The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (Lin Tom)(Pevná vazba)

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (Lin Tom)(Pevná vazba)

An astounding debut that reimagines the classic Western through the eyes of a Chinese American assassin on a quest to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact his revenge on her abductors, and 'declares the arrival of an astonishing new voice' (Jonathan Lethem). 'In Tom Lin's novel, the atmosphere of

Line of Sight (Queally James)(Pevná vazba)

The debut novel from novel award-winning crime reporter James Queally, an incredibly timely crime drama about a former crime reporter-turned-private investigator who comes into possession of a controversial, inflammatory video of police brutality that makes him enemy number one with the police

The Killing Tide (Anderson Lin)(Pevná vazba)

The Killing Tide is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod. After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is swept ashore in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances

The Science of Crime Scenes (Houck Max M.)(Pevná vazba)

The Science of Crime Scenes, Second Edition offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, emphasizing that understanding is more important than simply knowing. Without sacrificing technical details, the book adds significantly to the philosophy and theory of crime scene science. This new edition

The Art of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Power Dermot)(Pevná vazba)

Androgyny in Late Ming and Early Qing Literature (Zhou Zuyan)(Pevná vazba)

The frequent appearance of androgyny in Ming and Qing literature has long interested scholars of late imperial Chinese culture. A flourishing economy, widespread education, rising individualism, a prevailing hedonism--all of these had contributed to the gradual disintegration of traditional gender

The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of

Weight of a Thousand Feathers (Conaghan Brian)(Pevná vazba)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Volume 1 (MacGregor David)(Pevná vazba)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces ambitiously takes on the task of explaining the continued popularity of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective over the course of three centuries. In plays, films, TV shows, and other media, one generation after another has reimagined Holmes as a

Book of Dream Meanings - One Thousand Dreams Interpreted (Powell Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the hidden meanings of one thousand common dream symbols to help you interpret your innermost

True Crimes and Misdemeanors - The Investigation of Donald Trump (Toobin Jeffrey)(Pevná vazba)

City of a Thousand Gates (Sacks Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

'The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank... The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement.' --Entertainment Weekly 'Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the

The Little History of Coventry (Walters Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Little History Of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians but which has been at the heart of this country's great events many times. From testing ground of the saintly Godiva

Dying Squad (Simcox Adam)(Pevná vazba)

LINE OF DUTY meets RIVERS OF LONDON - a brand-new supernatural crime debut in which a detective has to solve his own

The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development (Blaustein Jarrett)(Pevná vazba)

The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development brings together a diverse and international collection of essays to critically examine issues relating to crime and justice in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s (Klinger Leslie S.)(Pevná vazba)

American crime writing was reborn in the 1920s. After years of dominance by British authors, new American writers--with fresh ideas about the detective and the mystery--appeared on the scene and rose to heights of popularity not witnessed since the success of the Sherlock Holmes tales in America

Song of the Crimson Flower (Dao Julie C.)(Pevná vazba)

From the acclaimed author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns comes a fantastical new tale of darkness and love, in which magical bonds are stronger than blood. Will love break the spell? After cruelly rejecting Bao, the poor physician's apprentice who loves her, Lan, a wealthy nobleman's daughter,

A Thousand Fires (Price Shannon)(Pevná vazba)

Shannon Price's A Thousand Fires is a breakout contemporary debut--think The Outsiders meets The Iliad--that's perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Veronica Roth.10 Years. 3 Gangs. 1 Girl's Epic Quest...Valerie Simons knows the Wars are dangerous--her little brother was killed by the Boars two

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific (Thomas Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James

The Bear: History of a Fallen King (Pastoureau Michel)(Pevná vazba)

The oldest discovered statue, fashioned some fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, is of a bear. The lion was not always king. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends from the Slavic East to Celtic

Crime Scene Photography (Robinson Edward M.)(Pevná vazba)

Crime Scene Photography, Third Edition, covers the general principles and concepts of photography, while also delving into the more practical elements and advanced concepts of forensic photography. Robinson assists the reader in understanding and applying essential concepts in order to create

The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years (McGuckin John Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

John Anthony McGuckin, one of the world's leading scholars of ancient Christianity, has synthesized a lifetime of work to produce the most comprehensive and accessible history of the Christian movement during its first thousand years. The Path of Christianity takes readers on a journey from the

The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Harrow Alix E.)(Pevná vazba)

In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels

Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling (Satyamurti Carole)(Pevná vazba)

Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the Mahabharata tells the story of a royal dynasty, descended from gods, whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic masterpiece of huge sweep and magisterial power, 'a hundred