A very unusual first novel, unexpectedly touching and very unputdownable. A group of elegant dogs in top hats, tails and bustled skirts become instant celebrities when they descend on New York in 2008. They are refugees from a Canadian town that has been isolated for over a hundred years - they are monster dogs who retain the 19th century Prussian culture of their human creator. They talk, walk upright, have excellent manners and seem to lead charmed lives, but as Cleo Pira, a young woman who has befriended them discovers, they are threatened with extinction. Cover art by Kirsten Bakis.
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Tetherstones: Ethel M. Dell
$25.00An aging spinster has her head turned by a charismatic opportunist and is initially flattered - but misgivings soon set in. One night she finds herself lost in the cold, wet fog alone with him and through the help of a blind girl makes her escape. She is taken in to convalesce at a farm called Tetherstones, located near some old druid stones, a scene of a past tragedy and home to family secrets. The master of Tetherstones is a large brute of a man, more gladiator than farmer, and the heroine finds herself strangely attracted by him. Is a new start possible for either one of them or will the past win out? -
Volume 1 contains some of Poe's better-known and many of his lesser-known tales, including: The Gold-Bug; The Adventure of One Hans Pfaall; The Balloon Hoax; Von Kemelen And His Discovery; Mesmeric Revelation; The Facts In The Case Of M.Valdemar; MS. Found In A Bottle; A Descent Into The Maelstrom; The Black Cat; The Fall Of The House Of Usher; The Pit And The Pendulum; The Thousand-And-Second Tale Of Scheherazade; The Premature Burial; The Masque Of The Red Death; The Cask Of Amontillado; The Imp Of The Perverse; The Island Of The Fay; The Oval Portrait; The Assignation; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Domain Of Arnheim; Landor's Cottage; William Wilson; Berenice; Eleonora; Ligeia; Morella, Metzgengerstein; The Murders In The Rue Morgue; The Mystery Of Marie Roget; The Purloined Letter.
