David Joy Bücher

Die Gegend um Cashiers, North Carolina, ist die Heimat von Jacob Neely. Sein Vater kontrolliert das Crystal-Meth-Geschäft und besitzt eine Autogarage, in der er das Drogengeld wäscht. Die Cops stehen auf seiner Gehaltsliste und verschließen die Augen vor seinen Machenschaften. Nachdem Jacob die High-School abgebrochen hat, arbeitet er für seinen Vater und ist von Selbsthass zerfressen. Der einzige Lichtblick in seinem Leben ist Maggie Jennings. Sie entdeckt Seiten in Jacob, von denen er nicht glaubt, dass sie nicht wirklich in ihm stecken. Er trennt sich von ihr, um sie nicht mit in den Abgrund zu reißen. Denn selbst sein Vater kann nicht verhindern, dass er verraten wird. Zwei Schläger halten einen Spitzel in einer Hütte fest. Jacobs Vater will seinen Sohn auf die Probe stellen. Jacob muss mitansehen, wie der Spitzel misshandelt wird. Er steht plötzlich vor der Wahl: Wird er sich seinem Vater ohnmächtig ergeben oder verlässt er die Berge mit dem Mädchen, das er liebt.

Exploring the unsettling truths within a seemingly familiar community, the narrative delves into the shocking realization that those once trusted may harbor dark secrets. It confronts the emotional turmoil of facing betrayal and the disintegration of long-held beliefs, prompting readers to reflect on the nature of identity and trust in relationships. The characters are vividly portrayed, providing an honest and gripping examination of human complexity and moral dilemmas.

This book is unashamedly designed to brighten your day; to re-kindle happy memories of previous trips or maintain your desire to visit Scotland with club and ball. We strive to showcase the selected fourteen links courses, from the air and ground, in a way that is interesting and captivating. The low sun aiding the understanding of the golfing challenge and the beauty of the location.Then there is the history. For this we look back over some six hundred years with brief observations of the key occurrences and greatest influencers and players to have walked these links. All of this supported by hand-drawn illustrations, an artform that we believe is far better than photography when reflecting on the goliaths of our game.To these players we will devote more attention, bigger illustrations and commentary to explain their status in the book.

When his addict son gets in deep with his dealer, it takes everything Raymond Mathis has to bail him out of trouble one last time. Frustrated by the slow pace and limitations of the law, Raymond decides to take matters into his own hands .After a workplace accident left him out of a job and in pain, Denny Rattler has spent years chasing his next high. He supports his habit through careful theft, following strict rules that keep him under the radar and out of jail. But when faced with opportunities too easy to resist, Denny makes two choices that change everything. For months, the DEA has been chasing the drug supply in the mountains to no avail, when a lead - just one word - sets one agent on a path to crack the case open... but he'll need help from the most unexpected quarter. As chance brings together these men from different sides of a relentless epidemic, each may come to find that his opportunity for redemption lies with the others.

An accidental death, and the cover-up that follows, sparks a dark series of events that reverberates through the lives of four people who will never be the same again. When Darl Moody went hunting after a monster buck, a kill that could make the difference between meat for the winter and an empty freezer, he never expected he'd accidentally shoot a man digging ginseng. Worse yet, he's killed a Brewer, a family notorious for vengeance and violence. With nowhere to turn, Darl calls on the help of the only man he knows will answer, his best friend, Calvin Hooper. But when Dwayne Brewer comes looking for his missing brother and stumbles onto a blood trail leading straight back to Darl and Calvin--and to Calvin's girlfriend, Angie--a nightmare of revenge rips apart their world. A story of friendship and family, The Line That Held Us is a tale balanced between destruction and redemption, where the only hope is to hold on tight, clenching those you love. From a writer whose stories are "like a pull from a bottle of Appalachian moonshine: smooth and elegant with a punch in the gut that lingers a while after you're done" (Garden & Gun), Joy's book is another masterwork of Southern noir.

Focusing on the role of subalterns in the Gospel of Mark, this book presents a novel interpretation that positions their presence as a key hermeneutical tool. It explores how this perspective can facilitate a re-reading of biblical texts within a postcolonial framework, particularly in the context of India. The analysis aims to uncover deeper meanings and implications of the subaltern experience, enriching the understanding of scripture in contemporary discussions of identity and power dynamics.

The stories behind the awe-inspiring tunnels, railways and the magnificent feats of engineering that went into building them.

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go, was hailed as "a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of Southern literature" (The Huffington Post), returns to the mountains of North Carolina with a powerful story about the inescapable weight of the past. A combat veteran returned from war, Thad Broom can't leave the hardened world of Afghanistan behind, nor can he forgive himself for what he saw there. His mother, April, is haunted by her own demons, a secret trauma she has carried for years. Between them is Aiden McCall, loyal to both but unable to hold them together. Connected by bonds of circumstance and duty, friendship and love, these three lives are blown apart when Aiden and Thad witness the accidental death of their drug dealer and a riot of dope and cash drops in their laps. On a meth-fueled journey to nowhere, they will either find the grit to overcome the darkness or be consumed by it.

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go, was hailed as “a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of Southern literature” (The Huffington Post), returns to the mountains of North Carolina with a powerful story about the inescapable weight of the past. A combat veteran returned from war, Thad Broom can’t leave the hardened world of Afghanistan behind, nor can he forgive himself for what he saw there. His mother, April, is haunted by her own demons, a secret trauma she has carried for years. Between them is Aiden McCall, loyal to both but unable to hold them together. Connected by bonds of circumstance and duty, friendship and love, these three lives are blown apart when Aiden and Thad witness the accidental death of their drug dealer and a riot of dope and cash drops in their laps. On a meth-fueled journey to nowhere, they will either find the grit to overcome the darkness or be consumed by it.