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- A Brief narrative of a strange and wonderful old woman that hath a pair of horns growing upon her head : giving a true account how they have several times after being shed, grown again : declaring the place of her birth, her education and conversation with the first occasion of their growth, the time of their continuance and where she is now to be seen, viz. at the sign of the Swan near Charing Cross
- A Brief narrative of a strange and wonderful old woman that hath a pair of horns growing upon her head : giving a true account how they have several times after being shed, grown again : declaring the place of her birth, her education and conversation with the first occasion of their growth, the time of their continuance and where she is now to be seen, viz. at the sign of the Swan near Charing-Cross
- A beastly alphabet
- A certaine relation of the hog-faced gentlewoman called Mistris Tannakin Skinker : who was borne at Wirkham a neuter towne betweene the Emperour and the Hollander, scituate on the river Rhyne, who was bewitched in her mothers wombe in the yeare 1618. and hath lived ever since unknowne in this kind to any, but her parents and a few other neighbours. And can never recover her true shape, tell she be married, &c. Also relating the cause, as it is since conceived, how her mother came so bewitched
- A declaration of a strange and wonderfull monster: : born in Kirkham parish in Lancashire (the childe of Mrs. Haughton, a Popish gentlewoman) the face of it upon the breast, and without a head (after the mother had wished rather to bear a childe without a head then a Roundhead) and had curst the Parliamnet [sic]. Attested by Mr. Fleetwood, minister of the same parish, under his own hand; and Mrs. Gattaker the mid-wife, and divers other eye-witnesses: whose testimony was brought up by a member of the House of Commons. Appointed to be printed according to order: and desired to be published in all the counties, cities, townes, and parishes in England: being the same copies that were presented to the Parliament
- A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish : cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary
- A discription of a monstrous Chylde, borne at Chychester in Sussex, the. xxiiii. daye of May. : This being the very length, and bygnes of the same. M. CCCCC. LXII
- A monstrous shape. Or a shapelesse monster : A description of a female creature borne in Holland, compleat in every p[arte] save only a head like a swine, who hath travailed into many parts, and is now to be seene in London ... To the tune of the Spanish Pavin
- A readable Beowulf : the Old English epic newly translated
- A relation of a terrible monster taken by a fisherman neere Wollage, July the 15. 1642. and is now to be seen in Kings street, Westminster. : The shape whereof is like a toad, and may be called a toad-fish, but that which makes it a monster, is, that it hath hands with fingers like a man, and is chested like a man. Being neere five foot long, and three foot over, the thicknesse of an ordinary man. The following discourse will describe him more particularly. Whereunto is added, a relation of a bloudy encounter betwixt the Lord Faulconbridge and Sir John Hotham, wherein the Duke of Richmond is hurt, and the Lord Faulconbridge taken prisoner. With some other misselanies of memory both by sea and land, with some forreigne occurrences
- A right strange and vvoonderful example of the handie vvorke of a mightie God : to moove vs wretched sinners to amendement of our wicked lyues, by this lamentable spectacle for al men & women to behold, of the birth of three children borne in the parish of Paskewet, in the county of Monmouth, on Thursday, the third of February last. And are are [sic] at this present to be seene at London
- A true relation of a monstrous female-child : with two heads, fower eyes, fower ears, two no[ses, two] mouthes, and fower arms, fower legs, and all things proportionably, fixed to one body. Born about the sixth of May last, at a village called Ill-Brewers near Taunton Dean in Somerset-shire. Likewise a true and perfect account of its form so prodigiously strange, with several remarkable passages observed from it since its birth, so great and amazing, that the like has not been known in many ages: with many other circumstances. As it was faithfully communicated in a letter, by a person of worth, living in Taunton-Dean, to a gentleman here in London, and attested by many hundreds of no mean rank ; and well known to several gentlemen in and about London
- A true relation of a monstrous female-child : with two heads, fower eyes, fower ears, two no[ses, two] mouthes, and fower arms, fower legs, and all things proportionably, fixed to one body. Born about the sixth of May last, at a village called Ill-Brewers near Taunton Dean in Somerset-shire. Likewise a true and perfect account of its form so prodigiously strange, with several remarkable passages observed from it since its birth, so great and amazing, that the like has not been known in many ages: with many other circumstances. As it was faithfully communicated in a letter, by a person of worth, living in Taunton-Dean, to a gentleman here in London, and attested by many hundreds of no mean rank; and well known to several gentlemen in and about London
- A true relation of the birth of three monsters in the city of Namen n Flanders : as also Gods iudgement vpon an vnnaturall sister of the poore womans, mother of these obortiue children, whose house was consumed with fire from heauen, and her selfe swallowed into the earth. All which hapned the 16. of December last. 1608
- A vievv of sundry examples : Reporting many straunge murthers, sundry persons periured, signes and tokens of Gods anger towards vs. What straunge and monstrous children haue of late beene borne: and all memorable murthers since the murther of Maister Saunders by George Brovvne, to this present and bloody murther of Abell Bourne Hosyer, who dwelled in Newgate Market. 1580. Also a short discourse of the late earthquake the sixt of Aprill. Gathered by A.M
- Asimov's Ghosts ; : Asimov's Monsters
- Beast
- Beowulf
- Beowulf
- Beowulf : a likeness
- Beowulf : a new verse translation
- Beowulf : a translation and commentary
- Beowulf : a verse translation
- Beowulf : an adaptation by Julian Glover of the verse translations of Michael Alexander and Edwin Morgan
- Beowulf : the Donaldson translation, backgrounds and sources, criticism
- Beowulf ; : together with Widsith ; and The fight at Finnesburg
- Beowulf and its analogues
- Beowulf and the fight at Finnsburg
- Beowulf, : a new verse translation for fireside and class room,
- Beowulf, : in modern verse with an essay and pictures
- Beowulf, : the oldest English epic;
- Beowulf, and Judith;
- Beowulf, and other Old English poems.
- Beowulf: a new prose translation
- Beowulf;
- Beowulf;
- Beowulf; : with the Finnesburg fragment,
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Béowulf and Judith
- Creature! : a chrestomathy of "monstery"
- Eaters of the dead : the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
- Encyclopedia of legendary creatures
- England's new vvonders or Four strange and amazing relations that have lately come to pass in England : I.A strange and wonderfull account of one Mary Blackstone, near Hull in York-shire, who after ten years barrenness, was with child of a [mo]nstrous birth, and delivered after wo [sic] years going of it in having 3 heads, each an eye in the forehead, serpents twisting about each neck, 4 arms, and 4 legs, each 10 fingers and toes on the hands and feet ; the privities of male and female. With the examination of the mother by the miller, what answer she [ga]ve, her prayer and advice to all women. Not to wish for things God sees not convenient to give lest fearfull punishments overtake them, with the ... for her funeral sermon, before she dyed, and the substance of the sermon. By D. Boase. [I]I. An account of a mighty serpent, and the appearing of a terrible fiery serpent, at ... Bedfordshire. ... [I]V. An account of two enemies fighting in the ... in Bri[t]any in France. All very terrible and wonderful. Licensed according to print
- England's new vvonders or Four strange and amazing relations that have lately come to pass in England : I.A strange and wonderfull account of one Mary Blackstone, near Hull in York-shire, who after ten years barrenness, was with child of a [mo]nstrous birth, and delivered after wo [sic] years going of it in having 3 heads, each an eye in the forehead, serpents twisting about each neck, 4 arms, and 4 legs, each 10 fingers and toes on the hands and feet; the privities of male and female. With the examination of the mother by the miller, what answer she [ga]ve, her prayer and advice to all women. Not to wish for things God sees not convenient to give lest fearfull punishments overtake them, with the ... for her funeral sermon, before she dyed, and the substance of the sermon. By D. Boase. [I]I. An account of a mighty serpent, and the appearing of a terrible fiery serpent, at ... Bedfordshire. ... [I]V. An account of two enemies fighting in the ... in Bri[t]any in France. All very terrible and wonderful. Licensed according to print
- First man into space ; The atomic submarine
- Frankenstein
- Frankenstein : annotated for scientists, engineers, and creators of all kinds
- Frankenstein : complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives
- Frankenstein : complete, authoritative text with biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary critical perspectives
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : the 1818 text in three volumes
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus : the original two-volume novel of 1816-1817 from the Bodleian Library manuscripts
- Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus, the 1818 text
- Grendel
- Grendel
- Henri and the loup-garou
- Klaeber's Beowulf ; : and The fight at Finnsburg
- Let's catch a monster
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
- Monster Motel : poems and paintings
- Monsters of the Gilded Age : photographs by Charles Eisenmann
- Monsters, a guide to information on unaccounted for creatures, including Bigfoot, many water monsters, and other irregular animals
- Monsters, giants, and little men from Mars : an unnatural history of the Americas
- Monstruary
- Nevvs from St. John Street, : being a strange and true relation of a monstrous creature vvhich was brought forth by a sovv, the like was never seen before. The skin of this monstrous creature is smooth, like the skin of a child, and hath a round scull, and the face of it is like the face of a monky, with the feet like a goat, with several other monstrosities throughout all the rest of the members. It is to be seen at the signe of the White-Hart the upper end of St. John's Street
- Niño wrestles the world
- Precious and the Boo Hag
- Red doc>
- Simon's book
- Strange and wonderful news of the birth of a monstrous child with two heads, and three arms : which was lately born at Attenree, in the county of Meath, in Ireland
- Strange nevves out of Kent : of a monstrous and misshapen child, borne in Olde Sandwitch, vpon the 10. of Iulie, last, the like (for strangenes) hath neuer beene seene
- Strange newes of a prodigious monster : borne in the towneship of Allington in the parish of Standish in the Countie of Lancaster, the 17. day of Aprill last, 1613. Testified by the reuerend diuine Mr. W. Leigh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word at Standish aforesaid
- Strange news from Ireland, or, A true and perfect relation of a famous fish taken at Kingsale : the manner of its taking, and description of its horrible shapes
- Strange signes seene in the aire, strange monsters behelde on the land, and wonderfull prodigies both by land and sea, ouer, in, and about the citie of Rosenberge in high Germany the nineteenth of Ianuarie last past. Truely translated out of the high Dutch copie printed at Rosenberge in Germany
- The Frankenstein notebooks
- The description of a monstrous pig : the which was farrowed at Hamsted besyde London, the. xvi. day of October this present yeare of our Lord God. M.D. LXII
- The forme and shape of a monstrous child, borne at Maydstone in Kent, the .xxiiij. of October. 1568
- The inspector.
- The monstrumologist
- The most strange and wounderfull apperation of blood in a poole at Garraton in Leicester-shire, : which continued for the space of foure dayes, the rednesse of the colour for the space of those foure dayes every day increasing higher and higher, to the infinet amazement of many hundreds of beholders of all degrees and conditions, who have dipped their handketchers in this bloody poole ... As also the true relation of a miraculous and prodigious birth in Shoo-lane, where one Mistris Browne a cuttlers wife was delivered of a monster without a head or feet, and in stead of a head had a hollow out of which a child did proceed, which was little but lovely, perfect in all but very spare and leane. As also the Kings sending to his Parliament for hostage for the security of his person to come unto London and to sit with his parliament for the composing the diffirences in the kingdome
- The most terrible of all
- The strange monster or, true news from Nottingham-shire of a strange monster born at Grasly in Nottingham-shire, three miles from Nottingham : with a relation of his strange and wonderful shape, the time his mother was in travail with him, with several other things of note. Together with a brief relation of several monstrous and prodigious births which happened heretofore in this our nation. Licensed according to order
- The true discripcion of a childe with ruffes borne in the parish of Micheham in the cou[n]tie of Surrey in the yeere of our Lord. M.D. LXvi
- The true portriture of a prodigious monster. : Taken in the mountains of Zardana. the following discription - whereof was sent to Madrid. Octob: 20th. 1654 from thence to Don Olonz de Cardines embassidor for the King of Spain, now resident at London
- The true reporte of the forme and shape of a monstrous childe, borne at Muche Horkesleye : a village three myles from Colchester, in the countye of Essex, the .xxi. daye of Apryll in this yeare. 1562
- The very worst monster
- Thistle
- Two remarkable and true histories, which hapned this present yeare, 1619 : The one relating how God most miraculously restored to health Elizabeth Goossens Taets, dwelling in the Long street neere St. Georges Church in Amers-ford by Vtrecht in the Low-countries, the 29. of August last, after fiue and twenty yeares great inabilitie and weaknesse of body. The other shewing how a maruellous deformed monster was found in the belly of a cow which was killed by Iohn Vandel malt-man of Amers-ford aforesaid, the first day of October last. 1619. Both which may serue to inuite vs to serious repentance and vnfained amendment of life, in this wicked and decaying age
- Where the wild things are
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