Durante un'uscita in una remota regione delle Adirondack, accompagnato dal suo amico Dan, Abe viene a conoscenza di un sinistro racconto del folklore locale su un misterioso corso d'acqua, il Dutchman's Creek, e su alcuni uomini che hanno affrontato un'esperienza terrificante nella zona. Abe e Dan, affascinati dalla leggenda, decidono di rintracciare il torrente per la loro prossima battuta di pesca, ma in quelle acque scopriranno qualcosa di inimmaginabile, una dimensione abitata da una presenza antica e ultraterrena che parla con le voci di coloro che i due uomini hanno amato e perduto. 'Il Pescatore' è un romanzo contemporaneo che spinge l'orrore lovecraftiano in territori inesplorati, tra mostruosità bibliche e richiami all'opera di Herman Melville. La scrittura densa e suggestiva di John Langan esplora i temi dell'amore e del lutto, danzando tra presente e passato, per raccontarci una storia spaventosa di fragilità umana, perdita e mistero.

The best of the “product" and "process" approaches to writing.

 

The Longman Writer   with MyWritingLab draws on decades of teaching experience to integrate the best of the "product" and "process" approaches to writing. Emphasis on the reading-writing connection, focus on invention and revision, and attention to the fact that patterns blend in actual writing are delivered with clear, step-by-step writing instruction and extensive practice activities and assignments—more than 500 in all.

Grounded in John Langan’s Four Bases - unity, coherence, sentence skills, and support - English Skills with Readings employs a unique personalised learning plan to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics and to free instructional time for activities emphasising writing process and critical thinking. English Skills with Readings features John Langan's trademark crystal - clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effective writing. The new edition adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested material from previous editions.

English Brushup 6e offers a brief and inexpensive guide to the grammar, punctuation, and usage skills that students need most. It offers a combination of features not found in other texts. Its focus is on important skills, self-teaching approach, reasonable size, and outstanding instructor’s supplements.

Tra astronomia e fantasmi, guerre sante e tentazioni diaboliche, ecco il terzo numero di Hypnos, che presenta due racconti inediti di Fritz Leiber, 'Il fonditore di bottoni' e 'Dormi ancora, Biancaneve', un racconto di Washington Irving, famoso autore del racconto 'Il mistero di Sleepy Hollow', la novelette 'Technicolor', di John Langan e infine 'Il suo sguardo, di Moreno Pavanello.

Grounded in John Langan’s Four Bases – unity, coherence, sentence skills, and support – College Writing Skills with Readings employs a unique personalized learning plan to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics and to free instructional time for activities emphasizing writing process and critical thinking. From mastering the traditional five-paragraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation, College Writing Skills with Readings empowers students to think more deeply about audience and purpose as they write for college and career. This new ninth edition provides a greater balance focus on personal, academic, and workplace writing.

Grounded in John Langan’s Four Bases – unity, coherence, sentence skills, and support – Exploring Writing employs a unique personalized learning plan to address student deficits in grammar and mechanics and to free instructional time for activities emphasizing writing process and critical thinking.

By focusing on a wide range of reading and study skills required in the academic world, Reading and Study Skills gives instructors the flexibility to address student needs that might otherwise require several texts. The highly versatile organization divides topics into focused, self-contained modules that can be covered in any order resulting in a text that can be adapted to fit any teaching or learning situation. From its step-by-step, comprehensive coverage of the essential reading and study skills, to its practical, sensible style and tone, this text encourages and motivates students to get the most out of their reading and shows them how to master key study skills in order to have rewarding college experiences.

John Langan's English Essentials offers guidance through the grammar, punctuation, and usage skills needed for success in college and beyond. In short, English Essentials is an efficient, accessible, and helpful guide to mastering practical English skills.The book is divided into four parts -- Part One covers fifteen basic skills; Part Two offers more in-depth information about those and other skills; Part Three presents the essential skills of proofreading, and Part Four covers spelling improvement and dictionaryuse. This student-friendly organization and structure makes the book easy to navigate and a flexible guide.Each section provides essential instructions followed by ampleactivities to encourage learning in the best possible way: by doing.

Features twenty-seven short stories published in the twenty-first century that were inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works.

Monsters: As old as the oldest of stories, as new as our latest imaginings. From the ancient stone corridors of the labyrinth to the graffitied alleyways of the contemporary metropolis, they stalk the shadows. Leering from the darkness of the forest, jostling for space in our closets, they walk, crawl, creep and scuttle through our nightmares. Close as the clutter under the bed or the other side of the mirror, they are our truest companions. Creatures features the best monster fiction from the past thirty years, offering a wide variety of the best monster stories including original stories from the field''s most relevant names and hottest newcomers including Clive Barker, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kelly Link, China Mieville, and Cherie Priest.

Clear, step-by-step writing instruction, ample annotated student essays, and extensive practice opportunities for writing have made The Longman Writer one of the most successful methods-of-development guides for college writing.

A young writer at a late-night cocktail party is cornered by a beautiful widow who relates a strange tale of her husband's disappearance, the death of her stepson in the Special Forces in Afghanistan, and a haunted mansion.

Presents five dark tales that deal with encounters with the supernatural as in the tale of a young couple determined to stay alive as they fight their inhuman pursuers.

This best-selling sentence-level worktext by John Langan continues to help students master the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and usage skills needed for clear, thoughtful writing. The eighth edition of Sentence Skills, Form B features a new 4-color design that adds visual appeal and highlights key concepts to students.

This first joint-publishing venture between McGraw-Hill and John Langan's Townsend Press is a guide book to the essential skills necessary for students to make the transition from high school to college.