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Robert Stone

    21 augustus 1937 – 10 januari 2015

    Robert Stone schreef zeven romans, zijn werk gekenmerkt door psychologische complexiteit, politieke betrokkenheid en donkere humor. Hij had een diepe affiniteit met buitenstaanders, vooral met degenen die zichzelf in de problemen brachten. Stone transformeerde op meesterlijke wijze de dwaasheden van zijn personages in kunst, waarbij hij thema's verkende door figuren als een overspelige leraar, een frauduleuze zeeman of een belegerde journalist. Zijn verhalen strekten zich uit over diverse locaties, van het Amerikaanse Zuiden tot het Verre Oosten, en onthulden een uniek talent voor het portretteren van menselijke kwetsbaarheid.

    Robert Stone
    Fat Destroyer Foods
    Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction
    The Secret Life of Your Cells
    Julio Medem
    The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    The Silva Mind Control Method for Business Managers
    • The Big Rock Candy Mountain

      • 656bladzijden
      • 23 uur lezen
      4,3(147)Tarief

      Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune--in the hotel business, on new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the threacherous back roads of the American Northwest. Bo chases after the promise of the American dream through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah and Nevada, but ultimately there is no escaping the devastating reach of the Depression and his own ruinous fate. In this affecting narrative, a defining masterpiece by the "dean of Western writers" (The New York Times), Wallace Stegner portrays more than three decades in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survivle during the lean years of the early twentieth century. With an introduction by Robert Stone.

      The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    • Julio Medem

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen
      4,0(3)Tarief

      Focusing on the life and cinematic contributions of Julio Medem, this comprehensive account delves into the works of the acclaimed Spanish-Basque filmmaker. It explores his notable films, including Vacas, La ardilla roja, and Lucía y el sexo, highlighting his unique storytelling style and thematic explorations. As the first English-language book dedicated to Medem, it offers insights into his artistic vision and the cultural context of his films, making it an essential read for fans and scholars alike.

      Julio Medem
    • The Secret Life of Your Cells

      • 192bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen
      4,2(36)Tarief

      In the Secret Life of Your Cells, Robert B. Stone, Ph.D., explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced over to disconnected single cells of our own bodies. What millions of Americans saw reported on TV's Incredible Sunday, Dr. Stone now shares in depth in The Secret Life of Your Cells. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading.

      The Secret Life of Your Cells
    • Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen
      4,2(34)Tarief

      The definitive collection of nonfiction--from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing--from the "legend of American letters" (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novels--including Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and Damascus Gate--earned him comparisons to literary lions ranging from Samuel Beckett to Ernest Hemingway to Graham Greene. Stone had an almost prophetic grasp of the spirit of his age, which he captured with crystalline clarity in each of his novels. Of course, he was also a sharp and brilliant observer of American life, and his nonfiction writing is revelatory. The Eye You See With--the first and only collection of Robert Stone's nonfiction--was carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone's war reporting, his writing on social change, and his reflections on the art of fiction. This is an extraordinary volume that offers up a clear-eyed look at the twentieth century and secures Robert Stone's place as one of the most original figures in all of American letters.

      Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction
    • Chasing the Moon

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen
      4,1(23)Tarief

      In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a giant leap forward. A companion book to the landmark documentary series on BBC TV.

      Chasing the Moon
    • Bear and His Daughter

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen
      4,0(367)Tarief

      A collection of short stories includes Miserere, in which a widowed and childless librarian becomes an avid participant in the anti-abortion movement, and the title story, about the relationship between a father and his growing daughter.

      Bear and His Daughter
    • The Best American Short Stories

      • 424bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen
      3,9(111)Tarief

      A compilation of twenty American short stories by authors such as Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tobias Wolff. Includes a list of 100 additional notable stories from 1991.

      The Best American Short Stories