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The authors have delved into archival research, diaries, and memoirs, and conducted numerous interviews to recreate through brilliantly detailed vignettes the story of Berlin and its resilient inhabitants: the soldiers and ordinary citizens pounded by Allied bombing but maintaining their gallows humor, the endless procession of refugees, the 5, 000 Jews who foiled the Nazi's rabid attempt to "purify" the capital, people like Dietrich Bonhoeffe...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Jedermann im Hause der reichen Lady Montjoy ist davon überzeugt, dass Polly, das jüngste Dienstmädchen, die Juwelen ihrer Herrin gestohlen hat. Nicht so die Baker Street Boys, die die verzweifelte Polly bei sich aufgenommen haben. Wiggins lässt sich diesmal etwas besonders Raffiniertes einfallen, um die Wahrheit an den Tag zu bringen. Es sieht so aus, als ob alle im Hause Montjoy etwas zu verbergen hätten ... A nthony Reads erstklassige Kri...

Hat der altgediente Wächter des Baker Street Basars im Gruselkabinett der Madame Dupont tatsächlich einen Mann lebendig gesehen, von dem man sicher weiß, dass er tot ist? Die Baker Street Boys nehmen die Sache ernst und versuchen, ihr auf den Grund zu gehen - was besonders von Wiggins und Beaver großen Mut verlangt. Die Spuren führen zu einem Spionagering und bis in ein wichtiges Ministerium des Vereinigten Königreichs hinein. So arbeiten die ...

Bei dem ersten großen Fall der Baker Street Boys kann Sherlock Holmes persönlich von Glück sagen, dass es sie gibt - und eine weitere bedeutende Persönlichkeit nicht weniger. Sherlock Holmes löst auch die kniffligsten Fälle. Aber selbst er kann seine Augen und Ohren nicht überall haben. Was wäre er ohne seine Baker Street Boys unter ihrem Anführer Wiggins, der mit seinem Scharfsinn schon fast an den Meisterdetektiv heranreicht? Die sieben Boys...

Der dritte Fall der Baker Street Boys führt mitten hinein in die mörderischen Intrigen rund um den Herrscher des kleinen indischen Reiches Ranjipur. Anthony Read verbindet in seiner erstklassigen Krimi-Serie spannende Handlung mit originellen Charakteren und viel gruseliger Stimmung. In einer Szene im Wachsfigurenkabinett der Madame Dupont sehen die Baker Street Boys den funkelnden Rubin zum ersten Mal. Der Raja von Ranjipur überreicht ihn Ihr...

Alarmstufe eins! Blumenmädchen verschwunden! Die Baker Street Boys verfolgen unter Lebensgefahr eine heiße Spur, die in das chinesische Stadtviertel Limehouse führt. - Spannend, beklemmend und unheimlich exotisch ist dieser vierte Band der erstklassigen Krimi-Serie von Anthony Read. Rosie, das zarte Mädchen unter den Baker Street Boys, trägt mit dem Verkauf ihrer Sträußchen ein paar Pennys zum Lebensunterhalt bei. Immer früh morgens treffen s...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

And yet when independence came on the stroke of midnight of August 14, 1947, events unfolded with a violence that shocked the world: entire trainloads of Muslim and Hindu refugees were slaughtered on their flight to safety -- not by the British, but by each other. Macaulay's dream had become a flawed and bloody reality. The Proudest Day is a riveting account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. Anthony Read and Da...

Beating about the Bush' is the eagerly awaited follow-up to 'Barefoot Over The Serengeti', the tale of a young boy's life with the Masai, on the predator-rich plains of, what is now, the most famous game park on Earth. This book charts the life of David Read from the period of 1936 to 1952 in the colony of Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), as he comes to grips with his first schooling, his move to the Lupa Goldfields and the onset of adult lif...

A real "Boy's Own" adventure - but Barefoot over the Serengeti is factual, not fiction. It is a unique and evocative tale of childhood adventure in a world that very few Europeans have experienced. In July 2015 David travelled his last safari accompanied by his family and hundreds of African and European friends.

Adult Eyewitness Testimony: Current Trends and Developments provides an overview of empirical research on eyewitness testimony and identification accuracy, covering both theory and application. The volume is organized to address three important issues. First, what are the cognitive, social and physical factors that influence the accuracy of eyewitness reports? Second, how should lineups be constructed and verbal testimony be taken to improve t...