Andrew Hunter Murray Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

In a disintegrating and increasingly lawless land, a young man is travelling north.Ben is a young painter from the crowded, turbulent city. For six months his fiancée Cara has been living on the remote island of Sanctuary Rock, the property of millionaire philanthropist Sir John Pemberley. Now she has decided to break off their engagement and stay there for good.Ben resolves to travel to the island to win Cara back. But the journey there is a harsh and challenging one, and when he does arrive, a terrible shock awaits him.As Ben begins to find his way around Pemberley's perfect island, he knows he must also discover - what has made Cara so determined to throw her old life away? And is Sanctuary Rock truly a second Eden, as the mysterious Sir John claims - or a prospect of hell?By the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Last Day, this high-concept thriller will provoke and grip you from the very first page.

"My parents were slaves in New York State. My master's sons-in-law ... came into the garden where my sister and I were playing among the currant bushes, tied their handkerchiefs over our mouths, carried us to a vessel, put us in the hold, and sailed up the river. I know not how far nor how long -- it was dark there all the time." These words, recorded by Benjamin Drew in 1855, provide Sophia Burthen's account of her arrival as an enslaved person into what is now Canada sometime in the late 18th century. In It Was Dark There All the Time, writer and curator Andrew Hunter builds on the testimony of Drew's interview to piece together Burthen's life, while reckoning with the legacy of whiteness and colonialism in the recording of her story. In so doing, Hunter demonstrates the role that the slave trade played in pre-Confederation Canada and its continuing impact on contemporary Canadian society. Evocatively written with sharp, incisive observations and illustrated with archival images and contemporary works of art, It Was Dark There All the Time offers a necessary correction to the prevailing perception of Canada as a place unsullied by slavery and its legacy.

Když se Země přestane otáčet, ještě to neznamená konec lidské touhy po moci. Před čtyřiceti lety se následkem vesmírné katastrofy začala zpomalovat zemská rotace a po deseti letech se Země zastavila úplně. Teď je jedna strana planety natočená ke žhnoucímu Slunci a druhá uvězněná v nekonečné ledové noci. Většina států přestala fungovat, ale pár šťastných zemí na teplé straně planety přežilo. Jednou z nich je i Velká Británie, která se zachránila tím, že se od hroutícího se světa naprosto odřízla. Dnes v ní vládne vojenská autokracie a země je sužovaná hladem a násilím. Ellen Hopperová je oceánografka žijící na ledové plošině v Atlantiku. Do svého dobrovolného vyhnanství se uchýlila poté, co její domovina propadla autoritářství, a už s ní nechce mít nic společného. Když však za ní přijedou dva úředníci s prosbou, aby se vrátila do Londýna a setkala se s jistým umírajícím mužem, Ellen souhlasí — a začne odhalovat tajemství, které ohrožuje nejen křehkou stabilitu jejího národa, ale i celé lidstvo.

For Christmas 2015 the writers behind the hit TV show QI and international bestsellers return with a brand new book, proving once again that everything you think you know is wrong.