deep vellum publishing nov 2021 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Following the four tenets of the Golden State Warriors (joy, mindfulness, compassion, and competition), an American expat in Berlin uses basketball as a lens through which to discover the meaning of life.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 196 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'One of Russia's best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next.' -The New York TimesAt first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These 'adult fairy tales' ask deep questions about gender, love, history, memory, and the future, taking place in times between history and the now. These stories, quirky but yet inspired by a confident hopefulness, will inspire and provoke English-speaking readers across the globe.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 2016, Shane Anderson made a vow to live according to the four core values of the Golden State Warriors to escape a decade of defeats-including divorce, debilitating spinal surgery and a suicide attempt. The basketball team's values of joy, mindfulness, compassion, and competition became Anderson's guiding principles, providing him a lens to investigate a myriad of social, personal, philosophical, and political issues, such as homelessness, the promises and failures of rave culture, and the limits of self-help. Part memoir, part essay, and part chronicle of the greatest five-year stretch of a team in NBA history, After the Oracle depicts the makes and misses of one expat trying to make a life worth living.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The post-apocalyptic story that captured the heart of Wales gets to the heart of the mother-son relationship, the making of myth, and the humanity within us all.