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In Persuasion Nation
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables--all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Pastoralia
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders now surpasses his New York Times Notable Book, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, with this bestselling colle... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Liberation Day: Stories
Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with his first collection of short stories since the New York Times bestseller Tenth of December. <p><p> The “best short-story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Fox 8: A Story
From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller Tenth of December comes a darkly comic short story, a fable about the all too real impact that we humans have on the environment--now available for the first time as an eBook. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the on... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
Three months after George Saunders gave a convocation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunde... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
<P>The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented. <P>February 1862. The Civil War is less than o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Tenth of December: Stories
One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an undisputed master of the short story, and Tenth of December is his most honest, accessible, and moving collection yet. In the taut opener, "Victory Lap," a boy witnesses the attempted abduction of the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time, citizens waiting to enter the country fall under the rule of the power-hungry an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
In Persuasion Nation
George Saunders has earned enthusiastic acclaim and a devoted cult-following with his first two story collections and the recent novella The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil. With his new book, In Persuasion Nation, Saunders ups the ante in every way, and is poised to break out to a wide new aud... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
The Braindead Megaphone
The breakout book from "the funniest writer in America"--not to mention an official "Genius"--his first nonfiction collection ever. George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are Saunders's tra... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Pastoralia
'Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic and funny - telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times' Thomas Pynchon In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach! Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious images, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a modern fable for p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella
One of the most influential works of modern American fiction is available for the first time as an eBook, featuring exclusive content not found in the print editions, including an additional short story and original commentary from George Saunders and Joshua Ferris. Since its publication in 1996, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos
This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in what is known officially as Combined Operations--or, more popularly, the Comm... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry
"A writer like Paley," writes George Saunders, “comes along and brightens language up again, takes it aside and gives it a pep talk, sends it back renewed, so it can do its job, which is to wake us up.” Best known for her inimitable short stories, Grace Paley was also an enormously talented essayist... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Green Beret: The Story Of The Commandos, 1940-1945
"I am not worried about the fighting. I know you're fairly bloody-minded. But I want to speak of discipline during the battle.""You must get ashore, if you have to swim, and I hope some of you will return as you'll be very useful for the next show."The words of a Commando officer to his men before t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
by Neil Gaiman • Dave Eggers • Scott Turow • Salman Rushdie • Michael Cunningham • Louise Erdrich • Geraldine Brooks • David Handler • Ann Patchett • Meg Wolitzer • Elizabeth Strout • Timothy Egan • Jonathan Lethem • Jacqueline Woodson • Rabih Alameddine • Lauren Groff • Victor Lavalle • Jennifer Egan • Aleksandar Hemon • Anthony Doerr • William Finnegan • Jesmyn Ward • Sergio De La Pava • George Saunders • Marlon James • Andrew Greer • Yaa Gyasi • Brit Bennett • Morgan Parker • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Steven Okazaki • Li Yiyun • Hector Tobar • Moses Sumney • Viet Nguyen • C. J. Anders • Brenda Childs • Adrian LeBlancTo mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. <P><P>On January 19, 1920, a small ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Aging in the Family
With a rapidly aging population throughout the world, the issue of larger percentages of older adults has repercussions for both policy and the job market. Whether a university student about to seek a full-time job or a caregiver for an older person, Aging in the Family should enhance the reader’s k... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems Of Care For Strengthening Kids, Families, And Communities (IPNB #0)
How sustained disruptions to children’s safety have physical, behavioral, and mental health impact that follow them into adulthood. At its heart, polyvagal theory describes how the brain’s unconscious sense of safety or danger impacts our emotions and behaviors. In this powerful book, pediatrician ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Community Life for the Mentally Ill: An Alternative to Institutional Care
"Community Life for the Mentally Ill" presents a social innovative experiment aimed at providing new and more participating social positions in American society for mental patients. It presents the events that occurred when a courageous group of former chronic mental patients abruptly left a hospita... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1969 -
Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 18 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume (Moody Classics #1)
by John Bunyan • Andrew Murray • J. Oswald Sanders • Hannah Whitall Smith • St. Augustine • Nathan Stone • G. K. Chesterton • George Mueller • R. A. Torrey • Thomas A'Kempis • D. L. Moody • Howard Taylor • L. E. Maxwell • Howard Taylor • E. M. Bounds • C. H. Spurgeon • J. C. Ryle • F. B. MeyerThis package includes the entire collection of the Moody Classics Set: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret, The Apostolic Fathers, The Incomparable Christ, Orthodoxy, Answers to Prayer, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Power Through Prayer, The Imitation of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 18 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume (Moody Classics #1)
by John Bunyan • Andrew Murray • J. Oswald Sanders • Hannah Whitall Smith • St. Augustine • Nathan Stone • G. K. Chesterton • George Mueller • R. A. Torrey • Thomas A'Kempis • D. L. Moody • Howard Taylor • L. E. Maxwell • Howard Taylor • E. M. Bounds • C. H. Spurgeon • J. C. Ryle • F. B. MeyerThis package includes the entire collection of the Moody Classics Set: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret, The Apostolic Fathers, The Incomparable Christ, Orthodoxy, Answers to Prayer, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Power Through Prayer, The Imitation of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Keywords for Comics Studies (Keywords)
by Andrew Hoberek • Shelley Streeby • Jared Gardner • Scott Bukatman • Darieck Scott • Nicholas Sammond • Mimi Thi Nguyen • Cathy Schlund-Vials • Frederick Luis Aldama • Bart Beaty • Rebecca Wanzo • Blair Davis • Tahneer Oksman • Michael Chaney • Jonathan W. Gray • Benjamin Woo • Ian Gordon • Stacey Robinson • Frank Bramlett • Adam L. Kern • Yetta Howard • Brannon Costello • Charles Hatfield • José Alaniz • Gregory Steirer • Aaron Kashtan • Deborah Elizabeth Whaley • Alexandro Segade • Amy Kiste Nyberg • André Carrington • Anthony Michael D’Agostino • Barbara Postema • Benjamin Saunders • Carol L. Tilley • Christopher Pizzino • Christopher Spaide • Cáel M. Keegan • Ellen Kirkpatrick • Enrique García • Ian Blechschmidt • Isabel Millán • Jessica Quick Stark • Joo Ok Kim • Joshua Abraham Kopin • Justin Hall • Leah Misemer • Margaret Galvan • Matt Silady • Michael Mark Cohen • Nicholas Yanes • Osvaldo Oyola • Phil Jimenez • Sara Biggs Chaney • Sean Guynes • Susan KirtleyIntroduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers emerging in the field of comics studiesAcross more than fifty original essays, Keywords for Comics Studies provides a rich, interdisciplinary vocabulary for comics and sequential art. The essay... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021