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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become among the most famous characters in literature. The title derives from a speech given by Holmes to Watson on the nature of his work, where he describes the murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, isolate it, and expose every inch of it." Initially, the story attracted little public interest. Although Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories featuring Holmes, A Study in Scarlet is one of only four full-length novels in the original canon. The novel was followed by The Sign of the Four, published in 1890. A Study in Scarlet was the first work of detective fiction to incorporate the magnifying glass as an investigative tool.

One summer, city boy Sam stays with his uncle. It's all so different from London! There's a river and boats, and a new friend, Rachel. But something strange happens ... One day Sam and Rachel find a strange bird with a long beak that looks like a spoon. It has thin fishing rope round its legs. It certainly can't fly! And who are the two men in black?

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"Wuthering Heights" appears in 1847 in an England constrained by Victorian propriety; it is the only novel by a twenty-eight-year-old writer nearing death from tuberculosis. Initially published in a limited number of copies, it does not attract much interest, but it later establishes itself as a singular masterpiece of English literature. Set in the solitary and wild moors of Yorkshire, it unfolds a tumultuous and destructive love affair. The intense contrasts between the inhabitants of a prosperous valley home and those of a farmhouse on a windy hill converge in the figure of the orphan Heathcliff. The contradictory and venomous human passions intertwine love with suffering and cruel revenge. The model of the "gothic" novel is transcended, rendered incandescent through symbolic suggestions and exceptional emotional intensity. The exploration of conflicting affections and extreme emotions does not compromise the precise style that dissects human understanding, infusing those unrecognizable transparencies with such a breath of life that they transcend reality. The appendix includes the most significant and touching letters from the rich correspondence of the Brontë family.

Čokoláda bývala výsadou vyšších vrstev společnosti a používala se při náboženských obřadech. Za posledních 150 let se však stala součástí našeho každodenního života. Často je považována za neřest, poslední průzkumy však prokázaly, že každodenní konzumace kvalitní čokolády v malém množství může dokonce prodloužit život. Dějiny čokolády jsou vskutku vzrušujícím tématem: dozvíte se, jak výjimečný vliv měla čokoláda na dějiny a že za její popularitou se skrývá skutečná věda. A samozřejmě v knížce najdete spoustu skvělých receptů. Krabička obsahuje: 128 stránkovou knihu, 12 formiček na čokoládu, štětec, stěrku, ministruhadlo, zdobítko s pěti náhradními nástavci a barevné papírové košíčky ve čtyřech barvách