John Harvey: 114 books

A British police investigator looks into the murder of an abused woman: “More than a crime novel . . . a tapestry of intrigue and moral quandary” (San Francisco Chronicle). For Charlie Resnick, the night they found the body in the water was the night that Milt Jackson came to town. Resnick...

In the depths of his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder’s solitary life is disturbed by a call from his ex-wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by the abduction and rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in the...

Scott Mitchell, the toughest private detective in England, is about to find that kidnapping and murder go hand in hand in this classic hardboiled mystery. Even over the telephone, Scott Mitchell can tell the caller is more beautiful than any woman he’s ever met. Her name is Stephanie Miller,...

Going Down Slow includes seven short stories, two of which feature Charlie Resnick and three feature Jack Kiley.

«Ut pictura poesis», Horace said, but through the two millennia in which «the sister arts» have been compared, little has been said about the nature of sight itself. What we see in «our mind’s eye» as we read has not been explored, though by following the visual prompts in texts, one can anatomize...

250 Thai Girls by Age 25, A True Story from South East Asia is a true-to-life adventure that can be relived from beginning to end. The story begins with the allure of travel and the need for new experiences. Sex, drugs, alcohol and debauchery are the name of the game, and the impetus behind this historic...

It has been said that the only asset that a lawyer has is time. But the reality is that a lawyer's greatest asset is information. The practice and the business of law is all about information exchange. The flow of information travels in a number of different directions during the life of a case. A...

What impact did the printing press – a new means of communicating the written word – have on early modern English lawyers? This book examines the way in which law printing developed in the period from 1475 up until 1642 and the start of the English Civil War. It offers a new perspective on the...

Les points parfaits de la maîtrise ou la résurrection symbolique.

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Le rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepté comprend 33 degrés. Les Hauts Grades débutent avec le 4è degré, celui de Maître Secret, dont l'auteur étudie ici les prolongements, allant du 5è au 8è degré.

A partie de la maîtrise, et pour chaque degré des Loges de Perfection, le récipiendaire est conduit à vivre une darmaturgie en incarnant un personnage allégorique du rituel. Ainsi intèfre t'il, degré par degré, un vécu qui, sous forme d'une succession de "strates", constitura son individualité initiatique.

S’appuyant sur des rituels et des gravures du XVIIIe siècle, l’auteur explore les différents usages des deux chambres du temple dédiées à la Maîtrise et expose leur spécificité et leur utilité.

Au 9e degré, le Maître élu des Neuf, incarnant Johaben, assouvit sa vengeance personnelle en assassinant Abbiram dans sa caverne. Dans le présent ouvrage, traitant du 10e degré, l'Illustre Elu des Quinze, avec loyauté et fidélité, capture dans la carrière de Ben Deker les deux autres scélérats...