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The Chaos of Chung-Fu: Weird Mystery Stories
ISBN: 9781479401390 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was in a litter-strewn back alley in downtown Chicago that Private Investigator Jack Murphy first saw the poster: "THE SORCERY OF CHUNG-FU, An Evening of Oriental Magic and Mystery." Below the image of Chung-Fu were a series of alarming drawings: a scantily-clad woman shown in mid-scream, strapped to a rack as a pendulum blade swung low; a grinning, hideous, puppet-like thing, its dagger held aloft; a man cowering from two tigers; and, in the bottom left corner, another man, open-mouthed, vomiting a stream of spiders. There was a bizarreness to it that unnerved him. Could there be a...
It was in a litter-strewn back alley in downtown Chicago that Private Investigator Jack Murphy first saw the poster: "THE SORCERY OF CHUNG-FU, An Even...
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Sexy Strumpets & Troublesome Trollops: Enticing Tales (and Tails) of Erotic Noir
ISBN: 9781434457066 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 10 lusty and shameful tales that take you inside worlds populated by twisted men and women tormented by their sinful lusts and desires.
10 lusty and shameful tales that take you inside worlds populated by twisted men and women tormented by their sinful lusts and desires.
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Tales Of Terror & Mystery: By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Creator Of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781882629558 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thirty-five years after having his first story "A Study In Scarlet" printed, Sir Arthur wrote this series of tales that feature the following titles: TALES OF TERROR: "The Horror of the Heights" "The Leather Funnel" "The New Catacomb" "The Case of Lady Sannox" "The Terror of Blue John Gap" "The Brazilian Cat" TALES OF MYSTERY: "The Lost Special" "The Beetle Hunter" "The Man With the Watches" "The Japanned Box" "The Black Doctor" "The Jew's Breastplate"
Thirty-five years after having his first story "A Study In Scarlet" printed, Sir Arthur wrote this series of tales that feature the following titles: ...
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Martin Hewitt, Investigator: A Magic Lamp Classic Detective Story
ISBN: 9781438222813 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his meal-ticket, Sherlock Holmes in December of 1893, several thousand people cancelled their subscriptions to the Strand Magazine which left a gaping hole that the readers and the magazine desperately wanted to be filled. The story vacuum caused by Holmes' misadventure with Professor Moriarty stayed in effect for ten years, a period of time that gave birth to a number of new fictional detectives, one of which was Martin Hewitt, created by Arthur Morrison in 1894. Hewitt and a group of other crime-solvers had a monopoly on the detective business until Doyle...
When Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his meal-ticket, Sherlock Holmes in December of 1893, several thousand people cancelled their subscriptions to the ...
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Tales For Late Night Reading: Ten Great Short Stories
ISBN: 9781449554385 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside you'll find some GREAT SHORT STORIES that will keep your fingers turning the pages, but just remember to get enough sleep to deal with tomorrow's events The categories (Genre) include: SciFi's; that you will find hideously plausible, creepy and compelling that will get you thinking. So get ready to take the ride through the twisted mind of an Author. Mysteries; that you'll find marvelously fun and that strikes a perfect balance between the supernatural and intrigue, and finally ... Detective; Murder mystery and the Spiritual World come into play in one of the stories. Hopefully, I...
Inside you'll find some GREAT SHORT STORIES that will keep your fingers turning the pages, but just remember to get enough sleep to deal with tomorrow...
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A Sicilian Romance
ISBN: 9781449547592 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ann Radcliffe's second novel, A Sicilian Romance, was published anonymously in 1790. This gothic and mysterious plot concerns the history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of Mazzini, in Sicily in the 16th century and includes castles undergrounds, groans heard in the middle of the night etc. A lovely novel.
Ann Radcliffe's second novel, A Sicilian Romance, was published anonymously in 1790. This gothic and mysterious plot concerns the history of the falle...
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The Sherlock Holmes Adventures!
ISBN: 9780982488225 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sherlock Holmes! Perhaps the greatest, and certainly the most famous, literary detective in history. His tales have entertained readers for well over 100 years, and his adventures have been adapted into over 200 movies. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's keen investigator has thrilled fans of all ages. But ... did you know that some of his original stories might not be suitable for younger readers? Doyle created a sharp, insightful character ... but many do not realize that his original incarnation had a cocaine habit? That he smoked his pipe, not just casually, but almost compulsively? Presented here...
Sherlock Holmes! Perhaps the greatest, and certainly the most famous, literary detective in history. His tales have entertained readers for well over ...
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A Good Hanging: An Inspector Rebus Collection
ISBN: 9780312653514 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Good Hanging contains twelve remarkable, gritty stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus in his home city of Edinburgh, as only Ian Rankin can portray it: not just the tearooms and cobbled streets of the tourist brochures, but a modern urban metropolis with a full range of criminals and their victims--blackmailers, peeping Toms, and more than one kind of murderer. It's a city like any other, a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accidents, and long-hidden jealousy, and a city in which criminal minds find it all too easy to fade into the shadows. As dedicated readers of...
A Good Hanging contains twelve remarkable, gritty stories starring Detective Inspector John Rebus in his home city of Edinburgh, as only Ian Ra...
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The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed with some Pieces of Poetry
ISBN: 9781451550610 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This gothic novel was Radcliffe's first major popular success. It combines mystery and suspense with an examination of the tension between hedonism and morality.
This gothic novel was Radcliffe's first major popular success. It combines mystery and suspense with an examination of the tension between hedonism an...
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The Thorpe Hazell Mysteries, and More Thrilling Tales on and Off the Rails
ISBN: 9781616460266 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rev. Victor L. Whitechurch was a prolific and popular British writer and an avid railway enthusiast. His detective creation, Thorpe Hazell, shared his railway interests, and solved mysteries with his extensive knowledge of railway equipment and procedures. Included in this collection are all nine Thorpe Hazell stories, and nineteen more stories of crime and adventure (most of which involve railway settings).
The Rev. Victor L. Whitechurch was a prolific and popular British writer and an avid railway enthusiast. His detective creation, Thorpe Hazell, shared...
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A Sicilian Romance: A Gothic Novel
ISBN: 9781453711729 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, "A Sicilian Romance" was published anonymously in 1790. The plot revolves around the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of Mazzini who lived in a castle on the northern shore of Sicily. The tale is told by a tourist who becomes intrigued by stories he hears from a monk he runs into while exploring the ruins of the old castle. The story itself is set in the late 1500s with the main characters being Julia and her sister Emilia, who are daughters of the Fifth Marquis of Mazzini, a haughty, cruel man. The girls mother had been a charming...
A Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, "A Sicilian Romance" was published anonymously in 1790. The plot revolves around the turbulent history of the fallen ...
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Tales For Late Night Reading
ISBN: 9781453707104 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome back, if you're a returning fan and if your a New Comer, I hope you'll enjoy the various stories, i.e., Fiction, SciFi, Mystery and Detective. This is my Second book in this Series. Yes, Series, as I plan to continue with the Short Story theme, as I enjoy writing these Novelettes. For me, you could call it, 'Tales For Late Night Typing'. However, on the whole, this is Third published book. I am currentoy writing another Novel, a Mystery with a twinge of SciFi, for flavor. The title, subject to change, is 'The Forsaken Room'. Equally, I am working on presenting a story that seizes the...
Welcome back, if you're a returning fan and if your a New Comer, I hope you'll enjoy the various stories, i.e., Fiction, SciFi, Mystery and Detective....
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The Loot of Cities, and Further Adventures in Crime and Mystery
ISBN: 9781616460600 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Loot of Cities is made up of six adventures of a bored millionaire who plays the rogue, traveling Europe as he tweaks scoundrels, probes mysteries, and finds romance. Arnold Bennett was a popular English author, better known for his novels, but also a prolific short story writer. In addition to The Loot of Cities, this collection includes seven short stories with elements of mystery, crime, romance, humor, and the supernatural.
The Loot of Cities is made up of six adventures of a bored millionaire who plays the rogue, traveling Europe as he tweaks scoundrels, probes mysteries...
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The Best American Short Stories 2011
ISBN: 9780547242163 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman,... The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest sho... |
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New Orleans Confidential
ISBN: 9781453883631 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Come prowl the lonely, sometimes violent streets of American's most exotic city, the city that care forgot, New Orleans, with a lone-wolf private-eye named Lucien Caye. Unlike most Forties P.I.s, Caye rarely drinks, doesn't smoke or wear a hat (it messes up his hair). He's six feet tall with wavy, dark brown hair and standard-issue Mediterranean-brown eyes, a sly smile and a clever mind that often gets him into trouble. Caye lives and works in the run-down New Orleans French Quarter of the late 1940s. He has a weakness for women, children and fellow World War II veterans, down on their luck....
Come prowl the lonely, sometimes violent streets of American's most exotic city, the city that care forgot, New Orleans, with a lone-wolf private-eye ...
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Holidays Can Be Murder: A Charlie Parker Christmas Mystery
ISBN: 9781449519735 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton a light, charming holiday mystery novella, complete with lots of special Southwestern Christmas traditions. Bonus: two of the recipes featured in the story. It's a New Mexico Christmas. The lights are strung, the luminarias are set along the sidewalks. Treats are abundant and Charlie Parker is getting ready for her mother-in-law's holiday visit. But there is trouble in the neighborhood and when death shows up--right next door--Charlie's bright, festive plans suddenly take a turn for the dark. Get in the spirit with this holiday novella. "A...
From USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton a light, charming holiday mystery novella, complete with lots of special Southwestern Christmas tradi...
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Mood Swings
ISBN: 9781943402090 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In addition to writing seven Evan Horne mysteries and two stand-alone international thrillers, Bill Moody has written eight short stories, which appeared over the years in various anthologies, along with a brand new story. For the first time, Mood Swings collects all nine stories of murder and music. "Moody is a fluent writer with a good ear for dialogue, a deft and ingratiating descriptive touch, a talent for characterization and a genuine feel for the jazz world." -New York Times "You don't have to be a huge jazz fan to enjoy the latest of Bill Moody's colorful, cross-genre riffs about...
In addition to writing seven Evan Horne mysteries and two stand-alone international thrillers, Bill Moody has written eight short stories, which appea...
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Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9781894063609 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. His name is Holmes, his business is to know what others do not. From the comforting glow of Baker Street gas-lamps to the gloom of the ocean's depths, Sherlock Holmes lays bare the secrets of men, monsters and evil in twelve new tales of the bizarre, the uncanny and the arcane. Featuring stories from: Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, Stephen Volk, Tom English, William Meikle, Simon K Unsworth, Fred Saberhagen, Simon Clark, Kevin Cockle, Lawrence C Connolly, Paul Kane and Tony Richards. His name is Holmes, his business is to know what others do not. From the comforting glow of Baker Street gas-lamps to the gloom of the ocean... |
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John Thorndyke's Cases: A Collection of Dr. John Thorndyke Stories as Related By Christopher Jervis, M.D.
ISBN: 9781935774044 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The preeminent Edwardian forensic specialist Dr. John Thorndyke is back with eight new cases as narrated by his loyal assistant Dr. Jervis. The latest scientific techniques are used to free the innocent and convict the guilty. Whether it's microscopy, photograph, plaster casts of foot prints or ballistics no criminal can escape Thorndyke's intellect and the able assistance of Jervis and the clever hands of Polton. Read the details of how he does it in John Thorndyke's Cases.
The preeminent Edwardian forensic specialist Dr. John Thorndyke is back with eight new cases as narrated by his loyal assistant Dr. Jervis. The latest...
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9780143120155 / Angielski / Miękka / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eleven of the best and most popular tales of the immortal sleuth include "Silver Blaze," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Final Problem," the detective's notorious confrontation with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.
Eleven of the best and most popular tales of the immortal sleuth include "Silver Blaze," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Final Problem," the detecti...
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