Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. In the closing third of the twentieth century, Wales experienced the simultaneous effects of deindustrialisation, the subsequent loss of employment and community cohesion, and the struggle for its language and identity.
Michaela (Mickie) Bédard works at the Stevens, Bédard Investment Bank, a bank founded by her great grandfather. She is working on an Initial Public Offering for a technology company. Walking home one evening she suffers a severe asthma attack and The investigation leads Gilles to New York and to a network of shady characters operating in New York and in Montreal who are trying to steal the deal from Mickie. The investigation is further complicated by three more murders. King brilliantly combines the best elements of a cozy with a gritty police procedural in a novel full of twists and unexpected turns. Annie's clever insights are critical in solving the crimes. In the second Annie Linton, Gilles Bellechasse mystery novel, recovering bookseller Montrealer Richard King once again reveals his keen sense of metropolitan life in Montreal and New York City.
Exploring everything from giant squid to sea birds, sharks to sperm whales, this epic voyage with scholar and seafarer Richard J. King provides a new way of approaching Melville's classic sea-yarn: as a book about nature itself.
The third Nurse Annie Linton/Det. Sgt. Gilles Bellechasse Mystery.A mysterious doctor is wandering the halls of the Emergency Department of the Gursky Memorial Hospital, providing medication to patients suffering from dementia. Annie is suspicious of his motives and is determined to identify the man. Her search kicks into high gear when some of the dementia patients die unexpectedly. Gilles is assigned to investigate the murder of a doctor who is in charge of a research lab at the Gursky. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Montreal, killing people apparently at random. Gilles and Annie team up to uncover the clues that link all the crimes and ultimately to solve them.
Richard J. King takes us on a journey through the history, biology, cuisine and culture of lobsters, and their economic and environmental status worldwide. He also explores how the animal has inspired numerous artists, writers and thinkers including Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Dali and Woody Allen.
'If you look at all the people involved - Ivo, Tony Wilson, McGee, Geoff Travis, myself - nobody had a clue about running a record company, and that was the best thing about it.' Daniel Miller, Mute RecordsOne of the most tangible aftershocks of punk was its prompt to individuals: do it yourself.
A radical new history of Britain's natural landscapes and the musical movements they have inspired.
Wounded Detectie Gilles Bellechasse enlists nurse Annie Linton to help him investigate a series of stabbings in Montreal's Côte-de-Neiges district. Although drug dealers using the park are natural suspects, a vigilante group which is determined to "clean up" the park may have taken their measures a step to far.
Arthur Russell's music transcends genres, blending avant-garde compositions with disco, new wave, and folk influences. He was a key figure in New York's artistic scene, collaborating with notable artists like Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson. His innovative work remains influential, showcasing a unique ability to merge diverse styles until his untimely death in 1992 from AIDS-related illnesses. Russell's legacy is marked by a rich tapestry of sounds that continue to resonate with audiences today.
Ovid's unfinished Fasti serves as an elegiac exploration of Rome's festivals and rites, reflecting the poet's fragmented identity during his exile. Richard J. King employs gender studies and Lacanian film theory to argue that this incompletion offers a skewed perspective that critiques the male-dominated Roman social hierarchy. By emulating the civic act of calendar presentation, Ovid's work reveals the tensions of identity within an imperial context that both celebrates and marginalizes its greatest poet. King's analysis highlights the interplay between social status and artistic expression in Roman culture.