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By James Mcmanus. 2015
"In writing about poker Jim McManus has managed to write about everything, and it's glorious."--David SedarisNew York Times-bestselling author James…
McManus offers up a collection of seven stories narrated by Vincent Killeen, an Irish Catholic altar boy, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Persuaded at age eight by his grandmother that entering the priesthood will guarantee salvation for every member of his family, Vince eagerly commits to attending a Jesuit seminary for high school. As the meaning of a vow of celibacy becomes clearer to him, however, and he is exposed to the irresistible temptations of poker and girls, life as a seminarian begins to seem less appealing. These autobiographical stories are enlightening and evocative, providing keen, often humorous insight into Catholicism, faith, celibacy and its opposite, as well as America's--and increasingly the world's--favorite card game.James McManus has been called "poker's Shakespeare." He is the New York Times-bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker and Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, among others. He has been the poker columnist for the New York Times and currently writes the history column for CardPlayer. His work has also appeared in Harper's, The Believer, Paris Review, Esquire, and in Best American anthologies for poetry, sports writing, science and nature, and magazine writing. He has spoken about poker at Yale, Harvard, Google, Goldman Sachs, and on numerous media outlets, and is the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, among other awards. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.By John Metcalf. 2014
"John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."--Alice MunroThe Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial…
prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the mentor and iconoclast. John Metcalf is a literary legend whose memoir maps the underground he labored tirelessly to establish.By Cristiano Parafioriti, Кръстина Стоенчева. 2015
Галати Мамертино е малко планинско селце, сгушено сред полите на планината Неброди, от чиито стени блика история: и това е…
само една малка част от тази история, която "Късче от рая" ни кара да съпреживеем. Посредством двадесеттте разказа, изпъстрени с действителнигерои, опияняващи аромати и антични вкусове авторът обрисува една фреска от своята младост, като влага разумна доза фантазия и реалност. Докато четем страниците, можем да усетим слабия глас на Юга, приглушен от вцепенението, породено от примирението и тъгата, но и задъхващ се от любовта по едно отминало време, към една бедна и окървавана земя, изнемощяла и ранена от бича на бедността, неправдата и емиграцията, но винаги жива в спомените на хората, които са я напуснали. Именно този спомен засяда в душата и сякаш иска да образува емоционален свръхбагаж, който кипи и се разлива под формата на думи, мисли и образи за едно време, за един ден или за един миг, които са били изживени и които все още успяват да предизвикат вълнение.By Cristiano Parafioriti, Louise Rabour. 2015
Galati Mamertino is a small mountain town nestled in the Nebrodi national park, oozing with history from its very walls:…
and a small part of that history will come to life in "my country, my people". Through twenty short stories, rich with vivid characters, intoxicating smells and ancient flavors, the author paints a picture of his youth, cleverly moving between fact and fiction. Reading these pages we hear the fragile voice of the South, a voice suffocated by the numbness born of resignation and sadness, but which at the same time speaks of a love of times gone by, of a poor but sanguine land, exhausted and wounded from the plague of poverty, injustice and emigration but still very much alive in the minds and memories of those who left. And those memories lodge in the mind and settle in the heart as an emotional reservoir overflowing with words, thoughts and images of a moment, a day, an era once lived and still able to touch us deeply.By Cristiano Parafioriti, Tanja Čoprež. 2015
Galati Mamertino majhno gorsko sredi e potopljeno v park Gorovja Nebrodi kjer iz vsakega…
zidu pronicajo spomini pretekle dni Moja vas neko nam pomaga podo iveti ravno del ek teh spominov Vse skozi pripovedi nam pisatelj ivo predstavlja realne ljudi opojne vonjave in stare okuse na osnovi opisov njegovega otro tva na Siciliji Iz teh strani pronica tihi glas juga ki ga du i topost vdanosti in oto nosti ampak tudi ljubezen do preteklih asov do krvave in revne zemlje ki so jo iz rpale in ranile rev ina krivica in izseljevanje ki pa e vedno ivi v spominih odhajajo ih ljudi Vse to se vtisne v spomin in se zasidra v srce ustvari ustveno gmoto ki prekipeva in poplavlja v obliki besed misli in podob nekega preteklega asa dne ali trenutka ter e vedno vznemirjaBy Cristiano Parafioriti, Erica Leikas. 2015
Galati Mamertino pieni vuoristokyl keskell Nebrodin vuorten luonnonpuistoa huokuu historiaa kaikista seinist …
n se on yksi osa historiaa joka saadaan el uudelleen t ss kirjassa Kahdellakymmenell tarinalla jotka ovat t ynn elinvoimaisia hahmoja vahvoja tuoksuja ja jo l hes unohtuneita makuja kirjailija maalaa kuvan nuoruutensa freskosta annostellen sopivasti totta ja tarua N it sivuja lukiessaan tunnistaa etel n heiver isen nen tuon alistumisen ja melankolian tukahduttaman mutta my s rakkauden menneeseen aikaan k yh n ja veren tahraamaan maahan joka on k yhyyden ep oikeudenmukaisuuden ja muuttoliikkeen uuvutttama ja haavoittama mutta joka s ilyy aina elossa niiden mieliss jotka ovat sen j tt neet Tuo muisto j mieleen ja asettuu syv lle syd meen muodostaen kuin tunteiden l hteen joka tulvii ja kuohuu yli sanojen ajatusten ja kuvien muodossa ajasta p ivist ja hetkist jotka on eletty ja jotka pystyv t viel tuomaan esille tunteitaBy Bodil Bergh, Cristiano Parafioriti. 2014
I en serie noveller berättar Cristiano Parafioriti på ett levande sätt om sin uppväxt i en liten by på Sicilien.…
Ljuden från sparkade fotbollar och grälande kvinnor blandas med doften av mulåsnor och pinjeträd. Alla berättelserna genomsyras av genuin kärlek till familjen, vännerna, hembygden och även till hans katolska tro.By Cristiano Parafioriti. 2018
Gjennom tjue fortellinger gir forfatteren liv til personligheter, berusende lukter og tradisjonsrike smaksopplevelser i en tegning av sin oppvekst på…
Sicilia. Det sydliges dempede stemme siver ut av disse sidene, kvalt av reignasjon og tristhet. Men også med en kjærlighet til en fortid og en jord, fattig og blodfarget, utmattet og såret av armot, urett og fraflytting, men for alltid levende i minnet til dem som har forlatt den. Og dette minnet fester seg i sjelen og fyller hjertet. Det former en emosjonell rest som det flyter over med i form av ord, tanker og bilder fra en tid, en dag eller et øyeblikk som har vært levd og som fortsatt gir emosjoner.By Cristiano Parafioriti. 2017
Diep in de bergen van het Nebrodi-natuurpark, ligt het dorp Galati Mamertino, waar de muren een lange historie met zich…
meedragen. 'Era il mio paese' laat ons een klein gedeelte van deze historie herbeleven. Aan de hand van twintig verhalen die bol staan van levendige personages, betoverende geuren en klassieke smaken, schetst Cristiano Parafioriti een beeld van zijn jeugd, waarbij fictie en werkelijkheid op kundige wijze worden afgewisseld. In deze verhalenbundel klinkt de zwakke stem van het zuiden van Italië door. Het is een verstikte stem als gevolg van een algeheel gevoel van berusting en melancholie, maar ook als gevolg van de liefde voor een reeds lang vervlogen tijd, voor een arm en wreed eiland dat uitgeput en beschadigd is geraakt door aanhoudende armoede, onrecht en emigratie. Sicilië verdwijnt echter nooit uit de gedachten van degenen die dit eiland ooit verlieten. Deze gedachten vormen als het ware een bezinksel van emoties in het hart dat tot uiting komt in de vorm van woorden, gedachten en beelden van een tijd, een dag of een moment dat werd beleefd en nog steeds emoties kan losmaken.By Cristiano Parafioriti. 2018
À travers ces vingt récits, l'auteur nous dévoile des personnages passionnés, des parfums subtils et des goûts d'autre temps en…
sillonant ses mémoires d'enfance tracés en Sicile. C'est la voix fragile du Sud qui s'élève de ces pages, suffoquée par la torpeur de la résignation et de la mélancolie, ainsi que par l'amour d'un temps qui n'existe plus, pour une terre pauvre et au sang chaud, épuisée et blessée par les plaies de la pauvreté, de l'injustice et de l'émigration mais qui demeure toujours vive dans les souvenirs de celui qui l'a quittée. Et ce souvenir reste figé dans la mémoire et se pose dans le cœur pour former un résidu émotif qui déborde et se déverse sous forme de mots, de pensées et d'images d'un passé, d'un jour ou d'un instant vécu e qui continue à faire vivre mille émotions.By Cristiano Parafioriti. 2015
By James McManus. 2015
"In writing about poker Jim McManus has managed to write about everything, and it's glorious."—David SedarisNew York Times-bestselling author James…
McManus offers up a collection of seven stories narrated by Vincent Killeen, an Irish Catholic altar boy, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Persuaded at age eight by his grandmother that entering the priesthood will guarantee salvation for every member of his family, Vince eagerly commits to attending a Jesuit seminary for high school. As the meaning of a vow of celibacy becomes clearer to him, however, and he is exposed to the irresistible temptations of poker and girls, life as a seminarian begins to seem less appealing. These autobiographical stories are enlightening and evocative, providing keen, often humorous insight into Catholicism, faith, celibacy and its opposite, as well as America's—and increasingly the world's—favorite card game.James McManus has been called "poker's Shakespeare." He is the New York Times-bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker and Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, among others. He has been the poker columnist for the New York Times and currently writes the history column for CardPlayer. His work has also appeared in Harper's, The Believer, Paris Review, Esquire, and in Best American anthologies for poetry, sports writing, science and nature, and magazine writing. He has spoken about poker at Yale, Harvard, Google, Goldman Sachs, and on numerous media outlets, and is the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, among other awards. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.By Ben Brooks. 2018
WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018 & THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 1…
BESTSELLER___________'This book can save lives. This book can change lives. This book can help to bring forth another generation of boys who dare to be different.' Benjamin Zephaniah___________Daniel Radcliffe, Galileo Galilei, Nelson Mandela, Louis Armstrong, Grayson Perry, Louis Braille, Lionel Messi, King George VI, Jamie Oliver... all dared to be different.Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity.But what if you're the introvert kind? What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you're feeling sad or angry? What if you like the idea of wearing a dress?There is an ongoing crisis with regards to young men and mental health, with unhelpful gender stereotypes contributing to this malaise. Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different offers a welcome alternative narrative. It is an extraordinary compilation of 100 stories of famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and innovator in his own way, and all going on to achieve amazing things. Entries include Frank Ocean, Salvador Dalí, Rimbaud, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Stormzy, Ai Weiwei and Jesse Owens - different sorts of heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world.A beautiful and transporting book packed with stories of adventure and wonderment, it will appeal to those who need the courage to reject peer pressure and go against the grain. It is the must-have book for all those boys who worry about stuff and all those parents who worry about their boys who worry about stuff. It will educate and entertain, while also encourage and inspire.*For tales of even more brilliant men who have dared to be different, STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT 2 is out now!*By Dr Maya Angelou. 2008
A collection of wisdom and life lessons, from the beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD…
SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMADedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to my Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: it's part guidebook, part memoir, part poetry - and pure delight. 'She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds' OPRAH WINFREY 'She was important in so many ways. She launched African American women writing in the United States. She was generous to a fault. She had nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no duplicate' TONI MORRISONBy Brad Meltzer. 2018
By Brenda Lozano. 2017
Relaciones amorosas y familiares enigmas de la vida cotidiana irrupciones de lo desconocido con estos y…
otros elementos Brenda Lozano elabora historias cuyos personajes resultar n a los lectores al mismo tiempo cercanos y enigm ticos como suelen ser los amigos ntimos Nos estrellamos contra lo que m s queremos Esta colecci n de cuentos re ne sucesos de la vida cotidiana que se encuentran con eventos inusuales Por ejemplo que una ni a peque a se ponga a dialogar con un polic a y le haga preguntas de toda ndole en particular una sobre las piedras por ejemplo que una creciente manada de elefantes reconozca como parte de los suyos a un hombre Y que una pareja se imagine historias a partir de los ruidos que escuchan en el vecindario Hacia el final del volumen irrumpe un gorila de zool gico La cr tica ha opinado Un grupo de relatos siempre inquietantes y siempre sutiles -Antonio Ortu o Brenda Lozano es una espl ndida escritora brillante divertida sutilmente perversa siempre conmovedora -Francisco GoldmanBy William Wells Brown. 1859
Born a slave and kept functionally illiterate until he escaped at age nineteen, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) refashioned himself first…
as an agent of the Underground Railroad, then as an antislavery activist and self-taught orator, and finally as the author of a series of landmark works that made him, like Frederick Douglass, a foundational figure of African American literature. His controversial novel Clotel; or, the President's Daughter (1853), a fictionalized account of the lives and struggles of Thomas Jefferson's black daughters and granddaughters, is the first novel written by an African American. This Library of America volume brings it together with Brown's other groundbreaking works: Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself (1847), his first published book and an immediate bestseller, which describes his childhood, life in slavery, and eventual escape; later memoirs charting his life during the Civil War and Reconstruction; the first play (The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom, 1858), travelogue (The American Fugitive inEurope, 1855), and history (The Black Man, His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements, 1862) written by an African American; and eighteen speeches and public letters from the 1840s, 50s, and 60s, many collected here for the first time.By Brendan Burford. 2009
The stories in Syncopated challenge convention, provide perspective, and search out secret truths–all in the inviting, accessible form of comics.…
Syncopated will give you a daringly different view of the past–from the history of vintage postcards to the glory days of old Coney Island. It will immerse you in fascinating subcultures, from the secret world of graffiti artists to the chess champs of Greenwich Village. And it will open your eyes to pieces of forgotten history–for example, the Tulsa race riots of 1921–and to new perspectives on critical current events, such as the interrogation of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. These &“picto-essays&” encompass memoir, history, journalism, and biography in varied visual styles–each handpicked by Brendan Burford, one of America&’s top editors.Including:How and Why to Bale Hay by Nick Bertozzi Penny Sentiments by Rina Piccolo Boris Rose: Prisoner of Jazz by Brendan Burford and Jim Campbell Portfolio by Tricia Van den Bergh Father Figures by Josh Neufeld West Side Improvements by Alex Holden The Evening Hatch by Richard and Brian Haimes What We So Quietly Saw by Greg Cook &“Like Hell I Will&” by Nate Powell Welcome Home, Brave by Dave Kiersh The Sound of Jade by Sarah Glidden Subway Buskers by Victor Marchand Kerlow Erik Erikson by Paul Karasik Dvorak by Alec Longstreth A Coney Island Rumination by Paul Hoppe An Encounter with Richard Peterson by Brendan BurfordBy César Suárez. 2023
2023: AÑO SOROLLA Una biografía única. Una mirada audaz sobre uno de los más grandes pintores españoles y su tiempo…
«Quien busque una biografía de Sorolla y de su época encontrará en este libro una novela apasionante y magníficamente escrita. Y quien busque una novela apasionante encontrará al mismo tiempo una biografía tan rigurosa como amena».Luis Landero, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas La obra de Joaquín Sorolla es una de las más populares de la historia del arte español. Paradójicamente, su apasionante vida es poco conocida. Requerido por las élites sociales e intelectuales de Europa y América, fue uno de los grandes artistas de su época, que triunfó en los salones de París y en la emergente Nueva York. Habitó el fascinante mundo de finales del siglo xix e inicios del XX, con el desarrollo de la modernidad y la llegada de los grandes inventos. Vivió el desenfreno de la Belle Époque, el Madrid de las tertulias y zarzuelas, y las tribulaciones de la generación del 98, que criticó la «alegría de vivir» de sus cuadros. Trabajador incansable, discreto, ambicioso y exigente consigo mismo, sus mayores deseos eran pintar a todas horas y estar con su familia. Su historia es la de un hombre de éxito que hubiera preferido una existencia anodina. Una vida extraordinaria con un final desgraciado. ¿Cómo se forjó su carácter? ¿De dónde provenía su don? ¿Cómo era la España que vio y plasmó en sus cuadros? ¿Cómo logró mantener vivo el amor por su mujer desde la adolescencia? César Suárez combina biografía, ensayo y ficción en este libro que muestra una visión audaz de Joaquín Sorolla y de su tiempo. Un recorrido por escenas de la vida del artista que, tal vez, podrían servirnos de inspiración para la nuestra. La crítica ha dicho:«Con solvencia documental y una dinámica prosa, César Suárez narra la vida de Joaquín Sorolla, un artista que disfrutó de un éxito descomunal al tiempo que padeció el desdén de algunos de sus contemporáneos. Un retrato fascinante».Elvira Lindo «Este libro original y atrevido consigue el milagro de aparecerse ante nosotros como un cuadro propio de Sorolla. En él hay dicha, sol y ganas de seguir viviendo».Manuel Jabois «El Sorolla familiar, el del éxito internacional, el conquistador de la luz mediterránea, el de la mano prodigiosa que sabía que lo más profundo del cuerpo es la piel. Toda esa sabiduría está en este libro de César Suárez».Manuel Vicent «De Sorolla creíamos saber todo hasta que César Suárez ha revelado lo mucho que quedaba por conocer de este pintor inagotable».Antonio Lucas «Mezcla biografía, ensayo y ficción y se lee como una novela. Cuenta la parte más emocional de la historia de un artista extraordinario en una época fascinante».Isabela Muñoz, Telva «Una nueva, cálida y valiente forma de ver a Joaquín Sorolla a través de sus emociones. Un canto a su vida y a su obra».Blanca Pons-SorollaBy Christoph Niemann. 2012
This anthology of the illustrator’s New York Times blog features a chapter of all-new material: “a masterpiece of sophisticated humor”…
(Library Journal, starred review).In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times. His posts were inspired by the desire to re-create simple and everyday observations and stories from his own life that everyone could relate to. In Niemann’s hands, mundane experiences such as riding the subway or trying to get a good night’s sleep were transformed into delightful flights of visual fancy. In Abstract City, the struggle to keep up with housework becomes a battle against adorable but crafty goblins, and nostalgia about New York manifests in simple but strikingly spot-on LEGO creations. This brilliantly illustrated collection of reflections on modern life includes all sixteen of the original blog posts as well as a new chapter created exclusively for the book.