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La aparición de unos misteriosos dibujos infantiles parecen anunciar un asesinato. ¿Qué se esconde tras los monigotes danzantes? Tal es el planteamiento de uno de los relatos incluidos en esta antologia de los mejores casos del genial detective Sherlock Holmes. Pero hay mucho mas: un enigmatico club que solo contrata a pelirrojos, un extraño ritual familiar que da lugar a robos y desapariciones y hasta un valioso diamante encontrado en el buche de un ganso de Navidad. Holmes, ayudado por su fiel amigo Watson, tendra que poner en juego todas sus admirables dotes deductivas antes de hacer cierta su tajante afirmacion: "Todos los problemas parecen simples una vez explicados". Si existe un icono detectivesco universal, ese es sin duda Sherlock Holmes, un personaje que ha trascendido su caracter puramente fictivo para convertirse en parte del imaginario popular. Creado en 1887 por el medico y escritor Arthur Conan Doyle, las aventuras y metodos de Holmes han inspirado gran parte de la literatura policiaca posterior, ademas de nuevos libros, peliculas y series de television. Misterio, suspense y humor son los ingredientes que el lector encontrara en estos seis extraordinarios relatos que constituyen, ademas, deliciosos frescos de la Inglaterra victoriana.

This book includes an introduction by Mark Billingham. When Dr Watson ends up renting rooms in Baker Street with the eccentric Sherlock Holmes, he finds that he has let himself in for a great deal more than he imagined. He is called upon to help the budding detective solve a perplexing mystery, involving a dead body found in a locked room. Although the body shows no signs of having been attacked, Holmes is convinced that a murder has been committed. As Watson looks on, he uses his exceptional powers of deduction to unravel a case that involves both kidnapping and thwarted love.

Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by David Stuart Davies.These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of "Sherlock" magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married and other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard.

This book comes with a an introduction by David Peace. This volume collects together Sherlock Holmes' most memorable and intriguing cases, including adventures with mysterious masked strangers, ingenious heists, murderous plots and hidden jewels, which take the famous detective and his faithful sidekick Dr Watson from the streets of London and the English countryside to a chilling encounter at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.

Price: $24.95 Format: Mixed Media 21982 mm x 27684 mm ISBN-10: 0194246469 ISBN-13: 9780194246460 Publication date: March 2008 Imprint: OUP UK Share on Facebook Dominoes: Level 2: 700 headwords: The Lost World Audio CD Pack (British English) Arthur Conan Doyle and Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley 'You said that you wanted danger, didn't you,' says McArdle, the editor of the Daily 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?

Chris Sasaki; Lucy (ILT) Corvino; Sir Doyle, Arthur ConanAmateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves several mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the world's smartest detective. These easy-to-read Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia," Holmes's first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed League"; "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.

Estudio en Escarlata + El valle del terrorUn médico considera que sus gastos son excesivos y que debe mudarse a un lugar más barato. El mismo problema tiene un experto en química y anatomía, genio del razonamiento analitico y violinista contumaz. El azar los une, y deciden compartir el apartamento situado en el 221 B de Baker Street. Por supuesto, los personajes son Sherlock Holmes y el doctor Watson, que llevaran a cabo su primera investigacion de un misterioso caso de doble asesinato.Ocultar las pruebas de un crimen es mucho mas facil que enterrar el pasado. Y mas cuando en ese pasado se encuentra una tenebrosa e implacable organizacion que ha jurado venganza. La vieja logica del hilo y el ovillo o del humo y el fuego, combinada con la habilidad de Sherlock Holmes, pone al descubierto la totalidad del enigma, aunque finalmente se impone la fuerza de la fatalidad.

Classic / British English (Available May 2008) Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. Many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say that they were killed by a gigantic devil-like creature - the Hound of the Baskervilles! Can that be true? And can Sherlock Holmes save the new owner of Baskerville Hall from a terrible death?

De entre los numerosos casos protagonizados por Sherlock Holmes (dejando aparte los cuatro que adoptan forma de novela, recogidos ya en esta misma serie), se reúnen ahora en dos volúmenes, seleccionadas por Jesus Urceloy, Las aventuras imprescindibles, aquellas que paso a paso, por su brillantez o sus protagonistas, fueron configurando la biografia y la personalidad del famoso detective. Esta segunda entrega comienza con la reaparicion de Holmes tras los años en que se le suponia muerto y llega hasta su retiro en las colinas de Sussex y su Ultimo saludo definitivo. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) comenzo su actividad literaria como un entretenimiento, sin sospechar que esta aficion se convertiria en su principal fuente de ingresos. Si bien fue el personaje de Sherlock Holmes el que le deparo mayor popularidad, fue autor de muchas otras novelas y relatos acerca de los mas variados asuntos y ambientes, entre los que destaca, sin duda, El mundo perdido.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Sherlock Holmes is a very clever man. When people have strange, difficult problems, they come to him. Where is Mr Hosmer Angel? Which student saw the exam paper before the exam? Why is somebody following Miss Smith? Can you find the answers before Sherlock Holmes does?

Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequity. The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers. Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes' intellect alongside some of his most famous cases, including A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League.

From the rooms at 221B Baker Street, the mind that strikes fear into heart of London's criminal fraternity turns its attention to some of the strangest and most intriguing cases ever to be set before the great Sherlock Holmes. Adventures involving an illustrious client and a Sussex vampire; the problems of Thor Bridge and of the Lions Mane; puzzles concerning a creeping man and the three-gabled house; disappearances of secret plans and a lady of noble standing; all test the courage of Dr Watson and the intellect of the greatest detective of them all, Mr Sherlock Homes. This final collection also features the story His Last Bow, the last outing of Holmes and Watson ...

From the annals of Dr Watson comes this dark tale of Sherlock Holmes' early encounter with Professor Moriarty. When Holmes and Watson receive a cipher from one of Moriarty's henchmen warning of dark doings at a manor house, they find themselves on the trail of a murderer. Almost immediately, they are on their way to Sussex where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces. But all is not as it seems. For the origins of this case lie in America, and involve a Pinkerton's man and the doings of a terrible and secretive lodge...

Una joia dincalculable valor pertanyent a la comtessa de Moncar ha desaparegut del cofre de lhotel on ella sallotja. Sherlock Holmes, al costat del seu company el doctor Watson, investigaran tan misterios robatori: pista a pista, pas a pas, donaran amb les claus per resoldre el cas. El poder dobservacio, lenginy i el raonament que caracteritzen el metode dinvestigacio de Sherlock els condueix al feliç descobriment de lautentic lladre de la joia blava. Un fantastic llibre regal que adapta un dels casos mes famosos i originals del detectiu mes conegut de tots els temps.

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach falls. In that time the criminals of London have been able to sleep safe in their beds. But with the appearance of a dangerous individual with an air gun, the capital has never been in greater need of its protector.