Called to an urgent meeting at a mysterious shack in the middle of nowhere, attorney Bill Angell finds his brother-in-law, traveling salesman Joe Wilson, stabbed. With Joe's dying breath, he manages to convey that his murderer was a veiled woman. Was it the wild-eyed woman who had sped past Bill on his way up the dark road to the shack? To help him unravel the mystery, Bill calls on his old friend Ellery Queen. But first Queen will have to unravel the victim's double life - starting with the shack where he's been found dead, smack dab between two very different worlds.

Dr. Harry Brown discovers the corpse of an unknown woman in his apartment and the detective, Ellery Queen, investigates the baffling murder of a scientist

This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.

[Read by Robert Fass]Can justice be served? When mere accusation takes the place of evidence, freedom is in peril. What happens after the murder is the story of what Johnny Shinn - late of Army Intelligence and veteran of two wars - in spite of himself, does about it. The tense lynch trial that is the focus of the action is really the trial of Johnny Shinn as an American.

"Murder for the millions. John Levering Benedict III had more of everything than most men. More money, more mansions, more cars, and most of all, more women--including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was, which one of these beauties had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many, but enigmatic. A low-cut evening gown, a pair of women's white gloves, and a show girl's green wig. All had been planted at the scene of the brutal crime. But by whom, and for what purpose? And what was the hidden meaning of "home," the last word of the dying man? And most important, who was the last woman in John Benedict's life? These, Ellery knew, were all pieces in a bizarre jigsaw puzzle. But what strange picture they'd make when put together, not even he could say."--

Richard og Ellery Queen må søge tilflugt i et af en skovbrand isoleret hus, hvor der sker et mord og andre uforklarlige hændelser

A superb book of photographs by Elliott Erwitt whose work has been likened to "Chaplin movies." Erwitt is the master of the visual pun, capturing in moments of delicious relaxation children and their pets; women gossiping; couples disporting at the beach.

In 1926 Martin Buber published a groundbreaking essay titled "The Man of Today and the Jewish Bible." Reprinted numerous times since, that essay has helped several generations of Jews and Christians to find a believing contact with what to Christians is the Old Testament and to Jews, the Ta'nach. More than sixty years later the task must be redone. The Central European intellectuals of whom Buber wrote in 1926 were disillusioned with modern secularism. Jews of today, having suffered the Holocaust and experienced the rise of the State of Israel, must find new ways to make meaningful contact with the Bible. Emil L. Fackenheim provides a modern interpretation of the Bible for the Jew of today and presents new possibilities for a shared Jewish-Christian reading. His book will be of considerable importance to students of Jewish thought and to anyone interested in issues of Jewish-Christian dialogue.

This book describes, in vivid detail, the history of the Japanese invasion and occupation and of different parts of China, from the viewpoints of scholars in China, Japan, and the West.

The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world's most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners - many who later became judges and associates of the court. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This collection serves the needs of students and researchers in American legal history, politics, society and government, as well as practicing attorneys. This book contains copies of all known US Supreme Court filings related to this case including any transcripts of record, briefs, petitions, motions, jurisdictional statements, and memorandum filed. This book does not contain the Court's opinion. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping ensure edition identification: Franklin Edward Kameny, Petitioner, v. Wilber M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army et al. Petition / FRANKLIN E KAMENY / 1960 / 676 / 365 U.S. 843 / 81 S.Ct. 802 / 5 L.Ed.2d 809 / 1-27-1961 Franklin Edward Kameny, Petitioner, v. Wilber M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army et al. Brief in Opposition (P) / ARCHIBALD COX / 1960 / 676 / 365 U.S. 843 / 81 S.Ct. 802 / 5 L.Ed.2d 809 / 2-24-1961

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This wonderful collection by Felix Mendelssohn contains scores for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer s work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician s repertoire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The State is a book by German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer first published in Germany in 1908. The work summarizes Oppenheimer's general theory on the origin, development and future transformation of the state. The State, which Oppenheimer's missionary zeal pervades, was widely read and passionately discussed in the early 20th century. It was well received by-and influential on-as diverse an audience as Israeli halutzim, American and Slavic communitarians, West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, and anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard.A classical liberal and socialist sympathiser, Oppenheimer regarded capitalism as "a system of exploitation and capital revenues as the gain of that exploitation", but placed the blame not on the genuinely free market, but on the intervention of the state. Oppenheimer's view of the state is profoundly opposed to the then dominant characterisation propounded by G. W. F. Hegel of the state as an admirable achievement of modern civilisation.In contrast, Opphenheimer's view was an advancement of the "conquest theory" of the state that developed during the late 19th century by Ludwig Gumplowicz. According to conquest theory, the state came into being through war and conquest, a consequence of which was the establishment of social classes; the dominant conquerors and the subordinate conquered.

Book by Rosner, Fred

In 1942 the SS Broda sank, crammed with refugees bound for Palestine. There were two survivors. One, washed up on a lonely beach, was Lindmann. Twenty years later Lindmann is living in shabby lodgings in London, a calm if dreary life. But his hard-won tranquillity is shattered by the news that the story of the Broda is to become a TV film. Forced to recollect the painful detail, he finds the whole affair takes on a completely different complexion... 'Brilliant' EVENING STANDARD 'Impressive' GUARDIAN

The Military History of the Soviet Union and The Military History of Tsarist Russia treat Russian military history from the rise of the Muscovite state to the present, even peeking briefly into the future. The two volumes will cover Russia's land forces extensively, but will also cover the development of the Russian Navy, and the creation and development of the Russian Air Force, parts of the Russian military machine which are frequently neglected in general writings. The historical analysis will address the development and function of the Russian military whether in peace or in war, as well as the impact of war and changes in the military upon Russian society and politics.