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Give Me Your Heart
ISBN: 9780547385419 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Haunting . . . Written in the author s classic, clear style, these narratives enchant. Boston Globe Haunting . . . Written in the author s classic, clear style, these narratives enchant. Boston Globe |
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Pest Takes a Chance: ... and Other Humorous Stories from the Paddy Pest Chronicles
ISBN: 9781462014446 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gerry Burke writes short stories and commentary on subjects relating to politics, entertainment, sport, and travel. In this collection of humorous adult tales, Paddy Pest and the author's other notorious characters really come to life.
PADDY PEST: As a crime fighter, the indefatigable Paddy Pest bumbles around, but he gets things done. His adventures and misadventures require him to confront his own demons, dames, debt-collectors and villains of every description. In his spare time, Paddy likes to relax at the casino, the track, or at his favorite gentlemen's club. THE ACHIEVERS: Some... Gerry Burke writes short stories and commentary on subjects relating to politics, entertainment, sport, and travel. In this collection of humorous adu...
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Pest Takes a Chance: ... and Other Humorous Stories from the Paddy Pest Chronicles
ISBN: 9781462014453 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gerry Burke writes short stories and commentary on subjects relating to politics, entertainment, sport, and travel. In this collection of humorous adult tales, Paddy Pest and the author's other notorious characters really come to life.
PADDY PEST: As a crime fighter, the indefatigable Paddy Pest bumbles around, but he gets things done. His adventures and misadventures require him to confront his own demons, dames, debt-collectors and villains of every description. In his spare time, Paddy likes to relax at the casino, the track, or at his favorite gentlemen's club. THE ACHIEVERS: Some... Gerry Burke writes short stories and commentary on subjects relating to politics, entertainment, sport, and travel. In this collection of humorous adu...
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91,04 |
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Supernatural Detectives 2: Aylmer Vance / Morris Klaw
ISBN: 9781616460921 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second volume of supernatural detectives includes the eight Aylmer Vance stories, about an investigator of strange phenomena (originally published in 1914), and the ten stories of The Methods of Morris Klaw (first published in 1913-1914). Klaw is an eccentric detective who utilizes emotional imprints and follows cycles of crime to solve criminal mysteries.
This second volume of supernatural detectives includes the eight Aylmer Vance stories, about an investigator of strange phenomena (originally publishe...
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100,85 |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781453710807 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective.
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The Corn Maiden: And Other Nightmares
ISBN: 9780802155085 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Corn Maiden is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and sweet, but somewhat slow, eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk. Her single mother comes home one night to find her missing and panics, frantically knocking on the doors of her neighbors. She finally calls the police, who want to know why she left her young daughter alone until 8:00 o'clock. Suspicion falls on a computer teacher at her school with no alibi for the time of the abduction. Obvious clues--perhaps too obvious--point directly to him. Unsuspected is Judah (born Judith), an older girl from the same...
The Corn Maiden is the gut-wrenching story of Marissa, a beautiful and sweet, but somewhat slow, eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk...
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The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
ISBN: 9780345802989 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have yourself a crooked little Christmas with The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries.
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by... Have yourself a crooked little Christmas with The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries.
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects ... |
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The Wisdom of Father Brown
ISBN: 9781602068315 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "liberal" or "conservative," for instance-across a wide variety of avenues: he was a literary critic, historian, playwright, novelist, columnist, and poet. His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English language Chesterton is best remembered, perhaps, as a spinner of mystery tales, and for his recurring character of Father Brown....
British writer GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874-1936) expounded prolifically about his wide-ranging philosophies-he is impossible to categorize as "libe...
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781612428246 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sherlock Holmes Short Story Collection-3 **** The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes Short Story Collection-3 **** The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his f...
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4 Detectives: Bromley Barnes / Trent's Last Stand / Kala Persad / Gallagher
ISBN: 9781616461744 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of 4 Detectives collects the stories of four very different detectives. Bromley Barnes is a retired Chief from the Treasury Department who is often enlisted for cases of national security. Trent's Last Case shows us the investigation of an industrial magnate by a newspaper journalist through all its twists and turns. The four "Divinations of Kala Persad" focus on an intuitive Indian national who aids a young English detective. Gallagher is an eager street-smart newsboy who helps track down and capture a murderer. This diverse group of investigators offers plenty of thrills and...
This volume of 4 Detectives collects the stories of four very different detectives. Bromley Barnes is a retired Chief from the Treasury Department who...
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126,13 |
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Dames, Booze, Guns & Gumshoes
ISBN: 9781617209826 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today many of the old pulp crime writers have achieved success to one degree or other. Sadly, like so many artists, they had to die before anyone took their work seriously. Featuring stories by Frank Johnson, John P. Rees, Carlota M. Hardy, Frederick C. Davis, David Goodis, C.S. Montanye, Norman A. Daniels, David Manners, Edward Ronns, William O'Sullivan, Jerome Severs Perry, Neil Moran, Robert Leslie Bellem, Mat Rand, Michael Bittner, Robert Turner, Joe Archibald, David James, Henry Herbert Knibbs, Benton Braden, and Cyril Plunkett.
Today many of the old pulp crime writers have achieved success to one degree or other. Sadly, like so many artists, they had to die before anyone took...
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Sherlock: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781849907606 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The detective's triumphant return from the dead With an introduction by Mark Gatiss. After his deadly plunge over Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes seemed gone forever but, as mysteriously as he left, he returns three years later. Now he is reunited with Watson, and a host of thrilling new adventures through London's underworld awaits, battling thieves, kidnappers, and killers alike. But Holmes is about to meet his most despised villain yet: the dastardly Charles Augustus Milverton."
The detective's triumphant return from the dead With an introduction by Mark Gatiss. After his deadly plunge over Reichenbach Falls, ... |
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Blessed Are the Cracked
ISBN: 9780957489431 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blessed Are The Cracked. In 'Donald's Cat', Kay Jones becomes trapped in an abandoned explosives store while searching for a missing cat. As the air runs out and she prepares to meet her demons, more recent unpleasant memories add to her trauma. A middle-aged man with Learning Difficulties takes worrying action when he fails to make sense of his surroundings in 'The Llanefa Triangle'. In The Perfect Wife, a vulnerable Filipina woman comes to the UK to marry an older man. His idea of the perfect wife is very different to hers. This interconnected collection of five novellas and two short...
Blessed Are The Cracked. In 'Donald's Cat', Kay Jones becomes trapped in an abandoned explosives store while searching for a missing cat. As the air r...
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The Story and Scripts Behind No Place Like Holmes: Select Episode Scripts from the Hit Sherlock Holmes Web Drama Comedy
ISBN: 9781780924243 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2009 Ross K.Foad founded No Place Like Holmes, A Sherlock Holmes media entity group that has risen from obscurity to becoming the Number 1 Sherlock Holmes Fan Video Site. From its humble start as a low key web drama comedy based upon the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle it evolved to define Sherlock Holmes book video reviews . To cover "The Great Sherlock Holmes Debates," to obtain interviews with key Holmesian figures and of course become the virtual host to the legendary "Howard Ostrom Holmes and Watson Autograph Collection." But at its core is still the ever growing web drama comedy...
In 2009 Ross K.Foad founded No Place Like Holmes, A Sherlock Holmes media entity group that has risen from obscurity to becoming the Number 1 Sherlock...
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Manila Noir
ISBN: 9781617751608 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the National Book Award for Best Anthology from the Manila Critics Circle
"While certain cities in past Akashic volumes might appear to lack an obvious noir element, Manila (like Mexico City, which shares many of the same problems) practically defines it, as shown by the 14 selections in this excellent anthology. As Hagedorn points out in her insightful introduction, Manila is a city burdened with a violent and painful past, with a long heritage of foreign occupation. The specters of WWII (during which the city suffered from U.S. saturation bombing), and the oppressive 20-year... Winner of the National Book Award for Best Anthology from the Manila Critics Circle
"While certain cities in past Akashic volumes might appear to... |
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
ISBN: 9781490586779 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,60 |
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The Savage
ISBN: 9780374534417 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the raucous and action-packed follow-up to Donnybrook, mayhem is still the order of the day--only more so Frank Bill's America has always been stark and violent. In his new novel, he takes things one step further: the dollar has failed; the grid is wiped out. Van Dorn is eighteen and running solo, dodging the bloodthirsty hordes and militias that have emerged since the country went haywire. His dead father's voice rings in his head as Van Dorn sets his sights not just on survival but also on an old-fashioned system of justice. Meanwhile, a leader has risen... In the raucous and action-packed follow-up to Donnybrook, mayhem is still the order of the day--only more so Frank Bill's Ameri... |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781505340938 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidne...
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The Listener: Anthology of Short Stories
ISBN: 9781508938972 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These stories are entertaining and range from the emotionally warm to the occasional light ghost story. But most of all they are poignant snippets for the busy reader that provide moments of reading pleasure. How would you react if you knew a secret about a loved one's crime or perhaps having to care for your wife, who is suffering from Alzheimer's? There's an old soldier who entertains his grandchildren at Christmas with his tale of playing football in WW1. There is a Halloween story to pierce your heart. A further endearing tale tells us about Anne, who musters up the courage to face up to...
These stories are entertaining and range from the emotionally warm to the occasional light ghost story. But most of all they are poignant snippets for...
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The Complete Crime Stories
ISBN: 9781504011327 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seventeen gripping tales from one of the toughest authors in the history of crime fiction They call him Lucky-but he has never had a lucky day in his life. A nineteen-year-old hobo just starting to ride the rails, he is hiding in the coal car when the railroad detective comes through. They get into a scuffle, and Lucky's hand finds a railroad spike. Before he knows it, he has smashed the investigator's head and shoved him out of the car. If he hurries, if he's lucky, he will get back to Los Angeles in time to establish an alibi, burn his clothes, and avoid the electric chair. But as Lucky...
Seventeen gripping tales from one of the toughest authors in the history of crime fiction They call him Lucky-but he has never had a lucky day in his ...
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