13 år gamle Johnny Merrimon hadde et perfekt liv: et godt hjem, kjærlige foreldre og tvillingsøsteren Alyssa som han var sterkt knyttet til. Han visste ingenting om tap og svik - før Alyssa forsvant inn i en fremmed bil. Nå, et år senere, er Johnny forlatt av alle han var blitt opplært til å[...]
Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents onwards, this book leads you through the history and evolution of this craft to help you get to grips with translating your vision onto paper, from the rough sketch to the finished storyboard.[...]
Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best NovelJohn Hart's "New York Times" bestselling debut, "The King of Lies," announced the arrival of a major talent. With "Down"" River," he surpassed his earlier success, transcending the barrier between thriller and literature and winning the 2008 Edgar Award f[...]
With its shimmering vistas of fog, light, and cityscape, San Francisco Bay is famous worldwide--yet very little known. The bay, together with its inland delta, is one of the largest estuaries in the Americas. It is a crucial bird habitat, a vital fishery, a major shipping center, a source of preciou[...]
This powerfully argued appraisal of judicial review may change the face of American law. Written for layman and scholar alike, the book addresses one of the most important issues facing Americans today: within what guidelines shall the Supreme Court apply the strictures of the Constitution to the co[...]
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon has to face things no boy his age should face. In the year since his twin sister's abduction his world has fallen apart: his father has disappeared and his fragile mother is spiralling into ever deeper despair. Johnny keeps strong. Armed with a map, a bike and a fl[...]
The increasing awareness of environmental issues as ultimately moral issues has led to the intersection of religion and environment. Sacramental Commons presents a unique way of looking at this topic by relating the Christian word 'sacrament' (signs of divine presence) to the term 'commons' (shared [...]
In this timely and important work, John Hart offers an in-depth analysis of Catholic Church teachings on the environment and environmental themes. He explores the foundations and development of this thought, and provides an original presentation of essential elements of a wholistic environmental the[...]
Human experience with nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare has been limited, especially in comparison to conventional forms of warfare. Our experience with nuclear warfare is confined to a period of less than one week during the end of World War II, when the United States successfully use[...]
Two families. Two brothers. One explosive secret.John Hart has written four New York Times bestsellers and won an unprecedented two back-to-back Edgar Awards. "The New York Times" labeled his work "Grisham-style intrigue and Turow-style brooding." Now he delivers a gut-wrenching, heart-stopping thri[...]
In one of his letters Hart Crane wrote, "Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio," comparing-misspelling and all-the great French poet's cosmopolitan roots to his own more modest ones in the midwestern United States. Rebelling against the notion that his work should relate to some Eur[...]
Going back is never easy ...Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to forget. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to f[...]
Jackson Workman Pickens - 'Work' to his friends - an unambitious lawyer in a small Southern town, has some serious baggage. His mother died a year ago from a 'fall' down the family's colonial staircase and his father, Ezra, has been missing ever since. Work is left to deal with his psychologically [...]
Iron House is the remarkable story of two orphaned brothers separated by violence at a tender age. When a boy is savagely killed in their brutal orphanage, one brother runs and takes the blame with him, eventually finding his way to New York and into the heart of organized crime. Two decades later -[...]
Iron House is the remarkable story of two orphaned brothers separated by violence at a tender age.
When a boy is savagely killed in their brutal orphanage, one brother runs and takes the blame with him, eventually finding his way to New York and into the heart of organized crime.
<[...]
Tretten år gamle Johnny Merrimon hadde et perfekt liv: et godt hjem og kjærlige foreldre, og tvillingsøsteren Alyssa som han var sterkt knyttet til. Han visste ingenting om tap og svik - før den dagen Alyssa forsvant inn i en fremmed bil. Nå, et år senere, er Johnny ensom og alene, forlatt av [...]
Fem år etter at han ble frikjent for drap, vender Adam Chase tilbake til sin barndoms by, men der møter han en utbredt mistanke om at han likevel var skyldig i forbrytelsen. Han forsøker å gjenoppta kontakt med familie, kjæreste og venner, men kort tid etter hjemkomsten blir han antastet og ban[...]
Heftet er utarbeidet ved Stavanger Universitetssjukehus (SUS), Psykiatrisk klinikk, i tilknytning til arbeidet med Terapeutisk Mestring av Aggresjon. Sentralt i dette arbeidet er oppfatningen om at muligheten til å forebygge vold og redusere bruk av tvang, ligger i det relasjonelle møtet mellom p[...]
13 år gamle Johnny Merrimon hadde et perfekt liv: et godt hjem, kjærlige foreldre og tvillingsøsteren Alyssa som han var sterkt knyttet til. Han visste ingenting om tap og svik - før Alyssa forsvant inn i en fremmed bil. Nå, et år senere, er Johnny forlatt av alle han var blitt opplært til å[...]
"Ved elven burde én gang for alle avgjøre spørsmålet om thrillere og spenningsbøker også kan være stor litteratur," skrev Publishers Weekly ved utgivelsen i USA, og samme år ble boken tildelt den høythengende Edgar-prisen. Fem år etter at han ble frikjent for drap, vender Adam Chase[...]
John Harts prisbelønnede og kritikerroste debut er en kompleks og urovekkende thriller fra forfatterens hjemtrakter North Carolina. Som i Harts bestselgere Det siste barnet og Ved elven får leseren ikke bare en dose drivende spenning, men også et dypdykk i menneskesinnet og i skjøre familierelas[...]