Fka Usa

Author : Reed King
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250108906

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FKA USA by Reed King Pdf

“Mr. King looks at all our upcoming problems, and imagines a local reaction to each one. The result is often funny, usually sardonic, and always imaginative, what with all the mole rats, flesh drones, dimeheads, and especially ‘The Grifter’s Guide to the Territories FKA USA,’ a notable addition to the line of imaginary authorities.” —The Wall Street Journal Indie Next Pick for July Best of June: io9, AV Club, Amazing Stories, The Verge Reed King’s amazingly audacious novel is something of a cross between L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, Douglas Adams’s A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. In Reed King’s wildly imaginative and possibly prescient debut, the United States has dissolved in the wake of environmental disasters and the catastrophic policies of its final president. It is 2085, and Truckee Wallace, a factory worker in Crunchtown 407 (formerly Little Rock, Arkansas, before the secessions), has no grand ambitions besides maybe, possibly, losing his virginity someday. But when Truckee is thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight he is tapped by the President for a sensitive political mission: to deliver a talking goat across the continent. The fate of the world depends upon it. The problem is—Truckee’s not sure it’s worth it. Joined on the road by an android who wants to be human and a former convict lobotomized in Texas, Truckee will navigate an environmentally depleted and lawless continent with devastating—and hilarious—parallels to our own, dodging body pickers and Elvis-worshippers and logo girls, body subbers, and VR addicts. Elvis-willing, he may even lose his virginity. FKA USA is the epic novel we’ve all been waiting for about the American end of times, with its unavoidable sense of being on the wrong end of the roller coaster ride. It is a masterwork of ambition, humor, and satire with the power to make us cry, despair, and laugh out loud all at once. It is a tour de force unlike anything else you will read this year.

Author : Renske Janssen
Publisher : Witte de with Center for Contemporary Art
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSD:31822035572684

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Changing Roles by Renske Janssen Pdf

"How are you involved in the art world? Are you related to any art scene? What would be the most productive place to present your work? What kind of curators do you like to work with and why? What does the art market mean for your work? In your opinion, what are centers for contemporary art for? What would you like to see them presenting?" "These are seven simple and open questions on different aspects of today's art world that were asked to every artist involved in Witte de With's program in 2006 and 2007. The resulting publication reflects on some of the topics touched upon in the program of the past two years - for example, in group shows such as Street: behind the cliche - looking at the best place for art, the role of the art institution and its curators, and the influence of "populist" forces on different forms of art production. The answers included here serve as time-documents, providing a "tour d'horizon" of artists' opinions, concerns and ambitions today, setting out a blueprint for the future role of the art institution and of its related actors (the artist, curator, critic, gallerist)."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Karin Slaughter
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062442819

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Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes by Karin Slaughter Pdf

A gripping short story from the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her. A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly… Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing. A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is missing. Both taken off the street. Both gone without a trace. Julia is determined to find out the reasons behind their disappearances. And she doesn't want to be next…

Author : Kimi Eisele
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616209483

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The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele Pdf

A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection * An Indie Next Pick * An Indies Introduce Selection * One of Reader’s Digest’s Best Summer Books of 2019 * One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of 2019 * One of Real Simple’s Best Books of 2019 “[This] might be the most optimistic post-apocalyptic story ever written. It’s Sleepless in Seattle meets Station Eleven.” —The A.V. Club Carson is on the East Coast when the electrical grid goes down. Desperate to find Beatrix, a woman on the West Coast who holds his heart, he sets off along a cross-country railroad line, where he encounters lost souls, clever opportunists, and those seeking salvation. Meanwhile, Beatrix and her neighbors begin to construct a cooperative community, working to turn the end of the world into the possibility of a bright beginning. Without modern means of communication, will Beatrix and Carson be able to find their way to each other? The answer may lie with one fifteen-year-old girl, whose actions could ultimately decide the fate of the lovers. The Lightest Object in the Universe is a moving story about adaptation and the power of community, imagining a world where our best traits, born of necessity, can begin to emerge.

Author : Richard Stark
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780226508481

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Nobody Runs Forever by Richard Stark Pdf

Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career criminal with a talent for heists and a code all his own. With the publication of the last four Parker novels Westlake wrote-Breakout, Nobody Runs Forever, Ask the Parrot, and Dirty Money-the University of Chicago Press pulls the ultimate score: for the first time ever, the entire Parker series will be available from a single publisher. Nobody Runs Forever opens a three-part saga with a job at a poker game that sours into a necktie party. When Parker goes in on a messy scam-stealing an armored car-with someone he barely knows, as usual the amateurs get in the way of the job. Featuring new forewords by Chris Holm, Duane Swierczynski, and Laura Lippman-celebrated crime writers, all-these masterworks of noir are the capstone to an extraordinary literary run that will leave you craving more. Written over the course of fifty years, the Parker novels are pure artistry, adrenaline, and logic both brutal and brilliant. Join Parker on his jobs and read them all again or for the first time. But don't talk to the law.

Author : Stacy Willingham
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250803832

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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller “A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804172707

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Author : Evan Stark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195384048

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Coercive Control by Evan Stark Pdf

Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.

Author : Victoria Christopher Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501134104

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Lust by Victoria Christopher Murray Pdf

"From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray, a novel inspired by the seven deadly sins about a woman caught between an entertainment mogul with a shady past and his childhood friend who is out for revenge. Tiffanie has lived a sheltered life in a very strict household with her pastor-grandfather and grandmother in Washington, DC. But when she meets Damon King, she falls for the successful entertainment business man despite his history as a drug dealer. Everyone sees nothing but the brightest future for the couple--but there's one person who wants to destroy them. Trey Johnson is Damon's childhood best friend with whom he built quite a successful drug business. But when the game got hot and Damon decided to leave, Trey stayed and continued to sell drugs, until he was arrested and spent seven years in prison. But now he's out and able to attend the wedding. While Damon is thrilled to have Trey back and hopes to bring his best friend into his business, Trey has other plans. He blames Damon for his demise and plans to ruin him, even if that means bringing Tiffanie down as well. Trey is sure he will succeed, but he doesn't know that there will be deadly consequences. And at the end, there will only be one man standing.."--

Author : Stéphane Courtois
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0674076087

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The Black Book of Communism by Stéphane Courtois Pdf

This international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the accomplishments of communism around the world. The book is the first attempt to catalogue and analyse the crimes of communism over 70 years.

Author : Michael J. Lincoln
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0977206904

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Messages from the Body by Michael J. Lincoln Pdf

Author : Natasha Hoare
Publisher : Cornerhouse Distribution Clients
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 9491435523

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Para Fictions by Natasha Hoare Pdf

What kind of a reader does an artist make?This publication marks the conclusion of Para Fictions, a two-year commissioning series in which ten artists -Dineo Seshee Bopape, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Mark Geffriaud, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Laure Prouvost (2013 Turner Prize winner), Oscar Santillan, Lucy Skaer, and Rayyane Tabet- responded to works of literary fiction.Deploying strategies of allusion, vandalism, mistranslation and appropriation, the participating artists approached texts by writers such as Bessie Head, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Virginia Woolf.In the publication, invited writers and curators respond to each work, completing a circle between text and object, to trace the lines of literary affiliation and tease the productive tensions that arise between a source material and its reinscription.Para Fictions (29 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017) at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam:Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff (29 Jan - 10 Apr 10 2016), Oscar Santillan (22 Apr - 3 Jul 2016), Lucy Skaer (15 Jul - 2 Oct 2016), Mark Geffriaud (14 Oct 2016 - 15 Jan 2017), Laure Prouvost (27 Jan - 2 Apr 2017), Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel (14 Apr - 9 Jul 2017), Rayyane Tabet (21 Jul - 8 Oct 2017) and Dineo Seshee Bopape (20 Oct - 31 Dec 2017).

Author : Seth Mnookin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439158654

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The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin Pdf

A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them.

Author : United States. Supreme Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : MSU:31293029735044

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United States Reports by United States. Supreme Court Pdf

Author : Defne Ayas
Publisher : Witte de with Center for Contemporary Art
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9491435442

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Qiu Zhijie by Defne Ayas Pdf

This small book presents the large-scale maps made by Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie and departs from Blueprints, an exhibition at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam. To produce his maps and diagrams, the artist drew from major political and historical narratives, charting new paths, centres, nodes, and relationships, and scrutinizing the mutable boundaries that outline histories of world thought. The publication offers a reading on four works, and features essays from contemporary thinkers like Charles Esche, Chus Martínez, Eugene Y. Wang, and Bik Van der Pol. Inserted in the book is a foldout reproduction of Qiu Zhijie's intricate Map of the Third World.