New Releases by John Hart

Quand on retrouve le corps de son père, Ezra, tué de deux balles dans la tête, Work se retrouve plongé dans les conflits de son passé. Nombreuses sont les personnes qui avaient des raisons d’en vouloir à l’homme dur et secret qu’était Ezra. Á commencer par Jean, sa propre fille et la sœur de Work. Afin de protéger sa sœur, Work tente de faire disparaître l’arme du crime et se retrouve accusé du meurtre. Pour prouver son innocence, et peut-être celle de sa sœur, Work doit fouiller dans les secrets et les mensonges de son père, et revenir sur ses propres erreurs. Avec Le Roi des mensonges, John Hart fait une entrée remarquée sur la scène littéraire. Ce premier roman, resté durant plusieurs mois sur la liste des best-sellers du New York Times, a été sélectionné sur de nombreuses listes de prix : Edgar Award, Macavity Thriller Award, Barry Award du premier roman, Anthony Award du premier roman. Le Roi des mensonges a remporté le Gunshoe Award du premier roman. Traduit de l’anglais (Etats-Unis) par Philippe Rouard

Down River is the winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Everything that shaped him happened near that river.... Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder.... John Hart''s debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, "There hasn''t been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along." Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan County, where he drives his characters to the edge, explores the dark side of human nature, and questions the fundamental power of forgiveness. Adam hase has a violent streak, and not without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and misunderstood---a fighter. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home he''s ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless gray of New York City. Now he''s back and nobody knows why, not his family or the cops, not the enemies he left behind. But Adam has his reasons. Within hours of his return, he is beaten and accosted, confronted by his family and the women he still holds dear. No one knows what to make of Adam''s return, but when bodies start turning up, the small town rises against him and Adam again finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life, not just to prove his own innocence, but to reclaim the only life he''s ever wanted. Bestselling author John Hart holds nothing back as he strips his characters bare. Secrets explode, emotions tear, and more than one person crosses the brink into deadly behavior as he examines the lengths to which people will go for money, family, and revenge. A powerful, heart-pounding thriller, Down River will haunt your thoughts long after the last page is turned. Praise for John Hart and The King of Lies "Treat yourself to something new and truly out of the ordinary." ---Rocky Mountain News "A top-notch debut. Hart''s prose is like Raymond Chandler''s, angular and hard." --Entertainment Weekly (grade A) "A gripping performance." ---People magazine "A marriage of carefully crafted prose alongside have-to-keep-reading suspense." ---The Denver Post "A masterful piece of writing." ---The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) "A gripping mystery/thriller and a fully fleshed, thoughtful work of literature." ---Winston-Salem Journal "The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire." ---Pat Conroy "John Hart''s debut . . . is that most engrossing of rarities, a well-plotted mystery novel that is written in a beautifully poetic style." ---Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama "Grisham-style intrigue and Turow-style brooding." ---The New York Times Now with an excerpt from John Hart''s next book The Hush, available in February 2018.

When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface, and he sees his own carefully constructed fa ade begin to crack.

"Legacy" is a celebration of 50 extraordinary environmental elders who have worked to preserve the incomparable wild lands and open spaces of the San Francisco Bay Area. Photos.

"This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Catholic teachings on environmental themes by exploring official statements from Rome and the bishops of the Americas, as well as from contemporary visionary theologians". (p. [4] cover).

A magnificent pictorial tribute to the San Francisco Bay and the Delta region, which together make one of the world''s great estuaries. This book celebrates the Bay''s beauty and its importance to the region, and inspires those who are helping restore and protect it.

This book covers real-time shading systems, their design and how they work. Procedural shading, long valued for off-line rendering and production animation is now possible on interactive graphics hardware. These developments are important for areas such as game development, product design, and scientific visualization, among others. The authors inc

Tom Brown is urged by his parents to get his life straightened out. He does not have a single notion on this subject. The author''s ironic style makes this story incredibly entertaining. Tom Brown''s observations of his parents, other adults, friends and aimless character are so true to life, with just enough exageration to make them howlingly funny. All characters come across as believable and incredibly funny. A highly entertaining read.

John Hart Ely is a leading contemporary writer on political theory from the standpoint of American constitutional law. This collection covers a full range of topics of constitutional interpretation: federalism, separation of powers, freedom of expression, religious freedom, criminal procedure, racial discrimination, "substantive due process," and honesty in government. Organized under these heads and linked by the author''s witty explanatory and autobiographical remarks, the essays and other documents--many previously unpublished in any forum--range chronologically over the past three decades, from memoranda he wrote as a student working with lead counsel Abe Fortas on the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright to a comment on the constitutional implications of the O. J. Simpson verdict. Before beginning his academic career, Ely was the junior member of the Warren Commission''s sixteen-lawyer staff, Chief Justice Earl Warren''s law clerk, and a public defender in San Diego; and during the Ford Administration he took time off to serve as the third-ranking official of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This book reflects his various experience. It comments on many of the past quarter century''s "hot button" issues--including abortion, affirmative action, anti-Communist legislation, busing, flag burning, governmental display of nativity scenes, the Nixon impeachment, "trial by newspaper," the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill contretemps, congressionally unauthorized war in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia, and whether the Warren Commission Report should be officially reexamined.

"A rich, absorbing, and illuminating account of one of the longest and most fiercely-contested conservation battles in U.S. history--and that rare one (especially in these times) with a happy ending."--Marc Reisner, author of Cadillac Desert "This book is a must-read, not just for the singular lake and its surroundings, but for other Mono Lakes to come."--Galen Rowell "The battle to save Mono Lake is more than a fight to save a lake. It''s really about the struggle to establish a new morality that would put humans and their environment on a compatible path. A path that allows for human development and the maintenance of our natural heritage."--John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary of the Interior "In this comprehensive account, John Hart chronicles the perennial challenge to conserve our natural resources while maintaining quality of life in a rapidly growing and changing world. It is a delicate balance--and this engaging analysis sheds new light on this complex issue."--Richard J. Riordan, Mayor of Los Angeles "The Future of the American West will depend on resolving the false conflict between economic development and environmental protection. This book tells the history of Mono Lake, where environmental concerns played a decisive role in reallocating California water, and gives us hope that these goals are not incompatible."--Bill Bradley, United States Senator

Twenty years after the signing of the Paris Accords, the constitutional ambiguities of American involvement in the Vietnam War remain unresolved. John Hart Ely examines the overall constitutionality of America''s role in Vietnam; and shows that Congress authorized each new phase of American involvement without committing itself to the stated aims of intervention.

Hart''s study of presidential staffing contends that the major institutional trends and developments in the history of the executive office have not only remained unchanged since the mid-1980s but have been reinforced by the controversies of the Bush and Clinton presidencies. The idea of comity survived a 12-year period of divided government; it was tested during those years, but not successfully challenged, and the presidential branch is still almost immune from effective congressional scrutiny. The efforts of reformers to persuade presidents to change the way the presidential staff functions continue to be ignored.

Whether you are a beginning photographer or a budding professional, you will find techniques to help in your photographic endeavors.

Until now legal experts have proposed two basic approaches to the Constitution. The first, "interpretivism," maintains that we should stick as closely as possible to what is explicit in the document itself. The second, predominant in recent academic theorizing, argues that the courts should be guided by what they see as the fundamental values of American society. Mr. Ely demonstrates that both of these approaches are inherently incomplete and inadequate. --from publisher description.

"In this poetic word and picture account, John Hart and Bob Sena describe this fascinating area and the movement to preserve its natural, historical, and recreational treasures. For residents of the Bay Area, this volume helps build appreciation for these treasures which they enjoy, and it serves as a reminder of their stewardship responsibilities for these treasures."--From the foreword.

"In his book [John Hart] takes eleven famous ballets from the Royal Ballet repertoire [...] tells us about the history of the production, and then gives the story of the ballet both in words and by means of a selection of his photographs of the performance. He also includes photographs and biographical sketches of the choreographers"--Jacket copy.