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    another. The connection could be family related or close friends. A pea in a pod doesn’t have that. Friend- (noun) a person whom one knows well and is fond of; an intimate associate; close acquaintance. In the book‚ Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins- Rebel Fire by Andrew Lane‚ Sherlock Holmes a fourteen year-old living in England becomes cognizant of the fact that his American tutor‚ Amyus Crowe‚ retains a dark secret life. Sherlock’s determination pulls him across the ocean‚ to America‚ where a kidnapped

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    H. H. Holmes: Master of Illusion Swindler [pic] Marion Hedgepeth The discovery of a murder in Philadelphia in October 1894 opened the door to a case that few could believe. Marion Hedgepeth‚ a one-time cellmate of a man who went by the name H.M. Howard‚ informed police about a recent scam. It involved insuring a man named Benjamin Pitezel for $10‚000 with the Fidelity Mutual Life Association in 1893 in Chicago‚ and then faking his death in a laboratory explosion by substituting a cadaver

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    Does Sherlock commit suicide? There is a man‚ named Moriarty‚ who is a con man. He used his brilliant idea to commit a crime. He felt so bored to get along with ordinary people‚ so he provoked Sherlock to play a game. He committed a crime and put the guilt on Sherlock. Therefore‚ Sherlock got a rotten reputation. Moriarty induced Sherlock to fall from a rooftop. Moriarty wanted that Sherlock killed himself and died in disgrace. If Sherlock did not do that‚ his friends would be killed. Sherlock found

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    Irving Ramirez English 121 Ms. Ettlinger 15 October 2012 It wasn’t James Holmes Imagine having a family member that suffers from a mental illness and is not always in full control over his actions. He has not gotten the help he needs yet and has become addicted to medication with life dangering side effects. Then one day he unexpectedly goes out and commits a horrific crime. Should he have to go through the same process that a perfectly sane criminal would go through? Should

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    Crime Drama TV Show Comparison (Sherlock and Elementary) Since replacing radio as the most popular mass media‚ television has modernised lifes and revolutionised today’s society. BBC’s Sherlock and CBS’s Elementary are two popular television shows that are often compared and contrasted because of their heritage to the iconic stories of Sherlock Homes. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective‚ conceived by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. An analysis between these two adaptations‚ have revealed

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    Sherlock Holmes has been called‚ “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has ever seen.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shows us just how this reasoning “machine” operates in A Scandal in Bohemia. Showing how his canny wits‚ keen observation skills‚ and analytical reasoning affirm Sherlock to be a highly intelligent individual. Constantly‚ Sherlock observes countless items that the majority of people would not notice. After Watson comments about his eyes being as superior as Sherlock’s

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    Arthur Holmes was a geologist and scientist who made a few major contributions to our understanding of how Earth works. Holmes passed away in 1965. Before his death he made two major contributions to science. Holmes also went to college and invented some very useful inventions that we use today. Arthur Holmes is a geologist who made two major contributions to the scientific community. Arthur Holmes entered Imperial College in London in 1907. Holmes read physics under R.J. Strutt for his first

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    EPub format ISBN: 978-1-84317-972-6 in Mobipocket format Cover designed by www.lucystephens.co.uk Illustrations by Aubrey Smith Designed and typeset by Dave Crook www.mombooks.com Mantesh CONTENTS Introduction I: Preparing the Mind Understanding Sherlock Do You Have the Personality? Developing an Agile Mind Being Alert to the World Around You Keeping an Ear to the Ground Reading Between the Lines Keeping an Open Mind Thinking Laterally Choosing Your Friends Wisely Accepting Good Fortune Learning

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    Band‚” Sherlock Holmes used his phenomenal detective skills to solve the austere case of Julia’s demise along with Helen’s worries. The foul play mystery was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The main characters in the story include Sherlock Holmes‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott‚ Helen Stoner‚ and Dr. John Watson. Sherlock Holmes‚ the detective‚ was the protagonist in the story. In contrary‚ Dr. Grimesby Roylott was an aggressive antagonist. The medical doctor‚ Dr. Watson was a friend of Sherlock Holmes. Dr

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    n the article “Anxieties of Empire in Doyle’s Tales of Sherlock Homes” the author‚ Lauren Raheja evaluates the theme in Doyle’s stories. She mainly focuses on the topics related to nature‚ society and thought when comparing “The Speckled band” and “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”. She uses these stories to support her claims of what statement the author is trying to portray through his writing. An example of how she demonstrated this is by picking two main corporates in each story. In the Speckled

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