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A Murder is Arranged

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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A Murder is Arranged

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

None of the other guests could explain what she was doing in Crooked Lane during the night... Beautiful Margaret Gask, guest at Scudamore Hall, was shot to death on the driveway of the estate. The mink coat that she should have been wearing turned out to be the first clue Scotland Yard had to work on. Then a man she knew, a receiver of stolen goods, turns up dead. Soon more shady characters are drawn into the story: receivers, jewel thieves, confidence men and convicted felons on both sides of the Channel. Richardson, now Chief Constable, orchestrates the clues concerning a murdered French senator, the theft of a famous emerald, a fake Italian prince and a mysterious priest who sought sanctuary after perpetrating thefts and felonies all over France. The case ends back in Scudamore Hall, where an ecclesiastical robe replaces a mink coat as Exhibit A. The last and arguably most entertaining of all the Richardson novels, A Murder is Arranged (1937) has action, humour and a brilliant cast of major and minor characters. This new edition, the first in many decades, includes a new introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "Few authors can claim such an intimate knowledge of Scotland Yard and criminals as Sir Basil Thomson, one-time Assistant Commissioner at the Yard. He provides subtle intrigue, clever deduction, and bright dialogue." Referee

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191109582X

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Richardson Scores Again

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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Richardson Scores Again

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

In the hall he found the body of his maidservant, Helen Dunn, aged about fifty, lying on the floor near the telephone. She had bled profusely from a wound in the head and her body was cold. Richardson's second case begins with a murder and robbery at a quiet house in Laburnum Road, and goes on to include an escaped parrot and a seemingly perfect crime which threatened a scandal to shock all England. Follow with Detective-Sergeant Richardson the fantastic story of an antiquarian's nephew, a pseudo policeman, and a stolen car...search with him for a man wanted for murder...another who fainted at a political meeting...the Treasury note which, because of the name written on it, was a warrant of death. Packed with clues, excitement and humour, this mystery will be certain to thrill and satisfy even the most ardent devotee of detective fiction. Richardson Scores Again was first published in 1934. This new edition, the first in many decades, includes a new introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "Sir Basil Thomson's tales are always good reading, and he has the knack of being accurate about Scotland Yard. His book is full of agreeable people, and his case is neatly put together." Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times "Few authors can claim such an intimate knowledge of Scotland Yard and criminals as Sir Basil Thomson, one-time Assistant Commissioner at the Yard. He provides subtle intrigue, clever deduction, and bright dialogue, and the whole combines to make easily the best mystery yarn that has come my way in recent weeks. No words are wasted in the fast-moving plot...This book must not be missed." Referee

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Dean Street Press

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1911095706

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9781911095705

Richardson's First Case

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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Richardson's First Case

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

The D.D.I. recognized him and smiled. "That was a great case you brought us. You'll be interested to hear that it is a case of mur-r-der!" For eight years Basil Thomson headed the famous C.I.D., New Scotland Yard. He knew the Yard inside out. Now in this tale of mystery and detection we are taken behind the scenes. We are shown the greatest detection machine in the world in motion, and see how the Yard tracked down its man. Stand, then, with young P.C. Richardson on the misty corner of Baker Street, while the traffic of the city swings by, and fate lays at his feet the beginning of his career. Out of the fog brakes shriek, a big car jolts to a stop, and from beneath the wheels the crowd disentangles a bundle of old clothes, within which is a man quite dead; a man who had said to someone, "Very well, then; I'll call a policeman"—and was killed. Work with him to the ingenious solution, when he takes from his pocket the clue holding the fate of a human life. Richardson's First Case was originally published in 1933. This new edition, the first in over seventy years, features an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "The story is a good one, with enough mystery in it to keep the reader wondering." Daily Telegraph

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Dean Street Press

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1911095684

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The Dartmoor Enigma

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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The Dartmoor Enigma

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

I'm writing to you about the death of Mr. Dearborn. You bet the murderer's laughing up his sleeve now that he's got away with it." An inquest is held in South Devon on the death of a man apparently killed in a motor accident on Dartmoor: the verdict is "Death from misadventure." But soon afterwards Scotland Yard and the Devon Chief Constable receive anonymous letters alleging that the verdict was wrong; that the death was caused by blows inflicted by a person, or persons, unknown. The Chief Constable asks for help from Scotland Yard. Richardson is detailed, as Chief Inspector C.I.D., to unravel the case. A discharged quarryman is suspected by the local police; Richardson clears him. He finds the writer of the anonymous letters, but he also finds that the dead man had shrouded his own past in mystery and was going under an assumed name. It looks like the most difficult case he has had to unravel, but Chance steps in to provide him with a clue... The Dartmoor Enigma was originally published in 1935. This new edition, the first in many decades, features an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "Sir Basil Thomson's tales are always good reading, and he has the knack of being accurate about Scotland Yard." Dorothy L. Sayers

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Dean Street Press

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1911095765

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The Case of the Dead Diplomat

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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The Case of the Dead Diplomat

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

He flung open a drawer and took from it a heavy dagger in a sheath with blood-stains upon it. On the blade were engraved the words, "Blut und Ehre!" Frank Everett was a rising young press attaché at the British Embassy in Paris - until he was found dead in his Rue St. Georges apartment, a knife wound to the throat. Was it a political assassination, a crime passionnel, or possibly even suicide? The foreign office call in the redoubtable Detective Inspector Richardson, who travels to Paris and must work with the French police in solving the case. He soon discovers that a mysterious coded number is one of the primary clues - if only he can decipher its meaning and unmask Everett's assassin. The Case of the Dead Diplomat was originally published in 1935. This new edition, the first in many decades, features an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "Good entertainment as well as a perfectly sound detective story." Daily Telegraph "The story is remarkably well written...highly entertaining reading." Birmingham Gazette

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Dean Street Press

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1911095749

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The Milliner's Hat Mystery

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

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The Milliner's Hat Mystery

An Inspector Richardson Mystery

By: Basil Thomson

What are you looking for, sir?" he said. "Bloodstains." Scotland Yard is concerned with the murderer, or murderers, of the mysterious Bernard Pitt. The dead man is discovered with a false identity, courtesy of the many forged papers and documents found with him. The trail leads to France, where we discover why a French milliner chose to ride in a laundry basket, why the two American men are so interested in their wives' hat trimmings, and why it is so difficult for the French police to touch a criminal with high political connections. But Richardson discovers that the murder of Bernard Pitt was only an incident in the diabolical plot linking a network of criminals on both sides of the Channel. The Milliner's Hat Mystery, a novel which inspired Ian Fleming, was first published in 1937. This new edition, the first for many decades, includes an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder. "Sir Basil Thomson is a past-master in the mysteries of Scotland Yard." Times Literary Supplement

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Dean Street Press

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1911095803

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9781911095804

The Story Of Scotland Yard

By: Basil Thomson

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The Story Of Scotland Yard

By: Basil Thomson

THE INGRAINED love of personal liberty inherent in the British people and their distrust in giving additional power to their governments made Great Britain one of the slowest countries in the world to institute police. Jurists were far in advance of public opinion. Jeremy Bentham (1747-1832) considered police necessary as a method of precaution to prevent crimes and calamities as well as to correct and cure them. Blackstone in his Commentaries (1765) wrote, "By public police and economy I mean the due regulation and domestic order of the kingdom, whereby the individuals of the State, like members of a well-governed family, are bound to conform their general behaviour to the rules of propriety, good neighbourhood and good manners; to be decent, industrious and inoffensive in their respective stations.

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Librorium Editions

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3967247759

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9783967247756

The Man Who Changed Everything

The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

By: Basil Mahon

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The Man Who Changed Everything

The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

By: Basil Mahon

This is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of our time and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. Approaching science with a freshness unbound by convention or previous expectations, he produced some of the most original scientific thinking of the nineteenth century — and his discoveries went on to shape the twentieth century.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470012544

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9780470012543

Was There a Fifth Man?

Quintessential Recollections

By: Wilfrid Basil Mann

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Was There a Fifth Man?

Quintessential Recollections

By: Wilfrid Basil Mann

Was There a Fifth Man? Quintessential Recollections presents the author's personal account of his professional life as an experimental physicist in the service, at different times, of each of the three countries that joined forces at the Quebec Conference in 1943 to produce the atom bomb. The author has been identified, though always in a way which was just short of actionable, with the so-called ""Fifth Man"" of the long-running British spy saga. For his sake and that of his family, he felt duty-bound to set the record straight before myth had time to trespass on history. Making extensive use of dated correspondence and publications, he shows precisely where he was at the times that an individual called ""Basil"" was supposed to have been operating in collusion with Donald Maclean at the British Embassy in Washington. He claims that the misfit between ""Basil"" and himself is epitomized by the fact that when Basil was supposed to be entering the scene in Washington for an extensive sojourn, the author was actually leaving Washington for the United Kingdom.

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Elsevier

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1483147134

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Risk Avoidance for the Building Team

By: Basil Sawczuk

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Risk Avoidance for the Building Team

By: Basil Sawczuk

Risk avoidance has to be addressed not only at the outset of any building project but throughout its lifespan and by all parties involved in the contract. This book covers each stage of the construction process in turn and examines potential problem areas from the point of view of each of the three main parties involved: employer, consultant and contractor. By a thorough examination of each topic covered, using checklists, suggested agendas, briefing notes, risk assessment charts etc., the author has provided: * a practical guide on how to react to many difficult situations which arise * strong focus on risk avoidance techniques and how to apply them * a balanced approach, looking at problems from all sides to promote understanding of adversaries' viewpoints.

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Routledge

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1135818312

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9781135818319

An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers

By: Basil Hunnisett

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An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers

By: Basil Hunnisett

First published in 1989, An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers contains more than 600 entries and an extensive plate section, providing examples of work referenced in the text and adding a clear chronological dimension to the subject. The book makes use of an array of surviving accounts and correspondence of engravers and publishers and adopts a comprehensive and systematic approach to identifying different types and variants of steel engravings over time. Equipped with a detailed introduction to the history of steel engravings, An Illustrated Dictionary of British Steel Engravers will be of great use to those interested in illustration, graphic art, Victorian literature, and the history of printing.

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Routledge

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1000179648

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9781000179644

Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law

By: Simon F. Deakin,Zoe Adams,Basil Markesinis

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Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law

By: Simon F. Deakin,Zoe Adams,Basil Markesinis

Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law is an authoritative, analytical, and well-established textbook, now in its eighth edition. The authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development, placing the subject in its socio-economic context, giving students a deeper understanding of tort law.

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0198747969

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9780198747963

Trailblazer by Grace: Educational Pursuit

An Autobiography

By: Basil Orioghae Ikede

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Trailblazer by Grace: Educational Pursuit

An Autobiography

By: Basil Orioghae Ikede

Growing up, Basil understood two principles early on – he was not physically or mentally suited to the drudgery that he saw throughout his village, and education could offer him a way out of his situation. After this early realization, young Basil relied on his Christian faith and hard work to successfully develop his intellectual talents and to take advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves. In many cases, each opportunity did not immediately come with the funds to support it. But the finances always worked out. Recognizing the sacrifices that his family had made to support his academic pursuits, Professor Ikede has conscientiously repaid the debt in kind and cash, helping family members and acquaintances to persevere through their own scholarly and personal challenges. Throughout his journey from boyhood in a poor rural Nigerian village to a successful academic at the University of Ibadan to a distinguished scholar at Atlantic Canada’s only veterinary college, Dr. Ikede has helped to pave the way for others. This autobiography is a testament to Basil’s determination to realize his own hopes and dreams, to express his belief in God’s goodness, and to fulfill his desire to help others.

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FriesenPress

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1525546856

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9781525546853

The English Mind

Studies in the English Moralists Presented to Basil Willey

By: Basil Willey

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The English Mind

Studies in the English Moralists Presented to Basil Willey

By: Basil Willey

Essays planned to constitute the first literary study of the English moralists of the seventeenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521047943

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9780521047944

Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law

By: Simon Deakin, FBA,Angus Johnston,Basil Markesinis

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Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law

By: Simon Deakin, FBA,Angus Johnston,Basil Markesinis

Fully updated to cover developments including the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, the Human Rights Act, Regina vs. Ireland, and Regina vs. Burstow, this book provides comprehensive commentary on tort law. The authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives upon the area.

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Oxford University Press

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0199591989

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9780199591985

Social Marketing

Advances in Research and Theory

By: Walter W. Wymer Jr,Debra Basil

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Social Marketing

Advances in Research and Theory

By: Walter W. Wymer Jr,Debra Basil

Learn what marketing practices can positively impact behavior The success of the application of commercial marketing practices to change behavior for the betterment of society and the individual is getting more attention. Social Marketing: Advances in Research and Theory explores the use of social marketing through a variety of effective approaches. Chapters examine case studies and qualitative research to gain insight into the adoption of marketing practices to enable social change. This superb collection of top presentations from the SMART (Social Marketing Advances in Research and Theory) inaugural conference held in 2004 in Alberta, Canada provides examples of the latest commercial marketing practices to change behavior such as programs to encourage people to quit smoking or increase seat belt usage. Social Marketing: Advances in Research and Theory presents top experts who provide a wide variety of specific examples explaining ways to enable social marketing to positively impact behavior. This helpful resource provides a broad, useful understanding of this unique type of marketing and its goals. Chapters offer extensive references and detailed tables and figures to clearly present data. Topics in Social Marketing: Advances in Research and Theory include: a case study on approaches to anti-doping behavior in sports a case study reviewing the evolution of the Canadian Heritage anti-racism campaign applying social marketing concepts to increase capacity of programs in a state health department research into a recycling promotion technique using Internet technology to study the impact of anti-smoking messages issues involved in the voluntary change in behavior of automobile users charity support behaviors Social Marketing: Advances in Research and Theory is an insightful resource valuable to academics and practitioners interested in social marketing, or anyone working with nonprofits to change individual behavior and better society.

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Routledge

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1136759727

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9781136759727

Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England

By: Basil Hunnisett

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Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England

By: Basil Hunnisett

First published in 1980, Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England is a detailed and comprehensive survey of the steel engravings that were so popular in the nineteenth century. With an extensive range of illustrations, the book refutes the assumption that steel engravings are of little artistic value or importance, a common attitude rooted largely in the connection between steel engravings and mass-produced books. Beginning with an exploration of the identification problems and early history of steel engravings, it moves through the production and printing of the plates and on to a study of several engravers and artists, as well as of the books themselves. Steel-Engraved Book Illustration in England will appeal to anyone interested in the history of printing and illustration.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000179613

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9781000179613

Engraved on Steel

History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates

By: Basil Hunnisett

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Engraved on Steel

History of Picture Production Using Steel Plates

By: Basil Hunnisett

First published in 1998, Engraved on Steel focuses on engraving and engravers, exploring the use of steel engraving in both the decorative arts and in printing, Basil Hunnisett also describes the context of the steel engraver’s work. The processes by which steel engraving became one of the most widely used forms of printing in the 19th century are described in detail as the developments in the print industry, paper manufacture and publishing that determined its history. The activities of print publishers are also examined, including those of art unions.

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0429859058

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9780429859052

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