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25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction

by Andrew F. Gulli, Lamia J. Gulli, Alexander McCall Smith, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, James Lee Burke, John M. Floyd, Joyce Carol Oates0, Jonathan Rabb1, Andrew Crowley2, Michael Bond3, Jo Nesbø4, H. G. Wells5, Laura Benedict6, Shirley Jackson7, Mark Mower8, Lorenzo Carcaterra9, Ray Bradbury0, P. G. Wodehouse1, Ruth Ware2, Kira Peikoff3, Zoë Sharp4, Catherine Aird5, R. L. Stine6, Walter Mosley7, Samantha Lokai8, Charles Todd9, Tennessee Williams0, James S. Dorr1, John Mortimer2, Michael Mallory3 ...

Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary ... Read more

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Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary
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Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & other stories

Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Jasmine Hyde, Timothy West ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this third thrilling collection of court casesRumpole and the Old Boy Net: With the help of his new pupil, Miss Phillida Trant, Rumpole must defend Mr Napier Lee, who is charged with blackmail. But the alleged victim of the blackmail went to public school with the defendant, and Mr Lee won't sneak on his old school chum.. ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this third thrilling collection of court casesRumpole and the Old Boy Net: With the help of his new pupil, Miss Phillida Trant, Rumpole must defend Mr Napier Lee, who is charged with blackmail. But the alleged victim of the blackmail went to public school with the defendant, and Mr Lee won't sneak on his old school chum..
... Read more
An Essay on "A Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi

by John R. Mortimer ...

Nowadays life is not so simple that we can pursue just one way at a time. We are taught at school so many different ways that we cannot live in just one singular vision and give all our body and mind to just one aim. Today we have to work and pursue social lives out of work time and still try to fulfil aims and be satisfied within. We all can't get to the top, but be assured the top can't survive ... Read more

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Nowadays life is not so simple that we can pursue just one way at a time. We are taught at school so many different ways that we cannot live in just one singular vision and give all our body and mind to just one aim. Today we have to work and pursue social lives out of work time and still try to fulfil aims and be satisfied within. We all can't get to the top, but be assured the top can't survive
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Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders & other stories

Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Timothy West, Jasmine Hyde, Cathy Sara ...

Unabridged

2 hours 55 min

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders:It is the fifties, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute Horace Rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring Timothy West as the older Rumpole.Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders:It is the fifties, and two war heroes have been shot dead. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. But the novice's superiors didn't count on the tenacity
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Rumpole at Christmas

A collection of funny, festive short stories featuring the classic fictional barrister

by John Mortimer ...

The hilarious festive stories of John Mortimer's greatest character. Sure to get you in the mood for Christmas!'Without Rumpole, the world would be a poorer place' Daily MailHorace Rumpole is not overfond of the rituals of Christmas: turkey, tinsel and the like. But happily the festive season is not one respected by the criminal fraternity; meaning that celebrations in the Rumpole household are ... Read more

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The hilarious festive stories of John Mortimer's greatest character. Sure to get you in the mood for Christmas!'Without Rumpole, the world would be a poorer place' Daily MailHorace Rumpole is not overfond of the rituals of Christmas: turkey, tinsel and the like. But happily the festive season is not one respected by the criminal fraternity; meaning that celebrations in the Rumpole household are
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Forever Rumpole

The Best of the Rumpole Stories

by John Mortimer ...

Forever Rumpole - a hilarious new selection of the very best Rumpole stories by John MortimerHorace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. With his curmudgeonly wit, his literary allusions, his disdain for personal ambition and his lack of pomposity, he has, in the words of the Daily Telegraph, 'ascended to the pantheon of ... Read more

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Forever Rumpole - a hilarious new selection of the very best Rumpole stories by John MortimerHorace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. With his curmudgeonly wit, his literary allusions, his disdain for personal ambition and his lack of pomposity, he has, in the words of the Daily Telegraph, 'ascended to the pantheon of
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Rumpole: The Age of Miracles & other stories

Three BBC Radio 4 dramatisations

by John Mortimer ...

Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Horace Rumpole in this fourth collection of dramatic court casesRumpole and the Bubble ReputationErskine-Brown is working on a sordid ABH and affray case which allegedly occurred in a Soho night club. When he and Rumpole visit the disreputable scene of the crime, they meet Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, whose paper is being sued for libel.Rumpole and the ... Read more

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Benedict Cumberbatch plays Horace Rumpole in this fourth collection of dramatic court casesRumpole and the Bubble ReputationErskine-Brown is working on a sordid ABH and affray case which allegedly occurred in a Soho night club. When he and Rumpole visit the disreputable scene of the crime, they meet Maurice Machin, the editor of the Daily Beacon, whose paper is being sued for libel.Rumpole and the
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The First Rumpole Omnibus

by John Mortimer ...

A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS!'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James, Mail on SundayWho rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters?Who told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end?Who advise... ... Read more

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A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS!'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James, Mail on SundayWho rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters?Who told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end?Who advise...
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For Nothing Is Hidden

by John A. Valenti 3rd ...

Halloween, 1955.A frantic young mother tells police her three-year-old son and infant daughter have gone missing from outside a suburban supermarket on an otherwise tranquil Fall afternoon. The girl is found a short time later, unharmed.The boy? Gone, without a trace.The debut novel by national award-winning journalist and critically-acclaimed author John A. Valenti 3rd, For Nothing is Hidden is ... Read more

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Halloween, 1955.A frantic young mother tells police her three-year-old son and infant daughter have gone missing from outside a suburban supermarket on an otherwise tranquil Fall afternoon. The girl is found a short time later, unharmed.The boy? Gone, without a trace.The debut novel by national award-winning journalist and critically-acclaimed author John A. Valenti 3rd, For Nothing is Hidden is
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Summer's Lease

by John Mortimer ...

Summer's Lease - the classic, international bestselling novel by John Mortimer'Amusing, entertaining ... and a cracking good read' Sunday Express'And summer's lease hath all too short a date' - Sonnet 18, William ShakespeareIt's high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their ... Read more

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Summer's Lease - the classic, international bestselling novel by John Mortimer'Amusing, entertaining ... and a cracking good read' Sunday Express'And summer's lease hath all too short a date' - Sonnet 18, William ShakespeareIt's high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their
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13 Poets from Long Island

by John A. Valenti 3rd, Evelyn Kandel ...

FEATURING POETRY BY 2025 FRENCH LEGION d'HONNEUR RECIPIENT VICTORIA BJORKLUND!FINALIST, 2023 AMERICAN BOOK FEST BEST BOOK AWARDS FOR BEST FICTION AND POETRY ANTHOLOGIES!"A wild ride through a poetic landscape of trauma, tradition, and whimsy . . . This diverse collection celebrates the power of poetry, blending emotional unburdening with joyful wordplay" -- Kirkus Reviews"As wide-ra... ... Read more

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FEATURING POETRY BY 2025 FRENCH LEGION d'HONNEUR RECIPIENT VICTORIA BJORKLUND!FINALIST, 2023 AMERICAN BOOK FEST BEST BOOK AWARDS FOR BEST FICTION AND POETRY ANTHOLOGIES!"A wild ride through a poetic landscape of trauma, tradition, and whimsy . . . This diverse collection celebrates the power of poetry, blending emotional unburdening with joyful wordplay" -- Kirkus Reviews"As wide-ra...
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The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

by John Mortimer ...

The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic character'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening StandardASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of ... Read more

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The Anti-social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole - a delightful novel starring John Mortimer's iconic character'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening StandardASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of
... Read more

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Best of "The Strand Magazine"

Rumpole: The Sleeping Partners & other stories

An Essay on "A Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi

Rumpole: The Penge Bungalow Murders & other stories

Rumpole at Christmas

Forever Rumpole

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