New Releases by Michael Hurley

Eine Sammlung mit winterlichen Schauergeschichten in der Tradition von Charles Dickens – der perfekte Begleiter für lange Abende: spannend, atmosphärisch und very british! Schaurige Nächte Lange, kalte Winternächte: Zeit, um den Kamin zu entzünden, Zeit für Geistergeschichten. Ob in den wilden Mooren von Yorkshire, auf dem verschneiten Gelände eines Spukhauses oder auf dem belebten Londoner Weihnachtsmarkt – diese Geschichten, die von Gespenstern vergangener Tage erzählen, jagen den Lesenden die köstlichsten Schauer über den Rücken. So herrlich britisch wie ein Yorkshire Pudding, so stimmungsvoll und gruselig wie ›Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte‹ von Charles Dickens und so spannend, dass man dieses Buch kaum aus den Händen legen kann. ›Schaurige Nächte‹ vereint acht Erzählungen ausgewiesener Gruselexpert*innen, die eine alte Tradition neu beleben: Als Meister*innen des Unheimlichen und Makabren bescheren sie uns den köstlichsten Nervenkitzel. Wintergeister Die Tradition, zur kalten Jahreszeit Spukgeschichten zu lesen, hat sich über die Jahrhunderte hinweg bewährt. Denn was gibt es Schöneres, als es sich an langen, dunklen Winterabenden bei Kerzenlicht mit Geistergeschichten gemütlich zu machen? In ›Wintergeister‹ hauchen sechs hochgelobte Autor*innen und Expert*innen des unheimlichen Erzählens der Tradition des Schauermärchens neues Leben ein. Ein heimgesuchtes Herrenhaus, ein unheilvolles Theaterstück und eine Geisterbeschwörung zaubern eine wohlige Gänsehaut und bescheren Fans von Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe oder ›Downton Abbey‹ ein fesselndes Lesevergnügen. Diese atmosphärischen Spukgeschichten sind der perfekte Begleiter für frostige Nächte!

FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON AND THE WINTER SPIRITS COMES A BRAND NEW COLLECTION OF GHOSTLY TALES Featuring new and original stories from: Michelle Paver Stacey Halls Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha Pulley Elizabeth Macneal Susan Stokes-Chapman Laura Shepherd-Robinson Stuart Turton Catriona Ward _________ There is something peculiar about the hour after midnight. It is the time when darkness reigns. And strange things roam the earth. In this dazzling collection of new and original haunted tales, thirteen bestselling and much-loved authors bring this hour to vivid, spine-tingling life. So curl up, light a candle, and wait for the clocks to strike . . .

'Barrowbeck casts a real spell - or is it a curse?' Mail on Sunday 'Thrilling, unsettling, ominous . . . like a knock at the door on a dark evening' Irish Times 'Impeccable and beautifully drawn . . . Hurley has been rightly lauded in British folk-horror circles' Big Issue For centuries, the inhabitants of Barrowbeck, a remote valley on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, have lived uneasily with forces beyond their reckoning. They raise their families, work the land, and do their best to welcome those who come seeking respite. But there is a darkness that runs through the village as persistently as the river. A father fears that his daughter has become possessed by something unholy. A childless couple must make an agonising decision. A widower awaits the return of his wife. A troubled man is haunted by visions of end times. As one generation gives way to the next and ancient land is carved up in the name of progress, darkness gathers. The people of Barrowbeck have forgotten that they are but guests in the valley. Now there is a price to pay. Two thousand years of history is coming to an end. 'Hurley's achievement is, like American craftsman of the weird H.P. Lovecraft before him, to put humanity in its place' Northern Soul 'Hurley is the master of contemporary British folk horror' Dazed **COMING SOON** SALTWASH, the disturbing new novel from Andrew Michael Hurley. Pre-order now!

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a spellbinding new collection of never-before-seen ghostly tales, authored by twelve of the biggest names in historical and gothic fiction[Bokinfo].

"Inverno: la stagione delle notti più fredde, delle tenebre che avviluppano la Terra, della luce che muore. La stagione dei fantasmi: quando i crepuscoli si tingono di nero, infatti, è bello raccontare e raccontarsi gli incubi che abitano i recessi della nostra mente, immaginarli camminare di fianco a noi. Così, prima ancora che Charles Dickens componesse il suo Canto di Natale, la letteratura – in particolare quella anglosassone – ha trovato le sue parole più belle per dare vita al lato in ombra della realtà, ed è tradizione in quei luoghi raccogliersi insieme per leggere inquietanti storie gotiche. Nei dodici racconti di questa raccolta, spiriti e fantasmi si danno appuntamento in gran parata per riempire di presenze le lunghe ore invernali. Dal fango della Londra dickensiana alle scogliere della Cornovaglia, estremo limite del mondo, dalla Edimburgo del Settecento sotto un gelido manto bianco a una enorme villa adagiata su un isolotto in mezzo a un lago italiano, gli esseri soprannaturali che incontriamo in queste storie ci accompagnano in una trasvolata che tocca le più varie epoche e Paesi e ci rivelano con eleganza che il posto piú buio di tutti, in fondo, è il cuore degli uomini. Dalle penne di maestri del gotico – fra gli altri, Stuart Turton, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Shepherd-Robinson e Susan Stokes-Chapman – I fantasmi dell’inverno è una raccolta di dodici storie di ombre, possessioni demoniache e sogni ricorrenti; una incredibile collezione di fantasmi, spiriti, apparizioni e spettri da leggere con il fiato sospeso... e con la luce accesa. «L’orologio a pendolo batté la mezzanotte. I rintocchi scossero la casa uno dopo l’altro come altrettanti colpi inferti da un dio irato. Indietreggiai barcollando nel vedere le finestre che tremavano e l’intonaco che si staccava dal soffitto. Il lampadario ondeggiò pericolosamente, i soprammobili andarono in frantumi e i quadri si staccarono dalle pareti». Stuart Turton, Il Signore della Casa «Ne I fantasmi dell’inverno ogni storia è un gioiello». Laura Shepperson "

Lange, kalte Winternächte: Zeit, um den Kamin zu entzünden, Zeit für Geistergeschichten. Ob in den wilden Mooren von Yorkshire, auf dem verschneiten Gelände eines Spukhauses oder auf dem belebten Londoner Weihnachtsmarkt – diese Geschichten, die von Gespenstern vergangener Tage erzählen, jagen den Lesenden die köstlichsten Schauer über den Rücken. So herrlich britisch wie ein Yorkshire Pudding, so stimmungsvoll und gruselig wie ›Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte‹ von Charles Dickens und so spannend, dass man dieses Buch kaum aus den Händen legen kann. ›Schaurige Nächte‹ vereint acht Erzählungen ausgewiesener Gruselexpert*innen, die eine alte Tradition neu beleben: Als Meister*innen des Unheimlichen und Makabren bescheren sie uns den köstlichsten Nervenkitzel.

«In questa spettrale raccolta di racconti, otto autori di bestseller creano l’atmosfera perfetta per la stagione natalizia con una serie di storie di fantasmi che incantano». Buzzfeed Quando le giornate si accorciano e i crepuscoli si fanno lividi, è il momento di raggomitolarsi sul divano, accendere le candele e lasciarsi conquistare da un racconto spettrale. Rese popolari da artisti del calibro di Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins e Henry James, le storie di fantasmi sono ricorrenti nella letteratura fin dall’antichità e sono tradizionalmente legate alle feste natalizie. In questa raccolta alcuni dei più grandi scrittori contemporanei – tutti maestri del terrore – riportano in vita questa antica tradizione con una serie di racconti che fanno venire i brividi. C’è un uomo ossessionato dal gioco degli scacchi che decide di prendere in affitto una singolare casa bianca e nera, con un sobrio giardino all’italiana in cui, disposti su due file, vi sono alberi potati in forme elaborate e familiari: torri, cavalli, alfieri, re e regine, con davanti i lunghi ranghi dei pedoni. Ma, se di giorno quel luogo è pervaso da una pacata quiete, di notte si trasforma nel più spaventoso degli incubi. Una donna in fuga da un marito violento sceglie, come rifugio per sé e suo figlio, la vecchia dimora di famiglia. Dovrebbe sentirsi protetta, tra quelle mura, ma fin dalla prima notte appare chiaro che qualcun altro abita quelle stanze polverose. Il giovane Walter Pemble, fotografo commemorativo di prim’ordine, si presenta nella residenza dei coniugi Wilt per il ritratto della defunta Lily, unica figlia di Rumold e Guinevere Wilt. La casa è sprofondata nel lutto, gli specchi oscurati, gli orologi fermi e le persiane alle finestre chiuse con il batacchio trattenuto con del crespo. Solo Lily Wilt, adagiata nel suo feretro, appare più viva che mai. La giovane Catherine Elizabeth Mary Blake, fresca sposa e signora di Blake Manor, nella campagna dello Shropshire, viene messa al corrente di una storia agghiacciante accaduta a pochi passi dalla sua tenuta. Una storia tanto torbida da lasciarle addosso un segno indelebile. Dalle penne di Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal, Natasha Pulley e Laura Purcell, otto racconti pervasi dal sinistro e dal macabro da leggere tutti d’un fiato. Magari con la luce accesa. «Il rigido clima invernale e l’atmosfera vittoriana accomunano questi otto terrificanti racconti, che piaceranno sia ai lettori di narrativa storica che agli amanti dell’horror». Publishers Weekly

Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honoured tradition of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale. Now nine bestselling, award-winning authors—all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre—bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales. Taking you from the frosty fens of the English countryside, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the ghostly spell of winters past . . .

The great value of this book is that it helps people to explore together how they can live life more fully and with authentic freedom. It has all the more relevance today in an impact of Covid 19 is to push us to a new depth of interiority and to seek new answers that give meaning and vitality. This book has three distinct parts: Part one outlines three convictions that guide its direction and the program it describes. Firstly, God desires what is best for all people and invites each one personally to know him and to live with responsible freedom, self-determination and confidence in his wisdom and mercy. Secondly, every baptized Christian is called to evangelize, namely, to reach out beyond themselves in a way that proclaims and expresses the goodness of God, through action and words and thus enriches those whom they meet Thirdly, the parish is an important entity in the renewal of God’s people as a dwelling place of God among them. Here people meet in communion with one another to worship God, to encounter him, and to be send forth. The author admits that these three convictions are deeply held by him, and have provided compass points for his ministry. Part two is the central core of the book. It outlines a program that gives flesh and reality to its three underpinning convictions. It provides a practical step- by step outline for people to plan, launch and direct the program in a way that helps participants come to know God’s providence and love amid the contradictions and joys of daily living, and live as his beloved children. It then forms and inspires them to live their relationships in a spirit of joyful service and with love towards all whom they meet, and in a way that enhances renewal and community connections within their parish. Each week presents an important facet of Christian living in a style that is easy to follow, while at the same time inspirational. It all means that hosting this program is within the capacity of anyone who knows a genuine encounter with God, and a desire to share his love with others. Part three consists of a scripture passage and a brief reflection for each day for the duration of the program. It supports the theme of each week. It seeks to help people to pray with the help of the scriptures; to inspire a new or more personal relationship with Christ; and to yield to the mystery of God’s loving. Then what may have proved to be elusive in the past becomes part of one’s own personal story. Part three can equally be looked upon as a booklet, which stands on its own, and which can be used with profound effect as a personal support in recognizing God who is continually searching for them. In an easy to read style, this book will provide possibilities and sightlines for individuals, communities and parishes, in their search for authentic freedom, renewal, and community.

A collection of readings and reflections for participants in the Inspiring Faith Communities program.

"Ein Meisterwerk des britischen Schauerromans mit hohem literarischen Anspruch." (Brigitte) "Eine meisterhafte Exkursion ins Grauen." (Sunday Times)

'The new master of menace' Sunday Times A blizzard a century ago has passed into fable in the Endlands. Trapped by the snow, the residents of the valley found themselves at the mercy of the Devil, who brought death and destruction before being driven back to the moors. Now, the three farming families of the Endlands face a new test. The patriarch of the community, the Gaffer, has died and his grandson, John Pentecost, must decide if he will return and work the land in his grandfather's stead. He feels the pull of duty, loyalty and tradition: obligations that his pregnant wife, Kat, finds hard to understand as an outsider. And as the celebrations of the Devil's exile draw near, she realises that there is a darkness in this place which cannot be repelled. BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, METRO AND MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A work of goose-flesh eeriness' The Spectator

An eerie, suspenseful, gothic debut novel. Winner of the Costa First Novel Award “An amazing piece of fiction.”—Stephen King When Smith was a boy, he and his family went on an Easter pilgrimage with their local parish to the Loney, a bleak stretch of the English coastline, to visit an ancient shrine in search of healing for Smith’s disabled brother. But the locals were none too pleased to welcome them, and the two brothers soon became entangled in a troubling morass of dangerous rituals. For years after, Smith carries the burden of what happened that spring. And when he hears that the body of a young child has been found during a storm at the Loney, he’s forced to finally reckon with his darkest secrets—and the terror they carry with them. “A palpable pall of menace hangs over British author Hurley’s thrilling first novel, narrated by a London boy, “Tonto” Smith, whose affectionate nickname was bestowed by a parish priest who likened himself to the Lone Ranger. Tonto and his family undertake an Easter pilgrimage to the Moorings, a house overlooking a treacherous swath of tide-swept Cumbrian coast known as the Loney. Smith’s devoutly Catholic mother hopes that taking the waters at the nearby shrine will cure his older brother, Hanny, of his lifelong muteness. But the Cumbrian landscape seems anything but godly: nature frequently manifests in its rawest state and the secretive locals seem beholden to primitive rites and traditions that mock the religious piety of the visitors. Adding to the mystery is Coldbarrow, a spit of land turned twice daily by the tides into an island, where a man, a woman, and a pregnant teenage girl have taken refuge in a gloomy house named Thessaly. Hurley (Cages and Other Stories) tantalizes the reader by keeping explanations for what is happening just out of reach, and depicting a natural world beyond understanding. His sensitive portrayal of Tonto and Hanny’s relationship and his insights into religious belief and faith give this eerie tale depth and gravity.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Completely terrifying.”—Paula Hawkins “Vibrantly written.” —Entertainment Weekly “Stunning” —Jeff VanderMeer “The masterpiece by which Hurley will enter the Guild of the Gothic”—Guardian “Fans of Shirley Jackson are sure to savor . . . Tight, suspenseful writing makes this masterful novel unsettling in the most compelling way.”—Washington Post

Dory Delano, Charlotte Harris, and Turner Graham have been drifting through life since their days as roommates at Smith College, ten years ago. Dory is resisting taking the reins of her family's legacy and fortune even as she relishes the fabulous lifestyle it affords her in the fashionable seaside resort of Martha's Vineyard. She invites her old friends to join her for a summer on the Vineyard in hopes of rediscovering the innocence of old days and healing new wounds. But hidden in their midst and unknown to all but a few, a reclusive--some say dangerous--fisherman wanders alone, fueling wild speculation about his purpose and his past. None of these women can imagine the events their encounter with the fisherman will set in motion, the shadow he will cast over their destinies, or the transformation that awaits the world they know.

United States of America offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

"This title takes you on a journey through the alphabet, in which each letter reveals a fun and interesting fact about soccer."--Provided by publisher.

This title tells you everything you need to know about the countries and teams that take part in World Cup tournaments.

This title takes a brief look back at the history of the World Cup, then turns to focus on Brazil, the 2014 host. Packed with information about Brazil's sporting history, cities, and stadiums, as well as the teams and players to watch out for during the tournament.

This simple, motivational biography gives readers a glimpse into the life of Olympic champion Jessica Ennis, shining a light on her career, her upbringing, and her involvement in sport.

In 1851, a Gypsy princess and her young lover escape from her father's camp. The boy steals Prodigal, a sailing ship blessed with unnatural speed, and the lovers escape to sea. More than 150 years later on Ocracoke Island, Aidan Sharpe, an aging lawyer, is struggling to rebuild his life in this lonely outpost of the Outer Banks. He is caught up in a two-thousand-year-old mystery that unfolds with the sudden reappearance of Prodigal off the coast.

Provides scattershot accounts of record-breaking trivia. Colorful photographs are of various sizes and shapes, creating a browsing or skimming effect to the facts.

Presents facts about baseball players, records, achievements, and crowds, revealing such information as the tallest player in baseball history and unique athlete superstitions.

Presents different facts about the sport of hockey and its players, including what pucks are made of, which team holds the record for the longest winning streak and which was the longest game played.

Presents different facts about the sport of football and its players, including which game was known as the "Ice Bowl", who are the Cheeseheads, and which team holds the record for the longest winning streak.

Discover amazing facts baout soccer, like who has scored the most goals and one world cup, and which goal keeper has scored over 100 goals.

Presents facts about basketball players, records, achievements, and crowds, revealing such information as the highest scoring game and the tallest player.