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by

A. M. Yakovlev

Translated by

Jane Sayer, Yuri Sdobnikov

Book 267 -

The Progress Publishers Library

A collective volume by the two elite research institutes of the late Soviet state - the Institute of World Economy and International Relations and the Institute of the United States and Canada - on where capitalism stood as the century closed.Fifteen chapters and some 171,000 words, described on the jacket as the work of well-known Soviet economists, philosophers, historians, sociologists and journalists. The footnotes identify the milieu precisely even though no contributor list s...

by

Vera Nikolaevna Tolkunova

Translated by

Jane Sayer

Book 210 -

The Progress Publishers Library

Not a book with an argument but a book of laws: some ninety statutes, codes, decrees and ministerial orders, given in extract and arranged under six headings - general enactments, the child within the family, the protection of childhood, the right to education and upbringing, social security, and labour privileges for adolescents.It was compiled by two jurists of the Soviet academy, Professor V. N. Tolkunova taking the first and last sections and E. G. Azarova those between, and it...

by

Y. Avdakov, V. Borodin

Translated by

Jane Sayer

Book 151 -

The Progress Publishers Library

A close study of how the Soviet state built the machinery to run its factories, from the October Revolution to the abolition of the Supreme Economic Council in January 1932.It follows the offices, statutes and reorganisations: the Supreme Economic Council and its chief committees, the trusts, the syndicates, the credit reform, and the shift from economic councils to branch People's Commissariats. It is drawn from documents in the Central State Archive of the USSR National Economy a...

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Jeffrey Stine, Four Arrows, K Animashaun Ducre Anya Bernstein, Marja K. Bulmer, Lois Gibbs, Renée K. Gosson, Peggy James, Jacqui Katona, Rauna Kuokkanen, Bill E. Lawson, Cynthia J. Miller, Pataka Moore, Paul C. Rosier, Jane Bloodworth Rowe, Jane Sayers, Rachael Selby, Phia Steyn, Jeffrey K. Stine, Julie Sze, Stephen Wallace Taylor, Elise Tempelhoff, Johann Tempelhoff, Guy Thompson, Nancy Unger, John Walsh

The emerging environmental justice movement has created greater awareness among scholars that communities from all over the world suffer from similar environmental inequalities. This volume takes up the challenge of linking the focussed campaigns and insights from African American campaigns for environmental justice with the perspectives of this global group of environmentally marginalized groups. The editorial team has drawn on Washington's work, on Paul Rosier's study of Native American ...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

Audiobook 4 -

The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection

Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his uniquedetection skills at their most spectacular.The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; anindignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncoversthe true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a differentside of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero.This book also features a biographical essay ...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

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Sorcha Editor D L Sayers

Discover Dorothy L. Sayers' inimitable Golden Age detective in this complete collection of the complete Lord Peter Wimsey stories, together in one volume for the first time.Presented in chronological order, these short stories see Lord Peter Wimsey bringing his trademark wit and unique detection skills to all manner of mysteries. From poisoned port to murder in fancy dress, Wimsey draws on his many skills - including his expertise in fine wine and appreciation of f...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING QUEEN OF CLASSIC CRIME, DOROTHY L SAYERS_____________________________________________________________________'An all-time classic whodunnit' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best detective story writer of her generation' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Dorothy L. Sayers is my favourite crime writer' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'One of the "Queens of Crime" alongside Agatha Christie' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐______________________...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING QUEEN OF CLASSIC CRIME, DOROTHY L SAYERS_____________________________________________________________________'An all-time classic whodunnit' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best detective story writer of her generation' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Dorothy L. Sayers is my favourite crime writer' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'One of the "Queens of Crime" alongside Agatha Christie' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐______________________...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

Audiobook 2 -

The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection

Poisoned port . . . pet cats in peril . . . purloined pearls . . .Lord Peter Wimsey solves the mysteries of the man who was blowninto the fourth dimension and the murder in fancy dress. He pursuesmiscreants across several countries and into unexpected hiding places.Dorothy L. Sayers' other detective, Montague Egg, encounters a fugitivemurderer and uncovers a killer in an Oxford cloister. The travelling salesmanextraordinaire solves puzzles with a...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

Series -

Sorcha Editor D L Sayers

A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discoverthe body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear . . .The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, onceagain drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herselfcould be a suspect.Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help her clear her name.'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

Series -

Sorcha Editor D L Sayers

Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger,the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth.But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Gallowayartists' colony do not regret Campbell's death.Five of them are red herrings.'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talentto achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters(P)2015 Hodder & Sto...

by

Dorothy L Sayers

Narrated by

Jane McDowell

Series -

Sorcha Editor D L Sayers

The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison wassprawled over in a huddle of soiled blankets. His mouth was twisted . . .Harrison had been an expert on deadly mushrooms. How was it thenthat he had eaten a large quantity of death-dealing muscarine? Was itan accident? Suicide? Or murder?The documents in the case seemed to be a simple collection of lovenotes and letters home. But they concealed a clue to the brilliant murderer...