' You are a wronged woman & shall have justice Do not bring police If you do all will be in vain Your unknown friend' When a beautiful young woman is sent a letter inviting her to a sinister assignation she immediately seeks the advice of the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes For this is not the first mysterious item Mary Marston has received in the post Every year for the last six years an anonymous benefactor has sent her a large lustrous pearl Now it appears the sender of the pearls would like to meet her to right a wrong But when Sherlock Holmes & his faithful sidekick Watson aiding Miss Marston attend the assignation they embark on a dark & mysterious adventure involving a one-legged ruffian some hidden treasure deadly poison darts & a thrilling race along the River Thames ...

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman
- Mary Morstan whose father vanished ten years before Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year a large lustrous pearl Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor & urges Holmes & Watson to accompany her & in the ensuing investigation
- which involves a wronged woman a stolen hoard of Indian treasure a wooden-legged ruffian a helpful dog & a love affair
- even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim ' Isn't it gorgeous!'


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A young woman desperate for help enlists the aid of Sherlock Holmes & his assistant Watson Draw in by her intriguing tale the game is afoot & they begin to delve deeper into the case of a missing army captain in India secret pacts & a king&s ransom in stolen jewels all the while shadowed by a mysterious peg-legged man & his dangerous associate ...

One for sorrow two for death On Wrath a dump-world for human outcasts identical twins are feared Only one will grow up human while the other becomes a condemned monster with twisted' blood When sixteen-year-old Kyle is betrayed he flees for his life with the help of Sky a rebel pilot with trust issues As the hunt intensifies Kyle soon realises that he is no ordinary runaway
- although he has no idea why he warrants this level of pursuit The hideous truth they discover could change the fate of Wrath & its harsh laws forever Their reluctant conflicted partnership will either save them
- or bring about their destruction

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The only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise practise practise This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy & will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills build your confidence & feel exam-ready 56 pages Heathcote Jo ...

Every time we choose a route to work decide whether to go on a second date or set aside money for a rainy day we are making a prediction about the future Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events often at great cost to society In The Signal & the Noise the New York Times political forecaster Nate Silver who accurately predicted the results of every single state in the 2012 US election reveals how we can all develop better foresight in an uncertain world From the stock market to the poker table from earthquakes to the economy he takes us on an enthralling insider's tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting showing how we can use information in a smarter way amid a noise of data
- & make better predictions in our own lives
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A road trip turns in to a breathless battle for reality itself in this astonishing science fiction thriller starring Laurence Fishburne & Brenton Thwaites When a trio of computer geniuses are lured to the desert they believe it to be a hacker s prank but things turn serious when they re kidnapped & taken to a mysterious facility Who has taken them? The government? A terrorist organisation? An agency not of this world? They will do whatever it takes to find out ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play; Sci-fi horror about a mysterious transmission that turns ordinary city dwellers into psychotic maniacs As the citizens of Terminus ready themselves for the New Year celebrations an ominous signal begins to emanate from every electronic device in the city transforming the would-be celebrants into murderous marauders Fortunately Ben (Justin Welborn) has managed to avoid having his mind muddled by the eerie transmission so sets off to rescue his lover & discover the source of the evil-inducing broadcast That&s easier said than done however when there&s hordes of killers roaming the city ; ...

Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity skepticism colourful storytelling & deeply reported real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon- distinguishing what is a real trend from the merely trendy This book helps us hear which signals are talking sense & which are simply nonsense so that we might know today what developments- especially those seemingly random ideas at the fringe as they converge & begin to move toward the mainstream- that have long-term consequence for tomorrow With the methodology developed in The Signals Are Talking we learn how to think like a futurist & answer vitally important questions How will a technology- like artificial intelligence machine learning self-driving cars biohacking bots & the Internet of Things- affect us personally? How will it impact our businesses & workplaces? How will it eventually change the way we live work play & think- & how should we prepare for it now? Most importantly Webb persuasively shows that the future isn't something that happens to us passively Instead she allows us to see ahead so that we may forecast what's to come- challenging us to create our own preferred futures ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZEFrom the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world everything about life intrigues her Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father a botanical explorer & the richest man in the New World Alma is raised in a house of luxury & curiosity It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right But as she flourishes & her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction
- into the realm of the spiritual the divine & the magical The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century from London & Peru to Philadelphia Tahiti & beyond Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker
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