Dave Eggers

From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. 'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute... An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard'Certainly his best book since What is the What, The Parade may well be the sound of a major writer finding his mature voice' SpectatorAn unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace.

A tiger carries a dining room chair on her back. But why? Where is she going? With just one word per page, in lush, color-rich landscapes, we learn about the features that make up our world: an archipelago, a dune, an isthmus, a lagoon. Across them all, the tiger roams. This enigmatic investigation of our world's most beautiful places from bestselling author Dave Eggers is beautifully illustrated by debut artist Angel Chang.

A savage satire of a United States in the throes of insanity, this hilarious novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Circle tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. "A short parable for our times that is 30 percent Veep, 30 percent Voltaire, and the rest flavored by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Swift, Percival Everett, and Salman Rushdie." --Los Angeles Review of Books When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon. Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up.

El autor de El C rculo vuelve con la incre ble historia verdadera de Mokhtar Alkhanshali, un joven norteamericano de origen yemen que regres a su pa s para recuperar el cultivo ancestral del caf y se vio atrapado en una guerra civil. Mokhtar Alkhanshali, hijo de inmigrantes yemen es, ha crecido en el barrio m s conflictivo de San Francisco y a sus veinticuatro a os es incapaz de pagarse la universidad. Mientras trabaja de portero en un bloque de pisos de lujo, descubre que el caf , al igual que l, tiene su origen en Yemen, por lo que decide investigar la historia y la producci n de esta antiqu sima bebida viajando al pa s de sus antepasados. En las monta as m s remotas del Yemen este joven norteamericano visita a los caficultores y los escasos cafetales para encontrar las mejores bayas y exportarlas a Estados Unidos, pero la guerra civil estalla y las puertas del pa s se cierran convirtiendo su regreso en una aventura extremadamente arriesgada. Dave Eggers firma esta inspiradora historia real sobre un valiente emprendedor que so con resucitar el arte ancestral del caf en su pa s. A trav s de una exhaustiva investigaci n, Eggers nos invita a ser conscientes de lo que significa ser musulm n en Occidente y rompe una lanza a favor de la necesidad de tender puentes entre culturas. El monje de Moka es un relato de superaci n, una cr nica b lica pero tambi n un recorrido por la historia y el origen de esta popular bebida, as como por el cultivo, la recolecci n y el procesado del caf de alta calidad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains and meet beleagured but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.

Abner and Ian are stuck sideways on the pages of their debut picture book. They can't start the story like this! Ian is trying to be brave, despite his dizziness and fear of heights. But don't worry, because Abner has a plan: Readers will shake and turn the book until they get right side up! Sounds easy, right? Think again, because the real solution may be the opposite of what you'd expect. With the odd couple wit of Elephant & Piggie, the interactive appeal of Press Here, and a timeless charm all their own, Abner & Ian offer readers of all ages 80 pages of fast-paced fun.

From the Newbery Award-winning author of The Eyes and the Impossible come the story of a mysterious underground world where nothing is as it seems. What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders? Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal is about to find out. When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway underground, Gran knows that she is extraordinary and brave. He will have no choice but to follow her and help save the town (and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes.

From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace.

När Dave Eggers var 21 år gammal dog båda hans föräldrar i cancer, med bara några veckors mellanrum. Han tvingades ta hand om sin lillebror »Toph«, som då bara var åtta år gammal. Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet är den gripande och samtidigt på tusen sätt uppsluppna berättelsen om de båda brödernas liv efter att de i ett slag blivit föräldralösa. Om hur de flyttar från östkusten till västkusten i USA och där startar ett nytt liv. Dave Eggers debutbok hör till århundradets hittills mest framgångsrika. Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet [2000] blev en litterär sensation när den kom och betraktas i dag som en modern klassiker. I svensk översättning av Thomas Preis. DAVE EGGERS, född 1970 i Boston och uppvuxen i Lake Forest, Illinois är en amerikansk författare, förläggare och redaktör. 1998 startade han McSweeney s, då som litterär tidskrift, ett projekt som sedan vuxit till ett stort, alternativt bokförlag, baserat i San Francisco. Utöver böcker ger förlaget ut flera månadsmagasin och driver skrivarskolor. Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet [A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, 2000] var Eggers debutbok, som låg etta på New York Times bestseller-lista, nominerades till Pulitzer-priset i kategorin General Non-Fiction, samt utnämndes till årets bästa bok i Time Magazine. 2010 placerade Time boken på plats 12 i listan över decenniets 100 bästa böcker. »En stor, virtuos, vågad, manodepressiv stuvning till bok.« | The New York Times»En fullkomligt obönhörlig bok. Otroligt gripande.« | David Foster Wallace»Dave Eggers frambesvärjer ungdomens trasiga skönhet som en ung Bob Dylan, skummande av ursinne. Hans bok är ett både komiskt och rörande vittnesmål som överskrider formens gränser.« | The Washington Post

From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U. S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back. The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams. 'Extraordinary... No story is more urgent' Observer 'Dramatic, aspirational smartly and engagingly written... Exactly what I want to read right now' The Times 'The antidote to Trumpism... This is a book that celebrates [the] exuberance of the human spirit' Mail on Sunday 'This book... is about the American dream, and the threat that it is under' Spectator 'Remarkable... full of derring-do, tenacity and exceptional luck' Metro

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A gripping, triumphant adventure" (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of The Circle--the incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains and meet beleaguered but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.

"Don't you worry, son. Whatever it is that's been killing the sailors, I will kill it." In this science-fiction classic - reimagined by Dave Eggers in modern times, and from the point of view of the fourteen-year-old Consuelo - the famous oceanographer Pierre Arronax sets sail from New York. His aim: to hunt down a mysterious sea-monster which has been terrorising the oceans, wrecking ship after ship and causing countless deaths. But they discover an even stranger truth: the 'sea-monster' is in fact a submarine, captained by Nemo, and he is living in self-imposed exile in international waters. Consuelo and Arronax join Nemo on the submarine, and so begin their exciting adventures...

»En stor, virtuos, vågad, manodepressiv stuvning till bok.« The New York TimesNär Dave Eggers var 21 år gammal dog båda hans föräldrar i cancer, med bara några veckors mellanrum. Han tvingades ta hand om sin lillebror »Toph«, som då bara var åtta år gammal. Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet är den gripande och samtidigt på tusen sätt uppsluppna berättelsen om de båda brödernas liv efter att de i ett slag blivit föräldralösa. Om hur de flyttar från östkusten till västkusten i USA och där startar ett nytt liv. Dave Eggers debutbok hör till århundradets hittills mest framgångsrika. Ett hjärtslitande verk av förbluffande genialitet [2000] blev en litterär sensation när den kom och betraktas i dag som en modern klassiker. I svensk översättning av Thomas Preis.» Dave Eggers frambesvärjer ungdomens trasiga skönhet som en ung Bob Dylan, skummande av ursinne. Hans bok är ett både komiskt och rörande vittnesmål som överskrider formens gränser.« The Washington Post

"[This] charming book provides examples and sends the message that citizens aren't born but are made by actions taken to help others and the world they live in." —The Washington Post This is a book about what citizenship—good citizenship—means to you, and to us all: Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different children, we watch how kids turn a lonely island into a community—and watch a journey from what the world should be to what the world could be. • What Can a Citizen Do? is the latest collaboration from the acclaimed behind the bestselling Her Right Foot: Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris. • For today's youngest readers about what it means to be a citizen and the positive role they can play in society. • Includes beautiful illustrations and intriguing, rhyming text. "Obligatory reading for future informed citizens." —The New York Times What Can a Citizen Do? is an empowering and timeless read with an important message for all ages. • Great family read-aloud book • Books for kids ages 5-8 • Picture books for grades K-3

In this delightfully original take on nonfiction, bestselling author Dave Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural and natural monuments in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Cut-paper illustrations by Tucker Nichols ensures that this book feels like a special object, and the revised edition includes real-life letters from constituents making the case for keeping the bridge orange. The narrative's sly humor makes the topic perfectly accessible for kids enthusiastic about nonfiction. This one-of-a-kind book transports readers to the glorious Golden Gate, no matter where they live.

"A friendly reminder of how America can be at its best." – Entertainment WeeklyIf you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her? She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? In this fascinating and fun take on nonfiction for kids, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential of an entire country's creation. An ideal patriotic gift for kids, this book as received accolades from a number of reputable publications:A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the YearA School Library Journal Best Picture Book of the YearA 2018 Orbis Pictus Award Honor BookA Junior Library Guild selectionSeven Starred Reviews"In a time when immigration is a hot-button issue, it's good to be reminded that Lady Liberty continues to lift her lamp beside the golden door." – Booklist, starred review"Thought-provoking." – Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books, starred review"A timely immigrant's tale." – Shelf Awareness, starred review"Crucial." – Publishers Weekly, starred review"Heartfelt throughout and indisputable timely." – Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Unique and important." – School Library Journal, starred review "Vital." – School Library Connection, starred review "As enlightening as it is charming." – The New York Times "Witty, moving." – The Wall Street Journal