Colin Harrison Livres

Des bureaux cossus de Manhattan aux appartements miteux de Little Italy, du Yankee Stadium aux villas de Staten Island, un roman noir tendu à l'extrême qui nous entraîne au rythme des pulsations d'un New York hypnotique. Avocat d'assurances sans histoire, la cinquantaine installée et raisonnablement heureux en mariage, George Young aurait tendance à trouver sa vie d'un ennui mortel. Un coup de fil va tout changer. La veuve de son ancien patron le charge d'une mission : découvrir ce que faisait son fils l'heure avant sa mort... Une fascinante mannequin tchèque, de précieuses boîtes de décorations de Noël, des petites frappes russes prêtes à tout pour les récupérer, un dentiste de stars aux révélations étonnantes... George va bientôt comprendre pourquoi on a fait appel à lui pour cette affaire. Et la vérité risque de bouleverser son existence plus qu'il ne l'aurait imaginé.

Highlights of the works of Samuel Palmer held in the collection at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Revised and expanded version of the Palmer title first published in 1999.

After Jack's pregnant wife is murdered, he emerses himself in ruthless, high level corporate politics. Then he meets Dolores and her daughter on the subway, fleeing her dangerous husband, and takes them in, against every survival instinct. When his two worlds collide he must fight for his life.

"The Havana Room is the tale of a man from his fall from the heights of power and wealth in New York to the moment where he might well die. Bill Wyeth is a successful real-estate attorney in his late thirties with a wife and son, who, by the merest chance, loses everything: family, job, status. Unmoored and alone, Wyeth drifts toward the city's darker corners. Restoration seems unlikely, redemption impossible, when Wyeth finds himself in an old-time Manhattan steakhouse. He is intrigued by the manager, Allison Sparks--sexy, complicated, and independent in all ways. She also controls access to the restaurant's private bar. This is the Havana Room, and what goes on in there, he's told, is secret. Wyeth agrees to help Alison's friend, Jay Rainey, in concluding a last-minute midnight real-estate transaction. As soon as he sees the players and the paperwork, Wyeth knows something is wrong. Within hours, Wyeth finds himself tangled in Rainey's peculiar obsessions, which involve a Chilean businessman who feels he's been swindled, an old farmer frozen dead to a bulldozer, an outrageous black owner of a downtown hiphop club, and a fourteen-year-old English girl. Only Rainey knows the connections among these people, which are revealed when Wyeth is finally admitted to the Havana Room--where the survival of its inhabitants is most uncertain.

A thriller from the author of The Havana Room and Manhattan Nocturne.

Enter a Hidden World. Travel back two hundred years to an era of magic and sensuality. Lose yourself in the blossoming lives and loves of Colin and his twin sister Bea as they Journey from Switzerland to the Emperor's court in China, bringing Colin's extraordinary talent, - his ability to create precision clockwork machines that looked human, drew pictures, played music and were the rage of Europe. And pass through the gates of golden-spired Ayuthia where, in a world of passion and opulaten splendor, brother and sister meet their astonishing and tumultuous destinies.

Prehľadná príručka na spoznávanie vyše 800 druhov vtákov z celého sveta. Viac ako 800 fotografií s podrobnými opismi umožňujúcimi ľahkú a spoľahlivú identifikáciu. Stručné texty upozorňujú na kľúčové znaky každého druhu, poskytujú rýchle a jasné informácie.

Ein fesselnder Thriller über die Abgründe des globalen Kapitalismus. Die Chinesin Jin Li, die in New York eine Reinigungsfirma leitet, wird Ziel eines Mordanschlags, nachdem ihre Industriespionage für Spekulanten aufgedeckt wird. Jetzt muss sie um ihr Leben kämpfen.

Další encyklopedie z řady Příroda v kostce. Zasvěcený text, nádherné fotografie a systematické uspořádání činí z této příručky dokonalého průvodce světem ptáků. V tomto svazku je zahrnuto 800 druhů a u každého jsou uvedeny podrobné informace i nejrůznější zajímavosti. Příručka usnadní pozorování a určování ptáků na zahradě i ve volné přírodě.