The Knitting Needle Enigma

The Knitting Needle Enigma
Author: Kitty Whisker
Publisher: Publifye AS
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8233931055

In ""The Knitting Needle Enigma,"" retired marine biologist Evelyn Chen trades microscopes for magnifying glasses as she unravels a perplexing mystery in the charming coastal town of Pebblebrook. When valuable antique knitting needles vanish from the local crafting guild, Evelyn's passion for knitting and sleuthing collide, drawing her into a web of small-town secrets and rivalries. Aided by her tech-savvy granddaughter and a cast of colorful locals, Evelyn navigates through a tangle of suspects, from competitive crafters to the town's own mayor. As she follows a trail of clues hidden in intricate knitting patterns and forgotten family histories, she discovers that these missing needles may be the key to unlocking a decades-old mystery. Set against the backdrop of Pebblebrook's annual Coastal Craft Fair, this cozy mystery weaves together the charm of a seaside community with the thrill of amateur detective work, creating a warm and engaging tale that explores the bonds of family, the strength of community, and the joy of pursuing one's passions at any age.

The Kukotsky Enigma

The Kukotsky Enigma
Author: Ludmila Ulitskaya
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0810133490

Translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev The central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya’s celebrated novel The Kukotsky Enigma is a gynecologist contending with Stalin’s prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia’s great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science. Winner of the 2001 Russian Booker Prize and the basis for a blockbuster television miniseries, The Kukotsky Enigma is an engrossing, searching novel by one of contemporary literature’s most brilliant writers.

The Enigma

The Enigma
Author: John Patrick
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1974
Genre: Almanacs, Irish
ISBN: 9780822203612

THE STORY: Stuart Pearson, a young computer operator, lives in terror of the tiger who has moved in with him, but he gets little sympathy from his airline pilot friend, Phil Rittenhouse, the main reason being that the tiger, Elsa, is visible to S

The Bare Enigma of Murder

The Bare Enigma of Murder
Author: W.F. Kim-Henry
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2024-03-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1528940776

The main characters of this novel are both police officers: one is a senior female officer with a very privileged background, while the second eschews promotion and is satisfied with his lot, despite his privileged background. The book takes its cue from the machinations within the police of the early 1960s, when policing still adhered to the pro-active principles of the Peel Doctrine: all the minutiae of inter-rank and inter-departmental rivalries are brought to light. The novel covers serious crimes like murder and treason, as well as the rivalries between departments of state and a city and county police force. The solving of crimes is left to the female officer; she has to fight not only criminals but some senior officers who seem to be doing their best to undermine her. On the other hand, there are others who wish to enhance her prospects for high office. Her investigations lead her to an unconventional address where she makes a breakthrough in her enquiries; this also brings a whiff of romance into the novel. Through the convolutions of the final chapters, successes or failures in both police work and romance are revealed.

Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code

Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code
Author: Rebecca E. F. Barone
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250814219

Unbreakable is the edge-of-your seat true story of the codebreakers, spies, and navy fighters who helped defeat the Nazis and turned the tide of World War II—perfect for fans of The Imitation Game, Alan Gratz, and Jennifer Nielsen. "A thrilling adventure of intrigue and daring worthy of the best James Bond stories." —James Ponti, New York Times best-selling author of City Spies As the Germans waged a brutal war across Europe, details of every Nazi plan, every attack, every troop movement were sent over radio. But to the Allied troops listening in—and they were always listening—the crucial messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cipher, making all information utterly inaccessible . . . unless you could unlock the key to the secret code behind the German’s powerful Enigma machine. Complete with more than sixty historical photos, Unbreakable tells the true story of one of the most dangerous war-time codebreaking efforts ever. While Hitler marched his troops across newly conquered lands and deadly “wolfpacks” of German U-Boats prowled the open seas, a team of codebreakers, spies, and navy men raced against the clock to uncover the secrets that hid German messages in plain sight. Victory—or defeat—in World War II would hinge on their desperate attempts to crack the code. Perfect for fans of Bomb, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler, and The Nazi Hunters.

A-Z of Knitting

A-Z of Knitting
Author: Bumpkin
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 1781264708

When Einstein Walked with Gödel

When Einstein Walked with Gödel
Author: Jim Holt
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0374717842

From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought. Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who’ve tried to encompass the latter with the former. With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth. Along the way, he offers intimate biographical sketches of celebrated and neglected thinkers, from the physicist Emmy Noether to the computing pioneer Alan Turing and the discoverer of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot. Holt offers a painless and playful introduction to many of our most beautiful but least understood ideas, from Einsteinian relativity to string theory, and also invites us to consider why the greatest logician of the twentieth century believed the U.S. Constitution contained a terrible contradiction—and whether the universe truly has a future.