Historical Whodunits

Author : Hy Conrad
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1402721722

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Historical Whodunits by Hy Conrad Pdf

One of the writers for the highly acclaimed television show Monk presents a series of 14 unique solve-it-yourself mini-mysteries, all with a historical setting. At the end of each intriguing tale, armchair sleuths begin their own detective work with the aid of key questions and some crucial clues--including an interview with a witness, lab analysis of the evidence, or an examination of the crime scene. The historical settings range from ancient Rome to 1940s Hollywood, and the subjects include Jamaican pirates; death in Venice amid a masked ball; Jack the Ripper copycats.

Author : Michael Ashley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : UOM:39015058708945

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Historical Whodunits by Michael Ashley Pdf

A collection of short story mysteries.

Author : Hugh 1901-1978 Ross Williamson
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101413076X

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Historical Whodunits by Hugh 1901-1978 Ross Williamson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Hugh Ross Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Crime
ISBN : UCAL:$B748658

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Historical Whodunits by Hugh Ross Williamson Pdf

Spirited re-examination of 13 mysteries of English history, from the death of William 2d to the Appin murder in the 18th century.

Author : Hugh Ross Williamson
Publisher : London : Phoenix House
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Conspiracies
ISBN : IND:32000009469133

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Historical Whodunits by Hugh Ross Williamson Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Copyright
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171107862960

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472114815

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The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits by Mike Ashley Pdf

The third new collection of historical murder and mystery stories A brilliant new collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand years, from Ancient Egypt to spies on the Titanic. Selected by bestselling editor Mike Ashley, the stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott and Peter Tremayne. Among the characters featured are the Queen of Sheba, Attila the Hun, Hildegarde of Bingen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry the Navigator and Benjamin Franklin. And with settings as far-ranging as Botany Bay and ancient Pisa, New Amsterdam and old Edinburgh, ancient Greece and the court of Kublai Khan.

Author : Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155211294

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Narratives Unbound by Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi Pdf

The first work that covers the post-Communist development of historical studies in six Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. A uniquely critical and qualitative analysis from a comparative and critical perspective, written by scholars from the region itself. Focusing on the first post-Communist decade, 1989–1999, the book offers a longer-term perspective that includes the immediate 'prehistory' of that momentous decade as well as its 'posthistoire'. The authors capture the spirit of 1989, that heady mix of elation, surprise, determination, and hope: l'ivresse du possible. This was the paradoxical beginning of Eastern European post-Communism: ushered in by 'anti-Utopian' revolutions, and slowly finding its course towards a bureaucratic, imitative, challenging, and anachronistic restoration of a capitalism that had changed almost beyond recognition when it had mutated into the negative double of Communism. Each individual chapter has numerous and detailed notes and references.

Author : Katie Rogers,Julia A. Simms
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780991374809

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Teaching Argumentation by Katie Rogers,Julia A. Simms Pdf

Ensure students develop the argumentation and critical-thinking skills they need for academic and lifetime success. Discover 10 fun, engaging activities and games for teaching argumentation that align with the CCSS. Incorporate these tools into your instruction to help students develop their ability to present and support claims, distinguish fact and opinion, identify errors in reasoning, and debate constructively.

Author : Ray B. Browne,Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780879728816

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The Detective as Historian by Ray B. Browne,Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr Pdf

Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England and America. Topics include: Ellis Peter’s Brother Cadfael; Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose; Susanna Gregory’s Doctor Matthew Bartholomew; Peter Heck’s Mark Twain as detective; Anne Perry and her Victorian-era world; Caleb Carr’s works; and Elizabeth Peter’s Egyptologist-adventurer tales.

Author : Neal Wyatt,Joyce G. Saricks
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838917817

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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, Third Edition by Neal Wyatt,Joyce G. Saricks Pdf

Everyone’s favorite guide to fiction that’s thrilling, mysterious, suspenseful, thought-provoking, romantic, and just plain fun is back—and better than ever in this completely revamped and revised edition. A must for every readers’ advisory desk, this resource is also a useful tool for collection development librarians and students in LIS programs. Inside, RA experts Wyatt and Saricks cover genres such as Psychological Suspense, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Literary and Historical Fiction, and introduce the concepts of Adrenaline and Relationship Fiction; include everything advisors need to get up to speed on a genre, including its appeal characteristics, key authors, sure bets, and trends; demonstrate how genres overlap and connect, plus suggestions for guiding readers among genres; and tie genre fiction to the whole collection, including nonfiction, audiobooks, graphic novels, film and TV, poetry, and games. Both insightful and comprehensive, this matchless guidebook will help librarians become familiar with many different fiction genres, especially those they do not regularly read, and aid library staff in connecting readers to books they’re sure to love.

Author : Douglass Merrell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319547893

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Umberto Eco, The Da Vinci Code, and the Intellectual in the Age of Popular Culture by Douglass Merrell Pdf

This book provides a philosophical overview of Umberto Eco's historical and cultural development as a unique, internationally recognized public intellectual who communicates his ideas to both an academic and a popular audience. It describes Eco’s intellectual development from his childhood during World War II and student involvement as a Catholic youth activist and scholar of the Middle Ages, to his early writings on the "openness" of modern works such as Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Merrell also explores Eco’s pioneering role in semiotics and his later career as a novelist.

Author : Dana Percec
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527573468

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Towards a Theory of Whodunits by Dana Percec Pdf

Bringing together academics from Romania, the USA, Spain and Turkey, this volume follows the evolution of detective fiction, from its early forms during the late eighteenth century until its contemporary multi-media expressions. Tackling the best-known authors in the genre, as well as marginal, forgotten or eccentric names, and discussing prose which fits perfectly in the pattern of the genre or texts which have been conventionally associated with other genres, as well as films, the book explores the impact of whodunits in both highbrow and popular culture.

Author : E. Dawson Varughese
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441105561

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Reading New India by E. Dawson Varughese Pdf

Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new' India has been recreated and defined in an English Language literature that is now reaching a global audience. The book describes how Indian fiction has moved beyond notions of 'postcolonial' writing to reflect an increasingly confident and diverse cultures. Reading New India covers such topics as: - Representation of the city: Mumbai and Bangalore - Chick Lit to Crick Lit - Call centre dramas and corporate lives - Crime novels and Bharati narratives - Graphic novels Including a chronological time-line of major social, cultural and political reforms, biographies of the major authors covered, further reading and a glossary of Hindi terms, this book is an essential guide for students of contemporary world literature and postcolonial writing.

Author : Steven Saylor
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429908627

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Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor Pdf

"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian "Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San Francisco Chronicle The third in Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa novels featuring Gordianus the Finder. Gordianus, disillusioned by the corruption of Rome circa 63 B.C., has fled the city with his family to live on a farm in the Etruscan countryside. But this bucolic life is disrupted by the machinations and murderous plots of two politicians: Roman consul Cicero, Gordianus's longtime patron, and populist senator Catilina, Cicero's political rival and a candidate to replace him in the annual elections for consul. Claiming that Catilina plans an uprising if he loses the race, Cicero asks Gordianus to keep a watchful eye on the radical. Although he distrusts both men, Gordianus is forced into the center of the power struggle when his six-year-old daughter Diana finds a headless corpse in their stable. Shrewdly depicting deadly political maneuverings, this addictive mystery also displays the author's firm grasp of history and human character. On first publication back in 1994, Catilina's Riddle was a finalist for the Hammet Award.