Product Description: In "The Dying Detective," Sherlock Holmes comes close to death, or so his long-suffering colleague, Dr. Watson, thinks. In "The Assassins' Club," a murder occurs at a dinner table full of crime novelists. "The Case of the Tragedies of the Greek Room" features eccentric detective Morris Klaw trying to solve an especially perplexing locked-room mystery...read more

Outlines a program that can bring families together as it gets them into shape, offering fitness evaluations, information on specific exercises, fitness games and advice on nutrition

Ranging across early Victorian England from East End squalor to Nottingham mills, this book tells a picaresque, almost Dickens-like tale of tavern assassinations and prize fights, gin palace 'communists' and bullying do-gooders, industrialists and whores.

"Shepherd has crafted an enthralling confrontation that superbly sustains the delicate balance between the self-effacing nuts-and-bolts humanism of Paine and the vulnerable fiery politics of Blake. A rare treat." (James Christopher, Independent) William Blake, the poet and artist was born in London in 1757. He became an apprentice engraver at the age of 14 and remained poor throughout his life. He believed fervently in the revolution of the inner man, that only personal salvation and spiritual regeneration could acheive a better world, fearing that social revolution would only replace one tyranny with another. Blake died in 1827. Thomas Paine, the political thinker and revolutionary, was born 20 years before Blake in Thetford, Norfolk. An active figure in both the American and French revolutions in England he was considered a traitor and in 1791 fled across the channel to France. After a period of imprisonment during 'The Terror' (1793-4), he returned to America, where he died in 1809 reviled by the Christian fundamentalists for what they saw as the profanity of his beliefs. Against this background In Lambeth which starred Bob Peck and Michael Maloney in its London premiere, shows Tom Paine going to pay his respects to William Blake. "Out of their encounter, Shepherd's play orchestrates a fascinating clash between two types of revolutionary: the idealistic visionary and the principled pragmatist." (Paul Taylor, Independent)"In his beautiful new play...Shepherd has captured the essence of both men and has found them a magical location and a good moment in history in which to meet." (Time Out) "Charm is not a quality one would immediately associate with either William Blake or Tom Paine, but Jack Shepherd's play about a meeting between the two in 1791 has it in abundance." (The Times)

Product Description: What happens when you ask a bunch of cat lovers to be really honest with ourselves about the furry, neurotic little terrors who share our homes and leave hairballs on our carpets? Things start off pretty well, then they get bad, then they get really bad, and then they get ugly...read more

The authors write about such topics as how to begin a running program, how to train to become competitive, how to run in races, and what is the proper health and nutrition for runners. Original.

Product Description: England, 1656. After the execution of the king, the country veers dangerously toward anarchy. Against this background, John Milton and Oliver Cromwell meet for a heated debate about how a country can regain its equilibrium after a bloody insurrection and if good government can be enforced from above on a divided nation...read more

Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint's treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed?