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This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. At over a thousand pages, the weighty tome is a perfect gift for budding amateur sleuths, and it is an ideal companion for a long stay on a desert island (or a leisurely trip through the English countryside). As the reader wades past the tense introductions of A Study in Scarlet and moves towards such classic tales as The Hound of the Baskervilles, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem," she is sure to draw her own conclusions about Holmes's veiled past and his quirky relationship with his "Boswell," Watson. Doyle never revealed much about Holmes's early life, but the joy of reading the complete Holmes is assembling the trivia of each story into something like a portrait of the detective and his creator. By the end of the long journey through London and across Europe (with a long stopover at Reichenbach Falls), one is apt to have found a friend for life. --Patrick O'Kelley
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Over one hundred years have passed since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle intoduced his inimitable sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, to the world--and his popularity has never waned. This oversized commemorative volume contains the entire canon of Holmes adventures, both before and after his creator's attempt to dispatch him in print. Just as the character, Holmes, prevails and defies even death, these detective stories featuring him and Dr. Watson have withstood more than the test of time: they defined and changed the way modern crime writers approached detective fiction.
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This omnibus faithfully chronicles all the sixty cases of Sherlock Holmes by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The famous Baker Street detective has captured the hearts and imagination of both the young and old, generation after generation. Now, by popular demand, this precious, complete collection of Sherlock Holmes cases is available to his fans in ebook format! The individual titles in this volume by the publisher are also available: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the Return of Sherlock Holmes, the Hound of the Baskervilles, the Valley of Fear, His Last Bow and the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
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Complete Sherlock Holmes.......2007-06-14
This entire book is amazing. A very good product!!
For a fan of the detective genre, buying this collection is a no brainer.......2007-03-13
Whether you've read any of the Sherlock Holmes stories or not, at only 10 bucks this collection is a must own for any fans of detective fiction.
This edition is highly usable and highly readable - it's cheap, and it's also compact and easy to read. Breaking it into two reasonably small paperbacks makes it very convenient to take with you on a trip, for example. It's also an easy, convenient way to get all four novels and all the short stories. Sure it isn't a pretty hardcover edition that will look good on the bookshelf - this edition is meant to be read.
If you're already a fan of Holmes and are debating whether to buy this collection, I'd highly recommend it. If you're not already a fan but like detective fiction in general, you may as well shell out the measly 10 bucks for one of the original (and still one of the best, in my opinion) examples of the genre.
Great edition........2007-01-05
I really like the book from the inside out. Sturdy with an excellent binding, printed using easily readable font, and contains a nice touch of antiquity with the slightly torn pages on the side. Looks exactly like the first volume, though the background color of the pictures on the cover, side, and back is red and not blue.
For this kind of money it is a real bargain and I recommend it for anyone who wishes to venture into the magnificent world of Sherlock Holmes.
Question.......2006-12-29
Why is it that one of the user reviews says it ends with THE FINAL PROBLEM? If they are in order that should not be the case. Sherlock Holmes returns later. (THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE) Is it defenetly the complete collection?
Short Review.......2006-08-28
This book includes really all four novels and many stories about Sherlock Holmes. If you are interested in having all this in one book, buy this book and you won't be ever regret.
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Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Novels and Stories
Volume I
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!
Volume I includes the early novel
A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next,
The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery.
Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling
“ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of
“The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted
“The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.
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One of my favorite writers!.......2007-08-19
There's not much left to say about this literary classic. It's great to have all of the stories and novels put together, in the order that they were published--there are references here and there to things that happened in previous stories. Of course, you don't have to read everything in order, but its worth it all the same.
Some of my all-time favorite stories in this volume of the collection are "The Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Also worth a read are the short novels A Study In Scarlet, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. They illustrate Doyle's (and Holmes's) mastery of the art of observation. As Holmes says in a story in the second volume, "I see as much as you, but I notice what I see." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of my all-time favorite authors; this collection is highly recommended.
Bravo on Baker Street!.......2007-05-18
This book offered some of the lesser known writings of Doyle, as well as, some of the better known stories like "The Sign of Four". My only gripe was that the font was bit small and I was feeling like a detective myself holding a magnifying glass just to make out the words.
Arthur Conan Doyle captures my interest with each little detail and surprise that awaits our true Bohenian Detective and his companion Watson. The dialogue is always fluid and natural. And the stories are so involving. I recommend anyone hoping to become a writer someday to tackle Doyle's works headon. You'll be better for it.
Sherlock Holmes.......2006-06-26
If you a Sherlock Holmes fan this is a great book to read. I like this Volume that I order Volume II to read this summer.
Wow.......2005-12-11
Immerse yourself in foggy 19th century London, following the steps of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. This volume will give you a very thorough introduction to the official "canon" of Sherlockian lore. Recommended reading.
My all-time favorite.......2005-12-01
I have the whole collection of the Sherlock Holmes, and they are my all-time favorite books. There was never a better character, stories, or anything. I personally think that the reason many people think they start out slowly is because you have to understand the basic facts or you'll be puzzled when he's in the middle of the "big deal." They start out calm and get more and more exciting, so by the time the climax comes, you're almost nuts to read it all and find out what was going on! Anyways, this is the FIRST book I would buy for my fiction library.
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The Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes
Michael Hardwick
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A excellent companion.......2004-07-24
Michael Hardwick is one of the most prolific and accomplished of Sherlock Holmes scholars. Prior to the writing of this book, he had several other titles in print regarding Holmes, including surveys and biographical texts. This book represented a complete recapitulation of the Holmes canon, not quite in the manner of an encyclopedia (such had already been done recently by Jack Tracy), but a ready reference work with different organisational principles.
Sherlock Holmes is one of the best known detectives in the world -- so famous in fact, that 221B Baker Street in London continues to get mail adddressed to this fictional character almost a century after he would have died had he been a real person. There are groups of people -- Sherlockians and Holmesians, the distinction between which is rather subtle -- who delight in retelling the tales; it has become somewhat traditional to try to fill in the gaps, things left out of the 'canonical' stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- 56 short stories and 4 novels. The official tales allude to happenings beyond them -- some authors take up the point there, and others create fanciful tales altogether.
Michael Hardwick sticks to the canonical texts here. Hardwick also has a biographical introductory chapter about Conan Doyle himself and the beginnings of Holmes wrapped up in this experience, as Holmes in many ways derives from Conan Doyle's own experiences with one of his professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, who had a method of analysis and deduction that doubtless inspired Conan Doyle.
Hardwick follows the basic ordering of the publications -- The first two novels ('A Study in Scarlet' and 'The Sign of Four'), and then through collections of short stories as they appeared in 'The Strand' magazine (later brought together in recognised collected groupings). The other two novels ('The Hound of the Baskervilles' and 'The Valley of Fear') are brought in according to their publication order; however, as Hardwick indicates, this was a writing out of sequence -- Holmes had 'died' at Reichenbach Falls, and this publication was a reflection back upon an earlier, unchronicled case. Of course, Holmes was discovered not to have died at the Falls for the later books.
Hardwick includes a chapter which is in fact a glossary of names, a who's who of characters in the stories. These each consist of a two-to-four sentence description of the person and his or her significance -- very few characters are left out. Following this, there is a chapter on unchronicled cases -- the Hound of the Baskervilles at one time being presented as one such, it is intriguing to speculate what these other cases might have been (and, indeed, some authors have risen to the challenge to try to write such mysteries in Holmesian style). There is a list of 'the writings of Sherlock Holmes' -- these are the titles of purported writings (not always published, and not always finished) by Holmes himself.
The book is well written and useful. Hardwick does not give the case or character fates away, but presents in short form the major details of each of the cases, a sort of Cliff's Notes without the endings. Hardwick's style is engaging, and should motivate any reader to explore the actual canon of Conan Doyle for himself or herself.
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Seven books, 2 stories{volumnes} in one book and 1 in each of the other 6 books.
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Avoiding personal liability as a director.(SPECIAL REPORT 2004) : An article from: Directors & Boards
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Title: Avoiding personal liability as a director.(SPECIAL REPORT 2004)
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The board of directors: your personal liability.: An article from: Catalyst (Dublin, Ohio)
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Title: The board of directors: your personal liability.
Author: Claire A. King
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Directors' Personal Liability
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Title: Directors: protect your personal assets; The more personal assets you have, the greater your financial risk. What you can do to protect against creditors.(LIABILITY AND LITIGATION)
Author: Holly Isdale
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Disqualification and Personal Liability of Directors
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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on April 26, 1993. The length of the article is 1428 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Risk managers can best protect their company officers and directors against the growing amounts of environmental damage claims by providing them with proper insurance coverage. Many new environmental damage laws and judicial interpretation of existing statutes threaten individual corporate executives with expensive penalties. The property and casualty insurance industry is providing special endorsements to a company's risk/claim coverage that protects officers and directors from liability in some pollution damage occurrences.
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Author: Julianna Ryan
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The principles stated by the courts-the "common law"-and the principles set forth in enacted legislation- "statutory law"-constitute, naturally, a guide to officers and directors and, similarly, to the lawyers they consult. It should be the objective of every corporate fiduciary to conduct his activities within the limits of these principles and to avoid pitfalls which produce litigation and possible liability. This book is designed to aid in the achievement of those objectives.
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