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Author : John Escott
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194792536
Word count 26,500 CD: American English Bestseller
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Readers
ISBN : OCLC:1391177685
Author : RETOLD BY JOHN ESCOTT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8973311212
Author : John Escott,Oxford University Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Audiobooks
ISBN : 0194792439
'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will?These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:729976740
Author : S. Powell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137031662
100 American Crime Writers features discussion and analysis of the lives of crime writers and their key works, examining the developments in American crime writing from the Golden Age to hardboiled detective fiction. This study is essential to scholars and an ideal introduction to crime fiction for anyone who enjoys this fascinating genre.
Author : Jackie Maguire
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194235882
Suitable for younger learners Word count 6,508
Author : Bill Pronzini,Jack Adrian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199988969
What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Philop Marlowe. Perhaps Raymond Chandler summed it up best in his description of Dashiell Hammett's style: "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it....He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes." Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind, with over half of the stories never published before in book form. Included are thirty-six sublimely suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolutiuon of this quintessentially American art form, from its earliest beginnings during the Golden Age of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask in the 1920s, to the arrival of the tough digest Manhunt in the 1950s, and finally leading up to present-day hard-boiled stories by such writers as James Ellroy. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Hammett's 1925 tour de force "The Scorched Face," in which the disappearance of two sisters leads Hammett's never-named detective, the Continental Op, straight into a web of sexual blackmail amidst the West Coast elite, to Ed Gorman's 1992 "The Long Silence After," a gripping and powerful rendezvous involving a middle class insurance executive, a Chicago streetwalker, and a loaded .38. Other delectable contributions include "Brush Fire" by James M. Cain, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Raymond Chandler's "I'll Be Waiting," where, for once, the femme fatale is not blond but a redhead, a Ross Macdonald mystery starring Macdonald's most famous creation, the cryptic Lew Archer, and "The Screen Test of Mike Hammer" by the one and only Micky Spillane. The hard-boiled cult has more in common with the legendary lawmen of the Wild West than with the gentleman and lady sleuths of traditional drawing room mysteries, and this direct line of descent is on brilliant display in two of the most subtle and tautly written stories in the collection, Elmore Leonard's "3:10 to Yuma" and John D. MacDonald's "Nor Iron Bars." Other contributors include Evan Hunter (better known as Ed McBain), Jim Thompson, Helen Nielsen, Margaret Maron, Andrew Vachss, Faye Kellerman, and Lawrence Block. Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Containing many notable rarities, it celebrates a genre that has profoundly shaped not only American literature and film, but how we see our heroes and oursleves.
Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786585934015
"The Rue Morgue Murders" is a pioneering tale in the mystery genre, in which detective Auguste Dupin uses his acute observation and logic to solve a brutal double murder in Paris, revealing a surprising and unusual outcome.
Author : O. Henry,Tricia Hedge,Jennifer Basset
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0194229815
A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love.O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
Author : Alison Baxter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 019423391X
Word count 10,188 CD: American English Suitable for younger learners
Author : Jane Hudson,Tim Falla,Paul A. Davies,Paul Kelly,Susan Iannuzzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : English language
ISBN : 0194453146
Aim High will help your students succeed as language learners in the classroom, with their homework and also in exams. How will it do this? It builds students vocabulary knowledge through a structured and progressive approach. What does this mean? There are over 50 active vocabulary items in each unit, including words from the Oxford 3000TM. Students learn the meaning of new words but they also learn how and when to use them for themselves. And these are not just useful, everyday words.They're also introduced to expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, and so on. Essential language for communicating well in English. As a teacher you'll want to help your students become autonomous learners. In Aim High there are lots of opportunities to prepare for this. In the Student's Book there's a 'Dictionary Corner', with exercises to help them towards learner autonomy. There's also a Literacy Corner to extend their vocabulary, focusing on selected readers of the right level. With theself-check and review boxes they can see how they're progressing for themselves. A Grammar Reference and Grammar Builder bring together all the grammar and vocabulary for the unit. These allow students to look back over grammar points and review what they have learned.
Author : John Escott
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194792617
Word count 28,930
Author : John Briley,Rowena Akinyemi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194792560
They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised ? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of ail people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of ail people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.
Author : Tara Altebrando
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781619638044
Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. A riveting mystery for fans of We Were Liars. Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max--the only one who hasn't come back. Which leaves Max's sister, Avery, wanting answers. She wants to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. But as details of the disappearance begin to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth. This unforgettable novel--with its rich characters, high stakes, and plot twists--will leave readers breathless.