Erik Larson

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page.Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother’s absence.The quirky tenants—a hilarious mix of misfits and rabble-rousers from days gone by—rely on Alexis all the more when they discover a plot to sell the Hotel. Can Alexis save their home? Find her real father? Deal with her surrogate dad’s dicey past? Find true love? Perhaps only their feisty pet crow, Habib, truly knows.Provoking interesting questions about the creative process, this novel is by turns funny, scary, witty, suspenseful, beautiful, thrilling, and unexpected.

This philosophical study of Latin American noir fiction poses the question, What if precarity and uncertainty aren't just themes of the genre but ways of being in the world? Emerging from a region immersed in violence, trauma, and political instability, the novela negra reveals not just disillusionment but a desire to adapt to, even dwell within, chaos. In the hands of writers like Ricardo Piglia, Roberto Bola o, and Patricia Melo, savvy detectives and antiheroes navigate a world in which meaning constantly shifts and certainty is elusive. Blending literary analysis with philosophical inquiry, Larson draws on Heideggerian ontology to demonstrate how the noir novel becomes a mode of existence--grounded in its very groundlessness. Rather than offering resolution, these novels embody a paradoxical desire: to engage crisis while also adapting to it. In doing so, they become both ideological and pedagogical--existential fiction for an uncertain world. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

This philosophical study of Latin American noir fiction poses the question, What if precarity and uncertainty aren't just themes of the genre but ways of being in the world? Emerging from a region immersed in violence, trauma, and political instability, the novela negra reveals not just disillusionment but a desire to adapt to, even dwell within, chaos. In the hands of writers like Ricardo Piglia, Roberto Bola o, and Patricia Melo, savvy detectives and antiheroes navigate a world in which meaning constantly shifts and certainty is elusive. Blending literary analysis with philosophical inquiry, Larson draws on Heideggerian ontology to demonstrate how the noir novel becomes a mode of existence--grounded in its very groundlessness. Rather than offering resolution, these novels embody a paradoxical desire: to engage crisis while also adapting to it. In doing so, they become both ideological and pedagogical--existential fiction for an uncertain world. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

What if the answers to life's biggest questions could be found in just four words? BE: Who am I? DO: What am I doing? GIVE: What difference does it make? LOVE: Why does it matter? Be Do Give Love is a father-daughter memoir born in the aftermath of a winter funeral, a spring reboot, and a summer of road trips and reflection. What began as grief, trauma, and crisis became an unexpected opportunity to work together, launch a publishing imprint, and complete the work of bringing a grandfather's World War II memoir to a wider audience. At the heart of their journey is a framework, not invented, but revealed through lived experience. With honesty, humor, and vulnerability, Erik Larson and Maddie Larson share stories of loss and renewal, breakdowns and breakthroughs, faith and doubt. Rediscover the simplicity of timeless truths all too easily overlooked, and use the insights and questions in this book to align your Actions with your Identity to make a positive Impact in the world.

What if the answers to life's biggest questions could be found in just four words? BE: Who am I? DO: What am I doing? GIVE: What difference does it make? LOVE: Why does it matter? Be Do Give Love is a father-daughter memoir born in the aftermath of a winter funeral, a spring reboot, and a summer of road trips and reflection. What began as grief, trauma, and crisis became an unexpected opportunity to work together, launch a publishing imprint, and complete the work of bringing a grandfather's World War II memoir to a wider audience. At the heart of their journey is a framework, not invented, but revealed through lived experience. With honesty, humor, and vulnerability, Erik Larson and Maddie Larson share stories of loss and renewal, breakdowns and breakthroughs, faith and doubt. Rediscover the simplicity of timeless truths all too easily overlooked, and use the insights and questions in this book to align your Actions with your Identity to make a positive Impact in the world.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times). On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fuelled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter – a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were ‘so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them’. At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardour at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between both. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous Secretary of State, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable – one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink – a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times). On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fuelled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter – a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were ‘so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them’. At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardour at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between both. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous Secretary of State, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable – one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink – a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times). "A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller."--The Wall Street Journal A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln's election and the Confederacy's shelling of Sumter--a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were "so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them." At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter's commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable--one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink--a dark reminder that we often don't see a cataclysm coming until it's too late.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times). "A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller."--The Wall Street Journal A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln's election and the Confederacy's shelling of Sumter--a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were "so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them." At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter's commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable--one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink--a dark reminder that we often don't see a cataclysm coming until it's too late.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this 'riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult' (Los Angeles Times).

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times). "A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller."--The Wall Street Journal A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln's election and the Confederacy's shelling of Sumter--a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were "so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them." At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter's commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable--one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink--a dark reminder that we often don't see a cataclysm coming until it's too late.

Project Management: A Socio-Technical Approach is a comprehensive title that emphasizes the importance of the human dimension in project management through a holistic view by recognizing that to master project management one must not only master key tools and methods, but also how to manage people to use these techniques within the culture of their organization. Written for a wide audience, this title provides a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of project management through its universally applicable concepts, principles, and techniques. The 2024 release includes updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on project execution and features expanded examples, new student exercises and cases, and additional resources for instructors and students. This title is also well structured to meet the needs of those wishing to prepare for PMP or CAPM certification exams.

Izvestnyj zhurnalist i avtor neskolkikh bestsellerov Erik Lar-son predlagaet chitatelju pogruzitsja v atmosferu Berlina 30-kh gg. XX v., v perelomnyj period novejshej istorii Germanii - ot naznachenija Gitlera na post kantslera do uzurpatsii im vlasti i prevraschenija strany v "sad chudovisch" - diktaturu, aktivno gotovjaschujusja k vojne. V etot period SSHA priderzhivalis pozitsii nevmeshatelstva i predpochitali ne zamechat militarizatsii, presledovanija inakomysljaschikh i priznakov buduschego terrora. Glavnye geroi knigi - Uiljam Dodd, v 1933 g. naznachennyj poslom SSHA v Berline, i ego doch, svetskaja lvitsa, kotoraja ponachalu voskhischalas gitlerovskim rezhimom. V osnove sjuzheta - ofitsialnye dokumenty, memuary, dnevniki i pisma, pozvoljajuschie uznat o sudbe glavnykh geroev: diplomatov, obschestvennykh dejatelej, zhurnalistov, predstavitelej natsistskoj verkhushki i prostykh ljudej. Vmeste s poslom i ego semej chitatel prokhodit put ot neprijatija realnosti k osoznaniju zla, kotoroe neset rezhim natsistov, a zatem - k otchajannym, no bezuspeshnym popytkam predupredit mir o grozjaschej opasnosti.

El hundimiento que cambi el mundo y convirti a Estados Unidos en la potencia dominante del siglo XX.Inmenso y lujoso, el Lusitania, que zarp de Nueva York el 1 de mayo de 1915, era un monumento al orgullo y el ingenio de la poca, el barco civil m s r pido. Con el pasaje completo, parti con tranquilidad pese a la atm sfera b lica existente. La idea de que un submarino alem n pudiera hundirlo parec a absurda, un sentimiento del que se hac a eco la naviera: El Lusitania es el barco m s seguro del mar. Es demasiado r pido para cualquier submarino. Ning n nav o de guerra alem n puede llegar a l ni acerc rsele .Hacia las dos de la tarde del 7 de mayo, el buque recib a el impacto de un torpedo disparado por un submarino alem n. En apenas veinte minutos se hundi y hubo 1.200 muertos, la mayor a ciudadanos norteamericanos. Esta tragedia fue utilizada por la prensa para crear un clima de opini n propicio a la participaci n en la guerra. Pero cu l es la verdad sobre este hundimiento? Fue un hecho orquestado para justificar la entrada de Estados Unidos en la Gran Guerra? Iba cargado con material explosivo para Gran Breta a? Pudo haberse evitado un desastre como este?Con un rico elenco de personajes y un planteamiento original, Lusitania permite a los lectores experimentar el viaje y la tragedia en tiempo real, as como descubrir detalles ntimos que hab an quedado ocultos por las neblinas de la historia.

Hyllad skildring av Churchill, London & motståndet under blitzen Vald till en av Årets bästa böcker av The New York Times, Time, Vogue, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, NPR och Bloomberg. »Upplysande och fascinerande för dem som vill läsa om krigets aspekter utifrån annat än ren militärhistoria.« Betyg: 4 av 5 - Linus Björk, BTJ »En perfekt bok för vår tid.« TimeUnder Winston Churchills första dag på jobbet som premiärminister invaderade Hitler Holland och Belgien. Vid det laget hade Polen och Tjeckoslovakien redan fallit och två veckor senare evakueras Dunkerque. De följande tolv månaderna släpper Görings Luftwaffe lös sitt raseri över Storbritannien i en skoningslös våg av flyganfall som kommer att döda 45.000 britter och förstöra två miljoner hem. Churchills jobb var att hålla samman landet och samtidigt övertyga Franklin Roosevelt om att Storbritannien var en värdig allierad, redo att strida till slutet. Med filmisk detaljrikedom och med hjälp av tidigare hemligstämplat material målar Erik Larson upp en livfull bild av hur Churchill mot alla odds lyckades ingjuta mod i sitt folk - av hur nationens mörkaste timma på detta sätt också blev dess »stoltaste stund«. Vi följer det storpolitiska dramat från vecka till vecka, men får även en unik inblick i den intrigtäta privatsfär som dolde sig bakom statsmannen Churchill. Sammantaget är Det praktfulla och det onda en verklig tour de force som sätter en av 1900-talets stora politiska ledare och hans agerande i ny blixtbelysning. I översättning av Manne Svensson. ERIK LARSON är en amerikansk författare som haft sex böcker på New York Times bestsellerlista. Det praktfulla och det onda tog sig rakt in på förstaplatsen när den kom ut i USA. Erik Larson har bland annat nominerats till en National Book Award och tilldelats en Edgar Award. Hans bok The Devil in the White City planeras att bli tv-serie med Leonardo DiCaprio och Martin Scorsese som exekutiva producenter, med Keanu Reeves i en av huvudrollerna.»Erik Larson är en av USA:s stora historieberättare.« NPR

Starik Petson - master na vse ruki, a ego kot Findus obozhaet pridumyvat. Oni nauchat tebja masterit figurki zhivotnykh iz shishek, peresazhivat rastenija i proraschivat semena, delat busy iz gorokha s fasolju, pech vkusnyj pirog s krasnoj smorodinoj, stroit domik iz palochek dlja morozhenogo i dazhe razvodit golovastikov! Samoe zamechatelnoe v tom, chto vse, opisannoe v etoj knige, mozhno sdelat doma.

Hyllad skildring av Churchill, London & motståndet under blitzen Vald till en av Årets bästa böcker av The New York Times, Time, Vogue, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, NPR och Bloomberg. »Upplysande och fascinerande för dem som vill läsa om krigets aspekter utifrån annat än ren militärhistoria.« Betyg: 4 av 5 - Linus Björk, BTJ»En perfekt bok för vår tid.« TimeUnder Winston Churchills första dag på jobbet som premiärminister invaderade Hitler Holland och Belgien. Vid det laget hade Polen och Tjeckoslovakien redan fallit och två veckor senare evakueras Dunkerque. De följande tolv månaderna släpper Görings Luftwaffe lös sitt raseri över Storbritannien i en skoningslös våg av flyganfall som kommer att döda 45.000 britter och förstöra två miljoner hem. Churchills jobb var att hålla samman landet och samtidigt övertyga Franklin Roosevelt om att Storbritannien var en värdig allierad, redo att strida till slutet. Med filmisk detaljrikedom och med hjälp av tidigare hemligstämplat material målar Erik Larson upp en livfull bild av hur Churchill mot alla odds lyckades ingjuta mod i sitt folk - av hur nationens mörkaste timma på detta sätt också blev dess »stoltaste stund«. Vi följer det storpolitiska dramat från vecka till vecka, men får även en unik inblick i den intrigtäta privatsfär som dolde sig bakom statsmannen Churchill. Sammantaget är Det praktfulla och det onda en verklig tour de force som sätter en av 1900-talets stora politiska ledare och hans agerande i ny blixtbelysning.I svensk översättning av Manne Svensson.ERIK LARSON är en amerikansk författare som haft sex böcker på New York Times bestsellerlista. Det praktfulla och det onda tog sig rakt in på förstaplatsen när den kom ut i USA. Erik Larson har bland annat nominerats till en National Book Award och tilldelats en Edgar Award. Hans bok The Devil in the White City planeras att bli tv-serie med Leonardo DiCaprio och Martin Scorsese som exekutiva producenter, med Keanu Reeves i en av huvudrollerna.»Erik Larson är en av USA:s stora historieberättare.« NPR

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz--an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis "One of Erik Larson's] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment."--Time - "A bravura performance by one of America's greatest storytellers."--NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - Time - Vogue - NPR - The Washington Post - Chicago Tribune - The Globe & Mail - Fortune - Bloomberg - New York Post - The New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews - LibraryReads - PopMatters On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally--and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports--some released only recently--Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill's "Secret Circle," to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today's political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill's eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

From New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history. Pioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes. Was the cause rooted in the physical world . . . or were there forces more paranormal and sinister at work? Available only on audio, because as Larson says, ghost stories are best told aloud. A group of researchers sets sail for the Isle of Dorn in the North Atlantic in 1905 to explore the cause of several mysterious disappearances, most notably a family of four who vanished without a trace after a week-long holiday on the island. Led by Professor James, a prominent member of the Society for Psychical Research, they begin to explore the island's sole cottage and surrounding landscape in search of a logical explanation. The idyllic setting belies an undercurrent of danger and treachery, with raging storms and unnerving discoveries adding to the sense of menace. As increasingly unexplainable events unfold, the now-stranded investigators are unsure whether they can trust their own eyes, their instincts, one another--or even themselves. Erik Larson has written a terrifying tale of suspense, underpinned with actual people and events. Created specifically to entertain audio listeners, this eerie blend of the ghostly and the real will keep listeners captivated till the blood-chilling end. Featuring Erik Larson reading his Notes for a Narrator.