Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota, Georgia Finnegan
Автор: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life ISBN: 0143109391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143109396 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** "Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard."--Sports Illustrated Included in President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses--off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly--he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui--is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan's travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art. Praise for Barbarian Days "Without a doubt, the finest surf book I've ever read . . . But on a more fundamental level, Barbarian Days offers a clear-eyed vision of American boyhood. Like Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, it is a sympathetic examination of what happens when literary ideas of freedom and purity take hold of a young mind and fling his body out into the far reaches of the world."--The New York Times Magazine "Incandescent . . . I'd sooner press this book upon on a nonsurfer, in part because nothing I've read so accurately describes the feeling of being stoked or the despair of being held under. . . . But] it's also about a writer's life and, even more generally, a quester's life, more carefully observed and precisely rendered than any I've read in a long time."--Los Angeles Times
Автор: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days ISBN: 1472151410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472151414 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer
Автор: Finnegan Terrence J Название: Shooting the Front ISBN: 0752499548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752499543 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1746.00 р. 2494.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: The First World War demanded revolutionary technology to break the vicious stalemate in which the armies of Europe found themselves as soon as static warfare became established. In the critical world of military intelligence, aviation assumed a vital role through aerial reconnaissance in reinforcing successful decision-making. The demands of warfare not only spurred aviation's development, it led to technological advances in aerial photography, radio intercepts, acoustics and optics that became the foundation for intelligence throughout the twentieth century and to the present day.
Colonel Terry Finnegan's Shooting the Front reviews the entire evolution of Allied aerial photography and photographic interpretation during the Great War, in a text packed with data and based upon meticulous research in archives worldwide. The photographs included are both informative and spectacular, charting perforce the early years of aviation itself. Shooting the Front shows not only how important aerial reconnaissance was to the war effort, but also how it became the foundation for modern-day exploitation of imagery and geospatial intelligence used to guide today's decision makers on global issues, and shaped intelligence work for generations to come.
Автор: Finnegan Delphine Название: Nazboo`s Kazoo! (Shimmer and Shine) ISBN: 0525648275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525648277 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 551.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Johnson, Phillip Kennedy ; Finnegan, Marco Название: 007 Book 1: Myrmidon ISBN: 152412320X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524123208 Издательство: Diamond Books Рейтинг: Цена: 3264.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Finnegan, Delphine ; Myers, Nneka Название: The Share Fair (Nella the Princess Knight) ISBN: 0525647317 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525647317 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 459.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Finnegan, Delphine ; Hall, Susan Название: The Big Birthday Surprise! (Nella the Princess Knight) ISBN: 152471688X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524716882 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 459.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Finnegan, Richard B Название: Ireland ISBN: 0813332478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813332475 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9186.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Best Ever Crosswords for Kids ISBN: 139881654X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398816541 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 527.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Now firmly established as one of the leading economics principles texts in the UK and Europe, the sixth edition of Macroeconomics has been fully updated. Much revered for its friendly and accessible approach, emphasis on active learning and unrivalled support resources, this edition features a brand-new chapter on sustainability economics as well as in depth coverage of the impact of globalization, digitization, the gig economy and modern monetary theory.This title is available with MindTap, a flexible online learning solution that provides students with all the tools they need to succeed including an interactive eReader, engaging multimedia, practice questions, assessment materials, revision aids, and analytics to help you track their progress.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Best ever dot-to-dot for kids ISBN: 1398816558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398816558 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 527.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Now firmly established as one of the leading economics principles texts in the UK and Europe, the sixth edition of Macroeconomics has been fully updated. Much revered for its friendly and accessible approach, emphasis on active learning and unrivalled support resources, this edition features a brand-new chapter on sustainability economics as well as in depth coverage of the impact of globalization, digitization, the gig economy and modern monetary theory.This title is available with MindTap, a flexible online learning solution that provides students with all the tools they need to succeed including an interactive eReader, engaging multimedia, practice questions, assessment materials, revision aids, and analytics to help you track their progress.
Автор: Finnegan, Ivy Название: Best Ever Knock Knock Jokes for Kids ISBN: 1398816566 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398816565 Издательство: Arcturus Рейтинг: Цена: 527.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. Using extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers, Community Lost identifies what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas.
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