Encore -- :(Doyle Arthur Conan 1859 1930 The great Boer war)

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The Green Flag & Other Stories : 'The Larger Crimes Are Apt to Be the Simpler, for the Bigger the Crime, the More Obvious, As a Rule, Is the Motive.'

Arthur Conan Doyle;Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Green Flag & Other Stories : 'The Larger Crimes Are Apt to Be the Simpler, for the Bigger the Crime, the More Obvious, As a Rule, Is the Motive.'

2017

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and his poems, his historical novels, his plays, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also an exceptional writer of short stories of the horrific and macabre. Something very different from what you might expect. Born in Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1876 - 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh following which he was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead in 1880 and, after his graduation, as a ship's surgeon on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast in 1881. Arriving in Portsmouth in June of that year with less than £10 (£700 today) to his name, he set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Conan Doyle again began writing stories and composed his first novel The Mystery of Cloomber. Although he continued to study and practice medicine his career was now firmly set as a writer. And thereafter great works continued to pour out of him.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Stevenson, Keira

Biography | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Great Neck Publishing). 8/1/2017, p1-2. 2p. Please log in to see more details

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Great Neck Publishing). 8/1/2017, p1-2. 2p.

Presents a biography of nineteenth-century British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Background and education; Inspiration for his famous literary characters; Creation of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes; Commercial success of Doyle's detective stories; Highlights of his historical novels and plays; Involvement in the Boer War; Interest in physic phenomena and spirituality.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - Holmes, Sherlock (Fictional character) - Mystery fiction - British authors - Literature

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The Hound of the Baskervilles : 'No Man Burdens His Mind with Small Matters Unless He Has Some Very Good Reason for Doing So.'

Arthur Conan Doyle;Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Hound of the Baskervilles : 'No Man Burdens His Mind with Small Matters Unless He Has Some Very Good Reason for Doing So.'

2017

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and his poems, his historical novels, his plays, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also an exceptional writer of short stories of the horrific and macabre. Something very different from what you might expect. Born in Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1876 - 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh following which he was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead in 1880 and, after his graduation, as a ship's surgeon on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast in 1881. Arriving in Portsmouth in June of that year with less than £10 (£700 today) to his name, he set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Conan Doyle again began writing stories and composed his first novel The Mystery of Cloomber. Although he continued to study and practice medicine his career was now firmly set as a writer. And thereafter great works continued to pour out of him.

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Private investigators--England--Fiction

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The Gully of Bluemansdyke And Other Stories : 'When Once Your Point of View Is Changed, the Very Thing Which Was So Damning Becomes a Clue to the Truth.'

Arthur Conan Doyle;Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Gully of Bluemansdyke And Other Stories : 'When Once Your Point of View Is Changed, the Very Thing Which Was So Damning Becomes a Clue to the Truth.'

2017

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and his poems, his historical novels, his plays, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also an exceptional writer of short stories of the horrific and macabre. Something very different from what you might expect. Born in Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1876 - 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh following which he was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead in 1880 and, after his graduation, as a ship's surgeon on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast in 1881. Arriving in Portsmouth in June of that year with less than £10 (£700 today) to his name, he set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Conan Doyle again began writing stories and composed his first novel The Mystery of Cloomber. Although he continued to study and practice medicine his career was now firmly set as a writer. And thereafter great works continued to pour out of him.

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Private investigators--England--Fiction

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Twelve Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes : 'Nothing Clears up a Case So Much As Stating It to Another Person.'

Arthur Conan Doyle;Arthur Conan Doyle

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Twelve Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes : 'Nothing Clears up a Case So Much As Stating It to Another Person.'

2013

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and his poems, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Born in Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1876 - 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh following which he was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead in 1880 and, after his graduation, as a ship's surgeon on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast in 1881. Arriving in Portsmouth in June of that year with less than £10 (£700 today to his name, he set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Conan Doyle again began writing stories and composed his first novel The Mystery of Cloomber. Although he continued to study and practice medicine his career was now firmly set as a writer. And thereafter great works continued to pour out of him. Here we have twelve stories about the great detective Mr Sherlock Holmes.

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Private investigators--England--Fiction - Detective and mystery stories, English

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The adventures of a literary ophthalmologist.

Sen, Mrittika;Honavar, Santosh;Honavar, Santosh G

Academic Journal | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Dec2021, Vol. 69 Issue 12, p3394-3396. 3p. Please log in to see more details

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Sharing His South African Interests: The Case of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Gray, Stephen

Academic Journal | English in Africa. Oct2013, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p121-134. 14p. Please log in to see more details

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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930): Physician during the typhoid epidemic in the Anglo-Boer War...

Cirillo, Vincent J

Academic Journal | Journal of Medical Biography; Feb2014, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p2-8, 7p, 2 Black and White Photographs Please log in to see more details

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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930): Physician during the typhoid epidemic in the Anglo-Boer War...

Journal of Medical Biography; Feb2014, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p2-8, 7p, 2 Black and White Photographs

When the Anglo-Boer War broke out in October 1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, a retired ophthalmologist, was already famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Motivated by patriotism and adventure, Doyle joined the medical staff of a private field hospital endowed by philanthropist John Langman (1846–1928). Langman Hospital opened in Bloemfontein, South Africa, at the height of that city’s typhoid fever epidemic which raged from April to June 1900. There were nearly 5000 cases of typhoid and 1000 deaths but official statistics do not truly reflect the magnitude of the suffering. Doyle argued that the British Army had made a major mistake by not making antityphoid inoculation compulsory. Because of the new vaccine’s side effects, 95% of the soldiers refused immunization. Despite his strong opinions, Doyle failed to press the issue of compulsory inoculation when he testified before two Royal Commissions investigating the medical and military management of the war in South Africa. One can only imagine how the army might have benefited from the new idea of prophylactic vaccination in preventive medicine if Doyle had not let these opportunities slip away. As a consequence, antityphoid inoculation was still voluntary when Great Britain entered World War I in August 1914. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Medical Conan Doyle-Leucocytes, Bacteria and Phagocytosis Before Metchnikoff.

Damiani, Ernesto

Academic Journal | Medicina nei Secoli: Arte e Scienza; 2023, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p17-32, 16p Please log in to see more details

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Medical Conan Doyle-Leucocytes, Bacteria and Phagocytosis Before Metchnikoff.

Medicina nei Secoli: Arte e Scienza; 2023, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p17-32, 16p

In March 1883, Arthur Conan Doyle published an article entitled "Life and death in the blood", in which he provided a scientific description of the last advances in bacteriology and in leucocytes biology that implied activity of phagocytosis of bacteria in the blood. This discussion immediately suggests Metchnikoff's theory of phagocytosis. However, Conan Doyle could not have known about this theory, since Metchnikoff's first article about it was only published in November 1883. Furthermore, Conan Doyle could not have learned of Metchnikoff's crucial experiment, performed in Messina in late December 1882, by participating in scientific assemblies, since at that time he was permanently practicing in Southsea, where he also received the proofs of his article in January 1883. On the other hand, leucocyte phagocytosis had been previously studied and Conan Doyle undoubtedly knew about these studies, given his specific interest in the subject deriving from his previous work on leukemia. In the manuscript, he specifically mentioned experiments carried out with the hot stage, likely referring to Max Schultze's functional study performed in 1865. Additional studies, such as those of Joseph Leidy, Alexander Ogston, Karl Roser and George Sternberg among others, may also have influenced Doyle's article. As in other circumstances, he subsequently used a scientific topic as a creative starting point for literary production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - LEUCOCYTES - BLOOD cells - PHAGOCYTOSIS - IMMUNOLOGY - LEUKEMIA

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Remembering the South African War : Britain and the Memory of the Anglo-Boer War, From 1899 to the Present

Peter Donaldson;Peter Donaldson

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Remembering the South African War : Britain and the Memory of the Anglo-Boer War, From 1899 to the Present

2013

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.The experience of the South African War sharpened the desire to commemorate for a number of reasons. An increasingly literate public, a burgeoning populist press, an army reinforced by waves of volunteers and, to contemporaries at least, a shockingly high death toll embedded the war firmly in the national consciousness. In addition, with the fallen buried far from home those left behind required other forms of commemoration. For these reasons, the South African War was an important moment of transition in commemorative practice and foreshadowed the rituals of remembrance that engulfed Britain in the aftermath of the Great War. This work provides the first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. The approach goes beyond the simple deconstruction of memorial iconography and, instead, looks at the often tortuous and lengthy gestation of remembrance sites, from the formation of committees to the raising of finance and debates over form. In the process both Edwardian Britain's sense of self and the contested memory of the conflict in South Africa are thrown into relief. In the concluding sections of the book the focus falls on other forms of remembrance sites, namely the multi-volume histories produced by the War Office and The Times, and the seminal television documentaries of Kenneth Griffith. Once again the approach goes beyond simple textual deconstruction to place the sources firmly in their wider context by exploring both production and reception. By uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned these interpretations of the war, shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived are revealed.

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South African War, 1899-1902

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Notable Crime Fiction Writers; 2021, p1-8, 8p

A biography of crime fiction author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is presented. Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Charles Doyle and Mary Foley Doyle. He published his first story "The Mystery of Sasasa Valley in 1879. His principal characters are Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John H. Watson, and Professor Moriarty. An analysis of his works is offered including "A Study in Scarlet," "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and "The Sign of Four."

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DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - STUDY in Scarlet, A (Book : Doyle) - HOUND of the Baskervilles, The (Book : Doyle) - SIGN of Four, The (Book : Doyle) - SCOTTISH authors

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MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Grann, David

Periodical | New Yorker. 12/13/2004, Vol. 80 Issue 39, p58-73. 16p. 10 Cartoon or Caricatures. Please log in to see more details

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MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

New Yorker. 12/13/2004, Vol. 80 Issue 39, p58-73. 16p. 10 Cartoon or Caricatures.

Details the mystery associated with the death of Richard Lancelyn Green, a biographer of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in London, England. Information on Green's obsession with Doyle and his fictitious character Sherlock Holmes; Despair of Green over the auction of Doyle's archives; Investigation and subsequent revelation of the decision of Green to commit suicide and to make it appear as murder.

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Green, Richard Lancelyn - Biographers - Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - Holmes, Sherlock (Fictional character) - Suicide - London (England) - England

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Millett, Robert W.;Marwick, Karen M. Cleveland;;;Millett, Robert W.;Marwick...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Critical Survey of Short Fiction: British, Irish January 2012, p1-3

A biographical essay about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with brief critical analysis of major short fiction works.

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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

Hutchinson, Mary Anne

Book | Research Guide to Biography & Criticism. 1985, Vol. 1, p364-367. 4p. Please log in to see more details

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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

Research Guide to Biography & Criticism. 1985, Vol. 1, p364-367. 4p.

This article presents a research guide to biography and criticism on the works of Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The book "The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," by John Dickson Carr, represents the first general study of Conan Doyle's life and work to be based on unpublished letters and diaries. In his well-researched biography, "The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes," Charles Higham presents an overview of Conan Doyle's life and a critical review of his fiction, including those works which do not feature Sherlock Holmes.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - Scottish authors - Criticism - Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The (Book) - Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes, The (Book)

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Sleuthing Conan Doyle.

Muller, Alexandra;Muller, Alexandra

Review | New Criterion; Jun2008, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p25-29, 5p Please log in to see more details

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Hutchinson, Mary Anne

Book | Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Jan2010, p1-9. 9p. Please log in to see more details

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Jan2010, p1-9. 9p.

A biographical essay about Arthur Conan Doyle, with brief critical analysis of major works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Heller, Terry

Book | Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century. Jan2000, p1-3. 3p. Please log in to see more details

Doyle created one of the first and most popular and long-lived of fictional detectives... more

Arthur Conan Doyle.

Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century. Jan2000, p1-3. 3p.

Doyle created one of the first and most popular and long-lived of fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Rosenblum, Joseph

Book | Magill’s Literary Annual 2008. Jun2008, p1-3. 3p. Please log in to see more details

This generous collection of Doyle’s letters, most of them addressed to his mother, she... more

Arthur Conan Doyle.

Magill’s Literary Annual 2008. Jun2008, p1-3. 3p.

This generous collection of Doyle’s letters, most of them addressed to his mother, sheds light on many facets of his life, from his school days to his activities as a leading advocate of Spiritualism [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Authors - Novelists - Nineteenth century - Nineteen tens - Nineteen twenties

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Conan Doyle: Man of Letters, Man About Town.

Kerr, Douglas

Academic Journal | Victoriographies; Nov2021, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p227-241, 15p Please log in to see more details

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Conan Doyle: Man of Letters, Man About Town.

Victoriographies; Nov2021, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p227-241, 15p

This essay attempts to deduce Conan Doyle's map of London from the writings of his long career and particularly his autobiography Memories and Adventures (1924). Here we can find a portrait of the layers of late-Victorian London: the historic centre of government, business, and the great institutions of national culture, the old working-class areas that surround it, and the new suburbs sprawling in every direction. In magazine and publishing offices, in West End theatres, in gentlemen's clubs including the Authors' Club, and in public and private dining rooms, Conan Doyle participated in the largely masculine business of literature as a highly clubbable man of letters who was also an energetic man about town. He journeyed into and across the city, coming in from the suburbs or up from the country. These journeys were repeated on a global scale as he travelled to foreign health resorts, battlefields in Africa and Europe, or on overseas lecture tours, always returning to the imperial and cultural capital, the centre of gravity of his life and work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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LONDON (England) - ENGLAND - DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 - MEMORIES & Adventures (Book : Doyle) - CULTURAL geography - SHERLOCK Holmes fiction

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Favor, Lesli J.

Book | Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition. Jan2003, p1-1. 1p. Please log in to see more details

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Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition. Jan2003, p1-1. 1p.

A biographical essay about Arthur Conan Doyle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Sleuthing Conan Doyle.

Muller, Alexandra

Review | New Criterion. Jun2008, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p25-29. 5p. Please log in to see more details

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Sleuthing Conan Doyle.

New Criterion. Jun2008, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p25-29. 5p.

The article reviews two books related to surgeon and writer Arthur Conan Doyle including "The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," by Andrew Lycett and "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters," by Jon Lellenberg.

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Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life & Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The (Book) - Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters (Book) - Lycett, Andrew - Lellenberg, Jon - Nonfiction

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British Supernatural Short Story Writers

Salem Press;Salem Press

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British Supernatural Short Story Writers

2016

British Supernatural Short Story Writers is a single-volume reference that contains essays carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in this volume discuss such influential writers as Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Fowles, and Muriel Spark.

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Authors, English--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Horror tales--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Paranormal fiction--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc

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Detective and Mystery Short Story Writers

Salem Press;Salem Press

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Detective and Mystery Short Story Writers

2016

Detective and Mystery Short Story Writers is a single-volume reference contains essays that were carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in Detective and Mystery Short Story Writers discuss such influential authors as Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Walter Mosley and Ellery Queen.

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Authors--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc - Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc

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World War I

Knutson, Julie;Knutson, Julie

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World War I

2022

An interdisciplinary book for students ages 12 to 15 that delves into one of the most horrific periods in global history. An excellent roadmap for today's political climate. The basic human losses of World War I can be made plain with these staggering casualties: 9 million dead soldiers, 7 million civilian lives lost, millions more wounded. But those numbers only hint at the devastation, both political and personal, that lies at the heart of the Great War. World War I: The Great War to End All Wars for ages 12 to 15 brings to light the key details of this critical point in history. It marks the transition to a modern era in which mass destruction became a reality through military technologies a century in the making. By examining military life on the battlefields and in the trenches, as well as focusing on anti-war protest movements, art and popular culture, home-front efforts across the globe, and experiences in British and French colonies, this book offers a sense of how World War I penetrated all corners of the world and impacted all of its peoples. Graphic novel-style illustrations, amazing historical photography, and primary sources bring the past to life and illustrate how far World War I reached around the globe. Through an interdisciplinary approach, themes of'Time, Continuity, and Change,''Science, Technology, and Society,'and global interconnectedness are key concepts that drive the narrative. This accessible, social history introduces the conflict from the varied perspectives of those who lived it. Profiled within its pages are improbable heroes, from volunteer,'Flying Aces'to a resistant Belgian king, from Native American soldiers who stymied Central Power intelligence officials to German artists who organized to demand'Never Again War.'Projects include Research recruiting on the football and rugby pitch, Analyze the messages and the messengers, Discover satire in the pre-war years, and Colonial Cartography: The scramble for Africa. Aligns with Common Core state standards. Additional materials include a glossary, a list of media for further learning, a selected bibliography, and index. Essential questions guide readers'investigations while hands-on activities promote critical and creative problem solving, and text-to-world connections highlight the way the past provides context for the present-day world. About the Inquire & Investigate series and Nomad Press Nomad Press books in the Inquire & Investigate series integrate content with participation, encouraging readers to engage in student-directed learning. Combining content with inquiry-based projects stimulates learning and makes it active and alive. Nomad's unique approach simultaneously grounds kids in factual knowledge while allowing them the space to be curious, creative, and critical thinkers. All books are leveled for Guided Reading level and Lexile and align with Common Core State Standards and themes identified by the National Council for Social Studies. All titles are available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook formats.

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World War, 1914-1918--Juvenile literature

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