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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Category: Biography
"This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book." --San Francisco Chronicle National Bestseller Pulitzer Prize Finalist A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir ...Show more
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
Category: Fiction
New from Dave Eggers, National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King. 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 something great. In A ...Show more
An Innocent Abroad : Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; John Berendt; Dave Eggers; Richard Ford; Pico Iyer; Alexander McCall Smith; Jane Smiley
Category: Travel | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has ...Show more
An Innocent Abroad - Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; John Berendt; Dave Eggers; Richard Ford; Pico Iyer; Alexander McCall Smith; Jane Smiley
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Literature Ser.
More than 20 well-known writers and celebrities share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. Contributors include Dave Eggers, Richard Ford, Pico Iyer, John Berendt, Alexander McCall Smith and Jane Smiley.About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has be ...Show more
Congo Stories - Battling five centuries of greed by John Prendergast; Ryan Gosling (Photographer); Fidel Bafilemba; Dave Eggers (Afterword by); Sam Ilus (Illustrator)
Category: History
From the author of the New York Times bestselling and award-winning NOT ON OUR WATCH, John Prendergast co-writes a compelling book with Fidel Bafilemba--with stunning photographs by Ryan Gosling--revealing the way in which the people and resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been used throu ...Show more
Faraway Things by Dave Eggers
Category: Picture Books
From a bestselling author comes an evocative, classic-feeling adventure tale about a boy and his sword, and how giving away something precious leads to an even more important discovery. Lucian's father called them faraway things, those mysterious objects orphaned upon the windswept shore, their stories ...Show more
Fight of the Century - Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by Michael Chabon (Editor); Geraldine Brooks; Yaa Gyasi; Sergio De La Pava; Dave Eggers; Timothy Egan; Li Yiyun; Meg Wolitzer; Ann Patchett; Héctor Tobar; Aleksandar Hemon; Elizabeth Strout; Ayelet Waldman (Editor); Rabih Alameddine; Moriel Rothman-Zecher; Jonathan Lethem; Salman Rushdie; Lauren Groff; Jennifer Egan; Scott Turow; Morgan Parker; Victor Lavalle; Michael Cunningham; Dave Cole (Foreword by); Neil Gaiman; Jesmyn Ward; Moses Sumney; George Saunders; Marlon James; William Finnegan; Anthony Doerr; C. J. Anders; Brenda J. Childs; Andrew Sean Greer; Viet Thanh Nguyen; Louise Erdrich; Adrian Nicole LeBlanc; Jacqueline woodson; Brit Bennett; Steven Okazaki; David Handler
Category: Non-Fiction
The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this "forceful, beautifully written" (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. O ...Show more
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
Category: Education
If 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 taking one step forward. But why?In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the liter ...Show more
Heroes of The Frontier by Dave Eggers
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Circle comes a brilliant new black comedy about modern America 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. At first their trip feels like a vacation: they ...Show more
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Circle, a hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern America: it's time for the family vacation...Josie's life is falling apart - lawsuits raining down, her business down the drain and a feckless husband long gone - so she gathers up her two kids and light ...Show more
Hologram For The King by Dave Eggers
Category: Fiction
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 something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one ...Show more