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Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub...In 2012, Roddy Doyle showed us the world anew: through the back-and-forth of two Dublin pub-dwellers. They chewed the fat, set the world to rights, slagged each other unmercifully. And along the way, they chased the ebb and flow and stupidity of the year right to the bottom of their pints.Today, they re still at it - even over Zoom, if needs be. Collected for the first time, here is almost a decade s worth of elections and referendums, births and deaths, football, financial crashes, pandemics and the philosophical questions of life, as told through the wit and warmth of Roddy Doyle s comic genius.Includes: Two Pints, Two More Pints, Two for the Road - and, for the first time in print, Two Pints: The Play and The Zoom Pints

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FULL OF FIZZ AND VARIETY Sunday Times JOLLY GOOD FUN i Paper WHIP-SMART Daily Mail FUN AND FROLICS FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON Saga MagazineFEATURING HUGE NAMES FROM LITERATURE, COMEDY AND BEYOND - INCLUDING RODDY DOYLE, FRANK SKINNER AND ALAN TITCHMARSH - THIS ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES REIMAGINES JEEVES AND WOOSTER THROUGH FRESH EYES. The irrepressible duo first appeared on the page in 1915, coming to feature in more than 35 short stories and eleven novels over the course of Wodehouseâ ™s lifetime. Each story in this new collection offers a delightful and original reimagining of the incomparable Bertie Wooster and his gentlemanâ ™s gentleman â “ seeing them journey to the horse races in Paris, solve puzzles at a wartime Bletchley Park, and even transported forward in time to the year 2025. Frank SkinnerRoddy DoyleAlan TitchmarshDominic SandbrookDeborah Frances-WhiteAndrew Hunter MurrayScarlett CurtisJasper FfordeJohn FinnemoreIan MooreWilliam Rayfet HunterFergus CraigJEEVES AGAIN is a joyful celebration of Wodehouse as a much-beloved British literary icon â “ as well as a timely and entertaining reminder of the lasting impact of his characters on a whole new generation of readers and writers. ***HEAR FROM THE WRITERS . . . A Wodehouse book is a journey into joy. RODDY DOYLE, Booker Prize-winning author of PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA Anybody who has even a vague interest in good writing should read Wodehouse. DOMINIC SANDBROOK, author and co-host of THE REST IS HISTORY I simply adore Wodehouse. ALAN TITCHMARSH MBE, broadcaster and writer To stumble into the world of Wodehouse is like sinking into a warm bath. SCARLETT CURTIS, Sunday Times bestselling author of FEMINISTS DON T WEAR PINK (AND OTHER LIES) What Wodehouse is still today, just as much as ever, is funny. JOHN FINNEMORE, creator of CABIN PRESSURE

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Booker-Prize winner Roddy Doyle s spectacular return to his iconic heroine, Paula Spencer The undisputed laureate of ordinary lives SUNDAY TIMES Brilliant...passionate, funny and humane DAVID NICHOLLSAt sixty-six, Paula Spencer - mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor - is finally living her life. A job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, a man - Joe - with whom she shares what she wants, friends who see her for who she is, and four grown children, now with families and petty dramas the likes of which Paula could only have hoped for. Despite its ghosts, Paula has started to push her past aside.That is until Paula s eldest, Nicola, turns up on her doorstep.Independent, affluent, a loving wife and mother, a success - Nicola is suddenly determined to leave it all behind. Over the next few days, as Nicola gradually confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, mother and daughter find themselves untangling anecdotes, jokes, memory and revelation to confront the bruised but beautiful symmetry of what each means to the other. Paula Spencer is a hymn to female generosity; the ordinary, discardable kind that keeps the world turning. Reading her voice for the first time sent a pang of recognition through me, followed by love ANNE ENRIGHT

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Roddy Doyle s Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less.

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From the Booker Prize winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Commitments: the story of an ordinary woman whose extraordinary character will stay with you long after reading.â ˜He loved me and he beat me. I loved him and I took it. Itâ ™s as simple as thatâ ™ Paula Spencer is thirty-nine, the mother of four and learning to live without Charlo, her violent, abusive husband. Paulaâ ™s started drinking more and dreaming more, taking herself back to her contented childhood and audacious teenage years. Everything was better then, not least the music, the soundtrack to her romance with Charlo. As the past floats by and mingles with the present Paula Spencer finds herself coming alive, in all her vulnerability and her strength. â ˜Roddy Doyle s unsparing examination of a brutal marriage transcends the boundaries of class and nationhoodâ ™ The Times

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With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book... So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world s most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people s hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity. Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading.Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard

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Love and marriage, children and family, death and grief. Life touches everyone the same, but living under lockdown? It changes us alone.A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks him to question his next move. An exhausted nurse struggles to let go, having lost a much-loved patient in isolation. A middle-aged son, barred from his mother s funeral, wakes to an oncoming hangover of regret. Told with Doyle s signature warmth, wit and extraordinary eye for the richness that underpins the quiet of our lives, Life Without Children cuts to the heart of how we are all navigating loss, loneliness and the shifting of history underneath our feet. Life Without Children is boldly exhilarating, with its revelations of quiet love and the sheer charm of the characters voices Sunday Times Quietly devastating...shivers with emotion Financial Times In the stripping away of everyday anxieties, the virus reveals what matters most, those qualities that are always at the heart of Doyle s fiction: love and connection Observer Moving...and beautiful Daily Mail

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*A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM* WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 1993Paddy Clarke is ten years old.Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke s name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown. Paddy Clarke s heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo and George Best. Paddy Clarke knows the exact moment to knock a dead scab from his knee. Paddy Clarke hates his brother Francis because thatâ ™s the rule. Paddy Clarke loves his Ma and Da, but it seems like they don t love each other, and Paddy wants to understand, but can t.

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A laugh-out-loud romcom in 2025, perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Sophie Kinsella Funny, endearing and impossible to put down Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We laughed out loud at this perfect holiday read Closer A fun and fantastic five-star read! That⠙s life!A week-long spa break is just what Jess needs. She⠙s going to be there with her best friends, Stella and Em. And the spa is so high-end it has an ethos about cleansing the mind and soul.The laughter, gourmet food and cocktails are what every twenty-something needs. And then there⠙s the beautiful man she spots in the pool on the first day. A perfect addition to her week.Until Jess finds out that he⠙s someone from her past. Someone she really should have recognized. Someone she should not find attractive. And that⠙s when things start getting a little confusing⠦Readers LOVE Hannah Doyle: Never rated something 5 stars so fast in my life! This books has EVERYTHING I love in a romcom ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This story is like a hug wrapped in the pages ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved this fun and funny romcom with two single parents doing a fake dating scenario and catching real feelings! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why have I never heard of Hannah Doyle before? You best believe I will be ordering every other book she has published ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The moment I picked the book up I was immersed, a book I intended to read for 20 mins before bed turned into a 3 hours session ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⠘I love fake dating stories and this one nailed it⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. Part of the Macmillan Collector s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by publisher Ursula Doyle. For some of these great men, love is a `delicious poison (William Congreve); for others, love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented described here - as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.

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From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a â ˜delicious poisonâ ™ (William Congreve); for others, â ˜a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, books musicâ ™ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of oneâ ™s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). But what about the other side of the story? What of the secret hopes and lives of some of the greatest women in history? Taken together, these love letters show that perhaps little has changed over the last 2,000 years. Passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here â “ as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most. Includes letters by: Anne Boleyn * Beethoven * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Mary Wordsworth * Nell Gwyn (mistress of Charles II) * Elizabeth Barrett Browning * GK Chesterton * Queen Victoria * Napoleon Bonaparte * The Empress Josephine * Mary Wollstonecraft * Amadeus Mozart * Katherine Mansfield Praise for Love Letters of Great Men: The most romantic book ever Daily Mail Inspired by the Sex and the City movie... Famous men caught with pen in hand and heart in mouth The Times

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From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a â ˜delicious poisonâ ™ (William Congreve); for others, â ˜a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, books musicâ ™ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of oneâ ™s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men havenâ ™t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here â “ as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.

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Audiokniha: PRVNÍ ROZHLASOVÁ HRA VYSÍLANÁ PO 70 LETECH ŽIVĚ 17. 9. 2017 „Obstarali jsme si i zelnou hlávku, abychom mohli zachytit samotný okamžik vraždy“ Artur Conan Doyle: SHERLOCK HOLMES ve státních službách Sherlock Holmes: Honza Hájek John Watson: Pavel Batěk Fama Quartet Dále účinkují: Marika Procházková, Lukáš Příkazký, Jana Boušková, Tomáš Pavelka, Ladislav Hampl, Jiří Hána a Hanuš Bor Reportáž: Tomáš Černý Režie: Vít Vencl Povídka Bruce-Partingtonovy dokumenty vyšla časopisecky v roce 1908. Během první světové války ji Arthur Conan Doyle zařadil do knihy Poslední poklona Sherlocka Holmese (1917), zřejmě i díky jejímu vlasteneckému podtextu. Později ji zahrnul i do seznamu svých nejoblíbenějších povídek. Čtyři mikrofony, u kterých se střídají herci, kout pro ruchaře a muzikanti strčení v díře... Naposledy se takhle u nás rozhlasová hra vysílala v roce 1948. Retro spojení snad nejklasičtější detektivky a dřevního způsobu natáčení se zdá velmi inspirativní. A to nejen kvůli blízkosti časů zrodu, ale především obdobným potenciálem hravosti a nadhledu. „V přímém přenosu vytvoříme ve vinohradském Studiu 2 s pomocí ruchařů i přítomných diváků ulice Londýna, byt v Baker Street i restauraci, kde se Sherlock schází s dr. Watsonem. Při odhalování vraha budeme přelézat zdi, rozbíjet okna i páčit pokladny,“ slibuje režisér inscenace Vít Vencl. „Studio 2 ještě živé vysílání her pamatuje, vlastně pro ně tenkrát bylo i zkonstruováno,“ vysvětluje Vít Vencl. Kromě herců, ruchařů a smyčcového kvarteta se ve studiu našlo místo i pro několik diváků, kteří se v určitých částech hry stávali její součástí. Například při scéně v restauraci, kde se Holmes sejde s doktorem Watsonem, vytvářeli ruch místnosti plné lidí.“ Máte-li zájem o recenzní CD, pište na adresu: monika.oweyssi@rozhlas.cz Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle byl anglický autor detektivních próz, nejvýznamnější představitel tohoto žánru ve světové literatuře. Inspirován dílem Wilkieho Collinse a Edgara Allana Poea, ovlivnil Arthur Doyle všechny pozdější významné autory detektivek. Vytvořil postavy geniálního detektiva Sherlocka Holmese, udivujícího brilántní dedukcí i hrou na housle, a jeho přítele, spolupracovníka a obdivovatele dr. Watsona. Inspirací pro postavu Sherlocka Holmese byl dr. Joseph Bell, jeden z profesorů, kterého Doyle potkal při svých studiích medicíny.

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Audiokniha: Společný balíček třech úspěšných titulů z rozhlasového archivu. Ústřední dvojici Sherlocka Holmese a Dr. Watsona hrají ve čtyřech případech - Barvíř na penzi, Podnájemnice v závoji, Tři Garridebové a Umírající detektiv - Jiří Tomek a Jaroslav Kuneš. Zbylé dvě povídky - Vyděrač a Žlutá tvář - Jiří Samek a Václav Neužil st. V dalších rolích uslyšíte Zuzanu Slavíkovou, Zdeňka Dvořáka, Ladislava Lakomého, Pavla Pavlovského a další. Režijně připravili Zdeněk Kozák a Miroslav Buriánek. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle byl anglický autor detektivních próz, nejvýznamnější představitel tohoto žánru ve světové literatuře. Inspirován dílem Wilkieho Collinse a Edgara Allana Poea, ovlivnil Arthur Doyle všechny pozdější významné autory detektivek. Vytvořil postavy geniálního detektiva Sherlocka Holmese, udivujícího brilántní dedukcí i hrou na housle, a jeho přítele, spolupracovníka a obdivovatele dr. Watsona. Inspirací pro postavu Sherlocka Holmese byl dr. Joseph Bell, jeden z profesorů, kterého Doyle potkal při svých studiích medicíny. Jiří Tomek (1931 - 2013) Jiří Tomek byl moravský herec a dabér. Byl držitelem Ceny Františka Filipovského za celoživotní mistrovství v dabingu (1998). Vystudoval brněnskou JAMU (1953). Své první angažmá měl v Slováckém divadle v Uherském Hradišti, poté vstoupil do Divadla bratří Mrštíků v Brně. Hrál především komediální postavy, aAle zvládal také dramatické postavy. Jaroslav Kuneš (1939) Herec Jaroslav Kuneš patřil po několik desetiletí k významným oporám postupně dvou divadel v Brně, s filmem spolupracoval jen výjimečně, často se ale objevoval v produkci brněnského televizního studia. Narodil se v Klatovech, vyrůstal ale v Mariánských Lázních, kde také začal s amatérským divadlem. Pracoval také pro dabing a je na místě zmínit, že brněnský dabing měl v 70. a 80. letech dobrý zvuk. podílel se například na českém znění populárních animovaných seriálů BOLEK A LOLEK nebo SMOLÍKOVI. Jiří Samek (1931) Jiří Samek je český herec, kterého divadlo přivedlo do měst jako Karlovy Vary, Plzeň, a dokonce i do Šumperku, kde získal herecké angažmá. Později se objevil i Městských divadlech pražských. Proslavil ho dabing či čtení knih na audio kazety. Spolupracoval s Československým rozhlasem či s televizí. Za své výkony obdržel Cenu Československého rozhlasu a Cenu ministerstva kultury. Proslavil ho také umělecký přednes.

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The #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling authors and award-winning podcasters Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle created We Can Do Hard Things the guidebook for being alive â ” to help fellow travelers find their way through life.When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook. When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, friendship, uncertainty, aging, grief, new beginnings â “ life â “ you need a guidebook, too. We Can Do Hard Things is the guidebook for being alive.Every day, Glennon Doyle spirals around the same questions: Why am I like this? How do I figure out what I want? How do I know what to do? Why canâ ™t I be happy? Am I doing this right?The harder life gets, the less likely she is to remember the answers sheâ ™s spent her life learning. She wonders: Iâ ™m almost fifty years old. Iâ ™ve overcome a hell of a lot. Why do I wake up every day having forgotten everything I know?Glennonâ ™s compasses are her sister, Amanda, and her wife, Abby. Recently, in the span of a single year, Glennon was diagnosed with anorexia, Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Abbyâ ™s beloved brother died. For the first time, they were all lost at the same time. So they turned toward the only thing thatâ ™s ever helped them find their way: deep, honest conversations with other brave, kind, wise people.They asked each other, their dearest friends, and 118 of the worldâ ™s most brilliant wayfinders: As youâ ™ve traveled these roads â ”marriage, parenting, work, recovery, heartbreak, aging, new beginningsâ ”have you collected any wisdom that might help us find our way? As Glennon, Abby, and Amanda wrote down every life-saving answer, they discovered two things:No matter what road we are walking down, someone else has traveled the same terrain.The wisdom of our fellow travelers will light our way.They put all of that wisdom in one place: We Can Do Hard Thingsâ ”a place to turn when you feel clueless and alone, when you need clarity in the chaos, or when you want wise company on the path of life.We are all life travelers. We donâ ™t have to travel alone. We Can Do Hard Things is our guidebook.Featuring wisdom from: ALOK â ¢ Sara Bareilles â ¢ Dr. Yaba Blay â ¢ Kate Bowler â ¢ adrienne maree brown â ¢ Brandi Carlile â ¢ Brittney Cooper â ¢ Brittany Packnett Cunningham â ¢ Kaitlin Curtice â ¢ Megan Falley â ¢ Jane Fonda â ¢ Stephanie Foo â ¢ Ashley C. Ford â ¢ Ina Garten â ¢ Roxane Gay â ¢ Andrea Gibson â ¢ Elizabeth Gilbert â ¢ Dr. Orna Guralnik â ¢ Tricia Hersey â ¢ Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson â ¢ Luvvie Ajayi Jones â ¢ Dr. Becky Kennedy â ¢ Emily Nagoski â ¢ Esther Perel â ¢ Ai-Jen Poo â ¢ Cole Arthur Riley â ¢ Cheryl Strayed â ¢ Sonya Renee Taylor â ¢ Ocean Vuong â ¢ And many others

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There was a rumour, too, that he was a devil-worshipper, or something of that sort, and also that he had the evil eye... Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic Tales. Many of Doyle s writings are recognised as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes. This collection brings together over thirty of Conan Doyle s best Gothic Tales. Darryl Jones s introduction discusses the contradictions in Conan Doyle s very public life - as a medical doctor who became obsessed with the spirit world, or a British imperialist drawn to support Irish Home Rule - and shows the ways in which these found articulation in that most anxious of all literary forms, the Gothic.

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Since his first appearance in Beeton s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes s adventures in crime!Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling The Adventure of the Red Circle and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle s incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

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Nechme se okouzlit vypravěčským mistrovstvím Arthura Conana Doylea, jehož dílo vyzařuje žíznivou zvědavost, roznícenou fantazii i neuhasitelnou touhu po lepším světě, což ho jednoznačně vřazuje do jednadvacátého století. Tento druhý svazek zahrnuje Doyleovy prózy s dobrodružnými náměty, a to v moderním a jiskřivém českém překladu, přičemž některé z těchto próz vycházejí česky vůbec poprvé. Doyle se intenzivně zajímal o tajemné události a jevy, takže reagoval i na záhadné zmizení americké lodi Marie Celeste, jež byla nalezena roku 1872 opuštěná u Azorských ostrovů za okolností, o nichž se dodnes pouze spekuluje. O vysvětlení se Doyle pokusil v povídce Zpráva J. Habakuka Jephsona. Dalším nevšedním tvůrčím počinem je Vězňova obhajoba, která tvoří pandán ke známé holmesovské povídce Poslední poklona, v níž se Sherlock Holmes ve službách vlasti ujímá role falešného špiona. Třetí svazek, jenž vyjde s několikaměsíčním odstupem, ponese název Doktoři a další vědci. Čtyřdílnou Doyleovskou sérii uzavřeme novým překladem slavného Psa baskervillského, jehož vydání doprovodí působivé dobové ilustrace.

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Audiokniha: První detektivní román vydal Doyle v roce 1887, jmenoval se Studie v šarlatové a poprvé v něm představil slavnou dvojici – geniálního detektiva Sherlocka Holmese a jeho věrného přítele a zároveň vypravěče Holmesových případů doktora Watsona. U čtenářů však více zabrala až druhá kniha Znamení čtyř. Po ní následovala výhodná objednávka Strand Magazinu na sérii povídek s Holmesem. Doyle nakonec těchto povídek napsal celkem šestapadesát a na jejich zápletkách se učili řemeslu další detektivní autoři, zatímco některé Holmesovy detektivní postupy prý přebírali policisté ze slavného Scotland Yardu. Příběhy byly tak úspěšné, že se na Strand Magazine stály fronty. Je paradoxem, že povídky, které mu vynesly největší úspěch, psal Doyle kvůli obživě. A protože ho odváděly od psaní vážné literatury, pokusil se – věren svému žánru – Sherlocka Holmese zabít. Rozhořčené protesty čtenářů, a dokonce samotné královny Victorie ho však přiměly – i když odolával dlouhých deset let – Holmese vrátit mezi živé.

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Summoned from London, journalist Edward Malone, narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle’s prehistoric-adventure novel The Lost World, finds himself reunited with his erstwhile travelling companions at the country home of their leader, the indomitable Professor Challenger, who, confining his guests in a sealed room with the cylinders of oxygen they have brought at his request, informs them that the Earth is passing through an immense miasma of poisonous ether that will likely extirpate all life. And so the isolated inmates begin a grim and terrifying vigil – but will the toxic vapour dissipate before their limited supply of oxygen is exhausted?Presented here with two short stories representing further thrilling episodes in the illustrious career of Conan Doyle’s other great anti-hero, Professor Challenger – ‘The Disintegration Machine’ and ‘When the World Screamed’ – The Poison Belt is a tour de force of speculative fiction that is the equal of any of the author’s best-known works.The Poison Belt and Other Professor Challenger’s Stories is part of Alma Classics Arthur Conan Doyle Collection which includes: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life, Tales of Long Ago, Tales of Terror and Mystery, Tales of Twilight and the Unseen, The Lost World and The Tragedy of the Korosko.Alma Classics is committed to making available a wide range of literature from around the globe. Most of the titles are enriched by an extensive critical apparatus, notes and extra reading material, as well as a selection of photographs. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition and edited using a fresh, accessible editorial approach. With an emphasis on production, editorial and typographical values, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading classics.

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At 30, Laura Doyle, like millions of women, was miserable in her marriage, but she couldn t put her finger on the cause. I was lonely and I was exhausted from trying to do everything myself. When I learned to stop controlling and criticising my husband and practised receiving graciously, something magical happened. The union I had always dreamed of appeared. The man who had wooed me was back, writes Doyle. In THE SURRENDERED WIFE, Laura Doyle presents a radical and controversial approach to relationships: women can enjoy great sex, harmony and the intimacy they crave when they stop controlling their partner. Surrendering, she says, is the simplest principle for a great marriage and thousands of women swear by it. Covering both the emotional and practical aspects of marriage, it teaches women valuable lessons including how to respect the man they married, how to resist the temptation to bicker and how to trust their man. But most importantly, it shows how you can fall in love with your man all over again. With marriages and relationships fast becoming the first casualty of modern life, THE SURRENDERED WIFE could be the key to happy ever after .

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Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound! The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Dartmoor in the most famous of all of Arthur Conan Doyle s books. Is Sir Charles the latest victim of the ancestral Curse of the Baskervilles, which summons a demonic hound to stalk the moor and exact vengeance for a past misdeed, or is there a more modern, more prosaic explanation for the sudden death? In The Hound of the Baskervilles, the modern, rational world, and the ancient, supernatural world collide in the novel which brought Sherlock Holmes back from the dead.This new edition of Conan Doyle s classic mystery is part of a series of new editions of the Sherlock Holmes stories published in Oxford World s Classics. Darryl Jones s Introduction explores the competing worlds of the supernatural and the scientific in the novel and in Arthur Conan Doyle s life, the novel s colonial background and origins, and the role of landscape, folklore, and folk horror in the novel.

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It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of The Strand Magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including The Red-Headed League , The Blue Carbuncle , and The Speckled Band . Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the Woman - in the very first story, A Scandal in Bohemia .Catherine Wynne s introduction reappraises the stories by looking at Conan Doyle s medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective. This edition also features completely revised explanatory notes to reflect the most recent scholarship on Conan Doyle and Victorian Literature. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extreme political and social unrest saw the end of the French monarchy, the death of an extraordinary number of people beneath the guillotine s blade during the Terror, and the rise of Napoleon, as well as far reaching consequences still with us today, such as the enduring ideology of human rights, and decimalization.In this Very Short Introduction, William Doyle introduces the French old regime and considers how and why it collapsed. Retelling the unfolding events of the revolution, he analyses why the revolutionaries quarrelled with the king, the church and the rest of Europe, why this produced Terror, and finally how it accomplished rule by a general. Doyle also discusses how and why the revolution destroyed the age-old cultural, institutional, and social structures in France and beyond. In this new edition, Doyle includes new sections highlighting the main developments in the field since the first edition, before exploring the legacy of the revolution in the form of rationality in public affairs and responsible government.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Find peace and joy through stress-free, mindful parenting, with bestselling author Oli Doyle s six-week guide.In Mindful Parenting, bestselling author and mindfulness guru Oli Doyle provides a six-week guide to reveal how mindfulness can help us be completely present in the messy reality that is parenting. This inspiring, empowering guide to making your parenting journey a means to achieve peace of mind, will give parents the skills to enjoy every moment with their children. Key learnings include: how to move beyond beliefs about parenting and the need to be the perfect parent; learn how to appreciate and enjoy the simple things in life; and how to make not knowing a positive opportunity in family life.The Mindful Living series is a new series of short mindfulness books dedicated to enhance three important areas of our lives: parenting, relationships and work. Oli Doyle shows that all the key domains of life provide great opportunities to practice mindfulness and discover peace of mind.

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A wild, sleazy, drug-filled odyssey ... Doyleâ ™s maverick novel deserves the accolades coming its way Independent The best work to date from a writer who gets better and better with each release Irish Indepdendent A masterclass in what not to do New Statesman His best book so far: riddling, irreverent, fearless TLSRob has spent most of his confusing adult life wandering, writing, and imbibing literature and narcotics in equally vast doses. Now, stranded between reckless youth and middle age, between exaltation and despair, his travels have acquired a de facto purpose: the immemorial quest for transcendent meaning.On a lurid pilgrimage for cheap thrills and universal truth, Doyleâ ™s narrator takes us from the menacing peripheries of Paris to the drug-fuelled clubland of Berlin, from art festivals to sun-kissed islands, through metaphysical awakenings in Asia and the brink of destruction in Europe, into the shattering revelations brought on by the psychedelic DMT.A dazzling, intimate, and profound celebration of art and ageing, sex and desire, the limits of thought and the extremes of sensation, Threshold confirms Doyle as one of the most original writers in contemporary literature.

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In Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by nine Gothic adventures: The Sussex Vampire , The Creeping Man , Shoscombe Old Place , The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax , The Veiled Lodger , The Devil s Foot , The Blanched Soldier and The Cardboard Box . All of the stories are accompanied by their original illustrations. With an introduction by the collection s editor, David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector s Library are books to love and treasure. The Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges. Author Information Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.

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When Jude Doyle began his transition in the summer of 2020, he had a very public career as a feminist-winning awards from women s organizations, writing for women s magazines, publishing books on women s issues. Then, after a decade in the movement, he had to walk out in front of the public and tell them he had never been a woman at all. Doyle offers a seldom-heard and much-needed transmasculine perspective on feminist subjects, drawing together strands of intersectional feminist theory and queer and trans politics to show that all their struggles are the same struggle: The fight for bodily sovereignty against a patriarchy that is always eager to hollow us out and use us to further its own agenda. DILF offers a strong rebuke to trans-exclusionary feminisms that seek to drive a wedge between gender-marginalized communities. Using interviews, critical analysis, and Doyle s own personal experience, DILF proves that feminism is a vital and necessary tool for understanding the politics of the body, whoever you are.

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s final twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Featuring crypts at midnight, strange bones in a furnace and a blood-sucking vampire, these tales explore the darker side of human nature and involve betrayal, violence and the terrible consequences of infidelity. This Macmillan Collector s Library edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on Sherlock Holmes. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector s Library are books to love and treasure. Author Information Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World, as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. Later, he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930.

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Elektronická kniha - autor Margalit Foxová, 272 stran, česky Byla to jedna z nbsp;těch neblaze proslulých vražd své doby. Vyvolala rozruch v nbsp;celé Británii začátku dvacátého století a zanedlouho i ve světě, protože oběť patřila k vyšším kruhům, zločin byl spojen se ztrátou diamantů, pátrání vedlo za oceán a vychytralá služebná věděla daleko víc, než se rozhodla říci. Jak napsal sir Arthur Conan Doyle v roce 1912, „byl to ten nejbrutálnější a nejotrlejší zločin, jaký se kdy zapsal do oněch ponurých pramenů, jež poskytují kriminologovi látku k bádání“. Nicméně navzdory osudovému dramatu a tisícovkám slov, jež o něm Conan Doyle napsal, nebyl příběh této vraždy smyšlený. Šlo o skutečný případ, vraždu, pro kterou byl nevinný člověk stíhán, postaven před soud, usvědčen a málem oběšen.

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Elektronická kniha - ze série Lovec záhad Artie Conan Doyle, autor Robert J. Harris, 184 stran, česky Jednoho dne stvoří Arthur Conan Doyle toho nejznámějšího detektiva na světě – Sherlocka Holmese. Teď je mu ale dvanáct a řeší své vlastní záhady! nbsp; Jednoho dne stvoří toho nejznámějšího detektiva na světě – Sherlocka Holmese. Teď je však Artiemu dvanáct a řeší své vlastní záhady. Když se jednou v noci vplíží se svým nejlepším kamarádem na hřbitov, rozhodně nečekají, že tam potkají ducha Šedé paní a objeví stopy obrovského psiska. Podivná vodítka je dovedou k sérii krádeží, jež má na svědomí tajemný Klub hrobníků. Pátrání je zavede nejen na hřbitovy, ale i do ponurých uliček Edinburghu…

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Skotský spisovatel sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), známý především jako tvůrce nesmrtelného detektiva Sherlocka Holmese, se v tomto výboru představuje českému čtenáři jako autor dobrodružných povídek. Promítají se do nich jeho životní zkušenosti z mnoha oborů, původní povolání lékaře, poznatky zkušeného spiritisty, laického kazatele, historika, válečného zpravodaje, politického činitele i propagátora sportu. Jako vynikající vypravěč dokáže nejen v ringu nebo na bitevním poli, ale i ve sférách zdánlivě krotkých, například v oblasti vědeckého bádání nebo společenského života, nalézt vzrušení. V drobných prózách se setkáváme s malebnou škálou figur a figurek a postupně nám dochází, že pod barvotiskovým vyobrazením udatných mužů se Doyle jako mistr svého řemesla ve druhém plánu často vysmívá pompézně sebevědomým hlupákům a dovedně paroduje různé literární žánry. Při četbě knihy Z kroniky dobrodružství si uvědomíme, že jeho shovívavý humor je sice možná v našem literárním zatím prostředí nedoceněn, ale že podtrhává význam lidských vlastností, jako jsou neokázalé hrdinství, smysl pro čest nebo síla charakteru. A ty jsou aktuální v každé době, zejména v té naší.

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Audiokniha: Jedinečné líčení atmosféry tajemství a hrůzy z událostí, které se zprvu vzpírají logickému chápání, činí z Baskervillského psa nejslavnější Doylův detektivní román. Detektiv Sherlock Holmes se svým přítelem a pomocníkem doktorem Watsonem vyšetřují případy záhadných úmrtí na venkovském panství v pochmurné krajině vřesovišť. Kdo měl zájem na smrti sira Charlese, dobrosrdečného mecenáše zdejšího nehostinného kraje? Je oním vraždícím monstrem skutečně nepolapitelný děsivý pes? Geniální dílo v novém překladu Richarda Podaného. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930) byl britský spisovatel, proslulý především příběhy o Sherlocku Holmesovi, jež zásadně ovlivnily podobu detektivního žánru. Vasil Fridrich po absolvování DAMU získal angažmá ve Švandově divadle, v letech 2002–2005 působil ve Středočeském divadle Kladno. Po dvanácti letech angažmá v Městských divadlech pražských (ABC a ROKOKO) odešel v roce 2017 na volnou nohu. Na Dvojce Českého rozhlasu moderuje talkshow Noční Mikrofórum a věnuje se také práci na poli rozhlasové činohry či natáčení audioknih. Zahrál si například ve dvoudílném televizním filmu Metanol nebo ve snímcích Hodinový manžel, Teorie tygra či v seriálech Specialisté nebo Ulice. Arthur Conan Doyle: Baskervillský pes | Překlad Richard Podaný | Čte Vasil Fridrich | Režie Jan Drbohlav | Zvuk a střih Kate Hamsíková | Mastering a Soud design Štěpán Škoch | Hudba Darek Král – Skladba „Footprints“ nahrána a smíchána ve studiu SONO Records, Mix a mastering Adam Karlík, Housle Pavel Šporcl | Audiokniha natočena ve studiu All Senses Production s. r. o. | Grafiku CD připravila Lucie Traganová | Produkce Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – Témbr, v dubnu 2021

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Držíte v rukou třetí díl neholmesovských próz, který obsahuje především povídky věnované lékařům a jiným badatelům. Snad právě proto, že A. C. Doyle byl sám původním povoláním lékař, jsou jeho příběhy prostoupeny hlubokým porozuměním pro trpící i pro ty, kdo na sebe berou břemeno zodpovědnosti za jejich uzdravení. I těžké životní zkoušky v podobě nemoci dokáže vykreslit s nadhledem a podtrhnout tragikomické aspekty utvářejících se situací. Zavede nás na operační sál ve viktoriánské nemocnici, do ordinace novopečeného lékaře, který s napětím čeká na svého prvního pacienta (Začátek nanečisto, jenž česky vychází vůbec poprvé), anebo mezi lékaře klábosící u sklenky o svých případech. Ve většině těch próz nacházíme humorné až ironické prvky, které dokládají autorův smysl pro humor. Zklamáni nebudou ani ti, kdo si libují v dobrodružných příbězích s vysloveně detektivní zápletkou: pro ně jsou ve výboru prózy Černý doktor a Doktor na blatech. Nechybí pak povídky týkající se konstruktérů, vynálezců a dalších smělých odborníků. Osu výboru však tvoří texty s láskou a pokorou věnované profesi lékařské, která hraje nenahraditelnou úlohu v každé společnosti a v každé době. Nechme se znovu okouzlit fantazií a vypravěčským mistrovstvím sira Arthura Conana Doylea, jehož touha po poznání a po lepším světě oslovuje stále nové a nové generace čtenářů. Závěrečný čtvrtý díl doyleovské série přinese nový překlad slavné knihy The Hound of the Baskervilles s českým názvem Pes rodu Baskervillů.

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Lyžařské a snowboardové brýle odolné proti zamlžení, větrací otvory.. Lyžařské a snowboardové brýle WORKER Doyle jsou moderní lyžařské a snowboardové brýle pro děti s propracovaným systémem odmlžování zajišťujícím dobrou viditelnost. Pásek brýlí je opatřen mechanismem pro snadné nastavení velikosti brýlí a větrací otvory zajišťují odvětrávání obličeje a odmlžování skla. Díky anatomickému tvarování brýle přesně obepínají kontury obličeje a při jízdě na lyžích i snowboardu působí maximálně přirozeně. Pásek brýlí WORKER Doyle je graficky sladěn s designem obroučky a brýle tak působí velmi stylově.Technický popis: anatomicky tvarované z odolných materiálů extra pružný upínací pásek brýlí s grafickým designem obroučka brýlí s grafickými designy přesné nastavení velikosti obvodu oranžové sklo s částečně zrcadlovým odleskem kategorie zorníku: S2 (propouští 18 - 43%, barva oranžová, vhodný v zimě či zkraje jara, zataženo, slabá mlha) brýle jsou odolné proti zamlžení propracovaný systém odvětrávání a odmlžování skla ochrana proti UV záření měkké polstrování vnitřní strany brýlí nízká hmotnost celková šířka: 20 cm šířka hledí: 15 cm výška u kořene nosu: 6 cm celková výška: 8 cm

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle působil jako lékař, laický kazatel, spiritista, historik a reformátor občanského života. Světovou proslulost získal nesmrtelnou postavou londýnského detektiva Sherlocka Holmese, ovšem kromě toho napsal celou řadu povídek a románů se silným spirituálním podtextem, díky nimž je možné ho považovat za jednoho z předchůdců vědecko-fantastické literatury. V češtině dosud nepublikovaná kniha Z hlubin věků obsahuje kratší prózy z období starověku a středověku, které se týkají důležitých momentů v dějinách lidstva, například odchodu Římanů z Británie, dobytí Kartága, šíření křesťanství, hunského tažení do Asie a Evropy nebo vzniku islámu. Vzhledem ke svým rozsáhlým znalostem historie a také cestovatelským zkušenostem podává A. C. Doyle obraz doby s detailní přesností a literárně ho rozvíjí do té míry, aby přiměl čtenáře uvažovat v širších souvislostech. Tyto jedinečné povídky jsou aktuální dodnes, protože přinášejí hluboké sondy do mechanismů moci a poskytují silné náměty k zamyšlení nad morálkou a duchovními kořeny novodobé společnosti.

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Kniha poskytuje čtenáři přehled o všech obrněných vozidlech, která používaly jednotky Wehrmachtu i SS během druhé světové války. Více než 300 stran textu, který doprovází přes 400 fotografií, z nichž mnohé nebyly doposud zveřejněny, činí z této knihy nejobsáhlejší dílo na toto téma. David Doyle jako zkušený autor sestavil publikaci ideální pro historika i modeláře, v níž nabízí technické informace, fotografie a historii nasazení: obrněných automobilů polopásových vozidel tanků útočných děl stíhačů tanků Jagdpanzer a Panzerjäger samohybných děl, houfnic a minometů protiletadlových vozidel plamenometných vozidel vyprošťovacích vozidel obrněných ženijních vozidel David Doyle je uznávaný odborník na vojenská vozidla a oceňovaný autor více než stovky publikací. V roce 2015 obdržel prestižní Cenu Barta Vanderveena od Military Vehicle Preservation Association, udělovanou těm, kdo zásadně přispěli k péči o historickou vojenskou techniku po celém světě.

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Just before Christmas 1908, Marion Gilchrist, a wealthy 82-year-old spinster, was found bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow home. A valuable diamond brooch was missing, and police soon fastened on a suspect - Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant who was rumoured to have a disreputable character. Slater had an alibi, but was nonetheless convicted and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment in the notorious Peterhead Prison.Seventeen years later, a convict called William Gordon was released from Peterhead. Concealed in a false tooth was a message, addressed to the only man Slater thought could help him - Arthur Conan Doyle. Always a champion of the downtrodden, Conan Doyle turned his formidable talents to freeing Slater, deploying a forensic mind worthy of Sherlock Holmes.Drawing from original sources including Oscar Slater s prison letters, this is Margalit Fox s vivid and compelling account of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Scottish history.

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Since his first appearance in Beeton s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes s adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes s famous seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

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Audiokniha: Také se domníváte, že Arthur Conan Doyle = příběhy Sherlocka Holmese, a nic víc? A přece Doyle napsal několik desítek knih - románů, povídkových sbírek, ba i básní. Kapitán Polární hvězdy - příběh velrybářské lodi uvězněné v ledu arktického moře, napovídá, že jde o příběhy dobrodružné, nevšední, s překvapivým rozuzlením ? příběhy, které přesvědčivě dokazují, že tato část povídkové tvorby Doylovy je neprávem opomíjena.

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Arthur Conan Doyle napísal viac diel o svojom detektívovi, ako obsahuje tradičný „kánon“ Sherlocka Holmesa, t. j. kompletné dielo zahŕňajúce štyri romány a 56 poviedok, ktoré sme vydali v predchádzajúcich zväzkoch edície.Sherlock Holmes je postava, ktorá vedie pestrý literárny život a príležitostne si odskočí rozdať pár rád pri detektívnom pátraní v iných poviedkach, pátra po zločine na javisku v divadle, ako na starého známeho naňho narazíme pri čítaní eseje alebo novinového článku z pera A. C. Doylea.Všetky tieto nekanonické diela sa medzi holmesológmi označujú ako Apokryfy. Apokryfy Sherlocka Holmesa sú staro-nové, objavné a autentické sherlockovské zážitky určené pre všetkých holmesológov, fanúšikov a každého, kto si obľúbil postavu veľkého detektíva.

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, A Scandal in Bohemia where Holmes is foiled by the quick-thinking of the woman , Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, The Final Problem where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection is presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle s iconic detective. Arthur Conan Doyle is unique ... Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman Stephen Fry

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Featuring the last 12 stories ever written about the infamous detective, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains some of Conan Doyle s most villainous and unusual characters. The 1920s was a disenchanting era, and the darker mood of many of these stories reflects the environment at the time. Some even felt that the stories showed Conan Doyle exploring Spiritualism as it was an area he was interested in at the time and the mental derangement and physical disfigurements that crop up in many of the stories allude to the horrors of the First World War. The collection includes The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire , The Adventure of the Creeping Man and The Adventure of the Lion s Mane .

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Who were you before the world told you who to be?Part inspiration, part memoir, Untamed explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and instead dare to listen to and trust in the voice deep inside us. From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, speaker and activist Glennon Doyle.*****For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There. She. Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high but soon she realised they had come to her from within. This was the voice she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions and social conditioning. Glennon decided to let go of the world s expectations of her and reclaim her true untamed self.Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanising wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is also the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honour our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts.Untamed shows us how to be brave. And, as Glennon insists, The braver we are, the luckier we get.

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One of the BBC s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World The Hound of the Baskervilles gripped readers when it was first serialised and remains one of Sherlock Holmes s greatest and most popular adventures. Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. And, immersed in another case, he sends Dr Watson to Devon to protect the Baskerville heir and observe the suspects at close hand. With its atmospheric setting on the ancient, wild moorland and its savage apparition, The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. Rationalism is pitted against the supernatural and good against evil as Sherlock Holmes sets out to defeat a foe almost his equal.This edition contains a full chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle s life and works, an introduction by renowned horror scholar Professor Christopher Frayling discussing the background to the novel and the legends and events that inspired the story, with further reading and explanatory notes. Arthur Conan Doyle is unique ... Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman Stephen Fry

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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle are the complete adventures of the original and best detective, containing four novels and fifty-six short stories about the most engaging detective of all time, with a foreword by crime writer Ruth Rendell. The detective Sherlock Holmes - who continues to enthral millions in film and TV adaptations starring actors like Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch - was the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose crime stories have thrilled readers for well over a century. Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign spies, blackmailers, cultists, petty thieves, murderers, swindlers, policemen (both stupid and clever), and his arch-nemesis Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, together with his faithful sidekick Doctor John H. Watson, proves himself to be not only the quintessential detective but also the most engaging and entertaining company any reader could ask for. The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes allows readers to experience the entire case-history of Holmes and Dr. Watson from start to finish - the stories that have spawned such infamous characters as the devilish Moriarty, the devious Irene Adler and, of course, the legendary hound of the Baskervilles . . . This edition includes a foreword written by crime writer Ruth Rendell.

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There s an east wind coming... such a wind as never blew on England yet. Arthur Conan Doyle s His Last Bow features a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories written at a time of growing tensions in Europe. First published as a collection in 1917, against the backdrop of the First World War, the volume covers tales that deviate from the pattern of earlier Sherlock adventures which focus on individual culpability and the comfort of a simplistic restoration of order. The titular story in this collection was influenced by Doyle s personal experience of the war, and in these tales the solutions to seemingly small-scale, local, mysteries uncover crimes concerning national security, or even expose the covert evil actions of organizations and powerful dictators. This edition contains a new introduction by Trish Ferguson which offers a richly detailed contextual backdrop for understanding the work as an act of war service designed to offer a morale boost to both British troops abroad and readers at home.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Part of the elegant Timeless Classics series, The Complete Sherlock Holmes is comprised of 4 full-length novels and 56 short stories featuring the world’s most famous pipe-smoking detective. For Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide, this stunning hardcover edition is perfect for gift giving.Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1867 and 1927, the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning and expert sleuthing to solve an array of complex and harrowing cases. From his home—221B Baker Street in London—the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion and chronicler, Dr. Watson) baffled policemen and became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations and even more eccentric habits.Featuring a foreword from renowned Holmes scholar Daniel Stashower, (author of A Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes in America), The Complete Sherlock Holmes contains every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written. From Holmes’ first appearance in “A Study in Scarlet” (1887) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901–1902), through the collection of stories in the The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, this deluxe edition boasts the entire Holmes catalogue.The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.Other titles in the series include: The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, The Complete Tales Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

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Selected, Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies.The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle s â ˜Baker Street Dozenâ ™, creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world s most famous detective.Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London swathed in eddies of fog and illuminated by gaslight, is to be found the remarkable character of Sherlock Holmes and his staunch companion, Doctor John H. Watson. Few will be able to resist this invitation to step aboard the waiting hansom cab and rattle off along cobbled streets into unimagined dangers and intrigues.

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