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  • Audiobook

    The Return of Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes’ Nemesis Lives Again

    by John Gardner ...
    Narrated by Robin Sachs ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 56 min

    The novel that reintroduced the Napoleon of crime to the Victorian underworldOnce again, the game is afoot …What really happened in Switzerland between Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes in 1891? And why is Holmes, now in London at 221B Baker Street, curiously uncooperative with Scotland Yard's inquiries? Furthermore, why has Moriarty planned a grand meeting with the international crime syndicate? These ... Read more

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    The Revenge of Moriarty

    by John Gardner ...
    Narrated by Robin Sachs ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 51 min

    With riches accumulated from an American crime spree, Professor Moriarty proceeds to annihilate his enemies. He murders the leaders of Europe's underworld one by one, then prepares his most hideous revenge for his arch-enemy, Sherlock Holmes. Will he succeed in this most terrible plan? In this vivid, suspenseful novel of London-underworld crime, John Gardner has created another brilliant novel in ... Read more

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  • Licence Renewed

    by John Gardner ...
    Series Book 1 - James Bond 007
    Licence Renewed is first of 'master storyteller' John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent.Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global meltdown. Unless Bond can stop them . . . ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grendel

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic."An extraordinary achievement."—New York TimesThe first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel William ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • John Gardner on Writing

    On Becoming a Novelist, On Writers & Writing, and On Moral Fiction

    by John Gardner ...
    Three books in one volume: Advice and reflections on modern fiction from "one of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had" (Frederick Busch).In On Becoming a Novelist, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops, the developmental stages of literary growth, and the inevitable experience of writer's block. Drawn from his ... Read more

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  • The King's Indian

    Stories and Tales

    by John Gardner ...
    An iconic collection that showcases Gardner as a master craftsman navigating an uncertain worldIn this exceptional book, author John Gardner explores the literary form as a vehicle of vision, and creates heroes that personify his tremendous artistic ideals: A Boston schoolmaster abandons his dreams of owning a farmhouse in rural Illinois only to be taken on a voyage across the seas and into self ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Fiction

    Notes on Craft for Young Writers

    by John Gardner ...
    This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • On Moral Fiction

    by John Gardner ...
    "Fearless, illuminating" criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, "proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial" ( Los Angeles Times).Novelist John Gardner's thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: "True art is by its nature moral." It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book's first publication, ... Read more

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  • On Writers & Writing

    by John Gardner ...
    The classic work on the art of fiction by the "refreshingly unpredictable" novelist and literary critic ( Publishers Weekly)In this posthumously published collection of his essays and reviews, acclaimed novelist John Gardner discusses the craft of fiction writing, taking to task some of his best-known contemporaries in the process. Gardner criticizes some for writing disingenuous fiction, and ... Read more

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  • Nickel Mountain

    by John Gardner ...
    New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Finalist: In an upstate New York town, a man tries to save a teenage girl—and his own soul.Henry Soames runs a diner in an eccentric rural community in the Catskills. He is anxious and overweight, and at age forty-two, suffers from poor health. When Callie Wells, Soames's seventeen-year-old employee, is impregnated by a local boy on his way to ... Read more

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  • The Sunlight Dialogues

    by John Gardner ...
    John Gardner's sweeping portrait of the collision of opposing philosophical perspectives in 1960s America, centering on the appearance of a mysterious stranger in a small upstate New York townOne summer day, a countercultural drifter known only as the Sunlight Man appears in Batavia, New York. Jailed for painting the word "LOVE" across two lanes of traffic, the Sunlight Man encounters Fred Clumly, ... Read more

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  • The Art of Living

    & Other Stories

    by John Gardner ...
    An inspired book of short stories that explores the profound relationship between life and artWhile mourning the loss of his son in the Vietnam War, an Italian chef reflects on the importance of art for future generations. An American boy retreats inward after he kills his younger brother in a farming accident, finding solace in classical music and a friendship with his teacher. Placing the artist ... Read more

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