Collected Short Stories (Vol. 6). Collected Short Stories. Volume 6

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Volume 6 continues the exciting adventures of the worlds most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Volume includes The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, The Adventure of the Resident Patient, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Final Problem. Here are three more Sherlock Holmes adventures from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection includes the following: The Adventure of the Priory School, The Red-Headed League and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.

Collected Short Stories (Vol. 7). Collected Short Stories. Volume 7

Arthur Conan Doyle

The seventh issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. A cypher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquires over an American mining valley. Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast companion, Dr. Watson, set out to solve four brand new mysteries, each a unique puzzle unlike any theyve encountered before. This volume continues the exciting adventures of the worlds most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes and The Valley of Fear and other short stories.

Collected Short Stories (Vol. 8). Collected Short Stories. Volume 8

Arthur Conan Doyle

The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set before the Great War, the last takes place in 1914. Holmes is retired and refused to take on any more cases, preferring to live out his years in a small rural village. His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in some editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, plus the one-off title story, also called A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes under Reminiscences of Mr. Sherlock Holmes. The Adventure of Wistaria Lodge was originally in two parts: The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles and The Tiger of San Pedro. Each story has a completely different plot which goes on smoothly till the end.

Collected Short Stories (Vol. 9). Collected Short Stories. Volume 9

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London 1880-1914 created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, master of disguise, reasoned logically to deduce clients background from their first appearance. He used fingerprints, chemical analysis, and forensic science. This volume contains the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watsons point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.

Collected Short Stories. Volume 11

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all good things must come to an end. And so it is with this series, as we have now arrived at the end of the Sherlock Holmes tales, Conan Doyles most magnificent creation. The collection includes the famous stories about Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective. A mysterious light in a strange valley leads to danger and more... The mystery of the Mary Celeste solved! ... An ailing and paranoid General threatens his daughters marriage... These are the first two short stories, and first novel for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which started one of the most successful writing careers of all times!

Colloquia Anthropologica II /Kolokwia antropologiczne II. Problemy współczesnej antropologii społecznej

Justyna Jasionowska, Maria Kaniowska, redakcja naukowa

Redakcja naukowa Justyna Jasionowska, Maria Kaniowska Jest to książka niebanalna, niekiedy intrygująca, a na pewno intelektualnie zaawansowana, tak jak zaawansowana jest dzisiejsza antropologia kulturowa. Dzięki zróżnicowanemu doborowi tekstów daje pojęcie o tym, że antropologiczny wachlarz jest obecnie wyjątkowo wielobarwny, zarówno jeśli chodzi o badane problemy, jak i stosowane podejścia badawcze. Czytelnik odniesie wrażenie, że autorzy przedstawili swoje teksty nie tylko po to, by dać obraz badanych zjawisk, ale też by zarekomendować swoją wizję nowoczesnej antropologii i nowe sposoby jej praktykowania. Pojawiają się tu dalekosiężne ambicje poznawcze: wypracowanie takich praktyk badawczych, które zasypałyby rów między badaczem a badanym - przyjmowany dotychczas jako nieusuwalny, a może nawet pożądany. To oczywiście pokłosie funkcjonującej od pewnego czasu w antropologii radykalnej krytyki dawnej postawy hegemonicznej badacza wobec przedmiotu badań, której efektem było jego egzotyzowanie, orientalizowanie, słowem - wszelkie substancjalizowanie odmienności Innego. Teksty zostały pogrupowane w pary: do każdego tekstu wyjściowego został dołączony komentarz, który lokuje go na mapie dyscypliny i wypunktowuje ustalenia. Choć każdy nawiązuje do tekstu poprzedzającego, wnosi też samoistną wartość. Z recenzji prof. dr. hab. Jerzego S. Wasilewskiego

Colloquia opatowskie z przełomu XII i XIII wieku

Artur Lis

Treść: WPROWADZENIE. 2. DOKUMENT W HISTORII I ARCHIWISTYCE. 3. ZJAZDY, WIECE, COLLOQUIA. I. Dokument opatowski datowany 12 kwietnia 1189 rok. I.1. Treść dokumentu z 1189 roku. I.2. Przekład dokumentu z 1189 roku. I.3. Podobizna dokumentu z 1189 roku. I.4. Lista świadków dokumentu z 1189 roku. II. Dokument opatowski datowany na 1206 rok. II.1. Treść dokumentu datowanego na 1206 rok. II.2. Przekład dokumentu datowanego na 1206 rok. II.3. Podobizna dokumentu datowanego na 1206 rok. II.4. Lista świadków dokumentu datowanego na 1206 rok.

Colonel Chabert

Honoré de Balzac

In 1807 Colonel Chabert, Napoleons beloved commander, is severely wounded in the Battle of Eylau. Taken for dead and buried in a mass grave, he manages to escape and wanders in poverty through Europe for 10 years, torn between life and death, oblivion and consciousness. Finally recovering his memories, he sets out for Paris to search for his wife who had been a prostitute before he married her and to reclaim his possessions. In the several years while he had been gone, his wife thinking he was dead had remarried and had two new children. She had also collected his existing fortune. In all, she was pretty happy the way things were. How could our colonel prove who he was? What arguments could he use against his former wife? The story has a surprising number of twists, and poses a number of questions about how our society really works and the analysis of human behavior, character and emotions, is, as usual in Balzac, sublime.