Download or read book The Big Four written by Oscar Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sign of the Four written by Mnemosyne Books and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A Sherlock Holmes Novel. Large Print. Complete and Unabridged Classic Edition. Tradecover Paperback 7 x 10 inches. Mnemosyne Books.
Download or read book The Sign of the Four written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This premium quality large print edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Sign of the Four, the second of only four original full-length mystery novels featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's "consulting detective", printed on heavy, bright white 60# paper in a large 6"x9" format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. This volume, which has been freshly edited and typeset by human editors, not machine-scanned, contains the complete original text and corrects a number of typographical errors introduced in the many various editions published over the years. Additional material collected and presented for Conan Doyle fans, new or old, are a biographical sketch of the author and a detailed selected bibliography of his work. Set in 1888, the story opens with Holmes complaining to Watson about the boredom of a "commonplace" world in which nothing unusual ever happens anymore, when they are interrupted by the arrival of a visibly distressed young lady who relates a strange tale: once each year, she has received a valuable pearl from an unknown source. Having now received a message requesting that she meet her anonymous benefactor, she comes to consult with Holmes. Accompanying Miss Morstan to her appointment, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a complex plot involving the British East India Company, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, a murder, stolen treasure, and a secret pact between convicts. But the most immediate problem for Holmes is to track down a mysterious killer and the missing treasure in an adventure which proves to be anything but "commonplace." First published in the February 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine as The Sign of the Four in the London and Philadelphia editions, it was quickly re-published in several British periodicals that gave the title as The Sign of Four. First published in book form in October 1890 with the title The Sign of Four used in both the British and American editions, over the years various reprintings have used the two different forms of the title. The actual text in the novel uniformly uses "the Sign of the Four" with the exception of two instances near the end. We have chosen to use the original title for this edition, which more accurately reflects the content of the text. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is known the world over as the creator of the famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, but was a prolific writer who produced a large body of work ranging from non-fiction and full-length novels to a wide variety of short stories. Doyle's first major success as a writer came with the debut of Sherlock Holmes in the 1887 publication of "A Study in Scarlet". Holmes was a popular sensation, and more stories followed. By 1891, Sherlock Holmes was enough to provide Doyle a living, but Doyle came to resent Holmes, who kept him from what he considered "more important" work. In 1893 he "killed" Holmes, as the detective and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, plunged to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem". It was no mere publicity stunt. Doyle considered himself finished with Mr. Sherlock Holmes. The public uproar in reaction to Holmes' "death" shocked Doyle, with even his own mother complaining, and as the clamor continued he was forced to bring the detective back in "The Hound of the Baskervilles", published, to vast public sigh of relief, in 1901. Ironically, the character Doyle resented as a "distraction" from serious work would ultimately appear in fifty-six short stories and four novels, together with countless adaptations to films, television, cartoons, and modern pastiches by an assortment of authors. In fact, the "world's first consulting detective" is widely regarded, along with Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, as the best-known fictional characters in the world.
Download or read book The Sign of the Four Unabridged Large Print Edition written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This premium quality large print edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic version of The Sign of the Four, the full-length mystery novel featuring Conan Doyle''s "consulting detective", printed on heavy, bright white paper in a large 6"x9" format, with a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. This volume, which has been freshly edited and typeset by human editors, not machine-scanned, contains the complete original text and corrects a number of errors introduced in the many various editions published over the years. Additional material included for Conan Doyle fans, new or old, are a biographical sketch of the author and a detailed bibliography of his work. Set in 1888, the story opens with Holmes complaining to Watson about the boredom of a "commonplace" world in which nothing unusual ever happens anymore, when they are interrupted by the arrival of a visibly distressed young lady who relates a strange tale: once each year, she has received a valuable pearl from an unknown source. Having now received a message requesting that she meet her anonymous benefactor, she comes to consult with Holmes. Accompanying Miss Morstan to her appointment, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a complex plot involving the British East India Company, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, a murder, stolen treasure, and a secret pact between convicts. But the most immediate problem for Holmes is to track down a mysterious killer and the missing treasure in an adventure which proves to be anything but "commonplace." First published in the February 1890 issue of Lippincott''s Monthly Magazine as The Sign of the Four in the London and Philadelphia editions, it was quickly re-published in several British periodicals that gave the title as The Sign of Four. First published in book form in October 1890 with the title The Sign of Four used in both the British and American editions, over the years various reprintings have used the two different forms of the title. The actual text in the novel uniformly uses "the Sign of the Four" with the exception of two instances near the end. We have chosen to use the original title for this edition, which more accurately reflects the content of the text. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is known the world over as the creator of the famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, but was a prolific writer who produced a large body of work ranging from non-fiction and full-length novels to a wide variety of short stories. Doyle''s first major success as a writer came with the debut of Sherlock Holmes in the 1887 publication of "A Study in Scarlet". Holmes was a popular sensation, and more stories followed. By 1891, Sherlock Holmes was enough to provide Doyle a living, but Doyle came to resent Holmes, who kept him from what he considered "more important" work. In 1893 he "killed" Holmes, as the detective and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, plunged to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls in "The Final Problem". It was no mere publicity stunt. Doyle considered himself finished with Mr. Sherlock Holmes. The public uproar in reaction to Holmes'' "death" shocked Doyle, with even his own mother complaining, and as the clamor continued he was forced to bring the detective back in "The Hound of the Baskervilles", published, to a vast public sigh of relief, in 1901. Ironically, the character Doyle resented as a "distraction" from serious work would ultimately appear in fifty-six short stories and four novels, together with countless adaptations to films, television, cartoons, and modern pastiches by an assortment of authors. Other Sherlock Holmes classics available from Apex Publications in large print editions are The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and His Last Bow.
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Download or read book Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood Unabridged written by Algernon Blackwood and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 3978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Contents: Novels: Jimbo: A Fantasy The Education of Uncle Paul The Human Chord The Centaur A Prisoner in Fairyland The Extra Day Julius LeVallon The Wave The Promise of Air The Garden of Survival The Bright Messenger Short Stories: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories: The Listener Max Hensing - Bacteriologist and Murderer The Willows The Insanity of Jones The Dance of Death May Day Eve Miss Slumbubble - and Claustrophobia John Silence: A Psychical Invasion Ancient Sorceries The Nemesis of Fire Secret Worship The Camp of the Dog A Victim of Higher Space The Lost Valley The Wendigo Old Clothes Perspective The Terror of the Twins The Man from the 'Gods' The Man Who Played Upon The Leaf The Price of Wiggins's Orgy Carlton's Drive The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute Pan's Garden: a Volume of Nature Stories: The Man Whom The Trees Loved The South Wind The Sea Fit The Attic The Heath Fire The Messenger The Glamour of the Snow The Return Sand The Transfer Clairvoyance The Golden Fly Special Delivery The Destruction of Smith The Temptation of the Clay Incredible Adventures: The Regeneration of Lord Ernie The Sacrifice The Damned A Descent Into Egypt Wayfarers Day and Night Stories ... Play: Karma; a reincarnation play Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which climaxes with a traveler's sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon and its sequel The Bright Messenger, which deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness.
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Download or read book Redgauntlet Unabridged written by Walter Scott and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "Redgauntlet" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Darsie Latimer is a young man who gets kidnapped by Hugh Redgauntlet, and taken to a village in Dumfries. After much intrigue Darsie discovers that Redgauntlet is his uncle. He also discovers that a number of prominent Jacobites, and Bonnie Prince Charlie himself are staying in the village. Redgauntlet has summoned them all to start a new Jacobite rebellion, and he wants Darsie to join them to recover the British throne for the Stuart dynasty.
Download or read book The Portrait of a Lady The Unabridged Edition written by Henry James and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Portrait of a Lady (The Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Portrait of a Lady is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "affronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New WORLD and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. Henry James (1843?1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. This carefully crafted ebook: "The Portrait of a Lady (The Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Portrait of a Lady is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "affronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New WORLD and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. Henry James (1843?1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. This carefully crafted ebook: "The Portrait of a Lady (The Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Portrait of a Lady is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "affronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New WORLD and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. Henry James (1843?1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. This carefully crafted ebook: "The Portrait of a Lady (The Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Portrait of a Lady is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel ...
Download or read book The Four Just Men written by Edgar Wallace and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A device in Parliament's members' smokeroom and a sudden magnesium flash leaves Scotland Yard baffled. Even Fleet Street cannot identify the illusive Manfred, Gonsalez, Pioccart and Thery - FOUR JUST MEN dedicated to punishing by death those whom conventional justice cannot touch.
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Download or read book The Big Bad Wolf written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling novel from a New York Times bestselling author, Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered: a predator known only as the Wolf. Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues baffled. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf-a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organized crime-is behind this business. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it's time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life-and not for the reasons he might have hoped.
Download or read book Ball of Fat Boule de Suif The Classic Unabridged English Edition written by Guy de Maupassant and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif) - The Classic Unabridged English Edition" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Boule de Suif" (translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat" or "Ball of Lard") is a famous short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled "Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre" ("Dumpling and Other Stories of the War"). The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The ten travellers decide, for various reasons, to leave Rouen and flee to Le Havre in a stagecoach. Sharing the carriage are Boule de Suif or "Butterball", a prostitute whose real name is Elisabeth Rousset; the strict Democrat Cornudet; a shop-owning couple from the petty bourgeoisie, M. and Mme. Loiseau; a wealthy upper-bourgeoisie factory-owner and his wife, M. and Mme. Carré-Lamadon; the Comte and Comtesse of Bréville; and two nuns. Thus, the carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society, representing different parts of the French population during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat"), is often considered his masterpiece. This carefully crafted ebook: "Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif) - The Classic Unabridged English Edition" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Boule de Suif" (translated variously as "Dumpling", "Butterball", "Ball of Fat" or "Ball of Lard") is a famous short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, entitled "Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre" ("Dumpling and Other Stories of the War"). The story is set in the Franco-Prussian War and follows a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army. The ten travellers decide, for various reasons, to leave Rouen and flee to Le Havre in a stagecoach. Sharing the carriage are Boule de Suif or "Butterball", a prostitute whose real name is Elisabeth Rousset; the strict Democrat Cornudet; a shop-owning couple from the petty bourgeoisie, M. and Mme. Loiseau; a wealthy upper-bourgeoisie factory-owner and his wife, M. and Mme. Carré-Lamadon; the Comte and Comtesse of Bréville; and two nuns. Thus, the carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society, representing different parts of the French population during the late 19th century. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a popular French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements (outcomes). He wrote some 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("Ball of Fat"), is often considered his masterpiece. This carefully crafted ebook: "Ball of Fat (Boule de Suif) - The Classic Unabridged English Edition" is formatted ...
