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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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Relates several of Holmes' adventures where he confronts many an odious character... The eponymous blackmail artist in THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON is requested to call at 221B Baker Street, where we find that Holmes has been hired by Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve some compromising letters... In THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ, Inspector Stanley Hopkins visits Holmes and tells him of the murder of Willoughby Smith, where the...
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Classic short stories of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume.
The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Holmes short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume Two is available separately).Inside,...
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'Excision of the wound, then?'
'That is it. If it, be on the finger, take the finger off. So said my father always. But, think of where this wound is, and that it is my wife. It is dreadful!'...
'It appears to be that or nothing,' said [the doctor] brusquely. 'It is better to lose a lip than a life.'
Best known for his immortal detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle also wrote many stories set in the world of medicine as well as engrossing...
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The stories in MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES relate how the famous detective investigates the criminal goings on in Victorian England. In SILVER BLAZE, Holmes contemplates a case of murder, and the disappearance of the eponymous racehorse, Silver Blaze, on the eve of an important race. In THE CROOKED MAN, Holmes invites Watson to be a witness to the final stage of an investigation, where a Colonel of The Royal Mallows is dead, apparently by violence,...
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Sherlock Holmes volume 29
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English
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While Holmes and Watson are away from London on vacation, someone has taken the opportunity to impersonate Holmes - to a great profit.
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On the case with Holmes and Watson volume 11
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Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Retold in graphic novel form, Sherlock Holmes investigates the gruesome murder by harpoon of a very unpleasant former sea captain known as Black Peter. Includes a section explaining Holmes's reasoning and the clues he used to solve the mystery.
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English
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Internationally bestselling author Lyndsay Faye was introduced to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries when she was ten years old and her dad suggested she read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." She immediately became enamored with tales of Holmes and his esteemed biographer Dr. John Watson, and later, began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction--from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust...
16) A novel murder
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Faith Newberry's dream job may be morphing into a nightmare. Newly hired as the librarian at the upscale and pet-friendly Castleton Manor literary retreat, Faith sees her move from Boston to the quaint Cape Cod village of Lighthouse Bay, Massachusetts, as a boon. But things turn ugly when she discovers that the first edition book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proudly displayed in the library is a counterfeit and not a very good one at that. Who could...
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2010
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English
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From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson embark on eight classic adventures. In some of his best-known cases, including 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle', the world's most famous private detective uses his unique powers to solve seemingly impossible crimes ... [from back cover].
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2015
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English
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"Perfect Crimes Meet the Perfect Match. In the City That Never Sleeps, one mind never rests. The eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) possesses an unquenchable thirst for intellectual puzzles and a ruthless instinct for justice. As a consulting detective to the NYPD, he takes on bizarre cases that baffle the most seasoned cops. But he can't do it alone. Holmes relies on Joan Watson (Lucy Liu), a former physician who's the one person...