This tastefully produced box set collects Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in six volumes. The drug-addled, anti-social sleuth has become one of the most iconic characters in fiction and the tales collected here will entertain readers today just as much as when they were first published in the late 19th Century. Stories include: 1. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2. The Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear 3. His Last Bow 4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes 6. A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of Four
The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game. No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home?We can, says psychologist and journalist Maria Konnikova, and in Mastermind she shows us how. Beginning with the “brain attic”—Holmes’s metapho... [Read More]
Winner of the 2014 Audie Award for ClassicsSir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces—from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes—brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning. By his side is Dr. John Watson, his steadfast assistant and our trusty narrator.... [Read More]
"Fry's Holmes is crisp and high-handed, his Watson enthusiastic and bemused, and the rest of the narration colorful without being mannered. Have fun. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." (AudioFile magazine) "...it was reading the Sherlock Holmes stories as a boy that first turned me on to the power of writing and storytelling." (Stephen Fry) Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled millions of fans. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry ... [Read More]
This one-of-a-kind collection features the dozen Holmes movies digitally restored and remastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. South African-born British actor Basil Rathbone was a star of such classics as The Adventures of Robin Hood, David Copperfield and Romeo and Juliet before achieving screen immortality playing Arthur Conan Doyles brilliant Holmes, beginning with The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1939. Those instant hits led to 12 more mind-bending mysteries over the next seven years, each also starring Nigel Bruce (Alfred Hitchcocks Suspicio... [Read More]
No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories brings together the essential works from Arthur Conan Doyle in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition—a keepsake to be read and treasured.There is one literary detective who stands above all others, whose powers of deduction are known the world over, whose influence can still be felt in today's most modern whodunits. Who is it, you ask? Why, it's elementary! Sherlock Holmes, the famous gumshoe of 221B Baker Street. And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--the man who made him famous in such tales ... [Read More]
Sherlock HolmesThe Complete Novels and StoriesVolume ISince 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 cr... [Read More]
Just in time for the feature film release of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the next Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr., this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is now available for only $14.99!From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson. Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then,... [Read More]
From 1939 to 1946, Americans gathered around the radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime-solver, and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson. Witty, fast-paced, and always surprising, these great radio plays are as fresh as when they first premiered and feature perfect sound. The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Collection Volume One includes The Unfortunate Tobacconist and The Paradol Chamber, The Viennese Stranger and The Notorious Canary Trainer, The April Fool’s Day Adventure and The Strange Adventure of t... [Read More]
The brand new adventure from the author of A Betrayal in Blood, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are faced with a fiendish locked room mystery.Dr Watson has been invited to Crain Manor, where his old friend James Crain is to hold a spiritualist gathering. During a séance a ghostly figure is seen, supposedly the spirit of Sybille, the first Lady Crain, who murdered her husband in the tower room, and whose appearance is said to be a sign of disaster. In an attempt to debunk the seance, James's sister Esther declares that she will sleep in the tower room - but at midnight there is a bloodc... [Read More]
This Vintage Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Classic is a 1927 (2nd printing 1930) Edition of a Single Volume Original Sole Version of Sherlock Holmes : All 4 Novels, All 56 Adventures in a rare Single Volume Edition. Later Editions, which contain identical language, are numerous, have mostly been divided into 2 book sets, all with the same content, but this Rare Doubleday version is not only for the readers of Sherlock Holmes, his loyal assistant Watson, and of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but is an Iconic Collectible from 84+ Years ago - Indeed, the Novels and Adventures are timeless to this day, and are... [Read More]
OFFICIAL EDITION: CONTAINS EVERY SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY, INCLUDING THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES! NOW WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS!There's no mystery about it: here before you is the ultimate Kindle collection of master sleuth Sherlock Holmes, illustrated and authorized by the Conan Doyle Estate.Included in Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection are:• The complete text of all four novels and fifty-six short stories starring Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, including The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (often not included in collections), each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoy... [Read More]
A DARK PAST It is 1894, and Sherlock Holmes is called to a Covent Garden art gallery where dozens of patrons lie dead before a painting of the Undying Man. Holmes and Watson are soon on the trail of a mysterious figure in black, whose astounding speed and agility make capture impossible. The same suspect is then implicated in another murder, when the servant of a visiting Russian grand duke is found terribly mutilated in a notorious slum. But what links the two crimes, and do they have anything to do with the suicide of an unpopular schoolteacher at a remote boarding school? So begins a case... [Read More]
Containing fifteen Sherlock Holmes stories, this volume of Sherlock Holmes features concise commentary on how each story relates to the author, the series, and the detective genre as well as nine accompanying essays which reflect the recent critical interest in Holmes and examine the stories from a variety of contemporary critical perspectives.
This one-of-a-kind collection features the dozen Holmes movies digitally restored and remastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. South African-born British actor Basil Rathbone was a star of such classics as The Adventures of
Everyone knows the name Sherlock Holmes—he's perhaps the most well-known sleuth in the history of mystery! Conceived by the imaginative and intricately-plotting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes has become a significant piece of popular
This one-of-a-kind collection features the dozen Holmes movies digitally restored and remastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. South African-born British actor Basil Rathbone was a star of such classics as The Adventures of
Contains four movies on four discs. Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce Special Features: Commentary from renowned British author David Stuart Davies; Photo Gallery; Archived Footage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Language:
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