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Dave Eggers
A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and…
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A mother and her two young children rent a battered old RV (optimistically christened the ‘Chateau’) and embark upon a journey through the Alaskan wilderness.
The bestselling author of The Circle tells the true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a young Yemeni-American man raised in San Francisco who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni…
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When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. After the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in…
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do…
In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn’t recognize his…
Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give…
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A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination.
Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company. The story of one woman’s ambition and idealism becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising…
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From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world’s largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet’s dominant e-commerce site…
Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their…
In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone…
In this long short story, or short novella, Dave Eggers gives us an unforgettable duo, Helen and Peter Mahoney, a homebody niece and her adventurous, almost-British uncle. Helen designs invitations…
When things fall down, who lifts them up? What if the ground beneath your feet had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces…
Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and…
Eggers presents his first collection of short stories. The characters are roaming, searching, and often struggling, and revelations do not always arrive on schedule. Precisely crafted and boldly experimental, How…
Drawn Together meets WILD in this journey into the jungle and through the imagination.
Discover an underground world full of tunnels and mystery in this adventure from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of Heroes of the Frontier and What Is the What?
Technothriller about Mae Holland, who takes a dream job in the best computer company in the world but is later confronted with frightening questions about memory, the past, privacy, democracy…
A new take on Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, but with more depth, detail, and edginess that will have even adults eating it up. In Japanese. Distributed by…
Cuando la empresa de internet del momento, El Circulo, se fusiona con la mayor plataforma comercial online del planeta, da paso al monopolio mas rentable y peligroso hasta la fecha…
Precious Perez
A young activist opens a window into her journey to become a professional musician and leader for the disabled community.
Dr Caroline D. Hamilton
Offers an analysis of the works of Dave Eggers, an author who has grown from a small-time media upstart into one of the most influential author-publishers of the twenty-first century…
The first extensive analysis of the works of Dave Eggers. >
Luis Onofre Valencia
A young writer opens a window for young readers on his experiences crossing the US/Mexico border and his life as an undocumented immigrant.
Lukas Hoffmann
What is ‘postirony’? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with…
With the help of a cadre of Bay Area writing students, Eggers has again assembled an eclectic collection of fiction, nonfiction, humor, journalism, and alternative comics.
Age range 3 to 6
The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous bridge in the world. It is also, not entirely coincidentally, the world’s only bright-orange bridge. But it…
First paperback edition of one of the bestselling Save the Story titles: a teenage boy and his uncle embark on the adventure of their lives
Max likes to make noise, get dirty, ride his bike without a helmet and howl like a wolf. In any other age he would have just been considered a boy…
Dave Eggers,Zadie Smith
The debut last year of this newest addition to the Best American series was an instant hit with readers of all ages. Eggers will be editing the volume annually, choosing…
Voice of Witness,Dave Eggers
Voice of Witness Reader is an astonishing record of human rights issues in the twenty-first century; a testament to the resilience and courage of the most marginalized among us; and…
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Michael Cart
This brilliant collection highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever. Compiled by Dave Eggers and students from his San Francisco writing…
Highlighting a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever, this lively volume features work by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Colbert, Scott Carrier, Lee Klein…
A bouillabaisse of nonrequired reading that should be required.– Publishers Weekly. This brilliant collection highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever.
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans…
Featuring letters by Maria Bamford, Sally Wen Mao, and Melissa Febos; brand-new stories by Brandon Hobson and Salvador Plascencia; three separate full-color art features from Gabrielle Bell and others; five…
Goodnight Moon meets The Wonderful Things You Will Be in this incredibly commercial, beautiful title from bestselling author Dave Eggers.
"Coming this October, the 68th issue of our National Magazine Award-winning McSweeney's Quarterly features stories of duplicity and deception, double lives and secret histories, waiting for you underneath a cover…
Mark Twain
A follow-up to The Innocents Abroad , this book records a walking trip, focused on central Europe and the Alps, but characterized by Twain’s signature humour and preception. This Modern…
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Jacket opens up to become a color poster.
The Life of Pi meets Homeward Bound in this 26-word epic about the world’s beauty and quirks, and the heartwarming ways we find home.
McSweeney’s ever-changing Quarterly Concern returns with our 63 issue featuring a tribute to (and previously unpublished stories by) the acclaimed late author Stephen Dixon.
Ever changing, each issue of the…
Oisin Mahoney is an American Army vet in his 70s who is asked to lead a group of young grand-nieces and grand-nephews on a walk through the hills of California’s…
