The Case Of The Caretaker

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062129734

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The Case of the Caretaker by Agatha Christie Pdf

Doctor Haydock, the resident GP of St. Mary Mead, hopes to cheer up Miss Marple as she recovers from the flu with a little story. The tale revolves around the return of the prodigal son of Major Laxton, the devilishly handsome Harry Laxton. Harry, after leading a life of childish indiscretions and falling head over heels for the village tobacconist’s daughter, has made good and returned to lay claim to his tumbling childhood home and introduce the village to his beautiful new wife. But, the villagers are prone to gossip about young Harry’s past, and one person in particular cannot forgive him for tearing down the old house. Will Miss Marple’s acumen be up to the task of solving the story?

Author : Erle Stanley Gardner
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0345321561

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The Case of the Caretaker's Cat by Erle Stanley Gardner Pdf

"In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live for life. But Laxter's grandson Sam says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat. When Perry Mason takes the case, he finds there's much more at stake than an old man's cat -- a million dollars to be exact. And as he investigates, he finds a web of greed and treachery among the heirs. But which one actually pulled off the almost perfect crime?"--bn.com.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007452057

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The Case of the Caretaker: A Miss Marple Short Story by Agatha Christie Pdf

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061748066

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Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie Pdf

Despite the title, the stories collected here recount cases from the middle of Miss Marple's career. They are: 'Sanctuary'; 'Strange Jest'; 'Tape-Measure Murder'; 'The Case of the Caretaker'; 'The Case of the Perfect Maid'; 'Miss Marple Tells a Story'; 'The Dressmaker's Doll'; 'In a Glass Darkly'; 'Greenshaw's Folly.'

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062298447

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The Case of the Perfect Maid by Agatha Christie Pdf

Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater. A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which in turn would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection of murder most foul showcases Christie at her inventive best, proving her reputation as "the champion deceiver of our time" (New York Times).

Author : A. X. Ahmad
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250016836

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The Caretaker by A. X. Ahmad Pdf

Who is the caretaker hiding in the shadows of the Martha's Vineyard mansions he tends? Back in India, Ranjit Singh commanded an elite army squad. But that was years ago, before his Army career ended in dishonor, shattering his reputation. Driven from his homeland, he is now a caretaker on the exclusive resort island of Martha's Vineyard, looking after the vacation homes of the rich and powerful. One harsh winter, faced with no other choice, he secretly moves his family into the house of one of his clients, an African-American Senator. Here, his wife and daughter are happy, and he feels safe for the first time in ages. But Ranjit's idyll is shattered when mysterious men break into the house. Pursued and hunted, Ranjit is forced to enter the Senator's shadowy world, and his only ally is Anna, the Senator's beautiful wife, who has secrets of her own. Together, they uncover a trail of deception that leads from the calm shores of the Vineyard to countries half a world away. And when his investigation stirs up long forgotten events, the caretaker must finally face the one careless decision that ruined his life- and forced him to leave India. A gripping tale of hidden histories, political intrigue and dangerous attractions, A. X. Ahmad's The Caretaker introduces a new hero for our times: an immigrant caught between two worlds and a man caught between two loves.

Author : Les Barbanell
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461630470

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Removing the Mask of Kindness by Les Barbanell Pdf

Character traits may be used as defenses, or, 'coping mechanisms' that may be developed by individuals in an exaggerated fashion in order to conceal psychological conflicts. When these mechanisms break down, previously repressed trauma erupts into consciousness. One such trait is selflessness. Les Barbanell examines the transformation of selflessness into the Caretaker Personality Disorder and how it is not always better to give than receive, that being good can go bad, and that the 'disease to please' can even be fatal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106251416

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The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Doon Arbus
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811229500

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The Caretaker by Doon Arbus Pdf

A lush, disorienting novel, The Caretaker takes no prisoners as it explores the perils of devotion and the potentially lethal charisma of things Following the death of a renowned and eccentric collector—the author of Stuff, a seminal philosophical work on the art of accumulation—the fate of the privately endowed museum he cherished falls to a peripatetic stranger who had been his fervent admirer. In his new role as caretaker of The Society for the Preservation of the Legacy of Dr. Charles Morgan, this restive man, in service to an absent master, at last finds his calling. The peculiar institution over which he presides is dedicated to the annihilation of hierarchy: peerless antiquities commune happily with the ignored, the discarded, the undervalued and the valueless. What transpires as the caretaker assumes dominion over this reliquary of voiceless objects and over its visitors is told in a manner at once obsessive and matter-of-fact, and in language both cocooning and expansive. A wry and haunting tale, The Caretaker, like the interplanetary crystal that is one of the museum’s treasures, is rare, glistening, and of a compacted inwardness. Kafka or Shirley Jackson may come to mind, and The Caretaker may conjure up various genres—parables, ghost stories, locked-room mysteries—but Doon Arbus draws her phosphorescent water from no other writer’s well.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : MB Cooltura
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789877448894

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Death by Drowning by Agatha Christie Pdf

An old friend tells Miss Marple that one of the town girls jumped off a bridge and drowned. The young woman had discovered that she was pregnant and everyone believes that she took her own life. But Miss Marple, who knows human nature deeply, does not believe it was suicide. With the help of Henry Clithering, former commissioner of Scotland Yard, they will get to the bottom of the matter and discover the murderer.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Justices of the peace
ISBN : UOM:35112100154857

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Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Justices of the peace
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060103376

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Justice of the Peace by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Justices of the peace
ISBN : UCAL:C3009052

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Justice of the Peace and County, Borough, Poor Law Union and Parish Law Records by Anonim Pdf

Author : Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000996760

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Critics Not Caretakers by Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

The essays collected together in Critics Not Caretakers argue that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social, historical existence, a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural and historical practices rather than a caretaker of religious tradition or a font of timeless wisdom and deep meaning. The book begins with several essays that outline the basis of an alternative, sociorhetorical approach to studying religion, before moving on to a series of discrete dispatches from the ongoing theory wars, each of which uses the work of such writers as Karen Armstrong, Walter Burkert, Benson Saler, and Jacob Neusner as a point of entry into wider theoretical issues of importance to the field’s future. The author then examines the socio-political role of this brand of critical scholarship—a role that differs dramatically from the type of sympathetic caretaking generally associated with scholars of religion who feel compelled to “go public.” Concluding the work is a consideration of how scholars as teachers can address issues of theory, method, and critical thinking in a variety of undergraduate classrooms—the location where they have always been publicly accountable intellectuals. The new edition of this still read and, for some, controversial book preserves the original essays but includes a new opening chapter and new introductory commentaries across all of the chapters to demonstrate how little the field has changed since the volume was first published in 2001. Accordingly, the book continues to provide a viable alternative for those wanting to take a more critical approach to the study of religion.

Author : Harold Pinter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : English drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106006238858

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The caretaker and The dumb waiter by Harold Pinter Pdf