Stephen L. Carter Libri

Talcott Garland, professore universitario, torna dopo molti anni a Washington per i funerali del padre, un giudice di colore che negli ultimi anni aveva visto il suo prestigio infranto a causa dei suoi inspiegabili legami con un pericoloso criminale ricercato. Ma non è questo l'unico mistero nella vita dell'uomo. La sorella di Talcott è infatti convinta che il loro padre sia stato assassinato per qualcosa di cui era a conoscenza. Ma quale pericoloso segreto custodiva il giudice e perché qualcuno si è già convinto che lo abbia trasmesso a Talcott? E cosa si nasconde dietro l'ossessione del giudice di trovare il pirata della strada che gli ha già ucciso un'altra figlia? Toccherà a Talcott fare luce sui troppi pericolosi segreti della sua famiglia.

In un novembre nevoso nel New England, viene scoperto il cadavere di un noto economista di colore, docente all'università di Elm Harbor. A trovarlo sono Julia e Lemaster Carlyle, una coppia già conosciuta dai lettori del precedente romanzo di Stephen Carter. Julia, vicepreside, ha avuto una relazione complicata con l'ucciso, Kellen Zant, e lo ha rivisto pochi giorni prima della sua morte. Rifiutando di ascoltare la sua richiesta di aiuto, si ritrova ora coinvolta in un'indagine sull'omicidio, che suscita domande e sospetti da parte di vari personaggi, inclusi il responsabile della sorveglianza dell'università e un avvocato poco raccomandabile. La situazione si complica ulteriormente quando sua figlia Vanessa, un'adolescente problematica, rivela che Kellen l'ha avvicinata con attenzioni inopportune. Man mano che Julia indaga, la sua vita matrimoniale viene scossa e riemergono fantasmi del passato, tra cui la sua storia con Kellen e un misterioso caso di omicidio che coinvolge un'adolescente bianca e un ragazzo nero. Con la sua scrittura brillante, Carter esplora le lotte storiche delle famiglie afroamericane per ottenere e mantenere il potere, dalle conquiste del Rinascimento di Harlem alle attuali sfide politiche.

This book offers a fresh and vibrant account of the military campaign of Argyll and Monmouth that concludes at Sedgemoor in July 1685.

This book combines the greatest military works with the original illustrations to describe the military art in the century of the soldier. Volume one covers the duties of the general, preparations for war and the tactics of the infantry.

At last...the public hearing she was denied...These essays reveal keen powers of analysis applied to some of the most obdurate problems that bedevil electoral politics. Anyone who cares about the mechanisms of democracy should be engaged by her tough-minded explorations. It doesn't matter where you think you it's all here, to argue or agree with.-- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Lani Guinier's fascinating book is a prophetic intervention into a public conversation we desperately need to rejuvenate. There is no doubt that her powerful voice will produce good consequences for our nation and world.-- Cornel West, Author of Race MattersIntriguing and desperately needed...-- The San Francisco Chronicle

The author of the acclaimed Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby argues that in our zeal to keep religion out of politics we force the religiously devout to act as if their faith doesn't really matter--a mistake which he feels must be corrected.

USA Today called Stephen L. Carter’s last novel “the perfect summer read . . . Carter slips in so many original, thought-provoking observations that the reader is sad the killer has been caught.” Now Carter, the best-selling author of New England White, is back with Palace Council, a gripping political thriller set in the era of Watergate and Vietnam. Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, respect, and connections. He’s the last person you’d expect to fall prey to a murderer, but when his body is found on the grounds of a Harlem mansion, the young writer Eddie Wesley, along with the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, are pulled into a twenty-year search for the truth. The disappearance of Eddie’s sister June makes their investigation even more troubling. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics all the way to the Oval Office and President Nixon himself. Suspenseful, provocative, and witty, Palace Council turns our assumptions inside out and reminds us how the struggles of that era set the stage for America today.

A riveting spy thriller, Jericho's Fall is the spellbinding story of a young woman running for her life from shadowy government forces. In a secluded mountain retreat, Jericho Ainsley, former CIA director and former secretary of defense, is dying of cancer. To his bedside he has called Rebecca DeForde, a young, single mother, who was once his lover. Instead of simply bidding farewell, however, Ainsley imparts an explosive secret and DeForde finds herself thrown into a world of international intrigue, involving ex-CIA executives, local police, private investigators, and even a US senator. With no one to trust, DeForde is suddenly on the run, relying on her own wits and the lessons she learned from Ainsley to stay alive.

This book combines the greatest military works with the original illustrations to describe the military art in the century of the soldier. Volume 1 covers the duties of the general, preparations for war and the tactics of the infantry.

This book details the armies, units, and battlefields of the Monmouth Rebellion, in both Scotland and England, giving the enthusiast everything needed to re-fight the battles of 1685. The detailed maps and fast play campaign rules will add extra excitement to each encounter, creating an essential companion to 1685.

Autor ve své práci zprostředkovává dnešní znalosti o tom, jak žili naši venkovští předkové v knížecích přemyslovských Čechách, a to na životních osudech jednoho hypotetického poddaného rolníka. Za příklad si vzal skutečně existujícího muže, uváděného mezi poplatnými sedláky v jedné darovací listině z roku 1132, jenž měl usedlost v předhradí „hradiště“ na Levém Hradci. V celkem 21 kapitolách se tak dovíme o Ostojově životním prostředí, jeho povinnostech k únětické církevní vrchnosti, jeho sociálním zařazení, dále jak mohla vypadat jeho levohradecká usedlost, jak pracoval, jak asi žila jeho rodina, čím se živil, co jedl, jak se oblékal, jak asi vypadalo jeho náboženské přesvědčení, jeho pověry, jak nejspíš prožíval sváteční dny, čeho se bál, jak stonal a čím své nemoci léčil; pochopitelně nechybějí ani partie o narození a smrti. Neobyčejně zajímavý je též popis Ostojova cyklu zemědělského roku, tak slavnostní a svátků s ním spojených. Kniha je určena všem, kdo se zajímají o archeologii a o historii středověku, především o tu kulturní a každodenní. Doplněno obsáhlým a aktualizovaným seznamem literatury. Množství náčrtů, mapek a obrázků, jichž je oproti původnímu vydání téměř dvojnásobek.

1. díl STŘEDOVĚK - spousta ilustrací (barevných, černobílých), historické mapy, časová shrnutí. Lze využít jako literaturu faktu nebo učebnici dějepisu pro ZŠ a víceletá gymnázia

Le juge noir Oliver Garland vient de mourir. Patriarche irascible et autoritaire, républicain ultraconservateur dont la carrière fut jadis éclaboussée par un scandale qui lui coûta sa nomination à la Cour suprême, il laisse derrière lui nombre de zones d'ombre et d'ennemis. A-t-il été assassiné, comme en est convaincue sa fille Mariah ? Emporté par une crise cardiaque, comme l'affirme la thèse officielle ? Son fils Talcott, le seul des trois enfants Garland à partager avec le juge la passion des échecs, se trouve entraîné dans une partie diabolique. Une terrible quête de la vérité qui va contraindre ce professeur de droit estimé à mettre en péril sa réputation en assemblant pion par pion chaque élément de la personnalité ambiguë de son père, de sa carrière, du drame qui l'a ruinée. Mais s'il veut sauver sa famille, son couple et sa propre vie, Talcott n'a pas le choix... Complexité des relations familiales, subtile analyse de la situation raciale dans les États-Unis d'aujourd'hui, fresque sociale de la bourgeoisie noire américaine, peinture au vitriol des ambitions du monde universitaire et des jeux du pouvoir politique... Une saga foisonnante par ses thèmes, intimiste par son écriture, qui allie le sens du suspense des plus captivants thrillers à la force d'un roman littéraire.