Martin Amis
1) Night train
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English
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An investigation into the suicide of Jennifer Rockwell, a woman with everything going for her--health, looks, man--plus a job as an astrophysicist. Question is, can a person shoot herself in the head three times? As she investigates the victim's background, policewoman Mike Hoolihan thinks she can. By the author of The Information.
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A riotous, bitingly funny, and supremely clever novel of a twenty-year-old literature student in 1970 who’s about to discover the liberating possibilities and haunting consequences of social change.
"A nearly perfect comic novel.” —New York Magazine
The year is 1970, and Keith Nearing, a twenty-year-old literature student, is spending his summer vacation in a castle...
"A nearly perfect comic novel.” —New York Magazine
The year is 1970, and Keith Nearing, a twenty-year-old literature student, is spending his summer vacation in a castle...
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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By turns outrageous and touching, an exuberant Dickensian satire of crime, celebrity, and modern culture from "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME)
“One of Amis’s funniest novels.” —The New Yorker
Des Pepperdine is a boy out of place. He lives on the thirty-third floor of a London housing project; while his peers pick fights, Des retreats to the...
“One of Amis’s funniest novels.” —The New Yorker
Des Pepperdine is a boy out of place. He lives on the thirty-third floor of a London housing project; while his peers pick fights, Des retreats to the...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life-and, shockingly, love-in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul-it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"From one of the most highly acclaimed writers at work today: his most intimate and epic work yet--an autobiographical novel of sex and love, family and friendship. Inside Story had its birth in the death of Martin Amis's closest friend, the incomparable Christopher Hitchens, and it is within that profound and sprawling friendship that the novel unfurls. From their early days as young magazine staffers in London, reviewing romantic entanglements and...
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FMG Home Video/Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2006.
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English
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Can true spirituality survive in the face of oppression and religious fundamentalism? Canadian author Margaret Atwood speaks to Bill Moyers about agnosticism, the hunger for meaning, and the distinction between belief and knowledge. In the Martin Amis novel London Fields, a cynical and disjointed society hurtles toward doomsday; in his follow-up book, Time's Arrow, the narrative follows the reverse course from the Holocaust to purity and innocence....
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A provocative interrogation of our culture's fascination with Hitler and Nazism is set against the backdrop of the current rise of white supremacy, the normalization of anti-Semitism and the weaponization of history itself. Shot in nine countries, the film traces Hitler's movements, his rise to power, and the scenes of his crimes as historians and writers, and famed Nazi hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld weigh in on the lasting impact of his virulent...
11) Symphony city
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Publisher
McSweeny's McMullens
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl gets lost in a big city, she makes her way home by following the rich and vibrant music of the streets.
14) Music is
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Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
Through opposites, readers are introduced to the many different styles, sounds, and moods of music.