Häftad, Engelska, 2016
275 kr
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17 produkter
17 produkter
- E-bokEngelska, 2016
98 kr
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Searching for John Hughes is Jason Diamond''s hilarious memoir of growing up obsessed with the iconic filmmaker''s movies.From the outrageous, raunchy antics in National Lampoon''s Vacation to the teenage angst in The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink to the insanely clever and unforgettable Home Alone, Jason Diamond could not get enough of John Hughes'' films. So, he set off on a years-long delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker, despite having no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction.In Searching for John Hughes, Jason tells how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb—sometimes homeless, always restless—found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes'' oeuvre. He moved to New York to become a writer of a book he had no business writing. In the meantime, he brewed coffee and guarded cupcake cafes. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously.Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through. And the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story.In other words, this is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It''s a story of what comes after the "Go for it!" part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first. - Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
386 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2025
310 kr
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One of the most anticipated books of the year by the Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, The Millions, Hey Alma, and the Orange County Register"e;A gangster novel of epic scale."e; -People"e;A sprawling, funny, Jewish family saga. . . . Kaplan's Plot concerns Chicago, cemeteries, secrets and crimes, and the enormous gift of loving somebody for who they truly, imperfectly are."e; -Boston GlobeElijah Mendes was hoping for a more triumphant return to Chicago. His mother, Eve, is dying of cancer, his business flamed out, and he has nowhere else to go. So he returns to Chicago feeling listless and shattered, worried about how he's going to help his mother despite their chilly relationship. He finds some inspiration when he discovers that their family owns a Jewish cemetery and that a man he's never heard of, his great-uncle Solomon Kaplan, is buried in a plot there. With a new sense of purpose-and an excuse to talk more deeply with his mother-Elijah begins pursuing a family mystery of extraordinary proportions.Elijah discovers his grandfather Yitz, Eve's father, was a powerful gangster in the 1920s. She was ashamed and never spoke about him to Elijah. As secrets unravel, the past and present become intertwined, and Yitz's story forces Elijah and Eve to bond in ways they never have before and begin to accept each other, not as who they wish they were but as they both are. Kaplan's Plot is an astonishing balancing act between the ruthless and the tender, the superficial and the truth, by a writer with tremendous promise. - Häftad, Engelska, 2026
232 kr
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- Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
681 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2020
185 kr
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From garage rock to Greta Gerwig, Jason Diamond asks us to reconsider the creative potential of the American suburb as he leads us down the cul-de-sac and out again.For decades the suburbs have been where art happens “despite”: despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. The familiar story is one of gems formed under pressure, creative transcendence fueled by suburban resentment. But what if the suburb has actually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichés and pieties, these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look. - E-bokEngelska, 2020
192 kr
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For decades the suburbs have been where art happens despite: despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. Time and again, the story is one of gems formed under pressure and that resentment of the suburbs is the key ingredient for creative transcendence. But what if, contrary to that, the suburb has actually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichés and pieties and these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look. - Del 1 - Wolfstar
Dire Days
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Häftad, Engelska, 2025255 kr
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- Del 1 - Wolfstar
Dire Days
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025342 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2025
55 kr
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- Del 2 - Wolfstar
Niveous War
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Häftad, Engelska, 2026226 kr
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- Del 2 - Wolfstar
Niveous War
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026324 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2026
66 kr
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- Nyhet
Del 3 - WolfstarCivil Unrest
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Häftad, Engelska, 2026242 kr
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- Nyhet
Del 3 - WolfstarCivil Unrest
The Uncharted Horizon Serial
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026342 kr
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- Nyhet
E-bokEngelska, 202666 kr
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Mason's blood oath could unite—or destroy—the last of humanity.Wah'Lor's once untested peace has collapsed under the burden of violence and war that bled over from Kep Four. When the body of a former comrade is found and artifacts are discovered beneath the soil, Mason is thrust into a mounting storm, threatening to undo the complicated balance between humanity and the Kla'Wah sects.A frantic mission to find the fallen Ark unearths ancient technologies that shake everyone's past and leave their future in question.To make things worse, Dolofónos and his Uprisers spread their vengeance across the planet and draw its native inhabitants into their crosshairs. Alliances that General Bentley, Mason, and their Armada counterparts worked so hard to establish fracture to ignite conflict between the Vee'Sal, Dah'Sel, and humans.The monsoon season drowns Wah'Lor beneath gray skies and stokes flames of vengeance. Upriser attacks are methodical, forcing the hands of Vee'Sal leaders to call for action against the Dah'Sel. Caught in the middle, Mason and her squad must make impossible choices while navigating a fractured world they still hope to call home.In this third and electrifying installment of the WolfStar series, Civil Unrest explores the fragility of loyalty, the consequences of forbidden love, and what it takes to survive on a planet hovering on the threshold of collapse. Humanity must traverse with caution. Their future is balanced on the razor's edge of war and peace that, if tipped, could drown the planet in blood before the monsoon can do it with rain.
