Diane Gilbert Madsen Livres

Revised and updated, with an eyewitness account from Noam Chomsky, this new edition of Eyes in Gaza is translated from the Norwegian by Guy Puzey & Frank Stewart.

An overview of the characteristics of, and statistics on, the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories.

"Former academic-turned-insurance-investigator DD McGil is being stalked while working on a routine fraud case. When her bookseller friend, Tom Joyce, tells her he's found a diary in a Chicago estate book collection, she's intrigued-- until someone steals the diary and tries to murder Tom. The missing diary reveals that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, left valuable handwritten notes during his 1894 visit to Chicago-- notes which contain vital information on the Jack the Ripper murders. In their quest to find the missing diary and notes, DD and Tom find themselves targets in someone's deadly game where a clue to an old murder points the way to a literary find that could rewrite history. Did Doyle really know the identity of Jack the Ripper? Their efforts are thwarted when sinister interests threaten to destroy not only the Doyle notes but their own lives as well."--Jacket flap.

A moving account in words and pictures of a doctor at work in Gaza. This book is a medical doctor’s account of what he witnessed in Gaza in the summer of 2014. It is the photo story you will not see on television or in the newspapers. On July 7, 2014, Israel launched a series of aerial attacks on Gaza, followed by the ground phase of the operation ten days later. Mads Gilbert arrived in Gaza on July 13th, and worked day and night for the next two weeks at Al-Shifa Hospital, dealing with casualties, repairing serious injuries, and trying to save lives. With the help of a small, black camera ready in the pocket of his green operating scrubs, he was able to document some of the human cost paid by the Palestinian people for enduring the Israeli occupation. He also kept a daily journal about the situation, with eye-witness accounts of the havoc wreaked by the Israeli attacks, and moving accounts of his interactions with ordinary Palestinians—men, women and children—who had done nothing to deserve the horrific disruption to their lives. What Gilbert experienced was awful, and it was immense—the sounds of bombs and screaming, bodies torn to pieces and a society reduced to rubble—but he also saw camaraderie, dignity, human courage and unflinching resolve.

Jeden dávný skotský básník a celá řada současných zločinců… První LITERÁRNÍ ZÁHADA DD McGILOVÉ! DD McGilová, svérázná mladá vyšetřovatelka pojistných událostí, se nestačí divit, když ji rutinní práce v jisté počítačové společnosti nečekaně promění v terč nelítostných zabijáků. Protože má k tomu všemu ale ještě tetičku, které se plným právem přezdívá Skotská dračice a která jí navíc přinese skleněné střepy údajně popsané slavným básníkem Robertem Burnsem, aby prokázala jejich pravost, je o zábavu postaráno. Zvlášť když se do toho zamíchá falešný Santa Claus, ne tak docela ochočený vlk, hromada zločinců, několik mrtvol a plná budova výbušnin.

Kufřík s částí Hemingwayova díla zmizel už za autorova mládí a již nikdy se neobjevil. Nebo ano? Profesor David Barnes si to rozhodně myslí a má proč. Poštou mu totiž přišel balík s rukopisy, které vypadají jako pravé. Chystá se dražba, jenže ještě dřív dojde k vraždě. Svérázná vyšetřovatelka pojistných událostí DD McGilová má ovšem neuvěřitelnou smůlu. Skutečnost, že David byl jejím milencem, ji nejen katapultuje rovnou do víru událostí, ale udělá z ní i hlavní podezřelou. To by ovšem nesměla být DD se svými netradičními metodami, aby si neporadila jak s policisty, tak se skutečným pachatelem.