' It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth' Sherlock Holmes scourge of criminals everywhere whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion & his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve twelve breathtaking & perplexing mysteries In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the first collection of the great consulting detective's cases we encounter some of his most famous & devilishly difficult problems including A Scandal in Bohemia The Speckled Band The Red-Headed League The Blue Carbuncle The Five Orange Pips & The Man with the Twisted Lip ...

A collection of twelve stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that feature his most famous detective
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written From his residence at 221B Baker Street Sherlock Holmes solves a series of baffling & bizarre cases including those of a man terrified by the arrival of an envelope containing orange pips & a woman whose fiance disappeared on his way to their wedding Each story showcases the great detective's inimitable & extraordinary deductive powers recounted to us by his faithful friend & colleague Dr Watson This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies
- a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund & an authority on Sherlock Holmes Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure
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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics' Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this Men who had only known the quiet thinker & logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him His face flushed & darkened His brows were drawn into two hard black lines while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter' Set against the foggy mysterious backdrops of London & the English countryside these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature the infamous Detective Sherlock Holmes & his side kick Doctor Watson They first appeared as stories in the Strand Magazine & feature some of his most famous & enjoyable cases including 'A Scandal in Bohemia' ' The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' & ' The Red-headed League' ...

Sherlock Holmes is the eternally likeable detective figure & never fails to be wise to the machinations of the criminal mind Accompanied by his trusty sidekick Dr Watson the pair will delight a listener with their inimitable sleuthing style & ever-charismatic idiosyncrasies This first volume contains six complete & unabridged stories as follows The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Devil's Foot The Adventure of the Abbey Grange The Adventure of the Cardboard Box The Man With the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the the Bruce-Partington Plans The reader is Edward Hardwicke who played Dr Watson to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes in the enduringly popular television series ...

A profound & delightful jeu d'esprit of a book mixing biography etymology cultural history & quixotic scientific experiments Aldersey-Williams pulls the unfairly neglected yet enormously influential writer Thomas Browne out of the obscure pages of Pseudodoxia Epidemica & into the 21st century to apply his generous curiosity & rational intelligence to the vagaries & contradictions of life today Browne has had some impressive fans (Sebald Woolf Borges Poe Marias) but this book will revive him bringing his extraordinary genius to a whole new audience ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Collection of nine animated adventures set in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom featuring the adventures of Sponge Bob & his friends Squidward Mr Krabs & Patrick the sea star The episodes are & Patrick-Man!& & Mermaidman Begins& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy II& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy III& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy IV& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy V& & Mermaidman & Barnacleboy VI The Motion Picture& & & Mermaidman Vs Spongebob& ...

George Beard & Harold Hutchins are two amazing kids Not only did they create Captain Underpants but they've saved the world five times! Now George & Harold bring you an all new superhero who's faster than a speeding stroller more powerful than diaper rash & able to leap tall buildings without making poopy stinkers Meet Super Diaper Baby
- the most powerful peewee to ever pack a punch George & Harold's brand new superhero is sure to make kids laugh until drink comes out of their noses
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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 Marius Goring one of British cinema s most gifted & versatile actors brings his remarkable talents to the role of the enigmatic adventurer risking his life to save innocent French aristocrats from the guillotine during Robespierre s revolutionary Terror Switching between the flamboyant Pimpernel & his foppish outwardly simple alter ego Sir Percy Blakeney with consummate ease Goring is ably supported by Patrick Troughton Stanley van Beers (as ruthless Minister of Police Chauvelin) Lucie Mannheim (The 39 Steps) & Alexander Gauge (The Adventures of Robin Hood) This classic ITC adventure series also featuring a guest cast that

Includes:: Peter O Toole Christopher Lee Conrad Phillips & Robert Shaw among others was originally broadcast in 1956

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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 Tintin is the world&s most famous boy reporter With his faithful dog Snowy at his side the intrepid pair travel the globe to investigate exciting cases Along the way they encounter a colourful cast of characters who have become familiar to generations of children & adults Captain Haddock Thompson & Thomson Professor Calculus & Oliveira da Figueira among many others Actors Colin O& Meara Thierry Wermuth David Fox Christian Pellissier Henri Labussière Wayne Robson Yves Barsacq John Stocker Dan Hennessey Jean-Pierre Moulin Susan Roman Paul Haddad Graham Haley Ray Landry & Frank Proctor Director Stephane Bernasconi Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1991
- 1992 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English
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