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Author |
: Fiona Maazel |
Publisher |
: Graywolf Press |
Total Pages |
: 359 |
Release |
: 2017-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555979638 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555979637 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Little More Human by : Fiona Maazel
A dazzling new novel from the author of the “weird, thrilling, and inimitable” Woke Up Lonely (Marie Claire) Meet Phil Snyder: new father, nursing assistant at a cutting-edge biotech facility on Staten Island, and all-around decent guy. Trouble is, his life is falling apart. His wife has betrayed him, his job involves experimental surgeries with strange side effects, and his father is hiding early-onset dementia. Phil also has a special talent he doesn’t want to publicize—he’s a mind reader and moonlights as Brainstorm, a costumed superhero. But when Phil wakes up from a blackout drunk and is confronted with photos that seem to show him assaulting an unknown woman, even superpowers won’t help him. Try as he might, Phil can’t remember that night, and so, haunted by the need to know, he mind-reads his way through the lab techs at work, adoring fans at Toy Polloi, and anyone else who gets in his way, in an attempt to determine whether he’s capable of such violence. A Little More Human, rife with layers of paranoia and conspiracy, questions how well we really know ourselves, showcasing Fiona Maazel at her tragicomic, freewheeling best.
Author |
: Hanya Yanagihara |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 833 |
Release |
: 2016-01-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780804172707 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0804172706 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Little Life by : Hanya Yanagihara
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Author |
: Matt Haig |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2013-07-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476727929 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476727929 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Humans by : Matt Haig
The bestselling, award-winning author of The Midnight Library offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” (Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” (Entertainment Weekly). When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete the gruesome task assigned him and hurry home to his own utopian planet, where everyone is omniscient and immortal. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, and is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this strange species than he had thought. Disguised as Martin, he drinks wine, reads poetry, develops an ear for rock music, and a taste for peanut butter. Slowly, unexpectedly, he forges bonds with Martin’s family. He begins to see hope and beauty in the humans’ imperfection, and begins to question the very mission that brought him there. Praised by The New York Times as a “novelist of great seriousness and talent,” author Matt Haig delivers an unlikely story about human nature and the joy found in the messiness of life on Earth. The Humans is a funny, compulsively readable tale that playfully and movingly explores the ultimate subject—ourselves.
Author |
: Brandon Stanton |
Publisher |
: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2014-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466872561 |
ISBN-13 |
: 146687256X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Little Humans by : Brandon Stanton
An instant New York Times Bestseller! Street photographer and storyteller extraordinaire Brandon Stanton is the creator of the wildly popular blog "Humans of New York." He is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Humans of New York. To create Little Humans, a 40-page photographic picture book for young children, he's combined an original narrative with some of his favorite children's photos from the blog, in addition to all-new exclusive portraits. The result is a hip, heartwarming ode to little humans everywhere.
Author |
: Gillian Conoley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2019-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1643620118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781643620114 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Little More Red Sun on the Human by : Gillian Conoley
A selection of poems by celebrated poet Gillian Conoley that spans her arresting body of work: from the idiosyncrasies of Texas girlhood toward an encompassing inquiry into spirit and matter, individual and state.
Author |
: Robert Bly |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 2009-10-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061971174 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061971170 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Little Book on the Human Shadow by : Robert Bly
Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow -- the dark side of the human personality -- and the importance of confronting it.
Author |
: Karen McCombie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 2021-08-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1788951093 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781788951098 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis How To Be A Human by : Karen McCombie
Who said friends have to match to matter? When the Star Boy's space-pod crashes in the grounds of Fairfield Academy he knows he must seek shelter. Taking refuge in the school's boiler room to await rescue he discovers that the room's small window is the perfect place to watch humans go by. The Star Boy knows about humans from his Earth lessons but no one from his planet has ever studied them up close. Now he has the perfect opportunity. There are two humans in particular that catch his attention - a boy called Wes and a girl named Kiki. But as his curiosity grows so does his courage and, making a momentous decision, the Star Boy follows Wes and Kiki into class ... and into their lives. A warm and otherworldly story about finding friendship in the most unlikely of places, for fans of Tamsin Winter, Cath Howe and Ross Welford.
Author |
: Rutger Bregman |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 2020-06-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316418553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316418552 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Humankind by : Rutger Bregman
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species. If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest. But what if it isn't true? International bestseller Rutger Bregman provides new perspective on the past 200,000 years of human history, setting out to prove that we are hardwired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. In fact this instinct has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. From the real-life Lord of the Flies to the solidarity in the aftermath of the Blitz, the hidden flaws in the Stanford prison experiment to the true story of twin brothers on opposite sides who helped Mandela end apartheid, Bregman shows us that believing in human generosity and collaboration isn't merely optimistic—it's realistic. Moreover, it has huge implications for how society functions. When we think the worst of people, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics. But if we believe in the reality of humanity's kindness and altruism, it will form the foundation for achieving true change in society, a case that Bregman makes convincingly with his signature wit, refreshing frankness, and memorable storytelling. "The Sapiens of 2020." —The Guardian "Humankind made me see humanity from a fresh perspective." —Yuval Noah Harari, author of the #1 bestseller Sapiens Longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction One of the Washington Post's 50 Notable Nonfiction Works in 2020
Author |
: 太宰治 |
Publisher |
: New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 1958 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0811204812 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780811204811 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis No Longer Human by : 太宰治
A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage.
Author |
: George Stephanopoulos |
Publisher |
: Back Bay Books |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2008-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316041928 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316041920 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis All Too Human by : George Stephanopoulos
All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill Clinton's side during the presidential campaign of 1992, & for the next five years he was rarely more than a step away from the president & his other advisers at every important moment of the first term. What Liar's Poker did to Wall Street, this book will do to politics. It is an irreverent & intimate portrait of how the nation's weighty business is conducted by people whose egos & idiosyncrasies are no sturdier than anyone else's. Including sharp portraits of the Clintons, Al Gore, Dick Morris, Colin Powell, & scores of others, as well as candid & revelatory accounts of the famous debacles & triumphs of an administration that constantly went over the top, All Too Human is, like its author, a brilliant combination of pragmatic insight & idealism. It is destined to be the most important & enduring book to come out of the Clinton administration.