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Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations influenced both his love of music and his initial desire to become a painter. Stories of his loving and sometimes eccentric parents complement scenes depicting a very young Bob Dylan as he arrived on the Greenwich Village folk scene. Reflections on Wolf’s studies in Boston—where he shared an apartment with David Lynch—are braided with accounts of first love, an untraditional literary education, and early musical influences such as Muddy Waters.

Short story written by Jack London The Son of the Wolf consists of a single man who is known as Mckenzie or "Scruff". The story tells of the hardships of what single men had to endure on the frontier. Often men would venture on journeys that may consist of months or even years just in order to find the right suitor. Scruff had been the toughest of the tough and had lasted the longest on the frontier without the company of a woman. This story connects with naturalism by showing that nature can be just as cruel as it can be forgiving if someone is alone on the frontier.

Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life.

This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.

The next Lincoln Lawyer novel from Michael Connelly.

Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL—and a past president—has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie—turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father.

In "Notes from Underground" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, we are not talking about revolutionary personalities, a secret struggle for some ideas or about a curtain of secrets and mysteries. The hero of the "underground", the author of the notes, is a collegiate assessor who retired after receiving a small inheritance. He lives poorly, in a wretched room on the outskirts of Petersburg. And the "underground" is psychological.

When Earthman Arthur Dent learns that first his house and then his planet are about to be bulldozed, it’s the beginning of an interplanetary adventure for him and his friend, Ford Prefect. After fleeing Earth they hitch a lift with hoopy frood Zaphod Beeblebrox, who hurtles from one improbability to another - literally. With Trillian and Marvin the Paranoid Android in tow, the answer to life, the universe and everything is soon revealed: 42. But what was the question?

Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing aren't taught in school. At a time when individuals have to make important decisions about saving for college and 401(k) retirement funds, this failure to provide a basic education in investing can have tragic consequences.

Step into the shadowy world of Dracula, where the timeless clash between light and darkness unfolds. When Jonathan Harker, an unsuspecting solicitor, journeys to the eerie castle of Count Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains, he unwittingly unleashes a centuries-old terror upon Victorian England. As the enigmatic Count weaves his web of seduction and horror, a small band of brave souls must rise to face an evil that defies comprehension.

January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings—Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy—arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in. But for one of the O'Learys, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all.

Set in small-town rural Virginia the series gets an explosive start in Searching for Lilly when our heroine comes to town as part of the film crew on a paranormal research show. They’re looking for Bigfoot, but there’s a deeper mystery to solve when bodies start appearing in the forest. Book two, Searching for Elsie features a down on her luck single-mother, who is working at the local bar and living in a motel to make ends meet.

Sherlock Holmes lebt zurückgezogen auf dem Stammsitz seiner Familie in den sanften Downs von Sussex – doch das Denken, das Erinnern, das Kombinieren hört nie auf. Bei einem seiner Besuche blickt Dr. Watson gemeinsam mit dem gealterten Meisterdetektiv zurück auf drei besondere Episoden: Ein unschuldiger Brief weckt Erinnerungen an die frühen Tage in der Baker Street. Ein Sonderzug verschwindet spurlos auf dem Weg nach London – mitsamt allen Passagieren.

Herbst 1906: Der Funker Charlie Ingram wird tot im Funkraum des Ozeandampfers URANUS aufgefunden. Bei ihm der erste Offizier Harald Tennel. Die Tatwaffe: ein Messer, das Tennel gehört. Der Fall scheint klar. Kapitän Dyle vertraut seinem langjährigen Weggefährten und will ihm helfen, seine Unschuld zu beweisen. Er kontaktiert DIE DENKMASCHINE.

Die exzentrische, aber liebenswürdige Helen ist die einzige Bewohnerin von Brandon Hall. Als sie überraschend stirbt, mag Pater Brown nicht so recht an einen natürlichen Tod glauben. Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund und Vertrauten Hercule Flambeau startet er seine Ermittlungen, in dessen Zentrum Helen Halls Neffe Frederik steht.

Nachdem sich ein vielgereister Weltenbummler in der Nachbargemeinde Pater Browns niedergelassen hat, ist das verschlafene, kleine Dorf in Aufruhr. Von großzügigen Geldgeschenken ist die Rede. Vom Kirchendiener gebeten, schaut sich Pater Brown den Menschen einmal genauer an und schon bald kommt es zu einem Eklat, als eine Geschädigte auftaucht.

Ist der Sträfling Oscar Rian wirklich der, für den er sich ausgibt? Oberinspektor Greywood Usher von der Polizei in Chicago hat daran seine Zweifel. Wie gut, dass der Inspektor einen Lügendetektor hat. Leider hat er aber auch den neugierigen Pater Brown am Hals, der zufällig gerade einen Studienfreund in Amerika besucht. Und der Pater hat so seine Zweifel, ob eine Maschine wirklich die Wahrheit herausfinden kann.

An der winterlichen Küste von Essex stolpern Pater Brown und sein Freund Flambeau zufällig über eine Leiche und bald schon müssen sie um ihr eigenes Leben laufen. Die Flucht vor ihren mysteriösen Verfolgern führt sie in eine Boxarena. Aber auch dort sind düstere Mächte am Werk.

Recherchen für einen Bericht über das "Teufelsohr der Herzöge von Exmoor" führen den Journalisten Francis Finn nach Devonshire, wo zufällig gerade auch Pater Brown zu tun hat. Kurz nach Finns Ankunft wird der Verwalter des Herzogs tot aufgefunden. War es ein Unfall oder hat man ihn ermordet? Eine Frage, die den jungen Journalisten ebenso interessiert wie Pater Brown.