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~ ~ This book is not at all your average Who- Dun-it! It is a neat little mystery but so much more. The cast of the "Baker Street Irregulars" includes amateur detectives with some strikingly similar styles to some of the top detectives in Mystery fiction at the time (set in the 1940's).

~ ~ After the obligatory obnoxious and odious character is murdered, there is naturally a nice damsel in distress whose name needs to be cleared. Each of the amateur detectives (all members of the Sherlock Holmsian exclusive club), seizes upon a slightly different bit of evidence and goes off on their own private investigative track, each coming up with wildly different results.
Each of these sections in narrated in a style closer to the different authors that created each detective. The result is just wonderful for anyone who's read enough mysteries to recognize at least 3 or 4 detectives. Any that you don't recognize specifically will be recognizable by type.

~ ~ I lost my copy of this book a long time ago, probably lending it out to other mystery lovers. I was so thrilled to see this listing at Amazon[.com], that I not only had to write a review, I'm putting it in my shopping cart immediately for my next purchase. I can't wait to reread it.

~ ~ Maybe the best thing about the book is that while Boucher, a talented critic himself, is mocking other detectives, it is very clear that he himself has enjoyed reading tales of these beloved detectives himself. He could never write such an accurate spoof, without being an addict himself.
This is one of those rare books you want to share with everyone! Definitely 5 ***** stars!

Excellent summary of treatment strategies with extensive reference to supporting research data. Suitable for the clinician and any student of psychiatry. However, it is 5 years old and a update would be nice.

Jeanne Cotter has written a wonderful book coupled with beautiful illustrations by Chrysa Otto. This book comes with a CD tucked into the back cover with Jeanne's beautiful voice singing the lyrics of the book. This book would make a great gift book for a child or god-child. The book works on a number of levels...for the very young as a way to introduce different animals, for the older child as a way to introduce the changing of night into day,and respect for the universe, and for the adults through the message of the gift of life in the universe, in our children, and within ourselves. My 2 year old likes it on a superficial level...and I love it on a deeper level. The CD makes a great lullaby for naptime, too!

Compiled and written by Massimo Capuani (historian and researcher in the field of Eastern Christian Churches, as well as Middle Eastern and Mediterranean culture) and enhanced with informed and informed contributions by Otto F. A. Meinardus (Fellow of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo) and Marie-Helene Rustschowscaya (Head Curator, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre, and Director of the Coptic section), as well as emendations and an introduction to this English-language edition by Gawdat Gabra, Christian Egypt: Coptic Art And Monuments Through Two Millennia is a truly stunning and unusually panoramic history of the artistic expression of the Coptic Church ranging across hundreds of years. Gorgeous color photography, illustrative black-and-white images, showcase the extensively detailed background information on the history and creation of great works of architecture and expression which fill this singularly impressive volume from cover to cover. Christian Egypt is a highly recommended and much appreciated contribution to Art History, Christian History, and Egyptian History academic reference collections as well as the non-specialist general reader with an interest in Coptic art and monuments.

Having trouble deciding on which mystery novel to read? This book is a great starting point. This volume lists the "Top 100" mystery novels (actually 101) as voted by members of the Mystery Writers of America. For each book (technically some are not novels), Otto Penzler has written a brief essay, which can help you decide if you would like to read it or not.

There are also short essays on the various crime subgenres, written by an author that specializes in that area. For example, Gregory Mcdonald, author of the "Fletch" series, writes on the humorous subgenre. Another section of the volume lists interesting tidbits like, "Favorite Hiding Place for a Body" as voted by the membership. In the back, the volume lists all of the Edgar nominated books up to 1994.

So, if love mystery novels and would like to discover new authors or if you're looking for a book in which to explore in the genre, then this is the book for you.

owning (and having heard) all of Ottilis tapes (yeah, there was no CD in these days), I can only recommend this book. Even if you know the gags from tape, you will roll on the floor laughing. And even better - there's a lot of jokes that aren't on any of Ottilis tapes, such as the 'operation manual for this book' and lots of other gags.

This book was amazing. It blew my mind. The author's use of the German language is masterful. The title says it all, Die Relevanz der Unternehmensordnung fèur den Wettbewerb, or in a language you would understand, The Pregnant Yak Flies by Candlelight. Buy this book, you won't be disappointed.

This is one of the best books on the subject that I have ever read. It is written by someone who was actually there. I would highly recommend this to everyone interested in the SS or WW2.

Double Bind is an absolutely captivating mystery with a unique plot and an imaginative, yet realistic, set of characters. At the same time, Cohen-Cole manages to tackle and bring to light a terrible, violent "professional" practice that breaks, rather than heals, psychiatric patients. By making public the practice of restraint and seclusion, through such an absorbing novel, the author has already begun the movement towards the eradication of this practice.

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