Too Clever For His Own Good
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| Author | : Jon Fordham |
| Publisher | : Austin Macauley Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 518 |
| Release | : 2022-05-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1398434701 |
Within the space of three days, two men are found brutally murdered. Their only connection is that they were both involved in the same cricket match. But the complete lack of evidence left at both crime scenes leaves Detective Inspector Steve Hardcastle in a quandary. Is he searching for one killer or two? The few lines of enquiry he and his team are able to follow up quickly lead them down a succession of blind alleys and Hardcastle comes under increasing pressure from his senior officers to make an arrest. And when a third man who was also involved in the match suddenly disappears without a trace, Hardcastle knows that it is only a matter of time before he is taken off the case. With his career prospects disappearing with each dead end, he is left with just one last throw of the dice.
| Author | : Kaoru Yamamoto |
| Publisher | : University Press of America |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780761837626 |
Too Clever for Our Own Good closely studies the phenomenon of "evolution through culture." Unlike the "evolution through genetics," typical in other creatures, this uniquely human process hinges upon making and using myriad cultural extensions of our own creation, devices both material and nonmaterial. These concrete and abstract cultural extensions, such as clothing, shelter, tools, language, ethics, and social organizations, have enormously enhanced our capacity for controlling nature, other people, and ourselves. The author draws upon his own background in the natural and social sciences to examine a wide array of human experiences, ranging from the use of concrete technological inventions to that of more symbolic extensions like logic, metaphor, and self-image. In this exploration, attention is called not only to the constructive power of these "tools," but also, and more significantly, to their often overlooked, negative consequences. The critical analysis of the role of cultural extensions in human evolution is relevant for both general readers and students or specialists in human sciences and education. Book jacket.
| Author | : Leigh Bardugo |
| Publisher | : Tor Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013-06-04 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1466846097 |
In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's upcoming novel, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
| Author | : Camille Bordas |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2018-08-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0451497554 |
A witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary young talent. Isidore Mazal is eleven years old, the youngest of six siblings living in a small French town. He doesn't quite fit in. Berenice, Aurore, and Leonard are on track to have doctorates by age twenty-four. Jeremie performs with a symphony, and Simone, older than Isidore by eighteen months, expects a great career as a novelist—she's already put Isidore to work on her biography. The only time they leave their rooms is to gather on the old, stained couch and dissect prime-time television dramas in light of Aristotle's Poetics. Isidore has never skipped a grade or written a dissertation. But he notices things the others don't, and asks questions they fear to ask. So when tragedy strikes the Mazal family, Isidore is the only one to recognize how everyone is struggling with their grief, and perhaps the only one who can help them—if he doesn't run away from home first. Isidore’s unstinting empathy, combined with his simmering anger, makes for a complex character study, in which the elegiac and comedic build toward a heartbreaking conclusion. With How to Behave in a Crowd, Camille Bordas immerses readers in the interior life of a boy puzzled by adulthood and beginning to realize that the adults around him are just as lost.
| Author | : M.S. Olney |
| Publisher | : M S Olney |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2014-06-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
A realm torn asunder by civil war will give rise to a hero. The Kingdom of Delfinnia is in chaos. After Assassins kill the king and his family, the barons now battle one another for the crown. Unknown to them, one heir yet lives. As the civil war worsens, dark things begin to stir in the vast Eclin mountains. Horrors long thought destroyed have returned and led by an ancient evil begin to march upon the war-torn kingdom. Meanwhile, in the mage city of Calradia and as all hope seems lost, a young man named Luxon will discover his powers. The first wizard for a century, he is the man who will one day be known as the Legendary and the hero will give the realm its greatest king. Sent on a quest to find the hidden heir, Luxon teams up with the legendary monster slayer, Ferran of BlackMoor, the deadly yet beautiful Witch Hunter Sophia Cunning and the noble Knight of Niveren, Kaiden of the Marble shore. Together they travel the realm battling deadly monsters, assassins, and the most feared enemies of them all, the servants of the dark lord Danon himself, the evil N’Gist cult. The Heir to the Sundered Crown is a heroic fantasy tale filled with action, battles and magic that will ignite the imagination and set the stage for an epic confrontation between the light and the darkness. Reviews for Heir to the Sundered Crown ‘I have to say that this is probably one of my favorite fantasy books of the year’ ‘Epic story, magic, brave knights, formidable foes and a cool dragon, what’s not to love?’ ‘Exciting and Gripping Read! Buy It!’ ‘Epic Fantasy that has everything’
| Author | : Michael Sims |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2009-03-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101029129 |
An exclusive collection—the first-ever gathering of rogues from the gaslight era, including Arsène Lupin, the inspiration for the new Netflix series Lupin, starring Omar Sy collected here for the first time: the best crime fiction from the gaslight era. All the legendary thieves are present-Arsène Lupin and A. J. Raffles, Colonel Clay and Simon Carne, Romney Pringle, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, and the Infallible Godahl-burgling London and Paris, conning New York and Ostend, laughing all the way to the bank. Also featured are stories by distinguished writers from outside the mystery and detective genres, including Sinclair Lewis, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and William Hope Hodgson.
| Author | : Jane Gillette |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2010-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 145022198X |
Going home proves deadly for soap star Roger Ferris when he abandons New York and a plum television role for life as an academic in picturesque Belmont. When the cavalier actor is found stabbed to death in his luxurious condo, he leaves a string of prominent enemies, a host of suspects, and two perplexing questions. What prompted his hasty retreat from fame and fortune, and who paid for his extravagant art collection? "Jane Gillette's The Last Limerick is a tightly constructed crime novel that integrates plot and satire in its narrative about Midwestern professionals and artistic types who fall into sexual triangles (and other geometric shapes) with as much abandon as they go for each other's throats. Wheels within wheels mesh as perfectly as the inside of a Swiss watch as they turn out the story of why a highly popular TV actor suddenly quits his role to return to his hometown to teach college, a deadly decision. If the author's logical plotting is exceeded by anything, it is her deft and creative use of metaphor and simile. The reader can almost feel her delight in capturing and puncturing the pretentiousness of her more self-important characters." - Roger Miller, author of Invisible Hero
| Author | : Michael Sellers |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2012-04-01 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 1471671674 |
Arthur was unaware of his visitors. After all, they were never real, were they?
| Author | : Jacquelyn Smith |
| Publisher | : WaywardScribe Press |
| Total Pages | : 57 |
| Release | : 2017-12-24 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1927723728 |
(Previously published as “Legends of Lasniniar: A Solstice Feast” by Jacquelyn Smith.) A Solstice tradition continues… Once again, Barlo and Iarion travel toward the human city of Nal Huraseadro on their way to Dwarfhaven. The dwarf and elf make an effort to spend the holiday in the city every time Barlo’s rounds to the other dwarven outposts bring them to the area. The trips consist mainly of banter and misadventure. The perfect way to spend Solstice. Only this time, their journey takes them on an unexpected detour. A fun holiday story from the Legends of Lasniniar fantasy series and a follow-up to Father Solstice by the author of the Fatal Empire series, Jacquelyn Smith. (This adventure takes place between the prologue and first chapter of the World of Lasniniar novel Storm Rider.)
| Author | : P. W. Catanese |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2005-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0689871759 |
Lucie and Elsebeth are stolen and held for ransom. Now Rudi must rescue the girls.
