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There is a persistent and incorrect idea, reinforced by countless film misrepresentations, that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were always staid and dull British chaps of middle years (or older), with Holmes a spry, cranky, and impatient eccentric, and Watson a white-haired and portly Boobus Brittanicus, a la Nigel Bruce. Students of the true and Canonical Sherlock Holmes know this to be a falsehood. When we first meet them on January 1, 1881, Holmes is still 26 years old (although he will turn 27 in just a few days), and Watson, already a wounded war veteran, is only 28.

Are you tired of relying on conventional medicine for every ache and ailment? Do you long to discover gentle, natural solutions to support your health and wellness? Step into the world of herbal healing with Barbara O’Neill’s Timeless Natural Remedies: Your Guide to Herbal Healing, Wellness, and Disease Prevention.

Connecting Paradigms: A Trauma-Informed & Neurobiological Framework for Motivational Interviewing Implementation provides an innovative approach to helping those struggling with past trauma to make critical life changes and heal from their pain and suffering. Scientific understanding of the brain, the impact of trauma, and research around behavioral change has grown exponentially over the last several decades.

Thus begins Mycroft Holmes’s valiant, if irregular, attempt to chronicle his doings. Rediscovered in 1976 and now fully translated from an obscure code, Mycroft’s diaries reveal that a brother’s lot is not always a happy one, especially when that brother happens to be London’s only consulting detective. In this humorous look at the world of Sherlock Holmes through Mycroft’s eyes, one question always remains: will Sherlock ever get a proper job?

Queen Elisabeth II. hat eine heimliche Passion: Sie löst für ihr Leben gern Kriminalfälle! Die Queen ist not amused über so viel Übereifer. Wird es gelingen, dem wahren Mörder auf die Spur zu kommen, bevor es zu diplomatischen Verwicklungen kommt? Queen Elisabeth ist wirklich not amused über den Ausgang des Brexit-Referendums. Die Tote war eine langjährige Haushälterin, und hartnäckige Gerüchte über deren Unbeliebtheit verlangen nach diskreten Nachforschungen.

Windsor, printemps 2016. La reine Elizabeth II s'apprête à célébrer ses 90 ans et attend avec impatience la visite du couple Obama. Mais au lendemain d'une soirée dansante au château, un pianiste russe est découvert pendu dans le placard de sa chambre, quasiment nu. Shocking! Lorsque les enquêteurs commencent à soupçonner son personnel d'être impliqué dans cette sordide affaire, Sa Majesté, persuadée qu'ils font fausse route, décide de prendre les choses en main.

How do you quantify the mental, physical, social, and cognitive health of people and organizations? Heart rate variability or HRV is the answer. HRV is a biometric that measures the differences in successive heartbeats. While simple, HRV provides an incredible amount of information on the health of our autonomic nervous system and brain. Heart Rate Variability explores how professionals and organizations can implement HRV to track the psychological, social, and physical health of those they serve, their staff, and the organization.

En avril 1957, lors de la première visite officielle d'Elizabeth II à Paris, une série d'événements laisse à penser à un sabotage. Au même moment, deux morts atroces ont lieu à proximité de Buckingham Palace. Lorsque l'un de ses proches est impliqué dans l'affaire, la reine mène l'enquête depuis Balmoral avec l'aide de sa secrétaire particulière adjointe, Joan McGraw.

221b Baker Street is known all over the world, for it’s the address most associated with the legendary Sherlock Holmes! But there was a time before Sherlock Holmes moved to Baker Street, before his fame had grown, when he was still learning his craft and struggling to create his unique profession - the first of its kind - consulting detective! Join some of the finest Sherlockian writers as they explore those early days before Baker Street.

Décembre 2016. Sur une plage du Norfolk, une jeune femme pousse un hurlement : elle vient de voir une main coupée sur le sable. Non loin de là, Elizabeth II prend ses quartiers d'hiver au palais de Sandringham. Grâce à une photo de la macabre découverte, elle a vite fait d'identifier la victime. Il s'agit de Ned St Cyr, une vieille connaissance.

L'année 2016, déjà marquée par le référendum sur le Brexit, s'annonce difficile pour Elizabeth II : l'un de ses tableaux préférés, mystérieusement disparu de sa collection privée, refait surface dans une exposition. La reine confie à Rozie, sa secrétaire particulière adjointe, la mission de le récupérer, de préférence avec des explications. Pour couronner le tout, l'ambiance au palais de Buckingham est gangrenée par une vague de lettres anonymes.

Sherlock Holmes! The very name of the world's greatest detective conjures up images of Victorian London, gaslit streets, hansom cabs, and dense fogs. But there was a time, a dark three-year period, when London had to make do without Sherlock Holmes. From 1891 to 1894, he was presumed dead, having perished during the epic struggle with that infamous Napoleon of crime, Professor Moriarty, atop the Reichenbach Falls. But unknown to most, even his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes survived.

Estamos a principios de la primavera de 2016 en el castillo de Windsor, donde Isabel II ultima los preparativos de las celebraciones de su nonagésimo aniversario mientras saborea una matutina taza de té.

Die junge Queen Elizabeth löst ihren ersten Fall: Royaler Cosy Crime im England der 50er-Jahre: Ein skandalöser Mord in der Nähe des Buckingham Palace erschüttert England, das 1957 noch nach seinem Platz im Nachkriegseuropa sucht: Nur mit sexy Wäsche und einem Diamant-Diadem bekleidet liegt eine junge Frau tot auf einem Bett, ihr zu Füßen ein strangulierter Mann. Die Polizei hat schnell eine ganze Reihe von Verdächtigen, denn am Tatort hat sich zur Zeit des Mordes eine Herrenrunde aus Londons High Society getroffen. Auch Prinz Philip war in der Mordnacht in der Gegend.

È un mite inizio di primavera al castello di Windsor e la regina Elisabetta si sta preparando per le celebrazioni del suo novantesimo compleanno. Le attività tuttavia sono bruscamente interrotte non appena il giovane pianista russo che ha deliziato gli ospiti la sera precedente viene ritrovato cadavere, completamente nudo, appeso in camera sua con la cintura della vestaglia. Quando le indagini si concentrano sulla servitù, la regina capisce che la polizia sta seguendo la pista sbagliata.

A Buckingham Palace l'autunno del 2016 si prospetta particolarmente gravoso: la regina Elisabetta deve occuparsi di un referendum che ha diviso la nazione, di una Brexit alle porte e di un imponente piano di ristrutturazione della dimora reale. Eppure l'ordine delle sue preoccupazioni è stravolto quando il cadavere di una governante viene ritrovato a bordo piscina. Si tratta di una tragica fatalità o a Buckingham Palace sta accadendo qualcosa di sinistro?

Mancano pochi giorni a Natale e la regina Elisabetta II attende di celebrare le festività in famiglia, come da tradizione, nella tenuta reale di Sandringham; tra cene con figli, nipoti e pronipoti e serate trascorse davanti al fuoco, le vacanze sono da sempre un momento atteso, lontano dall'etichetta e dagli obblighi di corte.

Through the haze of vodka and self-loathing, Hazel Roundtree saw the poor creature lying in a ditch. One brown eye. One blue. Covered in mud and crying from pain, the puppy was desperately trying to free itself from a hopeless situation. She almost kept walking by. She had her own problems, and besides...no one had ever stopped to help her. Hazel had no idea the dog would be her beginning, her second chance, the miracle she never saw coming.

This small but powerful narration of a new mother’s journey gives voice to a topic that is very taboo: loving the kids but not loving the job of parenting. This issue, and this audiobook, is not just about postpartum depression. It is about learning to love yourself and your life again despite the daily struggles of caring for a new baby.

On the eve of his wedding, Dr. Watson has his own problems, stumbling upon a mystery involving Sherlock Holmes's elder brother Mycroft. As the case turns to tragedy, Holmes and Watson find themselves attempting to unravel a tangled thread of murder, mayhem, and political intrigue that will bring them to the very edge of destruction!