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Bruce McCall

    Bruce McCall est célèbre pour ses illustrations et essais intelligents et fantaisistes qui explorent souvent les ironies sociales de la vie moderne. Son humour distinctif et son style visuel résonnent dans des publications telles que The New Yorker, où il s'est imposé comme une voix de premier plan. L'approche artistique de McCall, marquée par des visions fantastiques et des observations pleines d'esprit, offre aux lecteurs une perspective rafraîchissante sur les réalités quotidiennes. Son œuvre témoigne de la créativité et de l'esprit intemporel.

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    50 Things to Do with a Book
    Made in America
    • Made in America

      An informal history of the English language in the United States

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood...and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap "Macaroni."

      Made in America
      3,7
    • 50 Things to Do with a Book

      • 112pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      In a world where reading is reportedly dead, renowned humorist, illustrator, and New Yorker contributor Bruce McCall offers 50 inventive, outlandish, and wickedly entertaining things to do with all those excess books in 50 Things to Do with a Book . From starting a band, building a stairway to paradise, and saving your town from a flood to improving your marriage, entertaining guests, or killing a mockingbird, the options presented in 50 Things to Do with a Book are brilliant, visionary, ironic, and absurd.

      50 Things to Do with a Book
      2,8