories set in the creepy, haunting fairytale world first introduced in Melissa Albert's internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed Hazel Wood series.Praise for Melissa Albert:'Magical, mesmerising and inventive.' Karen McManus, bestselling author of One of Us is Lying'You'll not sleep a wink' Heat'The Hazel Wood kept me up all night . . . Terrifying, magical, and surprisingly funny, it's one of the very best books I've read in years' Jennifer Niven, author of All The Bright Places'Insidiously beautiful' Guardian

Dive into the complete #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this beautiful gift set.Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.#1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer invites readers to join Alex and Conner on their fairy tale adventures from the beginning in this gorgeous hardcover gift set, which includes all six books in the Land of Stories series: The Wishing Spell, The Enchantress Returns, A Grimm Warning, Beyond the Kingdoms, An Author's Odyssey, and Worlds Collide.

A beautiful collection of artist Peter Gossage's beloved Māori myths, in one stunning volume. A beautiful collection of artist Peter Gossage's beloved Māori myths, in one stunning volume. Peter Gossage’s memorable retellings of Māori oral myths have captivated the children of New Zealand for generations. Their dramatic and distinctive illustrations with minimal yet evocative language form a powerful combination, and each has earned its place among the beloved classics of our literature. These are exciting, magical tales of adventure and intrigue. Several feature the remarkable culture hero Māui – the quick-witted and the trickster – whose exploits include slowing the sun in its course across the sky, fishing up the North Island/Te-Ika-a-Māui, discovering the secret of fire and his attempt to trick the goddess of death and become immortal. Māui and Other Māori Legends contains eight essential stories. In this volume you will find timeless favourites such as How Māui Found his Mother, Battle of the Mountains, Pania of the Reef and many more.

An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. A mix of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbid storytelling, the book is sure to satisfy both fans of art and lovers of short stories alike.Stories included:"The Unstrung Harp""The Listing Attic""The Doubtful Guest""The Object Lesson""The Bug Book""The Fatal Lozenge""The Hapless Child""The Curious Sofa""The Willowdale Handcar""The Gashlycrumb Tinies""The Insect God""The West Wing""The Wuggly Ump""The Sinking Spell""The Remembered Visit"