Trio For Blunt Instruments

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307756299

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Trio for Blunt Instruments by Rex Stout Pdf

If Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, would ever admit to an Achilles' heel-which they wouldn't-it would be a weakness for damsels in distress. In these three charming chillers the duo answer the call of helpless heroines with nothing to lose-except their lives. First a beautiful young Aphrodite comes to Nero looking for a hero-and the answer to the mystery of her father's death....Then an old flame of Archie's reignites with a plan that may corner him into a lifetime commitment-behind bars....And finally a detective's work is never done, as a hot tip leads the team into the sizzling center of a sexy scandal that could leave them cold-dead cold.

Author : Marvin Kaye
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780809544943

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The Nero Wolfe Files by Marvin Kaye Pdf

Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published The Gazette, chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. THE NERO WOLFE FILES is a generous collection of Neronian reading delights selected from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479426263

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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #22 by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

The 22nd issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features new and classic mystery tales -- including a brand new Nero Wolfe story! Included are 7 stories, a poem, all the usual features, and more: Features: From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D. Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson Non Fiction: SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman BETTER THAN HOLMES? by Terry Teachout "I’M THE OLD MAN," by Dan Andriacco Fiction: ROEBIUS THE ROBBER, by Eugene D. Goodwin A CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, by Marc Bilgrey CRAFTY OLD BAGS, by Laird Long THE PURLOINED PLATYPUS, by Marvin Kaye A RUDE AWAKENING, by Stan Trybulski THE TAHITIAN POWDER BOX MYSTERY, by James Holding THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARDBOARD BOX, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle POETRY: 221B, by Vincent Starrett Art & Cartoons: Russell Thornton: Front cover art Marc Bilgrey: Cartoon

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553240320

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A Right to Die by Rex Stout Pdf

When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears. Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did. Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.

Author : O. McBride
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781462076963

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Stout Fellow by O. McBride Pdf

Are you one of the millions who has spent many pleasant hours reading aboutNero Wolfeconverting the calories from his gourmet dining (albeit grudgingly) into mental energy to solve a murder? If you have traipsed through that morass of neuroses, idiosyncrasies and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, you must have questions. Did you know that while Wolfe usually tilts the scales near one-seventh of a ton, he may once have weighed less than his svelte associate, Archie Goodwin? Or how many times the "unbreakable" rules of the house are broken? Or why Fritz speaks French although he's not from France? Or how many bullet and knife wounds Wolfe carries on his normally sedentary carcass? Or what Inspector Cramer's first name is? Or how the characters evolved over the four decades of their existence? This book will provide you with the answers to those questions and a thousand others. I hope you find it satisfactory.

Author : David Fenster
Publisher : Meher Nazar Publications
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mehera-Meher: A Divine Romance by David Fenster Pdf

Mehera-Meher is the story of an intimate, Divine Romance between the Beloved and his closest disciple. The three-volume hardbound set draws deeply from Mehera's firsthand narrative gathered from over 200 hours of tape recordings made by the author, David Fenster, from the years 1974 to 1982. To this he painstakingly researched and added other historical material from Mehera and those close to her to create an epic, 1700–page biography of Avatar Meher Baba's foremost woman disciple. This is the latest, revised edition, and contains numerous corrections and additions to previous editions.

Author : Alex Danchev
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307908209

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Magritte by Alex Danchev Pdf

The first major biography of the pathbreaking, perpetually influential surrealist artist and iconoclast whose inspiration can be seen in everyone from Jasper Johns to Beyoncé—by the celebrated biographer of Cézanne and Braque In this thought-provoking life of René Magritte (1898-1967), Alex Danchev makes a compelling case for Magritte as the single most significant purveyor of images to the modern world. Magritte’s surreal sensibility, deadpan melodrama, and fine-tuned outrageousness have become an inescapable part of our visual landscape, through such legendary works as The Treachery of Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) and his celebrated iterations of Man in a Bowler Hat. Danchev explores the path of this highly unconventional artist from his middle-class Belgian beginnings to the years during which he led a small, brilliant band of surrealists (and famously clashed with André Breton) to his first major retrospective, which traveled to the United States in 1965 and gave rise to his international reputation. Using 50 color images and more than 160 black-and-white illustrations, Danchev delves deeply into Magritte’s artistic development and the profound questions he raised in his work about the very nature of authenticity. This is a vital biography for our time that plumbs the mystery of an iconoclast whose influence can be seen in everyone from Jasper Johns to Beyoncé.

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781570616594

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Book Lust by Nancy Pearl Pdf

What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

Author : Loren D Estleman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781507203279

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Nearly Nero by Loren D Estleman Pdf

"A collection of 11 short stories that pay homage to the style and characters of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries"--

Author : Phyllis M. Betz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476677279

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Reading the Cozy Mystery by Phyllis M. Betz Pdf

With their intimate settings, subdued action and likeable characters, cozy mysteries are rarely seen as anything more than light entertainment. The cozy, a subgenre of crime fiction, has been historically misunderstood and often overlooked as the subject of serious study. This anthology brings together a groundbreaking collection of essays that examine the cozy mystery from a range of critical viewpoints. The authors engage with the standard classification of a cozy, the characters who appear in its pages, the environment where the crime occurs and how these elements reveal the cozy story's complexity in surprising ways. Essays analyze cozy mysteries to argue that Agatha Christie is actually not a cozy writer; that Columbo fits the mold of the cozy detective; and that the stories' portrayals of settings like the quaint English village reveal a more complicated society than meets the eye.

Author : Warren French
Publisher : Springer
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1980-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349164165

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Twentieth Century American Literature by Warren French Pdf

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786457212

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Literary Afterlife by Bernard A. Drew Pdf

This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553763102

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The Final Deduction by Rex Stout Pdf

When high-society kidnapping unexpectedly turns to very seamy murder, all concerned turn to the great detective, Nero Wolfe, for the missing piece in the puzzle. A missing typewriter, a mysterious ransom note—and a beautiful corpse. Step into the unassuming Thirty-fifth Street brownstone, and join in the astounding exploits of Nero Wolfe. Marvel at his daily beer consumption, his unsurpassed appetite, the incredible expanse of his yellow silk pajamas. Bear witness to his unwavering, often infuriating addiction to fine foods, good books, beautiful orchids and custom-made chairs. Empathize with his confidential assistant Archie Goodwin, archetypal private eye and man of action, whose primary function is prodding his immense employer into motion. See for yourself why, through a hundred million copies and seventy-two cases, the adventures of America’s largest private detective and his extended family continue to captivate and enthrall readers around the world. Discover Nero Wolfe—the greatest detective of them all. “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307756152

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The Rubber Band by Rex Stout Pdf

“Nero Wolfe towers over his rivals. . . . He is an exceptional character creation.”—New Yorker What do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe’s job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the great detective and his partner, Archie, with fatal abruptness. “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

Author : Lawrence R. Schehr,Allen S. Weiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135347116

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French Food by Lawrence R. Schehr,Allen S. Weiss Pdf

More than a book about food alone, French Food uses diet as a window into issues of nationality, literature, and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies, literary criticism, performance studies, and the emerging field of food studies explore a wide range of food matters.