Richard Rayner Knihy

Poutavý román o nelehké cestě finského chlapce za láskou a slávou. Hlavní hrdina Esko, chlapec z malé finské vesnice, prožívá svůj těžký úděl sirotka. Je vybaven mimořádnou vnímavostí a inteligencí a fascinovám technikou. Seznamuje se s krásnou Kateřinou, dcerou ruského guvernéra. Odchází na studia do hlavního města a stává se architektem. Jeho osudy korespondují s dramatickými dějinami prvních desetiletí minulého století. Již jako renomovaný architekt odjíždí do Spojených států, zde nachází vše co mu osud nadělil - lásku, slávu i uskutečnění svého snu - postavení výškové budovy.

Michael O'Sullivan mladší je hrdý na svého otce. Když ho zahlédne, jak si před cestou do své práce nabíjí revolver, představuje si ho jako úžasného hrdinu. V nestřeženém okamžiku se otci schová do auta. Jenže se píše rok 1930, prohibice přináší podloudným obchodníkům s alkoholem nebývalé zisky a Michael O'Sullivan starší pracuje jako nájemný pistolník pro šéfa místního podsvětí. Prozrazení malého Michaela má pro celou jeho rodinu katastrofální následky. Comics podle scénáře Maxe Allana Collinse, mj. dlouhodobého scénáristy Dicka Tracyho, se stal předlohou k filmu Road to Perdition.

"The Elephant" is Bradford, a man in the death business and also his son, a fantasist and liar who is named after a cricket field. It is about versions of the truth, the mystery of names, sexual hysteria and a fear of not-feeling. By the author of "Los Angeles Without a Map".

Best Book of the Year The Los Angeles Times • The Washington Post Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, and celebrity scandals. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA taking bribes to throw trials. In A Bright and Guilty Place, Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom times shaded into the Depression, the adventures of Clark and White would inspire pulp fiction and replace L.A.’s reckless optimism with a new cynicism. Together, theirs is the tale of how the city of sunshine went noir.

L.A. homicide detective Billy McGrath is called in to investigate the murder of a woman whose son is L.A.'s biggest crack dealer and finds himself offered a million-dollar bounty by the son to reveal the name of the killer. Reprint.

Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story follows Oscar Hartzell, who executed a bold scam by convincing thousands of Midwesterners to invest in a legal fund aimed at claiming the legendary fortune of Sir Francis Drake. Promising donors shares in an imagined treasure worth $100 billion, Hartzell instead pocketed their money, living lavishly as a faux English aristocrat while maintaining his image as a hero among his supporters. The narrative explores themes of deception, greed, and the impact of economic hardship on people's trust.

MathsLinks is an engaging series that delivers the KS3 specification in a manageable, practical format. It offers many flexible ways to achieve learning and skills objectives, including unique electronic support through OxBox technology.

"[W]hat led a poor boy from Liverpool to become a magus powerful enough to take on the Devil and emerge triumphant? A new window onto Constantine's unique and harrowing life is now open with rare cuts, collecting six never-before-reprinted issues of thisgroundbreaking Vertigo series and showcasing some of the pivotal episodes in the working-class wizard's bloody history." -- p. [4] of cover.

MathsLinks is an engaging new series that delivers the new KS3 specification in a manageable, practical format. It offers many flexible ways to achieve learning and skills objectives, including unique electronic support through new OxBox technology.

MathsLinks is an engaging new series that delivers the new KS3 specification in a manageable, practical format. It offers many flexible ways to achieve learning and skills objectives, including unique electronic support through new OxBox technology. Answers are in the Teacher's Guide.