knopf doubleday publishing group jan 2010 (9 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives-each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people's dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the Whitbread Award-winning author of 'The Accidental' and 'Hotel World' comes this stunning collection of stories set in a world of everyday dislocation, where people nevertheless find connection, mystery, and love. These tales are of ordinary but poignant beauty: at the pub, strangers regale each other with memories of Christmases past; lovers share tales over dinner about how they met, their former lovers, and each other; a woman even tells a story to her fourteen-year-old self. As Smith explores the subtle links between what we know and what we feel, she creates an exuberant, masterly collection that is packed full of ideas, humor, nuance, and compassion. Ali Smith and the short story are made for each other.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Killers of the Flower MoonIn 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called 'The Lost City of Z.' In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett's quest for 'Z' and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating portrait of the National Football League, the Super Bowl, and all the position players who come together to create the biggest cultural phenomenon in American sports. Think the Super Bowl is only about two teams of titans clashing on the field Think again. The Super Bowl is about fans, hundreds of millions of fans. It's about money, more money than the GDP of twenty-five sovereign nations. It's about precision, the timing of everything from the notorious commercials to the epic halftime show. And it's about the vision and skill of designing a state-of-the-art stadium to house the great show. Here, Allen St. John reveals how America's biggest sporting event is more than just a couple hours on a Sunday: it's a high stakes, real-life dramatic story, with millions of participants all hoping for the same thing-the greatest game ever.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These ten stories take us across the country-from rural Pennsylvania to Southern California to suburban Connecticut-and deep into characters struggling to find meaning in their day-to-day lives. The Theory of Light and Matter is a stunningly astute vision of contemporary American suburbia, full of tension, heartbreak, and emotional complexity-the work of an important new voice.Long Listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, Short Fiction One of the Best Books of the YearKansas City Star San Antonio Express-News.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An official in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and both Bush administrations, Peter W. Rodman draws on his firsthand knowledge of the Oval Office to explore the foreign-policy leadership of every president from Nixon to George W. Bush. This riveting and informative book about the inner workings of our government is rich with anecdotes and fly-on-the-wall portraits of presidents and their closest advisors. It is essential reading for historians, political junkies, and for anyone in charge of managing a large organization.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Fluid, cracked, mordant, colloquial? Stand[s] by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability.' -The New York Times Book Review The celebrated collection of twelve stories from one of the finest authors at work today.A New York Times Book of the Year A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistWinner of the Salon Book AwardA Village Voice Book of the Year'A marvelous collection? Her stories are tough, lean, funny, and metaphysical? Birds of America has about it a wild beauty that simply makes one feel more connected to life.' -The Boston Globe 'At once sad, funny, lyrical and prickly, Birds of America attests to the deepening emotional chiaroscuro of her wise and beguiling work.' -The New York Times 'Stunning? There's really no one like Moore; in a perfect marriage of art form and mind, she has made the short story her own.' -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 'Birds of America stands as a major work of American short fiction? Absolutely mastered.' -Elle 'Wonderful? These stories impart such terrifying truths.' -Philadelphia Inquirer 'Lorrie Moore soars with Birds of America. A marvelous, fiercely funny book.' -Newsweek 'Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore.' -Harper's Magazine.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Here, collected for the first time in Everyman's Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe's 'African Trilogy."Beginning with the best-selling Things Fall Aparton the heels of its fiftieth anniversaryThe African Trilogy captures a society caught between its traditional roots and the demands of a rapidly changing world. Achebe's most famous novel introduces us to Okonkwo, an important member of the Igbo people, who fails to adjust as his village is colonized by the British. In No Longer at Ease we meet his grandson, Obi Okonkwo, a young man who was sent to a university in England and has returned, only to clash with the ruling elite to which he now believes he belongs. Arrow of God tells the story of Ezuelu, the chief priest of several Nigerian villages, and his battle with Christian missionaries.In these masterful novels, Achebe brilliantly sets universal tales of personal and moral struggle in the context of the tragic drama of colonization.