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17 produkter
Feeding the Rat
A Climber's Life on the Edge
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2003
165 kr
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Feeding the Rat is the story of an extraordinary man: climbing legend Mo Anthoine, who found his greatet joy in adventures that tested the far limits of human endurance. That passion for "feeding the rat" made him the unsung hero of dozens of horrifying epics in the mountains, including the famous …
Savage God
A Study of Suicide
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2013
239 kr
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An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide. The Savage God explores the cultural …
Writer's Voice
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2006
181 kr
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What makes good writing good? In his brilliant new book, Al Alvarez argues that it is the development of the voice - voice as distinct from style - that makes a writer great. A poet as well as a critic, Al Alvarez approaches his subject both as an informed observer and an insider. Here are - among …
Where Did it All Go Right?
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2002
240 kr
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Al Alvarez, poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, and poker player, has for seventy years been hard to categorize. He is the author of the best-selling study of suicide, "The Savage God", and as poetry editor of the "Observer", he has known most of the leading poets of the second half of last century. …
Savage God
A Study of Suicide
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2002
215 kr
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Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide. "The Savage God" explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them …
Risky Business
People, Pastimes, Poker and Books
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2008
260 kr
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Al Alvarez's writing career has come in many guises. One of the most influential post-war critics, he has written profoundly and eloquently about writers and their craft for over fifty years. But Alvarez has also been a passionate amateur of risky pursuits - poker playing, mountaineering, flying in …
Biggest Game in Town
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2009
179 kr
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Since its first publication twenty years ago, The Biggest Game in Town has become a sought-after cult classic. Acclaimed writer and critic Al Alvarez delves into the murky and compelling world of high-stakes Vegas poker, where ''the next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing''. …
Risky Business
People, Pastimes, Poker and Books
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2012
267 kr
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''In a book this good, in the company of a mind this judicious and fine, the reader is left wanting more'' Telegraph Poetry, poker, mountaineering, novels - a sparkling collection of essays from Britain''s best-loved man of letters ________________________ Al Alvarez''s writing career has come in …
Where Did It All Go Right?
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2012
247 kr
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Al Alvarez - poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, and poker player - has for seventy years been hard to categorize. He is the author of the best-selling study of suicide, THE SAVAGE GOD, and as poetry editor of the OBSERVER, he has known most of the leading poets of the second half of last century. …
Pondlife
A Swimmer's Journal
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2013
143 kr
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From the author of The Savage God , a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good night The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez – poet, critic, …
Pondlife
A Swimmer's Journal
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2015
141 kr
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From the author of The Savage God, a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good nightThe ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best part of his life Al Alvarez – poet, critic, …
Writer's Voice
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2013
179 kr
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''Should not be neglected by anybody with a serious interest in modern literature and literary criticism.'' Frank Kermode ''Is there a more charming literary companion than Al Alvarez? To read this book is to feel the shutters of the mind being slowly jemmied apart, an agonising delight'' Spectator …
Feeding The Rat
A Climber's Life on the Edge
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2013
164 kr
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_________________ From the author of Poker and The Biggest Game in Town , a stirring portrait of the climbing legend Mo Anthoine - a must for fans of adrenaline sports everywhere Feeding the Rat is the story of an extraordinary man: climbing legend Mo Anthoine , who found his greatest joy in …
El Dios Salvaje
Ensayo sobre el suicidio
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2021
129 kr
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De toda la polifacética obra de Al Alvarez, El Dios Salvaje es el libro por el que siempre se lo cita y siempre se lo recordará: un hito en la ensayística sobre el suicidio que tiene la virtud de fusionar la perspectiva personal con una vasta reflexión sobre el tema en la historia y la literatura. …
Apuesta arriesgada
Personas, pasatiempos, póker y libros
Av Al Alvarez
Häftad, 2026
473 kr
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Apuesta arriesgada
Personas, pasatiempos, poker y libros
Av Al Alvarez
E-bok, 2026
122 kr
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Estuvo ahi? En la primera expedicion a la Antartida, iluminando la brujula con fosforos, en los vuelos de Saint-Exupery por el Sahara, en el suicidio de un poeta alcoholico sobre el rio Missisippi. Estuvo ahi? Al Alvarez nos presenta esta recopilacion de cronicas y perfiles, por primera vez …
