Robert Parker Knihy

The book delves into the unique religious landscape of Phrygia during the second and third centuries CE, highlighting the insights gained from the everyday lives of farmers and herders rather than elite figures. Through stone memorials and dedications, it reveals how local worship practices coexisted with the rise of Christianity, introduced by the apostle Paul. Robert Parker examines the transition from polytheism to Christianity, exploring how the new faith addressed the needs of the Phrygian populace previously fulfilled by traditional gods.

Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star girlfriend, Erin, Sunny knows the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, Sunny and partner Jesse start discovering a host of seedy complications, including shady film deals and mobsters out for revenge.

Melanie Joan Hall is a best-selling author in a bind. Her publisher needs her to tour on behalf of her newest blockbuster, and she needs a bodyguard to protect her from an overbearing ex-husband whose presence unnerves her to the point of hysteria. Sunny's cool demeanour, cop background and PI smarts are an instant balm for the older woman. She begins to sense that Melanie, Joan's ex and a psychotherapist, is not your basic stalker, and when an incident at a book signing leaves the ex-husband bloodied and the author unconcious, it's clear the stakes are high.

Boston PI Sunny Randall now faces the unthinkable: the marriage of her ex-husband, Richie, to someone else. Despite the finality of divorce, Sunny and Richie's relationship had continued, in its own headstrong way, until Richie's desire for marriage overtook Sunny's need for freedom. So when college student Sarah Markham comes asking for help in finding her birth parents, Sunny realises she must take the case, if only to distract her from her personal life. But life and work have a curious - and dangerous - way of intersecting.

A new centenary history of the infamous Western Front campaign for the Belgian village of Passchendaele fought from 31 July - 10 November 1917.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this sixth edition of the Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide has been eagerly awaited by seasoned collectors and occasional drinkers alike. No one wants to waste his or her precious dollars on an unenjoyable bottle, and with Parker's advice in hand, no one ever will. Employing his famous 100-point rating system, Parker rates more than 8,000 wines from all the major wine-producing regions in the world -- including newly expanded sections on the popular wines of California and Italy. Each wine producer is evaluated separately, and Parker's independence allows him to be completely honest in his opinions. In addition, the book includes other essential information, such as how to buy and store wine, how to spot a badly stored and abused bottle, and how to find the best wine values for under $10.

Her name is Sunny Randall, a Boston PI and former cop, a college graduate, an aspiring painter, a divorcee, and the owner of a miniature bull terrier named Rosie. Hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny is tested by the parents' preconceived notion of what a detective should be. With the help of underworld contacts she tracks down the runaway Millicent, who has turned to prostitution, rescues her from her pimp, and finds herself, at 34, the unlikely custodian of a difficult teenager when the girl refuses to return to her family.

Introducing readers to the world of wine, this work contains producer-by-producer reports.

Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective.

A bad-boy movie star pushes the limits of his reputation when he's accused of rape and murder. It's a high-profile case for Spenser, but the Hollywood secrets he uncovers are sordidly lowdown -- and not just those of the accused.