Richmond, 1806. Miss Dido Kent has developed rather a taste for mysteries. Having solved the riddle of her niece's missing fiancé and the body in the bushes at Belsfield Hall, she is finding her quiet holiday at her cousin Flora's home rather unchallenging to say the least. So when a neighbour dies suddenly, leaving her entire estate to her young nephew, Miss Dido can't help but be suspicious. But is her over-active imagination making her look for murder where there is none?With dir...

Belsfield Hall, 1805.The sudden disappearance of her niece's fiancé at their engagement ball leads Miss Dido Kent to worry that something sinister may have occurred. Before long, her fears are confirmed.Family secrets, long consigned to the darkest recesses of the past, begin to emerge as Dido attempts to unravel the strange happenings. But with the discovery of a body in the shrubbery, Mr Richard Montague's unexplained absence becomes all the more suspicious, and when she fi...

Dido Kent's sister-in-law Margaret is attempting to marry her off to the ghastly clergyman Doctor Prowdlee, with his abominable side-whiskers. Dido, however, is determined to refuse him. As punishment she is sent on a journey as companion to her rich, hypochondriac Aunt Manners - whom the family wants to keep on the right side of.When they arrive at Charcombe Manor, Aunt Manners' childhood home, they find a mystery lying in wait for them. The rich heiress Letitia Verney has disappea...

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution of One Health collaborations to real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and vaccination programmes. It includes more non-infectious disease issues and climate change discus...

In "Das spiritistische Medium Anna Rothe" untersucht Hugo Friedländer das faszinierende Phänomen des Spiritismus im 19. Jahrhundert, fokussiert auf die außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeit Anna Rothe. Durch eine akribische Analyse von historischen Dokumenten und persönlichen Berichten präsentiert Friedländer ein eindringliches Porträt dieser einflussreichen Mediums, das sowohl als kulturelle als auch als religiöse Figur auftritt. Der literarische Stil ist geprägt von einer klaren, analytischen ...

In "Leben der A. L. Karschin, geb. Dürbach" entführt Anna Louisa Karsch die Leser in die Welt einer bemerkenswerten Frau des 18. Jahrhunderts. Durch eine eindringliche autobiografische Erzählung, die sowohl poetische als auch prosaische Elemente vereint, erforscht Karsch nicht nur ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen, sondern beleuchtet auch die Herausforderungen und Einschränkungen, mit denen Frauen ihrer Zeit konfrontiert waren. Der literarische Stil ist geprägt von einer klaren, emotionalen Sp...

With barely a week going by without news that yet another chief innovation officer has taken up residence in a global law firm, it's clear innovation is still a hot topic, continuing to grow and expand in terms of its reach within law firms. However, despite rapid advancement in recent years, it's generally acknowledged that legal is behind the curve in terms of innovation compared to the rest of the corporate world. It's also generally assumed that innovation relates purely to technology ...

In den "Detektiv Gryce-Krimis" von Anna Katherine Green entfaltet sich ein faszinierendes Geflecht aus Intrigen, Mord und deduktiver Meisterschaft. Green, als Pionierin der Kriminalliteratur des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, verbindet präzise psychologische Charakterstudien mit einem detailreichen, oft kinematographischen Stil, der den Leser unweigerlich in die Geschichten hineinsaugt. Ihre Protagonisten, allen voran der scharfsinnige Detektiv Gryce, navigieren durch komplexe Plots, die oft die...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.Welcome to LIGHTSPEED's 112th issue! This month's cover art is from Galen Dara. It's illustrating a new fantasy short by Brooke Bolander, "A Bird, a Song, a Revolution,"...

**' . . . ought to be the children's hit of the summer' - I PaperFollow Delta the wolfdog around Pompeii in 79 AD while the shadow of the great volcano Mount Vesuvius looms, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Umbrella Mouse, Anna Fargher. Illustrated throughout in black and white by David Dean.**It’s the year 79 AD, and the earth around Pompeii is quaking . . .Young wolfdog Delta finds herself on the run and escaping her family’s vil...

'There is no more carefully chosen yet eclectic anthology series in existence in Britain today' – Susan Haigh, The Short ReviewBest British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, ne...

Hatch Harrison, en antikvitetshandler fra det sydlige Californien, er involveret i en trafikulykke og bliver genoplivet efter at have været erklæret klinisk død. På mystisk vis blandes hans bevidsthed sammen med en anden ung mands – en psykotisk lystmorder, der kalder sig selv Vassago ... Den amerikanske forfatter Dean R. Koontz (f. 1945) er kendt for sine spændingsmættede thrillere, som ofte strejfer andre genrer så som gyser, fantasy, science fiction og satire. Dean R. Koontz har skrevet...