Author : Brian Fagan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 1996-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0684818280
Reports on some notable archaeological finds of recent years. The author describes how today's archaeologists use science and technology to recapture the past, for instance, by studying ancient diets from bone collagen and reconstructing lost landscapes from fossilized seeds and grains.
Author : Octavia Spencer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442476834
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing. Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
Author : Burton Marks
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780809492701
Dame Edith and Sir Reginald decide to hire a detective to discover the thief at Mystery Manor, and the reader is encouraged to help with the clues.
Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0689865678
Another Nancy Drew mystery.
Author : James Morton
Publisher : Ebury Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This historical biography by bestselling crime author James Morton is an enjoyable romp through the 18th century in the company of a man who was many things to many men - a jewel thief, a spy, a policeman and a private eye. Balzac, Hugo and Dickens all created characters based on Vidocq.
Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1098212614
Using clear text and large, full color photographs and graphics, this title explores the world of the police detective. Readers will learn how detectives investigate and gather evidence for a variety of misdemeanors and felonies, from narcotics and street crimes to white-collar crime and homicide. Other subjects include how to become a detective, working undercover, and the tools of the trade. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : James Morton
Publisher : Random House
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 2013-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 144645830X
Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the 18th century in search of this elusive figure. Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
Author : Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1326352393
Join editor George Wilhite and the authors of Thirteen O'Clock Press on a hunt for the bizarre and strange. Is what they find supernatural, or is there a logical explanation for the terror they experience? What recorded stories will YOU come across in this anthology of the strange? The accounts appear real enough. They're just stories... right? Or perhaps some of these tales are real afterall...
Author : William W. Johnstone
Publisher :
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Arizona
ISBN : 0786038136
A killer is on the loose in the Arizona Territory. One by one, Tonto Basin ranchers are being murdered for their livestock. And the Cattle Raisers Association has hired two range detectives to catch the culprit. From the looks of them, Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Coleman are just another pair of high plains drifters. But with their razor-sharp detective skills and rare talent for trouble, they're the last remaining hope for one young cowboy who's been arrested for the murders.
Author : Howard Haycraft
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0486829308
"Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.
