Arthur Doyle: 1917 books

Vollständig überarbeitete, korrigierte und illustrierte Fassung Mit 27 Illustrationen Wie kann man Sherlock Holmes nicht kennen? Den berühmtesten Detektiv der Geschichte, der mit seinem messerscharfen Verstand und seiner Ermittlungsart als Vorlage für fast alle kriminalistischen Nachfolger diente....

Band 4 der Sherlock Holmes Ausgabe beinhaltet folgende Geschichten: Fünf Apfelsinenkerne Der Katechismus der Familie Musgrave Die Gutsherren von Reigate Der Krüppel Der Doktor und sein Patient Der Marinevertrag Das letzte Problem

How he put his fist through the oak-panel of the game-room door; how, when Long Merridew was carrying the ball, he caught up Merridew, ball and all, and ran swiftly past every opponent to the goal. It did not seem fit to us that such a one as he should trouble his head about spondees and dactyls,...

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person,...

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When one of the members of the Baskerville family suddenly dies, Sherlock Holmes arrives on the scene with his assistant Holmes to investigate. Has the notorious Baskerville family curse struck again … or, is another suspect at bay? Using acute deductive logic and uncanny observation, Detective Holmes unravels the mystery in this hair-raising classic.

Professor Challenger's claims of dinosaurs living in twentieth-century South America may seem outlandish, but even skeptics become believers in The Lost World (1912). Part adventure story, part science fiction, The Lost World generates motifs and characters that have such long-lasting popular appeal that they constantly reappear in today's fiction, film, and television.

With each spine-tingling mystery, the legend of Sherlock Holmes comes to life. Page by page, Holmes uses his uncanny deductive skills to solve the toughest of cases. After reading this classic collection, you’ll discover why this eccentric detective from 221B Baker Street in London rose to celebrity...

In the home of Jonas Prim, president of an Oakdale bank, a thief makes off with a servant's clothing and valuables belonging to Prim's daughter Abigail. Abigail is thought to be absent visiting Sam Benham, whom her parents want her to marry. Escaping, the thief later encounters a group of hobos and...

As a group of Western tourists travel down the Nile on the steamer Korosko towards the historical sites near Egypt's southern border, they are kidnapped by a marauding band of dervishes who demand their conversion to Islam. Cut off from the world, deprived of the comforts of civilized society and shaken...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. "Number 481 is no better, doctor," said the head-warder,...

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, the world's most famous private detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusty companion Dr Watson attempt to solve the unsolvable. Using his astounding methods of deduction, Holmes outwits the most cunning of thieves and most villainous...

“Well, Mrs. Warren, I cannot see that you have any particular cause for uneasiness, nor do I understand why I, whose time is of some value, should interfere in the matter. I really have other things to engage me. ” So spoke Sherlock Holmes and turned back to the great scrapbook in which he was arranging and indexing some of his recent material.

On the eve of the First World War, Von Bork, a ger agent, is getting ready to leave England with his vast collection of intelligence gathered over a four-year period. His wife and household have already left Harwich for Flushing in the Netherlands, leaving only him and his elderly housekeeper. Von...