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: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days ISBN: 1472151410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472151414 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 13150.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer
Автор: Finnegan Terrence J Название: Shooting the Front ISBN: 0752499548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752499543 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: The First World War demanded revolutionary technology to break the vicious stalemate in which the armies of Europe found themselves as soon as static warfare became established. In the critical world of military intelligence, aviation assumed a vital role through aerial reconnaissance in reinforcing successful decision-making. The demands of warfare not only spurred aviation's development, it led to technological advances in aerial photography, radio intercepts, acoustics and optics that became the foundation for intelligence throughout the twentieth century and to the present day.
Colonel Terry Finnegan's Shooting the Front reviews the entire evolution of Allied aerial photography and photographic interpretation during the Great War, in a text packed with data and based upon meticulous research in archives worldwide. The photographs included are both informative and spectacular, charting perforce the early years of aviation itself. Shooting the Front shows not only how important aerial reconnaissance was to the war effort, but also how it became the foundation for modern-day exploitation of imagery and geospatial intelligence used to guide today's decision makers on global issues, and shaped intelligence work for generations to come.
Автор: Finnegan Ivy Название: Absolutely Epic Dot-To-Dots ISBN: 139880939X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398809390 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Цена: 8270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Wordsearch for Kids ISBN: 1838574700 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838574703 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 4920.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: When the author`s two children (a boy and a girl) were young, they often crawled into bed with his wife and him in the morning, he would make up stories about two little mice, Ticklemouse and his friend Lively, who lived in the same house as the little boy or girl, depending on who was listening. Ticklemouse was the author`s right hand and Lively his left, and they loved to tickle the kids whenever the mice got excited during the story. He never knew where the stories would go as he made them up, but over time, several were repeated often enough that they became memorable. When his kids grew up and had kids of their own, the author wrote down four of the stories and discovered that they were just as popular with his grandkids. These stories of shared laughter and fun became The Adventures of Ticklemouse. The author hopes you and your children or grandchildren enjoy them as much as his did and still do.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Brain Twisters: Word Search ISBN: 1398816663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398816664 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 3510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI. From the bestselling author of `The Lost City of Z`, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattison, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the newly-created FBI`s first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case...
Автор: Finnegan Ivy Название: Best Ever Wordsearch for Kids ISBN: 1839406569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781839406560 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
This delightful activity book features a wide variety of themed wordsearches. Featuring cute and funny cartoon illustrations, this collection provides a fun way for young readers to build their vocabulary and general knowledge.
Puzzle themes include: - Polar Animals - Countries of the World - Famous Places - Sports Presented in an affordable, compact format using high-quality paper, this puzzle book is perfect for vacations, rainy days, and long journeys. Suitable for readers aged 7+.
Автор: Finnegan Delphine Название: Nazboo`s Kazoo! (Shimmer and Shine) ISBN: 0525648275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525648277 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 3670.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Finnegan Ivy Название: Super Wordsearch for Kids ISBN: 1839406550 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781839406553 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
This charming, fully illustrated activity book is packed with wordsearch puzzles that will keep kids busy for hours. With a variety of fun themes, this collection is a great way of building vocabulary, developing problem-solving skills and boosting general knowledge.
Themes include: - Transport - In the Jungle - The Solar System, and many more! Presented in an affordable, compact format using high-quality paper, this wordsearch collection is perfect for vacations, rainy days, and long journeys. Ideal for readers aged 7+.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Absolutely Epic Dot-To-Dots ISBN: 139880438X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398804388 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 4920.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Set your students on track to achieve the best grade possible with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Absolutely Epic Mazes ISBN: 1398807583 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398807587 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 4920.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The book provides a major reassessment of the global origins and impact of Tricontinentalism. As Cold War interventions revealed the limits of decolonization, socialist revolutions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America used armed revolts and confrontational diplomacy to challenge the United States and the inequitable international system it supported.
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