Mostrando resultados por autor "A Harvey" en Todas las categorías

On October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson's "shot heard around the world" ended one of the most dramatic pennant races ever. Interviews, contemporary newspaper articles, and memoirs of participants are used to describe the intense rivalry and provide a day-by-day look at the Giants' pennant run, including a fascinating examination of the strategy of the final game.

In Modern Conversations of a Slave Mother, Mitchelle Harvey amplifies the voice of African-American mothers and shares the multi-generational experiences of these strong and resilient women who managed to thrive through adversity. In this book you will find out how challenges turn into success.

This is a History of Brushy Mountain Prison from the Coal Creek War to its closing and finally becoming a tourist attraction. The home of James Earl Ray, serial killers Paul Dennis Reed, truck driver Bruce Mendenhall, and Thomas “Zoo Man” Huskey among others.

Ishockey-hjerteknuseren Jasper Gervais er kendt som den flotte, talentfulde atlet på tv. Men for Sloane Winthrop er han stadig den fortabte dreng med det triste blik og et hjerte af guld, som hun mødte i Chestnut Springs for mange år siden ... og den ven, hun altid har været hemmeligt forelsket i.

In his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by a rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in London, the capture of a violent criminal goes badly wrong, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch is uneasy about the reasons why, an uneasiness that is compounded when she starts to believe she is being stalked.

The Cotswold Explorer brings you another collection of spooky tales ranging from haunted houses and bounding werewolves, to tongue-in-cheek tales of reincarnation.

Buy a 90-year-old Dutch canal barge, a 70-foot former commercial boat, and cruise the canals and rivers of France. Brie, Burgundy and baguettes. Snails and foie gras. Engine breakdowns and language adventures. Sounds like a dream. In On a Barge in France, Harvey Schwartz tells of the four summers he and his wife spent on Hoop Doet Leven ("Hope Gives Life") traveling the French countryside and learning to live a slower, fuller life. Each chapter offers a slice of French life, a potpourri of the classic French lifestyle that perseveres in small towns along the canals and rivers.

Niende bind i den norske krimiserie om efterforskeren Ole Vik. Serien er en af de mest solgte krimiserier i Norge; i 2023 var Jørgen Jæger den anden mest solgte krimiforfattere i Norge, kun overgået af Jo Nesbø. Kriminalassistent Cecilie Hopen rejser til Drammen for at finde ud af, hvad der er sket med hendes kæreste Bernhard. Hendes gamle kolleger på politistationen er meget lidt samarbejdsvillige, og hun får pludselig at vide, at Bernhard har druknet sig i Drammen-elven. Men kan det passe? Den private efterforsker Ole Vik, hendes nye chef og gode ven, kommer til Drammen for at hjælpe hende.

1964. Sorcha O'Donovan drømmer om noget andet end det stille liv ved West Corks kyst i Irland, hvor hun er vokset op, og da hun møder den karismatiske musiker, Con Daly, forandres alt. Sammen drager de til London, hvor Con slår igennem med rockbandet The Fishermen, og fremtiden ser lys ud for parret. Men bag berømmelsen lurer mørket. Trusler og hemmeligheder fra fortiden truer med at ødelægge alt. Og en dag forsvinder Con sporløst. 20 år senere samles The Fishermen igen til en kæmpe velgørenhedskoncert – men hvor er Con Daly? Der er kun én person, der kan afdække sandheden.

En stærk øjenvidneberetning om, hvordan en hverdag som kampsoldat i krig i Irak og Afghanistan føles og opleves. Om hvad der foregår i krig – og i soldaternes liv. Nogle kalder kamp med livet som indsats brutalt, grænseoverskridende og umenneskeligt. Kampsoldaterne kalder det tirsdag.

Alice-Miranda is in bustling New York City. It's a blur of skyscrapers, hot dog carts, chats with zoo animals and classes at Mrs Kimmel's School for Girls, right next to glorious Central Park. Her family's glamorous department store, Highton's on Fifth, has just been renovated, but plans for the fabulous reopening party are going curiously wrong. Is that why Alice-Miranda's father, Hugh, seems so worried? And why is her new friend, Lucinda, so shy about inviting Alice-Miranda home?

David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles is a bi-weekly podcast that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens. Support the show on Patreon and get early access to episodes and more: https://www.patreon.com/davidharveyacc

The AI-Driven Entrepreneur: Unlocking Entrepreneurial Success with Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Insights" is a comprehensive guide for entrepreneurs and business owners looking to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for optimal business success. This practical, step-by-step handbook merges the essentials of entrepreneurship with cutting-edge AI applications and AI case studies to help you revolutionize your venture in today's competitive landscape. In Part 1, Entrepreneurial Essentials, you'll learn the mindset, skills, and strategies necessary for success in ...

1. "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett 2. "The Card Unveiled" by Cleveland Moffett 3. "The Problem of the Five Marks" by Melville Davisson Post 4. "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins 5. "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe 6. "Who Killed Charlie Winpole" by Ernest Bramah 7. "The Comedy at Fountain Cottage" by Ernest Bramah 8. "The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles" by William Le Queux 9. "The Hair" by A. J. Alan 10. "The Haunted Dolls’ House" by M. R. James, and many more....

From an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up. In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small...

The expanded version of this authoritative biography of Wallenberg discusses previously sealed prison records and archives; reports of recent sightings of Wallenberg; the Wallenberg family's historic multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the former Soviet Union; and the worldwide activities in honor of this great man who could not be a bystander.

A fiercely intelligent and moving second novel from the author of the acclaimed The Wilderness. Leonard Deppling returns to the capital from Scotland, where he has spent the past year nursing his dying father. Missing from the funeral was his younger brother William, a former lecturer and activist who lives with his wife and two young sons. Leonard is alone and rootless, he moves in with William hoping to unite their family and renew their friendship.

I think for sure it must've been a dream because there's no way a guy could look like that, touch me like that, and be so in tune with me on every known level and disappear, leaving me with nothing but a good story to tell my friends. When he walks into my bar three months later, everything I thought I knew and what we'd had disappears in the blink of an eye and the blinding light of the three-carat diamond on his fiancee's hand.

Encapsulating over 60 years of combined professional experience working with successful leaders worldwide, authors Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura provide a proven collection of universal best in class leadership beliefs and behaviors labeled THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF LEADERSHIP. Despite the old adage, leaders are made not born. They are made with integrity, discipline, commitment, and hard work. Truly effective leadership is developed by learning and refining specific skills and applying those skills according to sound principles and time-tested guidelines. Providing you and your colleagues ...

Remember when an unattended package was just that, an unattended package? Remember when the airport was a place that evoked magical possibilities, not the anxiety of a full-body scan? In the post-9/11 world, we have become focused on heightened security measures, but do you feel safer? Are you safer? Against Security explains how our anxieties about public safety have translated into command-and-control procedures that annoy, intimidate, and are often counterproductive.