Nine Bells for a Man

Nine Bells for a Man
Author: Peter Unwin
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780889242944

Young Robert Pachal crosses Canada by train with his brotherinlaw's coffin, bearing witness to a way of life that will never be seen again. When he arrives in Barry's Bay, he unwittingly sets in motion one of the final and most tragic events in pioneer Canada.

The Nine Tailors

The Nine Tailors
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1962
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780156658997

Bell strokes toll out the death of an unknown man, and summon Lord Wimsey to East Anglia to solve the mystery.

The Zeal of Thy House

The Zeal of Thy House
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1937
Genre: Architects
ISBN:

The story of William of Sens, the architect commissioned to rebuild the central portion (the choir) of Canterbury Cathedral after the fire of 1174. Over-weeningly proud of this honour and his abilities, just as he places the keystone in place, William plummets to the floor from the high scaffold. Despite months of painful recuperation, William will only relinquish the finishing of his work to others after a visitation from Michael the Archangel.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers
Author: Barbara Reynolds
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312153533

Mystery writer Dorothy Sayers is loved and remembered, most notably, for the creation of sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. As this biography attests, Sayers was also one of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford, a playwright, and an essayist--but also a woman with personal joys and tragedies. Here, Reynolds, a close friend of Sayers, presents a convincing and balanced portrait of one of the 20th century's most brilliant, creative women. 30 b&w photos.

A Dictionary of Proverbs

A Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2008-10-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0191580015

This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.