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Dave Eggers
After a decade of civil war, an unnamed country is at peace. To join the state’s divided halves, the government orders the construction of a new highway. Two men are…
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When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. After the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in…
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In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do…
A mother and her two young children rent a battered old RV (optimistically christened the ‘Chateau’) and embark upon a journey through the Alaskan wilderness.
Drawn Together meets WILD in this journey into the jungle and through the imagination.
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A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and…
When things fall down, who lifts them up? What if the ground beneath your feet had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces…
Eggers presents his first collection of short stories. The characters are roaming, searching, and often struggling, and revelations do not always arrive on schedule. Precisely crafted and boldly experimental, How…
In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn’t recognize his…
Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and…
Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company. The story of one woman’s ambition and idealism becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising…
The superb, bestselling story of David Eggers’s extraordinary life with his brother
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world’s largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet’s dominant e-commerce site…
The bestselling author of The Circle tells the true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a young Yemeni-American man raised in San Francisco who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni…
In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United…
In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone…
Voice of Witness Reader is an astonishing record of human rights issues in the twenty-first century; a testament to the resilience and courage of the most marginalized among us; and…
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Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their…
A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination.
Author Dave Eggers and artist Julia Sarda spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of ingenuity.
It all started when John "Minnie" Moore built a…
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Lucas Peters
A bolsa anterior identificou o trabalho de Dave Eggers como pos-moderno, concentrando-se no prefacio de A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (A.H.W.O.S.G.). Como este prefacio indica o estatuto de Eggers…
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A new take on Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, but with more depth, detail, and edginess that will have even adults eating it up. In Japanese. Distributed by…
After acquiring $32,000, Will and Hand, devastated over the death of their closest friend, travel around the world giving away the money, in this novel from the author of ‘A…
Cuando la empresa de internet del momento, El Circulo, se fusiona con la mayor plataforma comercial online del planeta, da paso al monopolio mas rentable y peligroso hasta la fecha…
Precious Perez
A young activist opens a window into her journey to become a professional musician and leader for the disabled community.
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Dr Caroline D. Hamilton
Offers an analysis of the works of Dave Eggers, an author who has grown from a small-time media upstart into one of the most influential author-publishers of the twenty-first century…
Asmaa Fahmy
This book investigates Enani’s Arabic translation of Eggers’ non-fictional book Zeitoun from a socio-pragmatic perspective. It is intended to identify the problems that face the translator, and the strategies he…
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Lukas Hoffmann
What is ‘postirony’? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with…
McSweeney’s ever-changing Quarterly Concern returns with our 63 issue featuring a tribute to (and previously unpublished stories by) the acclaimed late author Stephen Dixon.
Ever changing, each issue of the…
Voice of Witness,Dave Eggers
A bouillabaisse of nonrequired reading that should be required.– Publishers Weekly. This brilliant collection highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever.
Featuring letters by Maria Bamford, Sally Wen Mao, and Melissa Febos; brand-new stories by Brandon Hobson and Salvador Plascencia; three separate full-color art features from Gabrielle Bell and others; five…
The Life of Pi meets Homeward Bound in this 26-word epic about the world’s beauty and quirks, and the heartwarming ways we find home.
Goodnight Moon meets The Wonderful Things You Will Be in this incredibly commercial, beautiful title from bestselling author Dave Eggers.
Bestselling author Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural and natural monuments in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Cut-paper illustrations by Nichols ensures that this book feels like…
Highlighting a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever, this lively volume features work by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Colbert, Scott Carrier, Lee Klein…
Abner and Ian are stuck sideways in this clever picture book created by a bestselling, acclaimed author and cartoonist–and perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Press Here.
From a bestselling author comes an evocative, classic-feeling adventure tale about a boy and his sword, and how giving away something precious leads to an even more important discovery.
Donald Barthelme
This collection of pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces is a companion to Sixty Stories, Barthelme’s earlier retrospective volume. Barthelme spotlights the idiosyncratic, haughty, sometimes downright ludicrous behavior of human beings, but…
Mark Twain
A follow-up to The Innocents Abroad , this book records a walking trip, focused on central Europe and the Alps, but characterized by Twain’s signature humour and preception. This Modern…
McSweeney’s three-time National Magazine Award-winning quarterly returns, in collaboration with Radiotopia (Ear Hustle, 99 Percent Invisible) to bring you our first ever audio issue. Made with further creative assistance by…
"Coming this October, the 68th issue of our National Magazine Award-winning McSweeney's Quarterly features stories of duplicity and deception, double lives and secret histories, waiting for you underneath a cover…