Sleuth

Author : Melanie Rehak
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547539894
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girl Sleuth written by Melanie Rehak and published by HMH. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the iconic fictional detective is “a fascinating chapter in the history of publishing” (The Seattle Times). An Edgar Award Winner for Best Biography and a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year The plucky “titian-haired” sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930—and eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women’s libbers) to enter the pantheon of American culture. As beloved by girls today as she was by their grandmothers, Nancy Drew has both inspired and reflected the changes in her readers’ lives. Here, in a narrative with all the page-turning pace of Nancy’s adventures, Melanie Rehak solves an enduring literary mystery: Who created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to icon? The brainchild of children’s book mogul Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy was brought to life by two women: Mildred Wirt Benson, a pioneering journalist from Iowa, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, a well-bred wife and mother who took over her father’s business empire as CEO. In this century-spanning, “absorbing and delightful” story, the author traces their roles—and Nancy’s—in forging the modern American woman (The Wall Street Journal). “It’s truly fun to see behind the scenes of the girl sleuth’s creation.” —Publishers Weekly “As much a social history of the times as a book about the popular series . . . Those who followed the many adventures of Nancy Drew and her friends will be fascinated with the behind-the-scenes stories of just who Carolyn Keene really was.” —School Library Journal “Sheds light on perhaps the most successful writing franchise of all time and also the cultural and historic changes through which it passed. Grab your flashlights, girls. The mystery of Carolyn Keene is about to begin.” —Karen Joy Fowler

Author : Drewey Wayne Gunn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810885883
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film written by Drewey Wayne Gunn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film (2005), scholar Drewey Wayne Gunn examined the history of gay detectives beginning with the first recognized gay novel, The Heart in Exile, which appeared in 1953. In the years since the original edition's publication, hundreds of novels and short stories in this sub-genre have been produced, and Gunn has unearthed many additional representations previously unrecorded. In this new edition, Gunn provides an overview of milestones in the development of gay detectives over the last several decades. Also included in this volume is an annotated list of novels, short stories, plays, graphic novels, comic strips, films, and television series with gay detectives, gay sleuths of secondary importance, and non-sleuthing gay policemen. The most complete listing available--including the only listing of early gay pulp novels, present-day male-to-male romances, and erotic films--this new edition brings the work up to date with publications missed in the first edition, particularly cross-genre mysteries, early pulps, and some hard-to-find volumes. The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography lists all printed works in English (including translations) presently known to include gay detectives (such as amateur sleuths, police detectives, private investigators, and investigative reporters), from the 1929 play Rope until the present day. It includes all films in English, subtitled or dubbed, from the screen version of Rope in 1948 and the launch of the independent film Spy on the Fly in 1966 through the end of 2011. Complete with two appendices--a bibliography of sources and a list of Lambda Literary Awards--and indexes of titles, detectives, and actors, this extensively revised and updated reference will prove invaluable to mystery collectors, researchers, aficionados of the subgenre, and those devoted to GLBTQ studies.

Author : Susan Rowland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000047148
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sleuth and the Goddess written by Susan Rowland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rowland presents a detailed exploration of how the archetypes of ancient goddesses Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite breathe into and shape female-authored detective fiction. Representing aspects of characterisation not bound by gender, the book examines how these archetypes emerge in themes like the home and hearth, hunting, survival and desire. Rowland assesses numerous examples from a range of works, providing a clear illustration of each archetype and illuminating aspects of femininity, psyche and being. This uniquely interdisciplinary work of literary analysis sheds light on the popularity and underlying mystique of the genre.

Author : Brooke DiGiovanni Evans
Publisher : Quarry Books Editions
ISBN 13 : 1631591312
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are You an Art Sleuth? written by Brooke DiGiovanni Evans and published by Quarry Books Editions. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help children think critically about art and learn an appreciation for the old masters. Kids will love this collection of thought provoking paintings!

Author : Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642500798
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuth and Private Eye Stories written by Maxim Jakubowski and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cornucopia of the best new whodunits, collected by one of the mystery scene’s eminent editors, “a giant of the genre” (Lee Childs). One of the best mystery books of the 21st century, this volume features outstanding new stories of crime, derring-do, fast-paced adventures, and puzzles, featuring hardy amateur detectives ranging from young to old and grizzled private eyes whose patches cover the city streets, all in the hallowed tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Philip Marlowe. Jakubowski’s many anthologies, like The Book of Extraordinary Historical Mystery Stories, have attracted plenty of attention and awards. His newest collection, The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuths and Private Eye Stories, features never-before-seen short fiction by some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today. Whether the victim was done in at the party uptown or discovered in the other room of a particularly difficult woman or man, these mysteries will have you reading at the edge of your seat. Praise for Maxim Jakubowski and His Books “I have been a fan of Maxim Jakubowski for years. There just is no finer mystery writer and editor anywhere. Find a comfortable chair and a strong drink and prepare to be enthralled.” —Alexander Algren, author of Out in a Flash: Murder Mystery Flash Fiction “Maxim Jakubowski is deeply experienced in the field . . . Sometimes a brief zap of great writing is just what you’re in the mood for or have time for. That’s when anthologies like his are ideal . . . intellectually outstanding.” —New York Journal of Books

Author : Kylie Dunn
Publisher : Good Year Books
ISBN 13 : 9780673363909
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sound Sleuth written by Kylie Dunn and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Charles
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 9780838908112
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mystery Readers' Advisory written by John Charles and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three librarians from Scottsdale, Arizona provide library staff with an introduction to the mystery genre and offer tips and techniques for providing advice to mystery readers in the library. They include some of their own bibliographies, but refer readers elsewhere for fuller ones. They also include a brief history of the genre to pass on to readers new to it.

Author : Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110150305X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sly the Sleuth and the Food Mysteries written by Donna Jo Napoli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sly (aka Sylvia) is now famous around the neighborhood for her problem-solving abilities. With her Sherlock Holmes type observations, Sly solves three new cases, each with a foody theme. And there are always lots of funny moments to keep kids laughing.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Bookseller and Stationers' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Bookseller and Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: