Pushkin press jul 2021 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Some girl dies. Film editor Marissa has read better loglines for films, but still jumps at the chance to travel to a small island to work with the legendary - and legendarily demanding - director Tony Rees. But she soon discovers that on this set, nothing is as it seems. There are rumours of accidents and indiscretions, of burgeoning scandals and perilous schemes. In the midst of this chaos, Marissa is herself drawn into an amateur investigation of the real-life murder that is the movie's central subject. The only problem is, the killer may still be on the loose. And he might not be finished.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fizzingly funny, heartfelt middle-grade novel about a resourceful girl, her impractical mother and a kidnapping mystery.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about school, her friends, her hopes, dreams and fears, and then he works it up into a comic strip. This book consists of 52 of those strips, telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp, spirited and funny child. The result is a moving, insightful and utterly addictive glimpse into the real lives of children growing up in today's world.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This "funny, biting, thoughtful, and wholly original" Vietnam War memoir captures the fear, sorrow, and absurdities of combat (Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried). "A must-read war memoir . . . related by one of the most incisive observers of the American political scene.' Kirkus ReviewsA conversation with a group of today's military age men and women about America's involvement in Vietnam inspired Jeff Danziger to write about his own wartime experiences: "War is interesting," he reveals, "if you can avoid getting killed, and don't mind loud noises."Fans of his cartooning will recognize his mordant humor applied to his own wartime training and combat experiences: "I learned, and I think most veterans learn, that making people or nations do something by bombing or sending in armed troops usually fails."Near the end of his telling, Danziger invites his audiencein particular the young friends who inspired him to write this informative and rollicking memoirto ponder: "What would you do . . . Could you summon the braveryor the internal resistanceto simply refuse to be part of the whole idiotic theater of the war . . . Or would you be like me ". Danziger, Jeff (illustrator).…