Author: Edwin Balmer
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Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Author: Edwin Balmer
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: Edwin Balmer
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230240312
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... VII THE EMPTY CARTRIDGES Stephen Sheppard, big game shot and all-around sportsman, lay tensely on his side in bed, watching for the sun to rise out of Lake Michigan. When the first crest of that yellow rim would push clear of the grim, gray horizon stretching its great, empty half circle about the Chicago shore, he was going to make a decision -- a decision for the life or for the death of a young man; and as he personally had always cared for that man more than for any other man so much younger, and as his neice, who was the chief person left in the world that Sheppard loved, also cared for the man so much that she would surely marry him if he were left alive, Sheppard was not at all anxious for that day to begin. The gray on the horizon, which had been becoming alarmingly pale the last few moments as he stared at it, now undeniably was spread with purple and pink from behind the water's edge. Decide he must, he knew, within a very few minutes or the rising sun would find him as faltering in his mind as he was the night before when he had given himself till daybreak to form his decision. The sportsman shut his teeth determinedly. No matter how fruitless the hours of darkness when he had matched mercy with vengeance; no matter how hopeless he had found it during the earlier moments of that slow December dawn to say whether he would recognize that his young friend had merely taken the law into his own hands and done bare justice, and therefore the past could be left buried, or whether he must return retribution upon that young man and bring back all that hidden and forgotten past -- all was no matter; he must decide now within five minutes. For it was a sportsman's compact he had made with himself to rise with the sun and act one way or...

Author: Edwin Balmer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781986171069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Except for its characters and plot, this book is not a work of the imagination. The methods which the fictitious Trant -- one time assistant in a psychological laboratory, now turned detective -- here uses to solve the mysteries which present themselves to him, are real methods; the tests he employs are real tests. Though little known to the general public, they are precisely such as are being used daily in the psychological laboratories of the great universities -- both in America and Europe -- by means of which modern men of science are at last disclosing and denning the workings of that oldest of world-mysteries -- the human mind.

Author: Edwin Balmer
Publisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780343537210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Edwin Balmer
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498158992
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.

Author: Edwin Balmer
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724694645
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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The Achievements of Luther Trant by Edwin Balmer Except for its characters and plot, this book is not a work of the imagination. The methods which the fictitious Trant -- one time assistant in a psychological laboratory, now turned detective -- here uses to solve the mysteries which present themselves to him, are real methods; the tests he employs are real tests. Though little known to the general public, they are precisely such as are being used daily in the psychological laboratories of the great universities -- both in America and Europe -- by means of which modern men of science are at last disclosing and denning the workings of that oldest of world-mysteries -- the human mind. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author: Melissa M. Littlefield
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472071483
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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A cultural history of deception detection from science to science fiction

Author: Fletcher Flora
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479426334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 829

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Many people consider the novella form -- 17,500 words to 40,000 words -- the perfect length. It’s long enough to flesh out characters, but short enough to read in one sitting while still having plenty of plot. This volume collects 8 crime and suspense stories: AS I LIE DEAD, by Fletcher Flora RENDEZVOUS, by H. Bedford-Jones DEATH BY TELEPHONE, by James W. Marvin THE SCARLET THREAD, by Jacques Futrelle TALISMAN OF DOOM, by James W. Marvin CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER, by Hugh C. Weir TERROR PANICS THE CRIME QUIZ, by David X. Manners THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LUTHER TRANT, by Edwin Balmer & William MacHarg If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author: Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476629587
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled interrogator, the psychological profiler, the defender of justice. This critical study examines the Fortune stories in the context of other popular detective fiction of the era. Bailey's classics are distinguished by well-clued puzzles, brilliant sleuthing, vivid description and social critique, with Fortune evoking images of Don Quixote and the Arthurian Knights in his pursuit of truth and justice in an uncaring world.