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MARY F. LEONARD THE PLEASANT STREET PARTNERSHIP

Fiction
English
45986 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Pleasant Street was regarded by the Terrace as merely an avenue of approach to its own exclusive precincts. That Pleasant Street came to an end at the Terrace seemed to imply that nothing was to be gained by going farther; and if you desired a quiet, substantial neighborhood,--none of your showy modern houses on meagre lots, but spacious dwellings, standing well apart from each other on high ground,--you found it here. [more]

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Mary F. Leonard The Pleasant Street Partnership

A Neighborhood Story

Fantasy
English
45820 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Pleasant Street was regarded by the Terrace as merely an avenue of approach to its own exclusive precincts. That Pleasant Street came to an end at the Terrace seemed to imply that nothing was to be gained by going farther; and if you desired a quiet, substantial neighborhood,--none of your showy modern houses on meagre lots, but spacious dwellings, standing well apart from each other on high ground,--you found it here. [more]

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Mary F. Leonard The Pleasant Street Partnership

A Neighborhood Story

Fiction
English
45906 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Pleasant Street was regarded by the Terrace as merely an avenue of approach to its own exclusive precincts. That Pleasant Street came to an end at the Terrace seemed to imply that nothing was to be gained by going farther; and if you desired a quiet, substantial neighborhood,--none of your showy modern houses on meagre lots, but spacious dwellings, standing well apart from each other on high ground,--you found it here [more]

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George Gissing New Grub Street

Fiction
English
77490 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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George Robert Gissing (/ˈɡɪsɪŋ/; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893). [more]

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George Gissing New Grub Street

Fiction
English
114069 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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George Robert Gissing (/ˈɡɪsɪŋ/; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893). [more]

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JOHN WIGHT MORNINGS AT BOW STREET

Fiction
English
58760 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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This volume consists of certain of those Bow Street Reports which have appeared from time to time, during the last three years, in the columns of the _Morning Herald_. The very favourable notice which they then met with from the public, has induced the author to select some of the most descriptive and amusing of them, and to present them here again, with some necessary enlargements and corrections, and in a somewhat more finished state than the rapid demands of a daily paper allowed. [more]

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Ronald Alexander Malloy The Yonge Street Strip

Drama
English
165934 Words
Ages 14 and up
525
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A 40 Chapter, fast-moving drama centered within Toronto’s Downtown Core in the mid 1980’s; several years after the 1970’s Massage Parlor Era is phased out! As a consequence of mysterious deaths related to the Yonge Street Strip; its initial cause is mysterious! Initially defined as somewhat related to recent epidemics - but far more worrisome inasmuch as it evolves into a ‘Sudden-Death Syndrome’. Whatever it be its source; such symptoms appear to affect the more ‘street-wise’ generally-engaged in characteristic sub-cultural activities; perhaps even a release of ‘bad home-made drugs’? The City Morgue soon contains several victims - many of whom are therein stored awaiting identification! Also rapidly rising so-close upon an “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome” the medical profession - fearing another potential epidemic - so as to avoid any potential public-oriented-panic - has a need for ‘secrecy’. During an all-out Nation-wide effort to identify the source, its potential dangers are ‘prematurely-released’. Authorities concerned over the consequence of there yet being another epidemic so close upon the heels of both the Hepatitis, Herpes and Aids scares, intending only to withhold incidents until some “Cause” can be discerned - an undesired effect sets in - the Media is alerted thereby inciting a series of clandestine activities. Within these chapters there are several dramatic sub-plots featuring acts of ‘pure vengeance’ that escalate into a sequence of murders; in which violent confrontation among various ‘Constabulary’ levels also erupts. Weaved into this intrigue is a major RCMP Drug Enforcement ‘under-cover investigation’ entirely-independent of Metro cops and which also becomes both hindrance and help. Several colorful characters are built into this drama involving the Metro Police; featuring Arnie Fuller - a Uniformed Officer who develops a close association with Dr. Carl Sylinski - Medical Research Specialist; both share center stage as the book’s main characters. As the plot thickens, Fuller is mostly pitted up against his arch-foes - Homicide Detectives Joseph Mancuso and Detective Bruno Ferrani; in this exchange of both personal and professional personalities, Fuller often fares 2nd best. Long before Epidemiologist, Carl Sylinski, can arrive at a solution to the mysterious deaths - the “Yonge Street Strip” gradually-becomes “Stripped” of patrons. The disease - one that will be given a title, cause and cure before the story ends - is defined as ‘an elusive microorganism continuously present within the human population’; and which can become ‘viral’ under certain conditions; it drawing its menace to humankind from a non-human reservoir becoming a ‘microbe’ able to ‘transmigrate’ to humans”! Sylinski, assisted by dedicated researchers across the U.S. and Canada eventually discovers the source; he then defines as a “chameleon virus”! Adding a touch of substance is a taste of ‘romance and tragedy’ - mixed within a wisp of philosophy. [more]

Keywords: cultural, epidemic, intrigue, mystery, drama, romance, sub-plots, police, murder

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Jack Rose Shadows on Bourbon Street

Mystery & Crime
English
10977 Words
Ages 16 and up
22
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The year was 1925, and New Orleans thrived in the paradox of its own unique heartbeat, the rhythmic pulse of jazz echoing through the narrow streets of the French Quarter, coiling around the wrought-iron balconies like the tendrils of a beguiling serpent. Gas lamps, flickering like distant stars, painted the cobblestone alleys with a sepia glow, casting shadows that danced to the soulful tunes pouring out of smoky jazz clubs. The city's heartbeat was jazz, an audible heartbeat that resonated from the pulsating heart of Basin Street to the dimly lit corners of Storyville. Trumpets wailed, saxophones wept, and the seductive melodies of the blues seeped into the very air, carrying the promise of hedonistic nights and clandestine rendezvous. Speakeasies, those secret sanctuaries of vice, flourished beneath the surface, hidden behind unmarked doors and guarded by watchful eyes. The Prohibition may have sought to silence the clinking of glasses, but in New Orleans, the clinking persisted, masked by the lively chatter of patrons enjoying the forbidden nectar of bootlegged spirits. The whispers of the Mississippi River, flowing with the untold tales of the city, mingled with the melodies that spilled onto the streets. Women in flapper dresses and men in sharp suits wove through the crowds, their laughter and hushed conversations adding to the vibrant tapestry of New Orleans nightlife. In this city of decadence and intrigue, where voodoo queens held court in dimly lit corners and the scent of gumbo lingered in the air like a bewitching perfume, secrets weren't buried; they were shared like lovers' whispers in the dark. The air in Sam Malone's office was thick with the acrid smell of cigarette smoke, the languid trails hovering like ghosts in the dim lamplight. Malone, a man well-acquainted with shadows, sat behind his worn mahogany desk, nursing a glass of bourbon that had seen better days. The flickering neon sign outside his window said: Private Investigator. [more]

Keywords: mystery, detective, private invetigator, voodoo, crime, historical, noir, hard-boiled, new orleans

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Robert L. Fish SCHLOCK HOMES & DR. WATNEY - NEUES AUS DER BAGEL STREET

Die SHERLOCK-HOLMES-Parodie

Humor
German
21212 Words
Ages 16 and up
38
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Kenner und Liebhaber von Detektiv-Geschichten sind jetzt vielleicht etwas verwirrt! Das Titelbild zeigt doch...? Die Namen klingen auch wie...? Ganz recht: gemeint sind Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson. Robert L. Fish hat sehr gekonnte Parodien geschrieben, also in komischer Nachahmung von Form und Sprache des berühmten Arthur Conan Doyle neue, spannende Fälle für seine Helden erfunden: Schlock Homes klärt auch die verzwicktesten Kriminalfälle durch genaueste Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen, aus denen er dann scharfsinnige Schlussfolgerungen zieht. Eines darf ich verraten: Sollte der Leser zu ganz anderen Ergebnissen kommen, so hat er keineswegs unrecht! Schlock Homes & Dr. Watney - Neues aus der Bagel Street, die köstliche Sherlock-Holmes-Parodie von Robert L. Fish (* 21. August 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio; † 23. Februar 1981 in Trumbull, Connecticut), erschien erstmals im Jahr 1974; eine deutsche Erstveröffentlichung folgte 1981. Der Apex-Verlag veröffentlicht eine durchgesehene Neuausgabe dieses Klassikers. [more]

Keywords: Apex-Verlag, Krimi, Erzählungen, Storys, Stories, Kurzgeschichten, Sherlock Holmes, Parodie, Humor, Satire, humorvoll, lustig, amüsant, Sherlock Holmes Parodie, Persiflage, Sherlock Holmes Persiflage, Klassiker, klassisch, Dr. watson, Baker Street, London, England, ebook, Ebook, E-Book, Neuausgabe 2022, Neuerscheinung 2022 [more][Less]

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Louis Bleistift Schauermord in der Elm Street

Kapitel 1

Mystery & Crime
German
1319 Words
Ages 14 and up
172
5

Lange nach Mitternacht wird Sherlock Holmes von Inspektor Lestrade in die Elm Street, an den Ort eines grausamen [more]

Keywords: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Inspektor Lestrade

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