Jan Carew Bücher

The narrative follows Hector Bradshaw, a sickly boy from Georgetown, as he is sent to the remote village of Tarlogie for a better life. Under the care of his old-fashioned guardian, Sister Smart, he grapples with the complexities of his new environment, including the legacy of slavery and cultural clashes. His education is dry and colonial, while he is drawn to the captivating yet perilous nature surrounding him and the wisdom of the old hunter, Doorne. Ultimately, Hector's journey is one of self-discovery amidst a challenging and beautiful landscape.

Original / British English The stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people - a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes. This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Original / British EnglishThe stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes.

Set in postcolonial Guyana, this novel explores the themes of greed and class conflict through the life of Aron Smart, an orphan raised on a farm. After his education is cut short, he turns to diamond prospecting, gaining wealth but struggling to fit into the middle class. Known as "Shark," he faces betrayal and a devastating accident that forces him to confront his past and the values instilled by his grandparents. The narrative draws parallels between modern prospectors and historical exploiters, highlighting the destructive pursuit of wealth.

After barely surviving the events of The Killer Trail , Vancouver psychiatric social worker Chris Ryder once again finds himself at the centre of a high-profile murder Marvin Goodwin, a young man who falls on the extreme end of the autism spectrum, is found covered with blood at the murder scene of a local ice cream truck driver. When Chris is called in to learn what he can about Marvin, he finds that the weight of blood might just be too much for him to bear. Complicating matters are Chris' strained relationship with his father; the vicious actions of his half-brother, Ray; the blinding spotlight of the media; and the aftereffects of trauma. In The Weight of Blood , D.B. Carew has given us a protagonist who is trying to hold everything together while staunching blood that both spills and connects.

When Vancouver psychiatric social worker Chris Ryder spots an abandoned cell phone during his afternoon jog, the innocent discovery drags him into the psychotic games of Ray Owens, a patient at the centre of a high-profile kidnapping and murder case. Now if Ryder is to survive, he must examine the darkness in his own soul as he walks the killer trail. "One clever criminal plus one broken social worker equals one hell of a smooth breakout novel from D.B. Carew. The Killer Trail is an intense psychological thriller that explores the pathologies of the hero and the villain in equal measure, driving them head on into each other in a bold twist of an ending."- Robin Spano, author of Death's Last Run "The Killer Trail has an unforgettable villain, breakneck pacing and promises plenty of mysteries ahead. D.B. Carew has a knack for creating realistic settings, intriguing character and an ever-intensifying plot."- Garry Ryan, author of the Detective Lane series

Original / British EnglishThe stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people – a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes.This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Towards the end of a long and astonishingly full life, whose scope and variety most of us can only dream about, Jan Carew began writing his memoirs. A global, multifaceted man, they cover his multiple lives as Guyanese/Caribbean novelist, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist activist, the early shaper of Black Studies in the United States, actor and playwright, painter, agricultural evangelist, advisor to Heads of State in Africa and the Caribbean and theoretician of the Columbian origins of racism in the Americas. Where there are gaps, Joy Gleason Carew goes back to some of the vivid, eyewitness journalism Jan Carew wrote in those heady days of hope and struggle.

The stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people - a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. Strange things happen to all these people. But life is strange sometimes. Niveau A2 Ab Klasse 7 Mit integrierten Übungen im Buch MP3-Audio-CD Zusätzliches Übungsmaterial für den Lehrer zum Download über www.langenscheidt.de/pearson