The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
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Седалище на монголите по времето на Хубилай хан, дом на императорите от династиите Мин и Цин и арена на катаклизмите и постиженията от комунистическата епоха, Пекин почти неотменно запазва статута си на столица в продължение на повече от хиляда години. С увличащ текст и илюстрации, много от които се публикуват за първи път, утвърдените специалисти по китайска история проф. Лилиан М. Ли, проф. Алисън Дж. Дрей-Ноуви и проф. Хейли Кун проследяват богатото минало на този динамичен град от наченките до наши дни. Величието и великолепието на имперската столица се преплитат в хармония с модерния облик на световния мегаполис, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Sherlock Holmes is back on the case in this collection of sparkling short stories, in which we learn about Holmes' early days as a sleuth, encounter a seemingly murderous widow, and meet the great detective's brother, Mycroft, for the first time. And, in "The Final Problem", Holmes comes face-to-face with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, in a battle of wits that could kill them both. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In "Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries", Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles", followed by nine Gothic adventures: "The Sussex Vampire", "The Creeping Man", "Shoscombe Old Place", "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax", "The Veiled Lodger", "The Devil's Foot", "The ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuard Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes pits his wits against "Napoleon of Crime" Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and investigates intrigues that have defeated the detectives of Scotland Yard. Packed with excitement and mystery, this collection showcases the legendary sleuth at his very best. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition features an ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuard Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Featuring crypts at midnight, strange bones in a furnace and a blood-sucking vampire, these tales explore the darker side of human nature and involve betrayal, violence and the terrible consequences of infidelity. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on ... |
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"Sie kennen meine Methoden, Watson." - Kein skrupelloses Schurkenstück, kein noch so raffiniertes Verbrechen, das der weltberühmte englische Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes mithilfe seiner verblüffenden Kombinationsgabe nicht zu durchschauen vermöchte! Dieser Band enthält zwölf meisterhafte Kriminalerzählungen rund um Holmes und seinen treuen Freund, mit denen Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bereits seit über hundert Jahren seine Leser in den Bann schlägt. Die Auswahl reicht von "Der Bund der Rothaarigen" über "Die fünf Apfelsinenkerne" und & ... |
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Zwei Männer werden tot aufgefunden, die Londoner Polizei ist ratlos. Sherlock Holmes hat gerade mit Dr. Watson eine Wohnung in der Baker Street bezogen. Er erkennt mit seiner verblüffenden Kombinationsgabe rasch die Zeichen, die ihn zu dem Täter führen werden. Allerdings schlägt die Geschichte zunächst einen sehr, sehr weiten Bogen ins Land der Mormonen in Utah... "Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" ist der erste Fall von Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson. Das Buch erzählt nicht nur einen hochspannenden Fall, sondern auch gibt auch Einblicke in die Anfänge einer legendären M ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy. Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize every skill he has to solve the two classic mysteries collected here. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" sees Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the misty wilds of Dartmoor to confront a devilish apparition, while in The Valley of Fear the pair investigate a gruesome murder that may be the work of the dastardly Professor Moriarty himself. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of readers worldwide. From kidnapped heirs to murder by harpoon, Holmes and Watson have their work cut out for them in these brilliant later tales. This collection also includes His Last Bow, a series of recollections from an older Sherlock Holmes of further adventures from his life. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an ... |
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There is a film of this story. ... "– This is wonderful, Professor Challenger! - I said. – You have found a place which no one knows about - a lost world. A world where creatures from the past still live. – But nobody in London believes my story - said the professor. – People say the drawing and the photograph are fakes - they aren't real. – I want to return to the Lost World. Other people must see the Lost World. Then everyone will know it is real!" From the book This book is in British English. Here you can find: a note about the author; a note about the story; the people in this story; points for ... |
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Sherlock Holmes: A Gripping Casebook of Stories contains the full-length novel "A Study in Scarlet", plus 14 short stories. "A Study in Scarlet" marked Sherlock Holmes' debut appearance in novel form, while Holmes made his first short story appearance in "A Scandal in Bohemia", also included in this compendium. In his perceptive introduction to this compendium, leading crime writer Martin Edwards observes that "the compelling evocation of character is what makes Conan Doyle's stores come alive". Ally this to vivid settings and the result is unbeatable entertainment enjoyed ... |