This work brings together eight Arthur Conan Doyle mystery classics. When first gathered into one volume in 1908, the book was entitled Round the Fire Stories, since the author recommended that they b
"... for my money it's the best history of World War I." - Robert Cowley, Military Historical Review The Great War began in Europe on July 28, 1914, one month after the assassination of the heir to th
In this “rousing mystery” (Booklist), Gentleman Detective Carolus Deene, the schoolmaster created by Bruce and featured in so many of his other books, has his work cut out for him this time. A respect
There were, and still are, great restaurants all over Europe, but the greater part of Blue Trout and Black Truffles is devoted to the eatingplaces and vineyards of France. It is a vicarious experience
When Ernest Rafter is murdered with a coal hammer in a seaside town, schoolmaster Carolus Deene becomes determined to solve the seemingly perfect crime
Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France is an unusual memoir about the childhood and young adulthood of Sarah Lew Miller. Born in a large Orthodox Jewish family in Dereczyn, Poland
When four Englishmen venture into the "prehistoric" world in a remote plateau of the South American jungle, they must rely on their cunning and superior intellect to escape from a band of pre-human ap
Just when counter clerk Teddy Warner is about to be evicted from her Scranton apartment, she bumps into beautiful, brilliant, blond Rachel – her estranged childhood friend whose mother forbid their fr
When her father leaves their small Hungarian village on the eve World War I, Serene, who is five-and-a-half years old, spends the next six years searching for him while she navigates the conflicting v
The amazing tale of ?County” is the story of one of America’s oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a ?poor house” dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago’s Cook Co
Rhiannon Paine, a technical writer for Hewlett-Packard in Silicon Valley, agreed reluctantly to transfer to their Tokyo branch. She had no idea what she was in for, and neither did her Japanese collea
A Theory of Great Men is the humorous, fast-paced story of an irreverent, flawed man who has a talent for accumulating both proteges and enemies. George Cavaliere, a veteran high school history teache
When Notre Dame line coach Joe Moore was fired, he sued the school for age discrimination. In this book, Lieberman (the attorney who argued the case) tells of the trial that followed, and of Moore's
Dr. Tsesis describes the path he traversed from religious ignorance to strong belief in the Jewish religion. Tsesis assigns a special place to the proof of his conclusion that religion and science—e
In the novel "George Evans, "the title character and his friend Charles Fletcher both aspire to live the alluring life of an international banker in 1960s London.
Carolyn Heilbrun, in Writing a Woman's Life, states that books about the real lives of women aren't written often enough. Women of Privilege is an attempt to fill that gap. The book describes three ge
