For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sher[...]

In The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, Michael Dibdin pits the sleuth of Baker Street against the Butcher of Whitechapel--the archfiend Jack the Ripper. In doing so, he gives readers a Holmes possessed of greater and more disturbing depths than the one they thought they knew.[...]

Thrilling, true crime tales from the Vidocq Society - a team of the world's finest forensic investigators whose monthly lunches lead to justice in ice-cold murders.
Three of the greatest detectives in the world were heartsick over the growing tide of unsolved murders. Good friends and sometime [...]

The most common raw material for making lime is limestone, which is one of the world's most abundant minerals, widely available in many countries. Lime has many other uses, but this book is specifically about its use in building and construction, for which it has a proven track record through severa[...]

Divided into four parts: Part I: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits; Part II: Analog Electronics and Instrumentation; Part III: Digital Electronics and Computer Fundamentals; Part IV: Electromechanical and Control Systems. Many worked-out examples illustrate the applications of each topic.[...]

Chet Holmes helps his clients blow away both the competition and their own expectations. And his advice starts with one simple concept: focus Instead of trying to master four thousand strategies to improve your business, zero in on the few essential skill areas that make the big difference.
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The collection of essays focuses on the twin areas of research undertaken by Prof. Michael W. Holmes. These are the sub-disciplines of textual criticism and the study of the Apostolic Fathers. The first part of the volume on textual criticism focuses on issues of method, the praxis of editing and co[...]