books by John Sutherland

books by John Sutherland

books:

John Sutherland

Who Was Harry Houdini? (Who Was...?)

Tui Sutherland

Grosset & Dunlap, 2002

Harry Houdini-More than An Illusionist
If the picture on the cover is any indication, Harry Houdini is Sean Penn (there's a striking resemblance). This is an interesting book in the "Who Was" series, detailing Houdini's impoverished boyhood in America (after emigrating from Hungary), his early interest in ...

Armadale (Penguin Classics)

Wilkie Collins

Penguin Classics, 1995

A Spectacular Suspense Thriller - Collins At His Best!!
Wilkie Collins' suspense thriller "Armadale" contains no less than four main characters, named Allen Armadale - two fathers, each with a single son and heir. Only one Allen Armadale, however, is the rightful owner of the estate, Thorpe-Ambrose, plus a fortune in pounds ...

24: Behind the Scenes

John Cassar

Insight Editions, 2006

LOVE IT!
I bought this book for my boyfriend for Christmas.... and ended up reading the whole thing the night I was supposed wrap it. What a great, comprehensive, informative book! This book is very complete and has a ton of great pictures and information/trivia that fans want ...

The Moonstone (Oxford World's Classics)
Wilkie Collins

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Called "the first and greatest of English detective novels" by T.S.Eliot, The Moonstone is a masterpiece of suspense. A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy ...

He Knew He Was Right (Oxford World's Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Exceptionally contemporary
A fan once wrote that this was one of her favorite novels and said "There is nothing wrong with this book," which I thought a backhanded compliment. After several months, I ordered the book anyway. I enjoyed it immensely. It is a classic of the first degree. Who ...

The Eustace Diamonds (Penguin Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Penguin Classics, 2004

Too much fun for words!
Anthony Trollope was a writer well-known in Britain during the Victorian era, but until I was introduced to The Eustace Diamonds during a local book club, I had never heard of him. Trollope is famous for his lengthy "exposes" on middle class Victorian society, and this ...

Statistical Quality Design and Control (2nd Edition)

Richard E. DeVor, Tsong-how Chang, ...

Prentice Hall, 2006

Statistical Design and Quality Control
I would not recommend buying from this seller. I did not receive any of my order. Nor did they answer my numerous emails to them.

The Woman in White (Oxford World's Classics)
Wilkie Collins

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use the original manuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines ...

So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook (Oxford World's Classics)

John Sutherland, Deirdre Le Faye

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Intellectual Fun
If you love Jane Austen's work as much as I do, then this is a nice way to spend your time testing your perception of her novels and even seeing things you may not have noticed before. I do not recommend it to those students who like to read notes instead of the actual ...

The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers

John Seymour

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2003

also published as "The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It"
"The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers," is a truly wonderful book. But I didn't know until today, when I received my copy and recognized very familiar contents, that it is almost identical to "The Self-sufficient Life ...

The Way We Live Now (Oxford World's Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Great read
I read Anthony Trollope's novel after I had seen the BBC mini-series of the same name. Although I had read a lot of Dickens, Thackeray and Elliot I had never read any of Trollope's novels. I am glad that I watched the BBC adaptation because this novel is as delightful ...

Barchester Towers (Oxford World's Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Barchester Towers: The second in the delightful Barsetshire Novels by a Great Victorian Novelist brings hours of pleasure !
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) has earned his place in the pantheon of great English Victorian authors. His greatest novels are those in the Barsetshire series dealing with the clergy and the Palliser novels concerned with politics focusing on the Palliser family. ...

The Moonstone (Oxford World's Classics)

Wilkie Collins

Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

Fantastic Mystery!
I have to admit that until I did a mystery search, I hadn't even heard of Wilkie Collins. Wilkie Collins name came up, along with a description of The Moonstone as being "the best of modern English detective novels" (as quoted by T.S.Eliot). Big words, indeed. With ...

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero (Oxford World's Classics)

W. M. Thackeray

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

All's fair in love and "Vanity"
Greed, gold-digging and deception sit at the heart of "Vanity Fair." It's no joke that it's subtitled "a novel without a hero" -- William Makepeace Thackeray mercilessly skewered the pretentions and flaws of the upper class all throughout it. The result is a gloriously ...

Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction (Oxford World's Classics)

John Sutherland

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

A riveting (and educational!) read
Blame it on New Jersey public schools, if you like. I find they're always a handy scapegoat. Because - though I blush to confess it - I first came across Emily Bronte's classic tale of undying love and people with confusingly similar names, Wuthering Heights, when I ...