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  The Holy Night

  Selma Lagerlöf

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  As part of her collection "Christ Legends" Selma Lagerlöf wrote the story "The Holy Night," a Christmas-themed tale first published in sometime in the early 1900s but before her death in 1940. It tells the story of the author at five years old who experienced a great sadness when her grandmother passed which made her recall a story the old woman used to tell about the Holy Night.
  The story the grandmother tells is about a poor man who wanders around the village asking people for a single live coal to light his own fire, but keeps getting met with rejection until he runs into a shepherd who finds compassion in his heart to help, especially after seeing the state of the man's home and wife and child.

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  A Book of Ghosts: 18

  Edith Nesbit, Edith Wharton,...

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  "Unearthing the Final Shadows of a Victorian Master."
  
  For the true connoisseur of the macabre, the journey does not end with the well-known classics. Volume 18 of the A Book of Ghosts series represents the deep-strata of Sabine Baring-Gould's supernatural imagination. This volume is dedicated to the rare, the obscure, and the previously uncollected—stories that bridge the gap between his work as a folklorist, a priest, and a pioneer of English horror.
  
  The Scholar of the Supernatural: In this advanced volume, we see Baring-Gould at his most experimental. These selections move beyond the standard haunting to explore "The Archaeology of Terror"—where the horror is found in ancient artifacts, forgotten church records, and the dark corners of regional history. The prose here is steeped in the "Antiquarian Realism" that would later inspire the likes of M.R. James, focusing on the danger of intellectual curiosity and the physical weight of the past.
  
  A Collector's Essential: This volume is designed for those who seek to complete the definitive portrait of a Victorian polymath. It highlights Baring-Gould's unique ability to find the "unholy" within the "holy," using his deep knowledge of ecclesiastical history to craft scares that feel grounded in ancient truth.
  
  This archival edition is a must-have for scholars of Gothic literature, bibliophiles of the strange, and anyone dedicated to the preservation of classic British weird fiction.
  
  Complete the legacy. Buy "A Book of Ghosts: Volume 18" today and own a piece of supernatural history.

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  The King of Elfland's Daughter

  Lord Dunsany

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  From “one of the greatest writers of this century,” a fantasy masterpiece about the aftermath of a marriage between a mortal prince and an elfin princess. —Arthur C. Clarke   Before the fellowships and wardrobes and dire wolves . . .    . . . there was the village of Erl and the Kingdom of Elfland.   Considered formative to the development of the fairy tale and high fantasy subgenres, The King of Elfland's Daughter follows Alveric, who leaves home on a quest with a few basic instructions: locate the Princess Lirazel in Elfland, convince her to return to Erl and marry him, and together produce the first magical Lord of Erl.   But what happens when a village gets exactly what it asked for?   How does an elf learn to live as a human?   Is love lost once, lost forever?   The people of Erl are about to find out.   Take a walk through the fields we know and see if you can spot the pale-blue peaks of the Elfland Mountains. Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Neil Gaiman will adore Lord Dunsany’s influential 1924 classic as much as those authors themselves did.   “No amount of mere description can convey more than a fraction of Lord Dunsany's pervasive charm.” —H. P. Lovecraft   “We find that he has but tranfigured with beauty the common sights of the world.” —William Butler Yeats   “No one can understand modern fantasy without understanding its roots, and Lord Dunsany's work is immediately significant as well as enjoyable even today.” —Katharine Kerr   “A fantasy novel in a class with the Tolkien books.”—L. Sprague de Camp

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  My Life

  Helen Keller

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  When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Keller mounted a tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan. Here is one of the greatest stories of human courage ever committed to paper. In this classic autobiography, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at the water pump when she recognized the connection between the word "water" and the cold liquid on her hands. Subsequent experiences were equally noteworthy: her joy at eventually learning to speak, her friendships with Oliver Wendell Holmes and other notables, her education at Radcliffe, and extraordinary relationship with Miss Sullivan.

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  The Colour Out Of Space - A...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  What if horror didn’t crawl, speak, or breathe - but fell from the sky? The Colour Out of Space is not just a story; it’s a chilling descent into a nightmare beyond human understanding. When a strange meteorite crashes onto a quiet New England farm, it leaves behind something impossible to describe - an unnatural presence that seeps into the land, the animals, and the people who live there. Crops rot, livestock change, and the air itself feels wrong as an invisible force spreads with silent, relentless intent. As you listen, dread builds slowly, twisting curiosity into fear while the familiar world decays into something alien and terrifying. This audiobook draws you deep into classic cosmic horror, where science fails and humanity stands powerless before the unknown. By the final moments, you won’t just understand the horror - you’ll feel it lingering, glowing faintly in the darkness long after the story ends. Press play, and discover a terror that cannot be named… only endured.

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  Reverie

  Arthur C. Clarke

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  "Reverie" is a 1992 short story by Arthur C. Clarke, not a novel. It's a part of the collection "The Stories of Arthur C. Clarke" and is not as well-known as his other works like "Childhood's End" or "Rendezvous with Rama". The story involves the encounter with a giant, apparently abandoned, alien ship, and the subsequent exploration of its mysteries by a group of human astronauts.

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