Storm
3.690 kr.A thrilling, innovative novel about the interplay between nature and humankind by the author of Names on the Land.
With Storm, first published in 1941, George R. Stewart invented a new genre of fiction: the eco-novel. California has been plunged into drought throughout the summer and fall when a ship reports an unusual barometric reading from the far western Pacific. In San Francisco, a junior meteorologist in the Weather Bureau takes note of the anomaly and plots “an incipient little whorl” on the weather map, a developing storm, he suspects, that he privately dubs Maria. Stewart’s novel tracks Maria’s progress to and beyond the shores of the United States through the eyes of meteorologists, linemen, snowplow operators, a general, a couple of decamping lovebirds, and an unlucky owl, and the storm, surging and ebbing, will bring long-needed rain, flooded roads, deep snows, accidents, and death. Storm is an epic account of humanity’s relationship to and dependence on the natural world.
Það sem sannara reynist
1.990 kr.Eitt síðasta verkefni Svavars Gestssonar á löngum starfsferli var formennska í embættismannanefnd sem samdi um Icesave reikninga í Bretlandi og Hollandi eftir bankahrundið á Íslandi. Þeir samningar voru samþykkir á Alþingi og forseti Íslands undirritaði lögin. Bretar og Hollendingar höfnuðu hins vegar niðurstöðu Alþingis og fyrirvörum sem það hafði sett. Í framhaldi voru gerðir nýir samningar sem samþykktir voru á Alþingi en hafnað í þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslum 2010. Deilur um samningana urðu eldheitar og þar voru stór orð látin falla. Sumt forystufólk á pólitíska sviðinu sá í þeim tækifæri og kynti undir átökin. Í þessari bók rekur Svavar málið eins og það blasti við honum.
Babúska
990 kr.Unglingsstúlka verður fyrir bíl fyrir framan Þjóðleikhúsið og lætur lífið. Eina vitnið að þessum atburði er Svetlana, rússneskur bókmenntafræðingur sem skúrar gólfin í Arnarhvoli. Hún hjólar burt grunlaus um þær skelfingar sem af þessu hljótast. Norður í Urriðavík stendur öll sveitin á öndinni vegna dularfullra morða og reimleika. Birta var fjórtán ára niðursetningur sem hengdi sig úti í fjósi fyrir hundrað árum. Hún gengur nú aftur og er kennt um voðaverkin. Hvernig tengjast þessi mál?
Hallveig Thorlacius leysir gátuna í grípandi og spennandi frásögn sem er ekki laus við gráglettni og þjóðfélagsgagnrýni.
The Book of Fathers
990 kr.12 men – running in direct line from father to eldest son, who in turn becomes a father – are the heroes of this family saga which runs over 300 years’ panorama of Hungarian life and history.
Bónus Poetry
2.490 kr.Bónus Poetry takes the reader on a mythological journey through the aisles of an undisclosed Bónus Supermarket branch, and is based on Dante’s Divina Commedia. Starting in “Paradiso” (the fruit and vegetable section), we travel through “Inferno” (meat and frozen goods) before finally ending up in the “Purgatorio” (cleaning products).
The book was initially published by Bónus Supermarkets in Iceland and sold at supermarket counters on eternal “special offer”. The author signed the same contract as every other producer: “If the consumer is harmed by the product, the producer is liable.” Bónus Poetry became the biggest selling poetry volume in the history of Iceland. No consumers have yet been harmed but please call the service desk in case of headaches, dizziness or general bursts of poem disorder.
Mr. Awkward Show Present: Mr. Poser
7.490 kr.Anton Lyngdal sem gengur undir listamannanafninu Mr. Awkward show gefur út ljósmyndabók um Mr. Poser.
Mr. Poser er tískukóngur og sérlegur áhugamaður um vegglistasenuna á Íslandi. Hann á sér uppáhalds vegglistamann sem er einn sá stærsti og afkastamesti í senunni hér á landi, þ.e. Opes_vs_Vato. Í bókinni ferðast Mr. Poser um Höfuðborgarsvæðið og stillir sér upp í sínum bestu klæðum við vegglistaverk eftir Opes_vs_Vato.
Mr. Poser er einn af karakterum Antons sem vaknar til lífsins fyrir framan myndavélina, enda líður Mr. Poser best í sviðsljósinu og er handviss um að hann ætti heima á tískusýningunum í París.
Áttaskil – Ljóð og lausavísur
4.890 kr.Hér birtast ljóð og lausavísur úr fórum skáldsins og kvæðakonunnar góðkunnu, en þar eru náttúruljóð í fyrirrúmi þótt ýmislegt annað komi við sögu. Í eftirmála segir Ragnar Ingi Aðalsteinsson frá Vaðbrekku m.a.: Þegar ljóð hennar eru lesin er eins og landið Ísland, með öllum sínum dyntum, veðurfarssveiflum og skapbrigðum hafi valið hana til að túlka sjónarmið sín.
Kína frá fyrri öld – China Before
8.490 kr.Unnur Guðjónsdóttir rak um árabil ferðaskrifstofu sem sérhæfði sig í ferðum til Kína. Hún tók snemma ástfóstri við þetta stóra og mikla land, með „teljandi“ íbúum, og árunum 1983 og 1992 tók hún þar mikið magn mynda, sem finna má í þessari einstöku bók, sem sýnir okkur Kína frá síðustu öld, en margt hefur nú breyst þar og því nauðsynlegt að varðveita gamla tímann eins og kostur er.
Joy Is My Middle Name
3.990 kr.Joy Is My Middle Name documents crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasy cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with conversational ease. Humble, giddy, bold, empathetic, subversive, hilarious, lithe – the collection feels like a conversation with your greatest friend, over the best dinner.
Full of stories, character, awkward silence, relatable sentiment; the buzz of perfect moments are funnelled onto the page.
Exteriors
3.490 kr.Taking the form of random journal entries over the course of seven years, Exteriors concentrates on the ephemeral encounters that take place just on the periphery of a person’s lived environment. Ernaux captures the feeling of contemporary living on the outskirts of Paris: poignantly lyrical, chaotic, and strangely alive. Exteriors is in many ways the most ecstatic of Ernaux’s books – the first in which she appears largely free of the haunting personal relationships she has written about so powerfully elsewhere, and the first in which she is able to leave the past behind her.
On Writing
3.490 kr.A collection of previously unpublished letters from America’s cult icon on the art of writing. Charles Bukowski was one of our most iconoclastic, raw and riveting writers, one whose stories, poems and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. On Writing collects Bukowski’s reflections and ruminations on the craft he dedicated his life to.
Piercing, unsentimental and often hilarious, On Writing is filled not only with memorable lines but also with the author’s trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos and intimacy. In the previously unpublished letters to editors, friends and fellow writers collected here, Bukowski is brutally frank about the drudgery of work and uncompromising when it comes to the absurdities of life and of art.
Mynd örlaganna
1.290 kr.Isabel Allende hefur nú skrifað sjálfstætt framhald hinnar geysivinsælu sögu, Dóttir gæfunnar, og myndar þá þessi bók miðsöguna í þríleik sem endar á Húsi andanna, fyrstu bók Allende. Sú sem hér segir frá er Aurora del Valle, barnabarn Elísu Sommers og hins kínverska læknis Taos Chi’en. Sagan gerist bæði í San Francisco og Chile og við sögu koma meðal annarra undurfögur en ógæfusöm móðir Auroru, gerspilltur og lífsleiður faðir hennar, stórbrotin föðuramma og í fyllingu tímans eiginmaður sem býr yfir leyndarmáli og er þá fátt eitt talið af litríkum persónum sem fylla hér blaðsíðurnar eins og í fyrri bókum höfundar. Hér er sögð margþætt saga af stórbrotnum örlögum, ósviknum ástríðum og spaugilegum atvikum með samblandi af heitri samúð og stríðnisbliki í auga. Kolbrún Sveinsdóttir þýddi.
KRANT – 1. tölublað
990 kr.Krant.is er einföld og aðgengileg bloggsíða sem allir geta tekið þátt í. Á síðunni verða engar auglýsingar, engir óþarfa flipar, ekkert kommenntakerfi og engir persónulegir aðgangar, aðeins sköpunargleði. Fólk er beðið um að senda færslur á tölvupóstnetfangið okkar en færslurnar mega vera hvað sem er: skoðanapistlar, ljósmyndir, skapandi skrif, hugleiðingar, skemmtilegar staðreyndir, spurningaþrautir, menningargagnrýni eða hvað sem höfundum dettur í hug. Færslurnar geta verið eins langar og stuttar og höfundur vill, þær mega vera nafnlausar, undir dulnefni eða undir eiginnafni. Eina ritskoðun af okkar hálfu er ef um hatursorðræðu sé að ræða.
We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth
4.390 kr.A teenage girl stares at her roof, hoping it won’t collapse over her head. A young student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world, hoping he’ll be able to visit them one day. Another walks around the city, taking notes of all the buildings she dreams of repairing.
These are the stories of young people from Gaza, born under Israeli occupation and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses, who keep fighting to be recognised not as numbers, but as human beings with hopes, dreams and lives worth living.
We Are Not Numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In this collection, vital, urgent and full of heart, spanning over ten years to the present moment, we gain an unparalleled insight into the past, as well as the current and next generation of Palestinian leaders, artists, scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here.
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Great Big Beautiful Life
Original price was: 4.690 kr..2.345 kr.Current price is: 2.345 kr..When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is it: her big break. And even more rare: a chance to impress her family with a Serious Publication.
The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, is sure of the same thing.
The proposal? A one-month trial period to unearth the truth behind one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century, after which she’ll choose who’ll tell her story.
The problem? Margaret is only giving each of them tantalising pieces. Pieces they can’t put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story – just like the tale Margaret’s spinning – could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad … depending on who’s telling it.
Death of a Diplomat
4.690 kr.A remote Icelandic island. A diplomatic dinner party. And a murderer in the midst.
When the deputy Canadian ambassador dies suddenly at a dinner party, attended by the great and the good from business, culture and politics, suspicion falls on everybody present, but particularly on the victim’s boss, the Canadian ambassador. Jane, the ambassador’s wife, knows that she has to solve the murder if she is to save her husband, and her marriage. But Jane knows better than anyone that, when it comes to protecting scandalous secrets, there are no lengths to which people won’t go. So soon the question becomes: can she track down the killer before they strike again?
Quantum Listening
2.990 kr.What is the difference between hearing and listening? Does sound have consciousness? Can you imagine listening beyond the edge of your own imagination?
In response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began to expand the way she made music, experimenting with meditation, movement and activism in her compositions. Fascinated by the role that sound and consciousness play in our daily lives, Oliveros developed a series of Sonic Meditations that would eventually lead to the creation of Deep Listening – a practice for healing open to all, rooted in her musicianship.
Quantum Listening is a manifesto for listening as activism. Oliveros’ futuristic vision, blending technology and spirituality, shows how Deep Listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix: one in which compassion and peace form the basis for our actions in the world.