Leslie Fiedler often used to say that the role of a teacher is what Lenin claimed the role of a revolutionary to be: “patiently to explain.” It’s the role of ...

From a crumple on the floor, Cairo coarsely said, "It's a weapon. The falcon carried a powder made by ancient Egyptians. At first it was a rumor, but history and the OGPU believed it to be true.

CORRECTS BOOK TITLE - FILE - Novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of “The Maltese Falcon” appears in New York on Nov. 7, 1947. Hammett’s Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The story of one of the great fictional sleuths, Dashiell Hammett ‘s Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max Allan Collins. The publisher Hard Case Crime ...

CORRECTS BOOK TITLE – FILE – Novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of “The Maltese Falcon” appears in New York on Nov. 7, 1947. Hammett’s Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max ...

CORRECTS BOOK TITLE - FILE - Novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon" appears in New York on Nov. 7, 1947. Hammetts Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max ...