Since her father disappeared, she has received a large pearl through the post on the same day, every year, for six years. Who is sending them? And what about her father''s paper with the words ''The Sign of Four'' written on it? Sherlock Holmes alone can solve these mysteries.
The Crime of the Congo, is the most powerful indictment yet launched against the Belgian rulers of this bloodstained colony. After reviewing the early history of the Congo Free State Sir Arthur quotes the testimony of many unimpeachable witnesses regarding the brutalities of the rubber system and the coldblooded mutilation and massacre of natives during the past fifteen years."--Daily Express. 189-
Volumen compuesto por 13 aventuras, cuatro de las cuales se encuentran, según Doyle, entre las diez mejores del genial detective. Una característica de estas nuevas historias es su mayor teatralidad.
Obras completas en cuatro tomos de lujo. Incluye estudios preliminares por especialistas en el tema. Sherlock Holmes es el protagonista de una serie de 4 novelas y 56 relatos de ficción. Es el prototipo de investigador cerebral por excelencia e influyo en gran medida en la ficcion detectivesca posterior a su aparicion.
You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says McArdle, the editor of theDaily Gazette . And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger. Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive?
As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous
This series of readers features adaptations of over 60 classic and popular literary works. Attractive and helpful illustrations clarify vocabulary and reinforce understanding of the stories, while questions and activities at the end of each book test understanding. Words essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement. The books are graded at five vocabulary levels, ranging from 1,400 words (Intermediate) to 5,000 words (Advanced). Young adults from the Intermediate level upwards will enjoy reading the lively stories, and they can progress from level to level as their reading skills develop.
Cuando un hombre alto, delgado y algo cargado de hombros que obedece al nombre de James Mortimer entra en el famoso apartamento del 221b de Baker Street con un manuscrito antiguo donde se da cuenta maldicion de una antigua familia, se inicia una de las mas emocionantes aventuras de Sherlock Holmes y de su inseparable Dr. Watson. Un enigmatico crimen relacionado con un perro diabolico y sobrenatural, instrumento de la maldicion que pesa sobre los Baskerville, los llevara a una mansion situada en los inhospitos y desolados paramos de la region de Dartmoor, un escenario idoneo para esta novela que mezcla el misterio con el cuento de terror y en el que deberan resolver un caso rodeado de extraordinarias circunstancias.Traduccion de Jose Luis Lopez Muñoz
Sherlock Holmes, detective reúne cinco relatos protagonizados polo agudo detective de Baker Street e o seu amigo, o doutor Watson. Neles, Conan Doyle condensa o xénero detectivesco en estado puro, presentando unha incognita en termos sempre interesantes e mantendo a tension narrativa mediante unha atinada dose de accion e sorpresa, salferida arreo dun ironico e requintado humor britanico.
