Автор: Alex George Название: A Good American ISBN: 1905490933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781905490936 Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd Цена: 752 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Tells of Jette`s dogged determination to feed a town sauerkraut and soul food; the loves and losses of her children, Joseph and Rosa; and the precocious voices of James and his brothers, sometimes raised in perfect harmony ...sometimes in discord.
Автор: Gino, Alex Название: George ISBN: 140717097X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781407170978 Издательство: Scholastic UK Рейтинг: Цена: 643 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Allow me to introduce you to a remarkable book, full of love, wonder, hope, and the importance of getting to be who you were meant to be. You must read this." - David Levithan, author of Every Day and editor of George. GEORGE is stunning debut about a girl who was born a boy but refuses to let that stand in the way of her dream.
Автор: Alex George Название: A Good American ISBN: 1905490933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781905490936 Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd Рейтинг: Цена: 752 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Tells of Jette`s dogged determination to feed a town sauerkraut and soul food; the loves and losses of her children, Joseph and Rosa; and the precocious voices of James and his brothers, sometimes raised in perfect harmony ...sometimes in discord.
Описание: The first biography of the artist who essentially invented indie and alternative rock ("Spin") A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star he was a true cult icon. Awardwinning music writer Holly George-Warren s "A Man Called Destruction "is the first biography of this enigmatic artist, who died in 2010. Covering Chilton s life from his early work with the charttopping Box Tops and the seminal power-pop band Big Star to his experiments with punk and roots music and his sprawling solo career, "A Man Called Destruction "is the story of a musical icon and a richly detailed chronicle of pop music s evolution, from the mid-1960s through today s indie rock."
Автор: George, Alex Название: Setting Free The Kites ISBN: 0735215669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780735215665 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1154 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous--and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan's budding friendship is forged in the crucible of two family tragedies, and as the boys struggle to come to terms with loss, they take summer jobs at the local rundown amusement park. It's there that Nathan's boundless capacity for optimism threatens to overwhelm them both, and where they learn some harsh truths about family, desire, and revenge. Unforgettable and heart-breaking, Setting Free the Kites is a poignant and moving exploration of the pain, joy, and glories of young friendship.
From the Hardcover edition.
Автор: George Alex Название: Setting Free the Kites ISBN: 0399162100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780399162107 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1731 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous--and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan's budding friendship is forged in the crucible of two family tragedies, and as the boys struggle to come to terms with loss, they take summer jobs at the local rundown amusement park. It's there that Nathan's boundless capacity for optimism threatens to overwhelm them both, and where they learn some harsh truths about family, desire, and revenge. Unforgettable and heart-breaking, Setting Free the Kites is a poignant and moving exploration of the pain, joy, and glories of young friendship.
Автор: Alex George, George Alex Название: A Good American ISBN: 039915759X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780399157592 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1663 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we call home.
It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they take one destined for New Orleans instead (""What's the difference? They're both new""), and later find themselves, more by chance than by design, in the small town of Beatrice, Missouri. Not speaking a word of English, they embark on their new life together.
Beatrice is populated with unforgettable characters: a jazz trumpeter from the Big Easy who cooks a mean gumbo, a teenage boy trapped in the body of a giant, a pretty schoolteacher who helps the young men in town learn about a lot more than just music, a minister who believes he has witnessed the Second Coming of Christ, and a malevolent, bicycle-riding dwarf.
"A Good American" is narrated by Frederick and Jette's grandson, James, who, in telling his ancestors' story, comes to realize he doesn't know his own story at all. From bare-knuckle prizefighting and Prohibition to sweet barbershop harmonies, the Kennedy assassination, and beyond, James's family is caught up in the sweep of history. Each new generation discovers afresh what it means to be an American. And, in the process, Frederick and Jette's progeny sometimes discover more about themselves than they had bargained for.
Poignant, funny, and heartbreaking, "A Good American" is a novel about being an outsider-in your country, in your hometown, and sometimes even in your own family. It is a universal story about our search for home.
Автор: George, Alex Название: A Good American ISBN: 0399158510 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780399158513 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1154 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers a comprehensive look at how 300 of the most successful motion pictures of all time were made and financed despite seemingly insurmountable economic, cultural, and political challenges. This book presents an examination of each film`s costs and revenues as well as each era`s prevailing production, distribution, exhibition, and marketing.
Автор: Alex George Название: Working It Out ISBN: 0006513328 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006513322 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Цена: 1011 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal -- Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story! For Johnathan Burlip, solicitor and virtuoso shirt ironer, nothing is ever simple. Girlfriends, dysfunctional families, petulant bosses -- all cause him grief and confusion. Marooned in modern London, Johnathan finds himself rudely ejected from the comfortable life of corporate lawyer, leaving him spinning out of control towards an undistinguished legal career in Finsbury Park, where the clientele and professional challenges are somewhat different. While he participates in a love story for our times, Johnathan is tormented on his journey by a chorus of politically correct parents, well-manicured mobsters, a bionic hamster and a cat with only one (curtailed) life.
Автор: Alex George Название: Wonderful You ISBN: 0007117965 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007117963 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Цена: 1011 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Wonderful You is a funny, poignant story about the disintegration and salvation of a modern marriage, and the pressures of trying to have it all. Sometimes life has a way of not working out quite the way you planned. Andrew Shaw's childhood ambition did not involve discussing the best way to give a red setter a makeover on daytime television. Coming home in the evening to virtual strangers, Andrew realises that his children are growing up without him. Desperate to reach out to his family, but unsure how to start, his life seems to be slipping away from him. Catherine Shaw made the impossible choice between her children and her career. At work she could handle the deadlines, the pressure and the endless demands without pausing for breath. So why is she finding it so hard to coax a truculent toddler into pyjamas and remember which stuffed toy is the one called Duncan? Under pressure to be the perfect wife and mother, yet feeling that she is failing at both, Catherine begins to search for new meaning in her life. Trapped in their marriage, their lives and their lies, Andrew and Catherine begin to realise that the answer to all their problems could be right in front of them. Wonderful You is a touching, witty and hopeful story about change, reconciliation and realising that everything you want might be everything you already have.
Автор: Alex George Название: Love You Madly ISBN: 0007117957 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007117956 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Цена: 1011 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Matthew is in awe of Emily. He loves her - but he isn`t entirely sure that she needs him. In fact, sometimes he thinks she`s forgotten that he exists. As his worries spiral out of control, Matthew realizes that, instead of giving him the security he craved, marriage has just given him more to lose.
Автор: Alex George Название: Before Your Very Eyes ISBN: 0006513336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006513339 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1103 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: New Man: Remember him? Didn't think so. Simon Teller is the last of a dying breed. He's such a New Man he's sparkling. Struggling magician, gourmet cook, and jazz freak, he's been doing Conversation and Quiche for as long as he can remember, but he's so sensitive that all he's managed to conjure up is a number of awkward crushes and infatuations. And now the women are staying away in droves. Enter stage left Joe, the Houdini of the casual sex scene and the man who, in the cause of true friendship, is determined to show Simon how to pull women as easily as he pulls rabbits out of hats. Under Joe's expert tutelage, and armed with an array of cynical -- and secondhand -- seduction techniques, Simon embarks on a radically different approach to dating. The results are disastrous. A number of close encounters of a very peculiar kind with desperate divorcees, nymphomaniac Canadians, and alcoholic doctors leave Simon wondering if the beautiful American magician Alex might be different...A comedy about love, friendship and magic, and about how, sometimes, the trick is to see what's before your very eyes.
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