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The Black Box - Michael Connelly
May 1992, and after four LAPD officers are acquitted following the savage beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is ablaze. As looting and burning take over the city, law and order are swept away in a tidal wave of violence. But under threat of their lives, homicide detectives like Harry Bosch are still stubbornly trying to do their job. With no effective police presence on the streets, murder just got a whole lot easier - and investigating them a whole lot harder. When Harry finds the body of a female journalist in an alley, he is forced to hand over the case to the Riot Crimes Task Force, knowing that it will never be solved.Twenty years later, new evidence confirms her death was not a case of random violence but something much more personal. This time Harry is determined that the killer isn''t going to escape - even if it means stepping back into the darkest days of the city he loves . . .
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The Black Echo - Michael Connelly
Go back to where it all began for LAPD detective Harry Bosch, star of Amazon Prime''s Bosch, in his first case The Black Echo - a gripping, action-packed thriller.LAPD detective Harry Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. One Sunday he gets a call-out on his pager. A body has been found in a drainage tunnel off Mulholland Drive, Hollywood. At first sight, it looks like a routine drugs overdose case, but the one new puncture wound amid the scars of old tracks leaves Bosch unconvinced.To make matters worse, Harry Bosch recognises the victim. Billy Meadows was a fellow ''tunnel rat'' in Vietnam, running against the VC and the fear they all used to call the Black Echo. Bosch believes he let down Billy Meadows once before, so now he is determined to bring the killer to justice.
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The Black Ice - Michael Connelly
When a body is found in a hotel room, reporters are soon all over the case: it appears to be a missing LAPD narcotics detective, apparently gone to the bad. The rumours were that he had been selling a new drug called Black Ice that had been infiltrating Los Angeles from the Mexican cartel. The LAPD are quick to declare the death a suicide, but Harry Bosch is not so sure. There are odd mysteries and unexplained details from the crime scene which just don''t add up. Fighting an attraction to the detective''s widow, Bosch starts his own maverick investigation, which soon leads him over the borders and into a dangerous world of shifting identities, police politics and deadly corruption . . .
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The Proving Ground - Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company''s chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together they soon uncover a whistleblower in hiding.As the tech titans try to buy or bully their way out, the scale of their courtroom battle before them becomes clear. Because billions are at stake - along with countless lives - in an all or nothing case, which could change everything...From the author of the books behind the #1 Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer, and #1 Amazon Prime series Bosch and Ballard.*****PRAISE FOR MICHAEL CONNELLY & THE LINCOLN LAYWER THRILLERS:''An incredible writer'' RICHARD OSMAN''The Lincoln Lawyer series keeps getting better'' WASHINGTON POST''A superb natural storyteller'' LEE CHILD''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' IAN RANKIN''Mickey Haller is a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch'' LOS ANGELES TIMES''A master of the genre'' STEPHEN KING''A terrific writer'' THE TIMES ''A powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction'' MICK HERRON ''Crime thriller writing of the highest order'' GUARDIAN''Nobody writes a better modern thriller'' EVENING STANDARD ''One of the world''s greatest crime writers'' DAILY MAIL''The master of modern crime fiction'' EXPRESS
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The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly
''Connelly excels - easily surpassing even John Grisham in the building of courtroom suspense'' LOS ANGELES TIMESIn tough times, crime still pays. For defense attorney Mickey Haller - a.k.a. The Lincoln Lawyer - most of his time is now spent not keeping people out of jail, but in their homes.Lisa Trammel was Mickey''s first foreclosure client. For eight months, he''s stopped the bank from taking her house. But when the bank''s CEO is found beaten to death, Lisa is the prime suspect.As Haller steps back into the theatre of a murder trial, he will learn some shocking truths about the victim, his client, and himself.Mickey prepares to mount the best defense of his career - but this is a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in . . .''Connelly is the best of the best'' RICHARD OSMAN''A master'' STEPHEN KING
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The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year’s Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael ConnellyThere's chaos in Hollywood on New Year's Eve. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard seeks shelter at the end of the countdown to wait out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. As reports start to roll in of shattered windshields and other damage, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.It doesn't take long for Ballard to determine that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky. Ballard’s investigation leads her to look into another unsolved murder—a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch.Ballard and Bosch team up once again to find out where the old and new cases intersect. All the while they must look over their shoulders. The killer who has stayed undetected for so long knows they are coming after him
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The Black Box - Henry Louis Gates
A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves over the course of the country''s history.Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr''s legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home†– for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society.This is a community that defined and transformed itself in defiance of oppression and lies; a collective act of resistance and transcendence that is at the heart of its self-definition. Out of that contested ground has flowered a resilient, creative, powerful, diverse culture formed by people who have often disagreed markedly about what it means to be ''Black'', and about how best to shape a usable past out of the materials at hand, to call into being a more just and equitable future.This is the epic story of how, through essays and speeches, novels, plays and poems, a long line of creative thinkers has unveiled the contours of – and resisted confinement in – the black box that this “nation within a nation†has been assigned, from its founding to today. It is a book that records the compelling saga of the creation of a people.
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The Black Box - Jr. Gates, Henry Louis Gates
A foundational reckoning with how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves over the course of the country's history. Distilled over many years from Henry Louis Gates Jr's legendary Harvard course in African American Studies, The Black Box: Writing the Race is the story of Black self-definition in America through the prism of the writers who have led the way. From Phillis Wheatley and Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, to Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, these writers used words to create a liveable world – a “home†– for Black people destined to live in a bitterly racist society. This is a community that defined and transformed itself in defiance of oppression and lies; a collective act of resistance and transcendence that is at the heart of its self-definition. Out of that contested ground has flowered a resilient, creative, powerful, diverse culture formed by people who have often disagreed markedly about what it means to be 'Black', and about how best to shape a usable past out of the materials at hand, to call into being a more just and equitable future. This is the epic story of how, through essays and speeches, novels, plays and poems, a long line of creative thinkers has unveiled the contours of – and resisted confinement in – the black box that this “nation within a nation†has been assigned, from its founding to today. It is a book that records the compelling saga of the creation of a people.
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The Concrete Blonde - Michael Connelly
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and The Gods of Guilt. When LAPD detective Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church - the ''Dollmaker'' - the police were convinced it marked the end of the search for one of the city''s most bizarre serial killers.But four years later, Norman Church''s widow is taking Bosch to court, accusing him of killing the wrong man. To make matters worse, Bosch has just received a note, eerily reminiscent of the ones the Dollmaker used to taunt him with, giving him a location where a body can be found.Is the Dollmaker still alive? Or is this the work of a vicious copycat killer, determined to repeat the Dollmaker''s grisly feats and destroy Bosch''s career in the process?
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The Night Fire - Michael Connelly
A JUDGE MURDERED IN A CITY PARK Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, defends the man accused. A HOMELESS PERSON BURNED ALIVE Detective Renee Ballard catches the case on the LAPD's notorious graveyard shift. AN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE FROM A LIFETIME AGO Harry Bosch is left a missing case file by his mentor who passed away. He was the man who taught Bosch that everybody counts, or nobody counts. Why did he keep the case all these years? To find the truth - or bury it? IN L.A. CRIME NEVER SLEEPS But in Ballard, Bosch and Haller: the fire always burns. Will it light the way - or leave their lives in ashes?
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The Late Show - Michael Connelly
Detective Renée Ballard works 'The Late Show', the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD. It's thankless work for a once-promising detective, keeping strange hours in a twilight world of crime.Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two shocking cases, hours apart: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspects.Ballard knows it is always darkest before dawn. But what she doesn't know - yet - is how deep her investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, the police department and her own past... The Late Show will keep you up all night: it's time to meet Detective Renée Ballard.
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The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly
A blistering courtroom drama featuring The Lincoln Lawyer''s Mickey Haller from the master of the genre.In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cutbacks. So for defence lawyer Mickey Haller, most of his new business is not about keeping people out of jail; it''s about keeping a roof over their heads as the foreclosure business is booming.Lisa Trammel has been a client of Mickey''s for eight months, and so far he''s stopped the bank from taking her house. But now the bank''s CEO has been found beaten to death - and Lisa is about to be indicted for murder . . .
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The Proving Ground - Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together they soon uncover a whistleblower in hiding.As the tech titans try to buy or bully their way out, the scale of their courtroom battle before them becomes clear.Because billions are at stake - along with countless lives - in an all or nothing case, which could change everything...From the author of the books behind the #1 Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer, and #1 Amazon Prime series Bosch and Ballard.
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Inside the Black Box - Rishi K. Narang
Master the basics and intricacies of quant and high-frequency trading with the latest edition of this accessible and widely-read guide In the newly revised third edition of Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Systematic Investing, veteran practitioner and investor Rishi K Narang delivers another insightful discussion of how quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies work in non-mathematical terms. As with prior editions, this third edition is full of timeless concepts and timely updates. Supplemented by compelling anecdotes and real-world stories, the book explains the most relevant developments in the discipline since the publication of the second edition in 2013. You'll find out about the explosion in machine learning for alphas, signal mixing, data extraction, and execution, as well as the proliferation of alt data and a discussion of how to use it appropriately. You'll also discover: Updated discussions of approaches to researchNewer and more effective approaches to portfolio optimizationThe frontiers of quantitative investing An essential and accessible treatment of a complicated and of-the-moment topic, Inside the Black Box remains the gold standard for non-mathematicians seeking to understand the ins and outs of one of the most fascinating and lucrative trading strategies, as well as quants from disciplines outside of finance looking for a conceptual framework on which to build profitable systematic trading strategies.
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The Black Prince - Michael Jones
A major new biography of the Black Prince. ''A clear-eyed and thrilling vision of the man behind the legend'' DAN JONES. ''Pacy, vivid and extremely readable'' TLS. In 1346, at the age of sixteen, he won his spurs at Crécy; nine years later he conducted a brutal raid across Languedoc; in 1356 he captured the king of France at Poitiers; as lord of Aquitaine he ruled a vast swathe of southwestern France. He was Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, but better known to posterity as ''the Black Prince''. Michael Jones tells the remarkable story of a great warrior-prince – and paints an unforgettable portrait of warfare and chivalry in the late Middle Ages.
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The Politics of Policymaking - Arjen Boin, Martin Lodge
Never has good policy been so important. From unemployment and a lack of affordable housing to regulating cryptocurrencies and protecting against cybersecurity threats, the challenges we face are complex and global. The text explains how policymaking works: from the emergence of policy ideas to deciding between cutting-edge solutions, from evaluating policies to improving policymaking practices, using examples from around the world. Open up the black box of government to see where policies are made. This introductory text takes you beyond theory and into the messy world of policymaking, offering a toolkit for making better policy. Drawing from insights earned through years of interactions with policymakers and extensive teaching experience, Boin and Lodge offer a comprehensive introduction to the inner workings of government and how to produce policies that address societal problems of today and tomorrow. The Politics of Policymaking teaches you the connections between policies, their effects, and the society they impact. It explores the interplay between citizens, policymakers and politicians, and the intricate web of policy decisions. Reflective questions help to engage readers with the key themes and to reflect on the challenges of policymaking in practice. A global perspective enables you to learn from diverse viewpoints and see examples from around the world. Timely and cutting-edge, this book tackles contemporary policy issues—platform economies, climate change, and more - while delving into crucial theoretical tools like political legitimacy and reform. An assignment feature provides you with the opportunity to consolidate your learning and put it into practice. This text is an essential companion for any undergraduate or postgraduate student of Politics, International Relations, and Public Administration and for anyone aspiring to work in public policy. Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Martin Lodge is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at London school of Economics and Political Science.
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Mend the Living - Maylis de Kerangal
Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017.Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. Now a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere and starring Emmanuelle Seigner.A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life.In the depths of a winter''s night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours'' time, just before six, his alarm will go off and he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to the beach, and go surfing with his friends. A trip he has made a hundred times and yet, today, the heart of Simon Limbeau will encounter a very different course.But for now, the black-box of his body is free to leap, swell, melt and sink, just as it has throughout the years of Simon''s young life.5.50 a.m.This is his heart.And here is its story.Translated from the French by Jessica Moore
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Advanced Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences - Jonathon D. Brown
This book demonstrates the importance of computer-generated statistical analyses in behavioral science research, particularly those using the R software environment. Statistical methods are being increasingly developed and refined by computer scientists, with expertise in writing efficient and elegant computer code. Unfortunately, many researchers lack this programming background, leaving them to accept on faith the black-box output that emerges from the sophisticated statistical models they frequently use. Building on the author''s previous volume, Linear Models in Matrix Form, this text bridges the gap between computer science and research application, providing easy-to-follow computer code for many statistical analyses using the R software environment. The text opens with a foundational section on linear algebra, then covers a variety of advanced topics, including robust regression, model selection based on bias and efficiency, nonlinear models and optimization routines, generalized linear models, and survival and time-series analysis. Each section concludes with a presentation of the computer code used to illuminate the analysis, as well as pointers to packages in R that can be used for similar analyses and nonstandard cases. The accessible code and breadth of topics make this book an ideal tool for graduate students or researchers in the behavioral sciences who are interested in performing advanced statistical analyses without having a sophisticated background in computer science and mathematics.
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The Waiting - Michael Connelly
''Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game."MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES ****IN COLD CASES,IT''S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT''S THE WAITING.LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry''s daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city''s library of souls.Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime''s Bosch and Netflix''s The Lincoln Lawyer.**** CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:''A superb natural storyteller'' LEE CHILD ''A master of the genre'' STEPHEN KING ''An incredible writer'' RICHARD OSMAN ''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' IAN RANKIN ''Nobody writes a better modern thriller'' EVENING STANDARD ''One of the world''s greatest crime writers'' DAILY MAIL
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The Gods of Guilt - Michael Connelly
The ''Lincoln Lawyer'' grapples with a haunting case in a gripping thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly.Mickey Haller gets the text ''Call me ASAP - 187'', and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention.Suddenly, Mickey''s not just trying to get his client off a murder charge, but there is a more personal connection: the victim was Gloria Dayton - his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow. Far from saving her, Haller may have been her downfall.Haunted by the ghosts of his own past, and with his own guilt or redemption on the line, he desperately needs to find out who Gloria really was and who, ultimately, was responsible for her death.
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The Reversal - Michael Connelly
Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey''s one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he''s been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.
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The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA's darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.'What do you want me to do?' Bosch asked again.'I want you to find someone for me,' Vance said. 'Someone who might not have ever existed.'Harry Bosch is working as a part-time detective in the town of San Fernando outside of Los Angeles, when he gets the invitation to meet with the ageing aviation billionaire Whitney Vance. When he was eighteen Vance had a relationship with a Mexican girl called Vibiana Duarte, but soon after becoming pregnant she disappeared.Now, as he reaches the end of his life, Vance wants to know what happened to Vibiana and whether there is an heir to his vast fortune. And Bosch is the only person he trusts to undertake the assignment.Harry's aware that with such sums of money involved, this could be a dangerous undertaking - not just for himself, but for the person he's looking for - but as he begins to uncover Vibiana's tragic story, and finds uncanny links to his own past, he knows he cannot rest until he finds the truth.
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Resurrection Walk - Michael Connelly
THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX''S THE LINCOLN LAWYER THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES Defense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is inundated with pleas from prisoners protesting their innocence. With the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch, they find a needle in the haystack: a possible wrongful conviction. A woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff''s deputy. But the evidence doesn''t add up, the department pushed for quick closure in the killing of one of its own. But is this rushed justice - or something more sinister? As they face a David versus Goliath court battle, the secrets which could set an innocent woman free could also be worth killing for...****PRAISE FOR RESURRECTION WALK:''Connelly at his glittering best: full of twists and insights, it grips like a hungry python''DAILY MAIL''The perfect combination of courtroom drama and police procedural - Connelly''s latest masterpiece shows why he''s the crime writer all his rivals look up to''SUNDAY EXPRESS****READERS LOVE RESURRECTION WALK:''Just perfect'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A masterpiece'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Probably the best Lincoln Lawyer yet'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A 5 star testament to Connelly''s enduring talent'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐****CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation''IAN RANKIN''The best mystery writer in the world''GQ''A superb natural storyteller''LEE CHILD''A master''STEPHEN KING''America''s greatest living crime writer''DAILY EXPRESS''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction''SUNDAY TELEGRAPH****Michael Connelly''s RESURRECTION WALK was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27th May 2024
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Advokát zo zadného sedadla - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Michael "Mickey" Haller je právnik bez kancelárie. Úraduje na zadnom sedadle svojho Lincolna, a tak je vždy nablízku svojim klientom - motorkárom, podvodníkom, drogovým dílerom. Zákon je pre neho málokedy o vine alebo nevine - je o vyjednávaní a manipulácii. Keď si ho ako obhajcu najme playboy z Beverly Hills, ktorého zatkli za napadnutie mladej ženy, získa po rokoch prvého bohatého klienta. Dokonca to vyzerá tak, že tentokrát bude obhajovať skutočne nevinného človeka. Zdá sa, že prípad rýchlo uzavrie. Potom však zavraždia vyšetrovateľa a Haller zistí, že prípad nebude taký jednoduchý, ako sa na prvý pohľad zdalo. Ak chce uniknúť skrytému zlu, musí využiť všetky svoje schopnosti. V stávke totiž nie je len ostro sledovaný súdny prípad, ale aj jeho život... V roku 2011 stvárnil Mickeyho Hallera na filmovom plátne známy hollywoodsky herec Matthew McCounaghey vo filme Obhajca (The Lincoln Lawyer). „Connelly predvádza energickú drámu poháňanú cynizmom a právnikom menom Michael Haller („Ľudia mi hovoria Mickey“), ktorý pracuje pre spodinu zeme a neospravedlňuje sa.“— Marilyn Stasio, New York Times „Connellyho práca má všetko – ostro vykreslené, pútavé postavy, svižné dialógy... Rovnako ako v prípade Scotta Turowa, aj on chápe, že dobrý právny thriller je predovšetkým o práve, nie o právnikoch, ktorí sa správajú ako bojovníci so zločinom.“ —David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle „Advokát zo zadného sedadla je Connellyho prvý právny thriller a je jedným z najlepších románov, ktoré napísal, ak nie najlepší.“ - Carol Memmott, USA TODAY „Michael Connelly je vo svete obhajcu trestných činov rovnako doma, ako bol vždy vo sfére vyšetrovateľov a policajtov. Všetky vlastnosti, ktoré mu zaslúžene priniesli mnohých čitateľov, sú tu opäť predvedené: svižné tempo, dômyselné zvraty, rafinované písanie a atmosféra autority na každej stránke. Ďalšia skvelá kniha od skvelého spisovateľa.“ — Scott Turow, author
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Fair Warning - Michael Connelly
HOW DO YOU FIND A KILLER WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU? ''AS EXCITING AS ANYTHING CONNELLY HAS WRITTEN'' THE TIMES* * * * *Jack McEvoy is a reporter with a track record in finding killers. But he''s never been accused of being one himself.Jack went on one date with Tina Portrero. The next thing he knows, the police are at his house telling Jack he''s a suspect in her murder.Maybe it''s because he doesn''t like being accused of a crime he didn''t commit. Or maybe it''s because the method of her murder is so chilling that he can''t get it out of his head.But as he uses his journalistic skills to open doors closed to the police, Jack walks a thin line between suspect and detective - between investigation and obsession - on the trail of a killer who knows his victims better than they know themselves... Riveting, original and terrifying - this is a masterpiece from #1 bestseller Michael Connelly.* * * * *CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY.''One of the very best writers working today in any genre'' Sunday Telegraph''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' Ian Rankin''Crime thriller writing of the highest order'' Guardian''A superb natural storyteller'' Lee Child''A master'' Stephen King''A genius'' Independent on Sunday''America''s greatest living crime writer'' Daily Express''No one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly'' Evening Standard
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Temnější než noc - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Pod svícnem bývá největší tma. A Boschova reputace přímo oslňuje…Bývalý agent FBI Terrence McCaleb dostal v životě druhou šanci a po transplantaci srdce raději pověsil stresující povolání na hřebík. Z rodinné idyly na ostrůvku v zátoce Santa Monica však úspěšného sestavovatele zločineckých profilů vytrhne návštěva vyšetřovatelky z losangeleské mordparty, která si neví rady s případem brutální vraždy malíře pokojů Edwarda Gunna. Mrtvý totiž nebyl žádné neviňátko. Drastický způsob jeho likvidace navíc v policii vzbuzuje oprávněné obavy, že patrně nepůjde o poslední oběť sadistického vraha. Zemřelého kdysi vyšetřoval Terryho přítel Harry Bosch – jenž zrovna svědčí u ostře sledovaného procesu s hollywoodským režisérem obžalovaným z násilného zločinu –, a tak je uznávaný detektiv požádán o pomoc. Což byla možná chyba, jelikož některé z nalezených stop vedou právě k němu…Sedmý díl populární série kriminálních románů, podle níž vznikl úspěšný seriál Bosch s Titusem Welliverem v titulní roli. Tentokrát se však slovutný pátrač zapletl do vyšetřované vraždy víc, než by mu bylo milé. „Connelly v nejlepší formě. Vřele doporučujeme!“ – Library Journal„Autor Boschovi s McCalebem umožňuje, aby se vůči sobě kriticky vymezili, a to způsobem, který prohlubuje čtenářovo pochopení obou postav.“ – The New Yorker„Napínavý thriller se všemi nezbytnými atributy žánru. Michael Connelly rozhodně psát umí.“ – databazeknih.cz„Ať už fandíte Boschovi, nebo McCalebovi, v tomhle mrazivém mistrovském duelu nemůžete prohrát.“ – Kirkus Reviews „Tak tady je další. Zdá se, že práce tohohle člověka jsou pomalované ptáky temnot odshora dolů. Má strašně dlouhé křestní jméno. Nahláskuju ti ho. Há-i-e-er-o-en-y-em-u-es. Pochází z Nizozemí, je řazen do období severoevropské renesance. Předpokládám, že sovy tam dorůstaly chvályhodných rozměrů.“McCaleb upíral oči na papír před sebou. Jméno, které vzniklo z písmen diktovaných Doranovou, mu připadalo povědomé.„Zapomněla jsi příjmení. Taky je tak dlouhé?“„Promiň, Terry. Ne, to je docela kraťoučké. Bosch. Jako ty zapalovací svíčky nebo elektrické spotřebiče.“McCaleb zůstal sedět jako zkamenělý. – ukázka z knihy
Objev podobné jako Temnější než noc - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Čakanie - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Harry Bosch je nielenže dávno na dôchodku, navyše ho čoraz väčšmi trápi zdravie. Jeho dcéra Maddie však usilovne pokračuje v otcových šľapajach a snaží sa vypracovať na detektívku LAPD. Začne pracovať na dvoch prípadoch s Renée Ballardovou.Získajú horúcu stopu DNA spojenia medzi nedávno zatknutým mužom a sériovým násilníkom a vrahom, ktorý sa odmlčal pred dvadsiatimi rokmi. Zatknutý muž má len dvadsaťštyri rokov, takže genetická súvislosť musí byť rodinná. Keď sa však Ballardová a jej tím presunú za podozrivým, narazia na mätúcu sieť tajomstiev a právnych prekážok.Stopy vedú do nebezpečne vysokých kruhov, a tak im Harryho skúsenosti a odvaha celkom isto ešte prídu vhod.Povedali o titule„Nedá sa odložiť... prináša napätie takmer na prasknutie, zaručene poteší jeho fanúšikov. Patrí medzi Connellyho najlepšie knihy.“ — Publishers Weekly„...Čakanie je Michael Connelly vo svojej najlepšej forme, opäť potvrdzuje, prečo je nepopierateľným majstrom moderného kriminálneho románu.“ — The Real Book Spy„Verdikt: Meno Connelly na obálke je zárukou skvelého čítania; a ani táto novinka nie je výnimkou. Príbeh sleduje prípady metodicky a realisticky, postavy sa ďalej vyvíjajú.“ — Library Journal
Objev podobné jako Čakanie - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Básnik smrti - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Michael Connelly je majstrom v udržaní dynamiky príbehu a nečakaného rozuzlenia. Za svoju novinársku tvorbu bol navrhnutý na Pulitzerovu cenu a za knihu Básnik smrti dostal Anthonyho cenu za najlepší román v roku 1997. Novinár Jack McEvoy je špecialista na smrť. Na stránkach Rocky Mountain News píše o zločinoch. Je presvedčený o tom, že pri práci sa už stretol s každým druhom násilia. Jeho profesionálny prístup rozbije šokujúca samovražda brata, detektíva z oddelenia vrážd. Jack vie, že brat pracoval na prípade, ktorý sa mu nepodarilo vyriešiť. Usiluje sa upokojiť tým, že píše článok o samovraždách policajtov. Už prvé riadky ho však ponoria do prípadu, v ktorom sa čochvíľa sám stane terčom šialeného vraha.
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The Waiting - Michael Connelly
IN COLD CASES, IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT'S THE WAITING. LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels. But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight... With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls. Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others... An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.
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Echo Park - Michael Connelly
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch in a modern thriller from No. 1 bestseller Michael Connelly - author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and ANGELS FLIGHT.In 1993 Homicide Detective Harry Bosch was assigned the case of a missing person, Marie Gesto. The young woman was never found - dead or alive - and the case has haunted Bosch ever since.Thirteen years later, Bosch is back in the Open Unsolved Crimes Unit when he gets a call from the DA''s office. A man accused of two killings is willing to confess to several other murders in a deal to avoid the death penalty. One of his victims, he says, is Marie Gesto.When investigating these previously unsolved crimes, Bosch begins to crack when he realises that he and his partner missed a clue that could have prevented the serial killer striking again.
Objev podobné jako Echo Park - Michael Connelly
Nightshade - Michael Connelly
OUT NOW - THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLYLAPD Detective Stilwell has been forced out of the Homicide department to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island.It might be an idyllic holiday destination but Stilwell knows it''s a backwater to keep him out of sight and out of mind. But the usual weekend case-load of petty drunken violence is disturbed by a report of a body found in the harbour, weighed down by an anchor.Driven to prove a point to his superiors back on the mainland, Stilwell will cross every line of protocol and jurisdiction to solve the murder case.It''s sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything, and finding the killer will reveal the dark heart of his new home.But on a small island with big secrets - someone is always watching...****CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation''IAN RANKIN''The best mystery writer in the world''GQ''A superb natural storyteller''LEE CHILD''A master''STEPHEN KING''America''s greatest living crime writer''DAILY EXPRESS''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction''SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Objev podobné jako Nightshade - Michael Connelly
Kvapka - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Harry Bosch je opäť v akcii a dostal naraz dva prípady. Prvý súvisí s obvinením z roku 1989, no súčasná analýza DNA potvrdila, že usvedčujúci dôkaz, kvapka krvi, patrí niekoľkokrát trestanému násilníkovi, čo sedí za mrežami. Problém je však v tom, že gauner mal v čase zločinu len osem rokov. Bosch sa teda púšťa do vyšetrovania. Zároveň mu opäť do cesty vstúpi Irvin Irving. Jeho syn vypadol z okna a Harry dostal za úlohu zistiť, či išlo o samovraždu, alebo o čosi iné. Intuícia Boscha ani teraz nesklame, za oboma prípadmi sa skrýva kopec špiny a nečakaných zápletiek.Povedali o titule"Connelly sa vyzná v policajnom vyšetrovaní a vyzná sa v súdnej sieni. Vďaka týmto znalostiam sú jeho príbehy vierohodné, zatiaľ čo vďaka jeho pisateľským schopnostiam ožívajú....Je to vzrušujúci spisovateľ, ktorého radi čítame" ―Jackie K. Cooper, Huffington Post"Každá z jeho kníh je oveľa viac ako len súčet jej častí....Connelly píše fikciu podľa skutočného života o skutočnom zločine. Čo robí jeho kriminálne príbehy pravdivými, je to, že nikdy skutočne neskončia."―Janet Maslin, New York Times
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Desert Star - Michael Connelly
THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME''S BOSCH AND NETFLIX''S THE LINCOLN LAWYERSOME CRIMES YOU CAN''T FORGET.OTHERS YOU CAN''T FORGIVE.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD''s cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime...Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The ex-detective is a living legend - but for how long?Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years - the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert - which he vowed to close.With the killer still out there and evidence elusive, Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make...''Cements Connelly''s reputation as the master of modern crime fiction'' EXPRESS* * * * *CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation''IAN RANKIN''An incredible writer''RICHARD OSMAN''The best mystery writer in the world''GQ''One of the world''s greatest crime writers''DAILY MAIL''A superb natural storyteller''LEE CHILD''A master''STEPHEN KING''A genius''INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY''Crime thriller writing of the highest order''GUARDIAN''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction''SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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The Law of Innocence - Michael Connelly
Heading home after winning his latest case, defence attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is pulled over by the police.They open the trunk of his car to find the body of a former client. Haller knows the law inside out. He will be charged with murder.He will have to build his case from behind bars. And the trial will be the trial of his life. Because Mickey Haller will defend himself in court.With watertight evidence stacked against him, Haller will need every trick in the book to prove he was framed. But a not-guilty verdict isn't enough. In order to truly walk free, Haller knows he must find the real killer - that is the law of innocence...
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The Closers - Michael Connelly
After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD. The superb page-turning eleventh Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD''s Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn''t - Harry''s nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a ''retread''. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake . . .
Objev podobné jako The Closers - Michael Connelly
The Narrows - Michael Connelly
He''s back . . . Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who''s long been in hiding - a fiend known as The Poet. Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she''s been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered. . .
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The Overlook - Michael Connelly
An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with FBI Agent Rachel Walling and Homeland Security. The brilliant thirteenth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. When a physicist is murdered in LA, it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on the Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. And when it''s discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died, Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security, Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences.
Objev podobné jako The Overlook - Michael Connelly
The Crossing - Michael Connelly
Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defense Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn''t the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. The difference is, this time Harry is working for the defense, aiming to prevent the accused, Da''Quan Foster, from being convicted. And not only does the prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, but having crossed over to ''the dark side'' as his former colleagues would put it, Harry is in danger of betraying the very principles he''s lived by his whole career.
Objev podobné jako The Crossing - Michael Connelly
Dark Sacred Night - Michael Connelly
A MURDER HE CAN''T FORGET.A CASE ONLY SHE CAN SOLVE.''OUTSTANDING'' IAN RANKINAmazon Best 100 Books of The YearBarnes & Noble Best Books of The YearTop Ten Best Thrillers of the Year - Washington Post* * * * *Daisy Clayton''s killer was never caught. In over ten years, there has been no breakthrough in her murder case.Detective Renée Ballard has faced everything the LAPD''s notorious dusk-till-dawn graveyard shift has thrown at her. But, until tonight, she''d never met Harry Bosch - an ex-homicide detective consumed by this case.Soon, she too will become obsessed by the murder of Daisy Clayton.Because Ballard and Bosch both know: every murder tells a story. And Daisy''s case file reads like the first chapter in an untold tragedy that is still being written - one that could end with Ballard herself, if she cannot bring the truth to light...* * * * *CRIME DOESN''T GET BETTER THAN CONNELLY.''One of the world''s greatest crime writers'' Daily Mail''Crime thriller writing of the highest order'' Guardian''A terrific writer with pace, style and humanity to spare'' The Times''America''s greatest living crime writer'' Daily Express''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation'' Ian Rankin''A master'' Stephen King''A genius'' Independent on Sunday''A superb natural storyteller'' Lee Child''One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'' Sunday Telegraph''Justly regarded as one of the world''s finest crime writers'' Mail On Sunday''No one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly'' Evening Standard
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The Poet - Michael Connelly
The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother''s death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides, and puts him on the trail of a cop killer whose victims are selected all too carefully. Not only that, but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake. More frightening still, the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer and nearer. An investigation that looks like the story of a lifetime might also be Jack''s ticket to a lonely end.
Objev podobné jako The Poet - Michael Connelly
Zákon neviny - Michael Connelly
Michael Haller čelí závažnému obvinění: je podezřelý z vraždy svého bývalého klienta. Případ je přidělen soudci, který Hallera nemá příliš v lásce, protože se v minulosti úspěšně odvolal proti jeho rozsudkům, a pošle ho rovnou do vězení. Haller se musí bránit a zároveň bojovat o život v prostředí, kde mu hrozí nebezpečí nejen od dozorců a spoluvězňů, z nichž některé poslal před soud, ale také od těch, kteří na něj vraždu hodili.
Objev podobné jako Zákon neviny - Michael Connelly
Obhájce - Michael Connelly
Michael Haller je advokát "bez kanceláře". Úřaduje na zadním sedadle svého vozu Lincoln Continental, aby mohl být co nejblíže svým klientům - opilým řidičům, drobným podvodníkům, překupníkům drog a podobným existencím. Právo pro něj není otázkou viny či neviny, nýbrž záležitostí týkající se manipulace a vyjednávání. Když si ho jako obhájce najme playboy z Beverly Hills, kterého zatkli za napadení mladé ženy, získá po letech prvního bohatého klienta. Kromě toho je přesvědčen, že se mu konečně naskytla šance obhajovat nevinného člověka. Postupem času ale odhaluje, že případ nebude tak jednoduchý, jak se na první pohled zdálo... Pokud chce uniknout skrytému zlu, musí využít veškeré své schopnosti. V sázce totiž není jen ostře sledovaný soudní případ, ale i jeho život...
Objev podobné jako Obhájce - Michael Connelly
Rozsudek ráže 9 - Michael Connelly
Michael Haller sice získá po zavražděném kolegovi Jerrym Vincentovi zavedenou advokátní kancelář, ale štěstí mu to nepřinese. Mezi klienty je totiž i Walter Elliot, filmový magnát obžalovaný z dvojnásobné vraždy. Ačkoli je jeho případ zárukou vítané mediální pozornosti a tučných zisků, Haller prozatím netuší, že mezi zavražděním kolegy a obžalobou magnáta může existovat spojitost a že si tak namaloval na čelo terč. Navzdory nebezpečí pomalu proniká do případu a uvědomuje si, že tu něco nehraje a že Vincentem připravená obhajoba je založena na důmyslném, ale podvodném triku. Haller se ocitá mezi dvěma mlýnskými kameny: musí hájit zájmy klienta a současně dodržovat zákon. Nezbývá mu než vymyslet ďábelský plán, přestože si uvědomuje, že jeho realizací riskuje nejen svou kariéru, ale zejména holý život.
Objev podobné jako Rozsudek ráže 9 - Michael Connelly
Advokát - Michael Connelly
Michael Haller sice získá po zavražděném kolegovi zavedenou advokátní kancelář, ale štěstí mu to nepřinese. Mezi klienty je totiž i Walter Elliot, filmový magnát obžalovaný z dvojnásobné vraždy. Ačkoli je jeho případ zárukou vítané mediální pozornosti a tučných zisků, Haller prozatím netuší, že mezi zavražděním kolegy a obžalobou magnáta může existovat spojitost a že si tak namaloval na čelo terč. Navzdory nebezpečí pomalu proniká do případu a uvědomuje si, že tu něco nehraje. Ocitá se mezi mlýnskými kameny: musí hájit zájmy klienta a současně dodržovat zákon. Vymyslí proto ďábelský plán, přestože si uvědomuje, že riskuje nejen svou kariéru, ale i holý život. Kniha se stala předlohou pro úspěšný seriál z produkce Netflixu.
Objev podobné jako Advokát - Michael Connelly
Zákon neviny - Michael Connelly - audiokniha
Audiokniha: Michael Haller je losangelský právnik bez kancelárie, ktorý úraduje zo zadného sedadla svojho Lincolna. Zákon je pre neho zriedkavo o vine alebo nevine – skôr o vyjednávaní a manipulácii. Niekedy dokonca o spravodlivosti. Tentokrát čelí vážnemu obvineniu on sám - je podozrivý z vraždy bývalého klienta. Prípad pridelia sudcovi, ktorý nemá Hallera veľmi v láske, keďže sa v minulosti proti jeho rozsudkom úspešne odvolal, a ten ho pošle rovno do väzby. Haller sa musí obhajovať a zároveň bojuje o život v prostredí, kde mu hrozí nebezpečenstvo nielen od spoluväzňov a dozorcov - niektorých totiž postavil pred súd -, ale aj od tých, ktorí naňho vraždu narafičili. Dokáže spoločne so svojim tímom a nevlastným bratom Harry Boschom obhájiť svoju nevinu a vypátrať skutočných páchateľov? V roku 2011 stvárnil Mickeyho Hallera na filmovom plátne známy hollywoodsky herec Matthew McCounaghey vo filme Obhajca (The Lincoln Lawyer).
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Angels Flight - Michael Connelly
A lawyer is found murdered on the eve of a landmark trial at the foot of Angels Flight in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The superb sixth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. BOSCH TV STARTS FEBRUARY 2015.Harry Bosch finds himself yet again in charge of a case that no one else will touch. This time his job is to nail the killer of hot shot black lawyer Howard Elias. Elias has been found murdered on the eve of going to court on behalf of Michael Harris, a man the LAPD believes guilty of the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl. Elias had let it be known that the aim of his civil case was not only to reveal the real killer but to target and bring down the racist cops who beat up his client during a violent interrogation. Now it''s all down to Bosch - and he''s got to take a long, hard look at some of his colleagues in a police department that is rife with suspicion and hatred.
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The War of Jenkins' Ear - Michael Morpurgo
A spellbinding children’s story from from War Horse author and former Children''s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo – now with a brand new cover look.Toby Jenkins doesn’t like boarding school. He gets called Jinks and thinks he will never fit in. But then he meets a strange boy named Christopher who believes that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ. When the village boy ‘oiks’ start a war with the schoolboy ‘toffs’, Toby is caught in the middle. Can Christopher provide the miracle that Toby needs?A brilliant evocation of school life from the master storyteller.Michael has written more than one hundred books for children including An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Private Peaceful, and An Elephant in the Garden. He has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.–Former Children''s Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children''s authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen and stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came and Kensuke''s Kingdom.Michael has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children''s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the “poverty of experience… many young children feel in inner city and urban areas. Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities.Living in Devon, listening to Mozart and working with children have provided Michael with the ideas and incentive to write his stories. He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories for children. "For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers." Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.
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Metallica: Matallica (The Black Album)) (Deluxe Box Set limited - 26xLP/CD/DVD) - LP (0850707)
LP vinyl - Jedno z nejúspěšnějších hudebních alb všech dob Metallica, někdy nazývané taky jako The Black Album, Jedno z nejúspěšnějších hudebních alb všech dob Metallica, někdy nazývané taky jako The Black Album, vyjde znovu už 10. září digitálně a 1. října fyzicky. Kromě remasterované verze původní desky tak Metallica oslaví třicet let od vydání svého kritiky oceňovaného alba ještě novou deskou coververzí, na které hostuje 53 umělců, včetně takových hvězd jako jsou Elton John, Miley Cyrus, Biffy Clyro, Royal Blood nebo Chad Smith - bubeník Red Hot Chili Peppers. Veškerý výtěžek z prodeje „The Metallica Blacklist” pak poputuje na různé charitativní organizace, které vyberou sami umělci. Seznam stop LP - METALLICA (REMASTERED) Enter Sandman / Sad But True / Holier Than Thou / The Unforgiven / Wherever I May Roam / Don #039;t Tread on Me / Through the Never / Nothing Else Matters / Of Wolf and Man / The God That Failed / My Friend of Misery / The Struggle...
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The Power In The People - Michael Mansfield
''A lifetime spend fighting the powers that be and turning personal pain into collective power. Take care of this book because you are holding our history in your hands.'' - LOWKEY''Michael Mansfield is the greatest civil liberties lawyer this country has ever produced'' - Baroness HELENA KENNEDY of the Shaws KC''Michael Mansfield has given power to the voiceless, the innocents ... For this, he too is a hero'' - JOHN PILGER''Michael Mansfield combines rare humanity with a brilliant understanding of the law'' - JON SNOW''A book of great importance ... Mr Mansfield''s thoughtful reflections demand our attention'' - KEN LOACH''An impressive and inspiring read'' - DUNCAN CAMPBELL ''I want this book to inspire people, give them a blueprint for fighting their own battles, and challenge the status quo. To see that together, we are always stronger. To understand that those who stand in the way of change cannot do so forever.'' Michael Mansfield, KCBarrister Michael Mansfield, KC, has spent his career fighting injustice, persecution and corruption. And be it the Birmingham Six, Bloody Sunday, Stephen Lawrence, the Marchioness, Hillsborough or Grenfell, he has come to learn one thing - that people power is unstoppable.Time and again he has witnessed governments, police forces, legal institutions and the establishment, try to block change and maintain the status quo in order to protect their interests. But almost every time he has seen that passion, perseverance, collectivity and courage create a powerful momentum which is increasingly difficult to stop.In this short but powerful book, the veteran barrister draws upon his 50 years of fighting for justice and revisits his most important cases and clients, proving without doubt that when people get together they can make lasting and positive change.The power is in the people - not the people in power.
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The Cat Prince - Michael Pedersen
WINNER of the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry Collection''Pedersen bends words like no-one else. There''s a naughtiness, an innocence and surprising vulnerability in this collection. It''s poetry to intoxicate. Just sublime.'' Juno Dawson ''Every page of The Cat Prince brought me gladsome joy. Pedersen has the astonishing power of finding the astonishing in every moment that deserves a raised glass'' Daljit Nagra''This laser focused collection of poetry by Michael Pedersen will gut you like a fish and smash your heart in. Searingly specific, exquisite and requisite. I relished reading every tiny morsel of it'' Shirley Manson''Open-hearted, gut-wrenching and yet elegiac, these poems pack a hefty emotional punch. Michael Pederson''s poems display a huge vocabulary for love, love in all its many forms and guises. These poems chart the journey from boyhood to manhood, the highs and the lows, the losses and the gains, always working their way towards an essential, emotional truth'' Jackie Kay''If the alphabet is a piano keyboard then Michael Pedersen plays it with the confidence and panache of a jazz improviser who knows that every note can have the potential to change someone''s life. Be amazed by this book'' Ian McMillan''Michael''s poems are so physical you can almost touch the images in them. Fabulously sensual and alive. I adore poetry like this'' Stephen FryThe Cat Prince & Other Poems is the third collection from prize-winning poet, and author of Boy Friends, Michael Pedersen. All moggy moxie, Pedersen croons to the beauty and devastation of love, loss, friendship, cats and careless joy. Equal parts tender and trenchant, raw and ribald, plangent and smutty, these poems exhibit an emotionally charged, fantastical playground of language and lore. From the brutalising death of a cherished friend comes a gut-wrenching grief. And so begins a tenacious quest for light, lustre and survival as Pedersen pays tender tribute to a gorgeous, life-altering friendship. In doing so, he harks back to the hilarity of being young, reckless and petrified: memories of boys showboating in a fishing tackle shop, games of feline metamorphosis, laments for demolished buildings and a case of constipation of the most pernicious stock.As frisky as it is fierce, The Cat Prince pounces around the poet''s emotional and physical landscapes, past and present, unfankling a Scotland full of gothic splendour and nature''s majesty.These poems reveal a poet at his bravest and most vulnerable. The Cat Prince & Other Poems purrs with affection, flashes its teeth, then digs in the claws.
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