Sherlock Holmes Is Like Sixty Comparisons For An Incomparable Character

Author : Christopher Redmond
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479449231

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Sherlock Holmes Is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character by Christopher Redmond Pdf

What do Superman, Gertrude Stein, the Beatles, Lord Shiva, the Wizard of Oz, and Hermione Granger have in common? They share essential characteristics with iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, explored in Sherlock Holmes is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character. In his introduction, editor Christopher Redmond says “The essays in this collection are not an analysis of what Sherlock Holmes is like (brilliant, unsociable, hawk-nosed) but rather case studies of whom he can be said to be like. Their sixty suggestions range across centuries and continents, and include figures from belief and legend as well as from contemporary fiction and film. Some are household names, while others will be unknown to nearly all readers. In each case, while the author has been encouraged to provide an introduction to the character in question, the ultimate purpose of the comparison is to shed light on some aspect of the character of Sherlock Holmes, whose complexities are far from exhausted more than 130 years after he was introduced to a curious readership.”

Author : Marcus K. Harmes,Richard Scully
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031323508

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Academia and Higher Learning in Popular Culture by Marcus K. Harmes,Richard Scully Pdf

This edited volume focuses on the cultural production of knowledge in the academy as mediated or presented through film and television. This focus invites scrutiny of how the academy itself is viewed in popular culture from The Chair to Terry Pratchett's ‘Unseen University’ and Doctor Who's Time Lord Academy among others. Spanning a number of genres and key film and television series, the volume is also inherently interdisciplinary with perspectives from History, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, STEM, and more. This collection brings together leading experts in different disciplines and from different national backgrounds. It emphasises that even at a point of mass, global participation in higher education, the academy is still largely mediated by popular culture and understood through the tropes perpetuated via a multimedia landscape.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN : PSU:000044316112

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ScottForesman Literature and Integrated Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Prepolec,J. R. Campbell,David Stuart Davies,Barbara Hambly,Kim Newman,Chris Roberson,Christopher Sequeira,Peter Calamai,M. J. Elliott,Rick Kennett,Chico Kidd,Bob Madison,Martin Powell,Barbara Roden
Publisher : EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781894063692

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Gaslight Grimoire by Charles Prepolec,J. R. Campbell,David Stuart Davies,Barbara Hambly,Kim Newman,Chris Roberson,Christopher Sequeira,Peter Calamai,M. J. Elliott,Rick Kennett,Chico Kidd,Bob Madison,Martin Powell,Barbara Roden Pdf

Eliminating the impossible just got a whole lot harder! The fabled tin dispatch box of Dr. John H. Watson opens to reveal eleven all-new tales of mystery and dark fantasy. Sherlock Holmes, master of deductive reasoning, confronts the irrational, the unexpected and the fantastic in the weird worlds of the Gaslight Grimoire.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Books
ISBN : OSU:32435022189625

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The New York Times Book Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476782997

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams Pdf

From Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, comes a wildly inventive novel—in trade paperback for the first time—of ghosts, time travel, and one detective's mission to save humanity from extinction. Quirky and bumbling private investigator Dirk Gently stumbles upon a ghost, millions of years old, wandering the earth and disturbing its people. Dirk soon discovers this phantom yearns for more than a good haunting: it is desperately trying to go back in time to prevent its own death. But this ghost was no ordinary person, and helping it save itself just might change the modern world as we know it. And not in a good way… Endlessly entertaining, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency proves that, indeed, “few writers have had such an infectious prose style as Adams” (The Observer). As Dirk Gently tries to solve the mysteries of the universe and the human soul, readers will have their own mystery to solve: Where did the time go?

Author : Caleb Carr
Publisher : Random House
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781588365408

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The Alienist by Caleb Carr Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES • “A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages.”—Entertainment Weekly “Caleb Carr’s rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us.”—The Detroit News When The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere. The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over. Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society’s belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and fatal consequences. Praise for The Alienist “[A] delicious premise . . . Its settings and characterizations are much more sophisticated than the run-of-the-mill thrillers that line the shelves in bookstores.”—The Washington Post Book World “Mesmerizing.”—Detroit Free Press “The method of the hunt and the disparate team of hunters lift the tale beyond the level of a good thriller—way beyond. . . . A remarkable combination of historical novel and psychological thriller.”—The Buffalo News “Engrossing.”—Newsweek “Gripping, atmospheric . . . intelligent and entertaining.”—USA Today “A high-spirited, charged-up and unfailingly smart thriller.”—Los Angeles Times “Keeps readers turning pages well past their bedtime.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Books
ISBN : OSU:32435022189799

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New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Amnesia
ISBN : 0156030438

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The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco Pdf

To recall his memories, Yambo withdraws to the family home where he searches old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and diaries to relive the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, and Fred Astaire.

Author : Charles Prepolec,J. R. Campbell,Stephen Volk,Christopher Fowler,Kim Newman,Paul Kane,Simon Kurt Unsworth,Tom English,Tony Richards,William Meikle,Fred Saberhagen,Kevin Cockle,Lawrence C. Connolly,Simon Clark
Publisher : EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781894817950

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Gaslight Arcanum by Charles Prepolec,J. R. Campbell,Stephen Volk,Christopher Fowler,Kim Newman,Paul Kane,Simon Kurt Unsworth,Tom English,Tony Richards,William Meikle,Fred Saberhagen,Kevin Cockle,Lawrence C. Connolly,Simon Clark Pdf

From the comforting glow of Baker Street gas-lamps to the gloom of the ocean's depths, Sherlock Holmes lays bare the secrets of men, monsters and evil in twelve new tales of the bizarre, the uncanny and the arcane.

Author : D. E. Ireland
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466850354

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Wouldn't It Be Deadly by D. E. Ireland Pdf

Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins make an incomparable pair of sleuths in the start of a delightful new series Following her successful appearance at an Embassy Ball—where Eliza Doolittle won Professor Henry Higgins' bet that he could pass off a Cockney flower girl as a duchess—Eliza becomes an assistant to his chief rival Emil Nepommuck. After Nepommuck publicly takes credit for transforming Eliza into a lady, an enraged Higgins submits proof to a London newspaper that Nepommuck is a fraud. When Nepommuck is found with a dagger in his back, Henry Higgins becomes Scotland Yard's prime suspect. However, Eliza learns that most of Nepommuck's pupils had a reason to murder their blackmailing teacher. As another suspect turns up dead and evidence goes missing, Eliza and Higgins realize the only way to clear the Professor's name is to discover which of Nepommuck's many enemies is the real killer. When all the suspects attend a performance of Hamlet at Drury Lane, Eliza and Higgins don their theatre best and race to upstage a murderer. This reimagining of George Bernard Shaw's beloved characters is sheer pleasure. Wouldn't It Be Deadly transports readers to Edwardian London, from the aristocratic environs of Mayfair to the dangerous back alleys of the East End. Eliza and Henry steal the show in this charming traditional mystery.

Author : Diana Gabaldon
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440334521

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Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Diana Gabaldon weaves a dazzling tale of history, intrigue, and suspense in this first novel featuring one of her most popular characters from the Outlander saga: Lord John Grey. The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London’s Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty’s army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor. Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once, Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every stratum of English society—and threatens all he holds dear. Praise for Lord John and the Private Matter “[A] thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully witty historical mystery set in the richly detailed, occasionally bawdy world of Georgian England.”—Booklist “Packed with vivid description and detail. Gabaldon aptly transports readers to eighteenth-century London, with all its reeking humanity and glitteringly elegant excess.”—BookPage

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 9781365225529

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Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Arthur Conan Doyle's master criminologist Sherlock Holmes continues to delight readers around the world more than a century after he first appeared in print (in 1887's A Study in Scarlet). The digital age has only increased his popularity: amid the onslaught of contemporary crime fiction there is something reassuring about Sherlock Holmes. In the hardcover edition of 'Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection' you will find all four Sherlock Holmes novels: A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Try and Stop Me by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0224012401

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The Complete Professor Challenger Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf