Автор: Gaddis, William Название: Recognitions, The ISBN: 1681374668 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681374666 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 18360.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: A postmodern masterpiece about fraud and forgery by one of the most venerated novelists of the last century.The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges as anything but: our world. The book is a masquerade, moving from New England to New York to Madrid, from the art world to the underworld, but it centers on the story of Wyatt Gwyon, son of a New England pastor, who forsakes religion to devote himself to painting, only to despair of his inspiration. In expiation, he will paint nothing but flawless copies of his revered old masters--copies, however, that find their way into the hands of a sinister financial wizard by the name of Recktall Brown, who of course sells them as the real thing. Gwyon's story is only one of many that fill the pages of a novel that is as monstrously populated as paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Throughout, Gaddis's characters preen and scheme and party and toil, pursuing salvation through the debasement of desire. Dismissed uncomprehendingly by the critics on publication in 1955 and ignored by the literary world for decades after, The Recognitions has gone on to establish itself as one of the great American novels, immensely ambitious and entirely unique, a book of freakish strangeness and outrageous comedy that is also profoundly serious and sad.
Автор: Gaddis, William Название: J R ISBN: 1681374684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681374680 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 18360.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 financial crisis. At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination with junk mail get-rich-quick offers. Responding to one, he sees a small return; soon, he is a running a massive Ponzi scheme out a phone booth in the school hallway. Everyone from the school staff to the municipal government to the squabbling heirs of a player piano company to the titans of Wall Street and the politicians in Washington will be caught up in the J R Company, an endlessly ballooning bubble that encompasses shaky mineral claims and gas leases, defense contracts, a string of nursing homes cum funeral parlors, matchbooks, marijuana, prostheses, publishing, and even a formula for frozen music. First published in 1975, J R is an appallingly funny and all-too-prophetic depiction of America's romance with finance and its disastrous consequences. It is also a book about suburban development and urban decay, divorce proceedings and disputed wills, the crumbling facade of Western civilization and the impossible demands of love and art, with characters ranging from the earnest young composer Edward Bast, who inadvertently finds himself the public face of the J R company, to the berserk publicist Davidoff, whose unceasing output of hype and spin and buzz make him one of the great grotesques of modern fiction. Told almost entirely through dialogue, Gaddis's novel is a story of compounding misunderstandings, at once absurd and desperate. It is both a literary tour-de-force and an unsurpassed reckoning with the way we live now.
Автор: Gaddis W Название: Carpenter`s Gothic ISBN: 0141182229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141182223 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 17650.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Gaddis, William Название: Agape Agape ISBN: 0142437638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142437636 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9810.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters. Now comes his final work of fiction, a subtle, concentrated culmination of his art and ideas. For more than fifty years Gaddis collected notes for a book about the mechanization of the arts, told by way of a social history of the player piano in America.
In the years before his death in 1998, he distilled the whole mass into a fiction, a dramatic monologue by an elderly man with a terminal illness. Continuing Gaddis's career-long reflection on those aspects of corporate technological culture that are uniquely destructive of the arts, Agape Agape is a stunning achievement from one of the indisputable masters of postwar American fiction.
Автор: John Lewis Gaddis Название: The Cold War ISBN: 0141025328 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141025322 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 12620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... In this book, the truth behind every spy thriller you`ve read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate. It tells the story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history.
Автор: Gaddis, William Название: Rush for Second Place, The ISBN: 0142002380 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142002384 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 23540.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: William Gaddis published only four novels during his lifetime, but with those works he earned himself a reputation as one of America's greatest novelists. Less well known is Gaddis's body of excellent critical writings. Here is a wide range of his original essays, some published for the first time. From "'Stop Player. Joke No. 4, '" Gaddis's first national publication and the basis for his projected history of the player piano, to the title essay about missed opportunities in America during the past fifty years, to "Old Foes with New Faces," an examination of the relationship between the writer and the problem of religion-this diverse collection displays the power of an autonomous literary intelligence in an age increasingly dominated by political and religious conservatism
Автор: Gaddis, John Lewis Название: On Grand Strategy ISBN: 0143132512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143132516 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11650.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary Yale course co-taught by the author for decades For almost two decades, Yale students have competed for admission each year to the "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar taught by John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, and Charles Hill. Its purpose has been to prepare future leaders for responsibilities they will face, through lessons drawn from history and the classics. Now, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Gaddis has distilled that teaching into a succinct, sharp, and transformational book, surveying statecraft from Xerxes of Persia to Franklin D. Roosevelt and beyond. On Grand Strategy is an unforgettable expert guide to the art of leadership.
Автор: Long, James O. Gaddis, Thomas E. Название: Panzram ISBN: 1878923145 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781878923141 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How do organizations learn, change and adapt? The chapters in this book contribute to the development of organizational learning theory in three ways. They delineate its scope, differentiating it from organizational ecology, choice and individual learning; demonstrate the explanatory power of a learning perspective; and illustrate the application of research tools useful for the study of learning.
Автор: Woodward Jayson L. Название: The Heart Remembers: A Memoir of Growth Through Grief ISBN: 0578575981 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780578575988 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The Heart Remembers chronicles a widow's journey as she comes to terms with her husband's untimely death. Beginning with the first signs of illness, and continuing through the unexpected events that led to her husband's death, Jayson shares the process of grief and provides insight into the emotions, actions, and thoughts one might experience in a similar circumstance.
Both heartbreaking and uplifting, this narrative of a spouse's death is one that many have already experienced, and many more will experience. It presents a candid and personal exposure to a situation that is impossible to prepare for, yet lends the information that may alleviate some of the pain and loneliness inherent in such an occurrence.
This memoir offers a glimpse into one woman's efforts to turn tragedy into enlightenment, confusion into understanding, and shows that hope exists in all things...even death.
Автор: Gaddis Alisha Название: She Loves Me All The Same ISBN: 1941015433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781941015438 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Adventures are abundant with our stepmom and stepdaughter dynamic duo in She Loves Me All The Same. From playing dress up, to yoga class, lemonade stands to bike rides, fun is had by all. However, the many exciting people the two meet, often think Miranda is Zoey's mom, not her stepmom- leading to laughter, confusion and sometimes, guilt. But with love swirling around her, Zoey knows that while her family is different, they love her all the same.
Getting a new stepparent can be both an exciting and emotionally trying time in a child's life. Modern families come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors, and this book celebrates the circle of love that surrounds a growing child, while recognizing the emotional challenges.
Author and Little Maven Books publisher Alisha Gaddis is a GRAMMY and EMMY award winning performer, producer and writer. She is mom to two daughters (and a proud stepparent). She splits her time between Los Angeles and Indiana.
The vibrant illustrations are by Mireia Morante, who is based in Madrid.
