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Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's archetypally tough San Franciscodetective, is more noir than L.A. Confidential and more vulnerable than Raymond Chandler's Marlowe.In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels (including The Dain Curse and The Glass Key), Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment.

Spade's partner is murdered on a stakeout; the cops blame him for the killing; a beautiful redhead with a heartbreaking story appears and disappears; grotesque villains demand a payoff he can't provide; and everyone wants a fabulously valuable gold statuette of a falcon, created as tribute for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. Who has it? And what will it take to get it back? Spade's solution is as complicated as the motives of the seekers assembled in his hotel room, but the truth can be a cold comfort indeed.

Spade is bigger (and blonder) in the book than in the movie, and his Mephistophelean countenance is by turns seductive and volcanic. Sam knows how to fight, whom to call, how to rifle drawers and secrets without leaving a trace, and just the right way to call a woman "Angel" and convince her that she is. He is the quintessence of intelligent cool, with a wise guy's perfect pitch. If you only know the movie, read the book. If you're riveted by Chinatown or wonder where Robert B. Parker's Spenser gets his comebacks, read the master. --Barbara SchlieperBook Description
THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him? ... Read more

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a perfect novel
All characters are archetypal.The misogyny is beautiful; it might almost be considered A Man's Guide To Surviving the Deception of Modern Woman.The movie was simply wretched compared to this; I wish I'd never seen it; Bogart and Astor were completely wrong for the parts.

The novel is a subliminal expository of Hammett's philosophy; it must be read more than once, more than twice.

This is not mere "detective fiction":this book is about, is a metaphor for, life itself.

Spade, Smooth as Silk
1920's, San Fran. Sam Spade is the quintessential Private Eye. He's bold, cool, clever, and irresistible. The title refers to an ancient jeweled statue that everyone wants. There's a mysterious and innocent-seeming knock-out redhead, a greasy, sneaky Greek man, a corpulent, rich man, and a young, wiry hit-man from New York. The murders are piling up. Will Spade be able to unravel the intricate knot before he himself is implicated in the dirty deeds - or murdered, as well? This is a great book! I can't believe I never had the pleasure of meeting Spade before! He's very cool. The story is complicated and it jumps around; you never know what to expect next. Now, I can really appreciate Bogart doing his turn as the smoothest detective ever!

Classic
I've re-read "The Maltese Falcon" several times.It is excellent -- truly a classic.However, bibliophile that I am, I find I prefer the Humphrey Bogart movie version, and reading the book now feels more like reading a play rather than a novel.

Nevertheless, read the book.

Great Fun Read
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It took a bit for me to adjust to his style of terse dialogue and, at times, almost overly detailed description. The book was a bit dated, as well, and thus a bit sexist at times. Also: everybody chain smoked. But a fun, fun read..!

Classic mystery plus more
"The Maltese Falcon" is the epitome of the early twentieth-century private-eye detective story.However, is does not exactly follow the usual cut of a mystery.There is no cut-and-dry explanation of all of the characters' actions and motivations, giving the reader more food for thought than usual.The unexpected twists in the plot keep the reader guessing and the unexpected ending keeps the reader thinking!A wonderful mystery.I want to read more of Hammett's work. ... Read more

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Love wilbur smith.....
this was good, but not great....a little slow, but i still bought all the remaining ballantyne novels.I loved his egypian series, loved his courtney series, so i expect the same here.....

Good read.
Robyn Ballantyne and her brother, Morris, have waited years to return to Africa. They are determined to locate their father, a missionary, who had disappeared within the African wilderness.

Following a map left by a madman, the siblings track their father's footsteps. Hope slowly fades from the duo. Even so, they continue onward through dense wilderness and fierce wildlife with little time to take in the area's rough beauty.

When they find themselves amid a horrible slave trade, Robyn and Morris split up. Both are being tracked and time is running out.

*** This is book one of four. I found it to be a bit long-winded at times, but well written and loaded with suspense. Definitely worth you time. ***

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Part travelogue, part history, part love letter on a thousand-page scale, Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is a genre-bending masterwork written in elegant prose. But what makes it so unlikely to be confused with any other book of history, politics, or culture--with, in fact, any other book--is its unashamed depth of feeling: think The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire crossed with Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. West visited Yugoslavia for the first time in 1936. What she saw there affected her so much that she had to return--partly, she writes, because it most resembled "the country I have always seen between sleeping and waking," and partly because "it was like picking up a strand of wool that would lead me out of a labyrinth in which, to my surprise, I had found myself immured." Black Lamb is the chronicle of her travels, but above all it is West following that strand of wool: through countless historical digressions; through winding narratives of battles, slavery, and assassinations; through Shakespeare and Augustine and into the very heart of human frailty.

West wrote on the brink of World War II, when she was "already convinced of the inevitability of the second Anglo-German war." The resulting book is colored by that impending conflict, and by West's search for universals amid the complex particulars of Balkan history. In the end, she saw the region's doom--and our own--in a double infatuation with sacrifice, the "black lamb and grey falcon" of her title. It's the story of Abraham and Isaac without the last-minute reprieve: those who hate are all too ready to martyr the innocent in order to procure their own advantage, and the innocent themselves are all too eager to be martyred. To West, in 1941, "the whole world is a vast Kossovo, an abominable blood-logged plain." Unfortunately, little has happened since then to prove her wrong. --Mary Park Book Description
Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon probes the troubled history of the Balkans and the uneasy relationships among its ethnic groups. The landscape and the people of Yugoslavia are brilliantly observed as West untangles the tensions that rule the country’s history as well as its daily life. ... Read more

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A Croat's Return to Yugoslavia
This book recounts a journey made by the author and her husband as they traveled through Croatia, Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Old Serbia, and Montenegro at a time when Hitter threatened to engulf all of Europe in a World War.

Describing and analyzing the journey, the author fills more than a thousand pages.

The highlight of the book is the epilogue which recounts the author's thoughts of the impact her travels made on assessing the politics of Germany and the Balkans at a turning point in history.

For All That
Yes "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" is wonderful for all the reasons stated in these reviews, but for all that it must be said that the dominant theme of Ms West's masterpiece is the eternal human condition. She sees with the eyes of a woman and the eyes of a genius. She has seen humanity's troubled soul, and gently brought it to the surface in the fabric of her marvelous linguistic tapestry. "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" is in a class by its self.

a fascinating mess
BLGF is a gigantic grab bag of a book.If yourinterested in the former yugoslavia,it is a fascinating read.Although i don't think anyone would wish it longer than it is.West offers sharp and at times profound insights.However the reader needs to be careful.West's prejudices distort much of what is on view.The first of these is her near pathological hostility to all things german.One might think that would not be all that important in a book on yugoslavia.It turns out to be of critical importance.West combines this anti-germanic perspective with a pronounced anti-catholic bias.Once you realize this the opinions expressed in the book as well as its omissions begin to make a kind of sense.It's telling that West virtually ignores slovenia except to point to bad conduct by the catholic church.Slovenia is mostly catholic and even worse the most"austrian " of yugoslavia's nations. As such i think she considers it unworthy of her attention.Croatia is a place she has to write about but one can infer she'd rather not.The croats are too catholic and somewhat german influenced.Almost as bad they are also italian and hungarian influenced.They just aren't "slavic" enough! Well it is fairly easy to guess who is slavic enough,the serbs.This is a very distorted picture.Westdoes seem to think that the serbs are noble savages by virtue of their freedom from non slavic influences.Whereas the northern south slavs are tainted by foreigness.To say the least,this is a strange viewpoint for a writer of"advanced" views.It smacks of an odd provincialism.Italy was at one point one of the most creative and dynamic societies on earth.It's croatias neighbor.Does West really think that the croatians should have turned their back on italy inorder to cultivate slavic purity?I think the answer is ,yes.West dissmisses late imperial austria as an intellectual and cultural wasteland.That can only beexplained as a by product of ignorance.This was afterall the land of klimt,mahler,freud and wittgenstein.Joseph Roth would wind up downright nostalgic about it.West says austria-hungary was the most repressive state in europe after russia.This is oddin two ways.One i doubt it's true.Austria was more repressive than the ottoman empire,spain,portugal,romania and bulgaria?Also even if true no one with a straight face could argue that austria was comprable to russia as a tyranny.That said this peculiar book is fascinating.Although like some of the other reviewers i too wondered what's the story on the husband and what's allthis talk about the positive benefits of the absence of homosexuality?(and where did she get that idea from?).

Another misconception of Balkan realities
A nice read but highly romanticized outlook of the old Yugoslav Kingdom and the people of Yugoslavia. The book is based on the author's interaction with the Yugoslav intellectual elite and her observation of the people of old Yugoslavia Her interpretation of the Slav character needs to be understood in the context of the orientalist approach of the time- as a result - the Slav character in the book is idealized in the same manner that modern day nationalist in the same region see themselves. Namely, the great Slavic nation of the Serbs who defended Europe from the Turks and saved the rest of the Southern Slavs from the Austrians. Given the time in which it was written (late 30s) the author suffers from an extreme germanophobia in every possible sense! She seems to come across only irrational, pompous and arrogant Germans who can't appreciate the Yugoslav people in the same way that she and her husband can. The book is extremely pro-Serbian, so much so that the Croatian and Macedonian discontent and wish for separation is seen not as a solution to the Serbian dominated Kingdom but as, sometimes Vatican sometimes Austrian and sometimes Italian inspired propaganda to divide the otherwise brotherly relations between the Serbs and the Croats! How much of this brotherly love was genuine - we saw in the WWII that followed the authors book as well as the bloody brake up of Socialist Yugoslavia.As much as she has made a conscious attempt not to become another British traveler in the Balkans that picks her pet-nation and promotes their interests - she falls under the Balkan trap of victimization and myths and becomes in the process an ardent pro-Serb - as indeed her political activities would later reveal.

Unique mosaic of time and places now gone
The prose in this book weaves amosaic of rural and town life in the 1930s Yugoslavia which is gone in fact but captured in West's captivating prose. This was a Yugoslavia whose name was adopteda few years before, whoseeastern and southern borders were agreed in 1913 with Bulgaria and Greece , just one year after the Ottomans had been evicted in 1912 after 500 years of rule . And published just before Catholic Croatia's Tito and Orthodox Serbia's Mihailovich led separate resistances against the Germans then like two pit bull terriers fought until Tito emerged as victor and ruler for three decades . The war between these carnivores ended in 1991 with the unravelling of the mosaic West had so beautifully weaved just over 50 years before.
The scenes-in-words of a run-down town of Bitola (ex-Monastir) and a lakeside lovely Ochrid provide instructive insights into a Macedonia before the Communist Tito created a Republic of Macedonia (in 1944) in an effort todestabilise the northern borders of Greece at the beginning of her wrenching civil war.
West's is a must-read for students and scholars of the land of the southern Slavs during the fleetingtime it was a union and they wish to relish one of the classics of 20th century English prose.
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When the vertically-challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day, Johnny’s dead, Tim feels the heat, and his smart younger brother, Nick, gets the package—and every crook in town on his back! ... Read more

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THE FALCONS MALTESER
THEFALCONS MALTESER
Do you like mysteries withthe biggest robbers and bandits
you have ever heard of ?It starts out slow and suddenly it turns into an exciting Sherlock Holmes - like mystery in England. The two Diamond brothers (Nick and Tim) find them selves being chased by the biggest robbers from all around the world. A dwarf walks in to the Diamond brother's office he gives them a package and tells them to never open it. Will they open it or not? Find out and read the book.

The Candy Mystery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Worst detective ever, Tim Diamond has never finished any of his cases. Until he and his brother Nick get a box of candy from a dwarf. Now all the worst bad guys are after them, including the Fat Man, and his two advisors. After some close shooting accident he figures it out. But after all that hard working there was nothing there. Later he gets one diamond from the person who atually fond it. Then with the money he goes skiing, but breaks his leg and can't go. It was a little confusing at first, but then it got pretty exiting. When they knew what the mystery was the book got action packed and it was not very easy to put it down. If you are the kind of person who can take many close close aciddents.- TRAVIS
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A box of chocolate
I don't usually read mysteries but I enjoyed Horowitz's Alex Rider books so I thought I'd give this a try. The story takes place in England in The Falcon's Malteser. It is the story of Tim and Nick Diamond, two brothers. When Nick, the youngest brother, decides not to go to Australia with his parents, he stays with his brother Tim, who is also the worst private detective in the world. The mystery in the book is about a dwarf, named Johnny Naples, who pays Tim and Nick five-hundred dollars to watch a box of chocolate maltesers. Eventually Nick and Tim find out that the box of chocolate maltesers somehow unlock a safe with five-million dollars in diamonds.

The Falcon's Malteser
I have to admit that I don't usually like mystery books.That all changed when I started reading Anthony Horowitz's mystery books.He writes with tons of detail and his stories always flow great.The Falcon's Malteser is amongst my favorite books and it's a mystery book.I've read many books by Anthony Horowitz and his mystery books, in my opinion, are some of the best books he's ever written.Anthony Horowitz has a lot of talent, period.

Now back to the story.We find the normal, every day society of England in The Falcon's Malteser.Amongst all the teenage boys, there's Nick Diamond.Nick Diamond is a thirteen-year old boy who chose not to go with his parents to Australia, but to stay in England with his brother, Tim Diamond, who is also England's worst private detective.Nick is "lovingly" cared for by his brother Tim; so lovingly that they live in a run-down apartment with no food, no money, and no transportation.Nick sometimes wishes he had gone with his parents, and so would I.

We experience this hurtful adventure through Nick, while Tim is in jail, supposedly for murder.Nick and Tim, one day, randomly get a visit.From a dwarf.The dwarf acts hurried and acts as if he's being followed.The dwarf, named Johnny Naples, pays Tim and Nick five-hundred dollars to watch a box of chocolate maltesers.Nick and Tim ask themselves the same question, "Why?"Well, they will soon find out why with the helpful hints from three murders, and Lauren Bicardi.Nick and Tim learn that the box of chocolate maltesers somehow unlock a safe with five-million dollars in diamonds inside the safe.But where's the safe and how do you open it?

The Falcon's Malteser is a great mystery book to read.This book kept me interested the whole way and didn't reveal itself until the end.Also, because the book's setting is based on England, the society that shapes the character's problems, conflicts, and decisions make it much easier to understand.Anthony Horowitz describes everything perfect, he goes into full depth of all the characters, and describes the conflicts very well.He writes vivid details, which makes it feels like you're right in the book, living what's happening.Anthony Horowitz wrote this novel so good, if he took it any further he would've ruined the book, even though the ending frustrated me a little.You have to read The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz.It is a book you will never forget.

The Falcon's Malteser
I have to admit that I don't usually like mystery books.That all changed when I started reading Anthony Horowitz's mystery books.He writes with tons of detail and his stories always flow great.The Falcon's Malteser is amongst my favorite books and it's a mystery book.I've read many books by Anthony Horowitz and his mystery books, in my opinion, are some of the best books he's ever written.Anthony Horowitz has a lot of talent, period.

Now back to the story.We find the normal, every day society of England in The Falcon's Malteser.Amongst all the teenage boys, there's Nick Diamond.Nick Diamond is a thirteen-year old boy who chose not to go with his parents to Australia, but to stay in England with his brother, Tim Diamond, who is also England's worst private detective.Nick is "lovingly" cared for by his brother Tim; so lovingly that they live in a run-down apartment with no food, no money, and no transportation.Nick sometimes wishes he had gone with his parents, and so would I.

We experience this hurtful adventure through Nick, while Tim is in jail, supposedly for murder.Nick and Tim, one day, randomly get a visit.From a dwarf.The dwarf acts hurried and acts as if he's being followed.The dwarf, named Johnny Naples, pays Tim and Nick five-hundred dollars to watch a box of chocolate maltesers.Nick and Tim ask themselves the same question, "Why?"Well, they will soon find out why with the helpful hints from three murders, and Lauren Bicardi.Nick and Tim learn that the box of chocolate maltesers somehow unlock a safe with five-million dollars in diamonds inside the safe.But where's the safe and how do you open it?

The Falcon's Malteser is a great mystery book to read.This book kept me interested the whole way and didn't reveal itself until the end.Also, because the book's setting is based on England, the society that shapes the character's problems, conflicts, and decisions make it much easier to understand.Anthony Horowitz describes everything perfect, he goes into full depth of all the characters, and describes the conflicts very well.He writes vivid details, which makes it feels like you're right in the book, living what's happening.Anthony Horowitz wrote this novel so good, if he took it any further he would've ruined the book, even though the ending frustrated me a little.You have to read The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz.It is a book you will never forget. ... Read more

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"'Really,' I thought in mounting exasperation, 'there never was ahousehold in which so many people felt free to offer their unsolicited opinions!'" This, of course, is the eminent Egyptologist and dedicated crime solver Amelia Peabody, setting the stage and the tone (an updated Oscar Wildean irony) for Elizabeth Peters's 11th book. And it's true that there are no shrinking violets in this particular household, from the redoubtable Amelia and her hot-tempered archaeologist husband Emerson (his native diggers call him the Father of Curses), to their dashing, unpredictable son Ramses (born Walter). Also, let's not forget their lovely ward, Nefret (rescued from a desert tribe several books back), and their butler, Gargery, "who wields a cudgel as handily as he carves a roast."

As she has so many times before, Peters presents us with this quaint--even campy--little group of people, plops them down in an exotic Egyptian setting, and then surprises us by involving them in a story of great strength and emotion.

It's 1911, and David Todros, a young Egyptian who has just married into the Peabody family, is suspected of dealing in forged antiquities, possibly to help support a rising nationalist movement. Amelia, Emerson, Ramses, and Nefret all take various actions to help David, and there are serious, dangerous consequences for everyone involved. Despite the melodramatic setting and the theatrical language, Peters's story is--as always--modern, believable, and exciting.

Other books in the Peabody series available in paperback are The Ape Who Guards the Balance, The Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Curse of the Pharaohs, and The Hippopotamus Pool. --Dick AdlerBook Description

Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season—after the marriage of young Ramses' best friend David to Amelia's niece Lia. But trouble finds them immediately when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts. While Amelia and company try to clear his name and expose the real culprit, the body of an American is found at the bottom of their excavation shaft. As accusations of drug dealing and moral misconduct fly, a child of mysterious antecedents sparks a crisis that threatens to tear the family apart. Amelia brings her brilliant powers of deduction to bear, but someone is shooting bullets at her—and coming awfully close!Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season—after the marriage of young Ramses' best friend David to Amelia's niece Lia. But trouble finds them immediately when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts. While Amelia and company try to clear his name and expose the real culprit, the body of an American is found at the bottom of their excavation shaft. As accusations of drug dealing and moral misconduct fly, a child of mysterious antecedents sparks a crisis that threatens to tear the family apart. Amelia brings her brilliant powers of deduction to bear, but someone is shooting bullets at her—and coming awfully close!Amelia and family have arrived in Egypt for the 1911 archeological season—after the marriage of young Ramses' best friend David to Amelia's niece Lia. But trouble finds them immediately when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts. While Amelia and company try to clear his name and expose the real culprit, the body of an American is found at the bottom of their excavation shaft. As accusations of drug dealing and moral misconduct fly, a child of mysterious antecedents sparks a crisis that threatens to tear the family apart. Amelia brings her brilliant powers of deduction to bear, but someone is shooting bullets at her—and coming awfully close!

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You can choose your friends but.....
you can't choose your relatives, not all of them anyway.

As the on-going tale of the extended Peabody-Emerson clan continues the family is in England, preparing for the long awaited marriage of David Todros to Amelia (Lia) Emerson before returning to their adopted homes in Egypt.The occasion is one of joy for the young couples' circle of family and friends and a scandal for the rest of society.David is Egyptian, the grandson of Abdullah, the reis of Emerson's digs while Lia is English, Emerson's niece, daughter of his younger brother, Walter and in the years leading up to WWI mixed marriages simply did not happen.

The family had also been reading the recently published exploits of another, not so highly respected, family member.Percy, Amelia's obnoxious nephew, had written an account of his recent adventures in Egypt, a volume that the family has found both aggravating and amusing.

Once in Egypt though these events, compounded by faked artifacts, unrequited loves and the cause of Egyptian nationalism all conspire to once again keep Emerson from his work.

This is the 11th in the AMELIA PEABODY series of comic-mystery novels centering on archeologist Radcliffe Emerson, his wife Amelia and their ever expanding family set in the early 1900's.As always with this series the mysteries take a secondary role to the (mis)adventures of the characters as related by Amelia and Ramses.The overall story arc of this series is much more a factor than is usual with series mysteries, so much so that a reader should definitely begin with CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK and proceed in order.Those who are already family with Amelia and her brood will definitely not want to miss this one which centers on family matters of all sorts.

The Falcon at the Portal
Amelia Peabody was as good as usual. Amazon did not disappoint. Another 5 stars from me!

Tomb Robbers. Egypt. Mysteries.
Falcon At The Portal
Villains. Forgeries of Egyptian Antiquities. Tomb Robbers. Feisty Amelia Peabody, in Egypt in 1911, armed with her sharp pointed umbrella, and tiny pistol, carried in her tool belt. Amelia and Emerson, her dashing husband and archaeologist, their growing family and their trusted Egyptian workers, are always in danger; with Amelia providing a running humorous commentary on events and people. She describes Emerson as "the greatest Egyptian archaeologist of this, or any other time", and you wouldn't dare contradict her. This is book 11 in the series, and my favorite thus far, because of the romantic sparks flying between two main characters.
I suggest you begin reading this series with the first book, Crocodile on the Sandbank, since they are best read in chronological order. Falcon at the Portal is the 11th book, and I look forward to the next, He Shall Thunder in the Sky, where more romantic sparks may fly in Egypt, and plenty of danger, as the first world war approaches.

The Eleventh Book in a Wonderful Series

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute.Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998.She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

The Amelia Peabody books may or may not be an acquired taste, personally I love them. They are set in Victorian times when there were still very strict rules of etiquette and polite behaviour was the norm. Although most of the books are set in Egypt, in the desert under very trying conditions and extremely hot weather the `English' way of life was still expected to be adhered to, sometimes with quite hilarious consequences.

Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' best loved and brilliant creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her no nonsense dress sense and forthrightopinions.

In this book Amelia has more trouble than she knows what to do with, but in this case it is family trouble. Herniece's new Egyptian husband David, stands accused of forging priceless antiquities and though he is definitely skillful enough to do this Emerson have known him long enough to know that he simply cannot be guilty of such a crime. Meanwhile Amelia's nephew, a detestable young man if ever there was one, begins an amorous pursuit ofNefret, Amelia's son Ramses wife.

Yay!
Warning: This review contains spoilers.

Ok, this was the first Peabody novel I ever read, and it was great! I grew to know the characters, and I was left hanging at the end. However, even I could tell something was wrong when Nefret married Geoffery. However, THAT turned out all right at the end, but I won't say how. ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling author who pioneered the passionate world of Native American romance

After trekking across the country, Wylena is happy to arrive in Arizona Territory to reunite with her brothers, but less happy to learn of their troubles. Her brother, Jeb, is wrongly accused of scalp hunting. H e's also been courting a lovely Apache woman who is sister to Chief Falcon Moon. And the anger of the ruthless Mexican general on Jeb's trail is nothing compared to the ire of a protective sibling...

Then Wylena is kidnapped by Mexican troops-and the handsome chief comes to her aid. Now she must not only clear her brother's name, but fight her burning desire for her valiant rescuer... ... Read more

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Cassie Edwards best so far.
I only have three American Indian romance novels written by this author and so far this one is the best one I have read. My advice to the critics, if you don't like her books, then don't read them, better yet write your own novels. That's what I'm doing.

Not a fan
This book was awful. My 10 year old can write a better book. The people sounded childish to me. I will never read another one of her books. Going to see if I can get my money back. I don't even want to give this book one star.

refreshing Cassie Edwards entry
In 1840 eighteen year old Wylena Shrock left Illinois following the deaths of her parents to live with her brother Father Joshua at his Arizona Territory missionary near the Mexican border.Josh's twin brother Jeb is also there, but he hides because the Mexican army led by General Zamora and the Apache tribe led by Chief Falcon Moon believe he is the notorious murdering "Scalp Hunter".Falcon Moon is also angry at Jeb because he secretly was having a tryst with his sister Bright Star, who the Mexicans abducted to use as a pawn to draw him to them.

While her brothers sleep, Wylena steps outside only to be abducted by Zamora.At the Mexican camp she befriends Bright Star who is treated as if she is animal by Zamora.Falcon Moon and his warriors rescue Bright Star, but he also abducts Zamora's cruel white woman who failed to help his seriously injured sister.On the top of the mountain where the Indian camp is located, Bright Star remains unconscious from her ordeal.Wylena swears she is Father Josh's sister and was abducted by Zamora for the same purpose that Bright Star was.He wants to believe her because he is attracted to her.As they fall in love, they must deal with the Mexicans, the disloyalty of his chosen heir as chief and her brothers.

FALCON MOON is a refreshing Cassie Edwards entry due more so by the support cast rather than the lead couple as the audience obtains a close look at the Apache lifestyle on the Mexican border circa 1840.Wylena and Falcon Moon are typical of Ms. Edward's books as they are a noble and caring pairing.Although there is no direct confrontation between good and evil, Ms. Edward's fans will relish her latest Indian romance.

Harriet Klausner

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The cholera epidemic that ravaged the city of TrevHael has left many orphans in its wake, including Neb, the scribe's son, and his brother. Sent to the desolate farm of their last living relative, they soon learn that a worse plague lurks beyond the western border of Deverry. The savage Horsekin tribes, spurred on by their new goddess, Alshandra, are raiding the villages and taking slaves as the first step in their plans to destroy the nomadic Westfolk and the Deverrian farmers both. Drawn into a war for the survival of the kingdom, Neb and his soulmate Branna will face enemies they have fought before in past lives they no longer remember. ... Read more

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Deverrey continues, but without lots of intrigue-ful baggage
This book made my fingers hover over the rating... it's probably 4.5 stars.

I read the original novel in this series when it first came out in, what, the 80s? early 90s? I must have re-read it a dozen times in the years since then, because Kerr did such a wonderful job of world building. Her main characters span multiple lifetimes, and usually they do not remember what they did in an earlier incarnation. I was absolutely charmed, because the system of magic was consistent; the characters were well drawn (in an Arthurian "honor matters!" way); and it was not a predictable "oh you know how it'll end" tale.

The first several books were great, and I highly recommend that you start with Daggerspell. But the later series somehow tired me for reasons I never did figure out.

I'm happy to report that this new trilogy (one presumes?) has brought back the original magic from the first books. Nevyn and Jill do get together (yay!, after only what, 600 years) and it's fun to see the two dweomer-masters as teenagers dealing with the "but who was I? am I still that person?" identity crisis. There is humor, compassion, honor... and none of it gets in the way of telling a good story.

Book was good, but publisher is trying to cheat. . .
I thought this book was great. In fact, all of Kerr's books are just phenomenal. So, has anyone else noticed that DAW along with other publishers have switched to low quality materials for their hardcover books? Take a look at the paper for instance. Just compare this book and older DAW hardcovers from a few years ago. You won't be thrilled in about 5 years, when the books in this series have begun to yellow with age.
I hate this new trend with book publishers just to save a buck. None of us get a deal on the price, but they can sell inferior goods to us because they know we want to read the books anyway. Please watch out and if possible, complain to the company. If enough of us do, they will return to the quality we have come to expect. Just take a look at the Otherland books, to see what I mean, or the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. Look at the differences between those and this book. There is no comparison.

After a long silence....
Ms. Kerr finally drops this in our lap.I must say it was an enjoyable read, if a bit callow at times.Think of how Tolkien started "The Hobbit" as a child's book."The Fellowship of the Ring" was light and airy, and each subsequent book gets more and more "dark" and "adult".Katharine Kerr writes backwards.Her books started out "dark" and "adult" and now seem airy and breezy.

One big annoyance is she has a terrible habit of turning a phrase and sticking with it continuously.All her characters "tossed his head like an angry horse" SO often that I wonder just what kind of world she's from where people actually do this.It happens - literally - on almost every page. The characters that have depth and strengths in other books in this one seem shallow and weak.

I did enjoy reading, but I felt she was just throwing us a bone.

Great start to the end of a great series!
I absolutely adore this series and am sad to see it coming to an end.It was horrible to wait this entire time for this book (if you followed it and saw all the pushbacks like I did), but it was well worth it.It doesn't really answer questions but it definitely sets up the next two books to tie everything together.This book, unlike the others, only stays in one timeline choosing to tell the past by using small character flashbacks that are actually told to other characters instead of that character being in that time.A definite must for any follower of the series.

truly ineffable...
Let's hope we don't have to wait a very long time for the continuation of this series! As with every time I pick up a Katharine Kerr book, I can't put it down. I stay up late at night fighting the sleep dweomer and end up late for work! It's well worth it!

If I had dweomer powers I would hurry up Katharine to finish the next book!

In the meantime, maybe I will re-read the whole saga since it's been years since I read the first book. ... Read more

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

The three classic novels published here in one volume are rich with the crisp prose, subtle characters, and intricate plots that made Dashiell Hammett one of the most admired writers of the twentieth century.

A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Hammett virtually invented the hard-boiled crime novel. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade, a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, tangles with a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. The Thin Man introduces Hammett's wittiest creations, Nick and Nora Charles, who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. And in Red Harvest, Hammett's anonymous tough-guy detective, the Continental Op, takes on the entire town of Poisonville in a deadly war against corruption.

"Dashiell Hammett is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer."—Boston Globe

”Hammett was spare, hard-boiled, but he did over and over what only the best writers can ever do. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.”—Raymond Chandler

”Hammett’s prose was clean and entirely unique. His characters were as sharply and economically defined as any in American fiction.”—The New York Times

”As a novelist of realistic intrigue, Hammett was unsurpassed in his own or any time.”—Ross Macdonald

”Dashiell Hammett’s dialogues can be compared only with the best in Hemingway.”—André Gide

”Hammett is one of the best contemporary American writers.”—Gertrude Stein ... Read more

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a great collection
The Maltese Falcon is a masterpiece.I love Red Harvest as well.The Thin Man isn't quite as good, but it's a lot of fun.All in all, reading this collection is a great way to spend a rainy weekend as I discovered.

Classic Hammett
Dashiell Hammett is best known as the man who wrote "Maltese Falcon," the classic noir mystery behind the classic noir film. That book is included here, along with the confusing "Red Harvest" and magnificent, polished "Thin Man," two other crime novels by Hammett.

The mysterious "Maltese Falcon" is at the center of international intrigue -- and murder. Cynical Sam Spade and his partner Miles Archer are hired by a beautiful, seemingly helpless woman to find a man who she says has run off with her sister. Not only is the woman lying, but someone kills Archer. A slimy fop, a cultured gangster, and a breathy femme fatale are all in the same web of crime and murder, centered on a bejewelled bird called the Maltese Falcon.

"Red Harvest" is the full-length novel introduction of the cool-as-ice Continental Op. He travels to Personville (or "Poisonville," depending on your accent) to meet a client. Except the client has just been murdered. Rather than go home to San Francisco, the Continental Op meets the dead man's wealthy father, and begins a one-man battle against the vicious gangsters who control Personville. But the death and mayhem draw him in, threatening his life as he struggles to stay afloat.

"The Thin Man" was Hammett's last and lightest novel. Nick and Nora Charles are a wealthy couple who have a weird kind of compatibility, but ex-private-eye Nick is through with crime solving. Or so he thinks. One day when Nick is out drinking, he encounters young Dorothy Wynant, daughter of peculiar inventor Clyde Wynant. Her dad has vanished, and soon his secretary/mistress is found dead. Nick finds himself sucked unwillingly into a sordid, messy crime that will leave more murdered bodies behind it.

This collection shows the unevenness of Hammett's writing at times. "Maltese Falcon" and "Thin Man" are complicated and polished, while "Red Harvest" is a dense mass of shootings, conspiracies and mysterious crimes. What they all have in common is tense, sparse writing, and hardened, cynical anti-heroes who are surrounded by other ambiguous characters.

The three-pack of "The Maltese Falcon," "The Thin Man," and "Red Harvest" is a good way to introduce yourself to Hammett's gritty, engrossing crime novels. Highly recommended.

A classic for every home library
My two favorites in this collection are The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon.I love these hard-boiled detective novels doubly for their sheer entertainment and their place in history.If you want a fascinating read to go allong with this collection, get The Perfect Murder: A Study In Detection by David Lehman.It will clue you into these novels and life.These classic American Novels by Hammett are about to explode in historical research as these novels create an important link in America from WWII to our morality. ... Read more

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The death of her English father left Francesca alone and unprotected, with nowhere to turn but to the noble Italian family of her late mother. Adrift in a strange land, surrounded by cold and suspicious relatives who had disowned her mother on her wedding day, Francesca is determined to make the best of a bad situation. But nothing could have prepared her for the nest of dark secrets and oppressive cruelty she has been cast into. And her fate now rests in the hands of a mysterious horseman known as the Falcon, whose appearance will speed her salvation ... or hasten her doom.

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5 star reviews are a mystery to me...
While the read was enjoyable and well paced, I'm confused as to the abundance of 5-star ratings for this book. I felt the plot and identity of the Falcon was far too easy to pick out from very early on. Had I been younger and less apt to figure it out, I might have enjoyed it better. I give it a four-star rating though because Stefano was pure deliciousness. I do agree that this book would be excellent as a movie, and will nurse an unlikely hope that a talented filmaker will take it up as his next project.

Even Amelia Peabody would enjoy this one
This historical romance by 'Barbara Michaels' aka Elizabeth Peters, is set during the Italian Risorgimento of the mid nineteenth century.Francesca Fairbourn is the daughter of an impoverished English father and an aristocratic Italian mother.Her parents had eloped to England in a most romantic fashion, causing her to be disowned by her family.In true romance fashion the young woman died in childbirth leaving Francesca to be raised by her most impractical father.Shortly after leaving school at 18 Francesca's father dies leaving her totally alone in the world.At that dire moment a dashing young man comes to rescue her from a 'fate worst than death'.He turns out to be her half-cousin and has come to take her back to the family home in Italy.Once there Francesca finds herself embroiled in the Italian revolution, surrounded by anarchists, mercenary soldiers, spies, traitors and dashing romantic hero.

The novel has all the standard cliches of historical fiction and could have easily been just one of the numerous trashy examples of the genre well deserving the title of 'bodice ripper', but for the skillful hand of Michaels.The characters transcend the usual two dimensional character found in romances, the twists and turns of the plot are clever even though the reader will quite possibly solve at least some of the mysteries before the last few pages.The historical background is well researched and presented in an entertaining manner.It is, however, lacking the wry humor found in other works by this author (the Amelia Peabody and Vicky Bliss series).

For even an occasional reader of this type of fiction this one is a great find.

This book gave me 3 lovely dreams!!!
Oh yesss! Dreams of handsome, heroic, brave, strong, romantic, dashing, yummy, etc. etc. guys! I think I'd better reread it right now; maybe I'll get some more nice dreams. Ladies, you need this book even if you have to put up with a cruddy used copy from Amazon resales. (I'll bet someone's stolen the copy from your local library!)

I have read it a million times!!!
This book is fantastic. I bought it about a year ago, and I have read it a million times. I loved the mystery behind the "falcon", and the touch of romance all around. The characters are fascinating and keep you hooked. READ THIS BOOK! YOU WILL LOVE IT!

Why Couldn't Be MAde into A Movie? One of My All Time Faves!
I have collected and read many of Barbara Michaels' Books and this one is My favorite. Set during the Italian Revolution, it gives you a different perspective of Italian History, through English eyes. It was very well written, so much so, that you feel as if the excitement in the book, is very real!! The main characters are intelligent, witty, and daring. You cheer for them throughout the book. I wish this were made into a movie, so visual people, like myself, could indulge in it further. Whether you're a closet romantic, history student, or mystery buff --- you'll want to read it twice....like I did!!! ... Read more

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Clan Jade Falcon returns to destroy the Steel Wolves once and for all. But their true goal is Skye, the capital of the Republic.Download Description
"A Clan Jade Falcon force has struck into Steiner space on a mission to eradicate the Steel Wolves - but their real goal is to take Terra, the heart of The Republic. It's up to Tara Campbell, hero of The Republic, to unify the disparate forces sent to Skye into an army capable of stopping the Jade Falcon's drive toward the cradle of humankind, or to die trying..." ... Read more

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I don't know why
I don't know why the other people did not like the book, but i did i like it alot but that's my opinion.

It didn't really fly with me
I am a 15 year old kid and a fan of mechwarrior. I had not really read any of the books before but I gave it a try. The word choice was difficult for me because of the foreign words and that my vocabulary is not up to par. As for the book, unless you are a fan of the RPG, computergames, or the wizkids mechwarrior game you will not really have any interest in this book. It is packed with your favorite clans or at least mine the Jade falcon. The book jumps around a lot but the book will tell u place you're jumping to and the date for convenience. Over this entire book will help you better understand the properties of these game and background to your clans.

Worst Battletech book EVER!!
This was the novel that killed MW:DA for me. Having read all the Battletech novels, I decided to give the Dark Age novels the benefit of the doubt. They were okay. I felt that I was getting my money's worth. There were minor inconsistencies where the author obviously didn't know their subject matter, but hey, I was willing to overlook it and follow the series.

That's when I bought this book. From sex and nudity to the wholesale slaughter of civillians in order to pacify worlds, this book was offensive on so many levels. The old Battletech books--while dealing with the occasional mature theme--were so skillfully written that these themes were either glossed over or written so that they were appropriate for someone around the age or 9 or 10. I wouldn't let any child read this book (and reviews here on Amazon are stating that the content is getting much worse with the later novels).

This content is NOT what I expect from a game that has been traditionally family-friendly since 1984. I got about halfway through the book before putting it down and swearing off the rest of the series.

The 'talking chicken' book (Far Country) was better than this nauseating piece of drek. Don't waste your money.

A Gem in a Rough Series
The previous Mechwarrior: DarkAge books were, um, weak.But Flight of the Falcon breathes some new life into the series.Victor Milan is one of the best Battletech writers.

In this book, the Clans come to life again.The Clans you love to hate: vicious, skilled, myopic, relentless.Not the cariatures of the Clans that have inhabited the last several years of BT books.

I will say this though - I am getting really tired of the Tara Campbell character.That is no reflection on Milan though.He works with the material he is given.

Looking for plotting; found plodding
I am an emerging science fiction author. I am also an old fan of the Mechwarrior RPG. I wanted an example of descriptive scifi action to learn from. I made a BAD choice with this book. I forced myself through the first 25 pages and threw this book across the room. Victor Milan's usage of the English language is incomprehensible. It takes him 25 pages to describe three minutes of action - and I use the word "action" loosely. He get's sidetracked in irrelevant topics of internal politics and sordid details of sex between siblings every other paragraph. Victor! Show us the big picture! What's going on?! I don't care about the minutia! You gotta write lean an mean when trying to write action. ... Read more

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When a king's daughter is kidnapped, a former slave sets out to rescue her-and finds true love. ... Read more

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Why dont people like this third book of the trilogy?
If you're reading romance novels, one has to adknowledge you're not reading epic literature.

I loved the whole Viking trilogy.
Catherine Coulter writes engaging characters with fleshed out supporting cast, and I always feel like they're a step above the rest.

The romance between Cleve and Chessa is sweet, and it feels like it develops genuinely. It's not the throwing chairs at each other they cant stand each other, and somehow they end up in bed together and married sort of romance. Cleve struggles with his betrayal by Sarla and with his duty of transporting Chessa to her betrothed. His inner struggle feels genuine, because it's not overdone. He doesnt accuse Chessa of being a liar because she is a woman, he just holds himself adistance, struggling to seperate what he sees from what he wants to turn it into. Chessa only sees him as the honest, upright sort, and most importantly, beautiful.She's intelligent and the most important part of understanding Cleve and Chessa's romance is delving into everything that isnt said. The characters from the previous two viking novels are still fleshed out and Laren still tells her stories.

This is my favorite of the Viking trilogy. Catherine Coulter shouldnt be the first author that you turn to if you're just looking for bawdry sex scenes or romance that borders on escapism. Her characters have depth and substance, and there's always a bit of a mystery to keep you guessing.

Next to The Nightingale Legacy, this is up there on my list of favorites.

Yuck - Worst of the Trilogy!
This is definitely the worst of the Viking Trilogy!Coulter is one of the more prolific writers and also one of the most inconsistent.The best of the series was the first (Hawkfell), followed by the second (Raven's Peak).Ms Coulter should have stopped there.

While Chessa was a spunky, likeable heroine, I have no clue what made her so mad so quickly about Cleve.I found him dull, dull, dull!His daughter was quite cute, but for the life of me, I couldn't see what Chessa saw in him.

And the whole Loch Ness monster thing and the magic stick Cleve's father had - well it was just plain silly.

I'm the sort who will read and re-read over and over books that I like.This will not be one of them.

Loved it
Bravo Ms.Coulter.I must admit that at first I didn't want to read this book because of low ratings other readers had given and besides low ratings-----I didn't seem to accept a scarred hero) I gave it a try though and I found that I was a fool to dislike disfigured heros) This book is much better than I thought. The hero is Cleve of Malverne from 'Lord of Raven Peak' (2nd book in trilogy) he is now friend of Lord Merrik and a Viking warrior. The heroine is Princess Chessa (she is Eze, daughter of the wizard Hormuze from 'Lord of Hawkfell Island') Cleve has a scar on a side of his face but it does not reduce the beauty of his face in Chessa's eyes. Their adventure is exciting. The secondary characters do their job well. I highly recommend all the books in Viking Trilogy. They are all entertaining read.

Stilted and boring dialogue
Yuck - this is the very last book of Catherine Coulter's I will ever read.This Viking triology was awful.I can't believe I actually read through them all.There was no creative and entertaining dialogue.The dialogue between the characters was stilted and boring.I can't begin to describe it.I have to agree with all the other reviewers who gave these books poor reviews.

If you want to read an author who can actually drag in to the story, try Judith McNaught or Kathleen Woodiwiss.With these authors, you get an in-depth story about the characters, their lives, their feelings & emotions, their growth, their surroundings, etc.

Catherine Coulter does not describe her characters' actions as they're speaking.One does not know if the character speaking is speaking in jest, anger, softly, harshly or whatever.What do the characters' faces reveal when they're speaking?Are they gesticulating?What is their tone?What do their eyes reveal?You get NONE of this from Catherine Coulter.Be honest, when you're speaking with someone, all these things matter in how you yourself will interpret the words being spoken to you.

Her characters' conversations are hard to follow.You get long long paragraphs of one person speaking.For instance, in each of these three Viking triologies, several instances occur where one person is telling off another.Come on, NO ONE interuppted?This person was just able to ramble on and on and on without ONE SINGLE PERSON interuppting???Yeah, right, these Vikings, rough and ready to fight as Coulter TRIES to describe them, would willingly let a person continuing mouthing off without stopping??Get a little creative, Coulter!!

On the romance part, it was hard for me to believe in any of this Viking triolgy that romance would spring up between woman-abusers, no sharing, violence.This wasn't romance, as one other reviewer, it was about hate and violence.

Coulter should read some authors who have more depth, to see what writing is really supposed to be.

i like it don't know why others don't
I like it. (Actually I like almost all of Ms.Coulter's historical romances). I don't know why others don't. It's a good viking romance though not Ms.Coulter's best. This book is not as bad as others may think. ... Read more

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A Fantastic True Story
For about two years I have had this thing for reading true escape stories. The Flight of the Falcon is one of the best. It's a story about a smart, young, convicted spy and his escape from prison. I give it only four stars because the author kind of went over board on the whole "follow the false leads" thing. For 18 months they got thousands of leads that went absolutely nowhere and Boyce was well on his way to freedom. But the play by play accounts of each false lead was redundant and tedious. Lindsey took a gamble with that and won.....in my opinion. All the redundancy paid off in a big way with a truly exciting escape story.

good
I didn't care about the red herrings the investigators were following. I just wanted to know what Boyce was really doing. So I read only those parts of the book. Those parts were quite interesting.

An Amazing Page Turning Exploration of Manhunt intrigue!
I picked this book up in a used book store, and read it in less than a day. I couldnot put it down! At first, I almost felt sorry for Christopher Boyce, but once he started robbing banks to support himself, forget aboutit. I wonder if today, in July of 2000, if he is still as bitter towardsboth the government and the CIA

One Great Book
Great!I am 15 and have just discovered this great book.My mother had owned it it was about my uncle Duke Smith.Duke his nick name.the book was great a must to read.

Muy bien!
I honestly could not put this book down.It was fascinating.Christopher Boyce, convicted spy, escaped from prison and managed to elude the police for something like 18 months!Whoa!Robert Lindsey, who also wrote The Falcon and the Snowman about Boyce and Daulton Lee's actual crimes and trials, came to know Boyce after his incarceration and recounts the events as told to him by Boyce without bias but with a keen, critical eye.A truely fascinating book. ... Read more

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The 11th edition contains 170 quantitative questions collected from actual job interviews in investment banking, investment management, and options trading. The interviewers use the same questions year-after-year and here they are---with solutions! These questions come from all types of interviews (corporate finance, sales and trading, quant research, etc), but they are especially likely in quantitative capital markets job interviews. The questions come from all levels of interviews (undergrad, MBA, PhD), but they are especially likely if you have, or almost have, an MS or MBA. The latest edition includes 125 non-quantitative actual interview questions, and a new section on interview technique---based partly on Dr. Crack's experiences interviewing candidates for the world's largest institutional asset manager. Dr. Crack has a PhD from MIT. He has won many teaching awards and has publications in the top academic, practitioner, and teaching journals in finance. He has degrees in Mathematics/Statistics, Finance, and Financial Economics and a diploma in Accounting/Finance. Dr. Crack taught at the university level for 20 years including four years as a front line teaching assistant for MBA students at MIT. He recently headed a quantitative active equity research team at the world's largest institutional money manager.Download Description
Over 140 quantitative questions collected from actual job interviews in investment banking, investment management, and options trading. The interviewers use the same questions year-after-year and here they are---with solutions! These questions come from all types of interviews (corporate finance, sales and trading, quant research, etc), but they are especially likely in quantitative capital markets job interviews. The questions come from all levels of interviews (undergrad, MBA, PhD), but they are especially likely if you have, or almost have, an MS or MBA. The latest edition includes over 120 non-quantitative actual interview questions, and a new section on interview technique---based partly on Dr. Crack's experiences interviewing candidates for the world's largest institutional asset manager. ... Read more

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Very useful book
I wished I had read this book before I attended a very important exam of an investment bank. A lot of questions are from this book.

Good enough to get you started
A good reference to get all revved up for what's coming your way on the journey to quantitative Wall Street?

very helpful
I think this book is very useful even just from the perspective of finding something interesting to do when you get bored. Not mention it indeed provides a lot of relevant information about how to answer the interview quesionts.

Decent
This is a decent book. I only looked at a couple of chapters on analytical and statistics problems. Some of the problems marked "hard" were quite interesting and challenging. Quite a few of the problems were trivial and repetitive though. The solutions are generally well written, though sometimes a bit too verbose (for my taste).

Overall, not a bad investment if you are preparing for job interviews which may expect you to crack a few puzzles.

Great interview prep. book
This is a great book preparing for an interview, with lots of logic puzzles, stat. and derivatives questions, solid interview advice and some funny stories. The logic questions range from fairly straightforward and simple to more advanced, and I think most people will at least find a couple of them challenging.

Great fun! ... Read more

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F is for Falcon...When Josh discovers a nest of young falcons in the forest, he, Dink, and Ruth Rose start visiting every day. Until the morning they find it empty! Then the kids discover a wounded falcon with its wing feathers clipped, and they know someone's up to no good. Can they figure out what's going on before it's too late to save the falcons?   ... Read more

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A to Z Mystery Series
I am reading this entire series with my six year old son.He read the Absent Author in school and talked about it so much at home that we started buying all of the books.The reading level is above his abilities (1st grade), but it makes for a quick read together.Perfect length for reading a couple of chapters together before bed at night.He has passed each one on to a second grade friend who is reading through them on his own very quickly as well.It's a fun series with age appropriate material that my child and I both can enjoy together.

Birds and Pencils
I liked the Falcon's Feather because Josh likes to draw the birds and I like to draw too.He likes birds and so do I.I like A to Z mysteries because you always have to find out who the criminal is.But I'm not going to tell you who the criminal is in this story!I'm in second grade and I think this book is really cool.

Goodandfastreadingbook.
Excitingmysterybookaboutrarebirds. Theendingwasless surprisingthenthe priorforbooksinthe series.Theauthor introducedtwonewcharacters:GraceLockwoodandDocHenry. ... Read more

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Complete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novel

In a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel. In the words of Raymond Chandler, "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse.... He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes."

The five novels that Hammett published between 1929 and 1934, collected here in one volume, have become part of modern American culture, creating archetypal characters and establishing the ground rules and characteristic tone for a whole tradition of hardboiled writing. Drawing on his own experiences as a Pinkerton detective, Hamme