Arthur Conan Doyle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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English literature's first and greatest superhero, Sherlock Holmes still fascinates readers more than 100 years after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the beloved detective. In this, the first collection of Holmes's stories, the detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious bank robber, and to save an innocent son accused of patricide. Though readers have good reason to believe Holmes will somehow triumph...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Eerie illustrations enhance a blood-curdling edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most-celebrated Sherlock Holmes mystery, bringing its delicious shivers to a new generation of readers. Is it true that a hellish hound is haunting the lonely moors, hunting down the hapless Baskervilles through the generations? If anyone can put this chilling legend to rest, it's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It seems the body of the latest owner of the Baskerville...
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A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others, dilettante sleuth Sherlock Holmes was the hero of sixty stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1887 and 1927. He even rose from the dead after Doyle tried to dispatch him in his twenty-fourth adventure, and readers protested. Here, in one volume, are all four full-length novels and fifty-six short stories about the colourful...
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The book was first published on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and in a Colonial edition by Longmans. 30,000 copies were made of the initial print run. The US edition by McClure, Phillips & Co. added another 28,000 to the run.
This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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This is the first of Conan Doyle's full-length Holmes novels and plunges us straight into the dark world of an unsolved murder in Victorian London, which has links to the American West and the Mormons. Holmes displays his powers to solve "the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life." Includes bonus features of the short story, "The adventure of the speckled band" and companion eBook, with automatic start-up with full instructions,...
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The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. Interestingly, for a seminal work of dinosaur-related fiction, the animals only occupy a small portion of the narrative. Much more time is devoted to a war between early human hominids
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When an Englishwoman receives mysterious gifts of pearls and a letter promising to right wrongs done to her, she calls upon Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate. This recording of The Sign of Four includes the bonus Sherlock Holmes story "The Red-Headed League.".
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Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
[1986]
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English
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the bleak wastes of Dartmoor to solve the mystery surrounding the late Sir Charles Baskerville and a ghostly hound. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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Tras una herida de guerra y las secuelas de una enfermedad, el Dr. Watson volverá a Londres donde se mudará junto a su viejo amigo Sherlock Holmes. Juntos empezarán una fructífera carrera como los investigadores mas famosos del siglo XIX. Considerada como el primer cuento sobre Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson, el estudio en escarlata presentará el caso de un misterioso asesinato. Una persona envenenada, sangre en las paredes y un misterioso mensaje...
15) Sherlock Holmes
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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El aristócrata solterónTras una majestuosa boda, la novia desaparece durante la recepción. El adinerado Lord Simon, su nuevo esposo, no tiene la más mínima idea si su nueva esposa se encuentra viva, secuestrada o si a escapado con otro hombre a sus espaldas.La ansiedad y los nervios de perderla influirán para que Simon, desesperadamente y con el corazón en la mano, solicite la ayuda de Sherlock Holmes y su fiel compañero Watson. Se supone...
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2010
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English
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Edited and introduced by Owen Dudley Edwards. '. . . if he has the thickest head he also has the stoutest heart in my army.' Thus spake Napoleon of Brigadier Etienne Gerard, and thus was established the formula for the great series of historical short stories which Conan Doyle inaugurated in the Strand magazine. Brigadier Gerard, an impeccably dressed young hussar, is a figure of fun as well as a soldier of great courage. In the spirit of Don Quixote...
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Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes es un libro que recopila cuentos policíacos escritos por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle en donde el protagonista es su celebre detective privado "Sherlock Holmes". El libro original fue ilustrado por Sidney Paget. Aquí se cuentan las primeras aventuras de Sherlock Holmes.
18) El Mundo Perdido
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Atrévete a entrar en el mundo perdido de Arthur Conan Doyle , novela usada como la principal inspiración para la famosa película Jurassic park , de Steven Spielberg.Esta novela trata sobre las situaciones extremas que Ed Malone tendrá que afrontar para sobrevivir en un mundo desconocido por la sociedad humana.Ed aprenderá a sobrevivir en un lugar oculto y extremadamente peligroso, en donde la raza o nacionalidad no tiene la mas mínima importancia...
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MPI Home Video
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English
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington: A British secret service operative carrying top-secret microfilm from England to Washington disappears while traveling to his destination. Filmed during WWII, this film pits Holmes and Watson against Nazi enemy agents.
Sherlock Holmes faces death: Dr. Watson, tending recuperating soldiers housed at centuries-old Musgrave Manor, summons Sherlock Holmes to investigate strange happenings. What follows is a bizarre series...
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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The question on everyone's lips is finally answered as the hugely popular Sherlock returns in three brand new action-packed adventures. With the demise of Moriarty, Sherlock finds himself locked in another mind battle with the powerful Charles Augustus Magnussen, who is holding the secrets of the world at his fingertips. Once again the game is on for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson!
