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Il secondo volume delle avventure del ladro gentiluomo (1908) coglie l'opportunità di una benevola satira del grande Sherlock Holmes (il cui nome viene cambiato per ovvi motivi legali) per tratteggiare meglio il carattere di Arsenio Lupin: un ribelle della società di cui apprezza i lussi senza essere schiavo delle sue convenzioni, ma, si direbbe oggi, schiavo a sua volta dell'adrenalina. Anche l'essere inseguito da un nemico formidabile gli è congeniale, nella misura in cui viene inebriato dal pericolo.

First published in 1910, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles. Arsene Lupin comes up against a worthy adversary - the British detective Herlock Sholmes. Visit www.CyanidePublishing.com to download your free crime/mystery starter library.

This Cyanide Publishing box set contains four classic crime/mystery audiobooks, including The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley, A Strange Disappearance, The Almost Perfect Murder, and Arsene Lupin. Visit www.CyanidePublishing.com - home to the greatest mysteries.

Questo è il primo romanzo della fortunata serie di Maurice Leblanc. Pubblicato nel 1907, presenta il famoso ladro nelle sue prime avventure, e lo mette anche a confronto con un immaginario Sherlock Holmes (chiamato Herlock Sholmes, per ovvi motivi) in cui ovviamente il ladro "nazionale" afferma la sua supremazia sull'investigatore inglese. Cornice musicale: colonna sonora del famoso adattamento televisivo.

Tistou ist der Sohn eines reichen Warenfabrikanten. Wenn er groß ist, wird er die Fabrik erben. Aber Tistou ist ganz anders als andere Kinder. Aus der Schule hat man ihn gleich wieder nach Hause geschickt, nun soll der Gärtner den Unterricht übernehmen. Doch da entdeckt Tistou etwas Sonderbares: Er hat grüne Daumen! Was er mit ihnen berührt, verwandelt sich in grüne Pflanzen. Tistou kann die ganze Welt verändern, und er tut es!

Workers talk about the lives they lived, the battles they fought, the union they built, and the history they made. The United Auto Workers' Ford Local No. 600 was not only the biggest local union in the world, it was also one of the most militant, radical, yet democratic unions in the United States. Talking Union gives us the exceptional opportunity to hear members of this local tell about their activism as they experienced it.

L'inspecteur Béchoux est chargé d'éclaircir l'affaire du Vieux-Donjon, qui se passe dans un village du centre de la France. Face aux mystères de cette enquête, il demande l'aide d'un détective privé, Jim Barnett, alias Arsène Lupin.

Il faut tout le brio du gentleman cambrioleur pour organiser le vol de 12 tapisseries de grandes valeurs, représentant Edith, l'épouse du dernier roi des Saxons, surtout lorsque ces trésors sont protégés dans un château imprenable.

Débordé de "travail", toujours entre deux cambriolages, Arsène Lupin compte sur l'inspecteur Ganimard pour résoudre une bien étrange énigme : la belle Jenny Saphir a été étranglée par un élégant gentleman. Le seul véritable indice : une écharpe de soie rouge retrouvée peu après.

Dans cette étrange aventure, Arsène Lupin va essayer de retrouver un voleur qui est caché depuis un mois sur le lieu de son crime sans que nul ne parvienne à mettre la main dessus... Le seul qui sortira vainqueur de cette péripétie ne sera pas le voleur ni le volé, mais tout simplement le gentleman cambrioleur.

- Crebleu de crebleu ! s'écria-t-il en un accès de révolte furieuse, quel bonhomme infernal ! Si jamais je le repince, celui-là ! Mais Rouxval se disait que Petitgris n'était autre qu'Arsène Lupin, et qu'Arsène Lupin n'était pas de ceux qu'on repince.

As she watches her brother losing the battle with his memories, Rowan wonders how long she can keep her own past at bay. The old family home in Access Road, where Lionel, Roly and Rowan grew up, is crumbling away - but after more than fifty years Lionel and Roly are back. Rowan too, otherwise safe in her 'upper crusty' suburb, is drawn more and more strongly 'out west'. The past is dangerously alive.

Often described as a French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, Lupin is often a force for good while operating on the wrong side of the law.

"The Wedding-Ring" is a short story from "The Confessions of Arsène Lupin". Ten gripping short stories in which the world's premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure and mysteries. He uses his wit and courage to outsmart criminals, pull wool over the eyes of the French police, and solve terrifying mysteries, always keeping just enough time to save a pretty lady and pocket something for himself. Intelligent, witty, funny: there is the real gentleman thief in all his brilliance!

This gripping tale, "the Seven of Hearts", begins with a mysterious message: "From the moment you open this letter, whatever happens, whatever you may hear, do not move, do not utter one cry. Otherwise you are doomed." This is the beginning of a very strange tale, in which Arsene Lupin will have to prove himself very clever indeed.

Monsieur Vaucherel, un riche retraité, vient d'être assassiné. Trois personnes ont vu son assassin présumé s'enfuir en courant. Problème : cinq autres personnes ont vu le prétendu assassin ailleurs au même moment !

Un dimanche, à la sortie de l'église, les habitants de Saint-Nicolas voient arriver en trombe une voiture, une limousine découverte, qui manque d'entrer dans la foule et qui poursuit sa course éperdue en zigzagant, en direction de la forêt de Morgues. Quelques personnes ont eu le temps d'apercevoir le conducteur, un homme, coiffé d'une toque de fourrure et de larges lunettes de pilote, assis sur une banquette recouverte d'une peau de chèvre et à côté duquel gémissait une femme renversée sur le siège, la tête ensanglantée.

"The Red Silk Scarf" is a short story from "The Confessions of Arsène Lupin". Ten grippling short stories in which the world's premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure and mysteries. He uses his wit and courage to outsmart criminals, pull wool over the eyes of the French police, and solve terrifying mysteries, always keeping just enough time to save a pretty lady and pocket something for himself. Intelligent, witty, funny: there is the real gentleman thief in all his brilliance!

The fictional gentleman thief is a master of disguise, a criminal genius and a moral figure well-set in righting a few wrongs himself when Justice can't be bothered. Arsène Lupin is traveling under an alias when he gets attacked and robbed by a mysterious thief. The police is under strong suspicion that the thief is the wanted Lupin. The real one will have to go along with the detectives in search of the impostor.

"The Tell-Tale Film" is a short story in the "The Eight Strokes of the Clock" collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Their main character: Arsène Lupin, the beloved gentleman thief, one of the most famous characters of the detective genre. All eight stories are independent but brought together by a leading thread. Posing as Prince Rénine, Lupin uses his legendary wit to free a young woman from a tedious destiny before having her make him a promise: she will become his bride if together, they manage to solve seven other mysteries before the eighth stroke of the clock, three months from then.