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The story unfolds as Joe, a twenty-eight-year-old anthropologist, returns to his childhood home in Little Roanoke, a fishing community grappling with modernization. While conducting fieldwork, he becomes involved with Day, an OB/GYN providing controversial services to local women. Their romance flourishes amidst political tensions, reflecting Joe's struggle with his family's painful history. As their differing views on politics emerge, the narrative explores themes of memory, history, and the cyclical nature of personal and communal challenges.

Set against a backdrop of societal challenges, this notable work explores complex characters grappling with personal and external conflicts. The narrative delves into themes of resilience, identity, and the human experience, offering readers an intimate look at the struggles and triumphs of its protagonists. Rich in detail and emotional depth, it invites reflection on contemporary issues while engaging with universal truths. The writing style is both evocative and thought-provoking, making it a compelling read for those seeking meaningful literature.

Returning to North Carolina after a relative's death, a successful Manhattan artist confronts his past and his eighteen-year-old self. The journey revisits a pivotal summer from thirteen years ago, highlighting his relationships with his childhood best friend, Cary Kinlaw, and Jane McCrae, the girl they both loved. This intense encounter forces him to grapple with the choices he made to escape his past and the emotional connections he once cherished.

An explosive oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FALL OUT BOY, PARAMORE, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, JIMMY EAT WORLD, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, AND MANY MORE If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000's rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade. Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon after--a pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic. Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture.

The only autobiography of „the greatest violinist of his generation“ (Yehudi Menuhin) The road to the pinnacle of violin-playing has not been an easy one for David Garrett. His childhood revolved around discipline and working daily with his father, who fostered his talent and supported him, while also being an ambitious driving force. From the tender age of ten, he was already performing on stage with the world’s greatest orchestras, later playing all the classical works as a teenager, before freeing himself from the shackles of his wunderkind existence in his early twenties and moving to New York to study. It was in that city that he laid the foundations for a new genre of classical music in the form of „crossover“, combining virtuoso violin music with the latest pop, which made him more famous than ever before. David is the perfect embodiment of a young man’s onerous quest to carve out his own path and live authentically, finding his very own solution to this problem by fully committing to something that could just as easily have destroyed him as a person – music. In this autobiography, we witness his world through his own eyes; the dazzling highs, along with the sweat and tears – a dramatic, inspiring and touching book for all fans and music-lovers. Ausstattung: mit Bildteil

A new title in ACC Art Books' celebrated Design series, presenting and reviving the work of illustrator Wyndham Payne (1884-1974).

Immense fresque romanesque, incroyable odyssée d'un jeune héros lancé dans une rocambolesque quête à rebours de la sagesse et de l'harmonie, " Le Dragon et le Tigre : Confessions d'un taoïste à Wall Street " se déroule en Chine et à Manhattan au début des années soixante-dix. Fils illégitime d'une Chinoise et d'un pilote américain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Sun I a grandi dans un monastère du Szu-ch'uan et se destine à la vie humble d'un sage taoïste. Le jour de ses vingt et un ans, son oncle Hsiao lui révèle que son père - Eddie Love - était un caïd de Wall Street. Bouleversé, le jeune homme décide aussitôt de partir pour New York, sur les traces du mythique homme d'affaires. Au terme d'un hallucinant périple semé d'épreuves, le voilà émigré clandestin à Manhattan. Et si le Dow (Jones) n'était que le démoniaque jumeau capitaliste du tao ? Et si la puissance de l'Occident et la spiritualité de l'Orient n'étaient que le yang et le yin de l'ultime sagesse ? Guidé par les oracles du " Yi king ", et sous la houlette de l'agent de change Aaron Khan - un des nombreux personnages hauts en couleur de ce livre, Sun I va plonger tête baissée dans les vertiges de la Bourse, et, en jonglant avec la corruption et l'innocence, tenter de résoudre l'équation " fric-bonheur ". Au péril de son âme...