The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprised of 4 full-length novels & 56 short stories featuring the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1867 & 1927 the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning & expert sleuthing to solve an arraying of complex & harrowing cases From his home
- 221B Baker Street in London
- the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion & chronicler Dr Watson) baffled policemen & became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations & even more eccentric habits For Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding foil blocking on the spine ribbon marker & is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase Featuring a foreword from renowned Holmes scholar Daniel Stashower (author of A Teller of Tales The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes in America) The Complete Sherlock Holmes contains every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written From Holmes' first appearance in A Study in Scarlet (1887) & The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-1902) through the collection of stories in the The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes this deluxe edition boasts the entire Holmes catalogue

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PD JAMESThis book contains all the investigations & adventures of the world's most popular detective Sherlock Holmes From ' The Adventure of the Gloria Scott' to ' His Last Bow' we follow the illustrious career of this quintessential British hero from his university days to his final case His efforts to uncover the truth take him all over the world & into conflict with all manner of devious criminals & dangerous villains but thankfully his legendary powers of deduction & his faithful companion Dr Watson are more than up to the challenge ...

The perfect gift for any Sherlock Holmes fan for only GBP1999 Each boxset contains seven books together creating a comprehensive collection of the notorious detective's best cases & adventures Beautifully packaged in a ridged matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing complete with strikingly attractive bespoke artwork
Includes:9781853260339
- Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9781853267482
- Best of Sherlock Holmes 9781853260704
- Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow 9781840224009
- Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear 9781853260582
- Return of Sherlock Holmes 9781853267444
- Shadows of Sherlock Holmes 9781840224115
- Study in Scarlet & Sign of the Four







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From the cruel irony of &A member of the Family& to the fateful echoes of & The Go-Away Bird& & the unexpectedly sinister & The Girl I Left Behind Me& in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road Muriel Spark probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability displaying the acerbic wit & wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent The Complete Short Stories is a collection to be loved & cherished from one of the finest short story writers of the twentieth century ...

The complete short stories of the 20th century&s greatest visionary& Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man& W H Auden This volume contains all of Kafka&s shorter fiction from fragments parables & sketches to longer tales Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka&s literary vision & the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought Some are well known others are mere jottings observations of daily life given artistic form through Kafka&s unique perception of the world ...

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling & sinister volumes' They are brutal these stories & yet you finish reading each one with a smile or maybe even a hollow laugh certainly a shiver of gratification because the conclusion always seems so right' Charlie Higson from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age effortlessly writing for children & adults alike In this the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful & dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling & disquieting tales ever written In 27 stories written between 1944 & 1953 we encounter such classic tales as ' Man from the South' featuring a wager with appalling consequences; ' Lamb to the Slaughter' in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for throwing the police off the scent; & in ' The Sound Machine' the horrific truth about plants is revealed Enter the sinister twisted world of Roald Dahl whether you're young or old you'll never want to leave' Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive' Irish Times' The great magician' Spectator Look out for Volume Two introduced by Anthony Horowitz Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling & sinister volumes' Dahl finds the child in the adult & the adult in the child & with a little smile he sticks the knife in both' Anthony Horowitz from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers equally at home writing for both children & adults In this the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we experience Dahl's dark & powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 & 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition) Here in ' Parson's Pleasure' a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in ' William & Mary' a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; & in ' Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual & unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life Whether you're young or old once you've stepped into the brilliant troubling world of Roald Dahl you'll never be the same again ' One of the most widely read & influential writers of our generation' The Times ' The absolute master of the twist in the tale' Observer Look out for Volume One introduced by Charlie Higson Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...

& Wilde did not converse
- he told tales& Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit & raconteur when he first began to
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Sleep or rather the lack of it is the issue of paramount concern to the overwhelming majority of new parents Getting enough sleep is vital for the health of a growing baby or toddler & the sanity of mums & dads Yet striking the right balance between their differing needs can be hard to achieve Once sleep problems set in they can fast demoralise & exhaust parents undermining confidence in their ability to cope Gina Ford has come to the rescue with her answer the key to a good night's sleep for the whole family lies in teaching parents to understand the changing sleep needs of their growing baby This book informs & reassures parents dispelling many common myths & anxieties & offering practical solutions that work By creating a structure of regular feeding sleeping & playing times Gina explains how parents can help their baby to find a rhythm that will be comfortable for all concerned Whether parents want to establish good sleeping habits from the start or find they need to cure sleep problems & get their child back on track Gina has the answers ...

For the first time together in one volume the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse
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