false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172547225m/188572.jpg 188572 15 This volume, authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, contains all 4 full-length novels and all 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. At over a thousand pages, the weighty tome is a perfect gift for budding amateur sleuths, and it is an ideal companion for a long stay on a desert island (or a leisurely trip through the English countryside). As the reader wades past the tense introductions of <I>A Study in Scarlet</I> and moves towards such classic tales as <I>The Hound of the Baskervilles</I>, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem," she is sure to draw her own conclusions about Holmes's veiled past and his quirky relationship with his "Boswell," Watson. Doyle never revealed much about Holmes's early life, but the joy of reading the complete Holmes is assembling the trivia of each story into something like a portrait of the detective and his creator. By the end of the long journey through London and across Europe (with a long stopover at Reichenbach Falls), one is apt to have found a friend for life. <I>--Patrick O'Kelley</I> 7492217 1986 total:4541|5:2600|4:1438|3:457|2:36|1:10| 4541 20205 5961 328 4 5 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 31 14:01:31 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 14:15:21 -0700 2007
Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth

Never theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

Also, I now sometimes try to analyze people based on their shoes ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Oct 31 09:52:08 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 09:54:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Jun 05 14:03:10 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 14:58:52 -0700 2008 [That sounds corny, like 'Hooked on Phonics' or something...]
Either way, I found a seriously abridged and illustrated version of a few stories when I was in 3rd grade. And I've never looked back. Hands down my favorite reads ever.]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Feb 24 06:12:59 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 12:20:22 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Apr 05 20:54:46 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 23:03:18 -0700 2009 A few of them lots more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Thu Jan 22 20:16:26 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:36:19 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 14:58:16 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 22:05:35 -0700 2008 at least 4 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Tue Jun 23 09:01:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 00:37:23 -0700 2009 3
I must single out this edition for praise because it lacks illustrations, letting Conan Doyle's prose and the reader's imagination do the work, and is properly typeset rather than being reprodu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 21:27:30 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 21:33:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Sep 01 11:53:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 12:31:46 -0700 2009
Sridhar's excellent narration of "The hound of the Baskervilles" on that lonely night more than a decade ago is still etched in my memory.

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"You see, he explained, I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be us...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:36:37 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 14:21:36 -0700 2009 A Study in Scarlet: The first novel featuring the prototypical detective, it was a page-turner that made me excited to read the rest of the Sherlock Holmes canon. I was unnecessarily concerned when the second part of the novel opened in America, and did not seem to concern the original mystery that ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Apr 20 16:12:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 09:15:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 09:50:18 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 19:42:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 08:40:35 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 08:51:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Jan 31 15:21:17 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 15:33:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 25 16:02:06 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 16:22:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 24 09:56:03 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 21:25:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 31 17:49:30 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 10:34:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 1974 Mon Aug 17 14:58:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 15:13:46 -0700 2009 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as editor of Watson's tales of the world's first consulting detective, keeps the records of the good doctor...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=188572