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Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement--or, district mandated exile as she calls it--Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days. The annual picnic is coming up, but that isn't nearly enough since the menu never changes and she had the roles mentally assigned...
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Publisher:
Mr. David Patteson
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Welcome to Grassy Creek, North Carolina. The year is 1919 and a pandemic is sweeping through this small Appalachian farming town. Doc Waddell rides horseback from sickbed to sickbed while the townspeople crowd into church for a revival. Dread Cox seeks the aid of a midwife because he "cain't afford a real doctor". Crystal befriends Georgia, a "colored" girl, despite the prejudices of her dad. The deputy sheriff makes a prisoner give his word that...
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Lexile measure:
630L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.
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Series:
Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes volume 12
Language:
English
Description:
"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921-April 1927. The original title "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel" was changed before publication. Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir...
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Publisher:
Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
Description:
Bound to a decaying Victorian mansion by a mysterious set of rules, Diana is overjoyed when Lissa arrives with her father, the new caretaker of the estate, but discovers if she makes contact, she could unleash evil forces beyond her control.
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Publisher:
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the very last Sherlock Holmes story. This ultimate investigation takes him to Berkshire, to a racing stable called Shoscombe Old Place. It's the head trainer, John Mason, who has asked for Holmes' help, although he is not sure exactly what he wants him to investigate. All he knows is that strange things have been happening. The owner of the stables, Lady Beatrice Falder, has suddenly stopped coming to greet...
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Series:
Warrensburg Trilogy volume 1
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
A trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on happily wreaking drunken havoc at the old man's place and in the nearby town. But when a naïve, mail-order bride arrives, she ignites a tinderbox of resentment, lust, and betrayal among the men that explodes in brutal depravity, bloody violence, and shocking death. This hard-boiled, literary...
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Language:
German
Description:
Shoscombe Old Place (Shoscombe Old Place) erschien erstmals im März 1927 im Liberty Magazin und im April des gleichen Jahres im Strand Magazine. Einige Monate später wurde er mit elf anderen Fällen in dem Sammelband Sherlock Holmes' Buch der Fälle veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: John Mason, Cheftrainer des Gestüts von Shoscombe Old Place, wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes, da er befürchtet, sein Arbeitgeber, Sir Robert Norberton, sei verrückt...
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Series:
Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes volume 12
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Sherlock Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton, Baronet. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Falder, owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband's brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened. Mason is not...
Author:
Publisher:
David R. Godine
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
Description:
Tojiro, a young seller of rice cakes in the Japanese capital of Edo, later known as Tokyo, is amazed to discover that the grumpy and shabby old man who buys his cakes is a famous artist renowned for his sketches, prints, and paintings of flowers, animals, and landscapes.
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Publisher:
Timely Audio
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
The world's most famous sleuth returns in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" -a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. In later seasons, Holmes was played by Tom Conway and John Stanley, and Watson was played by Alfred Shirley. Episodes from 1939 through 1943 were written or adapted by Edith Meiser from the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From 1943 onward,...
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Publisher:
Brown Dog Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
This coming-of-age novel follows the story of Sonny, and we cheer and suffer with him. In 1975 Sonny is dragged along to the funeral of family friend Freddie Wilson, music mogul and lawyer to the stars. Whilst tinkering on the grand piano in the music room in walks two bona fide legends, Charlie Watts and Syd Lawrence. They have him jamming along in no time. This sliding-doors, bittersweet moment propels him on a journey that he couldn't have imagined,...
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Series:
Sherlock Holmes Die Originale volume 50
Publisher:
Highscore Music
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
German
Description:
Auf dem Anwesen Shoscombe Old Place gehen merkwürdige Dinge vor sich. Haben diese Dinge wirklich nur etwas mit der Aufregung vor dem bevorstehenden Pferderennen zu tun, für das der Hausherr Sir Robert Norberton seinen besten Hengst Shoscombe Prince angemeldet hat? Oder ist hier ein Verbrechen geschehen? Beauftragt vom Cheftrainer des Gestüts begeben sich Holmes und Watson auf die Suche nach Antworten.
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Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
Description:
Explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as more traditional reasons such as history, national identity, and architecture.
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Series:
Publisher:
Baker Street Audio
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
German
Description:
Shoscombe Old Place (Shoscombe Old Place) erschien erstmals im März 1927 im Liberty Magazin und im April des gleichen Jahres im Strand Magazine. Einige Monate später wurde er mit elf anderen Fällen in dem Sammelband Sherlock Holmes' Buch der Fälle veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: John Mason, Cheftrainer des Gestüts von Shoscombe Old Place, wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes, da er befürchtet, sein Arbeitgeber, Sir Robert Norberton, sei verrückt...