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Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, first published in 1930, is one of the greatest crime novels of all times, inspiring numerous spinoffs in film, television, and theater. The hero, Sam Spade, is a hard-bitten and ethically ambiguous detective who is approached by the beautiful and mysterious Miss Wonderly to track down her missing sister. Spade’s partner, Miles Archer, steps in, only to be shot that very night. Spade’s honor as a detective requires him to track down Archer’s killer.

A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.

Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters - all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles of Spain.

Follow private detective Sam Spade as he navigates a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder in pursuit of the elusive black bird. With Vendetti's commanding narration and Howlett's evocative portrayal of Brigid O'Shaughnessy, this audiobook delivers the tension, intrigue, and drama of Hammett's classic like never before. Experience the sharp dialogue, unforgettable characters, and twists that defined the golden age of detective fiction. Perfect for fans of crime thrillers and timeless mysteries.

Detective Sam Spade gets mixed up in a hardboiled mystery after the murder of his partner.

"I have two proposals to make, sir, and either is fair. Take your choice. I will give you twenty-five thousand when you deliver the falcon, and another twenty-five thousand as soon as I get to New York; or I will give you one quarter—twenty-five percent—of what I realize on the falcon. There you are, sir: an almost immediate fifty thousand dollars or a vastly greater sum within, say, a couple of months."

Serge A. Storms is back on the road in the latest zany Florida caper from the “wickedly funny” (Entertainment Weekly) Tim Dorsey. After a long and arduous COVID-19 quarantine, Serge A. Storms is fully vaccinated and ready to hit the road. Along with his condo neighbors, he cooks up a wild...

The Maltese is a pampered lap dog. The Yorkshire terrier has a working class background. What happens when they’re bred together? Introducing the Morkie - a silky ball of fun in a wee, puppy body!

"Кинжал с мальтийским крестом" - третий роман Марты Таро из увлекательного цикла "Галантный детектив", в котором карты Таро предлагают читателям новую загадку, жанр исторический детектив. Графиня Любовь Чернышева обожает музыку и поэзию, а ещё она искренне верит в прекрасную сущность людей. Подражая Татьяне Лариной, она пишет любовное послание князю Александру Шварценбергу, вот только признание застает её избранника врасплох.

Hugo Pratt, con “Una ballata del mare salato” realizzò nel 1967 un fumetto estremamente innovativo. In quest’indimenticabile avventura corale compare per la prima volta il suo ironico antieroe, Corto Maltese.

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It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from...

earworms mbt® Rapid Maltese puts the words and phrases you need not just on the tip of your tongue, but also transports them deep into your long-term memory. Simply by listening to these specially composed melodies with their rhythmic repetitions of Maltese and English a few times, the sound patterns are indelibly burned into your auditory cortex. You will have successfully learned the Maltese phrase and have the correct accent ringing in your ears.

This radio dramatization of the classic movie features the four original stars. It aired on September 20, 1943.

A friend has vanished, a mummy's amulet is missing, and there's a weirdo out there looking for human brains and hearts. The Chicagoland Detective Agency - run by Megan, Raf, and his talking dog Bradley - have more than enough cases on their hands (and paws). But where to start? Megan's too busy for private-detecting. Her haikus won her tickets to meet the drop-dead gorgeous rock star Sun D'Arc. Raf is sure that Sun is too good not to be really bad. He must be involved in one of their cases.

Use your mind's natural rhythm to learn a language with Rhythms Easy Maltese from EuroTalk. It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. Rhythms puts your mind painlessly to work: you don't even need to focus! Simple words and phrases are set to a varied pattern of rhythms and music designed to help you learn and to keep you engaged so that you won't just switch off after five minutes.

Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the cynical owner of Rick’s Café Americain helps his former lover Ilse Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and her underground leader husband escape from the Nazis in this powerful love story, featuring the classic song "As Time Goes By". The Maltese Falcon, stars Humphrey Bogart as the private detective Sam Spade. In this compelling thriller, Sam Spade is entrusted with the safe-keeping of the much-coveted black falcon statuette as he becomes involved in a classic tale of greed and illusion.

Independent news and stories from SBS Audio, connecting you to life in Australia and Maltese-speaking Australians. - Aħbarijiet u stejjer indipendenti li jikkonnettjawk mal-ħajja fl-Awstralja u tal-Maltin Awstraljani.

Hollywood Playhouse - The Oscar's Collection is a unique compilation of 12 Oscar winning films specially adapted for the radio and performed by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Originally broadcast on the radio, they were to become as popular with the public as the movies themselves.

Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. Tremontaine follows Diane, Duchess Tremontaine, whose beauty is matched only by her cunning; Rafe Fenton, a handsome young scholar with more passion than sense; Ixkaab Balam, a tradeswoman from afar with skill for swords and secrets; and Micah, a gentle genius whose discoveries herald revolution. Sparks fly as these four lives intersect in a world where politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers.