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37 produkter
Eye You See With
Selected Nonfiction
Av Robert Stone, Madison Smartt Bell
Häftad, 2021
217 kr
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The Eye You See With - the first and only collection of Robert Stone’s nonfiction - was carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone’s war reporting, his writing on social change, and …
Devil's Dream
A Novel About Nathan Bedford Forrest
E-bok, 2009
163 kr
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A powerful new novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the most reviled, celebrated, and legendary of Civil War generals. With the same eloquence, dramatic energy, and grasp of history that marked his award-winning fictional trilogy of the Haitian Revolution, Madison Smartt Bell now turns his gaze to …
Charm City
A Walk Through Baltimore
E-bok, 2007
121 kr
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With a writer’s keen eye, a longtime resident’s familiarity, and his own sly wit, acclaimed novelist Madison Smartt Bell leads us on a walk through his adopted hometown of Baltimore, a city where crab cakes, Edgar Allan Poe, hair extensions, and John Waters movies somehow coexist. From its founding …
Master of the Crossroads
E-bok, 2007
196 kr
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Continuing his epic trilogy of the Haitian slave uprising, Madison Smartt Bell’s Master of the Crossroads delivers a stunning portrayal of Toussaint Louverture, former slave, military genius and liberator of Haiti, and his struggle against the great European powers to free his people in the only …
Stone that the Builder Refused
A Novel of Haiti
E-bok, 2007
196 kr
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The Stone that the Builder Refused is the final volume of Madison Smartt Bell’s masterful trilogy about the Haitian Revolution–the first successful slave revolution in history–which begins with All Souls'' Rising (a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award) and continues with …
All Souls' Rising
E-bok, 2008
196 kr
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In this first installment of his epic Haitian trilogy, Madison Smartt Bell brings to life a decisive moment in the history of race, class, and colonialism. The slave uprising in Haiti was a momentous contribution to the tide of revolution that swept over the Western world at the end of the 1700s. A …
Toussaint Louverture
E-bok, 2009
197 kr
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At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, Haitian rebels had defeated the Spanish, British, and French and declared independence after the first—and only—successful slave revolt in history. …
Color of Night
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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Mae, a blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas casino, spends her free time wandering the desert with a rifle, or sitting in her trailer obsessively watching replays of an old lover escaping the wreckage of 9/11. What she sees in those images is different from what the rest of us would see. She revels in …
Eye You See With
Selected Nonfiction
Av Madison Smartt Bell, Robert Stone
E-bok, 2020
102 kr
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The definitive collection of nonfictionfrom war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writingfrom the ';legend of American letters' (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novelsincluding Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and …
Child of Light
A Biography of Robert Stone
E-bok, 2020
180 kr
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The first and definitive biography of one of the great American novelists of the postwar era, the author of Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise , and a penetrating critic of American power, innocence, and corruption Robert Stone (1937-2015), probably the only postwar American writer to draw …
Lavoisier in the Year One
The Birth of a New Science in an Age of Revolution
Häftad, 2006
144 kr
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Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists. Madison Smartt Bell’s enthralling narrative reads like a race to the finish line, as the very circumstances that enabled Lavoisier …
Doctor Sleep
Häftad, 2003
259 kr
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Madison Smartt Bell is one of the most versatile and gifted authors of his generation, a literary stylist with few peers. Doctor Sleep, one of his best novels, is a taut and satisfying psychological thriller planned to be released as a major motion picture under the title Hypnotic. Adrian Strother …
God's Country
Av Percival Everett, Madison Smartt Bell
Häftad, 2024
203 kr
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“Mr. Everett is successful combining heart with rage. . . . The novel sears.”—David Bowman, The New York Times Book Review This ‘comic and fierce’ novel spoofs the classic Western format with the dark, incisive humor we’ve come to expect from the acclaimed National Book Award– and Pulitzer …
Behind the Moon
E-bok, 2017
238 kr
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O Magazine ''s Top 20 Books to Read - Summer 2017 "Best known for his acclaimed Haitian trilogy— All Souls'' Rising , Master of the Crossroads and The Stone That the Builder Refused —Bell draws on his own experiences with voodoo possession to re-create his characters'' descent into a sinister …
All Souls' Rising
A Novel of Haiti (1)
Häftad, 1900
212 kr
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"A serious historical novel that reads like a dream." -- The Washington Post Book World "One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." -- San Francisco Chronicle NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST This first …
Save Me, Joe Louis
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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Two small-time thieves get in over their heads in this literary thriller from the "virtuoso novelist" and author of Soldier''s Joy (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Not quite at home in the backwoods of Tennessee, and even less suited for the service, drifter Macrae lands on his feet in New York City in …
Barking Man
And Other Stories
E-bok, 2011
32 kr
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A “brave, accomplished and utterly compelling” short story collection from the National Book Award–finalist author of Zig Zag Wanderer ( Kirkus Reviews ). Deploying a seemingly unlimited range of subject and setting, Bell’s latest collection of stories are as inventive as they are revelatory. From …
Soldier's Joy
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award–nominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis. After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns to his home in rural Tennessee where he spends his days raising sheep and growing vegetables. At night he likes …
Year of Silence
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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The National Book Award–finalist movingly examines the lives of a group of New Yorkers deeply affected by one woman''s troubled life—and death. Marian is haunted by an unspoken past reflected in the choices she makes. Whether it''s her drug addiction or her dubious affairs, she finds herself …
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And Other Stories
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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From the National Book Award–finalist: This "brilliant" story collection exploring the lives of dispossessed Americans is "one of his best achievements" (The Washington Post). Thematically focused on hard-luck characters trapped by desperate circumstances, Bell once again showcases his range and …
Waiting for the End of the World
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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An "exhilirating" novel of domestic terrorism in the gritty streets of 1980s New York from the National Book Award–finalist and author of Straight Cut (The New Yorker). As a staff photographer at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan, Clarence Dmitri Larkin is exposed to the fraying underbelly of New York …
Washington Square Ensemble
E-bok, 2011
131 kr
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Seven men tell their stories of survival on the streets of 1980s New York City in this gritty debut novel by the National Book Award–finalist. Like most New Yorkers, Johnny B. Goode hustles to make a living. His beat happens to be pharmaceutical distribution. His place of business, Washington …
Straight Cut
E-bok, 2011
148 kr
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An American film editor is caught up in Europe''s drug underworld in a "spare and cinematic" character study by the award-winning author of Soldier''s Joy (Time). Tracy Bateman eeks out a meager existence as a freelance film editor. Other than alcohol, his closest companion is a dog dying of …
