the sirens of titan kurt vonnegut jr

Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fictionWhen Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode Island, once every fifty-nine days and then only for an hour. But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will be.He knows, for instance, that his wife is going to Mars to mate with Malachi Constant, the richest man in the world. He also knows that on Titan - one of Saturn's moons - is an alien from the planet Tralfamadore, who has been waiting 200,000 years for a spare part for his grounded spacecraft . .. A finalist for the 1960 Hugo Award, The Sirens of Titan was Vonnegut's second novel. It received wide acclaim, and played with ideas of free will and predestination, themes he continued to explore in his later works.In 2015, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. -'The Sirens of Titan is marvellous. It's so funny it made me ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

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A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT'Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist' TimeA diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system.Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut's short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut's singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.

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Kurt Vonnegut''s Cat''s Cradle is an irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.''All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.''Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker''s three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Will Felix Hoenikker''s death wish come true? Will his last, fatal gift to humankind bring about the end that, for all of us, is nigh?Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut''s cult tale of global apocalypse preys on our deepest fears of witnessing the end and, worse still, surviving it . . .''The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting. You read him with enormous pleasure because he makes your hair stand on end'' New York Times''One of the warmest, wisest, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Kurt Vonnegut nebyl jen přední americký prozaik, ale též vyhledávaný a oblíbený veřejný řečník. Výbor z jeho projevů nyní vychází pod názvem No není to krása? Najdeme zde devět autorových proslovů; jeden z nich byl pronesen u příležitosti přebírání prestižní ceny Carla Sandburga, jeden na shromáždění Indianské unie občanských svobod a sedm zbylých na různých univerzitních promocích (což je přímo vonnegutovsky paradoxní, vzhledem k tomu, že sám Vonnegut nikdy univerzitu nedostudoval). Netřeba se však bát nějaké mravokárné suchařiny - Vonnegutovy projevy si co do výstavby, čtivosti a vtipnosti s ničím nezadají s jeho prózami. I v nich autor předvádí svou typickou ironii a sarkasmus, i v nich dokáže mezi drsné špílce nenápadně propašovat svůj humanismus a empatii, i v nich vyslovuje nejednu základní pravdu a přitom na čtenáře - či posluchače - spiklenecky pomrkává. No není to krása? Kurt Vonnegut jr. (1922-2007) patřil k nejoceňovanějším a nejoblíbenějším americkým spisovatelům druhé poloviny 20. století a od 60. let, kdy si ho přisvojili studenti amerických univerzit, požíval pověsti autora kultovního. Jeho romány lze považovat za společenské prózy (on sám je tak označoval), ale z běžně chápaných hranic tohoto žánru se od začátku tvrdošíjně přesouvají do sfér literatury humorné, groteskní, protiválečné, antiutopické či ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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FROM THE ONE-OF-A-KIND IMAGINATION THAT BROUGHT US SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 AND CAT'S CRADLE'Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer' Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAn 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage.Resonating with his singular voice, this is a self-portrait in writing that showcases why Kurt Vonnegut is as genius an essayist and commentator on American society as he is a novelist.

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The first-ever, critically acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five now available in softcover!Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. Billy Pilgrim’s journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be fallibly human. An American classic and one of the world’s seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!).

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Selected and introduced by fellow novelist and friend Dan Wakefield, the speeches in If This Isn''t Nice, What Is? capture a different side of Kurt Vonnegut for the first time in book form. There are nine speeches, seven given at colleges, one to the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, one on the occasion of Vonnegut receiving the Carl Sandburg Award. In each of these talks Vonnegut takes pains to find the few things worth saying and a conversational voice to say them in that isn''t heavy-handed or pretentious or glib, but funny and serious and joyful even if sometimes without seeming so.

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Read Kurt Vonnegut''s powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.‘An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist’ New York Times Book ReviewBilly Pilgrim – hapless barber''s assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier – has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.‘The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.’ George Saunders

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Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. Billy Pilgrim – hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier – has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War.But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.‘An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist’ New York Times Book ReviewThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

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New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he''d sold his third, he decided to quit his job and join the likes of Salinger, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner, and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut.Bagombo Snuff Box collects Vonnegut’s favourite stories from the postwar years that sharpened his dark, vaudevillian and quietly subversive voice. Here we see the mind-bending wit and central themes of his masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five. A must-read for Vonnegut aficionados new and old.

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Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. Billy Pilgrim – hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier – has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War.But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.‘An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist’ New York Times Book ReviewThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

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Look at the Birdie evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. In "Confido," a family learns the downside of confiding their deepest secrets into a magical invention. In "Ed Luby''s Key Club," a man finds himself in a Kafkaesque world of trouble after he runs afoul of the shady underworld boss who calls the shots in an upstate New York town. In "Look at the Birdie," a quack psychiatrist turned "murder counsellor" concocts a novel new outlet for his paranoid patients. The stories are cautionary they also brim with his trademark humour.Wry, ironic, satirical and poignant Look at the Birdie reflects the anxieties of the postwar era in which they were written and provides an insight into the development of Vonnegut''s early style

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Audiokniha: „Někdy si myslím, že zrovna v tomhletom je malér světa: moc vystydlejch mrtvol na těch nejvyšších místech.“ Sci-fi román o lidské zaslepenosti, který dlouho nepustíte z hlavy. Kolíbku, která vyšla v roce 1963, považoval Kurt Vonnegut za jeden ze svých nejlepších románů. Ironicky v něm komentuje stav Spojených států v šedesátých letech 20. století, kdy na Západě rostla obliba hippies, východního náboženství i konzumace drog, studená válka byla v plném proudu a vzrůstala vojenská podpora USA ve válce ve Vietnamu. Vonnegutův vypravěč pracuje na knize o tom, co dělali význační Američané v den svržení první atomové bomby. Pátrá i po fiktivním otci jaderné zbraně a při tom narazí na další ničivý objev – tzv. led typu 9, který mrzne při pokojové teplotě. Další stopy ho zavedou do fiktivního karibského státu, kde nečekaně dosáhne vysokého postavení, schyluje se ale k apokalypse… Vonnegutova kniha je ironickou sondou do lidského nitra, kde se skrývá touha po moci i po něčem vyšším.

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Kriminálník je ideální knihou pro čtenáře, kteří s Kurtem Vonnegutem ještě nemají žádnou zkušenost, ale chtějí s ním začít. Tento román totiž neodkazuje k jiným autorovým dílům, jako řada z těch ostatních, ale soustředí se přísně na vyprávění hlavního hrdiny Waltera Starbucka, který byl po letech propuštěn z vězení a hodlá radikálně změnit svůj život. Jeho vyprávění přeskakuje v čase z minula do budoucna a stává se originální, vtipnou a satirickou kritikou amerického kapitalismu.

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Kurt Vonnegut zastával celý život pozici důrazného odpůrce válek a jakéhokoli násilí a ve svých textech často zpracovával, s humorem a ironií sobě vlastní, neutuchající a nezvladatelnou lidskou náklonnost ke zlu. V knize je text vracející se znovu k tématu amerického bombardování Drážďan na konci druhé světové války, text o třech vojácích, kteří si představují své milované jídlo, jež si dají, až se vrátí z války domů, text o tom, jak je nemožné uchránit své děti před svody násilí, a další. Dvanáct dosud nepublikovaných textů dovoluje nahlédnout do úvah muže, který byl vojákem, spisovatelem, umělcem, rodičem i člověkem usilujícím neúnavně o nápravu světa.

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Fiktivní autobiografie Rabo Karabekiana, jednookého malíře a válečného veterána, který do dějin amerického umění vstoupil coby poznámka pod čarou a jehož prostřednictvím se Kurt Vonnegut zamýšlí nad některými groteskními jevy v americké společnosti dvacátého století.

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Nechcete si koupit naslouchátko, které vám mohutně pozvedne sebevědomí? Je soused odvedle prachsprostý sňatkový podvodník, nebo geniální hypnotizér ohýbající hranice časoprostoru? Existovala v druhohorách vyvinutá mravenčí civilizace? Šlápli jste na kuří oko Edu Lubymu a bojíte se o holý krk? Pokud zjistíte, že se vaše město hemží vražednými paranoidními psychopaty, znamená to, že jste taky paranoidní? Kurt Vonnegut opět vstává z hrobu a také v druhé posmrtně vydané sbírce doposud nevydaných povídek ohromuje srdečným humorem, kuriózními nápady, výstředními postavami a naprosto nečekanými pointami.

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Experiment. Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it. Solution. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's death-wish comes true when his last, fatal, gift to mankind brings about an end that, for all of us, is nigh.

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Rudy Waltz hasn''t had it easy. After accidentally committing manslaughter at the age of twelve, the traumas life continued to throw at him seemed almost inconsequential.Now fifty-four, an expat living in Haiti, he''s reliving the harrowing moments of his life that have left him in his current disillusioned state. But perhaps his ancestors, among them a father who was an unwitting patron of Adolf Hitler, have predestined him for the mad life he''s lead.In Deadeye Dick Vonnegut expertly probes the ties between generations, and questions the conventional notions of morality.‘Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer … a zany but moral mad scientist’ Time‘The master at his quirky, provocative best’ Cosmopolitan

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Player Piano is the debut novel from one of history's most innovative authors, published on Vonnegut's 100th birthday. In Player Piano, the first of Vonnegut's wildly funny and deadly serious novels, automata have dramatically reduced the need for America's work force. Ten years after the introduction of these robot labourers, the only people still working are the engineers and their managers, who live in Ilium; everyone else lives in Homestead, an impoverished part of town characterised by purposelessness and mass produced houses.Paul Proteus is the manager of Ilium Works. While grateful to be held in high regard, Paul begins to feel uneasy about his position - especially after a trip to Homestead. Eventually, Paul makes the decision to rebel against all he's been given, inciting seismic repercussions...

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''Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched'' J. G. BallardThis bitterly funny Cold War satire on the end of the world expresses our deepest fears of Armageddon, and has become a counter-culture classic.''A satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion'' Jay McInerney''The closest thing we had to a Voltaire'' Tom Wolfe''The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting'' The New York Times

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From the author of Slaughterhouse 5.In Rabo Karabekian’s fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man.

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Třetí posmrtně vydaná sbírka Kurta Vonneguta nám předkládá další originální povídky z počátku autorovy kariéry. S působivou jasnozřivostí v nich autor pitvá soudobou honbu za penězi, láskou a věhlasem, která svérázně formuje osudy jeho postav. Brilantní technik George se tak rozhodne pro dráhu obchodního cestujícího, která mu umožní žít se svou mluvící lednicí Jenny, mladá, idealistická sekretářka Amy se zamiluje do bankovního lupiče na útěku, štědré životní pojistky vyvolají epidemii sebevražd, ambiciózní a sebevědomý stavitel silnic si doma hraje s vláčky, dokud mu jeho fantazijní říši nezničí nemilosrdný ženský element, zapšklý novinář je přinucen předsedat výboru soutěže o nejlepší vánoční osvětlení, čímž mu do života zasáhne nejprve podezřele rozhazovačný kriminálník a poté i vánoční zázrak, postarší vdova po chovateli prasat dostává dojemné milostné dopisy od tajemného muže a rozhodne se čelit realitě tím, že se za ním vypraví osobně… V souboru Když smrtelníci spí Vonnegut se sobě vlastní obrazotvorností, pozorovatelským nadáním i humorem výstižně zachycuje, jak vypadá nebo by mohl vypadat svět kolem nás.

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According to science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001. It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience. Should it expand or make a great big bang? It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja-vu and a total loss of free will - not to mention the torture of reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdiest and most hollow decades.With his trademark wicked wit, Vonnegut addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books.

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A beautiful hardback edition of one of the most funny, moving and brilliant novels of the twentieth century.'A book to read and reread. He is a true artist' New York TimesBilly Pilgrim - hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier - has become unstuck in time.Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War.But when, exactly?How did he get here?And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself.This is a book about war.Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.'The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves' George Saunders'A rare accomplishment... it is a graceful, ferociously humorous, sarcastic and ultimately compassionate parable about man's power for evil and his capacity for grace' Sunday TimesVintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

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This is the second volume of Vonnegut’s autobiographical writings – a collage of his own life story, snipped up and stuck down alongside his views on everything from suicidal depression to the future of the planet and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Honest, dark, rambling, funny; this rare glimpse of Vonnegut''s soul is a dagger to the heart of Western complacency.

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With the satirical eye of his science fiction author alter ego Kilgore Trout, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five delivers a classic of modern American literature.Eliot Rosewater, President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation and volunteer firefighter, is tortured by an inheritance he doesn’t feel that he deserves. After (unfortunately) developing a social conscience, he sets out on a drunken tour of America, unravelling a little more at every stop until his path crosses with the science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is one of Kurt Vonnegut’s funniest satires, about the pleasures, pains and perversions of people and money, the obsessions of a famous family and the collective madness of a nation.

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From ratty attic to Auschwitz and back again, Mother Night is the confessions of Howard W Campbell Jr - an American, a notorious Nazi propagandist, and a US counter-spy - not a moral man. This mournful, macabre and diabolically funny tale of unsung heroism uses acrid humour to underline the horror of its themes. It is one of the blackest comedies ever.

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Dr Felix Hoenikker is the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to mankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh.

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From the author of Slaughterhouse 5.The human survivors of the nature cruise of the century, are quietly evolving into sleek, furry creatures with flippers and small brains. All other forms of humankind have ceased to exist, made redundant by their prized big brains.

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Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present

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The Art of Putting, first published in 1920, was the ''how to'' book of its time. With fascinating insights into golf then and now, it has become a collectors'' item. The tips and techniques from the nineteenth century golf master give a comprehensive guide to how to play and improve your short game in whichever century. It is a great gift for golf enthusiasts!

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Learn all about Martin Luther King Jr. Day with this Little Golden Book biography all about the civil rights leader! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers. This Little Golden Book captures the essence of Martin Luther King, Jr. for the littlest readers. They''ll learn how his childhood in segregated Atlanta—and in his father''s church—shaped the future civil rights leader. And they''ll gain a clear understanding of the way he became an eloquent, powerful voice for African Americans.Look for more Little Golden Book biographies: • Barack Obama • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Joe Biden • Kamala Harris • Sonia Sotomayor • Dr. Fauci

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Everyone’s favorite Dirty Old Man returns with a new volume of uncollected work. Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), one of the most outrageous figures of twentieth-century American literature, was so prolific that many significant pieces never found their way into his books. Absence of the Hero contains much of his earliest fiction, unseen in decades, as well as a number of previously unpublished stories and essays. The classic Bukowskian obsessions are here: sex, booze, and gambling, along with trenchant analysis of what he calls "Playing and Being the Pet." Among the book''s highlights are tales of his infamous public readings ("The Big Dope Reading," "I Just Write Poetry So I Can Go to Bed with Girls"); a review of his own first book; hilarious installments of his newspaper column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, including meditations on neo-Nazis and driving in Los Angeles; and an uncharacteristic tale of getting lost in the Utah woods ("Bukowski Takes a Trip"). Yet the book also showcases the other Bukowski—an astute if offbeat literary critic. From his own "Manifesto" to his account of poetry in Los Angeles ("A Foreword to These Poets") to idiosyncratic evaluations of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones, and Louis Zukofsky, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activist.Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher, his grandfather was a preacher… so maybe he’d become a great preacher too. One day, a friend invited him to play at his house. Martin was shocked when his mother wouldn’t let him in because he was black. That day he realized there was something terribly unfair going on. Martin believed that no one should remain silent and accept something if it''s wrong. And he promised himself that – when he grew up – he’d fight injustice with the most powerful weapon of all: words. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the inspiring activist’s life.Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Kolínská voda Dark Roses od The Library of Fragrance je unisex vůně s hlubokou květinovou kompozicí. Kombinuje tóny čajové růže, pačuli, ambry a vetiveru. Je určena pro večerní nošení a speciální příležitosti.

• Unisex vůně vhodná pro ženy i muže
• Hluboká a elegantní květinová kompozice
• Vydatná koncentrace kolínské vody
• Autentická a jedinečná vonná skladba

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Román vypráví příběh Rosemary Harper, která se připojí k posádce lodi Wayfarer. Posádce je nabídnuta jedinečná příležitost vybudovat hyperspace tunel na vzdálenou planetu. V těsném prostoru vesmírné lodi se postupně odhalují tajemství jednotlivých členů posádky.

• Brožovaná vazba s matným přebalem
• Rozsah 432 stran pro ponoření se do příběhu
• Originální anglický text pro autentický zážitek
• Přístupná cena díky brožované verzi

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Hudební CD - Rat Pack byla skupina populárních umělců hodně vystupujících v 50. a 60. letech 20. století. Rat Pack byla skupina populárních umělců hodně vystupujících v 50. a 60. letech 20. století. Nejznámějšími členy byli Humphrey Bogard, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford a Joey Bishop. Objevovali se společně na filmových i hudebních jevištích. Seznam stop CD 1 / Sam's Song - Sammy Davis Jr. & Dean Martin / Wonderful - Frank Sinatra / Innamorata - Dean Martin / Hey, Won't You Play / On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Frank Sinatra / Cha Cha D'Amour (Melodie D'Amour) - Dean Martin / Oh, Lonesome Me - Sammy Davis Jr / Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra / Take These Chains From My Heart - Dean Martin / We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends - Sammy Davis Jr / Begin The Beguine - Frank Sinatra / Come Back To Sorrento (Torna A Surriento) - Dean Martin / The River's Too Wide - Sammy Davis Jr / Night And Day - Frank...

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Kniha The Shining od Stephena Kinga vypráví příběh pětiletého Dannyho, který má psychické schopnosti. Když se jeho rodina přestěhuje jako správci do opuštěného hotelu Overlook, Danny začne zažívat děsivé vize. Hotel ožívá vlastním životem a rodina se ocitá v pasti během zimní bouře.

• Klasický horor od Stephena Kinga v anglickém jazyce
• Brožovaná vazba pro snadné čtení a přenášení
• Intenzivní atmosféra izolace a nadpřirozena
• Poutavý příběh s psychologickými prvky

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In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis''s Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside King, trying to staunch the blood from his fatal head wound with a borrowed towel. This kneeling man was a member of the Invaders, an activist group that was in talks with King in the days leading up to the murder. But he also had another identity: an undercover Memphis police officer reporting on the activities of this group, which was thought to be possibly dangerous and potentially violent. This kneeling man is Leta McCollough Seletzky''s father. Marrell McCollough was a Black man working secretly with the white power structure, a spy. This was so far from her understanding of what it meant to be Black in America, of everything she eventually devoted her life and career to, that she set out to learn what she could about his life, his actions and motivations. But with that decision came risk. What would she uncover about her father, who went on to a career at the CIA, and did she want to bear the weight of knowing?

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Tubbz kachnička představuje postavu Billa z hororové hry The Last of Us v humorném pojetí. Figurka je vyrobena z vinylu, měří 9 cm a je oficiálně licencovaná. Není určena pro hraní ve vodě a je vhodná pro děti od 6 let.

• Oficiálně licencovaná figurka z The Last of Us
• Detailní zpracování a věrné zachycení postavy
• Vhodná pro sběratele od 6 let
• První edice s vysokou sběratelskou hodnotou

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This collection of Vonnegut's letters is the autobiography he never wrote - from the letter he posted home upon being freed from a German POW camp, to notes of advice to his children: 'Don't let anybody tell you that smoking and boozing are bad for you. Here I am fifty-five years old, and I never felt better in my life'. Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, Vonnegut is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: 'I am an American fad-of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop'.Like Vonnegut's books, his letters make you think, they make you outraged and they make you laugh. Written over a sixty-year period, and never published before, these letters are alive with the unique point of view that made Vonnegut one of the most original writers in American fiction.

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Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the 20th century''s greatest writers. More than half of Vonnegut''s output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together. These 97 stories were written over a lifetime, from 1941 to 2007, and include those published during Vonnegut''s lifetime in magazines and story collections; those published posthumously; and, here for the first time, five previously unpublished stories as well as a handful of others that were published online only and read by few.

Objev podobné jako Kurt Vonnegut Complete Stories - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Own six of the most explosive chapters from Attack on Titan''s 12-year run, selected by readers, editors, and creator Hajime Isayama himself, retouched and rendered in spectacular color! This collectible hardcover also includes the original, never-completed draft of Attack on Titan Episode 1. Experience the moments that defined Levi, Historia, Reiner, Eren, and more of your favorite characters-and then read all 54 pages of the Attack on Titan story that wasn''t told! On Sept. 9, 2009, Episode 1 of the Attack on Titan manga premiered in the debut issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. A surprise hit in Japan became a global colossus, as the blockbuster anime premiered and brought legions of fans to this epic about humanity''s struggle against monsters waiting outside the three Walls, and inside their own hearts. This year, the manga finally comes to an end after 34 collected volumes and 139 chapters. To celebrate, creator Hajime Isayama has authorized the colorization of twelve manga chapters, specially selected by himself, loyal fans, and other staff. This premium hardcover includes the first half of his unique project, as well as the original version of Attack on Titan Episode 1, which was vastly different from what was eventually published ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A Rough Trade and Clash Book of the Year''Excellent, detailed [. . .] Hip-hop writer SH Fernando Jr benefits from an insider’s understanding of the milieu and provides generous context.'' Kitty Empire, ObserverOn December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.''s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop''s most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures.The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast recounts the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of MF DOOM. Broken down into five sections: The Man, The Myth, The Mask, The Music, and The Legend, journalist S. H. Fernando chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, NY, through to the mysterious, masked icon that he was to become. Centring the music, Fernando deftly lays out the history of east-coast rap against DOOM''s life story and dissects the personas, projects, tracks, and lyrics that led to his immortality.Including exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with him, the book provides an unknown, intimate, behind ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Filled with true tales of the New York mob, with the most colorful characters of the era, from John Gotti to Don King to Frank Sinatra, making appearances throughout the graphic novel, at its heart, Last of the Gladiators is a love story. A love story between a father and a son. Based on the acclaimed memoir by James LaRossa Jr., and told through his eyes, Last of the Gladiators is the story of how a young man finds his own identity and place in the world, while growing up the son of one of the most outsized and outrageously successful personalities in the history of New York City, a father LaRossa Jr. always called his “true north.” In the end, Last of the Gladiators is the story of what it takes and what it means to become, and to be, a true man.

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This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates.This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music—hip hop or otherwise—WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and more. During the ‘90s, they ushered in a hip-hop renaissance, rescuing rap from the corporate suites and bringing it back to the gritty streets where it started. In the process they changed the way business was conducted in an industry known for exploiting artists. Creatively, Wu-Tang pushed the boundaries of the artform dedicating themselves to lyrical mastery and sonic innovation, and one would be hard pressed to find a group who's had a bigger impact on the evolution of hip hop.S.H. Fernando Jr., a veteran music journalist who spent a significant amount of time with The Clan during their heyday of the ‘90s, has written extensively about the group for such publications as Rolling Stone, Vibe, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates.This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music—hip hop or otherwise—WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and more. During the ‘90s, they ushered in a hip-hop renaissance, rescuing rap from the corporate suites and bringing it back to the gritty streets where it started. In the process they changed the way business was conducted in an industry known for exploiting artists. Creatively, Wu-Tang pushed the boundaries of the artform dedicating themselves to lyrical mastery and sonic innovation, and one would be hard pressed to find a group who's had a bigger impact on the evolution of hip hop.S.H. Fernando Jr., a veteran music journalist who spent a significant amount of time with The Clan during their heyday of the ‘90s, has written extensively about the group for such publications as Rolling Stone, Vibe, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Remarkable Life of Albert Haskell, Jr.: The King of Crown City is the first comprehensive portrait of the Cortland, New York schoolboy who forged a path of his own that garnered him a reputation in New York State and the Northeast of the nation as an accomplished lawyer, politician, banker, civic organizer, supporter of higher education, and promoter of industrial expansion.As a district attorney, Haskell crossed paths with the prohibition government agents, murderers, white slavers, members of the “Black Hand” gang, and the Ku Klux Klan. He successfully prosecuted those who were part of a tubercular cattle scandal. As a state assemblyman, he was an advocate for the state’s dairy farmers during the violent milk strikes in the 1930s. Haskell co-founded a chapter of Rotary International in 1919 and played a pivotal role in the 1950s in making the place of his birth “the typewriter capital of the world.” Based on a trove of scrapbooks assembled by Haskell through his lifetime and kept by his grandchildren, this biography reveals exactly why Haskell’s life of integrity and public service merits the title of “King of ‘Crown City.’”

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