The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers

The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers

Author: Michael Hemmingson

Publisher: Running PressBook Pub

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9780786708659

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Tales of he tension of crowded courtrooms, jaded DAs, surprise witnesses, stunning defenses, and divided juries fill an anthology of legal thrillers featuring contributions from acclaimed authors such as Graham Greene, Mark Leyner, Irwin Shaw, Scott Turow, Andrew Vachss, John Grisham, and others. Original.


The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction

Author: Michael Ashley

Publisher: Constable

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 804

ISBN-13:

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A reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.


The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper

The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper

Author: Maxim Jakubowski

Publisher: C & R Crime

Published: 2008-04-24

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1849015260

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Updated and expanded edition of the fullest ever collective investigation into Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders. This volume collects not just all the key factual evidence but also 20 different arguments as to the identity of Jack the Ripper, such as that advanced by Patricia Cornwell. Contributions are from the world's leading Ripperologists, including William Beadle, Melvyn Fairclough, Martin Fido, Shirley Harrison, James Tully and Colin Wilson. The identity of Jack the Ripper has plagued professional historians, criminologists, writers and amateur enthusiasts. The many suspects include Montague John Druitt, Walter Sickert, Aaron Kosminski, Michael Ostrog, William Henry Bury, Dr Tumblety and James Maybrick. The only certainty is that Ripperologist have not found an invididual on whom they can all agree. The essays are supported by a detailed chronology, extensive bibliography and filmography.


The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women

Author: Stephen Jones

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 825

ISBN-13: 1510723846

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Thirty-five uncanny and erotic tales of vampires written by supernatural fiction’s greatest mistresses of the macabre. "Fashions change, and the urbane vampire created by Byron and cemented in place by Stoker has had to move on . . . Are you, like me, ready for the new dusk?" —Ingrid Pitt, from her Introduction Prepare to arm yourself with garlic, silver bullets, and a stake. Featuring the only vampire short story written by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and boasting an autobiographical introduction and original tale by Ingrid Pitt, the star of Hammer Films' The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this is one anthology that every vampire fan—vampiric feminist or not—will want to drink deep from. From the classic stories of Edith Wharton, Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to modern incarnations by such acclaimed writers as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Angela Slatter, these blood-drinkers and soul-stealers range from the sexual to the sanguinary, from the tormented Good to the unspeakably Evil. Among those memorable Children of the Night you will encounter are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins' undead heroine Sonja Blue, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington’s age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and now revised and updated, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women fulfils the bloodlust of the somnambulist horror fan, delivering the ultimate bite.


The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime

The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime

Author: Maxim Jakubowski

Publisher: Running PressBook Pub

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780786710027

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An entertaining assortment of comic mysteries and whodunits captures the zany misadventures and mishaps of bungling burglas, not-so-wise guys, and hit-or-miss assassins in works by Donald E. Westlake, Terry Pratchet, Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini, Sarah Caudwell, Peter Lovesey, and other notable authors. Original.


The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

Author: Trisha Telep

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 1849011796

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You never forget your first time with a vampire. Whether reaquainting yourself with some of your favourite, sexy creatures of the night or getting bitten by the vampire romance phenomenon for the very first time, let the biggest and brightest names in the business help you explore your dark side. Witness the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual and dating practices as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. Because vampires never really die, do they?


The Mammoth Book of Body Horror

The Mammoth Book of Body Horror

Author: Marie O'Regan

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1780330448

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A gripping collection which offers for the first time a chronological overview of the popular contemporary sub-genre of body horror, from Edgar Allan Poe to Christopher Fowler, with contributions from leading horror writers, including Stephen King, George Langelaan and Neil Gaiman. The collection includes the stories behind seminal body horror movies, John Carpenter's The Thing, David Cronenberg's The Fly and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator.


The Mammoth Book of One-Liners

The Mammoth Book of One-Liners

Author: Geoff Tibballs

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2012-06-07

Total Pages: 607

ISBN-13: 1780335369

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A collection of 10,000 side-splitting one-line jokes arranged in categories from bestselling humour editor Geoff Tibballs. 'Is my wife dissatisfied with my body? A small part of me says yes.' 'Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.' 'I read somewhere that 26 is too old to still live with your parents. It was on a note, in my room.'


The Mammoth Book of Journalism

The Mammoth Book of Journalism

Author: Jon E. Lewis

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2011-08-04

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 1780332734

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The newspaper has recorded and influenced modern history like nothing else on earth. From The Washington Post's exposure of Watergate, Tom Wolfe's 1960's social documentary in The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test to Robert Fisk uncovering the slaugher at Chatila, all the articles included here are reportage from the frontline of life. These are the editorials that have changed our thinking and the criticisms that have penetrated most deeply into contemporary culture. Most of all, they offer a snapshot of these modern times.


The Mammoth Book of Vampires

The Mammoth Book of Vampires

Author: Stephen Jones

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2011-08-04

Total Pages: 870

ISBN-13: 1780332807

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Modern masters of the macabre bring the dead to life in this specially re-vamped edition of the classic compilation every horror fan will want to sink their teeth into. From an award-winning editor who knows the genre backwards, here is the very best in vampire fiction: from tales of tempting sirens to contemporary serial killers; from the dark origins of fairy tales to a modern reinterpretation of the King of the Undead himself, Count Dracula. This revised edition features over a dozen new stories, including Tina Rath's A Trick of the Dark and Kim Newman's Andy Warhol's Dracula, as well as classic novellas such as Hugh B. Cave's Stragella and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Investigating Jericho. There are contributions by Nancy Kilpatrick, Christopher Fowler, Paul Mcauley, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tina Rath, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison and Kim Newman.