A richly textured generational tale of love, allegiance, loyalty, race, and music follows the marriage of David Strom, a German Jewish emigre scientist, and Delia Daley, an African-American singer, as they, along with their extraordinarily gifted children, struggle to overcome the racial injustices [...]
FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD?WINNING AUTHOR OFTHE ECHO MAKER, A PLAYFUL AND PROVOCATIVE NOVEL ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAPPINESS GENE
When Chicagoan Russell Stone finds himself teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he encounters a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence[...]
A national bestseller, voted by Time as the #1 novel of 1991, selected as one of the "Best Books of 1991" by Publishers Weekly, and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award--a magnificent story that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art, by the brilliant author of Three Farme[...]
On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their home town to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin - who looks, acts and sounds just like his sister[...]
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Winner of the National Book Award, "White Noise" tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultra-modern offspring as they navigate the [...]
In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual-reality researchers rush to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, a young man is held hostage in another empty white room[...]
After four novels and several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist of "Galatea 2.2--Richard Powers--returns to the United States as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he runs afoul of Philip Lentz, an outspoken cognitive neurologist inten[...]
Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter, suffering from a rare brain disorder that causes him to believe his sister to be an impostor, endeavors to discover the cause of the motor vehicle accident that resulted in a traumatic head injury. Winner of the 2006 National Book Award. Reprint. 100,000 first pr[...]
"If Powers were an American writer of the nineteenth century he'd probably be the Herman Melville of Moby-Dick. His picture is that big," wrote Margaret Atwood (New York Review of Books). Indeed, since his debut in 1985 with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, Richard Powers has been astonishing [...]
Draws on some of the world's most architecturally significant regions, from Brazil and New Zealand to Florida and Singapore, to demonstrate key designs that were directly influenced by tropical climates, beach landscapes, and regional artistry, in a lavishly photographed volume that dedicates six ch[...]
Refusing a false dichotomy between "politics" and "religion" in Jesus' world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus' response to the imperial power of his day. Richard A. Horsley describes the relevance of political realities under great empires for understanding the rise of covenanta[...]
These techniques really work. With countless useful tips, and dozens of fascinating insights, this classic international bestseller is the ultimate guide for everyone wishing to enjoy a new level of psychic and intuitive awareness. Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced practitioner, [...]
In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This novel focuses on this haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I.[...]
A novel of compassion and and imagination from the virtuosic author of The Echo Maker, Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Powers. Prisoner's Dilemma tells the story of the triumph of the mind over infirmity.[...]
After many years of living abroad, a young writer returns to the United States to take up the position of Humanist-in-Residence at the Centre for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he encounters Philip Lentz, an outspoken cognitive neurologist intent on using computers to model human brain. Lentz[...]
Minnets eko inleds med en bilolycka i ett vintrigt Nebraska. Föraren, Mark Schluter, överlever med en hårsmån men hamnar i koma. För att hjälpa honom tillbaka till livet tvingas hans syster Karin återvända till platsen där hon växte upp, den som h[...]
"Jossakin tyhjenneessä salissa veljeni laulaa yhä." Näin alkaa Laulut joita lauloimme - eeppinen tarina Stromin musikaalisen perheen kohtalosta sodanjälkeisessä Amerikassa.Jonah, Joseph ja Ruth Strom ovat mustan äidin ja valkoisen isän lapsia. Kummajaisia, joita Amerikka ei halua nähdä. Ku[...]
Eräänä talvisena yönä Nebraskan syrjäisessä kolkassa 27-vuotias Mark Schluter ajaa viivasuoralla maantiellä autonsa katolleen ja loukkaantuu vakavasti.Markin isosisko Karin palaa vastentahtoisesti kotikaupunkiinsa pitämään huolta loukkaantuneesta veljestään. Kun Mark viimein herää koo[...]
Chicagolainen Russell Stone päätyy opettamaan luovan tietokirjoittamisen kurssia, jonka osallistujien joukossa on käsittämättömän valoisa nuori nainen. Thassadit Amzwarin autuas olemus sekä kiehtoo että kummastuttaa melankoliaan taipuvaista Russellia. Kuinka ainaisen kauhun keskellä eläny[...]
Most scientists now believe that carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are rapidly increasing, and that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels is a principal cause. Thus, it is probable that this will affect the climate and lead to global warming. This book familiarizes the non-special[...]