In the very small town of Frip--it contains only three houses--tiny creatures called gappers feed on the inhabitants' goats. A crisis erupts when the gappers all lay siege to the goats of one particular house. This illustrated novel by the author of PASTORALIA and CIVILWARLAND IN DEEP DECLINE is part fable for adults, part sophisticated children's ...
This second collection of satirical stories by George Saunders concentrates on failure and fear in an eccentric group of characters, which include Janet (who plays a theme-park cavewoman in the title story), a man who works in a strip club (in "Sea Oak"), and a toeless man who lives with his mother (in "The Barber's Unhappiness").
Saunderss first foray into nonfiction is comprised of essays on literature, travel, and politics. At the core of this unique collection are his travel essays based on his trips to seek out the mysteries of the Buddha Boy of Nepal.
The authors' research encompasses over 10 years of study and analysis of NASA photographs of the Face on Mars and its surrounding complex. This team expands on Richard C. Hoagland's earlier work and presents clear evidence for a terrestrial connection between Cydonia and Mesoamerica. The book features over 500 pages with 300 images and ...
Accounts by veterans of the struggle in the 1920s and early 1930s to continue Lenin's revolutionary course, and by leaders of the opposition movement of the 197Os.
"The volume analyzes local changes in Christianity in eight different cultures--in the Pacific, Jamaica, California, and Italy. The contributors are particularly effective in linking local religious and kinship systems to supralocal changes in Christian denominations, and in analyzing the motivations behind conversions, resistance, and ...
In "The Brain-dead Megaphone", Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional for the first time, and shows that it too is brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness, whether it be in the surreal opulence of Dubai, the mind-bending self-denial of the Buddha Boy of Nepal, or even the seemingly mundane transactions of ...
This title offers guidance and advice on all the key areas of study: reading and writing philosophy, taking notes, seminar preparation and participation, using resources effectively."Doing Philosophy" provides a practical guide to studying philosophy for undergraduate students. Addressing the often problematic transition from A-levels to studying ...
Lou Diamond is known for being the best field agent around in the Los Angeles Police Department's elite division, the Office of Special Services. The OSS, quite simply, gets the worst crime jobs on the planet-and Lou Diamond, at one time or another, has seen them all. An ex-tactical assault agent with Special Weapons and Tactics, Diamond has ...
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