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720 Recipes Miss Tuxford's Cookery For The Middle Classes

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Bestway Cookery Gift Book

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Nocoes De Arte Culinaria Maria Thereza A.Costa, 1931

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October is a time for all things dark and macabre, with the spookiest reads and most unsettling pieces of literature taking priority above all else. To celebrate the month of terror, we've reached out to our wonderful brand ambassadors and asked for them to share their favourite chilling and haunting books with us. Be warned - what you find below is not for the faint of heart...

Wandering the Halls of Horror: Sub-Genres of Horror Literature

October 15, 2020 3 min read 0 Comments

Oh, horror, you loveable realm of madness you. A genre created to delve into our deepest fears, to haunt us in more ways than we could ever have imagined was possible. And, as though that wasn't enough, the decades and centuries have seen horror branch out in unfathomable directions, picking apart phobias, terrors, and petrifying possibilities to unnerve readers even more - and we can't get enough of it. Here are some of horror's most successful and effective sub-genres, the kinds of reads that only the bravest dare to approach...

Frankenstein: Exploring Horror's Most Tragic Tale

October 06, 2020 3 min read 0 Comments

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the most critically acclaimed and widely read works of classic horror fiction in all of literature. At over two centuries old, it remains as effective, haunting, and thought-provoking today as it has ever been, still in print and continuing to be adapted near countless times in a variety of formats. But, despite the effectively macabre and shockingly unnerving events and imagery conjured by Shelley, the tragic "monster" of the story remains possibly the most influential and memorable aspect of this tale. Let's delve into the darkness and take a look at why this is the case.

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