chabon michael the yiddish policemen s union
Chabon Michael The Yiddish Policemen's Union
What if, as Franklin Roosevelt once proposed, Alaska - and not Israel - had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II? In Michael Chabon's Yiddish-speaking 'Alyeska', Orthodox gangs in side-curls and knee breeches roam the streets of Sitka, where Detective Meyer Landsman discovers the corpse of a heroin-addled chess prodigy in the flophouse Meyer calls home. Marionette strings stretch back to the hands of charismatic Rebbe Gold, leader of a sect that seems to have drawn its mission statement from the Cosa Nostra - but behind Rebbe looms an even larger shadow. Despite sensible protests from Berko, his half-Tlingit, half-Jewish partner, Meyer is determined to unsnarl the meaning behind the murder. Even if that means surrendering his badge and his dignity to the chief of Sitka's homicide unit - also known as his fearsome ex-wife, Bina. 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union' interweaves a homage to the stylish menace of 1940s film noir with a bittersweet fable of identity, home and faith. It is a novel of colossal ambition and heart from one of the most important and beloved writers working today.
2146 Руб.
Chabon Michael Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road is set in the Kingdom of Arran, in the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, A.D. 950. It tells the tale of two wandering adventurers and unlikely soulmates, variously plying their trades as swords for hire, horse thieves and con artists - until fortune entangles them in the myriad schemes and battles that follow a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars. Hired as escorts for a fugitive prince, they quickly find themselves half-willing generals in a mad rebellion, struggling to restore the prince's family to the throne. As their increasingly outrageous exploits unfold, they encounter a wondrous elephant, wily Rhadanite tradesmen, whores, thieves, soldiers, an emperor, and discover the truth about their young royal charge. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a novel brimming with raucous humour and cliff-hanging suspense, combining the spirit of The Arabian Nights with the action of The Three Musketeers.
3418 Руб.
Chabon Michael Moonglow
Moonglow unfolds as a deathbed confession. An old man, his tongue loosened by powerful painkillers, his memory stirred by the imminence of death, tells stories to his grandson, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried. Why did he try to strangle a former business partner with a telephone cord? What was he thinking when he and a buddy set explosives on a bridge in Washington, D.C.? What did he feel while he hunted down Wernher von Braun in Germany? And what did he see in the young girl he met in Baltimore after returning home from the war? From the Jewish slums of pre-war Philadelphia to the invasion of Germany, from a Florida retirement village to the penal utopia of a New York prison, from the heyday of the space programme to the twilight of 'the American Century', Moonglow collapses an era into a single life and a lifetime into a single week.
1873 Руб.
Brandburne James.M, Bowlt John E., Rossi Federica The Adler Collection of Soviet Children's Books. 1930-1933 Two Architects in the Land of the Soviets
For years, a battered, brown leather suitcase sat in a loft. It contained a treasure trove: more than 250 children’s books from the Soviet Union, most in Russian, but with some in Ukrainian and even a few in Yiddish, almost all published between 1930 and 1933. The collection reveals aspects of the early USSR after the October Revolution and the central role of children’s literature in Soviet culture. Among the stories designed to educate new young citizens are rare editions by Vladimir Lebedev, Vera Ermolaeva, and Aleksandr Dejneka, as well as a remarkable group of Ukrainian books, until now considered as undiscovered areas for even the most dedicated researchers.
6913 Руб.
Chabon Michael Telegraph Avenue
As the summer of 2004 draws to a close, Archy Stallings and Nat Jaffe are still hanging in there, longtime friends, band mates and co-regents of Brokeland Records, a kingdom of used vinyl located in the sketchy yet freewheeling borderlands of Berkeley and Oakland, on the quintessential East Bay avenue that gives the book its title. Their wives, Gwen Shanks and Aviva Roth-Jaffe, are the Berkeley Birth Partners, a pair of semi-legendary nurse midwives who have welcomed, between them, more than a thousand little citizens into the world. Archy and Gwen are expecting their first baby; Nat and Aviva have a teenaged son, Julius. When ex-NFL quarterback Gibson Goode, the fourth-richest black man in America, announces plans to go forward with the construction of his latest Dogpile megastore on a nearby neglected stretch of Telegraph Avenue, Nat and Archy fear it means certain doom for their vulnerable little enterprise. What they don't know is that Goode's announcement marks the climax of a decades-old secret history, encompassing a forgotten crime of the Black Panther era, the tragedy of Archy's own deadbeat father – a long-faded Blaxploitation star named Luther Stallings – and the perpetual shining failure of American optimism about race. As their husbands struggle to mount a defense, at Berkeley Birth Partners Aviva and Gwen also find themselves caught up in a battle for their professional existence, one that tests the limits of their friendship. Adding another layer of complication to their already tangled lives is the surprise appearance of Titus Joyner, the teenaged son Archy has never acknowledged, and the love of Julius Jaffe's life. An intimate epic, a NorCal ‘Middlemarch’ set to the funky beat of classic vinyl soul-jazz and pulsing with a virtuosic, pyrotechnical style all its own. Generous, imaginative, funny, moving, thrilling, humane, triumphant, it is Michael Chabon's most dazzling book yet.
2435 Руб.
Chabon Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author of ‘Wonder Boys’, ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic. One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay’s cramped New York bedroom, his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved. Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. Together, they create a comic strip called ‘The Escapist’, its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world. ‘The Escapist’ makes their fortune, but Joe can think of only one thing: how can he effect a real-life escape, and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler? Michael Chabon’s exceptional novel is a thrilling tight-rope walk between high comedy and bitter tragedy, and confirms his position as one of the most inventive and daring of contemporary American writers. In Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, he has created two unforgettable characters bound together by love, family and cartoons.
1180 Руб.
Foer Jonathan Safran Here I Am
Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . . By Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . . Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.
3169 Руб.
Джинсы скинни Selma больших размеров с высокой посадкой Michael Kors
Бренд: Michael KorsЦвет: Union Wash
15519 Руб.
Richard Cliff Виниловая пластинка Richard Cliff Summer Holiday
Состояние носителя: NM. Состояние конверта: M-. Summer Holiday. Виниловая пластинка . A1 Cliff Richard - A. B. S. Orchestra / The Michael Sammes Singers – Seven Days To A Holiday A2 Cliff Richard-The Shadows/ The Norrie Paramor Strings – Summer Holiday A3 Cliff Richard - A. B. S. Orchestra / The Michael Sammes Singers– Let Us Take You For A Ride A4 The Shadows – Les Girls A5 The Shadows – Round And Round A6 The Shadows – Foot Tapper A7 Cliff Richard - A. B. S. Orchestra – Stranger In Town A8 A. B. S. Orchestra – Orlando's Mime B1 Cliff Richard-The Shadows/ The Michael Sammes Singers– Bachelor Boy B2 Cliff Richard - Grazina Frame / A. B. S. Orchestra– A Swingin' Affair B3 Cliff Richard - A. B. S. Orchestra/ The Michael Sammes Singers– Really Waltzing B4 Cliff Richard - A. B. S. Orchestra – All At Once B5 Cliff Richard-The Shadows – Dancing Shoes B6 A. B. S. Orchestra – Yugoslav Wedding B7 Cliff Richard-The Shadows/ The Norrie Paramor Strings – The Next Time B8 Cliff Richard-The Shadows – Big News Тип носителя: Виниловая пластинка
3744 Руб.
OST Виниловая пластинка OST In The Fade
Состояние носителя: S. Состояние конверта: S. In The Fade. Виниловая пластинка . A1 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– The End 1:23 A2 Faith No More– Superhero 5:15 A3 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– In Slow Motion 0:34 A4 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– Blood On The Wall 1:19 A5 Courtney Barnett– Anonymous Club 5:50 A6 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– Dreaming In The Rain 0:33 A7 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– Suicide 1:21 B1 Queens Of The Stone Age– The Bronze 3:43 B2 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– Dead Man Walking 0:58 B3 Hindi Zahra– The Blues 3:51 B4 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– I Knew 0:37 B5 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– The Chase 3:54 B6 Lykke Li– I Know Places 6:26 B7 Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Troy Van Leeuwen– End Credits 1:57 Тип носителя: Виниловая пластинка
6435 Руб.
Miura K. Berserk Deluxe Volue 6
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the breaking of political relations between China and the Soviet Union. Based on archival materials from several countries-particularly China-the authors analyze the split from 1959, when visible cracks in the relationship appeared, to China`s foreign policy shift toward the United States in 1973.
10543 Руб.
Miura K. Berserk Deluxe Volue 6
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the breaking of political relations between China and the Soviet Union. Based on archival materials from several countries-particularly China-the authors analyze the split from 1959, when visible cracks in the relationship appeared, to China`s foreign policy shift toward the United States in 1973.
10543 Руб.
Lynch Michael Scotland. A New History
A comprehensive and absorbing history of a country that is constantly evolving. From Bannockburn and Robert the Bruce to the union of the crowns and Mary, Queen of Scots; from the Reformation and John Knox, to the Enlightenment and the Highland Clearances, and right up to devolution, Scotland is the definitive history of a country that has experienced centuries of dramatic change. Michael Lynch, named as 'one of the most influential historians in Scotland of the last thirty years', has penned an extraordinary one-volume history of the country that spans twenty centuries, from the Picts to the present day. Thrilling, comprehensive, provocative and timely, Scotland is a monumental work of scholarship.
4846 Руб.
Michael George & Wham Виниловая пластинка Michael George & Wham Last Christmas - Ost
Состояние носителя: S. Состояние конверта: S. Last Christmas - Ost. Виниловая пластинка . 2 lp A1 –Wham! Last Christmas A2 –George Michael Too Funky A3 –George Michael Fantasy A4 –George Michael Praying For Time B1 –George Michael Faith B2 –George Michael Waiting For That Day B3 –George Michael Heal The Pain B4 –George Michael One More Try C1 –George Michael Fastlove, Pt. 1 C2 –Wham! Everything She Wants C3 –Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go C4 –George Michael Move On D1 –George Michael Freedom! '90 D2 –George Michael Praying For Time (Live) D3 –George Michael This Is How (We Want You To Get High) (Extended) Тип носителя: Виниловая пластинка
5999 Руб.
Wham! Виниловая пластинка Wham! Make It Big
Состояние носителя: S. Состояние конверта: S. Make It Big. Виниловая пластинка . A1 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Written-By – George Michael 3:49 A2 Everything She Wants Keyboards – George Michael Written-By – George Michael 5:07 A3 Heartbeat Keyboards – George Michael Written-By – George Michael 4:42 A4 Like A Baby Written-By – George Michael 4:13 B1 Freedom Written-By – George Michael 5:07 B2 If You Were There Written-By – The Isley Brothers 3:41 B3 Credit Card Baby Written-By – George Michael 5:09 B4 Careless Whisper Keyboards – Andy Richards Saxophone – Steve Gregory Written-By – Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael 6:30 Тип носителя: Виниловая пластинка
5499 Руб.
Kipling Rudyard The Man Who Would be King & Other Stories
Including the story that inspired the classic movie starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine, these nine dramatic tales demonstrate Kiplinga€s mastery of the short story and ability to create believable characters and settings, in Britain and the subcontinent.
1108 Руб.