Author: Lawrence EarlPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Fishing stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Riddle of the Haunted River
Author: Lawrence EarlPublisher: Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Fishing stories
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Riddle of the Haunted River. Illustrated by Douglas Sneyd
Author: Lawrence Earl˜Theœ Haunted River
Author: Joseph H. RiddellInvestigating Women
Author: David Skene-MelvinPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459725433
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Meet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the "Rock Hit of Prague," whose methods violate all the "rules" for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. You will recognize many of the writers included in Investigating Women: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. For each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in Investigating Women.
The Riddle of the Rainbow
Author: John NaylorPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031239083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day. Beginning with the circumstances in which you are likely to see a rainbow and descriptions of its salient features, this book recounts and explains the myths and superstitions about rainbows, and describes how poets, painters and, above all, leading scientists in every age have sought to discover and understand the rainbow’s secrets. Readers with a love of nature and art and an interest in the history of science will enjoy this attractive and informative book.
The Haunted River
Author: Mrs. J. H. RiddellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781902309194
Category : Ghost stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Lending Library
Author: Edinburgh (Scotland). Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The School of the Haunted River
Author: Colleen GerwingPublisher:
ISBN: 9781989398876
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Book Buyer's Guide
Author: The Haunted Cave
Author: Christopher PikePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481410571
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Descend into underground danger in this third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series—now on TV! There is a famous cave located just outside of Spooksville. A lot of stories surround the dark place: scary ones as well as exciting ones. Adam decides to explore the cave with his friends, Watch, Sally, and Cindy. But the moment they go into the cave, the entrance closes behind them. They are trapped. In the dark. They walk deeper into the cave, frantically searching for a way out. The batteries in their flashlights begin to run low. Then they realize something is following them. Something that has been in the cave for a long time. Something big, black…and hungry.