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Charles-Auguste Milverton
ISBN: 9781537156187 / Francuski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Auguste Milverton, aussi traduit Charles Augustus Milverton (The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton en version originale), est l'une des cinquante-six nouvelles d'Arthur Conan Doyle mettant en scene le detective Sherlock Holmes. Elle est parue pour la premiere fois le 26 mars 1904 dans l'hebdomadaire americain Collier's Weekly, avant d'etre regroupee avec d'autres nouvelles dans le recueil Le Retour de Sherlock Holmes (The Return of Sherlock Holmes). Dans cette aventure, Sherlock Holmes n'enquete pas sur un mystere a resoudre, et endosse lui-meme le costume du...
Charles Auguste Milverton, aussi traduit Charles Augustus Milverton (The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton en version originale), est l'une des ...
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The Digital Age Detective: Mysteries in a Changing Landscape of Literacy
ISBN: 9780786499984 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagining the figure of the fictional detective as an archetype in the study of modern culture, the author argues that contemporary detective fiction can help us better comprehend fundamental shifts of the Digital Age--in communication, family, entertainment, society, even the way we think as individuals. The nature of the detective story itself models how we build and share knowledge. Drawing on concepts from literature and media studies, the author reveals clues about modern phenomena like conspiracy theory, groupthink and the nature of our digital identities.
Imagining the figure of the fictional detective as an archetype in the study of modern culture, the author argues that contemporary detective...
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The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891
ISBN: 9781476666990 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With unprecedented access to digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this text examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on crucial elements of the genre-setting, lawyers and the law, physicians and forensics, women as victims and heroes, crime and criminals, and police and detectives.
With unprecedented access to digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this text examines detective fiction during its formative years, ...
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Love and Roots
ISBN: 9782981444813 / Francuski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Depuis que sa bien-aimee a disparu, lors d'un road trip, Danny Beaulieu a chute dans une profonde depression. Les questions laissees sans reponse vont l'obseder pendant des annees. Son etat psychologique s'aggrave et le pousse a s'isoler. N'ayant plus son travail, sans argent, ni aucun plan d'avenir, les jours sont sombres. Mais lorsqu'il reprend contact avec un ami de longue date, tout va changer Dean va lui proposer de retourner la ou Mathilde s'est volatilisee: en Abitibi, et ce, treize ans plus tard. En 2025, Danny realise que Rouyn-Noranda, sa ville natale, a bien change. Une rencontre...
Depuis que sa bien-aimee a disparu, lors d'un road trip, Danny Beaulieu a chute dans une profonde depression. Les questions laissees sans reponse vont...
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Travis McGee & Me
ISBN: 9780985019679 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travis McGee & Me is D. R. Martin's book-by-book personal take on the famous boat bum hero created by John D. MacDonald. The twenty-one McGee novels have been continuously in print since their original publication dates, from 1964 to 1985. Not only have they been tremendously popular with readers, they have inspired generations of crime fiction writers. These essays are partly book reports, and partly Martin's analyses of McGee and his adventures. They originally appeared-sometimes in slightly different versions-in Martin's blog, Travis McGee & Me.
Travis McGee & Me is D. R. Martin's book-by-book personal take on the famous boat bum hero created by John D. MacDonald. The twenty-one McGee novels h...
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Apologia Diogenes: An Analysis of the Character Diogenes Pendergast in the Fiction of Preston and Child
ISBN: 9781539300212 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a literary analysis of the character Diogenes Pendergast, from the Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
This is a literary analysis of the character Diogenes Pendergast, from the Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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Commentary on Mathnavi 5: A Fresh Approach to the Foundation of Theoretical Mysticism
ISBN: 9786009530243 / Perski / Miękka / 598 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to the modern society, increasing interest in moral and mystical issues, especially a tendency toward Mulavi's thoughts, which were able to tie up with various religions and cultures humanely, through an attractive language, and a perfect clear spirit, under the banner of love nation; these series of books are as a precious guidance for fans in understanding the facts contained in Mathnavi and discovering Rumi's ideas. The proficient writer and researcher of the great series, has accomplished studies in order to prepare the readers' minds for a better understanding of the context;...
According to the modern society, increasing interest in moral and mystical issues, especially a tendency toward Mulavi's thoughts, which were able to ...
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Commentary on Mathnavi 6: A Fresh Approach to the Foundation of Theoretical Mysticism
ISBN: 9786009530250 / Perski / Miękka / 670 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to the modern society, increasing interest in moral and mystical issues, especially a tendency toward Mulavi's thoughts, which were able to tie up with various religions and cultures humanely, through an attractive language, and a perfect clear spirit, under the banner of love nation; these series of books are as a precious guidance for fans in understanding the facts contained in Mathnavi and discovering Rumi's ideas. The proficient writer and researcher of the great series, has accomplished studies in order to prepare the readers' minds for a better understanding of the context;...
According to the modern society, increasing interest in moral and mystical issues, especially a tendency toward Mulavi's thoughts, which were able to ...
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Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World
ISBN: 9781138275423 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Katherine V. Forrest: A Critical Appreciation
ISBN: 9781476662565 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Best known for her Kate Delafield detective series, Katherine V. Forrest is recognized as one of the preeminent figures in lesbian popular literature. Yet her work has received little scholarly attention. This critical study explores Forrest's entire body of work, including her fiction and (perhaps more importantly) her writing about writing, popular genres and her readers. Her science fiction and romance novels are analyzed, with a focus on the reasons behind their enduring appeal. Her most famous romance, Curious Wine, originally published in 1984, remains in print--a longevity far...
Best known for her Kate Delafield detective series, Katherine V. Forrest is recognized as one of the preeminent figures in lesbian popular literature....
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Gender Bending Detective Fiction: A Critical Analysis of Selected Works
ISBN: 9781476668208 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the middle of the last century, views on gender norms have shifted dramatically. This examination of 20th and 21st century crime novels reveals what these narratives say about gender identity and gender expression and how they contributed to the evolution of detective fiction.
Since the middle of the last century, views on gender norms have shifted dramatically. This examination of 20th and 21st century crime novels reveals ...
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Maigret's World: A Reader's Companion to Simenon's Famous Detective
ISBN: 9781476669779 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about the French police detective--but only in small, episodic doses. As readers become acquainted with Maigret one detail at a time, he slowly takes on a flesh-and-bone realism--not merely a character in a story, but someone we would like to meet in real life. This book presents all the canonical facts and details about the detective and his world in one place, presented with tabulations and analyses that enable a better understanding of the works...
Georges Simenon's 75 novels and 28 short stories that feature Chief Inspector Jules Maigret provide us with a great deal of information about...
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Le Sortilège de l'Ours
ISBN: 9781539977957 / Francuski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Masters of Adventure: Volume One: James Bond & His Rivals
ISBN: 9781540725639 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A survey of the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and others, along with surveys of rival series including Matt Helm by Donald Hamilton, Commander Shaw by Philip McCutchan, Sam Durell by Edward S. Aarons, Joe Gall by Philip Atlee, and various agents of U.N.C.L.E.
A survey of the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and others, along with surveys of rival series including Matt Helm by Donald Hamilton, Commander Shaw...
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P.D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
ISBN: 9780786497911 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then became long known as England's "Queen of Crime." Sixteen of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray. Stand-alone works include the dystopian The Children of Men (1992) and Death Comes to Pemberley (2011), a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. James's careful plotting has earned comparison with Golden Age British detective writers such...
British National Health Service employee Phyllis Dorothy James White (1920-2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist. She then ...
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H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
ISBN: 9781476670690 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled interrogator, the psychological profiler, the defender of justice. This critical study examines the Fortune stories in the context of other popular detective fiction of the era. Bailey's classics are distinguished by...
H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in n...
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El club de los suicidas
ISBN: 9781544283883 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. El club de los suicidas (The Suicide Club) es una historia detectivesca de Robert Louis Stevenson, compuesta por 3 cuentos. Se presenta en ellos a los personajes del Principe Florizel de Bohemia y su amigo el Coronel Geraldine. Ambos se infiltran en una sociedad secreta cuyos miembros quieren irse de este mundo. La historia constituye uno de los dos ciclos del primer volumen de la coleccion de cuentos Las nuevas mil y una noches (New Arabian Nights). El Principe Florizel es personaje que tiene el mismo nombre que otro de la obra Cuento de invierno, de William Shakespeare. Se han llevado a...
El club de los suicidas (The Suicide Club) es una historia detectivesca de Robert Louis Stevenson, compuesta por 3 cuentos. Se presenta en ellos a los...
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Charles-Auguste Milverton
ISBN: 9781541358089 / Francuski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Auguste Milverton, aussi traduit Charles Augustus Milverton (The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton en version originale), est l'une des cinquante-six nouvelles d'Arthur Conan Doyle mettant en scene le detective Sherlock Holmes. Elle est parue pour la premiere fois le 26 mars 1904 dans l'hebdomadaire americain Collier's Weekly, avant d'etre regroupee avec d'autres nouvelles dans le recueil Le Retour de Sherlock Holmes (The Return of Sherlock Holmes). Dans cette aventure, Sherlock Holmes n'enquete pas sur un mystere a resoudre, et endosse lui-meme le costume du criminel-justicier....
Charles Auguste Milverton, aussi traduit Charles Augustus Milverton (The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton en version originale), est l'une des ...
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El diamante del Rajá
ISBN: 9781544284842 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Los cuentos de El diamante del raja fueron publicados en The London Magazine desde junio hasta octubre de 1878. Comprenden un ciclo de cuatro historias, y forma parte de la coleccion conocida en espanol como Las ultimas noches arabes. Estas historias han sido adaptadas al cine y a la opera. El enlace de las historias es una joya que atrae la desgracia y el infortunio a todo aquel que se deja llevar por la ambicion de poseerla. Una obra maestra de la literatura de misterio.
Los cuentos de El diamante del raja fueron publicados en The London Magazine desde junio hasta octubre de 1878. Comprenden un ciclo de cuatro historia...
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Funny Thing About Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films
ISBN: 9781476669113 / Angielski / Miękka / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on crime fiction, film and television that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this comprehensive study explores the reasons why writers and filmmakers inject humour into their work and identifies the various comic techniques they use. The author covers both American and European books, film and television from the 1930s to the present.
Focusing on crime fiction, film and television that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this comprehensive study explores the reasons why writers and...
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