Tony Soprano`s America, Booker M Keith

Автор: Farrell, J.G.
Название: Troubles (Booker Prize)
ISBN: 1857990188 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781857990188
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: Winner of the 1970 lost Man Booker prize in 2010!

Автор: Hollinghurst Alan
Название: Line of Beauty (A) Booker Prize`04
ISBN: 1447202228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447202226
Издательство: Penguin ELT
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Автор: Washington, Booker T.
Название: Negro Problem
ISBN: 1591021065 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591021063
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Over one hundred years ago, African Americans looked forward to the new twentieth century with mixed feelings of pride and discouragement. This collection of articles by leading African American citizens addresses `the Negro problem`. It is complemented by foreword by Bernard R Boxill, professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina.

Автор: Booker Sheri
Название: Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner City Funeral Home
ISBN: 1592407129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781592407125
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 15940.00 T
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Описание: Six Feet Under meets The Wire in a dazzling and darkly comic memoir about coming-of-age in a black funeral home in Baltimore

Sheri Booker was only fifteen years old when she started working at Wylie Funeral Home in West Baltimore. She had no idea that her summer job would become nine years of immersion in a hidden world. Reeling from the death of her beloved great aunt, she found comfort in the funeral home, and soon has the run of the place, from its sacred chapels to the terrifying embalming room.

With AIDS and gang violence threatening to wipe out a generation of black men, Wylie was never short on business. As families came together to bury one of their own, Booker was privy to their most intimate moments of grief and despair. But along with the sadness, Booker encountered moments of dark humor: brawls between mistresses and widows, and car crashes at McDonald's with dead bodies in tow. While she never got over her terror of the embalming room, Booker learned to expect the unexpected and to never, ever cry.

This vibrant tour of a macabre world reveals an urban funeral culture where photo-screened memorial T-shirts often replace suits and ties and the dead are sent off with a joint or a fifth of cognac. Nine Years Under offers readers an unbelievable glimpse into an industry in the backdrop of all our lives.

Автор: Booker, William J
Название: Trippers
ISBN: 1908248963 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781908248961
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Описание: On the road in England 1971... 'I began to desire a compass and almost bought one, but realized at the last minute that it was the concept I was enamoured with, not the artefact.' A very English Kerouac set to a 'Withnail & I' scale, this book is based upon the author's personal experiences in the summer of 1971. Bill Booker wakes up to the fact that he's a lonely stranger amongst his so-called friends and, spurred on by the need to sort his head out, he sets off on a journey accompanied by some new friends, roving from place to place, wandering through his memories, dreams and reflections, cadging cigarettes from strangers, soaring upon hallucinogenic wings, devouring egg and chips in back street cafes, haunted by a pair of apparitions, his insecurity and his friend's abominable feet... This is Bill's quest to find his personal Grail... Bill Booker's unique outlook, thought-provoking comments and observations on life will appeal to anyone who enjoys reading about personal discovery, personal relationships and to every new generation that wants to know what hippies/freaks/acidheads really got up to in the early 1970s and anyone who lived through that time who's ready for a nostalgia fix."