I found this to be a suspensful read. It involves two widows in a retirement village where their members are being murdered alphabetically. Due to an inexperienced shariff the two women decide to try to solve the murders themselves. The characters are charming! In addition to the suspense is a slight hint of humor. But you will not be laughing long as the suspense builds up to a breathtaking pace as the story progresses to a surprising climax. This is a keeper!

"Son of Holmes" is based in a small French town just after WWI broke out. Auguste Lupa is the supposed son of Sherlock Holmes (its always hinted at, but never confirmed). Lupa must discover, with the help of a French agent, the murderer of a crime. The murderer turns out to want to disrupt France's war effort.

With brillant plot, brillant characters, and a wonderfully done setting, this book of Lescroart should be reprinted and stay in print. You will not find a better book set in WWI.

This wonderful and important book has been reissued by the University of Tennessee Press as Pauli Murray: The Autobiography.

Growing up in a very conservative family I new little of my great uncle Alex. Just that he had been a communist and that that was why my father always argued with him. All I remebered was that he was this happy man that looked to me like a more bald version of Einstein. I later discovered this book and learned what an important and amazing man my great uncle was. If you are interested in cellular biology, jewish american history, communism in america, or the McCarthy Era, then you should read this book. It is the story of a man who was a pioneer in both biology and cancer research that was systematically fired and black listed due to america's paranoia of the time. An interesting history of a dark time in our society

Chris Morley is largely forgotten now, so it might be difficult for modern readers to believe that he was once one of the best known men of letters in America. From the late 1920s to the 1940s, his columns, essays, novels and poems were widely read, and his appearances on radio were enthusiastically welcomed. Morley's most popular novel, Kitty Foyle, even made it to Hollywood. But if Morley had written nothing else than his tributes to Sherlock Holmes, it would have been enough. Indeed, it is not going to far to say that Morley is the man who single-handedly created a cult of Holmes worship (by founding the Baker Street Irregulars) which is alive and well today. While some of his Holmes work is easy to find (see his introduction to The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Doubleday), Morley's more obscure thoughts were scattered among obscure bibliographic relics. Steven Rothman has combed his considerable collection of Morley's writings and brought everything he ever wrote about Holmes into one place. This book is an excellent opportunity for anyone who knows a little about Sherlock Holmes to learn a lot about both Holmes and one of his most devout disciples. Rothman has also done an excellent job of drawing a biographical background for the reader. Morley might be forgotten, but his work about Sherlock HolmesÑÑlike the great detective himselfÑ-lives on.

This book keeps you guessing all the way through. You never know whats going to happen next, but you always want to know. The characters are dynamic, and the New Mexico backdrop beautifully vivid. This is a book to enjoy over and over again!

Shaw's book is an excellent short summary of the career of one of the most noted medical men to come out of the Civil War. Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire (1835-1900), a native of Winchester, Virginina, served throughout the Civil War as the medical director of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. He is best noted in history for his time that he served with famed Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson, better known by his nom de guerre, Stonewall. It was McGuire who amputated Jackson's arm at Chancellorsville in May 1863. Shaw's biography is one of two short biographies on Dr. McGuire, the other being by John Schildt. For a short biography of Doctor McGuire, Shaw's book is excellent. Though by far not the definitive biography (a book that has yet to be written) of McGuire, Shaw's book gives an excellent overview of the doctor's career both in the War Between the States and in his post-war work. The medical aspect of the Civil War is often overlooked and this book helps fill in a major gap in Civil War histories by providing a look at one of the major medical figures of the 19th Century, medicine, Civil War, the South, and Virginia.

I've had this old book since it first came out in '83. It's now old and falling apart and I was hoping to find a reprint...

This murder dossier brings a Sherlock Holmes mystery to life. It contains physical evidence for you to handle, which is the coolest part about it. Presented in the form of a case file, it contains letters, maps, newspaper clippings, photographs, calling cards, and other evidence like a ring interspersed with journal entries. They don't make books like this anymore. It's really fun reading.

In the year 1888, a surgeon's kit mysteriously arrive at Baker Street residence of Sherlock Holmes. Training his marvelous powers on it,Holmes set forth on one of his most fascinating adventures.

Three-quarters of a century later, an equally mystifying package is deliverd to Ellery Queen. It contains a manuscript purporting to be an unpublished Sherlock Holmes novel written byJohn Watson, M.D.-an exceptional tale revealing the long-revealed secret of how Holmes uncovered the identityof Jack The Ripper!

Tracing the origin of the manuscript, Ellerydiscovers a startling connection betweenthe past and the present. Irresistibly intrigued, he journeys back into time to join Holmes in pursuit of the Ripper.
Following the master step-by-thrilling step, Ellery's remarkable powers of deduction lead him to a stunning and ironic solution of his own!

Supercarriers is a great book with tons of superb photography.
Anyone interested in knowing about flight-deck operations should get this book. Life on board an aircraft carrier is not a "bed of roses". But, its truly an experience!