Presents the four novels and fifty-six short stories which comprise the entire Sherlock Holmes saga

Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

This book contains all the investigations and adventures of the worlds most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes.

From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the first book in his famous Elric of Melniboné series, brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. With Melnibone’s years of grandeur and decadence long since passed, Elric’s amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric, realizing he is his country’s best hope, must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Elric of Melnibone is the first in Michael Moorcock’s incredible series, which created fantasy archetypes that have echoed through the genre for generations. The beautiful, vivid illustrations bring new life to the story and are sure to captivate fans, new and old.

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his. And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory.

The Sherlock Holmes Book, the latest in DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, tackles the most "elementary" of subjects--the world of Sherlock Holmes, as told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sherlock Holmes Book is packed with witty illustrations, clear graphics, and memorable quotes that make it the perfect Sherlock Holmes guide, covering every case of the world's greatest detective, from A Study in Scarlet to The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, placing the sorties in a wider context. Stories include at-a-glance flowcharts that show how Holmes reaches his conclusions through deductive reasoning, and character guides provide handy reference for readers and an invaluable resource for fans of the Sherlock Holmes films and TV series. The Sherlock Holmes Book holds a magnifying glass to the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective.

Known and loved by generation after generation, this shrewd amateur detective, with faithful Watson by his side, has earned his place in our national life and social history. Now this handsome omnibus edition stands as a lasting tribute to the indestructible sleuth and his famous creator. A STUDY IN SCARLET; THE SIGN OF FOUR; THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES; THE VALLEY OF FEAR; HIS LAST BOW; THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Marcus Atkinson is a taekwondo master (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his kicks. Marcus is a Maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to, with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about taekwondo.

Since his appearance in November 1887 in Beeton's Christmas Annual, Sherlock Holmes has had a special place in the heart of fiction readers worldwide. This much loved detective along with his companion Dr. Watson, was introduced to the world in A Study in Scarlet, which was written in a span of three weeks in 1886. With his trademark deerstalker cap, pipe and his cape-backed overcoat, he has captured the fancy of generations of readers, old and young. These two volumes contain all the four novels and fifty-six short stories, which made Holmes a famous name. In this first volume, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson come together for the first time as boarders in A Study in Scarlet, (1887). In The Sign of Four, which appeared in the Lippincott's Magazine in 1890, they solve the mystery of Ms. Mary Morstan's missing father. This volume also has some of Holmes's famous cases like The Adventure of The Speckled Band, (1892) The Boscombe Valley Mystery, (1891) and The Five Orange Pips, (1891). Sherlock Holmes bids adieu in The Final Problem (1893), when he falls down the Reichenbach Falls while confronting his arch rival, Professor Moriarty, only to surface back in The Adventure of The Empty House (1903). This second volume starts with the widely acclaimed novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, (1902), where the murder weapon is an animal. In The Valley of Fear (1915), Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson unravel the mystery surrounding the death of one Mr. John Douglas, previously Mr. Birdy Edwards of the famous Pinkerton Agency of the States. This novel is followed by the two collections, His Last Bow (1917) and The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927), having some of his famous cases.