Creator, Are You Listening?: Israeli Poets on God and Prayer, Jacobson David C.
Автор: Howard Jacobson Название: The Finkler Question ISBN: 1408809931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408809938 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 10880.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
Автор: Jacobson, Abbi Название: I might regret this ISBN: 0349010870 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349010878 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 15170.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание:
***A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a hilarious and poignant collection about love, loss, work, comedy and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew.
When Abbi Jacobson announced to friends and acquaintances that she planned to drive across the country alone, she was met with lots of questions and opinions: Why wasn't she going with friends? Wouldn't it be incredibly lonely? The North route is better! Was it safe for a woman? The Southern route is the way to go! You should bring mace! And a common one . . .
why? But Abbi had always found comfort in solitude, and needed space to step back and hit the reset button. As she spent time in each city and town on her way to Los Angeles, she mulled over the big questions - What do I really want? What is the worst possible scenario in which I could run into my ex? How has the decision to wear my shirts tucked in been pivotal in my adulthood? In this collection of anecdotes, observations and reflections - all told in the sharp, wildly funny and relatable voice that has endeared Abbi to critics and fans alike - readers will feel like they're in the passenger seat on a fun and, ultimately, inspiring journey. With some original illustrations by the author.
Автор: Jacobson, Howard Название: Live a Little ISBN: 178733144X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787331440 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 12310.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A wickedly observed novel about falling in love at the end of your life, by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question.
*NOMINATED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 2019*
At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything - including her own children. She spends her days stitching morbid samplers and tormenting her two long-suffering carers, Nastya and Euphoria, with tangled stories of her husbands and love affairs.
Shimi Carmelli can do up his own buttons, walks without the aid of a frame and speaks without spitting.
Among the widows of North London, he's whispered about as the last of the eligible bachelors. Unlike Beryl, he forgets nothing - especially not the shame of a childhood incident that has hung over him like an oppressive cloud ever since.
There's very little life remaining for either of them, but perhaps just enough to heal some of the hurt inflicted along the way, and find new meaning in what's left. Told with Jacobson's trademark wit and style, Live a Little is in equal parts funny, irreverent and tender - a novel to make you consider all the paths not taken, and whether you could still change course.
Автор: Jacobson, Howard Название: Shylock is My Name ISBN: 0099593289 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099593287 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A re-envisaging of Shakespeare`s The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. He writes like a dream` Evening Standard`The funniest British novelist since Kingsley Amis or Tom Sharpe` Mail on Sunday
Автор: Jacobson Howard Название: Pussy ISBN: 1787330206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787330207 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity.
An unwilling, desperate nun trapped in the cloister, unable to gain release: such is the image that endures today of monastic life in early modern Europe. In By Force and Fear, Anne Jacobson Schutte demonstrates that this and other common stereotypes of involuntary consignment to religious houses—shaped by literary sources such as Manzoni's The Betrothed—are badly off the mark.
Drawing on records of the Congregation of the Council, held in the Vatican Archive, Schutte examines nearly one thousand petitions for annulment of monastic vows submitted to the Pope and adjudicated by the Council during a 125-year period, from 1668 to 1793. She considers petitions from Roman Catholic regions across Europe and a few from Latin America and finds that, in about half these cases, the congregation reached a decision. Many women and a smaller proportion of men got what they asked for: decrees nullifying their monastic profession and releasing them from religious houses. Schutte also reaches important conclusions about relations between elders and offspring in early modern families. Contrary to the picture historians have painted of increasingly less patriarchal and more egalitarian families, she finds numerous instances of fathers, mothers, and other relatives (including older siblings) employing physical violence and psychological pressure to compel adolescents into "entering religion." Dramatic tales from the archives show that many victims of such violence remained so intimidated that they dared not petition the pope until the agents of force and fear had died, by which time they themselves were middle-aged. Schutte's innovative book will be of great interest to scholars of early modern Europe, especially those who work on religion, the Church, family, and gender.
The archipelago of the Philippines is well endowed in nonferrous mineral resources such as copper, gold, lead, silver, nickel, and zinc. In recent years, the government of the Philippines, acting under the influence of the dominant and seemingly ubiquitous neoliberal development paradigm, has liberalized its mining laws to encourage the extraction of minerals by foreign corporations in order to accelerate the development of the economy. The Philippines is also a nation highly prone to a variety of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, typhoons, and El Ni o-induced droughts.
Nonferrous metals mining is an activity with a substantial potential for environmental degradation, and these various natural hazards have a high potential to adversely interact with mining's potential for environmental degradation. Earthquakes can destabilize tailings storage facilities, typhoons can flood tailings ponds, and mine-pit dewatering can enhance the competition for groundwater resources during droughts. This study show how natural hazards can amplify the environmental harm prevalent in mining and pose a substantial threat to the livelihoods of archipelago's poor, who are dependent upon subsistence agriculture and subsistence aquaculture.
Автор: Jacobson Alan Название: No Way Out ISBN: 1497655366 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781497655362 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: When a potent firebomb destroys part of an art gallery in an exclusive London district, FBI profiler Karen Vail is dispatched to England to work with Scotland Yard on drafting a threat assessment to head off future attacks. But Vail soon discovers that at the heart of the bombing lies a four-hundred-forty-year-old manuscript that holds clues to England's past-with dramatic political and social implications. The manuscript's content is so explosive that a group of political radicals is bent on destroying it at all costs. Or is it the work of someone else? The trail leads Vail to a notorious fugitive who has escaped law enforcement for decades, and who appears to be planning a major attack on London and the United States. When Hector DeSantos, banished from the US Department of Defense and now a rogue covert operative, turns up in England and takes actions that threaten Vail's life, she finds herself on the run from the British security service, Scotland Yard, and a group of internationally trained assassins-all determined to silence her . . . all tightening the net to ensure that she's got no way out. With his trademark spirited dialogue, page-turning scenes, and well-drawn characters, national bestselling author Alan Jacobson ("My kind of writer," says Michael Connelly) has once again crafted an intelligent, twisting thriller destined to be talked about long after the last page has been turned. "Vail is a terrific character and . . . Jacobson knows how to throw in plot twists that are shocking but logical . . . in] this outstanding thriller." -Library Journal, starred review "FBI agent Karen Vail is one of thrillerdom's feistiest heroines, and No Way Out gives her the most original problem yet: who's willing to kill to save Shakespeare's reputation? Jacobson mixes rocket-paced suspense with fascinating history in this thrill ride of a book." -Joseph Finder, New York Times-bestselling author "Alan Jacobson is a wonderfully vivid writer, with a sharp, dark eye for detail. No Way Out captures the vagaries of English society with humor, while not breaking stride from what is a thrilling and uniquely British story." -Peter James, international bestselling author "Jacobson has written the thriller of the year-fast plot, incredible character development, and chilling atmosphere. No Way Out has everything you can ask for in a thriller, plus the bonus of reading a book which you'll re-read and which will never turn up in a second hand bookstore." -Andrew Gulli, managing editor, the StrandMagazine "What fun to read . . . Don't say you weren't warned." -New York Journal of Books "Alan Jacobson's newest installment in the popular Karen Vail series is a riveting jaunt across the pond. The complexity of the plot mixed with the well-researched setting and Vail's signature style, make for a fast-paced, thrilling read where Jacobson offers you the best ticket in town. No Way Out is explosive " -Suspense Magazine "No Way Out is the latest in the Karen Vail series. Karen is out of her usual serial killer profiling arena, and deep in black ops and terrorists with DeSantos. The two characters, though different in their approach, are after the same goal . . . stop a ricin attack in the UK. I liked the interaction between the two main characters and the complexity of operating without official sanctions. Another good addition to the Karen Vail series." -LibraryThing Alan Jacobson is the national bestselling author of the critically acclaimed thrillers False Accusations, The Hunted, The 7th Victim, Crush, Velocity, and Inmate 1577. Jacobson's years of extensive research and training with law enforcement have influenced him both personally and professionally and have helped shape the stories he tells and the diverse characters that populate his novels. Jacobson's books have sold internationally and his Karen Vail series has been optioned for television.
Автор: Harris Frances Jacobson Название: I Found It on the Internet ISBN: 0838910661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780838910665 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 52750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The primary goal of this new five-volume set is to make Shakespeare`s poems and plays accessible and appealing to students. Written and edited by active Shakespearean scholars and critics who have a love of teaching and explaining Shakespeare, this landmark collection presents Shakespeare`s poems and plays in a whole new light for anyone interested in fully comprehending this great writer`s works.
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