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James Frey

    12 settembre 1969

    James Christopher Frey è un autore americano il cui lavoro è caratterizzato da un'esplorazione cruda e senza scrupoli della condizione umana. Si addentra in temi di dipendenza, recupero e ricerca di sé con una voce narrativa diretta e spesso impegnativa. La scrittura di Frey è nota per la sua intensità viscerale, che trascina i lettori in complessi paesaggi emotivi. Il suo approccio offre una rappresentazione cruda e onesta delle lotte e dei trionfi della vita, rendendo le sue storie profondamente risonanti.

    James Frey
    The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories
    Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories
    The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1859
    Student's Guides
    In un milione di piccoli pezzi
    Il mio amico Leonard o una vita ricostruita
    • Leonard è il miglior amico che James abbia mai avuto. Quando James non desiderava altro che distruggersi è stato Leonard, carismatico uomo di mondo e gangster dichiarato, a salvarlo. E così, quando James, appena uscito di prigione, subisce il colpo più duro del suo destino, è al suo amico speciale che si rivolge. E Leonard, il grande Leonard, è pronto ad accogliere James come un Figlio!, a istruirlo nell'arte del vivere audacemente, a offrirgli un impiego remunerativo, per quanto vagamente illegale e un po' rischioso. Leonard, gli affari segreti, le passioni che smentiscono la violenza della carriera che ha scelto, la favolosa generosità. Leonard, che in quell'amicizia ha investito più di quanto James abbia mai potuto immaginare

      Il mio amico Leonard o una vita ricostruita
      3,9
    • In un milione di piccoli pezzi

      • 459pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      Un uomo di 23 anni si risveglia a bordo di un aereo in uno stato al confine tra la vita e la morte, in seguito a una sequenza di abusi di alcol e droghe. La famiglia, sbalordita e disperata, lo accoglie all'aeroporto di Chicago per trasferirlo in una clinica di riabilitazione del Minnesota. Qui, dopo una prima visita, un medico gli garantisce che morirà nel giro di pochi giorni se ricomincia a bere. Qui, Frey passerà due mesi spaventosi per disintossicarsi e confrontarsi con la furia interiore che da anni lo spinge a distruggersi. E soprattutto si troverà a dover fare una scelta: accettare di non vedere mai i suoi 24 anni oppure raccogliere i rottami della propria vita e agire. Il libro riporta la testimonianza dura e sconvolgente di James Frey.

      In un milione di piccoli pezzi
      3,7
    • A concise introduction to Fourier transforms, this updated edition includes new and interesting material, such as convolution with a sinusoid, coherence, the Michelson stellar interferometer and the van Cittert-Zernike theorem, Babinet's principle and dipole arrays. It is invaluable to students of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computer science.

      Student's Guides
      4,4
    • The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1859

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      "Frey's concise and readable history of the Indian Rebellion is an excellent introduction to one of the most important wars of the nineteenth century. The rebellion lasted more than a year and pitted broad sections of north Indian society against the British East India Company. British victory consolidated colonial rule that would only be dislodged by twentieth-century nationalist movements. Frey provides a crystal-clear account of the causes, principal events, and consequences of the rebellion. Equally importantly, he deftly discusses why the rebellion remains controversial. Well-chosen documents add texture to the analysis. This is the best short history of the rebellion in print." --Ian Barrow, Middlebury College

      The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1859
      4,0
    • Contains the first two volumes of the author's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. This collection includes such tales as Count Magnus; Number 13; Casting the Runes; Curse of the Demon; and Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad.

      Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories
      4,2
    • Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it.

      The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories
      4,2
    • Before they were players ... before the calling ... they trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline-- and win Endgame. In this collection of Training Diaries novellas, follow Marcus, Chiyoko, Sarah, Alice, Aisling, Baitsakhan, Jago, An, Shari, Kala, Maccabee, and Hilal through sacrifices and betrayals, broken hearts and broken bones, as they shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be

      Endgame - Complete Training Diaries
      3,9
    • A companion to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, The Complete Zero Line Chronicles is a collection of prequel novellas that follows the Zero Line, an underground group of conspiracy theorists determined to put a stop to Endgame - and save the world.

      The Complete Zero Line Chronicles (Incite, Feed, Reap)
      3,5
    • Endgame: The Complete Training Diaries

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      All three thrilling volumes of Endgame: The Training Diaries, the prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, together in one paperback bind-up! Before they were Players . . . Before the Calling . . . They trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline—and win Endgame. Follow the Twelve through sacrifices and betrayals, broken hearts and broken bones, as they shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be. They must train, learn, prepare. To Play, survive, and solve. To kill or be killed. Endgame is real. Endgame is coming. And only one can win.

      Endgame: The Complete Training Diaries
      4,0
    • Sky key

      • 496pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      The thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon, Endgame: The Calling. Endgame is here. Earth Key has been found. Two keys - and nine Players - remain. The keys must be found, and only one Player can win. Queens, New York. Aisling Kopp believes the unthinkable: that Endgame can be stopped. But before she can get home to regroup, she is approached by the CIA. They know about Endgame. And they have their own ideas about how it should be Played. Ideas that could change everything. Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia. Hilal ibn Isa al-Salt narrowly survived an attack that leaves him horribly disfigured. He now knows something the other Players do not. But the Aksumites have a secret that is unique to their line. A secret that can help redeem humanity - and maybe even be used to help defeat the beings behind Endgame. London, England. Sarah Alopay has found the first key. She is with Jago - and they are winning. But getting Earth Key has come at a great cost to Sarah. The only thing that keeps the demons at bay is Playing. Playing to win. Sky Key - wherever it is, whatever it is - is next. And the nine remaining Players will stop at nothing to get it...

      Sky key
      4,0
    • Bright Shiny Morning

      • 560pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Welcome to LA. City of contradictions. It is home to movie stars and down-and-outs. Palm-lined beaches and gridlock. Shopping sprees and gun sprees. Bright Shiny Morning takes a wild ride through the ultimate metropolis, where glittering excess rubs shoulders with seedy depravity. Frey's trademark filmic snapshots zoom in on the parallel lives of diverse characters, bringing their egos and ideals, hopes and despairs, anxieties and absurdities vividly to life. Some suffer, like the otherworldly wino who tries to save a spoilt teenage runaway. Others gain, like the canny talent agent who turns sexual harassment to blackmailing advantage. Some are loaded, or grounded, and have luck on their side. Others, like the countless actresses-turned-hookers, or schoolboys-turned-gangsters, are doomed.

      Bright Shiny Morning
      4,0
    • Endgame: The Complete Fugitive Archives

      • 352pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Set in post-World War II Germany, this collection of prequel novellas explores a forbidden love that poses a significant threat to the events of the Endgame series. Through its compelling narratives, it delves into the complexities of relationships against a backdrop of historical turmoil, enriching the overarching story with deeper character insights and emotional stakes.

      Endgame: The Complete Fugitive Archives
      3,8
    • Endgame: The Calling

      • 465pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      The New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon! In each generation, for thousands of years, twelve Players have been ready. But they never thought Endgame would happen. Until now. Omaha, Nebraska. Sarah Alopay stands at her graduation ceremony—class valedictorian, star athlete, a full life on the horizon. But when a meteor strikes the school, she survives. Because she is the Cahokian Player. Endgame has begun. Juliaca, Peru. At the same moment, thousands of miles away, another meteor strikes. But Jago Tlaloc is safe. He has a secret, and his secret makes him brave. Strong. Certain. He is the Olmec Player. He's ready. Ready for Endgame. Across the globe, twelve meteors slam into Earth. Cities burn. But Sarah and Jago and the ten others Players know the truth. The meteors carry a message. The Players have been summoned to The Calling. And now they must fight one another in order to survive. All but one will fail. But that one will save the world. This is Endgame.

      Endgame: The Calling
      3,8
    • Katerina

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the madness of youth. Betrayal and heartbreak, regret and pain, the melancholy of age. Katerina, the explosive new novel by America's most controversial writer, is a sweeping love story alternating between 1992 Paris and Los Angeles in 2017. At its centre are a young writer and a young model on the verge of fame, both reckless, impulsive, addicted and deeply in love. Twenty-five years later, the writer is rich, famous, and numb, and he wants to drive his car into a tree, when he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned years prior. Written in the same percussive, propulsive, dazzling, breathtaking style as A Million Little Pieces, Katerina echoes and complements that most controversial of memoirs, and plays with the same issues of fiction and reality that created, nearly destroyed, and then recreated James Frey in the global imagination.

      Katerina
      3,6
    • Rules of the Game

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      The explosive final novel in the Endgame trilogy, by New York Times bestelling author, James Frey. Two keys have been found. The strongest Players are left. One final key remains to win Endgame and save the world. For Sarah, Jago, Aisling, Maccabee, Shari, An, and Hilal, Endgame has reached its final phase. The third key, Sun Key, is all that stands between one Player saving their line - or perishing along with the rest of the world. And only one can win. West Bengal, India: Maccabee is Playing to win. He has Earth Key and Sky Key and he is determined to find Sun Key. But in Endgame, fate can turn in the blink of an eye. He must Play carefully. He must watch his back. Kolkata, India: An Liu is Playing for death. His goal: stop Endgame, and take the world down with him. Sikkim, India: For Aisling, Sarah, Jago, Shari, and Hilal, their mission is to stop Endgame. Sun Key must not be found. No matter what they're Playing for, all of the remaining Players have one thing in common: they will end the game, but on their own terms.

      Rules of the Game
      3,5
    • A companion to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, The Complete Zero Line Chronicles is a collection of prequel novellas that follows the Zero Line, an underground group of conspiracy theorists determined to put a stop to Endgame—and save the world. Several decades before the Players of Endgame meet at the Calling, an earlier generation of Players is learning the rules. Each has been chosen as the one to save their ancient bloodline—and win Endgame. But not everyone wants to see Endgame take place. One group in particular has other ideas. They call themselves the Zero Line, and this is their mission: Kill the Players. Stop Endgame. Prevent the end of the world. Originally published as three individual ebook novellas, the Zero Line Chronicles are now together in one print volume.

      Endgame: The Complete Zero Line Chronicles
      3,3
    • The Indian Rebellion, 1857 - 1859

      A Short History with Documents

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Frey offers a clear and engaging overview of the Indian Rebellion, highlighting its significance in the context of 19th-century colonial history. The conflict, which lasted over a year, involved various segments of north Indian society opposing the British East India Company, ultimately leading to the entrenchment of colonial rule. The author explores the causes, key events, and lasting impacts of the rebellion, while also addressing its ongoing controversies. Supplemented by relevant documents, this concise history serves as an essential introduction to the topic.

      The Indian Rebellion, 1857 - 1859
    • Die Jagd geht weiter. Ich habe ihn in den Nachrichten gesehen. John Smith, irgendwo da draußen, auf der Flucht. Für die Welt ist er ein Mysterium. Für mich ist er einer von uns. Ich kann es fühlen. Und ich weiß, dass ich ihn finden muss. Der neue Band der Erfolgsserie "Das Erbe von Lorien". Sie haben Nummer Eins, Zwei und Drei getötet. Sie versuchten es bei Nummer Vier. Sie haben versagt. Sechs von uns leben noch. Wir sind bereit zum Kampf. Und unser Erbe entwickelt sich. Nummer Sieben lebt mit ihrer Cêpan in Spanien. Von dort verfolgt sie die Ereignisse in Paradise. Sie ist sicher: John Smith ist einer der ihren. Als sie sich auf die Suche nach ihm macht, wird sie von den Mogadori aufgehalten. Währenddessen kämpft auch John gegen die Mogadori – und gegen seine Gefühle für Sechs. Ist er doch dazu bestimmt, mit einer Frau von Lorien zusammen zu sein? Was ist mit Sarah? Und wo stecken die Restlichen der Garde?

      Das Erbe von Lorien
      3,8
    • Poslední vůle Bena Ziona Avrohoma

      • 234pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Dva tisíce let jsme čekali, až Mesiáš přijde mezi nás. A on prý žije. Přebývá v New Yorku. Spí s muži i ženami, přivádí do jiného stavu dívky, léčí nemocné a umírajícím pomáhá odejít z tohoto světa. Říká se, že kašle na vládu a opovrhuje posvátnem. Co byste udělali, kdybyste jej potkali a on vám změnil život? Uvěřili byste v něj? Začali byste ho brát vážně? Opravdu? Jedno je jisté: tento román Jamese Freye vás asi vyvede z míry, možná vás změní, ale určitě budete fascinováni silou a hloubkou citů i revolučními až bezbožnými postoji.

      Poslední vůle Bena Ziona Avrohoma
      2,5
    • Das geheime Wissen von Endgame

      • 128pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Was immer die Leser über ENDGAME wissen möchten: Das Lexikon versammelt alle Orte, mystische und reale und stellt Waffen, Kampf- und Jagdtechniken der uralten Kulturen vor. Es führt weit zurück in die Geschichte der Erde und liefert Kenntnisse darüber, wie ENDGAME ihren Fortbestand bedroht. Erstverkaufstag: 07. Oktober 2014 Alles Infos zu ENDGAME auf: www. endgame. de

      Das geheime Wissen von Endgame