David Stuart Davies est un auteur distingué dont l'écriture plonge profondément dans le domaine de la fiction policière. Ses œuvres explorent souvent des intrigues complexes et les profondeurs psychologiques des personnages, lui valant un lectorat fidèle. Le style de Davies se caractérise par une observation fine et un langage précis, attirant les lecteurs dans des récits captivants. Son travail éditorial souligne en outre sa profonde compréhension du genre.
These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include 'The Happy Prince', who was not as happy as he seemed; 'The Selfish Giant', who learned to love little children; 'The Star Child', who suffered bitter trials when he rejected his parents. . . . Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic.
Le Petit Prince
Diese Ausgabe präsentiert die deutsche Übertragung neben dem französischen Originaltext mit den farbigen Zeichnungen des Autors. Als Übersetzungshilfe und Einladung, die bekannte Erzählung neu zu entdecken. Als der Berufspilot und Schriftsteller Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1943 den »Kleinen Prinzen« erfand, konnte er nicht ahnen, welch gewaltiger Erfolg sein Büchlein werden sollte. Die philosophisch-poetische Geschichte vom kleinen Prinzen, der auf der Suche nach Freunden allerlei seltsame Planeten bereist, übt ungebrochene Faszination aus. Sie ist ein Plädoyer für Menschlichkeit, das in über 240 Sprachen und Dialekte übersetzt worden ist.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.' Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature the infamous Detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Doctor Watson. They first appeared as stories in the Strand Magazine and feature some of his most famous and enjoyable cases, including 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' and 'The Red-headed League'.
The Best o/ Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selec- tion around the author's own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle's 'Baker Street Dozen', creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world's most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London swathed in eddies of fog and illuminated by gaslight, is to be found the remarkable character of Sherlock Holmes and his staunch companion, Doctor John H. Watson. Few will be able to resist this invitation to step aboard the waiting hansom cab and rattle off along cobbled streets into unimagined dangers and intrigues.
The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world's greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now you can discover every detail of Sherlock Holmes' world
Colonel Sapt travels to England on a secret mission to prevent anarchy in Ruritania by enlisting Rudolf Rassendyll to impersonate the King during his recovery from illness. However, Rassendyll has mysteriously vanished.
A collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was esconsced in his rooms at 221B Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog.
This book explores the captivating and eerie world of vampires through a collection of stories, featuring both well-known and lesser-known tales.
A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang...
Includes short stories: Best Ghost Stories, Best Fairy Stories, Celtic Fairy Tales and Tales of the Macabre. This new collection of detective stories of the golden age includes intriguing tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Wallace, G K Chesterton, 'Sapper', E W Hornung, and Arnold Bennett.
