Philip Beard: Kedves Zoe! Egy kamasz lány naplója
A könyv tulajdonképpen egy naplóba ágyazott csodálatos memoár és emlékezés.
Cimke: USA
Réti László: Kaméleon
Kortárs író, aki nem mellesleg (ex)-rendőrként látta a rendőri munka mint komoly, mint abszurd oldalát. Ezen tapasztalatokat a tökéletlenül tökéletes Cameron Larkin nyomozó kalandjain keresztül meséli el, aki öniróniájával és szarkazmusával, no meg a hihetetlen nagy szerencséjével oldja meg az ügyet. Ha szereted a jó humorú könyveket, nem fogsz csalódni benne 🙂
Comic Shop : The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture
The modern comic book shop was born in the early 1970s. Its rise was due in large part to Phil Seuling, the entrepreneur whose direct market model allowed shops to get comics straight from the publishers. Stores could then better customize their offerings and independent publishers could access national distribution. Shops opened up a space for quirky ideas to gain an audience and helped transform small-press series, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Bone, into media giants.Comic Shop is the first book to trace the history of these cultural icons.
America’s Favorite Holidays
America’s Favorite Holidays explores how five of America’s culturally important holidays—Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving—came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday’s traditions.
Women of the Storm : Civic Activism After Hurricane Katrina
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall less than four weeks apart in 2005. Months later, much of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast remained in tatters. As the region faded from national headlines, its residents faced a dire future. Emmanuel David chronicles how one activist group confronted the crisis. Founded by a few elite white women in New Orleans, Women of the Storm quickly formed a broad coalition that sought to represent Louisiana’s diverse population. From its early lobbying of Congress through its response to the 2010 BP oil spill, David shows how members’actions were shaped by gender, race, class, and geography.
Prince : Life & Times
In a career that spanned five decades, Prince really did change the world. After making some of most inventive albums of the 80s – including 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign’O’The Times – he turned his attention to redefining his role in the music industry, changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol, declaring war on Warner Bros, and leading the internet revolution. When he died, on April 21 2016, the world lost one of the few artists who could truly claim to be called a genius.
Mammoth Cave Curiosities: A Guide to Rockphobia, Dating, Saber-toothed Cats, and Other Subterranean Marvels
Sir Elton John, blind fish, the original Twinkie, President Ronald Reagan’s Secret Service detail, and mummies don’t usually come up in the same conversation — unless you’re at Mammoth Cave National Park! Home to the earth’s longest known cave system, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the oldest tourist attractions in North America. Although this remarkable place has been immortalized in works ranging from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick to H. P. Lovecraft’s’The Beast in the Cave,’the realities of life at Mammoth Cave can be stranger than fiction. In this charming book, Colleen O’Connor Olson takes readers on a tour through a labyrinth of topics.
Chuck Palahniuk: Harcosok klubja
Chuck Palahniuk egyszerű, velős mondatokban mesél, kissé lázálomszerűen ugrálva, de aki ismeri már a történetet, annak egy pillanatra sem fognak gondot okozni a hirtelen váltások – és ez a zseniális adaptálást dicséri –, szinte pörögnek a filmkockák a szemed előtt. Hatásos és jól megfilmesíthető anyag, de az író művészi magaslatokkal nem fárasztja magát, sokkol a nyerseségével és képtelen vízióival. Cselekményességével inkább forgatókönyvszerű, a leírások inkább szimbolikusságuk miatt szerepelnek, a monológok filozofikussága egyszerűségre törekszik, hogy mindenki megértse és magáévá tehesse őket. Így viszont a regény gyorsan és addiktívan olvasható.
5 könyvön alapuló tv- sorozat
Nem csak könyvmoly vagy, hanem sorozat függő is? Olvastad a kedvenc sorozataid alapjául szolgáló könyveket? Kíváncsi vagy rá, hogy valósították meg, ami eddig csak a képzeletedben élt? Mindegyik, egyik sem? Írd meg nekünk, hogy a könyv vagy a sorozat tetszett jobban! Javasolj még több párost!
Great Ships on the Great Lakes : A Maritime History
In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest. Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the people and ships who navigated them. Read along as the first peoples paddle tributaries in birch bark canoes. Follow as European voyageurs pilot rivers and lakes to get beaver pelts back to the eastern market. Watch as settlers build towns and eventually cities on the shores of the Great Lakes. Listen to the stories of sailors, lighthouse keepers, and shipping agents whose livelihoods depended on the dangerous waters of Lake Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Give an ear to their stories of unexpected tragedy and miraculous rescue, and heed their tales of risk and reward on the low seas.