Jean Ray Bücher

In Jean Rays Roman "Malpertuis" stirbt Cassavius und hinterlässt seinen Erben ein großes Vermögen unter der Bedingung, in seinem Haus zu leben. Die grotesken Figuren, darunter Jan und Nancy, entdecken, dass Cassavius die letzten antiken Götter entführt hat, die in menschlichen Körpern gefangen sind. Die Neu-Übersetzung von Christian Dörge verbindet den Roman mit der gleichnamigen Verfilmung von 1971.

Jean Jacques erbt das Herrenhaus Malpertuis und muss es bewohnen. Bald entdeckt er, dass das Haus von unheimlichem Leben erfüllt ist, Albträume Wirklichkeit werden und alte griechische Götter durch die Flure wandeln. Malpertuis entwickelt sich zunehmend zu einem Gefängnis für ihn.

Mac OSX Unleashed is a complete guide and reference for Mac OS users. For an average Mac user, experiencing a command line for the first time can be an unpleasant experience. This book will take the approach of demonstrating familiar actions and tools, and then provide the equivalent information within the BSD environment. For advanced users, this book will cover system administration ranging from advanced configuration of FTP servers, SSH tunneling, to installing secure E-mail and Web servers. The progression of the text is designed to move from simple "using" topics through advanced configuration--making it easier for beginners and experienced users to find what they're looking for.

Originally published in French in 1925, Whiskey Tales immediately established the reputation of the Belgian master of the weird, Jean Ray (1887-1964), whose writings in the coming years would come to chart out a literary meeting ground between H.P. Lovecraft and Charles Dickens. A commercial success, the collection earned Ray the appellation of the "Belgian Poe." A year later, however, the author would be arrested on charges of embezzlement and serve two years in prison, where he would write some of his best stories. Something of a prequel to later collections such as Cruise of Shadows or Circles of Terror (both forthcoming from Wakefield Press), Whiskey Tales finds Ray embracing the modes of adventure and horror fiction adopted by such contemporaries as Pierre Mac Orlan and Maurice Renard. Taking us from ship's prow to port, from tavern to dead-end lane, these early tales are ruled by the spirits of whiskey and fog, each element blurring the borders between humor and horror, the sentimental and the sinister, the real and the imagined. A handful of these stories first appeared in English in Weird Tales in the 1930s, but the majority of this collection has never been translated. This first complete English-language edition is the first in many volumes of Jean Ray's books that Wakefield Press will be bringing out over the coming seasons.