G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and me
H.C. Bailey’s detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories, publ
Frederick Dannay (1905–1982) was—with his partner Manfred Bennington Lee—the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories, a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the reno
In this photograph-driven field guide to California's spectacular wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell expertly provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. The month-by-
In this photograph-driven field guide to California's spectacular wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell expertly provides several ways to find them in bloom: by month, by place, and by flower. The month-by-
With gorgeous, full-color photography and simple, easy-to-use identifying descriptions, this is a guide to nearly 300 of the most common wildflowers of the Lake Tahoe region, organized by the month in
