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Summary: Collects Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well asliterary and cultural details about Victorian society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2005
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Contents: The case of George Ernest Thompson Edalji -- The case of Oscar Slater.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.941 DOYBender, Robert M. (Robert Morton)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.2 BENGoodwin, Vincent.
Summary: Retold in graphic novel form, after being presumed dead for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns to solve the mystery of card-player who has been shot.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Graphic GooKerbel, Deborah
Summary: "One hundred years ago, juvenile diabetes was a death sentence for millions of people around the world, most of them children. this book tells the story the discovery of insulin, a treatment for this disease and one of the most impactful milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 616.4 KERNewton, Isaac
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 531 NEWLabrecque, Ellen
Summary: Provides an introduction to the life of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CHUSchama, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SCHSummary: If you've ever wondered how to build a catapult or trebuchet, or wondered what you'd do with it once you've built one, then this book can help. Filled with anecdotes, plans, photographs, drawings and detailed descriptions of the workings and history of all the major types of catapults, these pages will help you get started in this fascinating hobby. You too will feel the joy of harnessing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RLT Industries 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623 CATMcOrist, Wilson.
Summary: "One hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), accomplishing one of history's most remarkable feats of endurance, even though his crew failed in their mission to cross Antarctica...Less well known, however, is the incredible but often forgotten tale of the Mount Hope party (also known as the Ross Sea party)--six men who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.89 MCOBerthon, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 BERDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOYMore, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadview Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MORScarre, Christopher.
Summary: Discusses the ancient Minoan civilization of Knossos, Crete, as manifested by the excavations of that city by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 939.18 SCABercuson, David Jay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5322 BERDoyle, Arthur Conan
Contents: A study in scarlet, part -- A scandal in Bohemia -- The los amigos fiasco -- The case of Lady Sannox -- How the brigadier came to the castle of gloom -- How the brigadier slew the brothers of Ajaccio -- From the Stark Munro letters -- The king of the foxes -- The Brazilian cat -- The brown hand -- The adventure of the empty house -- The adventure of the dancing men -- From the crime of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cooper Square Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 DOYExquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Summary: Of all the pirates to terrorize the Caribbean waters, none are as notorious as Sir Henry Morgan. His fame rests in part on an extraordinary document: the diary of buccaneer Alexander Exquemelin, who sailed under Morgan and recorded his infamous and bloody adventures. Originally published in 1678, Exquemelin's classic account of joining "the wicked order of pirates," and of the most fearsome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld ExquemelinGreen, Roger Lancelyn.
Summary: A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "true-born King of Britain," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GREKrull, Kathleen.
Summary: Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NEWMore, Thomas
Summary: Presents the English statesman's classic denunciations of sixteenth-century tyranny and corruption and vision of an ideal society, along with historical and biographical notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.02 MORMorrell, Margot.
Summary: Lessons in being an effective leader in any field or activity, based on the leadership principles used by Sir Ernest Shackleton from 1914-1916 to preserve himself and the lives of his crew as they were stranded on an Arctic ice flow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4012 MORStuart, Margaret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1978