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Mastermind

Author : Maria Konnikova
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101606231
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Mastermind written by Maria Konnikova and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game. No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? We can, says psychologist and journalist Maria Konnikova, and in Mastermind she shows us how. Beginning with the “brain attic”—Holmes’s metaphor for how we store information and organize knowledge—Konnikova unpacks the mental strategies that lead to clearer thinking and deeper insights. Drawing on twenty-first-century neuroscience and psychology, Mastermind explores Holmes’s unique methods of ever-present mindfulness, astute observation, and logical deduction. In doing so, it shows how each of us, with some self-awareness and a little practice, can employ these same methods to sharpen our perceptions, solve difficult problems, and enhance our creative powers. For Holmes aficionados and casual readers alike, Konnikova reveals how the world’s most keen-eyed detective can serve as an unparalleled guide to upgrading the mind.

The Sherlock Holmes Book

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465449973
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book The Sherlock Holmes Book written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sherlock Holmes Book, the latest in DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, tackles the most "elementary" of subjects--the world of Sherlock Holmes, as told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sherlock Holmes Book is packed with witty illustrations, clear graphics, and memorable quotes that make it the perfect Sherlock Holmes guide, covering every case of the world's greatest detective, from A Study in Scarlet to The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, placing the sorties in a wider context. Stories include at-a-glance flowcharts that show how Holmes reaches his conclusions through deductive reasoning, and character guides provide handy reference for readers and an invaluable resource for fans of the Sherlock Holmes films and TV series. The Sherlock Holmes Book holds a magnifying glass to the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective.

The Great Detective

Author : Zach Dundas
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054422020X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book The Great Detective written by Zach Dundas and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking look at popular culture’s most beloved sleuth: “For even the casual fan, the history of this deathless character is fascinating” (The Boston Globe). Today he is the inspiration for fiction adaptations, blockbuster movies, hit television shows, raucous Twitter banter, and thriving subcultures. More than a century after Sherlock Holmes first capered into our world, what is it about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peculiar creation that continues to fascinate us? Journalist and lifelong Sherlock fan Zach Dundas set out to find the answer. The result is The Great Detective: a history of an idea, a biography of someone who never lived, a tour of the borderland between reality and fiction, and a joyful romp through the world Conan Doyle bequeathed us. In this “wonderful book” (Booklist, starred review), Dundas unearths the inspirations behind Holmes and his indispensable companion, Dr. John Watson; explores how they have been kept alive over the decades by writers, actors, and readers; and visits locales—from the boozy annual New York City gathering of one of the world’s oldest and most exclusive Sherlock Holmes fan societies; to a freezing Devon heath out of The Hound of the Baskervilles; to sunny Pasadena, where Dundas chats with the creators of the smash BBC series Sherlock. Along the way, he discovers the ingredients that have made Holmes go viral—then, now, and as long as the game’s afoot.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8172247222
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes the gaunt, ascetic, ruthlessly logical pursuer of crime and mystery created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle needs no introduction. The adventures of this sharp, witty and moody detective alongwith his loveable pedantic and faithful friend Dr. Watson are a perennial source of inspiration to lovers of crime fiction. The book brings to you the criminal investigation of mysteries by master detective Sherlock Holmes.

Behind the Times

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781499326161
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Times written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste.He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.-Wikipedia

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385533160
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Devil and Sherlock Holmes written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager—and one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation—comes a “horrifying, hilarious, and outlandish” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of gripping true crime mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be a superb storyteller. In The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery of rogues and heroes with their own particular fixations who show that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell

Author : Paul Kane
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1786180340
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell written by Paul Kane and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World’s Greatest Detective Meets Horror’s Most Notorious Villains! Late 1895, and Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr John Watson are called upon to investigate a missing persons case. On the face of it, this seems like a mystery that Holmes might relish – as the person in question vanished from a locked room. But this is just the start of an investigation that will draw the pair into contact with a shadowy organisation talked about in whispers, known only as the ‘Order of the Gash.’ As more people go missing in a similar fashion, the clues point to a sinister asylum in France and to the underworld of London. However, it is an altogether different underworld that Holmes will soon discover – as he comes face to face not only with those followers who do the Order’s bidding on Earth, but those who serve it in Hell: the Cenobites. Holmes’ most outlandish adventure to date, one that has remained shrouded in secrecy until now, launches him headlong into Clive Barker’s famous Hellraising universe… and things will never be the same again. With an introduction by Hellraiser II actress Barbie Wilde.

Tales of Sherlock Holmes

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Bantam Classics
ISBN 13 : 0307834409
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Bantam Classics. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes’s famous “seven percent solution” and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the chilling “ The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” the baffling riddle of “The Musgrave Ritual,” and the ingeniously plotted “The Five Orange Pips,” tales that bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.

A Study in Charlotte

Author : Brittany Cavallaro
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062398938
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book A Study in Charlotte written by Brittany Cavallaro and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter. Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes; after all, their great-great-great-grandfathers are one of the most infamous pairs in history. But the Holmes family has always been odd, and Charlotte is no exception. She’s inherited Sherlock’s volatility and some of his vices—and when Jamie and Charlotte end up at the same Connecticut boarding school, Charlotte makes it clear she’s not looking for friends. But when a student they both have a history with dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other.

How to Instantly Size Up Strangers Like Sherlock Holmes

Author : Mark Williams, Sr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990718000
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book How to Instantly Size Up Strangers Like Sherlock Holmes written by Mark Williams, Sr. and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing how to read people is essential to success. And no one did it better than Sherlock Holmes! He had the incredible ability to instantly 'read' people he met. He could tell where an individual just came from, the person's trade or character with a single glance. Now his method is available to you! The Sherlock Holmes Method is a systematic and accurate way to evaluate people. It uses simple questions and practical principles to instantly size up strangers. The book is crammed with easy to follow examples that Holmes used to evaluate anyone. You will find simple tips and specific techniques on how to scan people instantly. This book gives you step-by-step instructions so you can improve your ability to size up strangers just like Sherlock Holmes! Learn his methods and then apply them in your everyday life with the strangers you meet! It's elementary - once you know his methods!

Letters to Sherlock Holmes

Author : Richard Lancelyn Green
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to Sherlock Holmes written by Richard Lancelyn Green and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1985 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A selection of the most interesting and entertaining of the letters written to the world's most famous detective" ; "A selection of letters which were received by Abbey National at 221 Baker Street"-- Prové de l'editor.

Towards Non-Being

Author : Graham Priest
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191086266
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Towards Non-Being written by Graham Priest and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards Non-Being presents an account of the semantics of intentional language—verbs such as 'believes', 'fears', 'seeks', 'imagines'. Graham Priest tackles problems concerning intentional states which are often brushed under the carpet in discussions of intentionality, such as their failure to be closed under deducibility. Priest's account draws on the work of the late Richard Routley (Sylvan), and proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. Since Russell, non-existent objects have had a bad press in Western philosophy; Priest mounts a full-scale defence. In the process, he offers an account of both fictional and mathematical objects as non-existent. The book will be of central interest to anyone who is concerned with intentionality in the philosophy of mind or philosophy of language, the metaphysics of existence and identity, the philosophy or fiction, the philosophy of mathematics, or cognitive representation in AI. This updated second edition adds ten new chapters to the original eight. These further develop the ideas of the first edition, reply to critics, and explore new areas of relevance. New topics covered include: conceivability, realism/antirealism concerning non-existent objects, self-deception, and the verb to be.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eleven exciting stories, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1894, is a must read for serious crime fiction lovers. This collection includes fascinating variety of stories such as Silver Blaze, The Yellow Face, The Stock-Broker's Clerk, The Gloria Scott, The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Puzzle, The Crooked Man, The Resident Patient, The Greek Interpreter, The Naval Treaty, and of course the unforgettable - The Final Problem, in which the readers witness the meeting of Sherlock Holmes with the evil Professor Moriarty and in the end their hand-to -hand struggle which leads to both of them falling over the precipice at the Reichenbach Falls, apparently to their deaths. So great was public outcry against the death Sherlock Holmes that Doyle had to resurrect him in The Return of Sherlock Holmes which was published in 1905.

The Case for Fanfiction

Author : Ashley J. Barner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476668779
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Case for Fanfiction written by Ashley J. Barner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other "guilty pleasure" reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between "fanfic" and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction. "Absorbed reading"--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically "reading from a distance"--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds.

A Companion to the Biopic

Author : Deborah Cartmell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119554799
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Biopic written by Deborah Cartmell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film The biopic, often viewed as the most reviled of all film genres, traces its origins to the early silent era over a century ago. Receiving little critical attention, biopics are regularly dismissed as superficial, formulaic, and disrespectful of history. Film critics, literary scholars and historians tend to believe that biopics should be artistic, yet accurate, true-to-life representations of their subjects. Moviegoing audiences, however, do not seem to hold similar views; biopics continue to be popular, commercially viable films. Even the genre’s most ardent detractors will admit that these films are often very watchable, particularly due to the performance of the lead actor. It is increasingly common for stars of biographical films to garner critical praise and awards, driving a growing interest in scholarship in the genre. A Companion to the Biopic is the first global and authoritative reference on the subject. Offering theoretical, historical, thematic, and performance-based approaches, this unique volume brings together the work of top scholars to discuss the coverage of the lives of authors, politicians, royalty, criminals, and pop stars through the biopic film. Chapters explore evolving attitudes and divergent perspectives on the genre with topics such as the connections between biopics and literary melodramas, the influence financial concerns have on aesthetic, social, or moral principles, the merger of historical narratives with Hollywood biographies, stereotypes and criticisms of the biopic genre, and more. This volume: Provides a systematic, in-depth analysis of the biopic and considers how the choice of historical subject reflects contemporary issues Places emphasis on films that portray race and gender issues Explores the uneven boundaries of the genre by addressing what is and is not a biopic as well as the ways in which films simultaneously embrace and defy historical authenticity Examines the distinction between reality and ‘the real’ in biographical films Offers a chronological survey of biopics from the beginning of the 20th century A Companion to the Biopic is a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and students of history, film studies, and English literature, as well as those in disciplines that examine interpretations of historical figures