Summer. 1930. The hottest day of the year. And Dr Bickleigh has murder in mind.A classic crime masterpiece from 'One of crime fiction's greatest innovators' Independent'A fascinating insight into a troubled mind, and a gripping thriller' GuardianOn a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annual, much-anticipated tennis party at the Bickleighs, although not everyone ...

'Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry them. Lina Aysgarth had lived with her husband for nearly eight years before she realized that she was married to a murderer.' Following the success of Malice Aforethought, novelist Anthony Berkeley Cox returned to his Francis Iles pen-name for another experiment in the inverted mystery. Where Malice Aforethought is a study of murder from the perpetrator's perspective, Before the Fact is a masterful tale of the s...

In the little hamlet of Wyvern’s Cross, where good manners, tennis and tea are pivotal to the functioning of society, little Dr Bickleigh has a rather large problem: he needs to erase his insufferable wife. His meetings with Ivy are becoming tiresome, and although his burning passion for Gwynyfryd Rattery does not play out as imagined in the toolshed, there is now the infinitely superior Madeleine Cranmere to be worshipped… Resourceful but impulsive, Dr Bickleigh is consumed with the image...

A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier’s mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand… Seven of the world’s greatest crime writers turn their hand to some of the world’s most spine-tingling mysteries – all of the...

In Francis Iles' Thriller "Before the Fact", der Vorlage für "Suspicion", geht es nicht um das "Wer" sondern um das "Ob". Cox verfasste das Buch unter dem Pseudonym Francis Iles. Sein Protagonist, charming Johnny Aysgarth, wirkt ebenfalls verdächtig "pseudo". Lina, ledig und auf dem Weg zur "alten Jungfer", verfällt ihm sofort und heiratet ihn, obwohl ihre Familie überzeugt ist, daß Johnny nur hinter ihrem Geld her sei. Schließlich besäße Lina zwar einen messerscharfen Verstand, wäre aber ...

Espaces de solitude, de liberté, refuges mais aussi prisons, les îles nous fascinent. Mais cette obsession des îles, que dit-elle de notre manière d’habiter le monde ? Cet ouvrage magnifiquement illustré de cartes anciennes dessine une réflexion qui confronte les îles mythiques et les figures qu’elles abritent, d’Ulysse à Robinson Crusoé en passant par Thomas More et Virginia Woolf, à l’expérience du voyage, de l’isolement et de la vie sauvage. Sinuant entre fiction et exploration, c’est u...

Ruisbroek 1976. Het jaar van de grote overstroming. In de buurt van de Rupel groeit de dertienjarige Dirk op en geniet er een onbezorgde jeugd, tot die fatale zomerdag in augustus zijn leven en toekomst verandert. Dirks wereld staat plots op zijn kop en van dan af komt alles in een stroomversnelling. Zal Dirk de gemoedsrust vinden die hij zo wanhopig zoekt, of zullen de schaduwen van het verleden voor altijd zijn pad verduisteren?"Gij zult niet doodslaan" is een verrassend debuut, ...

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our underst...

Je leeft. Je deelt. Je wordt gezien. Maar door wie?Tanias leven lijkt op dat van zovelen: werk, gezin, vriendinnen, shoppen, af en toe een cavaatje, romantische Netflix- series.Kuieren in Antwerpse straten, de danslessen in Borgerhout, haar rituelen. Alles voelt veilig en vertrouwd, tot de routine begint te rafelen. Een vreemd mailtje, een onverklaarbare storing op haar tv, subtiele verschuivingen in haar digitale comfortzone.Maar wat als het niet bij toeval blijft? Wat als...

You live. You share. You are seen.Tania's life looks like that of so many others: work, family, girlfriends, shopping, the occasional glass of cava, romantic Netflix series. Strolling through the streets of the city, dance classes, her familiar rituals. Everything feels safe and predictable, until the routine begins to unravel.A strange email. An unexplained glitch on her TV. Subtle shifts within her digital comfort zone. But what if it isn't just coincidence? What if someone knows her pat...

This timely volume highlights the novel ways in which cutting-edge virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) technology is being used in STEM education.Today, there are many exciting advances occurring in Immersive Learning Environments (ILEs) and innovative applications in STEM education. Recent breakthroughs in technologies such VR, AR, and Mixed Reality (MR) as well as Cross Reality (XR) that leverages VR, AR, and MR are finally making it feasible for educators in STEM to adopt ...

First published in English in 1971, The Ile-de-France presents the reader with a study of the countryside around Paris through the eyes of Marc Bloch, a man with his own view of history. It looks at the area’s origins, extent, geographical features, archaeology, and past local histories.The book extends beyond the region of Paris itself and offers the reader a masterful demonstration of the methodology of such enquiries and their purpose within the wider context of histori...