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Newton

a tale of two Isaacs
2002
Humphrey, the young scribe of Isaac Newton, learns lessons about overcoming personal hardship as he works with Newton to prove the scientist's theories on celestial movement.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The adventure of the engineer's thumb

2013
Retold in graphic novel format, a hydraulic engineer's loss of a thumb leads Sherlock Holmes to a band of criminals.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The adventure of Wisteria Lodge

2013
Retold in graphic novel format, Sherlock Holmes investigates a baffling case of a murder involving a foreign tyrant, a governess, and a tale of revenge.

Sherlock Holmes and the adventure at the Copper Beeches

2012
After taking a job as a governess at the Copper Beeches, Violet Hunter's employers ask her to cut her hair and wear a special dress, but when she finds a lock of hair that looks like her own and a mysterious hallway, Violet asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for help.

Jane Franklin's obsession

1992
When Sir John Franklin disappears while searching for the North West Passage in 1845, his wife Lady Jane sends out numerous expeditions to search for him and eventually learns the awful fate of her husband and crew, but also maps new waterways and land masses.

Buried in ice

The Mystery of a lost arctic expedition
1992
Probes the tragic and mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.

Sir Ernest Shackleton

2009
Presents the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer who fell short of his goal of crossing Antarctica, but accomplished a far greater feat by bringing every member of his crew back alive.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

detecting social order
1995
Exploration of a classic including a chronology of the author's life, historical content of the work, and its critical reception.

Drake

for God, queen, and plunder
2003

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