Nick Hornby

With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from "The Believer" magazine. Hornby's monthly reading diary discusses cultural artifacts the way they actually exist in people's lives, and his notes on books--highbrow and otherwise--are accessible and hilarious.

A follow-up to The Polysyllabic Spree features a collection of essays that surveys the author's stuffed bookshelves as well as the wide range of books that he purchases and reads within the confines of his busy lifestyle, in a volume that serves as a literary barometer for today's readers.

Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.

A hilarious and true account of one man's struggle with the monthly tide of the books he's bought and the books he's been meaning to read.

Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana. Perhaps they can help each other out a little bit, and both can start to act their age.

Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

"Disquaire à Londres, Rob vient de se faire plaquer. À trente ans passés, il doit se rendre à l'évidence : s'il maîtrise le répertoire de Dylan, il n'a jamais rien compris aux femmes. Serait-il passé à côté de l'essentiel ? Depuis son premier flirt autour d'un bac à sable à cette nuit avec une chanteuse country, Rob dresse le top ten de ses ruptures les plus déprimantes et une compilation désopilante des états d'âme de l'homme moderne." [Source : 4e de couv., tirage 2019].

Discusses the technical evolution of sound reproduction equipment and the people responsible for the various developments.

After bedtime a house comes alive as a lamp in the shape of a bird solves an array of problems including a leaky faucet, a creaking chair, and sneezing broom, all while the family sleeps.

Summary, Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, buthis coach sees things differently.