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“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of <em>Water for Elephants</em> “Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [<em>Double Take</em>] makes for an empowering read.” — <em>People</em> As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the <em>Washington Post</em>: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.
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Double Take, Kevin Michael Connolly
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2010
- Vazba
- (měkká)
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- Titul
- Double Take
- Podtitul
- A Memoir
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Kevin Michael Connolly
- Vydavatel
- Harper Perennial
- Rok vydání
- 2010
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0061791520
- ISBN13
- 9780061791529
- Série
- Kategorie
- Štítky
- Historické téma, Cestování, Dobrodružství, Umění, Architektura, Láska, Sport, Současná literatura, Politika, USA, Války, Škola, Vzpomínky, Kultura a společnost, Historie umění, Etnografie, Dárkové knížky, Inspirace, Kultura, Kreativita, Výzkum, Vysoká škola, univerzita, Strojírenství, Média a mediální komunikace, Malířství, Dárky, Umělci, Viktoriánská doba, Kreslení, Učitelé, učitelky, Sochařství, Modernismus, Invalidita, Lidé se zdravotním postižením, Surrealismus, Syn, Sportovci, Káva, Sebeuvědomování, Impresionismus, Lyžování, Historie architektury, Řečtina, Umělkyně, Pacienti, Montana, Perspektiva, Fotografové, Bauhaus, Historie fotografie, Skateboarding
- Anotace
- “Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of <em>Water for Elephants</em> “Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [<em>Double Take</em>] makes for an empowering read.” — <em>People</em> As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the <em>Washington Post</em>: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.