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Author : Steve Greif
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601442437
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book U.S. History Detective written by Steve Greif and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Greif
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601442420
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book U.S. History Detective written by Steve Greif and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John De Gree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601441447
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (414 download)
Download or read book World History Detective Level 1 written by John De Gree and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clare Hibbert
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750281973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (819 download)
Download or read book The History Detective Investigates: Stone Age to Iron Age written by Clare Hibbert and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out all about the first Britons, nomadic hunter-gatherers who came from mainland Europe to settle in England bringing wooden spears, flint handaxes and animals with them. Stone Age to Iron Age tells the story of how these people settled and began farming the land. They built villages of timber and stone houses such as Skara Brae on Orkney. Stonehenge is perhaps the most famous monument of this period, a technological marvel of the time built by raising over 80 blue stones to create the 'henge'. The Bronze Age bought with it metalworking using copper, tin and gold to make tools and beautiful everyday objects. The Iron Age was known for its hill forts, farming and art and culture. Contains maps, paintings, artefacts and photographs to show how early Britons lived. Ideally suited for readers age 8+ or teachers who are looking for books to support the new curriculum for 2014.
Author : Charles Brownson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786477695
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Figure of the Detective written by Charles Brownson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins with a history of the detective genre, coextensive with the novel itself, identifying the attitudes and institutions needed for the genre to emerge in its mature form around 1880. The theory of the genre is laid out along with its central theme of the getting and deployment of knowledge. Sherlock Holmes, the English Classic stories and their inheritors are examined in light of this theme and the balance of two forms of knowledge used in fictional detection--cool or rational, and warm or emotional. The evolution of the genre formula is driven by changes in the social climate in which it is embedded. These changes explain the decay of the English Classic and its replacement by noir, hardboiled and spy stories, to end in the cul-de-sac of the thriller and the nostalgic Neo-Classic. Possible new forms of the detective story are suggested.
Author : Lewis D. Moore
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482397
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Cracking the Hard-Boiled Detective written by Lewis D. Moore and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s--a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler; the Transitional, evident by 1964 in the works of John D. MacDonald and Michael Collins, and continuing to around 1977 via Joseph Hansen, Bill Pronzini and others; and the Modern, since the late 1970s, during which such writers as Loren D. Estleman, Liza Cody, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton and many others have expanded the genre and the detective character. Themes such as violence, love and sexuality, friendship, space and place, and work are examined throughout the text. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : LeRoy Lad Panek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481382
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Origins of the American Detective Story written by LeRoy Lad Panek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Allan Poe essentially invented the detective story in 1841 with Murders in the Rue Morgue. In the years that followed, however, detective fiction in America saw no significant progress as a literary genre. Much to the dismay of moral crusaders like Anthony Comstock, dime novels and other sensationalist publications satisfied the public's hunger for a yarn. Things changed as the century waned, and eventually the detective was reborn as a figure of American literature. In part these changes were due to a combination of social conditions, including the rise and decline of the police as an institution; the parallel development of private detectives; the birth of the crusading newspaper reporter; and the beginnings of forensic science. Influential, too, was the new role model offered by a wildly popular British import named Sherlock Holmes. Focusing on the late 19th century and early 20th, this volume covers the formative years of American detective fiction. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Geoffrey Barker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750281744
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Shang Dynasty of Ancient China written by Geoffrey Barker and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the answers to fascinating questions in these new titles from the 'History Detective Investigates' series. Follow Sherlock Bones on the detective trail and find out more about the past and start a history project of your own.
Author : William Ritter
Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1616205539
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Beastly Bones written by William Ritter and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second installment of the New York Times bestselling series, detective of the supernatural R.F. Jackaby and his assistant Abigail Rook follow a case to a paleontological dig site in nearby Gad's Valley on the trail of a thief, a monster, and a murderer. In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, are called upon to investigate the supernatural. First vicious shape-shifters disguise themselves as a litter of kittens, and a day later, their owner is found murdered. Then in nearby Gad’s Valley, bones from a recent dig mysteriously go missing, and an unidentifiable beast starts attacking animals and people, leaving mangled bodies behind. Charlie calls on Abigail for help, and soon Abigail and Jackaby are on the hunt—for a thief, a monster, and a murderer.
Author : Chris Raczkowski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108547338
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Download or read book A History of American Crime Fiction written by Chris Raczkowski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of American Crime Fiction places crime fiction within a context of aesthetic practices and experiments, intellectual concerns, and historical debates generally reserved for canonical literary history. Toward that end, the book is divided into sections that reflect the periods that commonly organize American literary history, with chapters highlighting crime fiction's reciprocal relationships with early American literature, romanticism, realism, modernism and postmodernism. It surveys everything from 17th-century execution sermons, the detective fiction of Harriet Spofford and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, to the films of David Lynch, HBO's The Sopranos, and the podcast Serial, while engaging a wide variety of critical methods. As a result, this book expands crime fiction's significance beyond the boundaries of popular genres and explores the symbiosis between crime fiction and canonical literature that sustains and energizes both.
Author : Marissa Moss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1939547334
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Kate Warne written by Marissa Moss and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Kate Warne, the first woman detective in the U.S after being hired by the Pinkerton Agency in 1856.
Author : Ingrid E. Mida
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472580532
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book The Dress Detective written by Ingrid E. Mida and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book provides readers with the tools to uncover the hidden stories in garments, setting out a carefully developed research methodology specific to dress, and providing easy-to-use checklists that guide the reader through the process. Beautifully illustrated, the book contains seven case studies of fashionable Western garments – ranging from an 1820s coat to a 2004 Kenzo jacket – that articulate the methodological framework for the process, illustrate the use of the checklists, and show how evidence from the garment itself can be used to corroborate theories of dress or fashion. This book outlines a skillset that has, until now, typically been passed on informally. Written in plain language, it will give any budding fashion historian, curator, or researcher the knowledge and confidence to analyze the material in front of them effectively.
Author : Patricia Craig
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192829689
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (296 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories written by Patricia Craig and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for all armchair detectives, this collection of 33 classic whodunits is the cream of crime writing.
Author : Octavia Spencer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442476869
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book The Sweetest Heist in History written by Octavia Spencer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-to-prove art heist in New York City becomes a mystery for ninja detective Randi Rhodes in this second book in a series full of humor, adventure, and heart from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Randi Rhodes and her fellow ninja detectives, DC and Pudge, were flying high after solving the Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit. But life in sleepy Deer Creek has begun to feel…a bit boring. There are no crimes to investigate! But a trip to New York City to visit Randi’s aunt changes that! While the ninja detective trio explores Randi’s old neighborhood in Brooklyn, they uncover an art theft. Except no one will believe them. So they’ll just have to catch the criminals in the act...
Author : Zach Dundas
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054422020X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)
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.
Author : Kylie Burns
Publisher : Be a Document Detective
ISBN 13 : 9780778730804
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Be an Artifact Detective written by Kylie Burns and published by Be a Document Detective. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People who write about history are a lot like detectives. They look for clues in primary sources to understand the past better. Primary sources are things such as photographs, diaries, and items made by people. Be a Document Detective teaches young readers how to ask questions and look for clues like a real historian. Book jacket.
Author : Robin W. Winks
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Historian as Detective written by Robin W. Winks and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1969 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by noted historians of the past and present, on the problems of investigation, offer a series of intriguing case studies in the relationship between historical research and detective fiction.
