In the 1950's, Francis Crick and his American colleague, James D. Watson, had worked out the structure of DNA: the double helix. This discovery would eventually win them the Nobel Prize for their contributions to science. In this book, James D. Watson tells the exciting story of their ground-breaking discovery.
WINNER OF A THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL BEGINNING READER HONOR! Mr. and Mrs. Watson's porcine wonder, Mercy, loves nothing more than a ride in the car. It takes a fair amount of nudging and bribing and a "You are such a good sport, darling" to get the portly pig out of the driver's seat, but once the convertible is on the road, Mercy loves the feel of the wind tickling her ears and the sun on her snout.
The plot revolves around a precious blue carbuncle (a garnet which can come in a variety of colours but never blue) going missing. Suspicion falls on a plumber, John Horner, who was seemingly the only person in the suite occupied by the Countess of Morcar when her precious gem was stolen. Moreover, Horner has a previous conviction for robbery. He is arrested and seems destined for seven years of penal servitude.
Watson visits Holmes at Christmas time and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after it and a
Reading Colin Watson's Flaxborough mysteries will make you feel as if you had lived in the town all your life. You'll see the Flaxborough citizenry through the eyes and in the mind of inspector Purbright not as a panoptikum of criminal suspects but as your neighbors. Watson puts peoples actions, motives and feelings into such a perspective that along with the pure reading entertainment, one could use it as a textbook for Psychology 101 class, yet you will laugh out loud on every other page.
Daniel Radcliffe (Penguin Graded Readers - level 1)
A book about the life of one of the most beloved stars of all the teenagers. Every second page contains coloured photos of Daniel, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, J.K. Rowling.
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