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  • The Labours of Mrs Stella Ryman

    Further Fairmount Manor Mysteries

    by Mel Anastasiou

    series Fairmount Manor Mysteries #2
    Replete with packet chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese, Stella Ryman paused just outside Fairmount Manor’s dining room, where she used the sleeve of her fleece warm-up suit to wipe the condensation from the streaked and fog-edged windows along the corridor. There was so much springtime glory outside Fairmount — although she was not allowed out on her own to see it — and there was so much gloom ... Read more

    € 4,35

  • Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor Mysteries

    by Mel Anastasiou

    series The Fairmount Mysteries #1
    On this particular sun-and-shade April morning at Fairmount Manor, Stella Ryman no more entertained the idea of becoming an amateur sleuth than she did of entering next spring’s Boston Marathon. For not only was Stella eighty-two years old, but she had lately sold her home and a lifetime of gathered possessions and washed up at Fairmount Manor Care Home in such a state that she would have bet her ... Read more

    € 4,89

  • The Labours of Hercules (Poirot)

    by Agatha Christie

    series Poirot
    In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake…In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.So, in the period leading up to his ... Read more

    € 8,93

  • 赫丘勒的十二道任務

    The Labours of Hercules

    by 阿嘉莎.克莉絲蒂 (Agatha Christie)

    series 克莉絲蒂全集 #21
    眾所周知,白羅˙赫丘勒此人名震遐爾,備受推崇,然而俗話說「人如其名」,原來這位超級神探不只是灰色腦細胞的構造與凡人不同,甚至他的姓名亦藏有玄機,帶有神性呢!話說希臘神話中,天帝宙斯的私生子大力士「赫丘勒斯」自出生後便命運舛測, 飽受宙斯善妒的元配所陷害,不僅生命時受威脅,也淪落而為人類的役僕。這半神半人、具有特殊神異力量的赫丘勒斯不甘命運擺佈,跋涉至特非爾請求神諭,神諭降示他,只要他完成十二項艱難的任務,他便可升格為神。赫丘勒斯於是逐一完成了這些挑戰極限的艱困考驗,至此流芳百世。原打算退隱江山的白羅,有感於自己的姓名與希臘神話中最強大英勇的神祇如此近似,備受激勵,亦壯志凌雲的立下目標,誓言必解開十二件與大力士那些超級任務有異曲同工之妙、具十足高難度的懸疑奇案,才願甘心退出偵探生涯。本書即是白羅精心挑選,並誓與大力士一同垂名千古的十二件精采名案,讀者且睜大雙眼看看白羅如何完成這些 ... Read more

    € 5,17

  • Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chalaea.

    Forming Part of the Labours of the Euphrates Expedition.

    by William Francis Ainsworth

    Replica of 1838 edition by John W. Parker, London. With color illustrations.
PDF maps are available as a free download.
William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), an English surgeon, traveller, geographer and geologist, known also as a writer and editor. In 1836 William Francis Ainsworth was placed in charge of an expedition to the Christians of Chaldaea, which was sent out by the Royal Geographical ... Read more

    € 9,29

  • Legend: The Labours of Heracles

    by Ajo Kurian and 2 more

    Their first mistake was to assume he would give up…Heracles has it all: a beautiful home, a loving family, and a reputation as a great soldier who would stop at nothing to defend his homeland.Then his origin brings him into the centre of a vicious plot, where he is hypnotised into committing the worst crime of all. Devastated by his actions, he wanders aimlessly, immersed in depression. He finally ... Read more

    € 3,59

  • All for Union, Empire and Homeland

    The Labours of “Honest John” Drummond of Quarrel

    by George McGilvary

    This book uses original resources to uncover the valuable help given to Britain’s leaders and her elite by the Scot, John Drummond of Quarrel. It reveals why he proved indispensable as a special consultant and counsellor to statesmen, nobles and businessmen, shows his devotion to the 1707 Union, and how he fed expansion of Britain’s Empire while spying on her enemies. His professionalism, learned ... Read more

    € 33,34

  • Audiobook

    The Labours of Hercules

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    Unabridged

    8 hours 43 min

    In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of ... Read more

    € 12,00