Wallace - Libros y biografía

A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time. A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING... brings...

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Francis Kerline L'Amérique, dans un futur proche. Les U.S.A., le Canada et le Mexique ont formé une fédération surpuissante, et la Société du Spectacle a gagné :...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow...

'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Wood, Guardian'He...

The Science of Getting Rich was written by Wallace D. Wattles and published in 1910 by the Elizabeth Towne Company. The book is still in print after 100 years. It was a major inspiration for Rhonda Byrne's...

« C’est l’histoire de deux jeunes poissons qui nagent ensemble. Ils rencontrent un poisson plus vieux qui nage en sens inverse. Le vieux poisson leur fait un signe de tête et dit : "Salut, les gars. L’eau...

« Faire de quelqu’un une icône, c’est le transformer en abstraction, et les abstractions sont incapables d’une communication vitale avec les vivants. » Le premier tome de Considérations sur le homard...

"Few persons except astronomers fully realise that of all the planets of the Solar system the only one whose solid surface has been seen with certainty is Mars." In 1907, Alfred Russel Wallace wrote...

David Foster Wallace n'était pas qu'un grand romancier. C'était aussi un essayiste chez qui l'humour côtoyait une lucidité redoutable. Ce premier tome de Considérations sur le homard regroupe les textes...

Une femme solitaire et déprimée lutte contre la maladie avec l’aide d’un thérapeute, d’une poignée d’amis proches et d’antidépresseurs. Dans cette nouvelle issue du recueil Brefs entretiens avec des hommes...

Deux enfants sont abandonnés sur une aire d’autoroute. Des années plus tard, sur le plateau du célèbre jeu télévisé Jeopardy, une jeune fille enchaîne les victoires. Issue du recueil La FIlle aux cheveux...

" La situation est pire, bien pire que ce que vous pouvez imaginer. Si votre inquiétude face au réchauffement climatique se résume à une crainte de la montée du niveau de la mer, vous ne faites qu'effleurer...

In the stories that make up Oblivion, David Foster Wallace joins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite involutions of self-consciousness -- a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his....

Bestselling author B. Alan Wallace delivers the long-awaited followup to his Stilling the Mind: Shamatha Teachings from Dudjom Lingpa’s Vajra Essence (2011).This companion volume stems from an oral commentary...

An unprovoked, meaningless night attack is terrifying enough on your own home planet, worse on a world across the Galaxy. But the horror is the offer of help that cannot be accepted!

Outcasts of a society of physically perfect people, they couldn't stay and they couldn't go home again—yet there had to be some escape for them. Oddly enough, there was!

Today’s organizations are packed full of experts in every area from marketing to risk to sales to IT. Many of these people are also leaders, heading teams or large departments. They are followed because...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Is John McCain "For Real?" That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was...

A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian ... He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as 'modern fiction'. He's so modern...

In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Wallace's stories present a world...

It's a small attention span world out there, and not everyone's interested in paging through lengthy tomes to deepen their intellect. They want their information. And they want it now. This book fills...

" Un ouvrage profond qui, en même temps, me terrifie et me rend optimiste pour le futur. " Jonathan Safran Foer. " La situation est pire, bien pire que ce que vous pouvez imaginer. Si votre inquiétude...

Can you name:All five movements of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Check.The films that Kurosawa based on Western works. Check.Dante's Nine Circles of Hell. Check.If so, you're off to an edifying start--but...

Reflecting their owner’s taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries....

In 'The Man who Knew' by Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey through the seedy underbelly of London's criminal world. Written in Wallace's signature fast-paced and...

In 'Tam o' the Scoots' by Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the criminal underworld of London. Wallace's fast-paced and suspenseful writing style keeps the...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace's novel, 'The Green Rust', is a compelling mystery filled with suspense and intrigue. Set in post-World War I England, the story follows the investigation led by Chief Inspector...

Mudar-se para uma nova cidade pode ser difícil, principalmente quando o passado se recusa a nos abandonar. Tatiana cresceu em uma colônia de imigrantes do Leste Europeu no sul do país, tendo sua infância...

Inquietudes: da margem do rio à poesia marginal é uma obra construída a partir de vivências do indivíduo ribeirinho, e o impacto da COVID-19 em sua região e também no mundo. O projeto envolve poesias...