From Dave Eggers, best-selling author of "The Circle," a tightly controlled, emotionally searching novel. "Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?" is the formally daring, brilliantly executed story of one man struggling to make sense of his country, seeking answers the[...]
"The Circle" is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of "A Hologram for the King, "a finalist for the National Book Award.
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lif[...]
Don't Forget to Write offers elementary school teachers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative 826 National writing labs. The lessons in this book are easy-to-use and students will have proof of their hard work, be it a poem, a film, or a bound-on-the-spot chapbook.[...]
Fantastic strategies for getting high school students excited about writingThis book offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the off-beat [...]
"Headlong, heartsick and footsore....Frisbee sentences that sail, spin, hover, circle and come back to the reader like gifts of gravity and grace....Nobody writes better than Dave Eggers about young men who aspire to be, at the same time, authentic and sincere." -- The New York Times Book Review
Eggers presents his first collection of short stories. The characters are roaming, searching, and often struggling, and revelations do not always arrive on schedule. Precisely crafted and boldly experimental, "How We Are Hungry" simultaneously embraces and expands the boundaries of the short story.[...]
"The Circle" is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of "A Hologram for the King, "a finalist for the National Book Award.
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lif[...]
Understanding Dave Eggers surveys the work of one of the most celebrated American authors of the twenty-first century and is the first book-length study incorporating Eggers's novels, short-story collections, and film scripts. With a style aimed at students and general readers alike, Timothy W. Galo[...]
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet h[...]
Dave Eggers presents his first collection of short stories. The characters are roaming, searching, and often struggling, and revelations do not always arrive on schedule. Precisely crafted and boldly experimental, How We Are Hungry simultaneously embraces and expands the boundaries of the short stor[...]
The Wild Things, based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze, is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he canât control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a[...]
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In "A Hologram for the King," Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show h[...]
Each issue of the quarterly is completely redesigned. There have been hardcovers and paperbacks, an issue with two spines, an issue with a magnetic binding, an issue that looked like a bundle of junk mail, and an issue that looked like a sweaty human head. McSweeney's has won multiple literary award[...]
Eggers' svært originale roman som er blitt kultbok i mange land - nå i ny pocketutgave. Hva gjør du når foreldrene dine dør av kreft, med få ukers mellomrom, og du plutselig, som noenogtjueåring, sitter med ansvaret for en åtte år gammel bror? Dave Eggers har skrevet bok om dette. Et forbl�[...]
Hva er dette Hva er en roman om mennesker midt i krigens galskap, en uforglemmelig historie om tragedie og triumf.DENNE ROMANEN ER BASERT PÅ EN SANN HISTORIESudan; ansikt til ansikt med en av de mest brutale borgerkriger verden noen gang har sett. Valentino Achak Deng er bare en liten gutt når kon[...]
I väntan på kung Abdullah
I ett tält på en byggarbetsplats i Saudiarabien sitter den 54-årige säljkonsulten Alan Clay och väntar. Han är där för att försöka sälja amerikansk datateknologi till det nya ekonomiska centrum s[...]
Mångbottnad, humoristisk och vemodig roman av kultförfattaren
Tiden har sprungit ifrån Alan Clay. Han är inte den lyckade säljare han en gång var och det var längesedan han presterade något av värde. I ett sista desperat försök att rädda sig från personlig konkurs antar han uppdr[...]
Orwells 1984 i modern tappning
Mae Holland är 24 år när hon rekryteras av The Circle, världens mest prestigefyllda internetföretag. Med hjälp av kraftfulla operativsystem, som länkar e-postadresser, sociala medier, internetbetalningar och mycket annat, kan företaget följa och kartl[...]