Author: R.T. Raichev
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Do plots involving exchanged murders still work and who exactly is the victim? Antonia Darcy never imagined that taking her young grandson to his first day at nursery school would embroil her in a most baffling case of mistaken identity and murder. Major Payne, on the other hand, believed that it was their destiny. Olga Klimt played a dangerous game with the affections of the men in love with her, though she knew perfectly well there might be a high price to pay ... Among the unlikely murder suspects is a rich young heir to a biscuit fortune, his Aconite-addicted mother, his manservant and the headmistress of a prestigious nursery school. In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.
The Killing of Olga Klimt
Author: R.T. Raichev
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Do plots involving exchanged murders still work and who exactly is the victim? Antonia Darcy never imagined that taking her young grandson to his first day at nursery school would embroil her in a most baffling case of mistaken identity and murder. Major Payne, on the other hand, believed that it was their destiny. Olga Klimt played a dangerous game with the affections of the men in love with her, though she knew perfectly well there might be a high price to pay ... Among the unlikely murder suspects is a rich young heir to a biscuit fortune, his Aconite-addicted mother, his manservant and the headmistress of a prestigious nursery school. In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Do plots involving exchanged murders still work and who exactly is the victim? Antonia Darcy never imagined that taking her young grandson to his first day at nursery school would embroil her in a most baffling case of mistaken identity and murder. Major Payne, on the other hand, believed that it was their destiny. Olga Klimt played a dangerous game with the affections of the men in love with her, though she knew perfectly well there might be a high price to pay ... Among the unlikely murder suspects is a rich young heir to a biscuit fortune, his Aconite-addicted mother, his manservant and the headmistress of a prestigious nursery school. In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.
Killing of Olga Klimt
Author: R.T. Raichev
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Do plots involving exchanged murders still work and who exactly is the victim? Antonia Darcy never imagined that taking her young grandson to his first day at nursery school would embroil her in a most baffling case of mistaken identity and murder. Major Payne, on the other hand, believed that it was their destiny. Olga Klimt played a dangerous game with the affections of the men in love with her, though she knew perfectly well there might be a high price to pay ... Among the unlikely murder suspects is a rich young heir to a biscuit fortune, his Aconite-addicted mother, his manservant and the headmistress of a prestigious nursery school. In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750958715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Do plots involving exchanged murders still work and who exactly is the victim? Antonia Darcy never imagined that taking her young grandson to his first day at nursery school would embroil her in a most baffling case of mistaken identity and murder. Major Payne, on the other hand, believed that it was their destiny. Olga Klimt played a dangerous game with the affections of the men in love with her, though she knew perfectly well there might be a high price to pay ... Among the unlikely murder suspects is a rich young heir to a biscuit fortune, his Aconite-addicted mother, his manservant and the headmistress of a prestigious nursery school. In this, their ninth investigation, husband and wife sleuths, Antonia Darcy and Major Payne, search desperately for answers before the killer strikes again.
Post-Soviet Women
Author: Ann-Mari Sätre
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031380665
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This volume explores how different post-Soviet countries have reinterpreted and diverged from the Soviet gender roles and values. It synthesizes results from multiple empirical studies that attend to increasingly conservative features of political governance in the region, particularly the authoritarian regime in Russia. The authors consider diverse enactments of ideologies, policies and practices of gender equality and women’s rights in crucial areas, such as legislative institutions, media, and social activism. The volume contributes to understanding post-Soviet societal dynamics relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, which emphasizes gender equality as part of fundamental human rights.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031380665
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This volume explores how different post-Soviet countries have reinterpreted and diverged from the Soviet gender roles and values. It synthesizes results from multiple empirical studies that attend to increasingly conservative features of political governance in the region, particularly the authoritarian regime in Russia. The authors consider diverse enactments of ideologies, policies and practices of gender equality and women’s rights in crucial areas, such as legislative institutions, media, and social activism. The volume contributes to understanding post-Soviet societal dynamics relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, which emphasizes gender equality as part of fundamental human rights.
The New York Times Book Review Index, 1896-1970: Author index
Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
Book Description
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1394
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Venice and the Veneto
Author: DK Travel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465475915
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Covering everything from Venice's iconic Grand Canal to enchanting Verona, and the impressive peaks of the Dolomites to pretty Lake Garda, this travel guide is packed with itinerary suggestions, restaurant recommendations, and handpicked hotels. Filled with beautiful illustrations, useful maps, and colorful images, this guide will help you find your way effortlessly around Venice and the Veneto. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & The Veneto is the perfect companion for an exploration of this idyllic part of Italy. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & The Veneto truly shows you this city as no one else can.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465475915
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Covering everything from Venice's iconic Grand Canal to enchanting Verona, and the impressive peaks of the Dolomites to pretty Lake Garda, this travel guide is packed with itinerary suggestions, restaurant recommendations, and handpicked hotels. Filled with beautiful illustrations, useful maps, and colorful images, this guide will help you find your way effortlessly around Venice and the Veneto. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & The Veneto is the perfect companion for an exploration of this idyllic part of Italy. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & The Veneto truly shows you this city as no one else can.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2010
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2010
Book Description
Death of Corinne
Author: R.T. Raichev
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569477507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Death threats start arriving in the mail, and legendary French diva Corinne seeks refuge at her godmother's country estate. Other house guests include Antonia Darcy and her husband, Corinne’s dominating agent, her godmother’s nephew, and a private detective. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569477507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Death threats start arriving in the mail, and legendary French diva Corinne seeks refuge at her godmother's country estate. Other house guests include Antonia Darcy and her husband, Corinne’s dominating agent, her godmother’s nephew, and a private detective. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Part-Time Job
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593312171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
From P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,”, comes a dark, twisted take on how the best revenge is served ice cold. “[The mystery] genre’s most talented practitioner ever.” —The New York Times Willing to wait decades to dispatch the bully who tormented his youth, our narrator has a plan—and the unwavering patience and brutal fortitude to enact its every chilling step. With merciless, meticulous efficiency, James takes us into the mind of a seemingly ordinary man, beneath whose unassuming guise lurks a true Machiavellian genius—for murder. An ebook short story.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593312171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
From P.D. James, the undisputed “Queen of Crime,”, comes a dark, twisted take on how the best revenge is served ice cold. “[The mystery] genre’s most talented practitioner ever.” —The New York Times Willing to wait decades to dispatch the bully who tormented his youth, our narrator has a plan—and the unwavering patience and brutal fortitude to enact its every chilling step. With merciless, meticulous efficiency, James takes us into the mind of a seemingly ordinary man, beneath whose unassuming guise lurks a true Machiavellian genius—for murder. An ebook short story.
Dances of vice, horror, & ecstasy by Anita Berber & Sebastian Droste
Author: Anita Berber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954295370
Category : German poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Anita Berber (1899-1928) and Sebastian Droste (1892-1927) were the most notorious dancers of Weimar Germany whose works (like their personal lives) were suffused with drugs, decadence and polysexuality. This rare book ... has its origins around a series of dance events performed by the couple in 1922 and consists in part of a number of Expressionist poems related to those evenings ... [and] includes essays, stage designs for projected works and a series of extraordinary photographs commissioned from Madame D'Ora (Dora Kalmus). The finished product should be seen as much as decadent literature as it is a landmark text of dance history and document of Weimar period excess ... --from publisher's web site.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954295370
Category : German poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Anita Berber (1899-1928) and Sebastian Droste (1892-1927) were the most notorious dancers of Weimar Germany whose works (like their personal lives) were suffused with drugs, decadence and polysexuality. This rare book ... has its origins around a series of dance events performed by the couple in 1922 and consists in part of a number of Expressionist poems related to those evenings ... [and] includes essays, stage designs for projected works and a series of extraordinary photographs commissioned from Madame D'Ora (Dora Kalmus). The finished product should be seen as much as decadent literature as it is a landmark text of dance history and document of Weimar period excess ... --from publisher's web site.
The New York Times Book Review
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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