Author: arthurconandoyle
An exciting account of a jungle expedition’s encounter with living dinosaurs, written with the same panache exhibited in the author’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries. This 1912 novel, the first installment of the Professor Challenger series, follows an eccentric paleontologist and his companions into the wilds of the Amazon, where they discover iguanodons, pterodactyls, and savage ape-people.
Bondadosamente el investigador policial Sherlock Holmes y su compañero Watson atienden la consulta de la Sra. Warren, ella como la propietaria de una casa de huéspedes, requiere urgente ayuda policial. Previamente un hombre a rentado un cuarto en su propiedad, pagando generosamente el doble de lo que el alquiler vale y sin avisarle a nadie , este hombre desaparece de la faz de la tierra. Sin llegar a verlo de nuevo y asumiendo lo peor, la Sra. Warren piensa que el cuarto alquilado se encuentra desocupado, sin llegar a imaginarse que dentro de este lugar sellado completamente por el silencio…
Požadavek Nathana Garrideba je trochu zvláštní: najít někoho se stejným příjmením. Pokud se to Sherlocku Holmesovi podaří, Nathan získá dědictví pět milionů dolarů. Jeho už kontaktoval Američan stejného příjmení. Podle něj musí být tři, aby společně získali jmění ve výši 15 milionů dolarů. Holmese případ zaujme a rozhodne se mu pomoci. Tři Garridebové je povídka z knihy Z archivu Sherlocka Holmese.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Originally published in 1903-1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the torrent of Reichenbach Falls, Holmes makes a disguised … disguised reappearance to Baker Street and his good friend Dr Watson. Featuring one of Holmes’ greatest adversaries, Charles Augustus Milverton, as well as trademark astute logic, forensic science, murder, crytograms and magic, this collection retains all the hallmark brilliance of Arthur Conan Doyle’s…
The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”comprised of 4 full-length novels and 56 short stories featuring the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective.” “Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1867 and 1927, the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning and expert sleuthing to solve an arraying of … complex and harrowing cases. From his home – 221B Baker Street in London – the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion and chronicler, Dr. Watson) baffled policemen and became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations and even more…