This vivid biography, written by John Dickson Carr, a giant in the field of mystery fiction, benefits from his full access to the archives of the eminent Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—to his notebooks, diaries, press clippings, and voluminous correspondence. Like his creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle had "a horror of destroying documents," and until his death in 1930, they accumulated t...(展开全部)

The 2nd edition of _Odyssey: The Authorised Biography of Arthur C. Clarke_. The only full-life biography of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, world renown author of more than 100 books, one of the great science and science fiction writers of the 20th Century, who also had the famous collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The 2nd edition of _Odyssey: The Authorised Biography of Arthur C. Clarke_. The only full-life biography of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, world renown author of more than 100 books, one of the great science and science fiction writers of the 20th Century, who also had the famous collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Duckworth are proud to present this first modern edition of The Tragedy of Arthur by William Shakespeare. The long-lost play surfaces in Phillips's new novel, a sublime faux memoir framed as the introduction to the play's first printing. Arthur and his twin sister, Dana, maintained an unusual relationship with their gregarious father, a forger whose passion for the bard and fo...(展开全部)

An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to ...(展开全部)

An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to ...(展开全部)

Thirteen of Robert E. Howard's legendary stories starring Conan the barbarian, one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created---a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.

The Tragedy of Arthur is an emotional and elaborately constructed tour de force from “one of the best writers in America” ( The Washington Post ). Its doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young novelist struggling with a con artist father who works wonders of deception. Imprisoned for decades and nearing the end of his life, Arthur’s father reveals a treasure he’s kept secret for...(展开全部)

The Tragedy of Arthur is an emotional and elaborately constructed tour de force from bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Arthur Phillips, “one of the best writers in America” ( The Washington Post ). Its doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young man struggling with a larger-than-life father, a con artist who works wonders of deception but is a most unreliable parent....(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Immediately popular when it first appeared around 1356, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville became the standard account of the East for several centuriesa work that went on to influence luminaries as diverse as Leonardo da Vinci, Swift, and Coleridge. Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, Ind...(展开全部)