That Affair Next Door and Lost Man`s Lane, Anna Katharine Green
Автор: Hughes Shirley Название: Out and About ISBN: 1406372420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406372427 Издательство: Walker Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.) Описание: A beautiful first collection of poems by two-time Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Shirley Hughes.
Автор: O`Byrne Nicola Название: What`s Next Door? ISBN: 0857638335 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857638335 Издательство: Nosy Crow Рейтинг: Цена: 1187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (более 5-х шт.) Описание: Why not try Bad Cat, Open Very Carefully, The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin, The Last Book Before Bedtime and Use Your Imagination.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free `Stories Aloud` audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!
Автор: White C. E. Название: Vincent in Wonderland: Prequel to The Worlds Next Door ISBN: 0991232992 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991232994 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3442.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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11-year-old Vincent van Gogh discovers a curious new world through a tunnel on the moor. A mysterious white rabbit introduces Vincent to Alice, and their quest begins--defeat the dreaded Jabberwock before it consumes all of Wonderland.
A slithy tove, an ill-tempered caterpillar, and the Cheshire cat meet them along the path as their adventures take them through fields dancing with flowers, tangled forests, and looking-glass pools.
But all is not what it seems in Wonderland, and Vincent may not have-- and may not want-- what it takes to succeed. Destroying the Jabberwock may cost more than he's willing to give.
Автор: Spiotto Joey Название: Alien Next Door ISBN: 1785650262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785650260 Издательство: Titan books ltd. Рейтинг: Цена: 2015.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: See a new, caring side to the legendary science fiction monster as he tends to Jonesy the cat, endeavours to keep his house cleaner than the Nostromo, and searches for his place on a cold, new, alien world: Earth. From facehuggers to feather dusters, discover how the perfect killing machine relaxes after a day of scaring space marines.
Автор: Duddle Jonny Название: Pirates Next Door ISBN: 1848773927 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848773929 Издательство: Bonnier Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1187.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Jolley-Rogers move to Dull-on-Sea and get tongues wagging!
Автор: Alemagna Beatrice Название: The Bug Next Door ISBN: 0714863564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714863566 Издательство: Phaidon Press Ltd. Рейтинг: Цена: 1101.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Celebrate the differences and similarities between girl and boy bugs.
Автор: Anna Katharine Green Название: That Affair Next Door and Lost Man`s Lane ISBN: 082233190X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822331902 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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Anna Katharine Green was the most famous and prolific writer of detective fiction in the United States prior to Dashiell Hammett. Her first novel, The Leavenworth Case, was the bestseller of 1878. Green is credited with a number of “firsts” within the mystery genre, including the gentleman murdered as he makes out his will and the icicle as murder weapon. She created the first female detectives in American fiction. Her amateur spinster sleuth, Amelia Butterworth, became the prototype for numerous women detectives to follow, including Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. Nosy, opinionated, and tenacious, Amelia Butterworth engages in a sustained rivalry with Ebenezer Gryce, a police detective. In the interaction between these characters, Green developed two more conventions adopted by future generations of mystery writers: the investigation as battle between the sexes and between the professional and the unexpectedly sharp, observant amateur. This volume presents two of Green’s Amelia Butterworth tales: That Affair Next Door (1897) and Lost Man’s Lane (1898).
Автор: Green Anna Katharine Название: That Affair Next Door ISBN: 1374855960 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781374855960 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6541.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Green Anna Katharine Название: That Affair Next Door ISBN: 1464212953 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464212956 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"This inaugural volume in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, featuring the first woman sleuth in a series, is a must for genre buffs." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
The first book in an exciting new classic mystery series created in partnership with the Library of Congress, That Affair Next Door follows Miss Amelia Butterworth, an inquisitive single woman who becomes involved in a murder investigation after the woman next door turns up dead.
Miss Amelia Butterworth prides herself on being an observer of human nature, especially of the people she sees every day from her usual spot at her front window--that is, until she witnesses the prelude to a ghastly murder. Late at night, two people enter her neighbor's home, but only one leaves. The next morning a young woman is found dead, crushed beyond recognition beneath a cabinet. But her death was no accident--it soon comes to light that she was stabbed by a seemingly innocuous item: a hat pin.
Rife with social tension and mistaken identity, the messy case is assigned to veteran Detective Ebenezer Gryce. He expects Miss Butterworth to demurely return home, but she was there at the beginning of this case and she intends to see it through to the end. Miss Butterworth is determined to solve the mystery before the detective, but what begins as a battle of the sexes soon turns into a fight for the ever-elusive truth.
Anna Katharine Green is credited as the "mother of the detective novel," and the classic That Affair Next Door proves that the intrigue of a well-crafted mystery is timeless.
Описание: The significance of author Anna Katherine Green (1846-1935) upon American detective fiction cannot be underestimated. Not only was she among the first writers of the detective story in the United States but in her career she penned over 40 novels and short stories in the genre. She turned her literary attention from writing poetry to crime mysteries and published 'The Leavenworth Case' to great acclaim in 1878. Indeed this debut work is still regarded as an enduring classic. Furthermore, while most of us are familiar with the detectives of the New York Police Department as they have appeared in books, films and on television for decades, it was Green who was among the first to focus on the detectives of the NYPD as principal characters and, through her Detective Ebenezer Gryce offer him and the force to the public in series form. In the grand tradition of the sleuth Gryce has a number of 'sidekicks' including the nosey socialite, Amelia Butterworth-an embryonic Miss Marple. Green also wrote about another now familiar character type, the 'girl detective' in the form of debutante Violet Strange. These tales of the NYPD are set against the colourful world of the city of New York in the last two decades of the 19th century and this provides both the crimes and the characters that occupy these mysteries with an irresistible and unusual old world charm. This special Leonaur edition of the Detective Gryce casebooks comprises six substantial volumes and includes both novels and short stories featuring the famous criminal hunter. This first substantial volume includes the renowned, 'The Leavenworth Case' and 'That Affair Next Door.' We believe this six volume collection is the most complete collection of Gryce stories ever gathered together and is therefore an essential addition to the library of any collector of classic American crime fiction. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
