A study in scarlet

The very first of the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, A Study in scarlet reveals the early days of Holmes and Watson's friendship, and exactly how the former doctor became involved in a life of crime-solving. A body is found in a grimy house in south London, its face twisted by fear and horror, with the word 'RACHE' scrawled on the wall in blood beside it -- yet the corpse itself is completely un…

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories#3

"What one man can invent, another can discover."

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories #1

"Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell."

Tales of terror and mystery

"When the impossible has been eliminated the residuum, however improbable, must contain the truth."

Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories #2

“You see, but you do not observe . The distinction is clear.”

The crucible: a play in four acts

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hyst…

Mr. Putter & Tabby: catch the cold

Poor Mr. Putter has caught a cold and is feeling miserable. Luckily, Mrs. Teaberry and her dog, Zeke, know just what to do to help Mr. Putter feel better.

The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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The librarian of basra: a true story from Iraq

Alia Muhammad Baker’s library in Basra, Iraq, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library—along with the thirty thousand books within it—will be destroyed forever. In this incredible true story of a war-stricken country where civilians seem powerless in the face of battle, this feminist and inspiration…

His last bow sherlock holmes: the greatest detective of them all

'About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases. A woman receiv…