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Sleuth: Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries
ISBN: 9780889775244 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A smart, practical, and often funny guide for those who aspire to write mysteries, Sleuth reveals the secrets behind the curtain from a bestselling and award-winning master of the genre.
Gail Bowen shows how to map out a plot, how to plant page-turning clues, how to develop fully-rounded characters, and how to create the scene of the crime. She also looks at the psyche, the power of story, and cultural appropriation, allowing writers to communicate the truth about the human condition. Digging into the works of Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Sara Paretsky, Ian Rankin, Louise... A smart, practical, and often funny guide for those who aspire to write mysteries, Sleuth reveals the secrets behind the curtain from a bestsel...
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75,83 |
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Masters of Detection: Volume IV: Ruth Rendell, Joan Fleming, Frank McAuliffe
ISBN: 9781547173570 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,68 |
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Shadow Woman: The Real Creator of Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9780984271665 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shadow Woman is the startling result of a thirty year investigation into the origin of Sherlock Holmes, one of the most compelling and mysterious figures in all literature. Taking advantage of research and analysis tools only recently available, Shadow Woman will leave you with little doubt that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle neither created Sherlock Holmes nor wrote the early adventures. Early suspicions of Arthur's authorship are revealed, and the earlier writings of Mark Twain and Mary Shelley give Arthur away. Doyle's penchant for fabrication and his racist attitudes preclude him as the author of...
Shadow Woman is the startling result of a thirty year investigation into the origin of Sherlock Holmes, one of the most compelling and mysterious figu...
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100,85 |
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Hardboiled, Noir and Gold Medals: Essays on Crime Fiction Writers From the '50s Through the '90s
ISBN: 9781944520328 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rick Ollerman's detailed critical essays, written about both modern and classic crime writers, have an electric-charged verve so brilliant the modern reader is compelled to develop a new understanding, a new appreciation, even a new witnessing of the writers and their most important and influential works. The context is always truthful to the era of creation, but it is fully developed with a modern understanding that brings new revelation to seemingly old topics. Which is a hard way of saying, Mr. Ollerman writes about crime fiction and its crafters brilliantly."--Benjamin Boulden,... "Rick Ollerman's detailed critical essays, written about both modern and classic crime writers, have an electric-charged verve so brilliant the mod... |
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68,23 |
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The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction
ISBN: 9781476671826 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life's great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis of his works both as classics of the detective genre and as meaningful philosophical inquiries. The Father Brown stories are examined along with Chesterton's less well known fiction, including the short stories about Mr. Pond, Gabriel Gale, Basil and Rupert Grant, Horne Fisher, Dr. Adrian Hyde and...
G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, ...
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272,11 |
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Cordially Yours Brother Cadfael
ISBN: 9780879727734 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ten essays focus on Ellis Peters' mystery novels and stories featuring a 12th-century Benedictine monk/detective. Topics range from the moral world view Peters creates to Cadfael's Welsh heritage.
Ten essays focus on Ellis Peters' mystery novels and stories featuring a 12th-century Benedictine monk/detective. Topics range from the moral world vi...
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145,69 |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in the College Classroom: Contexts, Materials, and Approaches
ISBN: 9781912224197 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new work is currently the only book devoted to the teaching of one of the most canonical and frequently taught American authors.The specially commissioned essays are designed to help teachers meet students at points of genuine interest and need.
This new work is currently the only book devoted to the teaching of one of the most canonical and frequently taught American authors.The specially com...
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242,40 |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in the College Classroom: Contexts, Materials, and Approaches
ISBN: 9781912224203 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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431,75 |
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Murder!: The 25 Most Intriguing Private Eyes in Books, Movies and TV: Their Lives, Cases, Dives, Digs, Drives & Drinks
ISBN: 9780999434802 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,64 |
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Violence and Victimhood in Hispanic Crime Fiction: Essays on Contemporary Works
ISBN: 9780786499083 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "At the heart of crime fiction is an investigation into an act of violence. Studies of the genre have generally centered on the relationship between the criminal and the investigator. Focusing on contemporary crime fiction from the Spanish-speaking world, this collection of new essays explores the role of the victim"--
"At the heart of crime fiction is an investigation into an act of violence. Studies of the genre have generally centered on the relationship between t...
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298,98 |
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The Great Crime Writer Road Trip: A circular road trip around the U.S.A. through places made known by America's crime writers
ISBN: 9781548299866 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,87 |
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Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History
ISBN: 9781476670867 / Angielski / Miękka / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book Stephen Knight, long-established as an authority on the genre and now back in Melbourne, tells in detail and with analytic coherence the story of a rich but previously little-known national crime fiction.
In this book Stephen Knight, long-established as an authority on the genre and now back in Melbourne, tells in detail and with analytic coherence the ...
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272,11 |
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Blood on the Table: Essays on Food in International Crime Fiction
ISBN: 9781476671758 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses on the semiotics of food in crime fiction. Tackling the subject from a multicultural and interdisciplinary perspective, it includes approaches from cultural studies, food studies, media studies and crime fiction studies. Thus the collection investigates how the representation of food's convivial aspects and of eating rituals can also point to complex discourses about cultural belonging.
Focuses on the semiotics of food in crime fiction. Tackling the subject from a multicultural and interdisciplinary perspective, it includes approaches...
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298,98 |
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No Spoilers!: An Analysis of Golden Age Detective Fiction
ISBN: 9781979813075 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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169,58 |
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Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Decline of Moral Authority
ISBN: 9780814253731 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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181,64 |
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100 Greatest Literary Detectives
ISBN: 9781442278226 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book identifies the most noteworthy sleuths from around the world, outlining the distinctive features of the detective, his or her approach to crime solving, and highlights of their fictional careers. A case is made for each detective's greatness based on literary importance, novelty, uniqueness, aesthetic quality, and cultural resonance" --
"This book identifies the most noteworthy sleuths from around the world, outlining the distinctive features of the detective, his or her approach to c...
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208,89 |
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The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy's Noir World
ISBN: 9781501331336 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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534,37 |
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The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays
ISBN: 9780874861815 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,83 |
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Charlie Chan's Poppa: Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN: 9781983943454 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,91 |
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New Perspectives on Detective Fiction: Mystery Magnified
ISBN: 9781138547650 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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242,84 |
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