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'The hour of dusk was the climax in the strange case of the man found dead in the chalk pit. Who was the murdered man? And why did so many clues lead to that infamous London nightclub, the ‘Cut and Come Again’? E.R. Punshon leads the redoubtable Sergeant Bobby Owen and his readers on a...

E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love, poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London’s abandoned minority children Despite his Cambridge education and a sterling record with the British Royal Air Force during World War II, E. R. Braithwaite, a...

Three compelling memoirs from the author of the “moving and inspiring” international bestseller, To Sir, With Love (The New York Times).   E. R. Braithwaite wrote powerfully and poignantly about racial discrimination—both in his most famous novel, based on his own experience teaching in London’s...

Description Who killed Mr. Jessop? Who stole the Fellows necklace? Who attacked Hilda May? The web of suspicion encompasses a dealer in 'hot goods', respected jewellers, a millionaire, an ex-pugilist, a playboy, members of the nobility, a hard-boiled moll and a girl who could not forget her past....

When an old acquaintance of Bobby Owen’s from Oxford days turns up out of the blue, he needs help. Bobby little suspects that investigating the sinister enclave of ‘Dictator’s Way’ will quickly set in train a series of momentous events, involving Bobby in a fistfight with an ex-professional...

Description Police officer Bobby Owen is a weekend guest at Lady Cambers's majestic country pile, there to advise on security following recent burglary scares. But when the lady of the house disappears, her bed unslept-in, it's a case of murder not burglary - for Bobby discovers her ladyship, strangled,...

Bobby Owen is on a mission of unusual delicacy, finding himself conducting an investigation which involves his own titled but impecunious family. This time the cards were stacked against Bobby. He knew full well the cause of his cousin's mysterious disappearance, but he could not understand the baffling...

The Medicolegal Library is the first and only series of its kind. Its importance is self-evident. During the last decade, science, especial­ ly medical practice, has become an increasingly complex undertak­ ing. Recent dramatic developments in medicine have given rise to both theoretical controversies...

E. R. Eddisons klassischer Saga-Roman Styrbjörn der Starke, erstmals im Jahre 1926 erschienen, erzählt die großartige Geschichte von Styrbjörn Olafsson, dem Erben des schwedischen Throns: Styrbjörn ist bekannt sowohl für seine beeindruckende Größe und Stärke als auch für seine widerspenstige,...

You can earn $100,000 a year cold calling! What’s more, you can do it without ever calling anyone at home or closing a single deal yourself. Written by a former gatekeeper turned lead generation expert who still makes up to 80 calls per day, this book will give you the skills you need to become...

Acclaimed author E. R. Braithwaite (To Sir, With Love) chronicles the brutality, oppression, and courage he witnessed as a black man granted “Honorary White” status during a six-week visit to apartheid South Africa As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E. R. Braithwaite...

From the bestselling author of To Sir, With Love comes the moving personal memoir of a westernized black man who journeys to Africa in search of his roots and discovers a vibrant and extraordinary society on the verge of monumental change In the early 1960s acclaimed British Guianese author...

The acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love recalls his lifelong struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride with a bigoted white neighbor On a commuter train traveling from New Canaan, Connecticut, to New York’s Grand Central Station, a well-heeled white suburbanite...

Le pouvoir est le seul poison auquel nul ne peut résister Grèce. 85 avant JC. Alors qu’il vient de vaincre les armées du mythique roi grec Mithridate VI, Sylla, consul de Rome, exige de son adversaire un tribut un peu particulier : qu’il lui livre son médecin personnel, Narcès. Créateur...