Ian Hamilton Knihy

Práce britského odborníka je důkladným psychologickým rozborem stárnutí a stáří. Autor neobyčejně důkladně rozebírá jednotlivé fáze stárnutí a zkoumá, jak se s přibývajícím věkem mění osobnost člověka a celý jeho způsob života. Po vysvětlení fyziologických změn se autor zabývá vztahem stárnutí a intelektu, paměti, řeči a v neposlední řadě i vlivem stárnutí na celou osobnost člověka. Závěrečné kapitoly si všímají i patologických změn (demence) a dále současného stavu i budoucnosti gerontologie jako oboru. Autorovi se podařilo spojit odborný výklad s čtivostí a srozumitelností, a to i tím, že v textu graficky zvýraznil všechny nové pojmy a termíny a výrazně oddělil odbornější text od všeobecného pojednání. I statě o možnostech prodlužování lidského věku a jeho důsledcích jsou neobyčejně zajímavé, stejně jako kritický vztah k některým výsledkům experimentální psychologie v gerontologické oblasti. Na závěr je připojen vysvětlující slovníček odborných pojmů a obsáhlá bibliografie.

Životopis zachycující podrobně, seriózně a s velkou dávkou důvtipu osudy amerického spisovatele a jeho díla. Čtivě napsaná biografie pracuje s až úzkostlivou pečlivostí s prameny i svědectvími současníků. Časově je ukončena rokem 1965,kdy Salinger záměrně odchází do ústraní. Nechybí soudní i mimosoudní peripetie, následující před a po vydání knihy, nicméně autor se střeží jakéhokoliv bulváru. Kniha, psaná s velkou mírou citlivosti, posuzuje dílo v kontextu doby jeho vzniku. V současnosti nejobsáhlejší Salingerova biografie.

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul elaborates on, in a most wonderful way, the God-given, Christ-secured, Holy Spirit-applied privileges of the Christian life. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in the New Testament, we are brought face to face with the "unsearchable riches of Christ" (3:8). Step by adoring step, Paul introduces us to the spiritual blessings that are the predestined, blood-bought privileges of all who have put their self-abandoning trust in Jesus Christ. His letter to the Ephesians is a spiritual Mount Everest, turning us away from ourselves and placing the spotlight of God's great salvation wholly on Christ.

Psalm 23 is probably the best known and most read passage in the Bible - a wonderfully reassuring picture of the believer’s life. Through it we learn the Lord God almighty is the faithful, heavenly Shepherd of his sheep - not only faithfully leading his sheep in life but also through the valley of the shadow of death - bringing them into his house where he will dwell with them forever. Reflecting on Psalm 23 verse by verse will help us see how rich and privileged the believer’s life is as we learn how personally God is committed to protect and bring his people to be with him to heaven.Table of 1. The Lord Loves His Sheep2. The Heavenly Shepherd Provides for His Sheep3. The Heavenly Shepherd Restores His Sheep4. The Heavenly Shepherd Leads His Sheep5. The Heavenly Shepherd Never Leaves His Sheep6. The Heavenly Shepherd Protects His Sheep7. The Heavenly Shepherd Leads His Sheep Safely Home

This collection includes the poems in Frost's first three books and eighteen earlier poems that are rarely reprinted

In the latest thrilling novel in the Ava Lee series, Ava investigates a Ponzi scheme that takes her from Amsterdam to Antwerp and then Singapore, where she must confront one of the country's most powerful families.

International bestselling author Ian Hamilton returns with a riveting new novel featuring fan-favourite Uncle Chow Tung, who is called upon to end a violent turf war between rival gangs and stop a new organized crime bureau of the Hong Kong Police from eliminating the triad societies once and for all. Hong Kong, 1995. Two years before Hong Kong is to be returned to the People's Republic of China, the Communist government has its eye on the New Territories, and tensions are running high among the triads. A turf war breaks out in Macau and quickly spreads to Hong Kong. In response, the Organized Crime Triad Bureau of the Hong Kong Police, backed by the Chinese government, begins a major crackdown on gang activities. Several triad leaders ask Uncle to intervene and bring an end to the violence. As Uncle begins mediation talks, his own territory of Fanling is attacked by a neighbouring gang. At the root of the tensions is a fear of what will become of Hong Kong after the Communists take over. When Uncle expresses these concerns about the future to Lin Huning, his partner in China, his response comes as a surprise and leads to an unexpected outcome that will have a lasting effect for decades to come.

Ian Hamilton sets himself a tough challenge by attempting a biography of a writer best known for his hermitic nature and for not having published anything in the last 30 years. Hamilton romps briskly through Salinger's life employing an annoying device throughout by which he records the debates between himself and his "biographer alter ego". This half- hearted attempt to problematise the nature of biography is, seemingly, to excuse the gaps in the text. It does not work well. At the end of In Search of JD Salinger we learn more about the lawsuit provoked by Hamilton's first attempt at this book. This, the edited version, is not the book nor, in a sense, the life that Hamilton wanted to produce. It is a poor substitute for what might have been. A life of Salinger has its interest, of course, but when that life has deliberately eschewed publicity in the interest of the art that such asceticism may create should we not focus on the work created? The literary criticism, when it comes, is clumsy and does not make up for either the paucity of facts or the lack of insight or real investigation into Salinger's silence. Hamilton's first book was to be entitled J D Salinger: A Writing Life-- he should have focused on that writing a little more closely. --Mark Thwaite

The fourth and final installment in Ian Hamilton's exhilarating Ava Lee spin-off series The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung. Following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Uncle begins preparing for his inevitable death. As he sets his affairs in order, he recalls the moments in his life that meant the most to him -- including his first encounter with the talented forensic accountant Ava Lee and the origins of their life-changing partnership.