Lawrence: 4086 books

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation....

Ein Ticket für den Friedhof ist der achte Roman mit Lawrence Blocks fesselndster Figur, Matthew Scudder. Eher klassischer Thriller als Kriminalroman, ist er vielleicht sogar sein bester. Von heftigen Schuldgefühlen geplagt, hat Scudder Frau und Kinder verlassen und den Polizeidienst quittiert, um...

"THE STRONGEST LOVE..." has as its tag line the observation of W. Somerset Maugham that "The love that is the strongest is the love that is not returned." Following the format of Emile Zola's "For a Night of Love" its author T. Lawrence Harrison begins with the title novella: The powerful and...

In seinem elften Abenteuer wagt sich Matt Scudder wieder einmal in düstere Gefilde vor. Dazu einige Pressestimmen: Es bedarf der sicheren Hand eines coolen Profis wie Lawrence Block, um den hektischen Puls einer Stadt wie New York City einzufangen. Scudder schleppt einigen persönlichen Ballast...

Von Willa Cathers Bonmot zu Beginn des Buchs - "Selbst die Bösen bekommen Schlimmeres, als sie verdienen " – bis zum letzten Satz beglückt Block seine Leser wieder einmal mit einem großartig geschriebenen Scudder-Roman. ~Thomas Gaughan, Booklist Im Namen des Volkes ist...

From Pulitzer Prize nominee Lawrence Weschler, a fascinating profile of Walter Murch, a film legend and amateur astrophysicist whose investigations could reshape our understanding of the universe. For film aficionados, Walter Murch is legendary--a three-time Academy Award winner, arguably the...

An intimate memoir recalling a young photographer's relationship with Marilyn Monroe just months before her death, with extraordinary photographs, some of which have never been published. "With the precision of a surgeon, Schiller slices through the façade of Marilyn Monroe in his unflinching...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning...

An MWA Grand Master tells it straight: Fredric Brown: “When I read Murder Can Be Fun, I had a bottle of bourbon on the table and every time Brown’s hero took a drink, I had a snort myself. This is a hazardous undertaking when in the company of Brown’s characters, and, I’ve been given...

From the host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, the race that created American politics as we know it today The 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O’Donnell’s...

In this fascinating book about religion in America, one of this country's most probing yet sympathetic journalists puts forth stories not only of real grace but of despair, sexual scandal, and attempted murder. Lawrence Wright's Saints and Sinners are Jimmy Swaggart, who preached a hellfire...

New Edition - November 2013 Millions of people want to improve their personal finance and investing practices. Many are confused and frustrated, because they do not have the knowledge and tools that they need to plan their financial futures efficiently and optimally. Addressing these problems, this...

2016 Updated EditionPeople can benefit greatly, when they decide to follow investment strategies that are: 1) savings-driven, 2) thoroughly diversified, 3) completely passive, 4) risk-adjusted, 5) cost-effective, and 6) tax-efficient. These factors are all interrelated. In fact, when you choose personal...

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de:...