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Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) was one of the most popular and prolific English authors of his time, best known for his historical fiction and novels for boys. But it was in the field of the macabre and supernatural that Walpole was at his best, and this collection of sixteen tales contains many of his finest, including the classic werewolf story 'Tarnhelm'; the oft-anthologized 'The Little Ghost'; 'The Snow', a chilling story of vengeance from beyond the grave; and perhaps the highlight of the collection, 'The Silver Mask', which one critic has called 'a masterpiece, a classic example of how a...

How do you predict eclipses at Stonehenge? Why do the Carnac alignments follow geological fault lines? Was Avebury intentionally sited precisely one seventh of a circle down from the north pole? Why are so many stone circles egg-shaped or flattened? What is the meaning of the designs in ancient rock art? Do you really have to wait nineteen years to visit the remote site of Callanish? What were the ancients up to? These are our oldest buildings, our first messages, our earliest visual art. With eight authors, and packed with detailed information and exquisite rare illustrations, Megalith...

Be your own home inspector with The Home Inspection Handbook.
No one should ever buy a house without first inspecting it for crumbling foundations, corroded pipes, termites, and a host of other potential problems that could turn your most important investment into a disaster.
The Home Inspection Handbook helps you spot symptoms of existing and potential problems at nineteen key checkpoints, determine which problems would require your immediate attention, estimate how much time, skill, and money it would take to make renovations and repairs, and indicate which...