Next to Heaven
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
James Christopher Frey est un auteur américain dont l'œuvre se caractérise par une exploration brute et sans concession de la condition humaine. Il aborde des thèmes tels que la dépendance, le rétablissement et la quête de soi avec une voix narrative directe et souvent provocatrice. L'écriture de Frey est reconnue pour son intensité viscérale, entraînant les lecteurs dans des paysages émotionnels complexes. Son approche offre une représentation sobre et honnête des luttes et des triomphes de la vie, rendant ses histoires profondément résonnantes.







A kiss, a touch. A smile and a beating heart. Love and sex and dreams, art and drugs and the madness of youth. Betrayal and heartbreak, regret and pain, the melancholy of age. Katerina, the explosive new novel by America's most controversial writer, is a sweeping love story alternating between 1992 Paris and Los Angeles in 2017. At its centre are a young writer and a young model on the verge of fame, both reckless, impulsive, addicted and deeply in love. Twenty-five years later, the writer is rich, famous, and numb, and he wants to drive his car into a tree, when he receives an anonymous message that draws him back to the life, and possibly the love, he abandoned years prior. Written in the same percussive, propulsive, dazzling, breathtaking style as A Million Little Pieces, Katerina echoes and complements that most controversial of memoirs, and plays with the same issues of fiction and reality that created, nearly destroyed, and then recreated James Frey in the global imagination.
The explosive final novel in the Endgame trilogy, by New York Times bestelling author, James Frey. Two keys have been found. The strongest Players are left. One final key remains to win Endgame and save the world. For Sarah, Jago, Aisling, Maccabee, Shari, An, and Hilal, Endgame has reached its final phase. The third key, Sun Key, is all that stands between one Player saving their line - or perishing along with the rest of the world. And only one can win. West Bengal, India: Maccabee is Playing to win. He has Earth Key and Sky Key and he is determined to find Sun Key. But in Endgame, fate can turn in the blink of an eye. He must Play carefully. He must watch his back. Kolkata, India: An Liu is Playing for death. His goal: stop Endgame, and take the world down with him. Sikkim, India: For Aisling, Sarah, Jago, Shari, and Hilal, their mission is to stop Endgame. Sun Key must not be found. No matter what they're Playing for, all of the remaining Players have one thing in common: they will end the game, but on their own terms.
All three thrilling volumes of Endgame: The Training Diaries, the prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, together in one paperback bind-up! Before they were Players . . . Before the Calling . . . They trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline—and win Endgame. Follow the Twelve through sacrifices and betrayals, broken hearts and broken bones, as they shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be. They must train, learn, prepare. To Play, survive, and solve. To kill or be killed. Endgame is real. Endgame is coming. And only one can win.
The thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon, Endgame: The Calling. Endgame is here. Earth Key has been found. Two keys - and nine Players - remain. The keys must be found, and only one Player can win. Queens, New York. Aisling Kopp believes the unthinkable: that Endgame can be stopped. But before she can get home to regroup, she is approached by the CIA. They know about Endgame. And they have their own ideas about how it should be Played. Ideas that could change everything. Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia. Hilal ibn Isa al-Salt narrowly survived an attack that leaves him horribly disfigured. He now knows something the other Players do not. But the Aksumites have a secret that is unique to their line. A secret that can help redeem humanity - and maybe even be used to help defeat the beings behind Endgame. London, England. Sarah Alopay has found the first key. She is with Jago - and they are winning. But getting Earth Key has come at a great cost to Sarah. The only thing that keeps the demons at bay is Playing. Playing to win. Sky Key - wherever it is, whatever it is - is next. And the nine remaining Players will stop at nothing to get it...
Endgame est une réalité. Endgame a commencé. Douze jeunes élus, issus de peuples anciens. L'humanité tout entière descend de leurs lignées, choisies il y a des milliers d'années. Ils sont héritiers de la Terre. Pour la sauver, ils doivent se battre, résoudre la Grande Enigme. L'un d'eux doit y parvenir, ou bien nous sommes tous perdus. Ils ne possèdent pas de pouvoirs magiques. Ils ne sont pas immortels. Traîtrise, courage, amitié, chacun suivra son propre chemin, selon sa personnalité, ses intuitions et ses traditions. Il n'y aura qu'un seul vainqueur.
Was immer die Leser über ENDGAME wissen möchten: Das Lexikon versammelt alle Orte, mystische und reale und stellt Waffen, Kampf- und Jagdtechniken der uralten Kulturen vor. Es führt weit zurück in die Geschichte der Erde und liefert Kenntnisse darüber, wie ENDGAME ihren Fortbestand bedroht. Erstverkaufstag: 07. Oktober 2014
Die Jagd geht weiter. Ich habe ihn in den Nachrichten gesehen. John Smith, irgendwo da draußen, auf der Flucht. Für die Welt ist er ein Mysterium. Für mich ist er einer von uns. Ich kann es fühlen. Und ich weiß, dass ich ihn finden muss. Der neue Band der Erfolgsserie "Das Erbe von Lorien". Sie haben Nummer Eins, Zwei und Drei getötet. Sie versuchten es bei Nummer Vier. Sie haben versagt. Sechs von uns leben noch. Wir sind bereit zum Kampf. Und unser Erbe entwickelt sich. Nummer Sieben lebt mit ihrer Cêpan in Spanien. Von dort verfolgt sie die Ereignisse in Paradise. Sie ist sicher: John Smith ist einer der ihren. Als sie sich auf die Suche nach ihm macht, wird sie von den Mogadori aufgehalten. Währenddessen kämpft auch John gegen die Mogadori – und gegen seine Gefühle für Sechs. Ist er doch dazu bestimmt, mit einer Frau von Lorien zusammen zu sein? Was ist mit Sarah? Und wo stecken die Restlichen der Garde?
A concise introduction to Fourier transforms, this updated edition includes new and interesting material, such as convolution with a sinusoid, coherence, the Michelson stellar interferometer and the van Cittert-Zernike theorem, Babinet's principle and dipole arrays. It is invaluable to students of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computer science.
« Dans ce livre, j'essaye d'imaginer l'histoire telle qu'elle serait si le Messie, ou Jésus-Christ, était toujours vivant et vivait à New York en plein XXIe siècle. À quoi est-ce qu'il ressemblerait, en quoi est-ce qu'il croirait, comment est-ce qu'il vivrait ? Il aurait des liaisons avec des hommes, engrosserait les filles, il soignerait les malades et pratiquerait l'euthanasie… Et vous, que feriez-vous si vous le rencontriez ? Mon but n'était pas de réécrire l'histoire du Christ. Je voulais créer une nouvelle mythologie, une qui ait du sens dans un monde d'armes nucléaires, de connaissances scientifiques avancées, d'Internet, de tests et de manipulations génétiques, un monde où l'on ne considère plus l'homosexualité comme un choix. Ce que je voulais, c'était raconter une histoire, faire une oeuvre d'art qui prenne tout son sens dans un monde sur lequel nous savons des choses que les gens ou les écrivains ne pouvaient pas savoir, ni même imaginer, il y a 2000 ans. Ai-je atteint mon but ? Les lecteurs, le temps, et l'Histoire me le diront. »
Dva tisíce let jsme čekali, až Mesiáš přijde mezi nás. A on prý žije. Přebývá v New Yorku. Spí s muži i ženami, přivádí do jiného stavu dívky, léčí nemocné a umírajícím pomáhá odejít z tohoto světa. Říká se, že kašle na vládu a opovrhuje posvátnem. Co byste udělali, kdybyste jej potkali a on vám změnil život? Uvěřili byste v něj? Začali byste ho brát vážně? Opravdu? Jedno je jisté: tento román Jamese Freye vás asi vyvede z míry, možná vás změní, ale určitě budete fascinováni silou a hloubkou citů i revolučními až bezbožnými postoji.
Les trottoirs de Hollywood Boulevard, Melrose Place ou Mulholland Drive résonnent d'une foule de visages anonymes venus rêver d'une vie meilleure. Parmi eux, Maddie et Dylan, un jeune couple en fuite ; Old Joe, le clochard de Venice Beach, ou encore Esperanza, cette jeune et brillante Mexicaine qui, d'humiliation en humiliation, voit s'éloigner ses espérances. Tous croient en la puissance de la cité des Anges - ville du crime, du show-biz et de la mafia. Et tous se cognent contre les murs. Car dans cette odyssée urbaine, Los Angeles n'a que faire du rêve américain.
Contains the first two volumes of the author's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. This collection includes such tales as Count Magnus; Number 13; Casting the Runes; Curse of the Demon; and Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad.
Written in the style of "A Million Little Pieces", this book is an insight into a friendship built in the underworld in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, this is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice. Before considering reading this book, please see the BookBrowse note on the book jacket/review page.BookBrowse Note: January 9th 2006: An article in the Smoking Gun claimed that James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard) fabricated key parts of his books. They cited police records, court documents and interviews with law enforcement agents which belie a number of Frey's claims regarding criminal charges against him, jail terms and his fugitive status.In an interview with the Smoking Gun, Frey admitted that he had 'embellished central details' in A Million Little Pieces and backtracked on claims he made in the book.January 26th 2006. Frey's publisher stated that while it initially stood by him, after further questioning of the author, the house has "sadly come to the realization that a number of facts have been altered and incidents embellished." It will be adding a a publisher's note and author's note to all future editions of A Million Little Pieces.