A Ghostly Company
Title | A Ghostly Company PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Russell Wakefield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1935 |
Genre | Ghost stories |
ISBN |
In Ghostly Company
Title | In Ghostly Company PDF eBook |
Author | Amyas Northcote |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Ghost stories |
ISBN |
A Ghostly Business
Title | A Ghostly Business PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Krensky |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780689713644 |
While visiting their Aunt Celia in Boston, the five Wynd children are determined to foil the army of ghosts intent on helping an unscrupulous developer acquire some of the best property in the city. Sequel to The Dragon Circle and The Witching Hour..
Ghost Stories
Title | Ghost Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie S Klinger |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2019-04-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1643131192 |
A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers—including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton—presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton. The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' bestselling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. Acclaimed anthologists Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) and Lisa Morton (Ghosts: A Haunted History) set these stories in historical context and trace the literary significance of ghosts in fiction over almost two hundred years—from a traditional English ballad first printed in 1724 up to the science fiction–tinged tales of the early twentieth century. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans as well as new readers of the genre. Including stories by: Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and more.
Ghost Work
Title | Ghost Work PDF eBook |
Author | Mary L. Gray |
Publisher | Harper Business |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1328566242 |
"A startling exposé of the invisible human workforce that powers the web--and how to bring it out of the shadows. Hidden beneath the surface of the internet, a new, stark reality is looming--one that cuts to the very heart of our endless debates about the impact of AI. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri unveil how the services we use from companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast human labor force that is kept deliberately concealed. The people who do 'ghost work' make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech, on-demand piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, transcribing audio, confirming identities, captioning video, and much more. The shameful truth is that no labor laws protect them or even acknowledge their existence. They often earn less than legal minimums for traditional work, they have no health benefits, and they can be fired at any time for any reason, or for no reason at all. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked in this 'ghost economy,' and that number is growing every day. In this unprecedented investigation, Gray and Suri make the case that robots will never completely eliminate 'ghost work' and the unchecked quest for artificial intelligence could spark catastrophic work conditions if not stopped in its tracks. Ultimately, they show how this essential type of work can create opportunity--rather than misery--for those who do it."--Dust jacket.
Ghost Stories
Title | Ghost Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Dyson |
Publisher | NHB Modern Plays |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Ghost plays |
ISBN | 9781848428263 |
Dyson and Nyman's worldwide cult phenomenon--in print for the first time.time.
Vintage
Title | Vintage PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Berman |
Publisher | Lethe Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Gay teenagers |
ISBN | 1590210530 |
A lonely seventeen-year-old who has dreamed of meeting a different and special boy desperately seeks help from his friend Trace, a Goth girl, to free him from the clutches of a handsome ghost he has met on a rural New Jersey highway.