John Hart tvorí napínavé romány, ktoré sa hlboko ponárajú do tém viny, vykúpenia a temných tajomstiev ľudskej duše. Jeho štýl sa vyznačuje drsnou, no zároveň poetickou prózou, ktorá čitateľa vtiahne do surového sveta jeho postáv. Hart sa zameriava na vykreslenie komplexných vzťahov a morálnych dilem, čím jeho diela presahujú bežné žánrové zaradenie. Je uznávaný pre svoju schopnosť vytvárať nezabudnuteľné príbehy so silným emocionálnym dopadom.
Focusing on the self-perception of homosexuals and societal perceptions, this book offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the formation and sustainability of homosexual identity within a political and cultural landscape. With insights from Jeffrey Weeks in a new preface, it delves into the complexities of identity and the influences that shape it, reflecting on the evolving dynamics of homosexuality since its original publication in 1981.
The story follows Herdwick, a dedicated teacher who challenges the prevailing socialist education ideology that promotes uniformity in learning. He seeks to inspire his diverse students while grappling with personal struggles, including living with his estranged mother and the absence of his father, who has not returned from military service. Themes of individuality, educational reform, and familial relationships intertwine as he navigates his complex life and the societal pressures of his time.
After a tour of Vietnam and a three-year stint in prison, Jason is back in town and wants to rebuild his relationship with Gibby, the younger brother he hasn't seen for years. Determined to make that connection, he coaxes Gibby into a day at the lake: long hours of sunshine and whisky and older women.But when the four of them encounter a prison transfer bus on a stretch of empty road, one of the women taunts the prisoners, causing a riot on the bus.Soon after, Tyra is savagely murdered. Given his violent history, suspicion turns first to Jason. Determined to prove his older brother's innocence, Gibby must avoid the police and dive deep into his brother's hidden life, a journey that takes him into the darkest corners of the community
The narrative explores a father's profound grief and helplessness as he confronts his child's suffering. With raw emotion, he reflects on the limitations of his ability to protect and heal, expressing anger towards the medical system and a higher power. The poignant imagery of a swollen face and the gentle farewell highlights the deep bond between parent and child, emphasizing themes of loss, despair, and the struggle against an unforgiving reality.
Set during the Vietnam War in the South, this gripping tale weaves together crime and suspense, offering profound insights into the human psyche. Gibby's older brothers have faced the war's harsh realities—one lost his life, while the other returned as a hardened veteran, recently released from prison. Jason, the surviving brother, struggles to connect with Gibby, whom he hasn't seen in years. In an attempt to bond, he invites Gibby for a day at the lake, filled with sunshine, whisky, and older women. However, their outing takes a dark turn when they encounter a prison transfer bus. A drunken taunt from one of the women incites chaos, leading to her brutal murder soon after. With Jason's violent past, he quickly becomes the prime suspect, and when another woman goes missing, suspicion shifts to Gibby as well. To clear his brother's name, Gibby must evade the police and delve into Jason's shadowy world of drugs, firearms, and outlaw motorcycle gangs. What he uncovers reveals a grim reality: the truth behind the murders, the impact of Vietnam on his brother, and the dangerous forces that threaten their lives. This raw crime fiction explores the lasting scars of family, war, and incarceration.
Exploring the profound implications of extraterrestrial life, this book delves into the evidence and theories surrounding our cosmic neighbors. It examines the scientific discoveries and philosophical questions that arise from the knowledge that humanity shares the universe with other intelligent beings. Through a blend of research and speculation, it challenges readers to reconsider their place in the cosmos and the potential for future interactions with other civilizations.
Po delší odmlce se v plném nasazení vrací pozoruhodný americký spisovatel John Hart s románem Zavržený. Veterán z vietnamské války Jason se po několikaletém vězení vrací do rodného města, ale kvůli jeho násilnické minulosti s ním nikdo nechce mít nic společného. Jason stojí o jediné – obnovit vztahy s mladším bratrem Gibbym. Nedlouho po Jasonově návratu se najde zavražděná žena a podezření padne právě na něho, ale když je unesena další žena, začne policie podezírat i Gibbyho. Gibby se rozhodne prokázat Jasonovu nevinu, a přitom se musí nejen vyhýbat policii, ale i proniknout do Jasonova skrytého života. Poznává přitom, co utvářelo jeho bratra ve Vietnamu, důvod, proč ho obvinili, i to, proč jistý vlivný člověk chce dostat Jasona zpátky do vězení. Pravda je mnohem syrovější, než si představoval.
The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel, New York Times bestselling author John Hart returns to the world of his most beloved novel, The Last ChildBuilding on the world first seen in The Last Child (“A magnificent creation” —The Washington Post), John Hart delivers a stunning vision of a secret world, rarely seen. It’s been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon’s life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; the fascination remains. Living alone on six thousand acres of once-sacred land, Johnny’s only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They’re not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost. But Jack sees danger in the wild places Johnny calls home; he senses darkness and hunger, an intractable intent. Johnny will discuss none of it, but there are the things he knows, the things he can do. A lesser friend might accept such abilities as a gift, but Jack has felt what moves in the swamp: the cold of it, the unspeakable fear.More than an exploration of friendship, persistence, and forgotten power, The Hush leaves all categories behind, and cements Hart's status as a writer of unique power.
“Hart has taken it to another level...read this novel.” —David Baldacci From the award-winning author of five New York Times bestselling novels comes a “gripping, believable story that doesn’t rest until the last sentence” (Associated Press). A boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother. A troubled detective confronts her past in the aftermath of a brutal shooting. After thirteen years in prison, a good cop walks free while, deep in the forest, on the altar of an abandoned church, a body cools in pale linen... This is a town on the brink. This is Redemption Road. “Heart-wrenching...haunting...an extraordinary novel in which the human heart proves the most confounding mystery of all.”—Providence Journal
Na okraji nejmenovaného města v Severní Karolíně stojí věznice, v níž si odpykává trest za vraždu bývalý vynikající policista Adrian Wall. Po třinácti letech je podmínečně propuštěn v příšerném tělesném stavu, který svědčí o tom, že byl během let strávených ve věznici krutě týrán.
Za městem stojí opuštěný zchátralý kostel, na jehož oltáři se před oněmi třinácti lety našla mrtvá mladá žena. Důkazy ukazovaly na Adriana. Jeho DNA bylo za nehty oběti, jeho otisky byly objeveny na pohozené plechovce od piva. Jen dva lidé věřili v Adrianovu nevinu: mladá policistka Liz a stařičký Adrianův obhájce Jones. S Adrianem si odpykával doživotní
trest lupič Eli. Peníze z jeho velké loupeže se ale nikdy nenašly a ředitel věznice je přesvědčen o tom, že Wall zná místo úkrytu. Po Adrianově propuštění je ve stejném kostele za městem nalezena mrtvola ženy zavražděné stejným způsobem jako ona žena před třinácti lety. Podezření samozřejmě opět padne na Adriana, jenže tentokrát proti němu nejsou důkazy.
Najde se oltářní vrah? Jak se bude vyvíjet honba za pokladem mrtvého lupiče? Všechny nitky napínavého příběhu se nakonec scházejí na jednom místě, kde dojde v dramatickém závěru k překvapivému rozuzlení.
Iron House is the remarkable story of two orphaned brothers separated by violence at a tender age. When a boy is savagely killed in their brutal orphanage, one brother runs and takes the blame with him, eventually finding his way to New York and into the heart of organized crime. Two decades later - a seasoned killer - he returns to North Carolina with a sentence on his head, the mob in hot pursuit and his long-lost brother in trouble of a different kind. With vast sums in play, political fortunes at risk and bodies piling up, the brothers reunite to solve the mystery of their shared past in a tour de force narrative of loss, courage and the aftermath of violence. A dark, atmospheric thriller with a plot that will keep you guessing until the last moment.
Muir Woods, with its giant red-barked trees, soothing filtered light, and birdsong, is a haven of calm in a complicated modern world. It is also one of the nation's few intact old-growth coastal redwood forests - the only sizeable redwood stand near San Francisco Bay that, as author John Hart notes, "has literally never felt the hand of the logger."Though it has neither the oldest nor the largest redwoods, its completeness - mature trees, young trees, fallen trees; a verdant understory dense with plants that were around when dinosaurs walked the earth; and a riparian corridor that is both nursery and lifeline for untold generations of fish, insects, and other animals - gives it an enduring appeal. All of this beauty and vitality was almost lost in the opening years of the twentieth century, however, when a campaign was launched to dam its creek to create a reservoir that would've flooded the upper reaches of the forest.In this book, you will enter the world of Muir Woods National Monument, a rich and complex environment saved by people who saw its value and worked to preserve it, and protected today by the National Park Service. A place of "green and lively light, shady yet somehow never dim, that the dusty eye takes in as a thirsty throat takes in water," Muir Woods offers timeless testimony to both the power of nature and the human need for the peace it offers.
Felbolydul a város: eltűnt egy kislány, Hunt nyomozót pedig már egy éve lidércnyomásként gyötri egy másik eltűnt lány ügye, akinek az anyjához plátói szerelem fűzi. Az éteri szépségű Katherine összeroppan, gyógyszer- és alkoholfüggő lesz, s gyengesége olyannyira kiszolgáltatja a város egyik leggazdagabb, egyben leggonoszabb emberének, hogy 13 éves fiával sem tud törődni. A nehézségek megkeményítik az apátlan Johnnyt, aki nem bízik senkiben, és tervszerűen nyomozni kezd eltűnt húga után. Elindul a város leghírhedtebb negyedébe, ahová a rendőrök sem szívesen teszik be a lábukat… A torokszorítóan izgalmas, egyben irodalmi igényességgel megírt történet sodrásában egyik gyilkosság követi a másikat, csakúgy, mint a rejtélyes fordulatok. Ki a sebesült óriás, a szökött fegyenc, aki ujjlenyomatot hagy a rég eltűnt lányról hírt hozó férfi holttestén? Mit rejt a régi rabszolgatemető? Megbízhat-e a főnökével viaskodó Hunt nyomozó a saját kollégáiban? Él-e még Alyssa?
Strhujúci triler. Advokát Jackson Pickens žil dlhé roky v tieni mimoriadne úspešného otca Ezru, postrachu súdnych siení a despotickej hlavy rodiny. Jedného dňa však Ezra záhadne zmizne a z Jacksona sa stáva hlavný podozrivý...
Jackson Workman Pickens--known to most as "Work"--mindlessly holds together his disintegrating life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife who shares their loveless marriage, and an estranged sister who bore the brunt of their childhood trauma.And then Ezra's body is discovered.Set to inherit his father's fortune, Work becomes a prime suspect. But so does his sister, Jean. As much as Work's life was overshadowed by his domineering father, Jean's life was nearly destroyed by him. But does that make her capable of a vicious murder? Fearing the worst, Work launches his own investigation, crossing paths with a power-hungry detective, a string of damning evidence, and the ugly rumors that swirl within his small, moneyed Southern town.Desperate for the redemption that has eluded him for so many years and stripped of everything he once valued, he fights to save his sister and clear his name--in this poignant and thrilling anatomy of a murder and its ripple effect within a family and a community.
Adam Chase bol ako chlapec svedkom vecí, aké by dieťa nemalo nikdy zažiť. Hoci trauma, ktorú utrpel, zanechá v jeho vnútri nevyliečiteľné rany, na druhej strane posilní jeho bojovného ducha. Keď len o vlások unikne obvineniu z vraždy a je vyštvaný z milovanej rodinnej farmy, odchádza do sivej anonymity veľkomesta. Po piatich rokoch je však zasa doma – a nik netuší prečo – ani rodina, ani stará láska, nehovoriac o úhlavných nepriateľoch z minulosti. Adam má však svoje dôvody. Stačí niekoľko hodín v rodnom kraji, a prevratné udalosti sa rútia jedna za druhou. Nikto nevie, čo si má myslieť, no keď sa nájde ďalšia obeť vraždy a mŕtvych pribúda, mienka mestečka sa znovu obracia proti jedinému potenciálnemu podozrivému – mladému mužovi s temnou minulosťou. Adam je však bojovník a musí podniknúť všetko, aby dokázal svoju nevinnosť, vyrovnal sa s protivníkmi a konečne mohol žiť po svojom.
The Art of the Storyboard shows beginners how to conceptualize and render the drawings that will communicate continuity to the cinematographer, set designer, and special effects supervisor, or to create the skeletal outline around which an animated program is developed.Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents to the present, The Art of the Storyboard covers the history and evolution of this craft and discusses the essentials of translating one's vision onto paper, from the rough sketch to the finished storyboard. Over 100 illustrations from the author's and other storyboard artists' work illuminate the text throughout. Exercises at the end of each chapter help students to develop essential drawing and visualizing skills.The Art of the Storyboard teaches basic drawing techniques and illustrates the use of perspective, light and shade, and depth of field needed in order to render the human figure in motion. In this book students are introduced to essential components of storyboarding, such as framing, placement of figures, and use of camera angles
