The Adventure of Shoscombe Old PlaceArthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes had been bending for a long time over a low-power microscope. Now he straightene...
Chapter 1My suffering left me sad and gloomy.Academic study and the steady, mindful practice of religion slowly wrought me back to life. I have kept u...
Chapter 2He lives in Scarborough. He's a small, slim man - no more than five foot five. Dark hair, dark eyes. Hair greying at the temples. Can'...
Chapter 3I was named after a swimming pool. Quite peculiar considering my parents never took to water. One of my father's earliest business contac...
Chapter 4Our good old nation was just seven years old as a republic when it became bigger by a small territory. Pondicherry entered the Union of India...
Chapter 5My name isn't the end of the story about my name. When your name is Bob no one asks you, "How do you spell that?" Not so with P...
Chapter 6He's an excellent cook. His overheated house is always smelling of something delicious. His spice rack looks like an apothecary's sho...
Chapter 7It was my luck to have a few good teachers in my youth, men and women who came into my dark head and lit a match. One of these was Mr. Satish...
Chapter 8We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. In a general way we mean how our species' excessive predator...
Chapter 9Getting animals used to the presence of humans is at the heart of the art and science of zookeeping. The key aim is to diminish an animal'...