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The Book of Blam

Aleksandar Tisma
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Author : Aleksandar Tisma
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590179215

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The Book of Blam, Aleksandar Tišma’s “extended kaddish . . . [his] masterpiece” (Kirkus Reviews), is a modern-day retelling of the book of Job. The war is over. Miroslav Blam walks along the former Jew Street, and he remembers. He remembers Aaron Grün, the hunchbacked watchmaker; and Eduard Fiker, a lamp merchant; and Jakob Mentele, a stove fitter; and Arthur Spitzer, a grocer, who played amateur soccer and had non-Jewish friends; and Sándor Vértes, a lawyer who was a Communist. All dead. As are his younger sister and his best friend, a Serb, both of whom joined the resistance movement; and his mother and father in the infamous Novi Sad raid in January 1942—when the Hungarian Arrow Cross executed 1,400 Jews and Serbs on the banks of the Danube and tossed them into the river. Blam lives. The war he survived will never be over for him.

Kapo

Aleksander Tisma
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Author : Aleksander Tisma
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681374406

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Kapo by Aleksander Tisma Pdf

A devastating novel about the attrocities of WWII, and the unspeakable things people did to survive, by one of Yugoslavia's great literary voices. Lamian is a survivor, but a survivor of a very special kind. He was a Kapo, a prisoner who served as a camp guard in order to save himself. But has Lamian saved himself? The war over, he resumes life in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, works in a land-surveying office, rents a room, eats as many hot potatoes as he likes, not even bothering to salt them—the quantity is what matters. If only he could stop looking over his shoulder and flinching on the street in the fear that some stranger will step forward, smack his face, and say in a loud voice, “Here’s one!” If only he could stop worrying about Helena Lifka, who turned out to be a Yugoslav, and Jewish too; one of the women he made come naked into the toolshed where he hid the gold, and sit on his lap in exchange for bread and butter and a little warm milk. She could turn up any day, an old woman now, and point an accusing finger. In this masterful novel, Aleksandar Tišma shows step by step how fear can turn an ordinary human being into a monster.

The Use of Man

Aleksandar Tisma
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Author : Aleksandar Tisma
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177334

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The Use of Man starts with an unexpected discovery. World War II is ending. Sredoje Lazukić has been fighting all through it. Now, as one of the victorious Partisans, he has come home to Novi Sad. He visits the house he grew up in. Strangers nervously show him around. He looks up the mother of Milinko, his best friend. Milinko’s girlfriend, Vera, was the daughter of a Jew, a bookish businessman. Her house stands empty and open. Venturing in, Sredoje is surprised to find the diary of the German tutor that Milinko, Vera, and he all shared, Fräulein, who died on the operating table just before the war. Here, however, in a cheap notebook in Vera’s old room, is a record of Fräulein’s lonely days, with the sentimental caption Poésie. . . . The diary survived. Sredoje survived. Vera and Milinko have survived too. But what survives? A few years back Sredoje, Vera, and Milinko were teenagers, struggling to make sense of life. Life, they now know, can be more bitter than death. A work of stark poetry and illimitable sadness, The Use of Man is one of the great books of the 20th century.

The Book of Blam

Aleksandar Tišma
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Author : Aleksandar Tišma
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0156008416

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A Jew recounts a World War II massacre in Yugoslavia in which his parents died. Fourteen hundred people were killed in Novi Sad by Hungarian troops and he only escaped thanks to his mother's lover.

Rip it Up and Start Again

Simon Reynolds
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Author : Simon Reynolds
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571252275

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'A fantastic tribute to an amazingly creative musical period . . . An instant pop classic, worthy of a place on your shelves beside the handful of music books that really matter.' John McTernan, Scotland on Sunday Punk revitalized rock in the mid-seventies, but the movement soon degenerated into self-parody. Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length celebration of what happened next: post-punk bands who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. 1978 - 1984 rivals the sixties for the sheer amount of fabulous music created, the spirit of adventure and possibility that infused it, and the way the sounds felt inextricably connected to the political and social turbulence of the day. Simon Reynolds, acclaimed author of Energy Flash, recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Packed with anecdote and insight, populated by charismatic and maverick characters, Rip It Up and Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on popular music ever written. 'I had never expected there to be a book on this subject; had I done so, I would never have dared to hope it could be as good as this.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Book of the Week 'This remarkable and perfectly timed cultural history is required reading.' Q Magazine

Man Goat and the Bunnyman

Joe Brusha
Man Goat and the Bunnyman Book PDF

Author : Joe Brusha
Publisher : Zenescope Entertainment
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781951087241

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Man Goat and the Bunnyman by Joe Brusha Pdf

Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster. All are age old folklore fodder, but could they actually be real? In recent years the myth of Man Goat and The Bunny Man has grown locally, and many have claimed sightings of the two unique creatures; yet no concrete evidence exists... And that’s exactly how they want it! Dealing with the things nightmares are made of, so we don’t have to - deranged mutants, satanic cults, demons, summer vacationers - Man Goat and the Bunny Man protect us from the evils that hide in plain sight. But they don’t want your adoration, they just want to be left alone!

Failure Is an Option

H. Jon Benjamin
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Author : H. Jon Benjamin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781524742171

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“Writing this funny requires immense talent.” —AV Club H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to his romantic life ("how I failed to quantify a threesome") to family ("wherein a trip to P.F. Chang's fractures a family") to career ("how I failed at launching a kid's show"). As Jon himself says, breaking down one's natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place . . . a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom. With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can't-do attitude, Failure Is an Option is the book the world doesn't need right now but will get regardless.

Tenth of December

George Saunders
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Author : George Saunders
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408837351

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Tenth of December by George Saunders Pdf

The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo 'The best book you'll read this year' New York Times 'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America' Sunday Times WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx(TM) in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.

You Cannot Be Serious

John McEnroe,James Kaplan
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Author : John McEnroe,James Kaplan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101204405

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You Cannot Be Serious by John McEnroe,James Kaplan Pdf

A no-holds-barred, intimate memoir by John McEnroe—the bad boy of professional tennis. John McEnroe stunned the tennis elite when he came out of nowhere to make the Wimbledon semifinals at the age of eighteen—and just a few years later, he was ranked number one in the world. You Cannot Be Serious is McEnroe at his most personal, an intimate examination of Johnny Mac, the kid from Queens, and his “wild ride” through the world of professional tennis at a boom time when players were treated like rock stars. In this “bracing serve-and-volley autobiography” (The Boston Globe) he candidly explores the roots of his famous on-court explosions; his ambivalence toward the sport that made him famous; his adventures (and misadventures) on the road; his views of colleagues from Connors to Borg to Lendl; his opinions of contemporary tennis; his marriages to actress Tatum O'Neal and pop star Patty Smyth; and his roles as husband, father, senior tour player, and often-controversial commentator.

Ballad for Sophie

Filipe Melo
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Author : Filipe Melo
Publisher : Top Shelf Productions
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781649360144

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Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo Pdf

A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor’s son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos. When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?

War Stories

Gordon Korman
War Stories Book PDF

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338290219

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means. There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war -- from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.

Kameleon Man

Kim Barry Brunhuber
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Author : Kim Barry Brunhuber
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0888784430

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Kameleon Man by Kim Barry Brunhuber Pdf

High fashion, sex, and glamour Stacey Schmidt tastes it all when he leaves suburban model hell for the garment jungle of Toronto. But does he really want the glitz?

Staggerford

Jon Hassler
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Author : Jon Hassler
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345333759

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Portrays the closely-intertwined and often troubled lives of residents in the small town as seen through the eyes of Miles Pruitt, a much respected high school teacher

East Central Europe in the Modern World

Andrew C. Janos
East Central Europe in the Modern World Book PDF

Author : Andrew C. Janos
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804746885

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East Central Europe in the Modern World by Andrew C. Janos Pdf

A study of East Central Europe and its place in the modern world. Combining narrative with analysis, it presents the past and present of East Central Europe in the larger context of the political and economic history of the continent.

The Last Wall

David Annandale
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Author : David Annandale
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1784961612

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The Last Wall by David Annandale Pdf

Despite the Imperium’s best attempts to forestall the ork plague that is wrecking havoc in human space, an ork attack moon now hangs over Terra. Despite the Imperium’s best attempts to forestall the ork plague that is wrecking havoc in human space, an ork attack moon now hangs over Terra. As its malevolent presence gazes down at the Imperial Palace, terrified citizens run riot in the streets. In a last-ditch attempt to destroy the attack moon, a proletarian crusade is launched. Thousands of ships large and small head to the moon carrying billions of citizens, all eager to take the fight to the enemy. It seems the attack has a chance of success as the invasion force lands safely, but the orks have yet to spring their trap...