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A Cadillac, a pistol, and a corpse make for another morning in Chicago. The body belongs to Walter Griffin, a prominent Black Chicagoan insider hailing from the city’s West Side. He ascended to the upper echelons of the mayor’s office only to meet his end in a watery grave at Wolf Point. Forensics finds his prints on the gun; it’s ruled a suicide. But grizzled private investigator Ashe Cayne knows better. Griffin’s children plead with a reluctant Ashe to hunt their father’s killer.

Between 2012 and 2023, Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC's Director of Research. His tenure coincided with the club’s greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning the Premier League in 2020 – Liverpool’s first league title after an agonising 29 years. Here for the first time, Graham reveals the fascinating data that informed some of the club’s most pivotal moments of the past decade, from the appointment of Jurgen Klopp as manager in 2015 to the signing of Mohamed Salah in 2017.

¿Son compatibles la libertad estética y el compromiso político? McEwan reflexiona a partir de Orwell y Camus. En 1940 George Orwell publicó el ensayo "En el vientre de la ballena", en el que se pregunta cómo pueden conjugar los escritores la integridad estética y el compromiso político. ¿Son compatibles? ¿Cuál debe prevalecer por encima del otro? ¿Tiene sentido exigirle a un creador la denuncia de las injusticias del mundo? Años después, en 1957, Albert Camus, otro heterodoxo antitotalitario, y temprano denunciante del estalinismo, se planteó el mismo asunto.

In seinem Bestseller »Höllensturz« hat Ian Kershaw meisterhaft die dramatische Geschichte Europas in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts erzählt. In seinem neuen Buch »Achterbahn« nimmt der renommierte Historiker nun die Jahre von 1950 bis heute in den Blick und spannt einen großen Bogen von der existentiellen Unsicherheit, die die Staaten Europas im Kalten Krieg durchlebten, bis zu den Herausforderungen, vor denen sie heute, in Zeiten ökonomischer und politischer Krisen stehen.

On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly, it's the murder of a former fiancé, turned brother-in-law. None of which the stubborn old woman denies.

Ian Moore is a stand-up comedian in the UK and a husband, father of three boys, farmhand and chutney-maker in France. He is a mod in both walks of life and most of his time is spent travelling grumpily between the two. Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough. Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn’t like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.

Welcome to Flamford, the town sanity forgot. Edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out Andy Chambers has been advised, for the sake of his health, to take a break from his stressful London lifestyle and get some rest. So he goes to stay with his estranged uncle, Jeff Whitaker, at his seaside home in Flamford - but, as he soon discovers, living with his relative is far from relaxing.

Space Marines can be found fighting hundreds of wars across every sector of the Imperium - they are the will of the emperor made manifest. These audio dramas will bring you into their battles as never before, as bolt shells and chainswords lay waste to any who would stand against them.

THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED TO READ BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE ON 4 JULY. Why do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others miserably fail? What is a 'special adviser' and how did they take over British political life? And why is the House of Lords more functional than most people...

The essential book from online tennis coaching sensation Ian Westermann, founder of EssentialTennis.com What’s the number one thing stopping you from playing your best tennis? Ian Westermann, founder of the world’s #1 online tennis instruction portal, Essentialtennis.com, will confidently...

Transform Yourself from ""Passion Victim"" to Passionista! In the smash hit She Comes First, Ian Kerner singlehandedly waged battle against male sexual ""ill-cliteracy,"" and women everywhere benefited from his ""viva la vulva"" philosophy of female pleasure. Now, in Passionista, it's time to...

Until recently, infrastructure was the backbone of organizations' operating software they developed in-house. But now that cloud vendors run the computers, companies can finally bring the benefits of agile custom-centricity to their own developers. Adding product management to infrastructure organizations is now all the rage. But how's that possible when infrastructure is still the operational layer of the company?

Wir neigen dazu, das Mittelalter als eine dunkle, rückständige und konstante Zeit zu sehen, die von Gewalt, Unwissenheit und Aberglaube geprägt war. Im Gegensatz dazu glauben wir, dass Fortschritt auf Wissenschaft und technischer Innovation beruht und dass uns erst die Erfindungen der letzten Jahrhunderte in die Moderne geführt haben. Ian Mortimer räumt mit diesem Narrativ auf. Er skizziert die enormen kulturellen Veränderungen, die sich im Mittelalter vollzogen, und führt uns eine revolutionäre Epoche vor Augen, die von grundlegender Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der westlichen Welt war.

What happened to the Doctor’s companions after they left the TARDIS? In Harry Sullivan’s War, by Ian Marter, the Doctor’s former companion has severe misgivings when he is transferred to work in the Hebrides. Is someone out to kill him? In The Kairos Ring, by Stephen Gallagher, Romana and...

These stories will transport you to the heart-breaking internecine conflict known as the Horus Heresy. Each one of these audio dramas is a stirring tale of a long, vicious war that rages on into the 41st Millennium. Some of Black Library's best-known names have crafted thrilling, revealing and sometimes surprising audio dramas that shed more light on the galaxy spanning conflicts of the Horus Heresy.

Discover a new and more effective method of experiencing peace and tranquility in your life. Be the driver of your fate with the steps and guidelines explained in this book and change your life exponentially. What is stoicism? Can I really be happier by not feeling or getting less emotionally involved? Stoicism involves acquiring self-control and fortitude development as a means of combating destructive emotions.

Richard Ainsworth is preparing for the Christmas of his dreams: quiet, no guests at his French B&B and his favourite films on the TV. None of which seems on the cards when his rural peace is shattered by the unexpected arrival of a familiar face. Valérie d’Orçay has hotfooted it from Paris with her chihuahua in tow and an invitation to a Christmas themed murder mystery game.

Agatha Christie’s new publisher suggests she visits a quaint village, Chipping Morten, to inspire her to complete her next Miss Marple manuscript. But, who is the Marple-mad fan, who is following the bestselling murder mystery author? And, upon arrival at the village, a Miss Marple-inspired murder is announced, with a suspicious familiarity. Can someone really be using Agatha's Miss Marple books as a template for... murder? The Woman in Green 1 of 3

Die Zeit von Shakespeare und Königin Elisabeth I. gilt als »goldenes Zeitalter«. Aber wie war es eigentlich wirklich, im England des 16. Jahrhunderts zu leben? Wir reisen mit Ian Mortimer zurück und spazieren durch die Straßen Londons.

Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic...