Father Brown: Complete Series (All 53 Stories in One Volume) - format ePub

Als er sich von dem Objekt seiner Begutachtung abwandte, traf er beinahe auf einen Mann, der gerade über die Straße auf ihn zugeschossen kam. Es war ein Mann, den er zwar ein wenig kannte, der ihn aber...

Dieser merkwürdige Vorfall ist in gewisser Weise vielleicht der merkwürdigste von den vielen, die ihm in die Quere kamen. Er passierte Pfarrer Brown zu einem Zeitpunkt, als sein französischer Freund Flambeau...

Das Rätsel, warum er Kleidungsstücke von so fantastischer Altertümlichkeit trug und sie dennoch mit einem Hauch von Mode und sogar prahlerisch präsentierte, war nur eines der vielen Rätsel, die schließlich...

Der vorliegende Band enthält die schönsten Krimis und Detektivgeschichten mit Father Brown. Äußerlich ist Father Brown unscheinbar, doch hinter der harmlosen Gestalt verbirgt sich ein scharfer Verstand....

Once upon a time there were two little boys who lived chiefly in the front garden, because their villa was a model one. The front garden was about the same size as the dinner table; it consisted of four...

Non siamo più nei primi del novecento... questa è la Londra del futuro e questi i mitici anni Ottanta! Ma scordatevi il punk, la musica disco e i walkman — e scordatevi anche la famiglia reale, se per...

Cosa succede se le persone non possono più andare al pub? Semplice, il pub va da loro. O almeno questo è l’obiettivo di Humphrey Pump, un oste inglese obbligato a chiudere la propria taverna, e del suo...

Un prete di paese che risolve delitti e misteri? Vi ricorda qualcuno? Scommetto che state pensando proprio a lui, a padre Brown, il protagonista di questa raccolta di storie brevi. Dotato di un fiuto...

In this collection of essays, G. K. Chesterton matches his wits against some of the greatest issues of the 20th century. Imperialism, politics, education, and feminism are put to debate as Chesterton...

Queens and Emperors, artists and poets, priests and politicians: all are subject to G. K. Chesterton’s collected biographies. ‘Varied Types’ spans the streets of London, travels to the edges of the British...

"We must hit Capitalism, and hit it hard, for the plain and definite reason that it is growing stronger." Chesterton’s essays on the pitfalls of capitalism, written in the early 1900s, still strike true...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer. He wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics,...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

"Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil. That road goes down and down." A rich, old man has been mysteriously stabbed, and no one can figure...

Les amoureux de Chesterton se réjouiront de l’édition en livre numérique de cette vie de saint Thomas d’Aquin. L’auteur propose un ouvrage original, somme toute assez loin d’une simple biographie : Chesterton...

Sous le crépuscule des faubourgs de l'est londonien, deux poètes se disputent sur la nature de leur art. Lucien Gregory est anarchiste ; Gabriel Syme est amoureux de l'ordre. Afin de prouver le sérieux...

"Le Retour de Don Quichotte" de G. K. Chesterton est un roman satirique qui revisite le célèbre personnage de Cervantès dans un contexte moderne. Ce livre, publié en 1927, se distingue par son humour...

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection,...

Here you will find the complete Father Brown stories in the chronological order of their original publication. - The Innocence of Father Brown - The Wisdom of Father Brown - The Donnington Affair - The...

G. K. Chestertonin 'Isä Brownin yksinkertaisuus: Salapoliisikertomuksia' on kokoelma novelleja, joissa pääosassa on nokkela ja inhimillinen pappi, Isä Brown. Kokoelma yhdistää jännityksen ja huumorin,...

G. K. Chestertonin teos "Isä Brownin viisaus: Salapoliisikertomuksia" esittelee lukijalle sarjan mestarillisia salapoliisi-kertomuksia, joissa keskeisessä roolissa on omaperäinen ja sydämellinen pappi,...

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Es wäre nicht fair, die Abenteuer von Pfarrer Brown aufzuzeichnen, ohne zuzugeben, dass er einst in einen schwerwiegenden Skandal verwickelt war. Es gibt immer noch Personen, vielleicht sogar aus seiner...

Die merkwürdige Geschichte der ungewöhnlichen Fremden ist noch heute an jenem Streifen der Küste von Sussex in Erinnerung, wo das große und ruhige Hotel namens Maypole and Garland über seine eigenen Gärten...

Professor Openshaw, eine schlanke Gestalt mit blassen, leoninfarbenen Haaren und hypnotisierend blauen Augen, tauschte auf den Stufen vor dem Hotel, wo beide an diesem Morgen gefrühstückt und die Nacht...

Die beiden Männer, die auf Gartenstühlen an einem kleinen Tisch saßen, waren dagegen eine Art herausstechender Schandfleck in dieser grau-grünen Landschaft. Sie waren überwiegend schwarz gekleidet, und...

Es ist eine abrupte und seltsame Art von Brief, dachte Pfarrer Brown.... LIEBER MUGGLETON, Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich Hilfe dieser Art benötigen würde; aber ich bin fast fertig mit den Dingen. In...

Die zweite Gestalt war viel eigenwilliger; etwas eigentümlicher im Aussehen, trotz der Uniform eines korrekten Leutnants, und außergewöhnlicher im Verhalten. Sie bewegte sich seltsam unregelmäßig und...

Our favorite team of Homicide Detectives are back with a case that hits close to home with Wyatt when a body washes up on a beach connected to his 'Ask Molly' column. How does his advice leave behind...

The crew of the Sunda Tiger is stranded on Research Colony 227C. They have no ship. No comms. And no choice but to work with their android hosts despite all their lingering doubts.Shaula wants to focus...

Erin Kealoha never set out to become a PI's sidekick, but after escaping from a cult, becoming an accidental drug mule—it wasn't her fault, honest—and then getting fired from a strip joint, she lucked...

Scenes of Crime Officer Marcie Kelshaw didn't like her colleague, Ben Drummond.  Nobody else did, really, which suited Ben fine.  He didn't like anybody either - an attitude that proved fatal.Despite...

A chiseler preys on the kind-hearted. But Jenna's vengeance? Bless his heart.Jenna didn't plan on chasing criminals when she inherited the Peach Blossom Retreat, but when a friend is attacked and left...

The Flight Risk Spy SeriesAmanda Hopkins was born to fly. Her family called her a flight risk long before she took to the skies, earning her wings at just fifteen with a crop duster and a big dream. But...

When a struggling ad agency takes money from the wrong billionaire, things spiral fast.Marshal Burns and Jim Rabbitt are long-time partners in business, but when a slick investor offers them salvation,...

An ordinary couple, a quiet life, a cozy home… it's all about to come crashing downMeet Jon and Ian, a loving couple settled into a quiet life. Until Ian becomes the victim of a brutal hate crime that...

Although he left his position with the master of deceit, Dwight Lamar, well before the swindler vanishes, Matt Nelson is held accountable for serious construction deficiencies that have caused the deaths...

A NASA mission to Venus has a dark secret.Grace Parkowski has her dream job.Piloting remotely-controlled humanoid robots to explore Venus from an air-conditioned room in Los Angeles is the next best thing...

The Darkness of Thorne HouseBook One of The Maplewood HorrorsThe house is awake. The Ferryman is hunting. And the bloodline of witches is calling them home.For thirty years, the town of Maplewood, Maine,...

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It was the perfect murder... almost. An elderly woman is found murdered in her apartment. Cause of death; a single gunshot wound to the chest. The only door is locked from the inside. There are no signs...

She WANTS her dead, but MUST keep her aliveEpisode 1: Auntie Must Die How do you rebuild a wiped-out family fortune?How do you restore a family name hated by man and beast?Simple—by protecting the evil...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

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OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

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Beatrice Wren is mad. Or so her neighbours believe. An unmarried woman, living alone in Victorian London, and whispering to old trinkets she finds at the shore of the Thames.When a box of porcelain figurines...

Ten twisty tales to give you goosebumps.  With a husband's questionable decision, a soul stealing tree, and a child who is not quite a child.  These stories might give you a fright, or check over your...

A young woman chosen to bear the children that will give a hidden person power. The thing is, this is something she never agreed to. She tries to save her children from the person's control. With her...

Murder. Religion. Sexual Abuse. Politics. Power.In 1960, as John F. Kennedy fights to become America's first Catholic president, the Church scrambles to cover up a dark secret—the rampant sexual abuse...

It's early summer 1983 and Navy Petty Officer Third Class Nicholas Price has left his ship in Okinawa after receiving a letter from his wife that he was not supposed to read. But at some point during...