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The Sydney Passengers reviews The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore by Dan Andriacco

29 Sep

“THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. JAMES PHILLIMORE, by Dan Andriacco (MX Publishing, 2013; 240 pp.) is the fourth book in his series about Jeff Cody (in London for the second half of a honeymoon) and Sebastian Mc-Cabe (in London to debate Holmes-vs-Poe); there are two Phillimores (one of them Canonical and one quite modern), more than two murders, and some interesting sleuthing. The author’s entertaining (and Sherlockian) blog is at <www.bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com>.”

The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository . In ebook format it is in Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Apple iBooks(iPad/iPhone).

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Posted by on September 29, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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September 23-30 New Sherlock Holmes Books

23 Sep

Two exciting new Holmes books to tell you about this week.

Sherlock Holmes and A Study In Regret is a traditional Holmes story that runs on the premise that two not one perished at Reichenbach.

Also in a traditional vein comes The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 from David Marcum. The first Volume that came out on in June and has been our bestselling book over the summer. An extremely high quality collection of short stories – very much Conan Doyle style.

Sherlock Holmes and A Study In Regret is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository.

The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume Two is available from all good bookstores including   Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository . In ebook format it is in Amazon Kindle,  Kobo, Nookand Apple iBooks (iPad/iPhone).

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Posted by on September 23, 2013 in Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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Book Review: The London of Sherlock Holmes from ’I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere’

22 Sep

„In the canon, Conan Doyle’s stories give London a very tangible sense of place. As Holmes and Watson have their adventures, readers are provided details which make the geography of 1895 London come alive, providing a unique opportunity to engage in ‘the Great Game’.

Available through MX Publishing, The London of Sherlock Holmes by Thomas Bruce Wheeler is a great resource, combining 21st century technology with the canon to provide a thorough piece of Sherlockian scholarship that you can sample via this online chapter.

On a superficial level, The London of Sherlock Holmes is an extremely fascinating book, providing a point-by-point analysis of locations disclosed within each story of the canon. (The online sample chapter focuses on “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” [BRUC]”). For anyone considering a walking tour of Holmes’ London, this would be more than adequate. However, reading the electronic version of the book via e-reader provides an additional level of engagement. Clicking on specific links automatically calls up Google Maps of each location. Combined with GPS maps, The London of Sherlock Holmes provides a much more immersive experience, bringing Holmes’ London a little closer for readers…”

Read the full review here.

The London of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores including in the USA  Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Classic Specialities,in the UK Amazon andWaterstones and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository . In ebook format it is inKobo, Nook , Amazon Kindle and iTunes.

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Posted by on September 22, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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Review of A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes from Seeking Wisdom

16 Sep

“Learning from Sherlock Holmes

Recently I read the book A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes. If you want to improve your thinking then you should read this book. In this book the author has distilled Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes into bite-sized principles and key quotes. I really enjoyed the book as it reminds me of the teachings of Charlie Munger. This is not a coincidence as the author of this book Peter Bevelin is also the author of Seeking Wisdom from Darwin to Munger. In this post I am capturing the similarities of Holmes and teachings of Munger…”

Read the full review here.

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores includingAmazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. In ebook format it is in Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Apple iBooks(iPad/iPhone).

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Posted by on September 16, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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The Team Formula is reviewed by Personal & Ledarskap, Sweden’s leading HR Journal

21 Aug

“Engaging story about team development

Mandy Flint and Elisabet Vinberg Hearn, leadership consultants with many years experience of team development, use an unusual approach in their book The Team Formula. Instead of writing a non-fiction book they have chosen to go down the fictional route. And it works surprisingly well. The engaging story tells the tale of a team’s journey from suspicion to trust. The starting point of the book is familiar to many of us: After a merger, people from two different company cultures are going to work together.  The willingness to get in line with the new team and respect the manager is, from some of the team members at least, close to nil at first. The story is believable and the recognition factor is high. For anyone working with group development, or anyone who is part of a team, this book offers many aha-moments and learnings.”

Reviewed by Emma Casserlöv, Personal & Ledarskap 

The Team Formula is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository offer free delivery worldwide. The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iPad.

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Posted by on August 21, 2013 in Book Reviews, Uncategorized

 

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Amy Thomas reviews The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes: The Sherlockian Artwork of Norman Schatell

19 Aug

The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes:

The Sherlockian Artwork of Norman Schatell

Reviewed by Amy Thomas

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“As an art lover, I derive special joy from visiting museums like the Met in New York or the National Gallery. There’s a somewhat impish part of me, however, that takes more than a little delight in The Far Side and any collection of cartoons from The New Yorker I can get my hands on. It’s difficult to explain the appeal of a humorous cartoon—you either get it or you don’t, much like lolcats or anti-joke chicken. If, like me, you’re the sort of person who enjoys cartoons, The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes is right up your street.

During the 1970s, artist Norman Schatell published prolifically in The Baker Street Journaland various other prestigious Holmesian publications. This book collects over three hundred of his cartoons and presents them as a delicious buffet to delight humorously-inclined Sherlockians.

Books of cartoons make wonderful coffee table accompaniments, because they bear opening over and over again to discover new things to enjoy. Schatell’s work is both whimsical and respectful. It’s obvious he was a skilled artist and a knowledgeable Sherlockian, so part of the fun for readers is finding the in-jokes he included for those who are in the Holmesian know.

My one beef with the book, the fact that it’s a little hard to read the written text on a few cartoons, actually adds to the charm: Apparently, several of the included illustrations are actually reproduced from illustrated envelopes Schatell sent to his friends, so a bit of a homespun feel is to be expected.

Norman Schatell’s artwork added a great deal to the world of Sherlock Holmes fandom in the 1970s. Thankfully, due to his son Glenn’s efforts, new-wave fans can now enjoy his collection of humorous, irreverent, and delightful cartoons for years to come.”

The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes is available from major bookstores including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. Also available on Amazon Kindle.

 
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Posted by on August 19, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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The day the Australia’s cricketers came to Sunderland

31 Jul

Sunderland Echo Article: The day the Australia’s cricketers came to Sunderland, 11th April, 2013

“WEARSIDE cricket fans will be bowled over by a new book. Today we take a look.

HOWZAT! A new book featuring Wearside’s links to a historic Ashes game planned for this summer has just been published by sports historian and archivist Keith Gregson.

Australia in Sunderland: The Making of A Test Match details ten games played by Australia within the town between 1878 and 1977 – complete with archive photos and documents.

“On August 9, 2013, the Australian cricket team will step onto the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground for a history-making Ashes Test – the first ever on Durham soil,” said Keith.

“For cricket fans this is the final page of the final chapter of a fairy tale which started to turn into reality in the 1990s, with Durham County’s move to First Class cricket status.

“However, there is a already a solid historical link between Australia and the County, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the ten matches played by Australia in Sunderland.”

Wearside’s cricketing roots are thought to date to at least 1801, just before the Napoleonic Wars, when the first recorded local games were held on Monkwearmouth Shore.

It would be another seven years, however, before Sunderland Cricket Club – whose members would later beat the Australians during their first visit to these shores – was documented….”

Read the full article here.

Keith Gregson will be at Waterstones in Sunderland signing books on Thursday, 1st August 12.00 – 2.00.

Australia in Sunderland: The Making of a Test Match is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository offer free delivery worldwide.

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Posted by on July 31, 2013 in Sport, Uncategorized

 

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Amy Thomas from The Baker Street Babes reviews Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition

29 Jul

“When I was a young teenager, I was utterly besotted with Prince William. What can I say? While my friends were eagerly snapping up magazines featuring N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys, I bought a short and fairly abysmal unauthorised biography of the royal heir. I didn’t care; it was something. Thankfully, Benedict Cumberbatch fans of any age no longer have to face the indignity of wasting money on shoddy prose.

Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition is an exhaustively-annotated and impressively-detailed account of a young actor’s career. Some might ask if now is the time for such a book, releasing arguably nearer the beginning of his acting career than the end; however, the transitional aspect gives the tome much of its interest. Porter purposefully sought to chronicle the rise of an actor who is only just beginning to reach the heights many expect him to continue to scale.

It’s important to note that since the book is unauthorised, the information is gleaned from other sources. The value of such a book is the same as that of a very specific encyclopedia–it presents a host of information that most fans would be unable or unwilling to look up for themselves.

Whether or not Cumberbatch is as successful in the future as the author and many in the media and wider fandom expect, this book will continue to serve as an interesting signpost at the crossroads of a person’s life. Even those who have followed Benedict for some time will likely find new details to savor.

As a frequent user of Tumblr, a photo-heavy social networking site, I know firsthand that plenty of young people are as besotted today with Benedict Cumberbatch as I once was with the future king of England. Lynnette Porter has provided them, and their older counterparts, with a valuable guide to a fascinating career. No abysmal imitations need apply.”

Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Amazon, Barnes and Noble, in the UK Amazon, Waterstones, and for everywhere elseBook Depository who offer free worldwide delivery. In ebook format there is Kindle, iPad,Kobo and Nook.

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Posted by on July 29, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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Sherlock Holmes Society of London reviews The Curse of Sherlock Holmes by Dhanil Ali

27 Jul

“Back in March I was sceptical when I learned of a play that was about tour the north-west: “Somewhere between the fact and the fiction Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest creation stole the soul of Jeremy Brett, the actor who would become the embodiment of the Baker Street Sleuth. The Curse of Sherlock Holmes follows Jeremy as he fights for his sanity… his life.” I don’t know how it came across in performance, but the published script by Dhanil Ali (MX Publishing, 2013) is thought provoking and dramatic, without being unnecessarily sensational. Since the protagonist is Jeremy Brett, however, the disclaimer: “All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental,” is decidedly disingenuous.”

The Curse of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores including in the USAAmazon, Barnes and Noble, in the UK Amazon, Waterstones,  and for everywhere else Book Depository who offer free worldwide delivery. 

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Posted by on July 27, 2013 in Book Reviews, Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

 

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Book Review: Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition

26 Jul

Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Amazon, Barnes and Noble, in the UK Amazon, Waterstones, and for everywhere else Book Depository who offer free worldwide delivery. In ebook format there is Kindle, iPad, Kobo and Nook.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition: An Unauthorised Performance Biography

By Lynnette Porter

Reviewed by Amy Thomas

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When I was a young teenager, I was utterly besotted with Prince William. What can I say? While my friends were eagerly snapping up magazines featuring N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys, I bought a short and fairly abysmal unauthorised biography of the royal heir. I didn’t care; it was something. Thankfully, Benedict Cumberbatch fans of any age no longer have to face the indignity of wasting money on shoddy prose.

Benedict Cumberbatch, In Transition is an exhaustively-annotated and impressively-detailed account of a young actor’s career. Some might ask if now is the time for such a book, releasing arguably nearer the beginning of his acting career than the end; however, the transitional aspect gives the tome much of its interest. Porter purposefully sought to chronicle the rise of an actor who is only just beginning…

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Posted by on July 26, 2013 in Uncategorized

 
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