Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The house on the strand The house on the strand Daphne du Maurier Die erste Auflage beträgt 5000 Exemplare OL10421719W
The glass-blowers The glass-blowers Daphne du Maurier 'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape … OL10421726W
Mary Anne Mary Anne Daphne du Maurier In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures firs… OL10421727W
Baker's dozen Baker's dozen Martin H. Greenberg,Rex Stout,Cornell Woolrich,Ed McBain,Fredric Brown,Erle Stanley Gardner,Mignon Good Eberhart,Bill Pronzini,Daphne du Maurier,Ross Macdonald,John D. MacDonald,Hugh Pentecost,Leslie Charteris **Twelve short crime novels:** Leslie Charteris - The Lawless Lady Mignon Eberhart - Introducing Susan Dare Cornell Woolrich - Nightmare John D. MacDonald - Death's Eye View Hugh Pente… OL17873394W
Rebecca, A Play Rebecca, A Play Daphne du Maurier The second Mrs. Maxim de Winter finds it difficult and frightening to live in the shadow of her predecessor, a situation that is exacerbated by her husband's moodiness, and the presence of sinister h… OL19690272W
Come wind, come weather Come wind, come weather Daphne du Maurier Short book with true stories of England during the early days of World War II. OL36573W
Enchanted Cornwall Enchanted Cornwall Daphne du Maurier This is Daphne du Maurier's personal memoir, the story of how enchanted Cornwall formed her as a writer -- how the spirit of Cornwall awakened in her a response so imaginative that it transformed ord… OL36575W
The infernal world of Branwell Brontë The infernal world of Branwell Brontë Daphne du Maurier Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. This is the biography of the shadowy figure of the "unknown" Bronte. OL36589W
The progress of Julius The progress of Julius Daphne du Maurier A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine… OL36605W
I'll never be young again I'll never be young again Daphne du Maurier As far as his father, a famous writer, is concerned, Richard will never amount to anything, and so he decides to take his fate into his own hands. But at the last moment he is saved by Jake, who appe… OL36613W
Hungry Hill Hungry Hill Daphne du Maurier The story of a deadly curse that afflicted an Irish family for a hundred years. "I tell you your mine will be in ruins and your home destroyed and your children forgotten... but this hill will be … OL36617W
The Loving Spirit The Loving Spirit Daphne du Maurier ***This book is a lush generational novel from the bestselling author of Rebecca. In her acclaimed debut, celebrated author Daphne du Maurier weaves a stunning tale of heartbreaking loss and undying … OL36622W
The scapegoat The scapegoat Daphne du Maurier Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon, ' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fea… OL36626W
Jamaica Inn Jamaica Inn Daphne du Maurier Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her mem… OL36632W
Kiss me again, stranger Kiss me again, stranger Daphne du Maurier Includes the title story plus: The Birds ~ The Little Photographer ~ Monte Verita ~ The Apple Tree ~ The Old Man ~ The Split Second ~ No Motive. OL6143765W
The Best Horror Stories The Best Horror Stories Geoffrey Household,Thomas Burke,Stanley Ellin,A. E. Coppard,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Bloch,Thomas Hardy,Joseph Conrad,Dorothy L. Sayers,Graham Greene,William Faulkner,Cornell Woolrich,John Keir Cross,Robert Silverberg,Ray Bradbury,David Fletcher,Edgar Allan Poe,Patricia Highsmith,Honoré de Balzac,Guy de Maupassant,John Collier,Daphne du Maurier,Roald Dahl,Flannery O'Connor,Cyril M. Kornbluth,Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam,Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/wo… OL7453685W
Frenchman's Creek Frenchman's Creek Daphne du Maurier Jaded by the numbing politeness of Restoration London, Lady Dona St. Columb revolts against high society. She rides into the countryside, guided only by her restlessness and her longing to escape. … OL7917284W