Автор: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life ISBN: 0143109391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143109396 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11650.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** "Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard."--Sports Illustrated Included in President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses--off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly--he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui--is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan's travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art. Praise for Barbarian Days "Without a doubt, the finest surf book I've ever read . . . But on a more fundamental level, Barbarian Days offers a clear-eyed vision of American boyhood. Like Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, it is a sympathetic examination of what happens when literary ideas of freedom and purity take hold of a young mind and fling his body out into the far reaches of the world."--The New York Times Magazine "Incandescent . . . I'd sooner press this book upon on a nonsurfer, in part because nothing I've read so accurately describes the feeling of being stoked or the despair of being held under. . . . But] it's also about a writer's life and, even more generally, a quester's life, more carefully observed and precisely rendered than any I've read in a long time."--Los Angeles Times
Автор: Donovan Jack Название: Becoming a Barbarian ISBN: 0985452358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985452353 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 12870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Becoming a Barbarian is a follow-up to Donovan's cult hit, The Way of Men. Good, modern, "civilized" Western men today are expected to think like "citizens of the world" - obligated to everyone and no one. Natural, meaningful tribal connections have been substituted with synthetic, disposable consumer identities. Without a sense of who they are and what group they have a place in, modern men are becoming increasingly detached, disoriented, vulnerable, and ever more easily manipulated. Becoming a Barbarian attacks the emasculated emptiness of life in the modern West - "The Empire of Nothing" -and shows men how to think tribally again. It reveals the weaknesses of universalistic thinking, and challenges readers to become the kind of men who could go "all-in" and devote their lives to one group of people above all others. Becoming a Barbarian is about finding a tribe, finding a purpose, and choosing to live the kind of life that undermines the narrative of the Empire.
Автор: Howell, Hannah Название: Highland Barbarian ISBN: 1420142658 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781420142655 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 4900.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell returns to the Highlands of Scotland to give readers her most sensual story yet... Sir Artan Murray was right when he decided that the dying old man who bid him collect his niece, Cecily Donaldson, didn't know her at all. The furious woman facing him is neither -sweet- nor -biddable.- Cecily demands the brawny Highlander return her to the wedding party from which he took her. But Artan has no intention of allowing so spirited and bewitching a creature to endure a loveless marriage to a ruthless lord for her clan's sake. He aims to woo Cecily and show her that true love also yields unforgettable pleasure.... Praise for Hannah Howell and her Highland novels -Howell offers readers another captivating tale.- --Booklist -Another wonderful story filled with adventure, emotion, and laughter.- --RT Book Reviews
Автор: Bowers Jay Название: A Barbarian in Chicago- A Modern Conan! ISBN: 1393352987 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781393352983 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 9800.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Young Wulf Gott is told he must relocate from the Northern wilderness that is his lifelong home, to live with his estranged grandmother in the inner city of Chicago, Illinois. His unnatural grandmother, Nora, is an extreme liberal, and plans for Wulf to be a "white ambassador" in the all black Hyde Park High.
Expectations are that he will not last long, either in the school, or on the streets of that urban killing ground. Wulf surprises them all
Автор: Howard Robert E. Название: Conan the Barbarian ISBN: 1329687507 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781329687509 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 81150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: , Robert Ervin Howard Название: The Slithering Shadow: Conan the Barbarian #19 ISBN: 1546338810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781546338819 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: , Robert Ervin Howard Название: The People of the Black Circle: Conan the Barbarian #9 ISBN: 198425703X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984257031 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Название: Conan the Barbarian by Kurt Busiek Omnibus ISBN: 1302926535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781302926533 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 87090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Of interest to German, Dutch, Frisian, English, and Scandinavian linguists, and also those in general historical linguistics, phonology, and Indo-European, this book examines the relationship between three major quantity changes in the history of the Germanic language group: consonant lengthening, vowel lengthening, and consonant weakening, highlighting the role of syllable structure.
Автор: Thomas, Roy Название: Conan the barbarian: the original marvel years omnibus vol. 2 ISBN: 1302915142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781302915148 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 87090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The legend of Conan continues! Tired of the thieving life, Conan signs on as a mercenary for the warring kingdom of Turan. The enemy will tell of Conan's legendary skill in battle - if any of them live to tell the tale - but palace intrigue may prove more dangerous to the barbarian. After all, it's never wise to bed a wizard's woman. Then, Conan joins with Red Sonja for a multipart adventure. Last, but far from least, we present Roy Thomas and Gil Kane's never-before-reprinted GIANT-SIZE adaptation of The Hour of the Dragon, the iconic story of how Conan became king and conqueror and met the woman who would become his wife. And it's all restored to the original coloring! COLLECTING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) 27-51, ANNUAL (1973) 1, GIANT-SIZE CONAN (1974) 1-4 AND MATERIAL FROM SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1, 8 AND 10
Автор: Thomas, Roy Название: Conan the barbarian: the original marvel years omnibus vol. 3 ISBN: 1302917838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781302917838 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 87090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Collected here for the first time are Elaine J. Lawless`s key articles on the topics of reciprocal ethnography and women`s narrative which influenced not only folklore, but also the allied fields of anthropology, sociology, performance studies, and women`s and gender studies. Lawless`s methods and research continue to be critically relevant in today`s global struggle for gender equality.
Название: Conan the Barbarian Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years - The Coming of Conan ISBN: 1302925555 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781302925550 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 24370.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Looking at the situation of Kurds in Turkey through the lens of multiculturalism, this book offers a comparative analysis of attempts to find a solution to the often violent situation. Looking at wider contexts of state and nation-building projects, this book is ideal for scholars and policy makers working on Turkish politics, Kurds, national minorities, multiculturalism and conflict resolution.
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