Dead as a Dodo
(eBook)
Description
While lecturing in England, Homer confronts the criminal dons of Oxford William Dubchick is too keen a student of the writings of Charles Darwin to not see that the world of biology has evolved past him. Decades ago, he was the foremost mind in Oxford University's department of natural sciences, but as the field's focus narrowed to the microscopic level he became nothing more than a gray-haired, cantankerous relic. He has a small fiefdom, manned by Helen Farfrae, a committed disciple who, Dubchick is annoyed to learn, someone is trying to kill. It is into this world that Homer Kelly, Emersonian scholar and part-time sleuth, comes to spend a semester lecturing. Though expecting a vacation, he finds Oxford to be a swamp of theft, fraud, and murder. Besides the attempts on Farfrae's life, he must reckon with a murdered priest, the theft of a dodo's portrait, and suspicious claims that long-lost Darwinian artifacts have been found. With an academic climate like this, it's amazing that any of the Oxford dons live to see tenure.
More Copies In LINK+
Subjects
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Langton, J. (2012). Dead as a Dodo. [United States], MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Langton, Jane. 2012. Dead As a Dodo. [United States], MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Langton, Jane, Dead As a Dodo. [United States], MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Langton, Jane. Dead As a Dodo. [United States], MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2012.
Staff View
QR Code
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 11550268 |
---|---|
title | Dead as a Dodo |
language | |
kind | EBOOK |
series | |
season | |
publisher | |
price | 1.35 |
active | 1 |
pa | |
profanity | |
children | |
demo | |
duration | |
rating | |
abridged | |
fiction | |
purchaseModel | INSTANT |
dateLastUpdated | Aug 31, 2024 12:07:12 AM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Sep 03, 2024 03:01:02 AM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 18, 2024 12:37:47 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02442nam a22003855a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT11550268 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20240810082904.0 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
008 | 240810s2012 xxu eo 000 1 eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781453247655 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 1453247653 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT11550268 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9781453247655_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 11550268 |b Midwest Tape, LLC |n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest |e rda | ||
099 | |a eBook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Langton, Jane, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Dead as a Dodo |h [electronic resource] / |c Jane Langton. |
264 | 1 | |a [United States] : |b MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, |c 2012. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (344 pages) | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file |2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
520 | |a While lecturing in England, Homer confronts the criminal dons of Oxford William Dubchick is too keen a student of the writings of Charles Darwin to not see that the world of biology has evolved past him. Decades ago, he was the foremost mind in Oxford University's department of natural sciences, but as the field's focus narrowed to the microscopic level he became nothing more than a gray-haired, cantankerous relic. He has a small fiefdom, manned by Helen Farfrae, a committed disciple who, Dubchick is annoyed to learn, someone is trying to kill. It is into this world that Homer Kelly, Emersonian scholar and part-time sleuth, comes to spend a semester lecturing. Though expecting a vacation, he finds Oxford to be a swamp of theft, fraud, and murder. Besides the attempts on Farfrae's life, he must reckon with a murdered priest, the theft of a dodo's portrait, and suspicious claims that long-lost Darwinian artifacts have been found. With an academic climate like this, it's amazing that any of the Oxford dons live to see tenure. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
655 | 7 | |a Fiction. |2 lcgft | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11550268?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 |z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image |u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9781453247655_180.jpeg |