![]() ![]() ![]() While walking in the park, he accidentally pushes a hunched old man holding several books. Using the theory of his friend, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, Dr. The young man had no enemies, and the money and valuables that were in the room remained untouched. They could shoot through the window, but it opens onto a crowded street, and the killer could not go unnoticed. No traces were found, no one heard the shot. On the table lay money and a sheet counting card wins and losses. Hacking the door, they saw that the young man was dead - they shot him in the head. When they returned and knocked on Ronald, no one answered. Arriving home, Ronald locked himself in his room, where the window was open. That fateful evening, he again played with Colonel Moran, but lost a little. A month and a half before his death, Ronald paired with Colonel Moran won a large sum. Ronald was a fan of the card game and was a member of several clubs. In London, under very mysterious circumstances, the young Earl Ronald Adair was killed. Three years have passed since the death of Sherlock Holmes. British literature summaries - Short summary - The Adventure of the Empty House Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle VERY BRIEFLYĪfter a three-year absence, Sherlock Holmes returns and uses a cunning trap to deal with the first assistant to the deceased professor Moriarty. ![]()
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![]() “There’s an undeniable magic in the music an artist makes when they trust their own gut and don’t just follow the direction of others – and the same is true of making bourbon.” “Standing by your conviction isn’t always easy, but the boldest stories are told by those who trust their spirit,” Mark Watson, Marketing Director at Campari America, the spirits maker behind Wild Turkey, said in a news release. In the U.S., Wild Turkey has partnered with Austin, TX-based Americana musician Shakey Graves, who used his successful acting career as a jumping off point to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. ![]() ![]() ![]() This multi-faceted program furthers Wild Turkey’s ongoing commitment to elevating bold stories by being the bourbon behind the music and is an extension of the brand’s global campaign and platform, “Trust Your Spirit,” which features new creative starring various musical sensations from around the globe. 1 audio company responsible for putting thousands of emerging artists on the map – to continue the brand’s efforts to advance talented emerging artists, as well as those working behind the scenes, and give back to those who help shape culture in their community. This year, the brand has partnered with iHeartMedia – the No. launch of Trust Your Spirit, a 360° program designed to elevate bold voices in the music industry, spotlighting stories of community, creativity and conviction. ![]() ![]() Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan. ![]() The Key to Me and You by Jaye Robin Brown.Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown ( Amz).How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake – B ( Amz).Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow.How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow.Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler ( Amz). ![]()
![]() Household Workers Unite is a narrative history of African-American domestic-worker organizing and activism. In doing so, Nadasen's scholarship centres a working-class Black feminism long marginalized in male-centric histories of the civil rights and labour movements, and in middle-class white women's histories of the women's movement. In Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement and her previous book Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States (New York: Routledge, 2005), Nadasen explores how class, race, gender, culture, and the law constitute the meanings of the work of social reproduction and the ways in which working-class women of colour have disrupted these meanings, defining this labour as work, the home as a workplace, and in the case of domestic workers, claiming a right to organize as workers. ![]() W ithin a short period of time, Premilla Nadasen has established herself as one of the most important historians of the US labour movement writing today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The original story was by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. □ ” Ultimate End #5 courtesy Marvelīendis and artist Andrea Sorrentino are revisiting the world of Old Man Logan. “Here are the pencils for the cover of ultimate end number five by Mark Bagley. Issue One arrived today as Bendis shared this early look at Bagley’s final cover for issue 5 along with this tease. ![]() The fan-favorite writer answered questions about his Secret Wars tie-in books ( Ultimate End, Old Man Logan, Guardians of Knowhere) and shared art from Uncanny X-Men #600, his final issue in a special Marvel live event.īendis and Mark Bagley ( Ultimate Spider-Man) reunited for Ultimate End – the five part final story of the Ultimate Universe they helped create 15 years ago. The Marvel and Ultimate Universes are ending with Brian Michael Bendis square in the middle of the cosmic chaos. ![]() ![]() ![]() Richard Ronsman is a sheltered farm boy who lives in the shadow of his overbearing father. When tickets to the Aquarium Exposition-3 Days of Peace & Music, or Woodstock, as it was better known, go on sale, there’s no way he isn’t going. ![]() To him, it isn’t just a counterculture movement-it’s a way of life. Gary Fairchild is proud to be a hippie college student, and he protests the Vietnam War because he believes in love and peace. The stories are supposed to be stand alones, only connected by the Christmas Angel helping the lonely men find love throughout the years. ![]() I may or may not read the rest of them, but below are mini reviews for those I have read already. I have read three stories out of seven holiday novellas in the Christmas Angel series. Sirius B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews historical m/m romance / holiday novella 6 Comments DecemREVIEW: Novellas from Christmas Angel Series by Jordan Hawk, R.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() She places Einstein in context as a world figure and discusses the causes he supported, including nuclear disarmament and civil liberties. ![]() Ferguson Delano discusses the power of Einstein's ideas, and their influence not only on science but on art, music, and even literature and politics. Einstein's theory of relativity paved the way for the atomic bomb and opened up an understanding of many things, from the Big Bang to black holes. ![]() She discusses Einstein's theory on the structure of light, in which he theorized that light behaved not only like a wave but also like a stream of particles, providing the basis for television, lasers, and semiconductors. She draws connections between Einstein's ideas and modern technology, so that kids can see how his theories led to technologies they take for granted. In signature National Geographic photobiography format, author Marf‚ Feguson Delano covers the life and times of Einstein from his childhood to his death, with a particular emphasis on his scientific contributions. The most famous of these ideas was his theory of relativity, which took a startling new approach to space and time. In 1905 Einstein published three important papers describing ideas that changed science forever and eventually had an effect on much of modern life. This photobiography of Albert Einstein publishes to coincide with the year that marks the 100th anniversary of what has been described as Einstein's "miraculous year" and the 50th anniversary of his death. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fe Fe must make the painful decision of whom she can trust and whom she must let go. But when Fe Fe welcomes a mysterious new friend, Tonya, into their fold, the dynamics shift, upending the lives of all four girls.Īs their beloved neighborhood falls down around them, so too do their friendships and the structures of the four girls' families. She, with the devout Precious Brown and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queen-Pin, form a tentative trio and, for a brief moment, carve out for themselves a simple life of Double Dutch and innocence. It's the summer of 1999, and her high-rise is next in line to be torn down by the Chicago Housing Authority. ![]() Louis Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, Veranda, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Publishers Weekly, and more!įor fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago during one life-changing summer.Įven when we lose it all, we find the strength to rebuild.įelicia ?Fe Fe? Stevens is living with her vigilantly loving mother and older teenaged brother, whom she adores, in building 4950 of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes. ![]() Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Housekeeping, Chicago Magazine, The St. Tragic, hopeful, brimming with love, Wolfe's debut is a remarkable achievement.? New York Times Book Review The Stephen Curry Underrated Literati Book Club Pick! ![]() ![]() ![]() It was decided to set the series in the 1950s in the context of the Cold War and suit the stories that had already been written by Agatha Christie. ![]() Walliams liked the idea of married amateur detective duo bickering over a dead body.Īgatha Christie wrote the stories between 19 and featured stories before Tommy and Tuppence were married to old age with grown up children. Conceptionĭavid Walliams and Hilary Strong (Agatha Christie Group) approached Hilary Bevan Jones and Tom Nash (development producer) of Endor Productions with the idea of re-inventing the Agatha Christie characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. The series was not renewed for a second series by the BBC. Partners in Crime was commissioned by Ben Stephenson and Charlotte Moore for the BBC to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth. The adaptation was produced by Endor Productions in partnership with Agatha Christie Productions. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the power struggle between the vampires and humans increase Adele and The Greyfriar are caught in the middle, on the run, being hunted, and fighting for not just their own lives, but for future of humanity. The Greyfriar, a legendary vampire hunter from the north, appears ready to rescue the Princess and return her home-but he harbors secrets of his own. Prepared to do her duty she finds herself caught in a web of political intrigue and physical danger. Their marriage will cement an alliance between the nations and set the stage for war against the vampires in an attempt to retake the north. ![]() Princess Adele, quick witted, combat trained and heir to throne is set to wed the scion of the American Republic, a man she has never met. The Equatorian Empire, descendant of the British Empire, stretches from Alexandria to Cape Town. ![]() There, blending with the local peoples, they rebuilt their societies founded on human ingenuity, steam and iron. ![]() A remnant fled south to the safety of the ever present heat which was intolerable to vampires. The great industrialized civilizations of the world were left in ruin. Millions perished millions were turned into herd animals. Within two years, once great cities were s. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. The vampire clans arose and slaughtered humanity with unprecedented carnage in the northern parts of the world. In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. ![]() |