Providing an overview of all aspects of the life and times of the world-famous detective, Riley and McAllister offer interesting and entertaining information about the fictional sleuth. Along with the trivia and information, the authors insert historical background on Victorian England, a short biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and brief synopses of the Holmes stories. Additional chapters cover explanations of rank in the British nobility, drugs used in the era, and the wars mentioned in the stories. Several chapters make forays into understanding the psychology of Holmes, his personality, and his pleasures. One entire chapter reviews the various clubs dedicated to him. A crossword puzzle, a Sherlock Holmes Mystery Map of London, and around 200 black-and-white illustrations, including some from the stories and some of Victorian London, add to the fun.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes (Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions)

Riley, Dick

McAllister, Pam

Reference

Continuum

Includes a summary of each Holmes story and novel, discusses the film adaptations, and offers trivia tidbits

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Includes a summary, period information, possible plot sources, background tidbits, and production details for thirty-six of Shakespeare's plays,

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare

Humor & Entertainment

In the same winning formula as The New Bedside, Bathtub &amp; Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (more than 300,000 copies sold) and The Bedside, Bathtub &amp; Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes (1999), this all-new companion to Shakespeare will present The Bard in a new and exciting way in a new century. For students, scholars, theater lovers, and scholars - nearly everyone! - this book wraps some 400 years of Bardology into a lively and often unexpected package.In their witty and inimitable way, Dick Riley and Pam McAllister examine the whole dramatic canon, play by play, including dramas of disputed authorship. (The long poems and sonnets are also covered.) Included are inside stories on theater and film productions, "alternate" interpretations of the plays, Shakespeare's status around the world, the clubs and societies, the mysterious life - and even the question that has plagued critics almost from the day he put down his quill: whether Shakespeare even wrote the works attributed to him.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare (Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Over 400,000 copies sold! If you are a mystery buff, an Agatha Christie fan, an occasional Christie reader or an acquaintance of any of the above, this book is for you and all your fortunate friends The Bedside, Bathtub &amp; Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, on the 25th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, continues as a grand salute to the queen of mysteries. It is filled with wonderful and surprising things about her books, her characters, the movies and plays based on them, and Dame Agatha herself. Original contributions by some sixty writers celebrate the Christie touch. Take your pick among thse intriguing features and speculations: -Surviving an English country weekend - if you had the advice of Hercule Poirot - A guide to the Christie poisions, as well as the cruder methods of genteel mayhem - The "other" Agatha Christie who wrote romantic novels - A murder victim's (!) first-person account of a Christie Mystery Weekend - The Hercule Poirot Double-Crostic and other puzzles That's a taste. There's much more - and witty plot summaries of all Christie's novels, plays, and many of her short stories. (But no endings, of course!) This treasury is more than entertainment - it is also a personal reference work for Christie fans. And there are scores of movie posters, film stills, illustrations and a Christie mystery map, too.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (Bedside Bathtub & Armchair Companions)

British & Irish

Bloomsbury Academic

Capital punishment, renounced as archaic and barbaric by almost all Western countries, is an increasingly hot topic. We watch, bewildered, as a parade of wrongly convicted inmates are freed from death row. Death Defying is a life-embracing, uplifting, and thoughtful argument against the death penalty and a handbook for all who oppose it. Elevating her subject from grim to engrossing, Pam McAllister draws on sources ranging from pop culture to the fine arts, street theater to opera, Harry Potter to Hamlet, and addresses complex issues of violence, racism, revenge, and forgiveness - particularly in the age of terrorism in which we live. This book is sure to galvanize readers with its myriad inspiring ideas on how to break the cycle of violence.

Death Defying: Dismantling the Execution Machinery in 21st Century U.S.A.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Lois Waisbrooker's a Sex Revolution

Waisbrooker, Lois

Social Sciences

New Society Pub

Using accounts from around the world and throughout history, this book describes womens struggle for social change through nonviolent action

You Can't Kill the Spirit (Barbara Deming Memorial Series, 1St.)

You Can't Kill the Spirit (Barbara Deming Memorial Series : Stories of Women and Nonviolence)

Self-Help

Relationships

This River of Courage: Generations of Women's Resistance and Action (Barbara Deming Memorial Series : Stories of Women and Nonviolent Action)

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