Watson Books

I read the Adventures and the Memoirs when I was a kid and enjoyed them thoroughly. Here are the complete collection. I don't give it full marks because sometimes the opening pattern gets repetitive and uninteresting. In two short stories Doyle used the exact same opening (The Cardboard Box and The Resident Patient). Also at some point in the latter half of the book the stories become almost predictable from the beginning. The novels are much more interesting and exciting. I think the Hound of the Baskervilles is the best, followed closely by the Sign of Four and then a Study in Scarlet.

These 1,122 pages contain the authorized text of every Sherlock Holmes story ever written. The copyrights to these stories expired around 1972 so any writer can appropriate the characters in new fiction. Yet no one has been able to equal, let alone surpass, A.C. Doyle in world-wide popularity. Has anyone analyzed these stories to understand their wide-spread appeal? Erle Stanley Gardner and Agatha Christie wrote more novels but were not as popular. One reason is the short stories about Sherlock Holmes were more amenable to wide distribution as in school books on literature. (Chesterton's short stories had a religious bent.) Their classic restraint made them preferable to the stories of Hammett and Chandler. Novels written for 19th century adults often became stories for 20th century children (as Mark Twain). [One technical problem is that one volume is less handy than two or three volumes.]

The introduction by Christopher Morley tells of his admiration for these stories. The character of Sherlock Holmes was inspired by the famous Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary whose diagnostic skills startled his patients and pupils. The name "Holmes" was homage to Oliver Wendell Holmes who first warned about practices that caused "puerperal fever". "Sherlock" was a common Irish name, Doyle's strike against prejudice. Doyle often fought against unjust convictions and for his other beliefs. Chesterton's comment about "a man who believes in nothing winds up believing in anything" was aimed at Doyle. He went from a Catholic to an agnostic to a believer in a spirit world. Aging can affect a person's mind and beliefs.

There are four novels and five collections of short stories. The novels are: "A Study in Scarlet", "The Sign of Four", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", and "The Valley of Fear". The short stories are the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (12 stories), the "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (11 stories), "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (13 stories), "His Last Bow" (8 stories), and "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" (12 stories). There are probably more books about Sherlock Holmes than about A. C. Doyle. Aside from legal considerations, it is easier to handle finite fiction than complex real life. Has anyone written books about "Hercule Poirot" or "Perry Mason"? The "James Bond" series goes on in new novels and action films but they are not as popular as the originals. Even fictional characters have a life-span.

The book is well-written and easy to read, and makes the topics very clear and easy to understand. It's one that I feel might actually be helpful in the future, as opposed to most other textbooks.

This book is an excellent resource to school psychologists and other professionals who may conduct functional behavioral assessments. It provides numerous forms that can be used to create semi structured interviews or simply give to classroom teachers and others. This book also provides multiple examples of how to format an FBA report which may be useful to some practitioners.

If you're looking for help with policy and procedure in moderate sedation then this is a great book and is very helpful.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Carly arrives in the small town of Cameron, Ohio to investigate the murder of her brother Edmund. She tells the town people, including Devlin, the sheriff, that she is a reporter (that part is true) but that she's doing a story on the town. He worries that it will become a tourist attraction after her story is published and is against it. Because he's a man that has been hurt by a woman before and she's a woman that suspects his father as the killer, they try on numerous occasions to squash their mutual attraction. I enjoyed this book immensely because the story was centered on them and not so much on other characters. Accidents happen to her as she gets closer to finding the real killer of her brother and Devlin is always the first on the scene to help her. I will read it's sequel 'Fugitive Bride' the story of Shea next; I'm so glad she gets her very own story.

Cowboy with a Badge is a wonderfully plotted story with characters that touch your heart and make you root for them. Another in Watson's Cameron, Utah, series, this story marks new territory and brings back well-loved characters. Gosh, it was good.

It's one of the first books to show the artistic side of crochet, rather than provide patterns for afghans and booties, and it encourages the reader to come up with his or her own designs. Many fiber artists of the time are featured. Clear and easy diagrams, different stitches and techniques--a classic, and still one of my favorites.

Unlike many crochet books, this book is not a pattern book filled with cryptic terminology. Instead, it aims to help you in developing your own creative style through building upon simple structures and techniques, leading to unique and beautiful results. The photographs of the author's and other artists' works will open your mind to many new possibilities inherent in crochet as an art form. Grab this book if you can find it - it's out of print but worth the search !

A Cultural History of Theatre by Grant McKernie and Jack Watson is a terrific tool for learning about the development of dramatic arts. The book traces the history of theatre from the Greeks to modern day. By combining theatrical history with developments in art, science, and politics, the reader gets a clear view of the world that shaped the dramatic performance of the day. I was privilaged to use this book in a class taught by Grant McKernie, a professor who makes theatre interesting for everyone from the serious actor to the serious sports fan. This is a great book for high schoolers through adults trying to understand how and why the dramatic arts developed.

This is a terrific textbook. It has accurate information, good photos and illustrations, is well organized, and is easy to read. It is not the most detailed theatre history text out there, but, as a college professor who has read a great many of those texts, I find this by far the most effective tool for teaching undergraduate students about theatre.

Jacob DeShazer was part of Doolittle's bombing mission over Tokyo in WWII. His plane ran out of gas so the crew parachuted out over Chinese territory. However, DeShazer was captured by the Japanese and spent the rest of the war in a Japanese prison. He and the other captured soldiers from the mission were tortured. During his time in solitary confinement he was loaned a Bible. He read it through repeatedly and spent many hours memorizing portions of it. He was converted to Christ which brought him peace and joy in the midst of his suffering. After liberation, DeShazer returned to the United States, attended college, married and then went back to Japan as a missionary! This story is very well written and is only 96 pages long.

DeShazer was one of the Tokyo Raiders that bombed Japan after taking off of the USS Hornet in 1942. His crew was captured by the Japanese and during the time he was in prison he was given a Bible after which the Lord really changed his life. A great story about how God can work in unusual circumstances to save a person.

The Digest of Iustinianus is probably the first masterpiece in the history of Law that untill nowadays is applied in order to interpretate law or even as common law in some places of the globe. The Digest is a recopilation of jurisprudence, mainly from jurists that lived in the so called late classic period of roman law (Ulpianus, Papinianus, Paulus, Modestinus and the classical but provincial Gaius). However comments of other important jurists can be found such as Julianus, Alfenus et. al. showing us, of course with interpolations since it was intended as applicable law after it's composition, all the main context of Roman Law from the post classical period (527). Not withstanding the afforementioned critic, the Digest is regarded nowadays as the most classic book of law, not only romal law, but law as a whole. it is a masterpiece and the result of years of hard work of a commission leaded by Tribonianus. The Digest of Justinian is the number one book to any researcher on law regardless of the subject. Some translations recomended are D'ors et.al (Spanish, Ed. Aranzadi, Pamplona), or the transcription composed by the great Theodor Mommsen (German). Readers: Undergraduate (only researchers), Graduate Students (Doctoral), Researchers in general, Jurists and lawyers, Judges. Reviewed by: Marcelo Nasser Olea, Licenced in Law, Santiago, Chile, marcelo_nasser@hotmail.com

An must-have for anyone interested in legal history and/or Roman history. Truly a magnificent work. One thing to keep in mind though is that the whole work is published in two volumes and only the first volume is sold here.

The XTreme Art series is awesome and this book is no exception. I like when good triumphs over evil but drawing villians is fun. Now I am excellent. Really.

This book will bring out the malicious side of your child in the most creative way. The tips and techniques complement the mean with in us, to create the imaginative villains which live in a child's mind. Various figures + many poses & expressions to imitate when creating these amazing creatures. Using the 4 easy steps to guide the young artist and making it easy to follow and simple to create.

There are 336 9X12 pages, with 700 black and white illustrations in The Drawing Book by Wendon Blake. This book which was published in 1980 has what more recent books on the subject lack: substance. Very informative, a lot of instruction and demonstrations which make artists like me wish they made more books like this. Not overly wordy, but very complete, this is the only drawing book you'll need to sharpen your skills. I've been doing artist's commissions for years and this is my preferred book.

This book collects several of the other Wendon Blake books, such as the landscape and portrait books, into one volume. Good step by step illustrations showing close-ups of details in various stages of completion. The section on drawing parts of the face, for example, devotes a large page to each of the features, showing large drawings of the feature in four stages of rendering, with text beneath explaining what has been done to it since the previous drawing.

The focus in on countour drawing and modeling with tones. Very little discussion of anatomy here, but the book is every good at examining the contours of the body and the earth from many angles. Its general methods remind me of those in Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure, but the illustrations are less highly stylzed and the text (336 pages of pictures and text) much more detailed.