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The Rasp introduces the world to the amazing Anthony Gethryn, an ex-secret service agent, and occasional newspaper correspondent. He is assigned to cover the story of a cabinet minister, John Hoode, who was found murdered in the library of his country house, battered to death with a wood-rasp. Scotland yard has only one suspect Hoode's secretary Alan Deacon. But Gethryn is convinced that Deacon did not do it. To prove that he'll have to invest...

The Rasp introduces the world to the amazing Anthony Gethryn, an ex-secret service agent, and occasional newspaper correspondent. He is assigned to cover the story of a cabinet minister, John Hoode, who was found murdered in the library of his country house, battered to death with a wood-rasp. Scotland yard has only one suspect Hoode's secretary Alan Deacon. But Gethryn is convinced that Deacon did not do it. To prove that he'll have to invest...

A victim is bludgeoned to death with a woodworker's rasp in this first case for the famed gentleman detective Anthony Gethryn - the latest in a new series of classic detective novels from the vaults of HarperCollins.

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Excerpt from X V. RexThis sudden giant stride was due to the idea, shyly enough inaugurated in the three years immediately following 1918 but boldly swelling with each succeeding year that because a man must work in the grey and dangerous jungle of London it does not follow that he must eat his evening meal there and sleep there and spend there his Saturday afternoons and Sabbaths.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

Excerpt from X V. RexThis sudden giant stride was due to the idea, shyly enough inaugurated in the three years immediately following 1918 but boldly swelling with each succeeding year that because a man must work in the grey and dangerous jungle of London it does not follow that he must eat his evening meal there and sleep there and spend there his Saturday afternoons and Sabbaths.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

This volume examines the major issues in the philosophy of social science. It pays specific attention to cross-cultural understanding, humanism versus scientism, individualism versus collectivism, and the shaping of theory by evaluative commitment.

Non succede molto spesso che una compagnia di assicurazioni si veda consegnare, stipate in due grossi e pesanti sacchi, 287.499 banconote da una sterlina. E il tutto accompagnato da un biglietto anonimo con l'indicazione "Questo è il saldo. Con molti ringraziamenti". Eppure così comincia, o meglio finisce, uno dei più intriganti e bizzarri romanzi dell'età d'oro del giallo (siamo nel 1930) scritto da Philip MacDonald. E per scoprire perché ter...

Helps you to explore the history of ancient civilizations in eight amazing history books. This title lets you discover how people lived in ancient days: their wars, work, inventions, fashion, art and food. It includes fascinating facts and 120 step-by-step projects.

A Detective Club classic from 1985, featuring gentleman detective Anthony Ruthven Gethryn. Includes an introduction by H.R.F. Keating.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In this Radio Theatre audio drama adaptation of George MacDonald's classic story, a beautiful woman known as the North Wind blows through a small village in Victorian London, and everyday lives are mysteriously enveloped by a power and a glory. Along the way, she visits a poor stable boy named Diamond and takes him with her on her journeys. "At the Back of the North Wind" explores the place of death in our lives, social injustice, and our deep...

¿Already loose sand had drifted over the stamped-down square which momentarily had distinguished the subaltern¿s grave: no there was no sign, no mark, no indication whatsoever. There had been, here, eleven men. Now ten rode away¿ In the Mesopotamian desert during World War I, the leader of a British patrol is shot and killed, by an unseen enemy. The officer is the only one who knows their orders and has not told anyone else where they are loca...

Typological and chronological details of various iron and copper alloy artifacts recovered from an airfield in Llyn Cerrig Bach in the 1940s are examined in this definitive history of La Tene metalwork. A revised interpretation of the character and chronology of disposition is proposed, and discussions cover the fieldwork at the site, the metallurgical analysis of the assemblage, and insular La Tene art.

This full color book is a collection of historical works, portraits, and landscapes created by the renowned American artist Chris Hopkins. It is a fascinating and historically accurate depiction of two periods of the Northwest Native American culture and the People of various tribes who first settled the North American west coast regions. Mr. Hopkins work is painted in a classic realistic style, honed by his decades as an acclaimed illustrator...