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That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written

That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written

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First published in the Kenyon Review, Spring, 1960. Reprinted by kind permission of the Melanie Jackson Agency LLC. Keith Ridgway: 'Marching Songs ' by Keith Ridgway © Keith Ridgway 2012. 'Marching Songs' first appeared in Hawthorn ...
Hawthorn and Child

Hawthorn and Child

Keith Ridgway

Ridgway has much to say, through showing not telling, about male violence, crowd psychology, the borders between play and abuse, and the motivations of policemen and criminals. But this is no humdrum crime novel.
Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home ...

Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home ...

Linda S. Peavy

For an overview of James Christie's life, see Bonnie Palmquist, "The Journey to Canaan: Letters of the Christie Family." M.A. thesis, Hamline University, 1990. 6. Alexander Christie (hereafter abbreviated as AC) to Sarah Christie (hereafter ...
Animals

Animals

Keith Ridgway

Keith Ridgway's third novel is a psychological menagerie of confusion, paranoia, searching and love.
Knox: 7 Brides for 7 Brothers (Book 4):

Knox: 7 Brides for 7 Brothers (Book 4):

Christie Ridgway

“That's Cass Cassidy, my dad.” Her dad. Huh. “Not Mickey?” “His older brother. Gone now, but my father took over for Uncle Mickey a couple of years ago.” Damn. The date on the pink slip indicated Colin had owned the Indian much longer ...
Standard Time

Standard Time

Keith Ridgway

The stories in this collection by Keith Ridgway bring to life a strange, changing Dublin, full of pathos and wry humour; a city haunted by its future as much as by its past.
Murder She Wrote: A Study of Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction

Murder She Wrote: A Study of Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction

Patricia D. Maida

This book explores the inter-relationships between Agatha Christie and her works to seek the wholeness in the Christie experience.
The Hollow (Poirot)

The Hollow (Poirot)

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple)

4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple)

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
The Brazilian legislature and national development, 1823-1850

The Brazilian legislature and national development, 1823-1850

Robert Warner Widell

London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1833. , 1831-1832. Volume XX. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1834. , 1832-1833. Volume XXI. London: James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly, 1836. , 1833-1834. Volume XXII. London: James ...
Zachys Christie's East

Zachys Christie's East

Christie's East (Firm)

A letter of authenticity from J.J. Fernier of the Association of Friends of Gustave Courbet accompanies this lot See color illustration ♢Christie's and the Seller assume no risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity of authorship of this lot— ...
British Dramatists Since World War II

British Dramatists Since World War II

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... The Mystery of Agatha Christie (Garden City: Doubleday, 1978); Randall Toye, comp., The Agatha Christie Who's Who (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980); Nancy Blue Wynne, An Agatha Christie Chronology (New York: Ace, 1976 ).
James Ridgway Respectfully Acquaints the Public, that He ...

James Ridgway Respectfully Acquaints the Public, that He ...

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t ~. 2 ork Street, St. James's Souare, 1/f january 1800. JAMES RIDGWAY ESPECTFULLY acquaints the Public, that he continues to supply the London Newspapers, in Town, and war R ANTs a punétual ; of them, Post free, in every part of Great ...
The Poetics of murder: detective fiction and literary theory

The Poetics of murder: detective fiction and literary theory

Glenn W. Most

... for the longest uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 1Agatha Christie, Curtain (New York, Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain was Agatha Christie: Containment ...
Journal

Journal

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Dover, Jacob Blickensderfer, Jacob Blickensderfer, C. Deardorff, G. W. Slingluff. Roscoe, Jacob Welsh, Jacob Welsh, Arnold Medbury, Jas. Le Retilly. Newark, L. Smith, *L. Smith, J. Mathiot, Wm. Stanbery, Columbus, J. Ridgway, Jr. J. Ridgway,  ...
Goodness Gracious Green

Goodness Gracious Green

Judy Pace Christie

Theaward is shared byGinger Hamilton, Freda Jones, Carol Lovelady, Paul Christie, Pat Lingenfelter, Jack Pace, Steve Pace, David Pace, Suzanne Christie Zitto, Tony Zitto, Craig Durrett, Peggy Camerino, Alisa Stingley,Martha Fitzgerald,  ...
Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Bruce Pendergast

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie is a reference book covering Christie's 238 stories.
Mystery and its fictions: from Oedipus to Agatha Christie

Mystery and its fictions: from Oedipus to Agatha Christie

David I. Grossvogel

... uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 2. Agatha Christie, Curtain ( New York; Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain 40 MYSTERY AND ITS FICTIONS.
52 Best Day Trips from Vancouver: Fourth Edition

52 Best Day Trips from Vancouver: Fourth Edition

Jack Christie

Jack Christie has been sharing his enthusiasm for the outdoors since the 1980s.
The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

Matthew Bunson

Offers biographical details about the mystery writer's life, A-to-Z plot summaries of her novels, character listings, and film and television listings.
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Laura Thompson

Her book is a superb piece of biography' Literary Review 'Affectionate, admiring, perceptive and absolutely convincing' Sunday Telegraph 'This splendid account of [Christie's] life and work is unlikely to be bettered' Evening Standard 'A ...
Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Nancy Christie

Christie makes a major contribution to the fields of gender and family studies, public policy, labour history, and political sociology.'
Mauvaise pente: roman

Mauvaise pente: roman

Keith Ridgway

Premier roman de Keith Ridgway, Mauvaise pente a fasciné la critique anglo-saxonne avant de remporter en 2001 le Prix Femina étranger et le Prix du Premier roman étranger.
The Ageless Agatha Christie: Essays on the Mysteries and the ...

The Ageless Agatha Christie: Essays on the Mysteries and the ...

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Patricia D. Maida and Nicholas B. Spornick assert that “Harley Quin and Mr. Satterthwaite continue to spark interest perhaps because they are so different from [Christie's] other detectives” (p. 121). 6. Cook, Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story ...
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie

Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie

Richard Hack

Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth and scandal as any mystery that Christie ever crafted.
An Agatha Christie Chronology

An Agatha Christie Chronology

Nancy Blue Wynne

Wynne lists in chronological order, the English titles, American titles, plot outlines and character analyses of every Christie work through 1975.
Agatha Christie: Murder in four acts : a centenary ...

Agatha Christie: Murder in four acts : a centenary ...

Peter Haining

Profiles the adaptations of Agatha Christie detective fiction for performance in various media, including accounts of the actors who have played Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot

Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot

Agatha Christie

Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world’s most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie.
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry

Christie Wilcox

Now, in Venomous, the biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a deeper understanding of evolution, adaptation, and immunity.

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