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Sandwiched between the placid fifties and the flamboyant seventies, the sixties, a decade of tumultuous change and stunning paradoxes, is often reduced to a series of slogans, symbols, and media images. In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the cliches and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century.

This is a collection of remarkable personal accounts of a variety of American Civil War incidents, from both Union and Confederate perspectives. These vivid and absorbing reminiscences provide an inside view of many fascinating events of the time, shedding light on our shared past and illuminating the character and point of view of those who lived through an extraordinary time in our nation's history. Enjoy these excursions back through the mists of time, recounted by those who were there.

Após seu mais recente e traumático pé na bunda—o décimo nono de sua ainda jovem vida, todos perpetrados por namoradas de nome Katherine—Colin Singleton resolve cair na estrada. Dirigindo o Rabecão de Satã, com seu caderninho de anotações no bolso e o melhor amigo no carona, o ex-criança prodígio, viciado em anagramas e PhD em levar o fora, descobre sua verdadeira missão: elaborar e comprovar o Teorema Fundamental da Previsibilidade das Katherines, que tornará possível antever, através da linguagem universal da matemática.

Escrito em parte durante o turbulento período de pandemia global e baseado em seu podcast de sucesso, Antropoceno: notas sobre a vida na Terra nos guia pelas sutilezas dessa nova realidade e nos dá a segurança de que podemos até desconhecer o caminho que estamos seguindo, mas com certeza estamos em boa companhia.

En samling morsomme, rørende, smukke og ind i mellem meget personlige essays fra John Green, som tager steder, begreber og produkter – og en vis pandemi - fra menneskets tidsalder under kærlig behandling. Vi kommer rundt om så forskellige ting som Pingvinerne fra Madagaskar, internettet, solnedgange, teddybjørne og meningitis, og Green kalder selv bogen en form for mini-memoirer. Teksterne handler dog lige så meget om at være forelsket i den verden, vi lever i og om at kunne se det smukke i de små ting på trods af pandemier og postmoderne stress.

“Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:Thinking The instant #1 bestseller from John Green, author...

Con su especial sensibilidad para lo extraño, lo importante y lo sorprendente, John Green reúne en esta extraordinaria colección de textos distintas facetas de nuestro presente y las puntúa en una particular escala del uno al cinco. Deteniendo su mirada en temas tan variados como el teclado QWERTY, internet, Super Mario Kart, los susurros, los ositos de peluche o las puestas de sol, sus originales y muy personales hallazgos abren los horizontes de la imaginación mientras nos hablan de las maravillas de lo cotidiano.

Antes: Miles ve cómo su vida transcurre sin emoción alguna. Su obsesión con memorizar las últimas palabras de personajes ilustres le lleva a querer encontrar su Gran Quizá (como dijo François Rabelais justo antes de morir).

Emotiva, irónica y afilada. Una novela teñida de humor y de tragedia que habla de nuestra capacidad para soñar incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles. A Hazel y a Gus les gustaría tener vidas más corrientes. Algunos dirían que no han nacido con estrella, que su mundo es injusto. Hazel y Gus son solo adolescentes, pero si algo les ha enseñado el cáncer que ambos padecen es que no hay tiempo para lamentaciones, porque, nos guste o no, solo existe el hoy y el ahora.

Will Grayson tiene dos reglas en la vida: guardar silencio y no implicarse en nada.Sin embargo, su mejor amigo, Tiny Cooper, está decidido a buscarle novia y a montar su musical autobiográfico:Tiny Dancer.

Muy cerca de él hay otro Will Grayson: un chico melancólico que no tiene nada bueno a lo que agarrarse.Lo único que hace que su vida merezca la pena es su relación online con Isaac, al que nunca ha visto en persona.

En su nueva y esperada novela, John Green, el aclamado y premiado autor de Bajo la misma estrella y Buscando a Alaska, nos cuenta la historia de Aza con una claridad desgarradora e inquebrantable. Una brillante historia sobre el amor, la resiliencia y el poder de la amistad para toda la vida.

Premier verre, premiers amis, première fille... Dernières paroles. Miles Halter est fasciné par les dernières paroles célèbres et impatient de quitter sa vie protégée dans le cocon familial. Il part en pensionnat en quête de ce que Rabelais, mourant, appelait son "Grand Peut-être". Beaucoup de découvertes attendent Miles à Culver Creek, notamment Alaska Young. Intelligente, drôle, écorchée et mortellement sexy, Alaska va attirer Miles dans son labyrinthe et le propulser dans le Grand Peut-être.

Sous l'épée de Damoclès d'une mort peut-être déjà programmée, une magnifique ode à l'amour et la vie... Seize ans, le bel âge dit-on. Mais pas pour Hazel, atteinte d'un cancer : plus d'école, plus d'amis, une vie sociale désagrégée... Ses seules occupations sont la lecture et les réunions du groupe de soutien aux jeunes malades où elle va chaque semaine. C'est là qu'elle croise la route d'Augustus, un jeune homme en rémission. Entre eux, la passion de la littérature se double très vite d'un émoi amoureux réciproque.

Par l'auteur de Nos étoiles contraires. Dix-neuf fois Colin est tombé amoureux. Dix-neuf fois la fille s'appelait Katherine. Pas Katie, ni Kat, ni Kittie, ni Cathy, et surtout pas Catherine, mais KATHERINE.

The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of St John Greene's heartwarming memoir, Mum's List, read by the actor Peter Kenny. 'Kiss boys two times after I have gone' 'Please teach the boys to say what they mean' 'Mummy loved orange Club biscuits, jam and jelly and lemon curd' On her deathbed...

Penguin Audiobooks presents Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. An unabridged recording voiced by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, teenager Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson! Two teens with the same...

Brought to you by Penguin. When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten...

Penguin presents the audio download edition of Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, read by Kate Rudd. Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend...

A secret band of radical environmentalists, under the name 9S have spent years secretly infiltrating industry and government, working themselves into the most trusted jobs...sleepers ready to act. As a series of global catastrophes erupt, Australian ex-CIA agent Dr. Tori Swyft, finds herself at the centre of it all. Having once been briefly recruited as a 9S member at university, she may be the world's only chance of stopping the threat before it's too late.

In top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft seals a landmark Arctic deal with Beijing that sends Washington, DC, and Moscow reeling. The next morning, she wakes beside two dead bodies. A nameless voice phones her, taunting her and revealing a shocking video that shows Tori as the murderer. Yet she has no memory of what happened. With Spanish police converging at her door, Tori flees, in a race against time to find The Voice and prove her innocence - before it’s too late.