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The Gap in the Curtain – ebook
John Buchan
When Sir Edward Leithen leaves London to spend Whitsuntide as a guest at Flambard, he has no idea of the extraordinary sequence of events about to unfold. Among the collection of fellow guests, some of whom he knows and some he doesn’t, is the extraordinary mind of Professor Moe, a scientist who decides to select some of the houseguests as subjects for his latest experiment. He declares that he can...Data dostępności:
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SoundLab. Talks – ebook
Maciej Kaczmarski
„SoundLab. Talks” A collection of interviews with artists connected with electronic music. Tangerine Dream, Richard Devine, Andrzej Smolik and SBB, these are just some of the artists invited to the project. The key factor in selecting the interviewers was the repertoire of the concert series SoundLab - Philharmonic Laboratory of Electronic Music, which had been set up by the Philharmonic...Data dostępności:
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Kai Lung’s Golden Hours – ebook
Ernest Bramah
The second volume of amusing Chinese fantasies. A captivating collection that’s ripe for rediscovery, „Kai Lung’s Golden Hours” stands as the very best of these beguiling books. As with other Kai Lung novels, the main plot serves primarily as a vehicle for the presentation of the gem-like, aphorism-laden stories told by the protagonist Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. With the...Data dostępności:
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Max Carrados Mysteries – ebook
Ernest Bramah
„Max Carrados Mysteries” is a collection of Bramah’s classic detective tales containing „The Secret of Headlam Height”, „The Mystery of The Vanished Petition Crown” and many other stories. Carrados is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes with facts, information and his advanced senses, which over-compensate for his blindness. In „The Coin of Dionysius” we first meet the suave sleuth Max Carrados...Data dostępności:
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The Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
Richard Austin Freeman, the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing is best known for his character Dr. John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. „Shuttlebury Cobb” is a completely different sort...Data dostępności:
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The Exploits of Danby Croker – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
What would you do if your doppelganger were committing crimes and making the police believe you were the perpetrator? In Danby Croker’s case, he decides to retaliate! But that is only one of the problems besetting him in this set of interlinked stories. Given a job as an antique dealer, can he resist the temptations of earning some easy money through a bit of fencing and counterfeiting? And what on...Data dostępności:
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The Stark Munro Letters – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
This is the story of a young doctor in Victorian Britain. In this collection of letters written to an American friend, Stark Munro tells of the trials and tribulations that face him as he tries to build his practice. Each letter contains two elements: one part is the narrative of events in the life of a young medical graduate in his efforts to set up a practice, as his own man, with a very little assistance...Data dostępności:
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The Secret of Father Brown – ebook
G.K. Chesterton
Have you wondered how the great detectives solved their cases? In The Secret of Father Brown, while visiting Flambeau’s house Father Brown meets a curious American who has to know as some of his countrymen think Father Brown is using mystical powers. The fourth of the Father Brown detective story collections has something the first three did not: a framing sequence at the beginning and end, in which...Data dostępności:
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Collected Short Stories Vol. 8: Collected Short Stories. Volume 8 – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set before the Great War, the last takes place in 1914. Holmes is retired and refused to take on any more cases, preferring to live out his years in a small rural village. „His Last Bow” is a collection of seven...Data dostępności:
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Collected Short Stories Vol. 3: Collected Short Stories. Volume 3 – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
In this collection are four more individual cases for Mr. Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr. Watson. Once more, they are solved by this bloodhound of a genius. This great series addition of Sherlock Holmes includes a full-length 1 novel and short stories. Volume 3 continues the exciting adventures of the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting...Data dostępności:
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