Bøger af John Bowen

Baseball is fun. That's really all there is to this book, which dives into the niche world of baseball frivolities and explores some of rabbit holes around baseball stories and statistics. Read all about how one player's ultra-rare 4-homer night was just the 341st most valuable of his career, deep-dive into the in's and out's of actually hitting .400, explore why one baseball card referred to a Cy Young winner as "setting a record for futility," and learn about the single most clutch-hitting game ever - and how it came in a losing effort! All this and much more - there's something in here for every fan. Bowen touches on old-school and new-school statistics and digs into oddities from the nineteenth century into the 2020's.

A dead man. A missing woman. A haunted cottage. A secret hidden for thirty years... In 1988 a famous record producer took his own life and a woman vanished after attending a party at Crow's Cottage. When the cottage's owner passes away decades later, the property falls into the hands of his nephew, who finds a strange box hidden there. It is a replica of an infamous occult device called the Mephisto Arcane. In the wake of its discovery come sightings of an apparition. The crew of the paranormal TV show Where the Dead Walk are invited to investigate the haunting. They are about to find the past guards its secrets jealously, and that unlocking them has consequences. The Where the Dead Walk crew return in the much-anticipated sequel to the Amazon international bestseller Where the Dead Walk: #1 Ghosts & Haunted Houses - #1 Paranormal - #1 Horror - #1 Ghosts - #1 Supernatural - #1 Occult. *Crow's Cottage can also be enjoyed as a stand alone novel. Praise for Where the Dead Walk: "A roller coaster ride of supernatural threat and adventure. We'll be intrigued to see what more John Bowen has got to offer us!" - The Spectral Times (a Choice Read award) "At last, a paranormal book ... that takes the supernatural genre and gives it a creepy and sometimes disturbing twist... It's hard to show what it feels like to be in a 'haunted house' in a book but the author does it to near perfection." - Paul Stevenson, editor of Haunted Magazine. "A great book that can still surprise you, even after you think you've figured it all out!" - Heide Goody, co-author of the bestselling 'Clovenhoof' and 'Oddjobs' series. "Completely engrossing. A great read." - Ignite.Amazon Top 1000 reviewer. "A gripping read, full of mystery and suspense." - Sarah Hardy. Amazon Top 1000 reviewer. "A brilliant novel and the sign of a writer at the peak of his craft." - Mama Life Magazine.

Forget all you know.History's biggest secret was hidden behind legends and lies... An Amazon US/UK Kindle Store Top 50 Bestseller from the author of Where the Dead Walk, Death Stalks Kettle Street and Crow's Cottage. #1 in Historical Thrillers - #1 in Conspiracy Thrillers - #1 in Action & Adventure - #1 in Historical Mysteries - #1 in Technothrillers On the run, carrying a secret her pursuers won't think twice about killing her to obtain, Holly Reilly turns to the only person who just might be able to keep her alive: her estranged husband, ex-special forces operative, Gabriel Reilly. Caught between two deadly adversaries, Holly and Gabe are drawn into a centuries-old conflict poised to spill into the modern world, promising chaos and bloodshed. A breathless blend of action and mystery, faith and fanaticism, Vessel exposes an unwritten history stretching back to the Crusades, medieval Europe and feudal Japan as it races to its final explosive conclusion. What Amazon verified purchasers are saying - - Heart stopping, thrilling & utterly fantastic. - a wicked fast paced historical action thriller and so, so consuming. I recommend it to anyone, literally anyone. It's a super fun, well-written read and hey, ya just might learn something along the way .- Like a blockbuster action movie in paperback. - an intelligently written, action packed thriller with historical details thrown in the mix... Vessel brings the excitement of history and intrigue into one can't-put-down page turner. - action, suspense, and lots of thrills. - Grade A. I happen to be a huge fan of medieval and action/suspense tales. This story incorporates both themes. - In a word - Brilliant! Exceptionally well written... Full of action, danger, a little history mixed with fantasy, and a beautiful love story. - Lots of history in this book that made me review my knowledge of past ages. Killer ending! - moves at a ripping pace and left this reader breathless at the denouement. - Terrific book. I had time to start a book, but like an argument better make sure you have time to finish it. Absolute cliff hanger, in spots literally but throughout with twists and turns. - Absolutely brilliant book that moves along at a hell of a pace. - It has drama and danger. It has suspense and surprises. There's a hint of romance, religious musings and a heap of revenge. Fighting, fear, family, friendship, feuds. - I loved this story, the phrasing, the unrelenting pace, the scope... - Absolutely brilliant book... John Bowen is an author that takes a Genre, sticks it onto a trolley and dissects every part of it! - By chapter two I was hooked. The book took an unexpected turn that covered the crusades and Templar Knights, from east to west, right to the current time. It was action packed right up to the end. - a damned good tale. Lots of twists and turns crammed into both 24 hrs and a thousand years. Excellent. - nice injection of history, fantasy, love story. The pace started off well and gained momentum. Very action-filled ending. - I loved that the novel was fast paced from the very beginning, the characters were interesting, and there was even a bit of romance. The lead female is a strong, smart woman, not some boring ditzy girl (thank you). - I was too caught up in the historical intrigue and action scenes to consider the deeper meanings until it was all woven together at the end. - There is something for everyone in this book - lots of action, medieval history, secret societies, epic gun fights - truly an exciting read. - Wow this book was brilliant and very fast-paced. I loved it!!!

"In their lovely old Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known to all the other villagers as "the girls"--a fixture. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop specializing in the work of local artisans and farmers, they lead an enviable, enviably settled life. So it's no catastrophe when Sue, the younger of the two, feels the need to take a month to travel on her own, leaving Jan alone to run their stall at the Inland Waterways Rally Craft Fair. Nor is it any real threat when a kindly gay man named Alan lends Jan a hand in Sue's absence, or when the two wind up sharing some wine and even a bunk for the night. If Jan turns out to be pregnant some weeks after Sue's return to the nest, what's that but cause for joy? And when Alan happens to come visiting, by and by, finding the delighted girls raising a beautiful baby boy, who can blame him for wanting to share in a small part of their bliss? Yes, theirs is an enviable, enviably settled life. And the girls will defend it with every tool at their disposal."--

St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Hamilton NY 100th history reprint

Provides students with a fresh approach to the study of world geography through a topical exploration of ten major world regions. The text explores landscapes and societies in order to appreciate the environmental diversity of the planet and the cultural richness of humanity from the interdisciplinary perspective of geography.

In a neglected graveyard we encounter both the quick and the dead. Deceased Harry is waiting for his wife, Beth, to join him. Unable to be seen, or to communicate with the living, Harry can only watch helplessly as his daughter Angie wheels the deaf and ailing Beth to his graveside.

John's Bowen's adapation of THE BACHAE by Euripides.7 women, 6 men

Set in the world of a large advertising company Storyboard focuses on the decision by the agency's clients, Hoppness, Silch & Co. ('the soap people') to destroy one of their competitor's products. Into this scheme are thrust copyeditor Sophia Last and her boss Hugh Grover, as well as over-conscientious Account Executive Keith Bates, his wife Sylvia and their son Stephen. Also caught up in these events is Ralph Cavell, a young research graduate turned journalist. Storyboard is not primarily a novel about advertising. It is an exploration of how people can be corrupted, and ultimately destroyed, by their desire for money and power and how even those people who start out with good intentions can be misled from their original purpose. It is also a critique of powerful corporations that are controlled and organised by the greed of those who operate them.An absorbing and adult novel, Storyboard cemented John Bowen's reputation as a mature and intelligent novelist when it was first published in 1960.

First published in 1959 The Centre of the Green is John Bowen's third novel. The story centres around the Baker family: the father Justin is a retired Colonel; the mother, Teresa, is over-possessive and refuses to admit that her sons have grown-up; the sons Julian and Charles - one is a married advertising copywriter with a penchant for extra-marital affairs while the other is withdrawn and suicidal, desperately looking for human contact in the vast anonymity of London.It is Julian's involvement with a seventeen-year-old girl that sparks the chain of events that eventually encompasses the whole family. The scene shifts between Devonshire, London and Majorca as each member of the family searches for a resolution to the impasse into which they have drifted and struggle to regain the family ties that they once had. A subtle, intelligent and compassionate novel The Centre of the Green was commended by the Observer for its 'admirable vitality', while the Spectator described it as 'a series of expertly managed shocks'.

In John Bowen's The Birdcage Peter Ash and Norah Palmer have been living together for nine years. Having never seen the point in getting married they are the epitome of a modern successful career-oriented couple; Peter is the compere for a series of 'art' films and Norah is the Script Editor for the Drama Department of a commercial television company. Why then when holidaying in Venice does Peter decide to break up their long-lasting relationship? What happens to their order and sense of self when he succeeds? By turns wildly funny and frightening The Birdcage is a novel about the end of a love affair, the repercussions and the emotional fallout. A host of brilliantly created characters people the book, including Bunty Bates the policewoman, and Edward Laverick, a playwright who finds himself the object of a hunt. Bowen creates a world that his readers can relate to and analyses the social and psychological end of a relationship. At times comical and tragic The Birdcage remains an original and exciting novel 44 years after its first publication in 1964.

First published in 1958 After the Rain was described by Angus Wilson as a 'cataclysmic novel . . . as exciting as any deluge you can hope to find; but if you think deluges are too trivial, John Bowen has a surprise for you: his novel turns out to be satire of the first order.'Beginning in the basement of Foyle's bookshop in the Charing Cross Road in London and moving to rainmaking in Texas, love in Chew Magna, a camp in the Mendips, a storm at sea, sharks, sunstroke, a giant squid and a fight to the death on a raft, After the Rain is an adventure story that will keep you gripped to the very last page.An exhilarating, brilliantly conceived, sharply intelligent and often-funny story, it is a compassionate and well-imagined fable that makes a serious comment on the human situation and established John Bowen as a novelist of depth and skill, drawing comparisons with George Orwell and William Golding.

Palgrave Advances in Charles Dickens Studies is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the study of one of the most important Victorian novelists.