Sharpen your sluggish brain with 70 specially commissioned puzzles & challenges inspired by Baker Street's legendary detective 144 pages 70 b&w illus Dedopulos Tim ...

It's the autumn of 1890 & a spate of bombings has hit London Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is behind the campaign of terror but to what end? At the same time a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops of the capital Known only by the name Baron Cauchemar he appears to be a scourge of crime & villainy But is he truly the force for good that he seems? ...

' Detection is or ought to be an exact science' For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination They are intimately associated with late Victorian & Edwardian society yet curiously timeless in their appeal The characters of Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson together with their housekeeper Mrs Hudson & their address at 221B Baker Street are as familiar today as when they made their first appearance in the late 1880s The stories have been endlessly interpreted adapted & modernized but still it is to Arthur Conan Doyle's originals that we return This new selection of some of the best of them is designed to give readers a full sense of their world the brooding fog of London ruined heirs in creaking mansions & hidden crimes in the farthest-flung corners of the British Empire The stories take Holmes's career from its early days to its close & include the book-length Sign of the Four Barry Mc Crea's introduction investigates the currents that lie beneath their surface ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Robert Downey Jr reprises his role as the world&s most famous detective Sherlock Holmes & Jude Law returns as his friend & colleague Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the roomuntil now There is a new criminal mastermind at large--Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris)--and not only is he Holmes& intellectual equal but his capacity for evil coupled with a complete lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the renowned detective Around the globe headlines break the news; a scandal takes down an Indian cotton tycoon; a Chinese opium trader dies of an apparent overdose; bombings in Strasbourg & Vienna; the death of an American steel magnate No-one sees the connective thread between these seemingly random events--no-one that is except the great Sherlock Holmes who has discerned a deliberate web of death & destruction At its center sits a singularly sinister spider--Moriarty Holmes& investigation into Moriarty&s plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him & Watson out of London to France Germany & finally Switzerland But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead & moving perilously close to completing his ominous plan If he succeeds it will not only bring him immense wealth & power but alter the course of history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie&s second adaptation of the classic Arthur Conan Doyle detective novels When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) pronounces suicide as the cause of death But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been murdered
- & is soon untangling an international web of intrigue in which all threads appear to lead to criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) The supporting cast

Includes:: Stephen Fry Kelly Reilly Geraldine James & Noomi Rapace Actors Robert Downey Jr Jude Law Noomi Rapace Jared Harris Rachel Mc Adams Directors Guy Ritchie Format PAL Subtitled Language English Subtitles Swedish Spanish Norwegian Finnish Icelandic Danish English Dubbed Spanish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English Number of discs 1 Run Time 128 minutes


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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 All four series of the crime drama adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories & starring Jeremy Brett as the sleuth Sherlock Holmes The episodes from ' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' are 'A Scandal in Bohemia' ' The Dancing Men' ' The Naval Treaty' ' The Solitary Cyclist' ' The Crooked Man' ' The Speckled Band' ' The Blue Carbuncle' ' The Copper Beeches' ' The Greek Interpreter' ' The Norwood Builder' ' The Resident Patient' ' The Red-Headed League' & ' The Final Problem' The episodes from ' The Return of Shelock Holmes' are ' The Empty House' ' The Abbey Grange' ' The Musgrave Ritual' ' The Second Stain' ' The Man With the Twisted Lip' ' The Priory School' ' The Six Napoleons' ' The Sign of Four' ' The Devil's Foot' ' Silver Blaze' ' Wisteria Lodge' ' The Bruce-Parington Plans' & ' The Hound of the Baskervilles' The episodes from ' The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes' are ' The Disappearance of Lady France Carfax' ' The Problem of Thor Bridge' ' Shoscombe Old Place' ' The Boscombe Valley Mystery' ' The Illustrious Client' ' The Creeping Man' ' The Master Blackmailer' ' The Last Vampyre' & ' The Eligible Bachelor' The episodes from ' The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' are ' The Three Gables' ' The Dying Detective' ' The Golden Pince-Nez' ' The Red Circle' ' The Mazarin Stone' & ' The Cardboard Box' Actors Jeremy Brett Colin Jeavons Edward Hardwicke David Burke Rosalie Williams Directors Brian Mills Alan Grint David Carson Howard Baker John Bruce Writers John Hawkesworth Alan Plater Alexander Baron Alfred Shaughnessy Anthony Skene Producers John Hawkesworth June Wyndham-Davies Michael Cox Rebecca Eaton Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

It is more than a century since the ascetic gaunt & enigmatic detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet From 1891 beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the now legendary & pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal & lovably pedantic friend & companion Dr Watson The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes & his world derive & who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love & revere the penetrating mind & ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A collection of classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries starring the incomparable Basil Rathbone in the definitive portrayal of the Victorian super-sleuth Films Comprise 1 Sherlock Holmes & The Hound Of The Baskervilles 2 The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 3 Sherlock Holmes & The Voice Of Terror 4 Sherlock Holmes & The Secret Weapon 5 Sherlock Holmes In Washington 6 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 7 Sherlock Holmes & The Spider Woman 8 Sherlock Holmes & The Pearl Of Death 9 Sherlock Holmes & The Scarlet Claw 10 Sherlock Holmes & The House Of Fear 11 Sherlock Holmes & The Pursuit To Algiers 12 Sherlock Holmes & The Woman In Green 13 Sherlock Holmes In The Terror By Night 14 Sherlock Holmes In Dressed To Kill Actors Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Richard Greene George Zucco Henry Daniell Evelyn Ankers Lionel Atwill William Post Jr Marjorie Lord Dennis Hoey Arthur Margetson Gale Sondergaard Gerald Hamer Miles Mander & Aubrey Mather Director Sidney LAnfield Alfred A Werker John Rawlins & Roy Williams Neill Certificate PGYear 1939-46 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 15 hours & 57 minutes (approx)
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Collecting many of the great Sherlock Holmes'' most notable cases The Best of Sherlock Holmes is an oversized volume for the Sherlock fan in your life

Includes:: tales such as " The Gloria Scott" " The Adventure of the Speckled Band" " The Resident Patient" A Study in Scarlet" " The Adventures of The Noble Bachelor" & more all illustrated by the esteemed Kelley Jones

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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 Double feature starring Basil Rathbone as detective Sherlock Holmes In & The Hound of the Baskervilles& (1939) Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead with an expression of utter terror on his face & the locals ascribe his demise to the ancient family curse
- a hell-hound said to roam the moors With the aid of Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) Holmes sets out to discover whether there is any substance to the legend
- before Sir Henry Baskerville newly arrived from America to claim his inheritance also falls prey to the family curse In & Sherlock Holmes & the Voice of Terror& (1942) mysterious wireless broadcasts
- apparently from Nazi Germany
- are heard over the BBC airwaves They warn of acts of terror in England just before they take place Baffled the Defence Committee call in Holmes & his erstwhile assistant Doctor Watson to investigate



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