Bernard: 3655 books

In 1955, a forensic pathologist encounters a headless body found in a Welsh bog—with a Batman tattoo on the arm—in this mystery full of “great plot twists” (Publishers Weekly). With a new and thriving private forensic consultancy, Home Office pathologist Doctor Richard Pryor is glad...

A classic murder mystery by acclaimed crime writer Bernard Knight. When super-rich Margaret Walker is found dead after a wild party, people assume it was an overdose - until a knife wound, almost invisible, is discovered on her body. But who would have wanted to murder her? As the investigation progresses,...

The 1954 murder of a plantation owner in Malaya puts a newly qualified pathologist’s forensic skills to the test in this mystery series debut.   As he arrives in Malaya (now Malaysia), newly qualified pathologist Tom Howden is still questioning his decision to sign on for three years in Her Majesty’s...

A classic murder mystery by acclaimed crime writer Bernard Knight, featuring Chief Inspector Archie Benbow as he delves into the murky underworld of 1960s London. Gambling dens, drug dealers, dodgy antiques salesmen, and a mysterious link to post-war Germany feature in this pacy retro thriller.

Greek mythology’s mightiest hero faces the world’s most fearsome beasts, monsters, and demons Hercules, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, was the greatest of the Greek heroes and the strongest man on earth. Three times as big as his fully mortal twin, and imbued with extraordinary courage...

Dredgedale Correctional Facility is situated deep beneath the surface of the wasteland and the only way out is the way in. There simply is no escape! A new prisoner is assigned to cellblock C on the lower level of the facility. His inmates are partially demented and all seems to go well until tragedy...

A classic murder mystery by acclaimed author Bernard Knight. When some boys find a human bone in a cave in Cardiganshire, Wales, a case that has gone unresolved for over thirty years suddenly springs back into life. For that grisly find is only the start of things... When the rest of the skeleton...

Warfare in Medieval Europe c. 400-c.1453 provides a thematic discussion of the nature and conduct of war, including its economic, technological, social, and religious contexts, from the late Roman Empire to the end of the Hundred Years’ War. The geographical scope of this volume encompasses Latin...

The Philanderer is a play by George Bernard Shaw. It was written in 1893 but the strict British Censorship laws at the time meant that it was not produced on stage until 1902.

Kampf der Königreiche, Spiel der Götter Nach der großen, überaus blutigen Schlacht von Lugg Vale hat Arthur endlich die zerstrittenen Stämme Britanniens im Kampf gegen die germanischen Eindringlinge vom Festland geeint. Die Erfüllung seines großen Traums von Gerechtigkeit und Ordnung in Britannien...

Dr.Don Moshew,internist,charge with dispensing controlled drugs by prescription. It all started with a female patient,pretending to have a bonafide ailment. When the truth surfaced and doctor tried to show her out of the office,Robin, closed the door and pushed doctor against the wall and started...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets is a 1910 short comedy by George...

The Greek myths are celebrated as timeless stories in this collection by renowned author Bernard Evslin “The Dolphin Rider” is Arion, who lives in Corinth, a city near the sea. He longs to go on great adventures, but an oracle warns that if he embarks on a voyage, he will never return....

Shortlisted for the 2016 T. S. Eliot Prize, this new collection of expert lyric poems from Whitbread Poetry Award winner Bernard O'Donoghue movingly animates the scenery and characters of his childhood in County Cork. The mythologies of family are here: the relative who maybe emigrated to America...