Bøger om Missouri

Fra glemt mesterværk til international bestseller! Stoner er et fascinerende, velskrevet og rørende portræt af en helt almindelig mand, hvis liv man ikke kan undgå at blive berørt af. Det er en roman om identitet, om livet, om de valg, vi træffer.William Stoner bliver i slutningen af det nittende århundrede født ind i en fattig bondefamilie i Missouri, USA. Som ung går han på landbrugsskole, men drages af litteraturens verden. Han vender aldrig hjem til forældrenes gård og vælger i stedet det akademiske liv, hvor bøgerne og litteraturen forbliver hans faste holdepunkt – også når konflikter og skuffelser truer med at ødelægge hans tilværelse. Bogen blev første gang udgivet i 1965, siden genudgivet i 2006 i USA, hvorefter mange forlag verden over fik øjnene op for romanen. Den er nu en international bestseller. "En gang imellem støder man på en bog, der mere end så mange andre bekræfter, hvorfor man beskæftiger sig med litteratur." - Jens Christian Grøndahl"Den bedste bog, du aldrig har læst." - Carsten Andersen, Politiken"Uha, hvor er den stærk og velskrevet." Per Krogh Hansen, fem stjerner i Berlingske."Det er helt enkelt en roman om en mand, der går på college og bliver lærer. Men det er noget af det mest fascinerende, jeg nogensinde har læst." - Tom Hanks"John Williams’ Stoner er mere sjælden end en god bog - det er en perfekt bog. Så velskrevet og smuk, så dybt rørende." - The New York Times Book Review"Et mesterligt portræt af en virkelig dedikeret mand." - The New Yorker

Teenage girls are being lured into the night to the City of Fountains, never to be seen again. No one is looking for these girls thought to be runaways until Patrick, an old friend of Detective Francesca "Frankie" Thomas, shows up and asks for her help. His partner's daughter Sasha has disappeared. Local law enforcement is treating her like she is just another runaway, but Patrick knows that she was lured from home, and he fears the worst.Twenty-eight years earlier, a young woman and her mother disappeared from Frankie's hometown. In their quest to find Sasha, Frankie and Patrick start down a path that leads directly to their past, and the closer they get to the truth, the higher the stakes get.

Join us as we take you on a Muffler Man hunt along Route 66. The Muffler Man Coloring Book helps you and your family find these relics off the road, learn more about their history, and offers an engaging activity for the whole family.

Join three young brothers who by sheer imagination embark on an urban adventure. The brother's creative minds can't be confined to a bedroom when they have so much to discover right outside of their front door.

Ozark Saints describes people, a dog, and values from real and imagined tales that influenced Howard Cavner as he lived in the limestone hills and valleys of the Ozarks. Cavner is proud of his Ozark roots and the moniker, Hillbilly. When he was in graduate school, a fellow student would introduce him to a new student, noting that a hillbilly's legs were often not the same length due to standing all his life on the side of uneven hills in the Ozarks. Little did the new student realize that it was a rehearsed act with Howard already standing there leaning imperceptibly to one side with the opposite leg dangling loose in the air. The Ozark Saints described in these pages would enjoy the joke. The hillbillies in Howard's life were keen observers of life and generous in times of need. Meet these grand people in the stories of Ozark Saints. You may know them or want to be one of them. You will laugh, tear up, and be inspired.

FBI Special Agent Kim Otto handles the fallout from Lee Child's The Midnight Line. She chases clues from Chicago deep into Mexico where she fights to the death in the gripping conclusion. Will Jack Reacher be there when she needs him?

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee Child A wanted man. Wanted...dead. Four men in a van barrel toward Chicago on a crime spree fueled by greed and vengeance. One man driving, another preoccupied with the sophisticated plan. In the back, a new recruit worried and wary, another angry and hot-headed. A day behind them, at a lonely motel in an out of the way New Mexico town, an unthinkable murder brings FBI Special Agent Kim Otto to a dead stop. Soon, Otto realizes the murder is tied to a massive crime wave. Otto and her new partner pursue Reacher's prey to Chicago and reconnect with his old friend. Frances Neagley fills in a few missing pieces and teams up with Otto in a race to stop the killers before a powerful unknown enemy can destroy them all. "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers including A Wanted Man and The Sentinel.

"Fresh off of a gutsy, thrilling 2023 Super Bowl win for the Kansas City Chiefs, two inspiring stories that fit perfectly together--a biography of superstar quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, who brought the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in fifty years in 2020 as well as a second in 2023, along with the historical struggles and recent resurgence of the former "Paris of the Plains," Kansas City"--]cProvided by publisher.

This book looks at the interaction of slavery, religion, and race in antebellum Missouri and how they influenced and shaped each other. The author argues that for African Americans, religion was an arena where they sought control over their own lives and where they created their own form of Christianity.

In this sequel urban fantasy novel, a man named Steven witnesses the return of a demon. In a race against time and evil, Steven does whatever it takes to expose the Soulstealer, even if it means going against everything he believes.