Once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.' Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach Falls locked in the arms of his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, Arthur Conan Doyle agreed to pen further adventures featuring his brilliant detective. In the first story, ' The Empty House', Holmes returns to Baker Street & his good friend Watson, explaining how he escaped from his watery grave. In creating this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of his cunning or panache, providing Holmes with a sparkling set of mysteries to solve & a challenging set of adversaries to defeat. The potent mixture

Includes:: murder, abduction, baffling cryptograms & robbery. We are also introduced to the one of the cruellest villains in the Holmes canon, the despicable Charles Augustus Milverton. As before, Watson is the superb narrator & the magic remains unchanged & undimmed.

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Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back!

Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach

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Written by his trusted friend & companion, Dr John Watson, The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Case Notes chronicles nine of the most fascinating cases solved by the worlds most famous detective.

Based on the many notes & evidence gathered during the course of Sherlock Holmess investigations, this fantastic collection is painstakingly presented as a scrapbook by Dr Watson.

In these pages, youll discover newspaper articles, sketches & maps that were crucial to solving the cases, with each item reproduced as a historical artefact, complete with tears, stains, foldmarks & insightful annotations written by Watson.

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• ISBN: 9780233004747
• Author: Joel Jessup
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 63
• Dimensions: 29.5 x 22.5 x 2.5cm











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Venice in 1576 is a city ravaged by plague. Most have fled but the beautiful & formidable Tullia Buffo, once the most desired courtesan of the age, has returned home. Facing ruin, Tullia must now fight for her life & protect her secrets.

The gondolier Sebastiano, a keeper of secrets, has plied his trade on the canals of Venice his whole life, soaking up gossip & scandal & saving his family from destitution after what happened to his father.

After all these years, his lifelong grudge against the famous painter Titians son is as strong as ever.

Now, with Titian dead, his son has returned to Venice to claim his fathers paintings & Sebastiano has a plan for revenge.

In the present day, events from centuries earlier suddenly engulf the lives of ordinary people as far distant as London & New York as they are touched by the enduring legacy of Tullia, a lost Titian masterpiece & the secrets of old Venice...

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• ISBN: 9781785301254
• Format: Paperback
• Author: Victoria Blake
• Publisher: Black & White
• Pages: 372
• Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.8cm

















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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkiens epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkiens own design, the definitive text, & a detailed map of Middle-earth. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves & Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo & Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. Impossible to describe in a few words, JRR Tolkiens great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance & a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic & homely, epic & diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene & character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. ...

On a freezing night, as her high school campus is engulfed by a snowstorm, 19-year-old Vinca Rockwell runs away with Alexis,

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A story of best friends, bad luck & the consequences of breaking the rules in a town built on secrets & superstitions. I am girl of Ember Grove, & these are my woods… Growing up in Ember Grove, Bitsy Clark knows better than to mess with the long-held traditions of her hometown. Until her best friend, Amy, persuades her to sneak into the Revelry – the end-of-school party in the woods, to which only those leaving are invited.  When she wakes the next day, Bitsy can’t remember anything from the night before. Weirder still, whenever she tries to speak about the Revelry, Bitsy chokes on the words. But this is just the beginning, & what starts out as a run of bad luck starts to feel like a curse. As Bitsy’s life goes from bad to worse, things only get better & better for her best friend. It's as if there’s only so much luck to go around & Amy’s getting all of it... Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781406388442 •†Author:   Katherine Webber •†Publisher:   Walker Books •†Format:  P... ...

Finally free of devious bogles, Barnaby Figg & his parents are working happily at Granny Hogsfleshs Pickle Factory.

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How did the Texas cattle rancher Samuel A. Maverick end up contributing his name to the language? What is the connection between a rather unflattering item of clothing & the French trapeze artist Jules L?otard? Which filling did the Earl of Sandwich opt for when he made his great culinary invention? & was there really a Sir Oswald Binge whose week-long feasts were notorious for their excess? The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium answers these & many other questions drawn from the remoter corners of the English language, exploring the lives of an extraordinarily diverse range of people who happen to have one thing in common: by chance or deliberately, they have left their names deeply embedded in the language & consciousness of future generations. Each figure has something to tell us about a particular moment of history, or a discovery or invention, whether it's Lszl? Bir? & his pioneering writing implement, or Merc?ds Jellinek, who lent her name to a certain make of car, or ?tienne de Silhouette who, having fallen from grace at the French court, spent much of the later part of his life mournfully cutting out paper shapes. Not to mention the Reverend Robert Lechmere Guppy, fish-discoverer extraordinary. Each life in The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium is quirky & often bizarre. Few of them would merit a footnote, let alone an entry, in the history books. But they all reveal that the prospect of immortality is only a fluke away. In an age of instant 15-minute celebrity, that's a reassuring thought. ...

The Rev I. M. Jolly & Friends is a tribute to the genius of Rikki Fulton. Year after year he brought us some of the funniest characters on television & herm in the definitive Last Call collection, you can once more enjoy the hilarious antics of the Rev Angus Mc Knocker & his knickers. The Rev David Goodchild & his lovely watter, the Rev W.E. free who'd burn the lot of yez, Mrs Ida Closehave & her unique missionary work &, of course, the unforgettable Rev I.M Jolly. A rare treat for Rikki Fulton fans. ...