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A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide--from the bestselling author of National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life
'Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.' --Chicago Tribune It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara's latest bestselling novel,Produkt The People in the Trees (Yanagihara Hanya)(Paperback) označuje EAN kód 9780345803313.
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EAN | 9780345803313 |
It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina
A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide--from the bestselling author of National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life 'Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.' --Chicago
The million-copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Brace yourself for the most astonishing, challenging, upsetting, and profoundly moving book in many a season. An epic about love and friendship in the twenty-first century that goes into some of the darkest places fiction has ever
A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and
A beautiful debut about community and friendship set in the world of the Tree Keepers: tiny people who look after the tree, and each
Když se čtyři spolužáci z vysoké školy v Massachusetts přestěhují do New Yorku, aby se pokusili prorazit, jsou bez peněz, ztracení a kupředu je pohání jen jejich přátelství a ctižádost. Je tu laskavý Willem, začínající herec; bystrý, občas krutý malíř DžejBí, který
eBook: Když se čtyři spolužáci z vysoké školy v Massachusetts přestěhují do New Yorku, aby se pokusili prorazit, jsou bez peněz, ztracení a kupředu je pohání jen jejich přátelství a ctižádost. Je tu laskavý Willem, začínající herec; bystrý, občas krutý malíř DžejBí,
Sometimes the smallest people make the biggest difference. A beautiful owl lives in the tree outside Ben's house. Ben calls him Mr Hoot. When grown-ups want to chop down Mr Hoot's tree, Ben has to act fast to save him. This warm, funny and inspiring story shows how we can all protect the
Keď sa štyria spolužiaci z malej vysokej školy v Massachusetts presťahujú do New Yorku, aby tam skúsili preraziť, nemajú peniaze, sú neistí a dopredu ich ženie len ich priateľstvo a ctižiadostivosť. Patrí k nim pekný a láskavý Willem, začínajúci herec; bystrý, no občas
Spisovatelka ve svém novém románu předkládá tři alternativní verze Ameriky. Děj roku 1893 nás zavádí do Svobodných států, části Ameriky, která se po občanské válce osamostatnila. Zde jsou uznávané a běžné stejnopohlavní svazky, a tak v tom Davidovi nikdo nebrání
eBook:,Spisovatelka ve svém novém románu předkládá tři alternativní verze Ameriky. Děj roku 1893 nás zavádí do Svobodných států, části Ameriky, která se po občanské válce osamostatnila. Zde jsou uznávané a běžné stejnopohlavní svazky, a tak v tom Davidovi nikdo nebrání
A beautiful debut about community and friendship set in the world of the Tree Keepers: tiny people who look after the tree, and each
A photograph taken in 1971 sets two people on the path to uncovering the truth about their
A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and
Ancient Trees in the Landscape is the outcome of many years research into the history of trees in Norfolk, and represents the first detailed, published account of the ancient and traditionally managed trees of any English county. Yet it is far more than a regional survey. It is an exploration of
Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient lrish tales. Yet few people realise the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe.The Celts
The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in
'Fantastic ... the most important book on Black British history' - AkalaBlack People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples in its colonies, and in particular the people of
In The Mountain People, Colin M. Turnbull describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to scattered bands of hostile, starving people whose only goal is individual survival. Sad, disturbing, and
The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Women's Social and