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The Frightened Man

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The Frightened Man, first published in 1942, is a fast-paced noir murder mystery set in New York city and featuring private detective Jim Steele. Steele comes upon two murdered bodies and suspicion falls on Steele's good friend Larry Maxwell, part of a wealthy family but who has been threatened by his brother of being cut out of the family will. Dana Chambers was a pseudonym of Albert Leffingwell ... Read more

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The Frightened Man, first published in 1942, is a fast-paced noir murder mystery set in New York city and featuring private detective Jim Steele. Steele comes upon two murdered bodies and suspicion falls on Steele's good friend Larry Maxwell, part of a wealthy family but who has been threatened by his brother of being cut out of the family will. Dana Chambers was a pseudonym of Albert Leffingwell
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Too Like the Lightning

by Dana Chambers ...

Too Like the Lightning, first published in 1939, is a noir thriller by Dana Chambers (pseudonym of Albert Leffingwell, 1895-1946), and the second book in the Jim Steele mystery series (the book was also published as Too Like the Dead). From the back cover: When Jim Steele woke up that morning, there was a lovely blonde head that he couldn't remember, resting on the pillow beside him. Huddled in ... Read more

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Too Like the Lightning, first published in 1939, is a noir thriller by Dana Chambers (pseudonym of Albert Leffingwell, 1895-1946), and the second book in the Jim Steele mystery series (the book was also published as Too Like the Dead). From the back cover: When Jim Steele woke up that morning, there was a lovely blonde head that he couldn't remember, resting on the pillow beside him. Huddled in
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The Streets of Ascalon

Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre.

by Robert W. Chambers ...

New York society in the last years before the war, a man with money and no occupation, and a woman who will not be kept. Chambers called them episodes rather than chapters and the book moves like a set of magazine instalments, which is what it was. This edition adds thirty-seven plates after Hunt, Mondrian, Pankiewicz and Richir, and twenty-two illustrations restored and coloured. ... Read more

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New York society in the last years before the war, a man with money and no occupation, and a woman who will not be kept. Chambers called them episodes rather than chapters and the book moves like a set of magazine instalments, which is what it was. This edition adds thirty-seven plates after Hunt, Mondrian, Pankiewicz and Richir, and twenty-two illustrations restored and coloured.
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The Business of Life

An Auction House and Two Kinds of Love

by Robert W. Chambers ...

A young man who has inherited a business he does not want and a girl who works for her living argue their way towards each other across New York society. Chambers wrote a run of these in the years before the war and this one takes the working woman seriously. This edition adds 33 plates of painting by Sargent, Sloan, Bellows and Hassam, and 27 illustrations restored and coloured. ... Read more

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A young man who has inherited a business he does not want and a girl who works for her living argue their way towards each other across New York society. Chambers wrote a run of these in the years before the war and this one takes the working woman seriously. This edition adds 33 plates of painting by Sargent, Sloan, Bellows and Hassam, and 27 illustrations restored and coloured.
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The Thurber Carnival

by James Thurber ...

"An authentic American genius . . . Mr. Thurber belongs in the great lines of American humorists that includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner." — The Philadelphia InquirerJames Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945 ... Read more

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"An authentic American genius . . . Mr. Thurber belongs in the great lines of American humorists that includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner." — The Philadelphia InquirerJames Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945
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Dashiell Hammett Collection (16 stories)

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Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories.This Collection includes 16 stories:Arson PlusBodies Piled UpThe Second-Story AngelThe Road HomeThe Tenth ClewThe Man Who Killed Dan OdamsNight ShotsAfraid Of A GunZigzags Of TreacheryOne HourDeath On Pine StreetWho Killed Bob Teal?Nightmare TownThe Assistant MurdererMi... ... Read more

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Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories.This Collection includes 16 stories:Arson PlusBodies Piled UpThe Second-Story AngelThe Road HomeThe Tenth ClewThe Man Who Killed Dan OdamsNight ShotsAfraid Of A GunZigzags Of TreacheryOne HourDeath On Pine StreetWho Killed Bob Teal?Nightmare TownThe Assistant MurdererMi...
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Nightmare Town

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Twenty long-unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and the incomparable master of detective fiction.In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story "Ruffian's Wife." "His Brother's Keeper" is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the ... Read more

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Twenty long-unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and the incomparable master of detective fiction.In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story "Ruffian's Wife." "His Brother's Keeper" is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the
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The Complete Dashiell Hammett Short Story Collection - Vol. I - Unabridged

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Dashiell Hammett is universally regarded as one of the finest American writers of "hard boiled" detective fiction and his short stories and novels have been hailed as some of the best mystery stories ever written. Hammett would doubtless have gone down in literary history simply for his creation of the detective Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon") as well as Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man" ... Read more

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Dashiell Hammett is universally regarded as one of the finest American writers of "hard boiled" detective fiction and his short stories and novels have been hailed as some of the best mystery stories ever written. Hammett would doubtless have gone down in literary history simply for his creation of the detective Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon") as well as Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man"
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Cheaper by the Dozen

by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth ...

The #1 New York Times–bestselling classic: A hilarious memoir of two parents, twelve kids, and " a life of cheerfully controlled chaos" ( The New York Times).Translated into more than fifty languages, Cheaper by the Dozen is the unforgettable story of the Gilbreth clan as told by two of its members. In this endearing, amusing memoir, siblings Frank Jr. and Ernestine capture the hilarity and heart ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times–bestselling classic: A hilarious memoir of two parents, twelve kids, and " a life of cheerfully controlled chaos" ( The New York Times).Translated into more than fifty languages, Cheaper by the Dozen is the unforgettable story of the Gilbreth clan as told by two of its members. In this endearing, amusing memoir, siblings Frank Jr. and Ernestine capture the hilarity and heart
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Cat's Cradle

A Novel

by Kurt Vonnegut ...

**“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—***The New York TimesCat’s Cradle* is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. ... Read more

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**“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—***The New York TimesCat’s Cradle* is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny.
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Maggie Sullivan Mysteries Books 1-4

Maggie Sullivan mysteries

by M. Ruth Myers ...

Series series Maggie Sullivan mysteries
Join private investigator Maggie Sullivan for a fast-paced ride through streets and alleys of 1940s Dayton, Ohio, in the first four books of this historical mystery series that blends cozy with harboiled. The set includes the Shamus Award-winning novel Don't Dare a Dame plus these titles: No Game for a Dame, Tough Cookie and Shamus in a Skirt.NO GAME FOR A DAME – When a stranger who threatened her ... Read more

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Join private investigator Maggie Sullivan for a fast-paced ride through streets and alleys of 1940s Dayton, Ohio, in the first four books of this historical mystery series that blends cozy with harboiled. The set includes the Shamus Award-winning novel Don't Dare a Dame plus these titles: No Game for a Dame, Tough Cookie and Shamus in a Skirt.NO GAME FOR A DAME – When a stranger who threatened her
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Oh Danny Boy

A Molly Murphy Mystery

by Rhys Bowen ...

Series Book 5 - Molly Murphy Mysteries
Oh Danny Boy marks Edgar Award finalist Rhys Bowen's triumphant fifth installment in her New York Times bestselling Molly Murphy mystery series.In turn-of-the-century New York City, Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less complicated, less exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome ... Read more

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Oh Danny Boy marks Edgar Award finalist Rhys Bowen's triumphant fifth installment in her New York Times bestselling Molly Murphy mystery series.In turn-of-the-century New York City, Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less complicated, less exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome
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