The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Volume VI

In "The Final Problem," perhaps the greatest of the short stories of Sherlock Holmes, the English detective encounters his most formidable rival, Professor Moriarty. "The Napoleon of Crime" is how Holmes describes his adversary to his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, as they move to the ultimate confrontation at the Reichenbach Falls. Also in this collection is the intriguing mystery of the disappearing bride in "The Noble Bachelor" and two threats from the past in "Gloria Scott" and "The Resident Patient."

Literature & Fiction

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Classics

Naxos and Blackstone Publishing

Barnaby Rudge

Charles, Dickens

A major novel from one of England's greatest writers, and the crowning achievement of an astonishing career, Boneland is also the long-awaited conclusion to the story of Colin and Susan-a story that began over fifty years ago in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. A woman was reading a book to a child on her knee. "So the little boy went into the wood, and he met a witch. And the witch said, 'You come home with me and I'll give you a good dinner.' Now you wouldn't go home with a witch, would you?" Colin stood. "Young man. Do not go into the witch's house. Do not. And whatever you do, do not go upstairs. You must not go upstairs. Do not go! You are not to go!"' Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At night, he is on Alderley Edge, watching. At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock and blows bulls on the stone with his blood, and dances, to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying. Colin can't remember; and he remembers too much. Before the age of thirteen is a blank. After that he recalls everything: where he was, what he was doing, in every minute of every hour of every day. Everything he has read and seen. And then, finally, a new force enters his life, a therapist who might be able to unlock what happened to him when he was twelve, what happened to his sister. But Colin will have to remember quickly, to find his sister. And the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall, and there will be only winter, wanderers, and moon.

Boneland (The Wierdstone Trilogy) (The Wierdstone Trilogy, 3)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Alan-Garner

Fantasy

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a titanic figure among the world's great authors, and The Brothers Karamazov is often hailed as his finest novel. A masterpiece on many levels, it transcends the boundaries of a gripping murder mystery to become a moving account of the battle between love and hate, faith and despair, compassion and cruelty, good and evil.

FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Literary

Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser Novels, Book 1) (The Palliser Novels, 1)

Anthony, Trollope

These six cases are among the last undertaken by Sherlock Holmes before he retired to the Sussex Downs. However, the problems facing the sleuth are as diverse and challenging as ever: in seeking the whereabouts of the stolen Mazarin Diamond, discovering the importance of being called Garrideb, encountering a mysterious murder on Thor Bridge, searching for eternal youth and the threat of a Vampire in Sussex, Holmes's deductive powers show no signs of slowing down. David Timson's award-winning series is widely acknowledged to be among the very best interpretations of the master sleuth.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes - Volume I (The Complete Classics: Casebook of Sherlock Holmes)

Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the "many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas," there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, and made mystical in stories. This collection includes complete versions of old favorites and new discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn-of-the-century New York, and a Mummers' play. Adding the final touch is the music--from traditional Christmas carols to Arcangelo Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.

The Christmas Collection

Christina Hardyment

Short Stories & Anthologies

Christmas Stories

Genre Fiction

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