Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877449110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
George Pritchard, whose wife is a semi-invalid dreadful woman, ends up firing all the nurses for her bad temper. Mrs. Pritchard has a weakness for fortune tellers, one afternoon she receives Zarida, who announces all kinds of dangers related to blue flowers and predicts that a blue geranium will be the foretaste of her death. The walls of her room are wallpapered with various flower patterns, but none of them are blue. However, for some strange reason, some of the flowers turn blue. After the woman's death from heart failure, all suspicions point to her husband. Did it scare her to the point of death? Was it George or is someone else involved?
The Blue Geranium
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877449110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
George Pritchard, whose wife is a semi-invalid dreadful woman, ends up firing all the nurses for her bad temper. Mrs. Pritchard has a weakness for fortune tellers, one afternoon she receives Zarida, who announces all kinds of dangers related to blue flowers and predicts that a blue geranium will be the foretaste of her death. The walls of her room are wallpapered with various flower patterns, but none of them are blue. However, for some strange reason, some of the flowers turn blue. After the woman's death from heart failure, all suspicions point to her husband. Did it scare her to the point of death? Was it George or is someone else involved?
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877449110
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
George Pritchard, whose wife is a semi-invalid dreadful woman, ends up firing all the nurses for her bad temper. Mrs. Pritchard has a weakness for fortune tellers, one afternoon she receives Zarida, who announces all kinds of dangers related to blue flowers and predicts that a blue geranium will be the foretaste of her death. The walls of her room are wallpapered with various flower patterns, but none of them are blue. However, for some strange reason, some of the flowers turn blue. After the woman's death from heart failure, all suspicions point to her husband. Did it scare her to the point of death? Was it George or is someone else involved?
The Thirteen Problems
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007120869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
On Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversations turns to unsolved crimes: the case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the strange case of the invisible will; and the death-bed message about a "heap of fish".
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007120869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
On Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversations turns to unsolved crimes: the case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the strange case of the invisible will; and the death-bed message about a "heap of fish".
The Thumb Mark of St. Peter
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877449447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The Thumb Mark of St. Peter is a short story written by the talented Agatha Christie. At one meeting of the Tuesday Night Club, Miss Marple tells how she helped her niece Mabel to prove her innocence when she was wrongly accused of her husband's murder. Agatha Christie proves once again that her detectives are very wise, both professional and amateur, and that she knows human nature deeply.
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877449447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The Thumb Mark of St. Peter is a short story written by the talented Agatha Christie. At one meeting of the Tuesday Night Club, Miss Marple tells how she helped her niece Mabel to prove her innocence when she was wrongly accused of her husband's murder. Agatha Christie proves once again that her detectives are very wise, both professional and amateur, and that she knows human nature deeply.
The Tuesday Night Club
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877448920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
During a meeting, a pretty representative gathering agrees to form a club that will meet to discover the solution to different crimes. Among them is a kind old woman, Miss Marple, who knows human nature deeply. In this great introductory short story the group turn to Sir Henry Clithering's tale. Everyone will be surprised when find out who was the real culprit of Mrs. Jones' murder.
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877448920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
During a meeting, a pretty representative gathering agrees to form a club that will meet to discover the solution to different crimes. Among them is a kind old woman, Miss Marple, who knows human nature deeply. In this great introductory short story the group turn to Sir Henry Clithering's tale. Everyone will be surprised when find out who was the real culprit of Mrs. Jones' murder.
The Herb of Death
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 987744920X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
After a dinner at Sir Ambrose Bercy's, everyone, including the host, are poisoned; but Sylvia Keene, the young protégé of the old millionaire, dies. The strange thing is that everyone has consumed the same food poisoned by mistake with a dangerous herb. Was it a coincidence or a crime? This is what Miss Marple and her colleagues from the Tuesday Club must solve.
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 987744920X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
After a dinner at Sir Ambrose Bercy's, everyone, including the host, are poisoned; but Sylvia Keene, the young protégé of the old millionaire, dies. The strange thing is that everyone has consumed the same food poisoned by mistake with a dangerous herb. Was it a coincidence or a crime? This is what Miss Marple and her colleagues from the Tuesday Club must solve.
The Plant Lover's Guide to Hardy Geraniums
Author: Robin Parer
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604694181
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Hardy geraniums are a staple in the garden and are among the best-loved and most widely grown plants. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Hardy Geraniums, by nursery owner Robin Parer, highlights 140 of the best species and cultivars. Featuring information on growth, care, and design, along with suggested companion plants and hundreds of gorgeous color photographs, it covers everything a home gardener needs to introduce these delightful plants into their garden.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604694181
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Hardy geraniums are a staple in the garden and are among the best-loved and most widely grown plants. The Plant Lover’s Guide to Hardy Geraniums, by nursery owner Robin Parer, highlights 140 of the best species and cultivars. Featuring information on growth, care, and design, along with suggested companion plants and hundreds of gorgeous color photographs, it covers everything a home gardener needs to introduce these delightful plants into their garden.
The Geranium on the Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right on
Author: Albert Cullum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782843740190
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A masterpiece that is not likely to be forgotten by its readers - a brilliant devastating child's eyes portrait of the ordinary day in the ordinary school. Bringing together 28 illus. and their individual styles. Albert Cullum uses his experience as a teacher to create a picture book that highlights the gulf between adult and child. Each illus. depicts a familiar scene from the classroom with the text echoing the child's thoughts. At times amusing, always evocative, this book is sure to remind every reader of his or her childhood. 5 yrs+
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782843740190
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A masterpiece that is not likely to be forgotten by its readers - a brilliant devastating child's eyes portrait of the ordinary day in the ordinary school. Bringing together 28 illus. and their individual styles. Albert Cullum uses his experience as a teacher to create a picture book that highlights the gulf between adult and child. Each illus. depicts a familiar scene from the classroom with the text echoing the child's thoughts. At times amusing, always evocative, this book is sure to remind every reader of his or her childhood. 5 yrs+
The Last Seance
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062959158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
“Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.”—Tana French, New York Times Bestselling Author From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite! For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat—be sure to keep the light on whilst reading these tales. The Last Séance gathers twenty stories, some featuring Christie’s beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062959158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
“Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.”—Tana French, New York Times Bestselling Author From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite! For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat—be sure to keep the light on whilst reading these tales. The Last Séance gathers twenty stories, some featuring Christie’s beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
Classic Mysteries
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
THis book contains some of the best known works of the mystry queen Agatha Christie . Many of these have been adapted in movies and TV series. The book contains The Mysterious Affairs at Styles, Poirot Investigates , The Murder on the Links, The Man in the Brown Suit and The Secreat Adversary.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
THis book contains some of the best known works of the mystry queen Agatha Christie . Many of these have been adapted in movies and TV series. The book contains The Mysterious Affairs at Styles, Poirot Investigates , The Murder on the Links, The Man in the Brown Suit and The Secreat Adversary.
John Derian Picture Book
Author: John Derian
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579656471
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Gift Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, House Beautiful, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Luxe Interiors + Design, People StyleWatch, Garden & Gun, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and more John Derian’s home goods empire reaches far and wide—in addition to the four John Derian stores he owns in New York and Massachussetts, his products are sold by more than 600 retailers worldwide, including Neiman Marcus, ABC, and Gump’s in the United States; Conran and Liberty in the UK; and Astier de Villatte in Paris. It all started with his now-iconic collectible plates decoupaged with 19th-century artwork sourced from old and rare books, a process that credited him with elevating the decoupage technique into fine art. Over the past 25 years, the brand has expanded greatly to include home and general design gifts and products. Now, for the first time ever, comes the book John Derian fans have been waiting for. Culled from the thousands of images that have appeared in his biannual collections, here is an astoundingly beautiful assortment of nearly 300 full-bleed images in their original form. From intensely colored flowers and birds to curious portraits, hand-drawn letters, and breathtaking landscapes, the best of John Derian is here. The result is an oversized object of desire, a work of art in and of itself, that brilliantly walks the line between commerce and art, and that is destined to become the gift book of the season.
Publisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579656471
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Gift Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, House Beautiful, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Luxe Interiors + Design, People StyleWatch, Garden & Gun, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and more John Derian’s home goods empire reaches far and wide—in addition to the four John Derian stores he owns in New York and Massachussetts, his products are sold by more than 600 retailers worldwide, including Neiman Marcus, ABC, and Gump’s in the United States; Conran and Liberty in the UK; and Astier de Villatte in Paris. It all started with his now-iconic collectible plates decoupaged with 19th-century artwork sourced from old and rare books, a process that credited him with elevating the decoupage technique into fine art. Over the past 25 years, the brand has expanded greatly to include home and general design gifts and products. Now, for the first time ever, comes the book John Derian fans have been waiting for. Culled from the thousands of images that have appeared in his biannual collections, here is an astoundingly beautiful assortment of nearly 300 full-bleed images in their original form. From intensely colored flowers and birds to curious portraits, hand-drawn letters, and breathtaking landscapes, the best of John Derian is here. The result is an oversized object of desire, a work of art in and of itself, that brilliantly walks the line between commerce and art, and that is destined to become the gift book of the season.