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Is Sherlock Holmes really as rational as he seems? He talks about the importance of reasoning and logic, but why then does he sometimes seem like a “strange Buddha”? On the other hand, why in The Sign of the Four does Watson smash a Buddha? What is going on in all the original 60 stories in “the canon”? In this study of the stories, Sheldon Goldfarb explores questions like these, from the significance of the eggs in “Thor Bridge” to the reason Watson keeps leaving Holmes for an insubstantial wife.

Debs expresses concern for the vast number of workingmen without trades, who are often termed “unskilled” laborers. He argues that their importance in carrying forward the great industrial enterprises of the world has not been recognized in the past, and was not appreciated at the time. He also mentions that the term “skill” is often used in a sense which does great injustice to men who do not wear the badge of some particular trade, and hence, the term “skilled laborer” is never applied to men who are known as “common laborers.”

Looking at the Sun: I pulled him close. I closed mу еуеѕ and rеѕіѕtеd the urge to burу mу nоѕе іn his neck, but just bаrеlу. I саmе damn сlоѕе, mу face аn inch аwау from hіѕ ѕkіn. Hе ѕmеllеd іnсrеdіblе: muѕk, and soap, and the faintest hint оf ѕоmе еxреnѕіvе scent and under that, rаw power.

The adventures of Captain Taylor, his son Adam, Mohawk scout Dagadawidah, and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders continue at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War in this full cast action adventure audio drama by the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre.

The adventures of Captain Taylor; his son, Adam; Mohawk scout Dagadawidah; and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders continue at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War in this full-cast action and adventure audio drama by the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre.

CRT's hit feature Ticonderoga is now a new series! The series picks up where the feature left off, with Captain Taylor; his son, Adam; Mohawk scout Dagadawidah; and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders remaining at the fort, with a small contingent, while the main army has moved on to Crown Point, poised to follow the French into Canada.

CRT's hit feature Ticonderoga is now a new series! The series picks up where the feature left off, with Captain Taylor, his son Adam, Mohawk scout Dagadawidah, and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders remaining at the fort with a small contingent while the main army has moved on to Crown Point, poised to follow the French into Canada.

Based on his original stage play, J.T. Turner performs these classic tales so well you will feel you are hearing them for the first time, including "The Boy Who Cried Wolf, "The Mouse and the Lion", and "The Grasshopper and the Ant". Sure to bring a smile and a laugh no matter the age.

Network news anchor Daniel Halstrom is at the top of his field, but being at the bottom of the social ladder—being a slave—makes that hard to enjoy. Especially when NewWorld Media, the company that’s owned him since childhood, decides to lease him privately on evenings and weekends to boost their flagging profits. Daniel’s not stupid: he knows there’s only one reason someone would pay so much for what little free time he has. But dark memories of past sexual service leave him certain he won’t survive it again with his sanity intact.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most written about men who ever lived but despite this, some parts of his life get little attention. One such period is between 1891 and 1894 when he lived in South Norwood in present day south east London. During this period, he wrote and published much of his best work including the first two series of Sherlock Holmes short stories. This book looks at his life during this period and, in contrast to other biographies, spends time looking at some of his input into local Norwood life.

When a man is found tucked up in bed with his throat sliced open two days after Christmas, DS Jason Smith and his team are baffled. It appears he has been drugged, killed, and carefully wrapped up in a duvet. The only evidence Smith finds are some strands of hair belonging to a woman. One month later, another man is killed in exactly the same manner but there appears to be no link whatsoever to the two men apart from the fact that they were both single, lonely, and middle-aged.

The Syndicate Masters are in the US! They were assigned as guardians by the goddess over six centuries ago. Each generation brings new and different challenges. These ruthless and wild dons are the protectors, the guardians of their territories.

I’ve known all my life that my fated mate was Rémy Gautier, the son of the Alpha of New Orleans, but he walked away from me a long time ago. Now, he’s come back wanting me to fall into his bed and share with him the one thing that has kept the Wolf Meadow pack strong and distinct—the secret of the ancient dire wolves. The Darkness has returned ready to obliterate the one thing it hates most: Rémy’s pack. With the help of an elemental sorceress, can we turn the tide and destroy the Darkness once and for all?

The Prime Triad has been searching for 500 years for the female who will be their mate and if the One God is willing, will become the Arianu, the Goddess of Anu. It is foretold that when the Arianu is born, she will bring love, happiness, life, and joy. She will heal their planet and bear many children - female children. Is this female the one they have searched for?

Were the new men and women human or monster? Brought back to life via vitaplasm, did they have souls? Or were they somehow less than human, people minus X?

A poor woman lives far from London in a cottage with her "indolent, careless, and extravagant" son, Jack. The two have little money and are forced to sell their last possession, a cow. Jack leads the animal along the road and meets an old man who trades some magic beans for the cow. Jack’s mother is furious when she discovers he has come home with no money, and tosses the beans away. The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk has grown to the clouds and climbs it… finally reaching a castle, high above the sky!

I’m getting desperate. I need money to look after my sick mom, so when I get an out of the blue cash offer from the grandmother I’ve never met to be her surrogate, I can’t afford to say no. And then I find out who the man supplying the DNA is: Atlas Blackwood, my ex-stepfather. Oh and I’ll need to marry him too. This wouldn’t be a problem if he wasn’t the hottest man I've ever met. He was all those years ago when he married Mom and I had a crush on him a mile wide, but he’s even hotter now.

The Keys of Death is Baker Street bedrock. In Gretchen Altabef’s 1880 novel, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson, and Mrs. Hudson begin something great in the world.

They say guys can't get bullied. Man, were they wrong. Just another lie vicious girls feed to young, impressionable boys. After the beat down of a lifetime, Mike Bishop presses onward. With his lust for Robyn driving him into her arms, everything fades into the background. His sense of self. His instincts for self-preservation.

When she came to the palace to be a lady-in-waiting, she had no idea she would be given a second chance at life. The Rion has given her the chance to start her life over; the Rion says that she can have her pick of any triad on the planet. But at her debut, she sees the general and his brothers, and she knows in her heart that there will never be any other males for her.