Andrew Hurley: 8 books

By examining environmental change through the lens of conflicting social agendas, Andrew Hurley uncovers the historical roots of environmental inequality in contemporary urban America. Hurley's study focuses on the steel mill community of Gary, Indiana, a city that was sacrificed, like a thousand...

Across the United States, historic preservation has become a catalyst for urban regeneration. Entrepreneurs, urban pioneers, and veteran city dwellers have refurbished thousands of dilapidated properties and put them to productive use as shops, restaurants, nightclubs, museums, and private residences....

‘De Loney is niet zozeer goed, het is geweldig. Het is literatuur van formaat.’ Stephen King De ontdekking van een kinderlijkje aan de stormachtige Engelse kust van Lancashire dwingt Smith, de verteller van dit verhaal, terug te denken aan de pelgrimsreis die hij in 1976 met zijn ouders en geestelijk...

Elke herfst keert John Pentecost terug naar de schapenboerderij in Lancashire waar hij opgroeide, om zijn vader te helpen. Doorgaans gebeurt er vrij weinig in de Endlands, maar dit jaar is Johns grootvader overleden. Bovendien vergezelt zijn nieuwe vrouw, Katherine, hem voor het eerst bij zijn bezoek...

The nation’s favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar...

Something strange is happening on British shores. Britain has a long history of folk tales, ghost stories and other uncanny fictions, and these literary ley lines are still shimmering beneath the surface of this green and pleasant land. Every few generations this strangeness crawls out from...

**Winner of the Costa First Novel Award A Best Book of the Year, London Times and Daily Mail An Exceptional Novel, Sunday Times Best Book of the Year, British Book Industry Awards A Best Summer Book, Publishers Weekly “The terrors of this novel feel timeless . . . There are abominations here,...

Quando os restos mortais de uma criança são descobertos durante uma tempestade de inverno numa extensão da sombria costa da Inglaterra conhecida como Loney, Smith é obrigado a confrontar acontecimentos terríveis e misteriosos ocorridos quarenta anos antes, quando ainda era criança e visitou...