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" Winner of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel" In 1840, the theatre world in London is shocked by the brutal killing of one of its youngest and most successful entrepreneurs, bludgeoned in his house. The discovery of a contentious theatre contract, a collection of promissory notes and a walking stick, its bloodied ivory head in the shape of a dog, are the only leads. Inspector Owen Endersby, of the recently formed London Detective Police Force, is called upon to apprehend the culprit before Christmas Eve. The inspector has six days to chart the by-ways of the Criminal...

MARY SHELLEY IS SAID TO HAVE BASED HER NOVEL ON THIS VERY STRANGE PERSON

DID HE CREATE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE IN HIS LABORATORY? OR WAS HE DELUSIONAL? OR A COMPLETE FRAUD?

His contemporaries in the scientific community were puzzled by the very nature of his experiments. And, while the eye does not deceive, they were unable to duplicate his findings or reproduce under controlled conditions the striking life forms that were plainly visible and moving around Crosse's laboratory workbench.

To the farmers in the area...

Born in the midst of the London Blitz in 1940, Cynthia Redfern came of age in post-war Britain. Here she learned the value of independence, hard work, friendship, and family. They would all contribute to each season of her life.

Full of vivid detail, Seasons of the Soul shares Cynthia's unusual life story. Even though the road was often rocky and some seasons offered more challenges than others, Cynthia's determination to keep her integrity intact saw her through. In an easy, conversational style, she relates her childhood years, remembering her grandfather, the boy...

Eine Entdeckungsreise in die Geschichte und Entwicklung unseres Planeten und des Lebens

Unser Heimatplanet ist der mit Abstand aussergewohnlichste Ort im uns bekannten Universum. Er wiegt 6000 Trillionen Tonnen und saust mit 107.826 km/h durch das All; ein Punkt am Aquator rast mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 1609 km/h um die Erdachse herum. Auf der Erde gibt es nicht nur eine riesige Bandbreite von einzigartigen geologischen, strukturellen und klimatischen Erscheinungen, sie ist moglicherweise auch der einzige Ort im Kosmos, der jenes hochst bemerkenswerte und geheimnisvolle...