Steve Emecz's Blog: Musings of a Sherlockian Publisher, page 20

Sherlock Holmes Society of London reviews The Many Watsons

"In The Many Watsons Kieran McMullen takes a look at fifty-four actors, male and female, who have played Dr Watson or a Watson character on screen. It’s good to see the Watsons getting their share of attention, though the text needs proofreading, and I could wish that the actors had been dealt with in alphabetical or chronological order. Should there be a second edition, I hope Mr McMullen will include some at least of the radio Watsons – Leigh Lovell, Alfred Shirley, Norman Shelley, Michael Williams, Andrew Sachs, Larry Albert… Royalties from this light, lively collection of essays will go to the Undershaw Preservation Trust."

Roger Johnson

The Many Watsons is available from all good bookshops including in the USA Amazon and Barnes and Noble , in the UK Amazon and Waterstones . For elsewhere Book Depository who offer free delivery worldwide. In ebook format there is Kindle , iPad , Nook and Kobo . 

Ideal Christmas Stocking Books - Seeing Spells Achieving

Seeing Spells Achieving (Bendefy and Hickmott).

The #1 NLP book in the world for learning difficulties since 2006, the book is still in the UK top 20 NLP books and has helped turn around the lives of tens of thousands of people - mainly children - with a variety of learning difficulties such as dyslexia. When first launched is what seen as revolutionary - applying NLP techniques in this field - and six years later is regarded as the definitive book that many others have built upon.

Seeing Spells Achieving 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. 

Ideal Christmas Stocking Books - Bangers and Mash

Bangers and Mash. For any person dealing with cancer, family members and friends, Keith Hern's incredible moving book takes us on a journey with him as he battled throat cancer the first time around. Keith is a photographer so there are plenty of amazing pictures as well. With the aid of an NLP coach, Keith has beaten cancer twice, and is once again currently using a host of NLP techniques in his third battle against cancer. Keith is a leading advocate of the use of NLP with cancer patients and many hospitals have in fact changed their procedures after reading the book.

Bangers and Mash is available from all good bookstores including in the UK Amazon , Waterstones and Book Depository (free delivery worldwide) and in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon . The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle , iPad , Kobo and Nook .

Ideal Christmas Stocking Books - NLP For Parents and NLP For Children

       

NLP For Parents and NLP For Children. Judy Bartkowiak's Engaging NLP series (which now includes Teens and Tweens) takes NLP and applies half a dozen to a dozen techniques to specific groups. Each book is 80-100 pages long and contains easy to implement methods to situations specific to the life stages involved. There are also books for New Mums, for Work, Teacher and others, and it is the NLP for Parents and NLP for Children books that are the most popular.

NLP For Parents 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, Nook and  Kobo.

NLP For Children 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, Nook and  Kobo.

Ideal Christmas Stocking Books - Make New Year Resolutions and Keep Them Using NLP

Make New Year Resolutions and Keep Them Using NLP (Donna Blinston). The majority of us see the new year as an opportunity to make changes in our lives, and whether you have a formal new years resolution list, or just want to find a way to keep to a few specific things, this simple and practical book from Donna Blinston has worked wonders. Chris and Amazon reviewer comments  " I bought this book to help me get fit, I found it really easy to read and very beneficial. A lot of its contents are quite common sense when brought to your attention and without out them I believe I would still be where I was."

Make New Year Resolutions 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, Nook,  Kobo and iTunes (iPad/iPhone).

Perfect Xmas Gift for Morgan Car and Motor Racing Fans

One of our favourite non-Holmes books of the last few years was a short book on the history of a famous Morgan motor racing car called TOK258. This year we released a 50th year anniversary version in colour - co-authored by one of the drivers Richard.

TOK258 50th Anniversary Edition 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, Nook, Kobo and iTunes (iPad/iPhone).



Morgan Winner at Le Mans 1962 the Story of Tok258: Golden Anniversary Edition

Sydney Passengers review of A Chronology of the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, revised and expanded edition

“A Chronology of the Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” by Brian Pugh - revised edition

“Passenger Brian Pugh has updated his seminal work after three more years research. The new version has increased in page count by over 30%. Brian’s book has been a definitive work on Conan Doyle’s life for more than a decade and is an invaluable reference tool. Due out on 1st November, it will be available though online retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and free delivery worldwide through Book Depository.  Wholeheartedly recommended.”

Sydney Passengers

Review of Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Edinburgh Haunting from Undiscovered Scotland

“Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Edinburgh Haunting by David Wilson is a great read and an excellent addition to the fund of Sherlock Holmes stories. The availability of free online copies of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works led us to read his entire Sherlock Holmes output not so very long ago and the two overriding impressions that emerged were, firstly, how superbly crafted his stories were, and, secondly, how disappointing it was that he did not write more of them. MX Publishing have stepped into this gap, and ’The Case of The Edinburgh Haunting’ is one of a range of Sherlock Holmes books they have published by a number of different authors.

We are familiar with David Wilson’s own storytelling abilities from his ’The King’s Park Irregulars’, so we approached his take on Sherlock Holmes with high expectations, which were certainly not disappointed. It is March 1882 and Sherlock Holmes accompanies Dr Watson to visit the latter’s cousin, another doctor, in Edinburgh. The trip is intended to be a holiday, but no sooner have they arrived than they come across the scene of an unexplained death following a series of mysterious events. Over the following days, while Dr Watson finds himself spending time at Edinburgh’s renowned medical school, Sherlock Holmes becomes increasingly involved in the mystery that has sparked his interest, despite strong opposition from elements of Edinburgh’s police force.

The success of a book like this depends heavily on how convincingly a modern author can draw the reader into a world originally constructed by someone living at the time, and David Wilson does an admirable job in staying true enough to Conan Doyle’s style to do exactly this. He also has some fun while doing so. This is particularly true when Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet Dr Joseph Bell, the real life lecturer in medicine at the University of Edinburgh whose deductive approach to diagnosis originally inspired Conan Doyle to come up with the character of Sherlock Holmes. You almost begin to wonder whether Conan Doyle himself might put in a cameo appearance in the book, before remembering that by the the time this novel is set, he was practising as a doctor on the south coast of England.”

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Edinburgh Haunting is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon andWaterstones. For elsewhere Book Depository offer free delivery worldwide. Released also in ebook format – Kindle, iPad and Kobo.

(Source: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk)

Our first Kickstarter project for Undershaw gains momentum

It's day 4 on the first Kickstarter project for the Save Undershaw campaign - we started with a modest project to translate the book 'Sherlock's Home: The Empty House' which raises awareness and funds, into 5 languages.

The first objective of the campaign was to get the interest of translators and we already have nine that have stepped forward which is great.

We're just over 10% into the funding with two of the ten corporate advert slots pledged - brilliant advertising opportunity when you think about it. For £100 the company concerned will get their details in front of thousands of Holmes fans. Bargain.

You can support the project from as little as £1 and higher pledges get rewards such as copies of the books.

Click HERE for the project details.

Sherlock's Home: The Empty House

Philip K. Jones reviews The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“This collection includes seven novellas drawn from a variety of times during Holmes’ career.  The letter by Dr. Watson that precedes the stories explains that these tales were not told earlier for a variety of reasons but mostly to prevent further harm to the victims.  There seems to be no common thread or theme among the tales included.

'The Adventure of the Poisoned Affair' tells of Holmes’ involvement, at the request of the new widow, in the investigation of an apparent suicide by poison.  Anomalies at the scene convince Holmes that the ‘suicide’ is actually a murder.  'The Adventure of the Yellow Handkerchief' leads Holmes and Watson into the world of Thuggee.  Inspector Lestrade asks Holmes to help with a series of murders that are otherwise unrelated except for yellow handkerchiefs left at the scenes.  The story also presents a selection of other potential clients and their problems.

'The Adventure of the Haunted Hotel' presents a mystery with its roots firmly placed in the past.  Holmes and Watson are faced with hatreds and superstitions based on a pirate raid carried out at the beginning of the Eighteenth Century.  The solution requires drastic action and careful planning.  'The Adventure of the Acquitted Client' details a well-organized and executed scam based on common legal practice in Victorian England.  Again, the solution calls for a great deal of planning and active detective work.

'The Adventure of St. Mary’s Murder' has Holmes called in to help the local police on another series of murders.  Attractive young women are being murdered and left in churches in the Manchester area.  There seems to be no connection except the youth and attractiveness of the victims.  Holmes and Watson manage to identify and trap the monster responsible, along with evidence to convict for multiple murders.  'The Adventure of the Diamond Jubilee' has Inspector Lestrade seeking Holmes’ help in dealing with an apparent threat by Muslim extremists against the Queen at Her Diamond Jubilee.  A resurrected Moriarty seems to be at the base of this problem and Holmes must persuade the Queen to accept his advice and control of events in order to ensure Her safety.

The final story, 'The Solved Problem', rewrites some elements of 'The Empty House' and reveals the details of the death of Mary Morstan Watson.  In addition, the elements of the renewed Moriarty presence mentioned in earlier stories is explained and examined.  Many elements of this tale are quite personal and painful for Watson and telling it is difficult and revealing.

This book was fairly well edited.  I found only a couple of spelling errors, but there were a number of homonym errors.  For example, writing 'past' for 'passed' and visa-versa occurred several times, along with various, similar errors.  There were also odd errors in subject/predicate agreement and a few other such problems.  Another problem for Sherlockians is the difference between these tales and those from the Canon.  I cannot put my finger on the stylistic details, for Watson is kept thoroughly in the dark by Holmes, but the difference is one of taste and viewpoint, so don’t look for new Canonical tales.  On the other hand, these are interesting and puzzling mysteries and the author worked to recreate the world of The Canon.”

The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon , in the UK Amazon and Waterstones and fans outside US and UK can get free delivery from Book Depository. In ebook format it is in Kindle, iTunes, Kobo and Nook.