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Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

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Il detective Hayden Glass, elegante e raffinato, è uno dei pochi poliziotti di Los Angeles che, con il suo abbigliamento impeccabile, passa inosservato durante le sue ispezioni sul Sunset Boulevard. Tuttavia, in un luogo particolare, si rivela per quello che è: un uomo che lotta contro una dipendenza dal sesso. Tra centri massaggi, chat room e strip club, cerca disperatamente la connessione con le donne, trovando momenti di sollievo solo nella terapia di gruppo con altri come lui. Nonostante la separazione dalla moglie e il suo lavoro che lo espone continuamente alle tentazioni, Hayden cerca di mantenere un fragile equilibrio. Tuttavia, la sua vita prende una piega inquietante quando una serie di omicidi brutali colpisce la città. Due ragazze e una donna anziana vengono uccise, e durante le indagini, Hayden scopre che i delitti sembrano mirare a lui, come se il serial killer conoscesse i suoi segreti più oscuri e le sue ossessioni. Questo lo spinge a intraprendere una frenetica caccia al killer, in un gioco mortale in cui i ruoli di preda e cacciatore si intrecciano, rivelando la complessità della sua lotta interiore e la vulnerabilità della sua esistenza.

If it had happened to you, you would have run away too. Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home. Until his elderly mother has a fall. It's finally time to stop running. It's not long before things start to go wrong. His mother claims there's someone in the house. Paul realises someone is following him. And, in a town many miles away, a copycat killer has struck. Which makes him wonder - what really happened to Charlie the day of the murder? And can anyone stop it happening again?

Edgar award-winning author Joe Lansdale returns with a standalone novel, told with his trademark wit, East Texas grit, and the dark humor his longtime fans love

Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, this is the story of the Lesters, a family of destitute white sharecroppers. Debased by their poverty, they fear they will descend to a lower rung on the social ladder than the black families who live near them. číst celé

An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.