Bücher von Richard Stevenson

A Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 5 - Donald Strachey is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Paul Haig by three different people-Haig's homophobic mother, his ex-lover, and the psychiatrist hired to "cure" him of his homosexuality. Just as he gets started, however, all three remove him from the case, leaving Strachey with a brutal murderer that now everyone wants left alone.Written over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded in upstate New York. Shock to the System was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Mystery. An author's note is included.¿"Stevenson's real coup in Shock to the System is his memorably varied cast of suspects." - Kirkus Reviews"Sassy and sexy ... Don Strachey is a private dick who really earns his title." - Armistead Maupin"Stevenson writes wittily and knowingly about his subjects, both the gay world and the world of politics, and draws telling portraits of the bitter, clever amusing men who inhabit both." - West Coast Review of Books

A Donald Strachey Mystery, Book 6 - Private Investigator Donald Strachey is asked to look into the events surrounding the months-old murder of Eric Osborne. His death, originally believed to be a random attack, takes on new significance when Janet Osborne, Eric's sister, survives an attempt on her life. Skeeter, Eric's lover, believed both attacks were meant to silence them before the sale of their family's newspaper. Drawn into a complex family feud, Strachey must unravel the secret behind the attacks before the killer tries again.Written over a period of three decades, the Donald Strachey series authentically chronicles gay life as it unfolded in upstate New York. An author's note is included.¿¿"Literate and skillfully plotted ... Stevenson keeps the action on an even keel and the characters believable. Throughout it all, the author imbues his characters with a keen sense of humor." - Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel"Richard Stevenson's mysteries are among the wittiest and most politically pointed around today." - Washington Post"Stevenson makes his way deftly through Chain of Fools, with a strong sense of plot and a good ear for dialogue." - Boston Globe

Advanced English Grammar textbook and reference book covering all the questions that advanced students might have about sentence structure, independent and dependent clauses, gerund clauses, infinitive clauses, noun clauses, adverbial clauses, relative clauses, and participial clauses. The book also covers modals, hedging, cohesion, voice, tense, aspect, and word forms. Answers and examples included. The author has ten years experience preparing students for university in Australia and in East Asia. He has an MA TESOL and a Post Graduate Certificate in TESOL. He is also the author of the Time to Talk Series, popular in elementary schools in South Korea.

Spectrum: Ambient/ Industrial/ Experimental Music Culture Magazine was one of the most well respected underground zines dealing with post-industrial music in the late 1990s to early 2000s, with a particular focus on the dark ambient, death industrial, heavy electronics, power electronics, neo-classical, martial industrial and neo-folk genres.This book reproduces all five issues of the rare, out of print Spectrum magazine, plus the unpublished issue No 6. It also includes much new material that puts the music scene and its culture into perspective.Featured interviews: Bad Sector / Black Lung / Brighter Death Now / Caul / Cold Spring / Crowd Control Activities / C17H19No3 / Death In June / Der Blutharsch / Desiderii Marginis / Deutsch Nepal / Dream Into Dust / Endvra / Folkstorm / Genocide Organ / Gruntsplatter / Hazard / House Of Low Culture / I-Burn / Ildfrost / Imminent Starvation / Inade / IRM / Iron Halo Device / Isomer / John Murphy / Kerovnian / Knifeladder / LAW / Malignant Records / Megaptera / Middle Pillar / Militia / MZ.412 / Navicon Torture Technologies / Nový Sv¿t / Ordo Equilibrio / The Protagonist / Raison D'être / Sanctum / Schloss Tegal / Shining Vril / Shinjuku Thief / Skincage / Slaughter Productions / Spectre / StateArt / Stone Glass Steel / Stratvm Terror / Terra Sancta / Tertium Non Data / Toroidh / Tribe Of Circle / Warren Mead / Vox Barbara / Yen Pox"One of the best print mags in this genre" - Tesco Organisation Germany"Legendary and historically very significant" - Stephen Petrus, Murderous Vision / Live Bait Recording Foundation

Helen Anderson is young, beautiful, wealthy, highly accomplished but with some emotional wounds from childhood which keep her isolated and lonely. One evening she sees a young man being mugged. She rescues him, helps him deal with his subsequent amnesia, loves him and marries him. Then during a trip to England she loses him. The love of her life disappears without a trace. Much later, by sheer chance, she finds him, but he has become someone different, almost unreachable. A moving story of love and fidelity, set in the financial world of Boston and the high-tech industry of Waltham and Route 128.