The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes is a fascinating collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents & debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street & London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog. These gripping tales of mystery, suspense & clever puzzles are wonderfully entertaining & in them you will meet The Crime Doctor, Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen
- The Thinking Machine, Max Carrados
- the incredible blind detective, the repulsive but brilliant Skin o' My Teeth, & the natty, ingenious French sleuth Eugene Valmont. On the other side of the law, there are gentleman crooks Raffles & Simon Carn
- the Prince of Swindlers. The stories include: " The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe, ' The Stolen Cigar Case' by Bret Harte, ' The Swedish Match' by Anton Chekhov, ' Nine Points of the Law' by E.W. Hornung, ' The Ghost at Massingham Mansions' by Ernest Bramah & ' The Great Pearl Mystery' by Baroness Orczy.


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Featuring prestigious plays & emotive sonnets, The Shakespeare Companion will enlighten readers & enhance their enjoyment of the Bard's written word & plays in performance.

For each of the plays there is a synopsis of the plot, a list of characters, & a resume of the performance history. Including a critique of the poems & sonnets, this book also presents a history of the Shakespearean theatre, a background to the Apocrypha of plays attributed to Shakespeare & a selected glossary of Elizabethan English. A perfect guide for enthusiasts & new fans alike.

Perfect for fans of classic literature.

Measures: 21.5 x 18 x 2cm approx.





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Discover the world of Shakespeare with these brilliant retellings of sixteen of the Bard's best-loved plays! This brilliant collection features more Shakespeare Stories than ever before, from the tragedy of ' Macbeth' & the epic ' The Tempest', through to the humour of ' Much Ado About Nothing'. Providing an excellent introduction to Shakespeare for younger readers, this wonderful set with engaging illustrations is perfect for those over the age of 6 years. Included in this title:• The Taming of the Shrew• The Merchant of Venice• King Lear• Julius Caesar• Much Ado About Nothing• As You Like It• Richard III• Othello, & much more! Product Information:• ISBN: 9781408344897• Author: Andrew Matthews & Tony Ross• Publisher: Orchard Books• Format: Paperback• Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 9cm ...

Sex & the City with monsters! Witty urban fantasy from fan favourite Mur Lafferty, about a travel writer finds she's agreed to write a guide to New York
- for the undead! Following the disaster that was her last job, Zoe is searching for a fresh start as a travel writer in New York City. After stumbling across a seemingly perfect position, though, Zoe is blocked at every turn because of the one thing she can't take off her reason
- she's human. Not to be put off by anything
- especially not her blood-drinking boss or death goddess co-worker
- Zoe delves deep into the monster world. But her assignments turn deadly when the careful balance between humans & monsters starts to crumble
- with Zoe right in the middle.




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Please note this book contains content of an adult nature. When the Democrats & the press pounce on the video of Sarah Moons with candidate Tom Thomas, Sarah temporarily becomes the most famous woman in the country. Now Sarah sets the record straight, explaining the true course of her sexual education in Wilma Kauffen's pitch-perfect send-up of sex & the body politic. This book has 295 pages & is 17.5cm x 10.5cm x 2.1cm ...

A diplomat working for the League of Nations, Dr Philip Raven dies in the 1930s.

Leaving behind a book of dreams outlining

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The goats of Vigata once grazed on the trash-strewn site still known as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sort flourishes: drug dealers & prostitutes of every flavour. But their discreet trade is upset when two employees of the Splendour Refuse Collection Company discover the body of engineer Silvio Luparello, one of the local movers & shakers, apparently deceased in flagrante at the Pasture. The coroner's verdict is death from natural causes
- refreshingly unusual for Sicily. But Inspector Salvo Montalbano, as honest as he is streetwise & as scathing to fools & villains as he is compassionate to their victims, is not ready to close the case
- even though he's being pressured by Vigata's police chief, judge, & bishop. Picking his way through a labyrinth of high-comedy corruption, delicious meals, vendetta firepower, & carefully planted false clues, Montalbano can be relied on, whatever the cost, to get to the heart of the matter.

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It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme

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Books Children's Fiction Books The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780241387887 •†Author: Dick King-Smith •†Publisher:†  Penguin •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 144 •†Dimensions:†19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 cm ...

Cynthia LOVES Christmas. So much so that her flockmates send her off to the North Pole to help Father Christmas.

But it

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