Arcturus Sherlock Holmes Case-Book of Curious Puzzles Moore Gareth

Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of over 130 fiendish and hugely entertaining narrative puzzles. Some involve riddles, some plays on words, and some rely on mathematical principles. Use your powers of logical deduction, and see if you can match the towering intellect of Sherlock Holmes • Not only does this collection include brilliant puzzles to ponder over, but it presents these quandaries within exchanges between Holmes and Watson. In this way, this puzzle book retains the same cosy Victorian charm that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales are so loved for • Featuring the original pen and ink illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson, this gorgeously designed puzzle book will immerse you in Holmes's mysteries and keep you entertained for hours

Самый известный роман Артура Конан Дойла "Собака Баскервилей" возвещает о возвращении Шерлока Холмса после его смерти в "Последнем деле Холмса". Это шедевральное произведение криминального жанра мастерски сочетает неизвестность и страх с первобытным ужасом перед странным, незнакомым и невидимым • При загадочных обстоятельствах погибает сэр Чарльз Баскервиль. Старинная легенда рассказывает о проклятии рода Баскервилей - чудовищной собаке, которая губит мужчин этой семьи • Шерлок Холмс берется раскрыть убийство, и доктор Уотсон отправляется на девонширские болота, где находится родовое поместье Баскервилей, чтобы помочь знаменитому сыщику в расследовании и уберечь молодого наследника • Книга на английском языке • Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, heralds the return of Sherlock Holmes after his apparent death in The Final Problem

Solve the botanical-themed wordsearches in this delightful collection, published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew • This wonderful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years. It includes over 100 wordsearch puzzles that are all themed around plants and nature. This means that puzzlers can pick up new knowledge as they go • Themes includes • Medicinal herbs • Species of cacti • Cottage garden plants • Plants and flowers in film titles • This beautifully illustrated puzzle book is the perfect treat for wordsearch fans who also have a love of all things to do with plants and botany

This delightful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years • This beautifully illustrated puzzle book is the perfect treat for sudoku fans. It includes over 200 sudoku puzzles graded from easy to expert, so puzzlers of all levels will find much to enjoy. Delightful nature quotes are scattered throughout and botanical designs ornament each page • A delightful treat for nature lovers and puzzlers alike

Solve the botanical-themed crosswords in this delightful collection, published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew • This beautiful puzzle book is the perfect treat for crossword fans who also have a love plants and botany. It is filled with over 200 crosswords as well as beautiful and inspiring quotations dotted throughout. Each puzzle also has an extra botanical clue (or keyword) which can be solved once the puzzle is complete • This delightful collection is published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world-famous gardens that have been collecting and conserving plants for 260 years. It will delight any plant lover and improve their knowledge of the natural world

«Долина страха» или «Долина ужаса» — детективная повесть Артура Конана Дойля, изданная в 1915 году. Последняя из 4 повестей Конан Дойля о Шерлоке Холмсе • Провинциальный Берлстоун взбудоражен: богатый сквайр, филантроп и душа местного общества Джон Дуглас якобы найден мертвым - кто-то проник в его дом и в упор расстрелял из дробовика. Пока Скотленд-Ярд идентифицировал обезображенный труп и выдвигал версии убийства, одну неправдоподобнее другой, Шерлок Холмс установил, что Дуглас жив-здоров и прячется у себя в особняке, а убитый - некто Тед Болдуин, зачем-то явившийся в Берлстоун из далекой Америки, и череп ему разворотил сам Дуглас. У этих людей явно было общее прошлое, но что сделало их смертельными врагами? Долина Ужаса когда-то повязала этих двоих кровью, и теперь одному из них нет места на земле, пока по ней ходит другой

"With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner... widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in... at first I could see nothing... presently... details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold-everywhere the glint of gold." • Howard Carter • Lost to antiquity, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was rediscovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Its hidden location had protected it from plundering and inside lay a world of treasures • Accompany Howard Carter as he explores the tombs of ancient Egypt and enter this mysterious world of artefacts, hieroglyphs, ancient gods and pharaohs, solving puzzles befitting a king as you go. With strange and cryptic hieroglyphs to decode, ancient mysteries to crack, and riddles worthy of the sphinx itself you'll soon be lost in the sands of time

Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas. Featuring the original Sherlock Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson, it contains a great mix of conundrums to keep the most ardent puzzle and Sherlock fan entertained and challenged

Замечательные детективные рассказы Артура Конан Дойля радуют читателей уже более ста лет. В сборнике "Шерлок Холмс. Захватывающий сборник историй" представлена повесть "Этюд в багровых тонах" наряду с 14 короткими рассказами, отобранными и представленными отмеченным наградами криминальным писателем Мартином Эдвардсом. Эти мастерски составленные детективы прекрасно передают очарование викторианского Лондона и демонстрируют потрясающие дедуктивные способности Шерлока Холмса • Сборник включает в себя • - Скандал в Богемии • - Берилловая диадема • - Случай с переводчиком • - Голубой карбункул • - Тайна Боскомской долины • Книга на английском языке • This handsome hardback compendium brings together some of Sherlock Holmes' best cases, presented with a deluxe gold-embossed cover design with gilded page edges

Pit your wits against the genius of the Leonardo da Vinci with this collection of mind-bending narrative puzzles, inspired by the master of the Renaissance • Leonardo da Vinci was a true polymath skilled in inventing, painting, drawing, geology, and astronomy to name but a few - and you'll need to channel his creativity and visual skill in order to solve these puzzles. Each narrative puzzle is staged in da Vinci's own life. You will be whisked away to the streets of Renaissance Italy as you help him solve problems with new inventions, crack encryptions in artwork and much more • - Think like a master: This intriguing collection of creative and visual puzzles will help you to hone your creative skills and help you to think like a Renaissance master

Alan Turing is often called the father of modern computing. During World War II, he worked at Bletchley Park, where top secret work was carried out to decipher the military codes used by Germany and its allies. Turing played a pivotal role in cracking intercepted coded messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Nazis in many crucial engagements, and his work was vital in helping the Allies win the war

In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open conventions in fiction. Suicide as a murder weapon and homosexual incest are some of the psychological tragedies whose consequences are unravelled by the mind of Holmes before the eyes of Watson. That said, the collection also includes some of the best turns of wit in the series, and indeed in the whole of English literature • The editor of this volume, W.W. Robson, is Emeritus David Masson, Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Modern English Literature