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Einst Star-Journalist, lässt den in Ungnade gefallenen Boyd Halverson seine Vergangenheit einfach nicht los, während ihn die Gegenwart zermürbt. Also beschließt er eines Tages, die lokale Bank auszurauben, eine Geisel zu nehmen und abzuhauen, um eine Rechnung zu begleichen – mit dem Mann, dem er die Schuld an seinem verpfuschten Leben gibt. Doch das gestohlene Geld übersteigt nicht mal Boyds eigene Rücklagen, und Angie Bing, die Bankangestellte, mit der er immer ganz gerne geflirtet hat, stellt sich als ganz schön aufmüpfige Geisel heraus. Für die beiden beginnt ein Roadtrip in die Untiefen einer von Scham und Betrug zerfressenen Nation – mit einigen gefährlichen Verfolgern auf den Fersen. Nur die Polizei scheint sich nicht für Boyd und Angie zu interessieren … »Durchdringend und messerscharf.« Haruki Murakami

Set against a backdrop of a post-Iraq war and mid-COVID America, the novel offers an ironic and incisive exploration of contemporary life during the Trump era. Tim O'Brien's sharp narrative delves into the complexities of this tumultuous period, blending personal and political themes to create a thought-provoking commentary on society.

The bestselling author of The Things They Carried and If I Die in a Combat Zone shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humour and rewards of raising two sons.

At the Barbary Asylum for Female Orphans, eleven-year-old Maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums, who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances.

"A step-by-step guide to Java persistence"--Cover.

Exploring the bizarre and fascinating realm of amusement parks, this book presents a collection of true stories and trivia that highlight the oddities found in rides and attractions. Readers will encounter a variety of unusual facts and strange occurrences, making it an entertaining and informative experience for fans of the quirky side of amusement parks.

At the thirtieth reunion of the Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends join their classmates for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regret. The three decades since graduation have brought marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and replaced. July, July tells the heart-rending and often hilarious story of men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade. These lives will ring familiar to anyone who has dreamed, worked, and struggled to keep course toward a happy ending.

The acclaimed novel from the award-winning author of If I Die in a Combat Zone', Going After Cacciato' and `In the Lake of the Woods'.

At a thirty-year reunion, a group of old friends tell the story of their lives - and the story of a generation - in this brilliant new novel from one of America's most celebrated writers. 'Tim O'Brien is the best American writer of his generation.' San Francisco Examiner Acclaimed for his award-winning fiction about the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien now enters the territory of John Irving and Joseph Heller to take on the war between the sexes - and creates a masterpiece of black comedy. A wickedly accurate portrait of obsessive love that manages to be both fiercely comic and profoundly moving, Tomcat in Love introduces a blundering, modern-day Don Juan who captures the desires and bewilderment of men everywhere - Thomas Chippering, a pompous linguistics professor and incorrigible flirt, whose wife has left him for a suntanned tycoon. Determined to win her back, or at least wreck her new relationship, he heads for Florida - and a hurricane of trouble.

Ce recueil thématique de nouvelles offre aux adolescents et aux jeunes adultes un avant-goût de la littérature mondiale.

This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the 20th century's legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad.

Jeden z příběhů proslulého pistolníka Kinga Fishera, který byl dalším ze symbolů slavných dob Divokého západu. Reedice Rozruchu z roku 1940 v edici KARO č.14.

Vyvázne Jesse Martin, zvaný Colorado Kid, z peřejí řeky Athabasky? Podaří se mu uprchnout s nepoctivě získaným zlatem, výtěžkem tvrdé práce mnoha mužů v nehostinných pustinách? Po jeho stopě se vydává seržant Kanadské jízdní policie Mike O'Hara. Statečný Mike nebojuje pouze proti zločincům, ale i sám se sebou, když se musí rozhodnout mezi povinností a láskou ke krásné Tess Rawlingové...

Kovbojský román. Klasický příběh o boji dobra a zla za hřmění koltů.

Soubor jednadvaceti povídek a novel z války ve Vietnamu z pera amerického autora, veterána této války. Bez nabubřelosti a patosu sugestivně líčí autor utrpení mladíků, kteří měli z rozhodnutí své vlády v jihovýchodní Asii hájit nejvyšší ideály západní demokracie a záhy zjistili, že bojují ve špinavé válce, která tyto ideály pošlapává. Středem jeho zájmu je konkrétní lidské jednání tváří v tvář smrti a okamžik poznání hodnoty života, s nímž je třeba nakládat odpovědně. Doslov „O'Brienova vytrvalá pouť ve stopách pravdy“ napsal Marian Siedloczek.

Hlavný hrdina príbehu Paul Berlin nesúhlasí s vojnou, v ktorej bojuje, ale súčasne musí plniť svoje povinnosti, aby mohol spolu so svojimi spolubojovníkmi prežiť. Román vďačí za svoje čaro najmä prítomnosti prostého, dobrosrdečného vojaka Cacciata, z ktorého vyžaruje zvláštne tajomno...

"To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales Going After Cacciato is a fully dramatized account of men both in action and escaping from it....Clearly we are dealing here with what the new South American novelists would call 'magical realism'. To combine the two and make the result esthetically convincing is a major achievement." -- The New York Times Book Review "Magical and inspiring...truly incomparable! Every war has its chroniclers of fear and flight, its Stephen Cranes and Joseph Hellers. Time O'Brien joins their number." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Cacciato is one dumb soldier. He is walking away from war. Across mountains and deserts and swamps, hiking the 8600 miles from Vietnam to the lights of Gay Paree. To civilization. To peace. But that's insane. Isn't it? So a squad of fellow soldiers goes after crazy Cacciato. Their mission: bring him back to reality. Or else

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereA CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIEDBefore writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre.Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content