David Grann

From the bestselling author of "The Lost City of Z" comes this brilliant collection of true stories about people whose fixations propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. Whether David Grann is investigating a mysterious murder, tracking a chameleon-like con artist, or hunting an elusive giant squid, he has proven to be one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation. In "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes," Grann takes the reader around the world, revealing a gallery of rogues and heroes who show that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes d’équipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein d’une escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en m

A blockbuster adventure about life death and obsession in the Amazon

En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes déquipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein dune escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en mis

En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes déquipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein dune escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en mis

Comme souvent dans les récits de David Grann, un homme est dévoré par son idéal.Ce personnage dun autre temps sorti tout droit dun film de Werner Herzog, se nomme Henry Worsley. The White Darkness raconte son extraordinaire histoire. Celle dun militaire britannique fascine par lexemple dErnest Shackleton (1874-1922) et par ses expeditions polaires ; un homme excentrique, genereux, dune volonte exceptionnelle, qui reussira ce que Shackleton avait rate un siecle plus tot : relier a pied une extremite du continent a lautre. Une fois a la retraite, il tentera daller encore plus loin en traversant lAntarctique seul, sans assistance.Il abandonne tout pres du but, dans un etat de sante tel quil meurt quelques heures apres son sauvetage. Edifiant destin dun homme perdu par une quete dimpossible, qui nest pas sans rappeler Percy Fawcett, autre explorateur guide par une obsession, dont David Grann avait conte lhistoire dans La Cite perdue de Z."Tout le monde a son Antarctique, a ecrit Thomas Pynchon, rien nest moins vrai dans ce recit magnifique quon ne peut lacher avant de lavoir accompagne jusqua son terme.

Comme souvent dans les récits de David Grann, un homme est dévoré par son idéal.Ce personnage dun autre temps sorti tout droit dun film de Werner Herzog, se nomme Henry Worsley. The White Darkness raconte son extraordinaire histoire. Celle dun militaire britannique fascine par lexemple dErnest Shackleton (1874-1922) et par ses expeditions polaires ; un homme excentrique, genereux, dune volonte exceptionnelle, qui reussira ce que Shackleton avait rate un siecle plus tot : relier a pied une extremite du continent a lautre. Une fois a la retraite, il tentera daller encore plus loin en traversant lAntarctique seul, sans assistance.Il abandonne tout pres du but, dans un etat de sante tel quil meurt quelques heures apres son sauvetage. Edifiant destin dun homme perdu par une quete dimpossible, qui nest pas sans rappeler Percy Fawcett, autre explorateur guide par une obsession, dont David Grann avait conte lhistoire dans La Cite perdue de Z."Tout le monde a son Antarctique, a ecrit Thomas Pynchon, rien nest moins vrai dans ce recit magnifique quon ne peut lacher avant de lavoir accompagne jusqua son terme.

By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER Chilling . . . Poignant . . . Haunting and gripping . . . gets into worlds that are otherwise invisible to usDaily MailA Polish detective tries to determine whether an author planted clues to a real murder in his post-modern novelAn arson investigator races to prove whether a man about to be executed is innocentScientists stalk a sea monster In this engrossing collection, David Grann sets out to unravel the truth of twelve great, real-life mysteries. Each of these mesmerising stories is true; the protagonists are mortal and pieces of the puzzle often elude them. Some of the characters are driven by deception and murder. Others go mad. After all, as Holmes puts it, Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure JOHN GRISHAM on David Granns The Lost City of ZA wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration Sunday Times on The Lost City of ZMarvellous ... An engrossing book whose protagonist could out-think Indiana Jones Daily Telegraph on The Lost City of ZDAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK One mans perilous quest to cross Antarctica in the footsteps of Shackleton. Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honour and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the 20th-century polar explorer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole and later sought to cross Antarctica on foot. Shackleton never completed his journeys, but he repeatedly rescued his men from certain death and emerged as one of the greatest leaders in history. Worsley felt an overpowering connection to those expeditions. He was related to one of Shackletons men, Frank Worsley, and spent a fortune collecting artefacts from their epic treks across the continent. He modelled his military command on Shackletons legendary skills and was determined to measure his own powers of endurance against them. He would succeed where Shackleton had failed, in the most brutal landscape in the world. In 2008, Worsley set out across Antarctica with two other descendants of Shackletons crew, battling the freezing, desolate landscape, life-threatening physical exhaustion and hidden crevasses. Yet when he returned home he felt compelled to go back. On November 2015, at age 55, Worsley bid farewell to his family and embarked on his most perilous quest: to walk across Antarctica alone. David Grann tells Worsleys remarkable story with the intensity and power that have led him to be called simply the best narrative nonfiction writer working today. Illustrated with more than 50 stunning photographs from Worsleys and Shackletons journeys, The White Darkness is both a gorgeous keepsake volume and a spellbinding story of courage, love and a man pushing himself to the extremes of human capacity. Praise for David Granns Killers of the Flower Moon: A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice JON KRAKAUER A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evil KATE ATKINSONA fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West JOHN GRISHAM Disturbing and riveting...Grann has proved himself a master of spinning delicious, many-layered mysteries that also happen to be true...It will sear your soul DAVE EGGERS, New York Times Book ReviewAn extraordinary story with extraordinary pace and atmosphere Sunday Times A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve Financial Times

Fenômeno de público e crítica, Os náufragos do Wager reconstitui a história real de um naufrágio no século XVIII — e da história impressionante de seus sobreviventes.Em 28 de janeiro de 1742, uma emb

Beautifully told by David Grann, one of the best true-crime writers around Nuanced and gripping Evening StandardNow a major film starring Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck, The Old Man and the Gun is joined by two other riveting true-crime tales by the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGERThe Old Man and the Gun is the incredible story of a bank robber and prison escape artist who modelled himself after figures like Pretty Boy Floyd and who, even in his seventies, refuses to retire. True Crime follows the twisting investigation of a Polish detective who suspects that a novelist planted clues in his fiction to an actual murder. And The Chameleon recounts how a French imposter assumes the identity of a missing boy from Texas and infiltrates the boys family, only to soon wonder whether he is the one being conned. In this mesmerizing collection, David Grann shows why he has been called a worthy heir to Truman Capote and simply the best narrative non-fiction writer working today, as he takes the reader on a journey through some of the most intriguing and gripping real-life tales from around the world.Praise for Killers of the Flower Moon An extraordinary story with extraordinary pace and atmosphere Sunday Times A marvel of detective-like research and narrative verve Financial Times A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice Jon Krakauer A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evil Kate Atkinson A fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West John Grisham And for The Lost City of Z (shortlisted for the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize) Absorbing a wonderful story of a lost age of heroic exploration Sunday Times Marvellous engrossing Daily Telegraph At once a biography, a detective story and wonderfully vivid piece of travel writing suspenseful rollicking fascinating New York Times

Lorsquen 2008, le juge Castresansa sempare de laffaire du meurtre de Rodrigo Rosenberg, avocat guatémaltèque estimé, il ne sait pas quil va ouvrir une boîte de Pandore. Dans un pays où le complot est

Lorsquen 2008, le juge Castresansa sempare de laffaire du meurtre de Rodrigo Rosenberg, avocat guatémaltèque estimé, il ne sait pas quil va ouvrir une boîte de Pandore. Dans un pays où le complot est

Le comandante yankee, cest William Alexander Morgan, figure héroïque de la révolution cubaine pour les uns, traître national pour les autres. Cet homme intègre naura eu quun mot à la bouche : Liberté

Le comandante yankee, cest William Alexander Morgan, figure héroïque de la révolution cubaine pour les uns, traître national pour les autres. Cet homme intègre naura eu quun mot à la bouche : Liberté

Als anys vint, les persones més riques del món eren els membres de la nació osage a Oklahoma. Un cop descobert el petroli que s’amagava sota les seves terres es van convertir en milionaris: van const

A impressionante história real da primeira grande investigação de homicídios do FBI. O livro que deu origem ao filme de Martin Scorsese aclamado em Cannes e indicado a 10 categorias do Oscar 2024, in

Au mois de décembre de l’année 2000, le corps sans vie de D. Janiszewski, jeune homme d’affaire polonais sans histoire, est découvert dans le lit calme d’une rivière, près de Woclaw. Ses mains sont l

Au mois de décembre de l’année 2000, le corps sans vie de D. Janiszewski, jeune homme d’affaire polonais sans histoire, est découvert dans le lit calme d’une rivière, près de Woclaw. Ses mains sont l

A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of historys most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became one of the organizations first major homicide investigations. An undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection to bring an end to the deadly crime spree. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.In this youngification of the adult bestseller, critically acclaimed author David Grann revisits the gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. It is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to continue for so long and provides essential information for young readers about a shameful period in U.S. history.