MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief & Dr. John Dollar's Mysteries (Illustrate Edition)

MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief & Dr. John Dollar's Mysteries (Illustrate Edition)
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9788075832849
ISBN-13 : 8075832841
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief & Dr. John Dollar's Mysteries (Illustrate Edition) by : E. W. Hornung

A. J. Raffles is an 'amateur cracksman' and a gentleman-thief who with his wit and ingenuity befools everyone to get what he wants. On the other hand, Dr. John Dollars is interested in solving criminal cases with his medical expertise – the precursor of our modern day medical mystery detectives! Contents: A Thief in the Night Out of Paradise The Chest of Silver The Rest Cure The Criminologists' Club The Field of Philippi A Bad Night A Trap to Catch a Cracksman The Spoils of Sacrilege The Raffles Relics The Last Word The Crime Doctor The Physician Who Healed Himself The Life-Preserver A Hopeless Case The Golden Key A Schoolmaster Abroad One Possessed The Doctor's Assistant The Second Murderer E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was an English author and poet and also brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung is known for writing the A. J. Raffles series about a gentleman thief based on a deliberate inversion of the Sherlock Holmes series. Hornung dedicated his creation as a form of flattery to Doyle.

The Golden Book of World's Greatest Mysteries – 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories

The Golden Book of World's Greatest Mysteries – 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 1398
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547769033
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Golden Book of World's Greatest Mysteries – 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories by : Mark Twain

DigiCat presents to you a unique collection of World's Finest Mysteries by the World's Greatest Authors, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This carefully edited edition includes the most intruiging detective stories and head-scratching mysteries: Detective Stories The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Scandal in Bohemia (A. Conan Doyle) The Safety Match (Anton Chekhov) Missing: Page Thirteen (Anna Katherine Green) . . . Suspense Stories The Birth Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Oblong Box (Edgar Allan Poe) A Terribly Strange Bed (Wilkie Collins) The Torture by Hope (Villiers de l'Isle Adam) The Mysterious Card (Cleveland Moffett) . . . Ghost Stories Thrawn Janet (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Horla (Guy de Maupassant) To Sura: A Letter (Pliny the Younger) . . . The Man Who Went Too Far (E.F. Benson) The Phantom Rickshaw (Rudyard Kipling) The Apparition of Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe) The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce) . . . The Deserted House (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Withered Arm (Thomas Hardy) The House and the Brain (Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton) The Roll-Call of the Reef (A. T. Quiller-Couch) The Open Door (Mrs. Margaret Oliphant) . . . Paranormal Psychic Stories When the World Was Young (Jack London) Joseph—A Story (Katherine Rickford) Ligeia (Edgar Allan Poe) A Ghost (Lafcadio Hearn) The Eyes of the Panther (Ambrose Bierce) Photographing Invisible Beings (William T. Stead) The Sin-Eater (Fiona Macleod) . . . Humorous Mystery Stories The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange (A. Conan Doyle) Mr. Bloke's Item (Mark Twain) The Man Who Went Too Far (E. F. Benson) The Man With The Pale Eyes (Guy de Maupassant)

The Greatest Works of Émile Gaboriau

The Greatest Works of Émile Gaboriau
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 3751
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547764373
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Synopsis The Greatest Works of Émile Gaboriau by : Émile Gaboriau

This carefully edited collection of The Greatest Works of Émile Gaboriau has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Monsieur Lecoq Series: The Widow Lerouge The Mystery of Orcival File No. 113 Monsieur Lecoq The Honor of the Name Caught in the Net The Champdoce Mystery Other Mysteries: The Count's Millions Pascal and Marguerite Baron Trigault's Vengeance The Clique of Gold Other People's Money Within an Inch of His Life Short Stories: A Thousand Francs Reward Military Sketches The Cantiniere The Barber of the Squadron The Vaguemestre The Zouave The Fantassin, or Foot-Soldier The Soldier of the Light Infantry

Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 1920-60

Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 1920-60
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Publisher : Studies in Popular Culture
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 1784991104
ISBN-13 : 9781784991104
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 1920-60 by : Jeffrey Richards

The book charts the evolving relationship between cinema and radio during the heyday of the two media and compares and contrasts their development in Britain and America

Murder for Pleasure

Murder for Pleasure
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Publisher : Dover Publications
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780486829302
ISBN-13 : 0486829308
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder for Pleasure by : Howard Haycraft

"Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.

Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture

Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9781137599995
ISBN-13 : 1137599995
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture by : Clare Smith

In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the four key elements associated with the murders – Jack the Ripper, the victims, the detective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are all used to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen.

Adventures Among Ants

Adventures Among Ants
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0520271289
ISBN-13 : 9780520271289
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Adventures Among Ants by : Mark W. Moffett

In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.

Global Political Ecology

Global Political Ecology
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 655
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ISBN-10 : 9781136904325
ISBN-13 : 1136904328
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Political Ecology by : Richard Peet

The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental disasters and failed attempts at environmental policies. This critical volume draws together contributions from twenty-five leading intellectuals in the field. It begins with an introductory chapter that introduces the readers to political ecology and summarizes the books main findings. The following seven sections cover topics on the political ecology of war and the disaster state; fuelling capitalism: energy scarcity and abundance; global governance of health, bodies, and genomics; the contradictions of global food; capital’s marginal product: effluents, waste, and garbage; water as a commodity, a human right, and power; the functions and dysfunctions of the global green economy; political ecology of the global climate, and carbon emissions. This book contains accounts of the main currents of thought in each area that bring the topics completely up-to-date. The individual chapters contain a theoretical introduction linking in with the main themes of political ecology, as well as empirical information and case material. Global Political Ecology serves as a valuable reference for students interested in political ecology, environmental justice, and geography.

Forgotten Futures

Forgotten Futures
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Publisher : Hellograph Incorporated
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 0966892623
ISBN-13 : 9780966892628
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Forgotten Futures by : Marcus L. Rowland

Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle

Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Publisher : Trans-Atlantic Publications
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0748724834
ISBN-13 : 9780748724833
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle by : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Pupils will meet the literature requirements of the National Curriculum by studying these collections of short stories by pre-twentieth century authors.Readers of all abilities will gain increased comprehension of the stories from the integrated support material on every page.Pupils' interest is maintained by the large format and simple layout.A more complete picture of the authors is provided through completion of a number of 'compare and contrast' exercises, reinforcement activities and ovwerview sections at the end of each story.The National Curriculum requirement to read stories from other cultures and traditions is also covered by books in the series.