"Set entirely in the staid but often deadly English manor house, this murderous anthology features works by Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and others." -- Amazon.ca
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Describes the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day which honors the patron saint of Ireland.
"Reading Silent Spring as an outgrowth of Rachel Carson's love with Dorothy Freeman, Maxwell argues for the power of queer love now in the fight against climate change. There is something major missing from most accounts of Silent Spring and its impact: namely, Dorothy Freeman, w...
The Golden Age of detective fiction had begun inauspiciously with the publication of E.C. Bentley's schismatic Trent's Last Case in 1913, but it hit its stride in 1920 when both Agatha Christie and Freeman Wills Crofts - latterly crowned queen and king of the genre - had crime no...
This book offers guidance on using what you observe in your students' writing to inform your instruction. It also provides lots of examples of student writing so you have concrete models to help you deliver developmentally appropriate instruction.
The cast recording from the show's revival captures the dynamic essence and vibrant energy of this iconic musical and breathes fresh life into the beloved score. The cast's powerhouse vocals and rich emotive tone bring new dimensions to the classic roles and make each track a pow...
Born illegitimate on New York's Upper West Side, with nothing to recommend her but blonde good looks and a ferocious intelligence, she used sex, street smarts, acid humor, and money to plot a career more improbable than anything in her own fiction and drama. At ten, Clare Boothe ...
Contains thirteen biographies of African American movie stars, including Dorothy Dandridge, Morgan Freeman, Richard Pryor, and Butterfly McQueen.
"The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface often played black characters, but also saw the rise of independent African American filmmakers, including the remarkable Oscar Micheaux. It follows the changes in the film industry with the arrival of sound ...
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring , here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Ar...
The Floating Admiral was the first of the Detection Club's collaborative novels, in which twelve of its members wrote a single novel. Eighty-five years later, fourteen members of the club have once again collaborated to produce The Sinking Admiral. 'The Admiral' is a pub in the S...
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement. She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Se...
Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago. Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seasi...