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Kevin Lewis

    Kevin écrit des romans d'un réalisme cru, puisant dans ses expériences des environnements urbains. Ses œuvres autobiographiques documentent les conditions violentes et dépravées de son enfance. Il combine son talent créatif avec sa connaissance des centres-villes pour créer des récits captivants.

    The Kid Moves On
    Scent of a Killer
    The Kid
    Frankie
    Kaitlyn
    Creating effective JavaHelp
    • Creating effective JavaHelp

      • 188pages
      • 7 heures de lecture
      4,0(2)Évaluer

      Effective, instantly available online help is a requirement for today's interactive applications. Until now, Java application developers have been forced to develop their own help system. That's no longer necessary. With the release of JavaHelp™, there is a complete and standard online help system for the Java™ platform. Creating Effective JavaHelp covers the main features and options of JavaHelp. It shows how to create a basic JavaHelp system, prepare help topics, and deploy the help system in an application. Written for all levels of Java developers and technical writers, the book takes a chapter-by-chapter approach to building concepts. It imparts a complete understanding of how to create usable JavaHelp systems and integrate them into Java applications and applets.Topics covered

      Creating effective JavaHelp
    • Kaitlyn

      • 512pages
      • 18 heures de lecture
      4,2(360)Évaluer

      The Wilson family was torn apart the night little Christopher was almost killed . . . Though the two year-old survives the brutal attack by his drunken father, his older sister Kaitlyn is convinced it's all her fault. Christopher is taken into care and never returns to the family home on the notorious Roxford estate in South London. But the bond between the siblings remains strong, and as Kaitlyn gets older she dreams of a new life away from the violence of the estate and her mother's dangerous addictions. But most of all, she dreams of being reunited with her little brother. Will Kaitlyn's dreams ever come true? And if they do, could they really turn into a nightmare? Kaitlyn is the heart-rending story of a family ripped apart by tragedy and reunited by a twist of fate that threatens to destroy all their lives and of a girl who has to choose between everything she has worked for, and the only family she has ever known.

      Kaitlyn
    • Frankie

      • 362pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      3,8(4)Évaluer

      Homeless, streetwise and running away from a past she would rather forget, Francesca Mills is just another face on the streets of London. When a violent encounter leads to a man�s death, however, she is forced to leave the harsh world that has become her home and forge a new life elsewhere. On the run, Frankie unknowingly stumbles across a dangerous secret, a secret so powerful that men will stop at nothing to protect it. She tries to build a new life, but you can only stay anonymous when no one wants to find you. Hunted by both the police and shadowy assailants with powerful connections, the odds are stacked against a woman who will do whatever it takes to protect herself � and those who mean most to her �

      Frankie
    • The Kid

      • 436pages
      • 16 heures de lecture
      4,0(1206)Évaluer

      Kevin Lewis never had a chance. Growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services, his life was never his own. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as �The Kid�. Yet Kevin survived to make a better life for himself, and has become a bestselling novelist in his own right. The Kid and The Kid Moves On, published together for the first time in this film tie-in edition, are his heartbreaking and inspiring true story . . .

      The Kid
    • Scent of a Killer

      • 464pages
      • 17 heures de lecture
      3,8(178)Évaluer

      The hunter has become the prey ... The headless corpses of three men are found in a London side street. Their mutilated torsos are witness to an unspeakably agonizing death. It becomes chillingly clear that this discovery is a horrific message to the Metropolitan Police - and to one officer in particular. DI Stacey Collins finds herself on the hunt for a psychopathic killer. But it would seem that this is no ordinary homicide ... all the victims had themselves been predators, terrorizing the innocent. Is this a twisted vigilante mission, or something far more sinister? Meanwhile, Collins must battle her own demons as the MET's Internal Affairs department investigate her past and her connections to London's underworld. Collins faces her toughest challenge yet - torn between justice and revenge

      Scent of a Killer
    • The Kid Moves On

      The Heart-Rending Follow-Up to No.1 Bestseller The Kid - Previously Published as Moving On

      • 246pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      When Kevin Lewis wrote The Kid, the bestselling story of his brutal childhood, he believed he could put it all behind him. But it wasn't to be quite that straightforward... unstable mother, and Dennis, his alcoholic father, rose up and engulfed him, and he was forced to face his demons once more. repeat itself within the Lewes family. For in Moving On, Kevin describes his anger and disbelief at learning that five of his nieces and nephews have been taken into care. Then comes the horrifying news that Gloria has applied to have them live with her.

      The Kid Moves On
    • Fallen Angel

      • 298pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      DI Stacey Collins has seen the darker side of humanity all too often. A single mum and former child from the grim Blenheim estate, she knows only too well what terrors the world can hold. But even her jaded eyes have never witnessed a crime of such unspeakable horror. A body, broken and lifeless, is found in the gloom of a London church. Kidnapped and horrifically murdered, young Daniel Wright never knew his tormentor. And it is only the beginning. Soon Collins finds herself both haunted by the demons of her past and battling in the name of innocence itself. Some angels never find their path to heaven . . .

      Fallen Angel
    • KJ's Adventures

      KJ Joins the Junior Police Academy

      KJ decides one summer day he would like to join the junior police academy. This will be an exciting adventure for him and one he will not soon forget. This adventure will help him to learn responsibility also.

      KJ's Adventures
    • Rooted in Love

      The Couple's Guide to Gardening Together

      • 206pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Explore the joys of gardening as a couple in this guide that emphasizes collaboration and connection. It offers practical tips on planting, nurturing, and cultivating both a garden and a relationship. Readers will find advice on communication, teamwork, and shared goals, making gardening a metaphor for love and growth. With engaging activities and insights, this book encourages couples to deepen their bond while enjoying the therapeutic benefits of gardening together.

      Rooted in Love