Famous ghost

*The inspiration behind Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor*Discover Henry James's most famous and terrifying story in an edition which also includes a unique selection of his best loved ghost stories. A young governess…

People of Asia are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. 81 mansion in China, where ghosts are said to have sent even the bravest souls fleeing from its crumbling walls. Go…

In 1643/ 4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painter is now almost forgotten, the painting much neglected, and the sitters…

Niall Rivers's life changed for ever when he met a strange, clumsy figure wrapped in bandages, and now his adventures with the last surviving ancient mummy detective continue, this time featuring Egypt's most famous boy…

Tokyo during the 1960s was in a state of uproar, full of protests, riots, and insurrection. Tatsumi Hijikata?the initiator of the ?Butoh? performance art and the seminal figure in Japan?s experimental arts culture of the…

London celebrates the British capital, from its famous landmarks to atmospheric alleyways, from the Shard to London Underground's lost ghost stations, from the parks to the Thames. Presented with captions explaining the…

Children's feature about a dog who is looking for a family's love. A couple and their young son and daughter go to stay in a lake house they have just inheritied as the only remaining descendants of the Fastener family.…

An accessible and entertaining new history of the Long Range Desert Group, forerunner of the SAS, famous for their exploits in the Desert War, and full of memorable characters and archetypal British heroes.

Classic / British English These are the stories of some of Shakespeare's most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy money-lender, a fairy king and…

Welcome to hell. On Good Friday evening in the year 1300, Dante finds himself lost in a dark and menacing wood. The ghost of Virgil offers to lead him to safety but the path lies through the terrifying kingdom of Satan.…

The unmissable bestseller from world-famous survival expert Bear Grylls.

A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and 'The Happy Prince', who was…

Eoin and his new friends are taken on a trip to Twickenham to play & watch rugby. There, he meets a ghost: Prince Obolensky, a Russian who played rugby for England, scored a world famous try against New Zealand in…

In purgatory, the Ghosts of Versailles are waiting impatiently for Beaumarchais? new play: what if he manages to save Marie Antoinette from the scaffold? Here is Count Almaviva, the famous Figaro, but also Rosina and…

Age range 7+In this volume, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, talks about his ruthless rule and the gigantic burial site, including the world-famous Terracotta Army, which he had commissioned for his…

People of Africa are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Find out about dancing ghosts said to haunt the Castle of Good Hope in South Africa. Go to the Kaf Ajnoun rock…

Robert E. Howard ranks amongst the greatest pulp writers of all time, and is regarded as the father of the sword-and-sorcery genre. His wider body of work is often overshadowed by his most famous creation, Conan the…

People of Africa are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Find out about dancing ghosts said to haunt the Castle of Good Hope in South Africa. Go to the Kaf Ajnoun rock…

People of Europe are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Visit the Akershus Fortress in Norway, where a dog ghost guards the gates of the former prison. Go to the Ruthin…

People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Travel northward to Canada to see ghostly train lights at the site of a deadly train accident.Young readers…

People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Travel northward to Canada to see ghostly train lights at the site of a deadly train accident.Young readers…

A accessible and entertaining new history of the Long Range Desert Group, forerunner of the SAS, famous for their exploits in the Desert War, and full of memorable characters and archetypal British heroes.

Blackwood's 'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every corridor.…

People of Europe are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Visit the Akershus Fortress in Norway, where a dog ghost guards the gates of the former prison. Travel to the…

In 2008, Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota launched the auto-bio webcomic Johnny Wander. Eight years, four cats, and three moves are chronicled in this gorgeous hardcover omnibus, which includes a foreword by Raina Telgemeier…

Knitbone Pepper's beloved owner Winnie is fascinated by the stars after Knitbone digs up an ancient telescope. So when a heartbroken ghost horse asks for help finding her owner - a world-famous astronomer - Knitbone…

London celebrates the British capital, from its famous landmarks to atmospheric alleyways, from the Shard to London Underground's lost ghost stations, from the parks to the Thames. Presented with captions explaining the…

Based on a classic Chinese ghost story, PAINTED SKIN is a stunningly delivered and tender story of a vampire-like woman who eats the skins and hearts of her lovers. Famous mainly for his action films, Director GORDON…

Take a spirited tour through the supernatural history of America, from its haunted sites to its famous ghosts to its ghost-obsessed pop culture.

The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get…

On July 12, 1969, Ruth Davis, a young American volunteer at Dr. Jane Goodall?s famous chimpanzee research camp in the Gombe Stream National Park of Tanzania, East Africa, walked out of camp to follow a chimpanzee into…

A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens' beloved book A Christmas Carol.Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold…

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles From the puzzles section of The Times our Editors have chosen the best selection of general-knowledge and definition crossword puzzles to keep even the most eager…

God is the thinking person's guide to a higher power, offering insights on spirituality and faith from 48 of humanity's greatest minds, alongside charming illustrations by renowned New Yorker cartoonist R.O.…

Sometimes ghosts have such well-known stories that they almost become celebrities! Read this book to learn the stories behind some of the world's most famous ghosts.

The Haunting of Hill House is the critically acclaimed, modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by…

Each tarot deck shares a unique take on the wisdom of the arcana. Monsters are said to represent different aspects of ourselves and society. We've learned from vampires, dragons, ghosts and more. With TAROT Z, we have…

'The Christmas Books' (1843) contains five short stories, the most famous of which, 'A Christmas Carol' portrays a pantomime victory of good will over evil, guided by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and…

In this volume, the ghosts of famous and fearsome pirates, including Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts and Ching Shih are interviewed about their criminal careers and often horrible…

In this volume, the ghosts of famous pioneers of the science of electricity are interviewed about their inventions and discoveries, including Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla.

Rich. Famous. Glamorous. Dead ... and Ghostly!

Join famous monster hunter Van Helsing on a globetrotting quest to find haunted castles, restless spirits, terrifying dragons, wicked witches, gremlins and lots more. Discover where each beasty has been spotted, what…

Tells the story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is…