Written in the decade before the publication of his famous U.S.A. trilogy, the three early novels collected in this Library of America volume record the emergence of John Dos Passos as a bold and accomplished chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century. Dos Passos drew upon his experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver serving near Verdun in writing One Man’s Initiation: 1917 (1920), in which an idealistic young American learns of the fear, uncertainty, and camaraderie of war through his encounters with French soldiers and civilians. The unexpurgated text presented in this edition restores passages censored by the novel’s original publisher. In Three Soldiers (1921) Dos Passos engaged in a deeper exploration of World War I and its psychological impact upon an increasingly fractured civilization. The novel depicts the experiences of Fuselli, a store clerk from San Francisco pathetically eager to win promotion; Chrisfield, an Indiana farmer who comes to hate army discipline; and Andrews, an introspective aspiring composer from New York, as they fight in the final battles of the war and then confront a world in which an illusory peace offers little respite from the dehumanizing servility and regimentation of militarized life. Dos Passos described Manhattan Transfer (1925), a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century, as “utterly fantastic and New Yorkish.” Drawing on the naturalism of Theodore Dreiser and the modernism of James Joyce, the novel follows the rising and falling fortunes of more than a dozen characters as they move through a bewildering maze of tenements and skyscrapers in which Wall Street speculators, theatrical celebrities, impoverished immigrants, and anarchist rebels all strive to make sense out of the chaos of modern urban existence. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

“The novel tells a refreshingly traditional tale, driven by an often ingenious plot . . . [Benioff] shifts tone with perfect control — no recent novel I have read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation.” — The New York Times Book Review “This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy.” — USA Today “Splendid . . . Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel.” — Entertainment Weekly “Benioff (a co-creator of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) peppers his swift-moving plot with pitch-dark humor and unexpected turns. It’s a rousing reading experience, to cackle aloud at one paragraph then gasp at the next. . . . I’m glad I waited until warm weather to start this winter’s tale. But really, any other time would have been just fine. There’s no bad season to read a book this good.” —Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times Book Review “Benioff blends humor and horror expertly.” — San Francisco Chronicle “A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If Thieves were a movie, it would start out like Schindler’s List and end up like Raiders of the Lost Ark.” — People " City of Thieves is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop . . . Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page." — The Washington Post “ City of Thieves is flat-out great . . . Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that’s expected. The surprise is Benioff’s understated wisdom and tenderness.” — Men’s Journa l “David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War.” — The Guardian

“The novel tells a refreshingly traditional tale, driven by an often ingenious plot . . . [Benioff] shifts tone with perfect control — no recent novel I have read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation.” — The New York Times Book Review “This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy.” — USA Today “Splendid . . . Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel.” — Entertainment Weekly “Benioff (a co-creator of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) peppers his swift-moving plot with pitch-dark humor and unexpected turns. It’s a rousing reading experience, to cackle aloud at one paragraph then gasp at the next. . . . I’m glad I waited until warm weather to start this winter’s tale. But really, any other time would have been just fine. There’s no bad season to read a book this good.” —Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times Book Review “Benioff blends humor and horror expertly.” — San Francisco Chronicle “A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If Thieves were a movie, it would start out like Schindler’s List and end up like Raiders of the Lost Ark.” — People " City of Thieves is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop . . . Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page." — The Washington Post “ City of Thieves is flat-out great . . . Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that’s expected. The surprise is Benioff’s understated wisdom and tenderness.” — Men’s Journa l “David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War.” — The Guardian

A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City-a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review NPR Chicago Tribune San Francisco Chronicle The Economist Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team's 2012-13 season, when the Thunder's brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti's all-in gamble on "the Process"-the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team's best hope for long-term greatness-kicked off a pivotal year in the city's history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.

"Five flawless stories ... Nettel creates marvelous parallels between the sorrows and follies of her human characters and the creatures they live with." —Carmela Ciuraru, The New York Times "The gaze [Nettel] turns on madnesses both temperate and destructive, on manias, on deviances, is so sharp that it has us seeing straight into our own obsessions." —Xavier Houssain, Le Monde "Guadalupe Nettel is one of the most interesting voices of the new Mexican fiction." —J.A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia "Seasoned readers will delight in this literary voice, new to the landscape of Latin American literature, a voice sophisticated as it is original." —Arcadia "Guadalupe Nettel reveals the subliminal beauty within beings of odd behavior and painstakingly examines the intimacies of her soul." —Magazine Littéraire "It has been a long time since I've found in the literature of my generation a world as personal and untransferable as that of Guadalupe Nettel." —Juan Gabriel Vásquez "The career of this young storyteller is worth keeping an eye on. A master of style, with a marvelous poetic naturalism, her ideas and manners distinguish her from what we are accustomed to in Mexican literature." —Joaquin Marco, El Cultural "Beautifully translated from the Spanish by J. T. Lichtenstein, Natural Histories delivers everything you want from a short story collection. Guadalupe Nettel’s storytelling power is majestic. With an unflinching eye, time and time again, she drives readers on an exploratory safari into the heart of human nature. Funny, touching, terrifying, horrific and/or sad-you never know what you’ll find when you tentatively set out in search of potential dangers, but one thing is abundantly clear: safe in her skilled hands, each journey holds the promise of being a life changing event." —Typographical Era "These stories are an interesting, arresting study of how their lives mirror our own." —Gretchen Wagner, San Francisco Book Review "One that stood out for me in particular among these very good books is Natural Histories by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by J. T. Lichtenstein. Nettel is a wonderful Mexican writer, and each of the stories in this slim collection, published by Seven Stories, takes a wry philosophical look at the relationship between people and the creatures they live with – whether a pair of pet fish or an infestation of cockroaches." —Jonathan Lee, Electronic Literature

"Five flawless stories ... Nettel creates marvelous parallels between the sorrows and follies of her human characters and the creatures they live with." —Carmela Ciuraru, The New York Times "The gaze [Nettel] turns on madnesses both temperate and destructive, on manias, on deviances, is so sharp that it has us seeing straight into our own obsessions." —Xavier Houssain, Le Monde "Guadalupe Nettel is one of the most interesting voices of the new Mexican fiction." —J.A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia "Seasoned readers will delight in this literary voice, new to the landscape of Latin American literature, a voice sophisticated as it is original." —Arcadia "Guadalupe Nettel reveals the subliminal beauty within beings of odd behavior and painstakingly examines the intimacies of her soul." —Magazine Littéraire "It has been a long time since I've found in the literature of my generation a world as personal and untransferable as that of Guadalupe Nettel." —Juan Gabriel Vásquez "The career of this young storyteller is worth keeping an eye on. A master of style, with a marvelous poetic naturalism, her ideas and manners distinguish her from what we are accustomed to in Mexican literature." —Joaquin Marco, El Cultural "Beautifully translated from the Spanish by J. T. Lichtenstein, Natural Histories delivers everything you want from a short story collection. Guadalupe Nettel’s storytelling power is majestic. With an unflinching eye, time and time again, she drives readers on an exploratory safari into the heart of human nature. Funny, touching, terrifying, horrific and/or sad-you never know what you’ll find when you tentatively set out in search of potential dangers, but one thing is abundantly clear: safe in her skilled hands, each journey holds the promise of being a life changing event." —Typographical Era "These stories are an interesting, arresting study of how their lives mirror our own." —Gretchen Wagner, San Francisco Book Review "One that stood out for me in particular among these very good books is Natural Histories by Guadalupe Nettel, translated by J. T. Lichtenstein. Nettel is a wonderful Mexican writer, and each of the stories in this slim collection, published by Seven Stories, takes a wry philosophical look at the relationship between people and the creatures they live with – whether a pair of pet fish or an infestation of cockroaches." —Jonathan Lee, Electronic Literature

A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City-a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team's 2012-13 season, when the Thunder's brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti's all-in gamble on "the Process"-the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team's best hope for long-term greatness-kicked off a pivotal year in the city's history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.

A quintessentially American (Policy Magazine) memoir of politics and history from Chris Matthews, New York Times bestselling author and long-time host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In This Country, Chris Matthews has written a love letter to his country (Joy Reid, host of The ReidOut and author of The Man Who Sold America), offering a panoramic portrait of post-World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country. Raised in a large Irish-Catholic family in Philadelphia at a time when kids hid under their desks in atomic war drills, Chris's life etched a pattern: take a leap, live an adventure, then learn what it means. As a young Peace Corps graduate, Chris moved to DC and began knocking on doors on Capitol Hill. With dreams of becoming what Ted Sorensen had been for Jack Kennedy, Chris landed as a staffer to Utah Senator Frank Moss, where his eyes were opened to the game of big-league politics. In the 1970s, Matthews mounted a campaign for Congress as a Democratic maverick running against Philadelphia's old political machine. He didn't win the most votes, but his grit put him on the path to a top job in the White House. As a speechwriter for President Carter, Matthews witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of that administration; from the diplomatic brilliance of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty to the disaster of the Iran hostage crisis. After Carter's defeat, Chris became chief of staff to legendary Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, a perch that gave him an on-the-job PhD in American politics during the Reagan years. Chris than leapt to the other side of the political matrix as a columnist and reporter. For the San Francisco Examiner, he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa, the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and every American presidency from Reagan to George W. Bush. Chris would go on to pioneer cable news with a fast-paced, no-nonsense television program. His show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, would become a political institution for twenty years. As Chris charts his political odyssey, he paints an animated picture of a nation searching for its soul. He reflects with grace and wisdom, showcasing the grand arc of the American story through one life dedicated to its politics.

As menacing and unhinged as ever, the pride of Staten Island is back with their fifth full-length offering, V. Raw and absent of modern technological trappings, the Budos pick up where they left off with 2014s "Burnt Offering, and finds the Budos expanding on the brooding, fuzz-fueled riffs, whilst harkening back to the Ethiopian inspired rhythms and percussive proclivity that put Budos Band on the map. "Old Engine Oil, a rocker at heart, kicks things into gear and delivers a high-octane burst of Budos mayhem. "The Enchanter serves up a classic dose of upbeat afro-soul, drenched in a venomous assault of wall-melting proportions that leads you to the "Spider Web, a rumbling ode to the Cowbell Colossus whose punctuated horn stabs take you on an untamed ride to the dark side of the spoon. The side closes with "Peak of Eternal Night, whose odd time signature and haunting horns transport the listener to the peak of a menacing otherworldly landscape thats further explored in the final track "Ghost Talk - a guitar driven groover that gives way to an organ-washed space ritual beneath sun-summoning trumpet blasts. Side Two opens with "Arcane Rambler, an interstellar ramble across space and time that leaves the listener in cosmic purgatory. "Maelstrom, released as a single shortly after the release of "Burnt Offering, boasts waves of furious sonic power that batter the listener via a maw of snarling sea-foam bubbling with the power of the Budos. Soon darkness falls as "The Veil of Shadows is draped across the land - in this realm of twilight one quickly loses their way, only to find themselves at a dusk-to-dawn pyre of budonian proportions. "Rumble from the Void then pulls you into a percussive black hole of formless beat-worship. There are no horns to help you here, just the tentacles of rhythm that tirelessly pull you back into the void. "Valley of the Damned closes the record, its twisting groove coupled with hypnotic drones of synth and horns transports you to a place of little hope and and even less reason.Youve been warned KEY MARKETING POINTS: Album cover features a linoleum print by Budos Band Drummer, Brian Profilio, a NYC public school art teacher Previous PR/Radio coverage: Wired, Pitchfork, NPR Music, NY Times, Last Call w/ Carson Daly, CBS Saturday Session, WNYC Soundcheck, KUTX, WFUV, WFMU... Tour Dates confirmed in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Brooklyn & New York Official music for "Old Engine Oil Radio campaign by Distiller Promo + PR campaign by Girlie Action "A punishing set of instrumentals...an uncompromising visceral appeal...party music with a scary edge" - Billboard "Spooky, funky, freedom-loving fun: The chance to embrace something like that doesnt come along often, and its to be cherished" - Pitchfork

As menacing and unhinged as ever, the pride of Staten Island is back with their fifth full-length offering, V. Raw and absent of modern technological trappings, the Budos pick up where they left off with 2014s "Burnt Offering, and finds the Budos expanding on the brooding, fuzz-fueled riffs, whilst harkening back to the Ethiopian inspired rhythms and percussive proclivity that put Budos Band on the map. "Old Engine Oil, a rocker at heart, kicks things into gear and delivers a high-octane burst of Budos mayhem. "The Enchanter serves up a classic dose of upbeat afro-soul, drenched in a venomous assault of wall-melting proportions that leads you to the "Spider Web, a rumbling ode to the Cowbell Colossus whose punctuated horn stabs take you on an untamed ride to the dark side of the spoon. The side closes with "Peak of Eternal Night, whose odd time signature and haunting horns transport the listener to the peak of a menacing otherworldly landscape thats further explored in the final track "Ghost Talk - a guitar driven groover that gives way to an organ-washed space ritual beneath sun-summoning trumpet blasts. Side Two opens with "Arcane Rambler, an interstellar ramble across space and time that leaves the listener in cosmic purgatory. "Maelstrom, released as a single shortly after the release of "Burnt Offering, boasts waves of furious sonic power that batter the listener via a maw of snarling sea-foam bubbling with the power of the Budos. Soon darkness falls as "The Veil of Shadows is draped across the land - in this realm of twilight one quickly loses their way, only to find themselves at a dusk-to-dawn pyre of budonian proportions. "Rumble from the Void then pulls you into a percussive black hole of formless beat-worship. There are no horns to help you here, just the tentacles of rhythm that tirelessly pull you back into the void. "Valley of the Damned closes the record, its twisting groove coupled with hypnotic drones of synth and horns transports you to a place of little hope and and even less reason.Youve been warned KEY MARKETING POINTS: Album cover features a linoleum print by Budos Band Drummer, Brian Profilio, a NYC public school art teacher Previous PR/Radio coverage: Wired, Pitchfork, NPR Music, NY Times, Last Call w/ Carson Daly, CBS Saturday Session, WNYC Soundcheck, KUTX, WFUV, WFMU... Tour Dates confirmed in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Brooklyn & New York Official music for "Old Engine Oil Radio campaign by Distiller Promo + PR campaign by Girlie Action "A punishing set of instrumentals...an uncompromising visceral appeal...party music with a scary edge" - Billboard "Spooky, funky, freedom-loving fun: The chance to embrace something like that doesnt come along often, and its to be cherished" - Pitchfork

"En actionspäckad fantasy som gör Morgan Rices fans av tidigare noveller nöjda, tillsammans med fans från böcker som The Inheritance Cycle av Christopher Paolini…. Fans av ungdoms fiction kommer att sluka denna bok." --The Wanderer, A Literary Journal (angående Rise of the Dragons) #1 Bästsäljande serie! UPPKOMSTEN AV DE TAPPRA är bok #2 i Morgan Rices bästsäljande episka fantasyserie KUNGAR OCH TROLLKARLAR (som börjar med DRAKARNAS UPPKOMST en gratis nerladdning)! Efter drakens attack, skickas Kyra på ett hastigt uppdrag: att korsa Escalon och leta reda på hennes farbror i det mystiska Tornet i Ur. Tiden har kommit för henne att lära sig om vem hennes mor är, och för att träna och utveckla sina speciella krafter. Det kommer att vara ett uppdrag fyllt med fara för en ensam tjej, Escalon är fylld med skräckinjagande bestar och likaså män— vilket kommer att kräva styrka för att hon skall kunna överleva. Hennes far, Duncan, måste leda sina män söderut, till den stora krigarstaden Esephus, för att fria sina män från järngreppet som Pandesia har. Om han lyckas, kommer han att behöva resa till sjön Ire och de snöiga Bergen Kos där de tuffaste krigarna i Escalon lever, men han behöver för att kunna ta över huvudstaden. Alec rymde med Marco rymde från Flammorna genom Törnarnas skog, och jagas av exotiska bestar. Det är en upprörande resa genom natten när han letar efter sin hemstad, där han ska återförenas med sin familj. När han kommer fram blir han chockad över vad han ser. Merk, trots hans bittra kritik, vänder för att hjälpa flickan, och att hitta sig själv, för första gången I sitt liv, intrasslad I någon annans affärer. Han kommer inte att försaka sin pilgrimsfärd till Tornet I Ur, och han känner ångest när tornet inte är som han förväntar sig. Vesuvius manar sin jätte när han leder sina troll genom en tunnel under marken, och försöker passera Flammorna, medan draken, Theos, har sitt eget speciella uppdrag i Escalon. Med sin starka atmosfär och sina komplexa karaktärer, så är UPPKOMSTEN AV DE TAPPRA en svepande saga med krigare och knektar, av kungar och lorder, av ära och tapperhet, av magi, öde och drakar. Det är en berättelse om kärlek och brustna hjärtan, av bedrägeri, ambition och svek. Det är den finaste fantasyn, och det inbjuder oss till en värld som kommer leva med oss för alltid, en som kommer att locka alla åldrar och kön. Bok #3 i Konungar Och Häxmästare kommer att publiceras snart. "Om du trodde att det inte fans någon anledning att leva efter serien Trollkarlens ring, så hade du fel. Morgan Rice har lovat att skapa en ny fantastisk seria, som sveper in oss I en fantasi av troll och drakar, av tapperhet, ära, mod, magi, och tro på ditt öde. Morgan har återigen lyckats med att producer en stark hög av karaktärer som får oss att heja på dem genom varje sida.…Rekommenderas I det permanenta biblioteket för alla som tycker om välskriven fantasy." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (angående Rise of the Dragons) "[Novellenlyckas—direkt från sin start…. En storslagen fantasy…Det börjar, som det borde göra, med en huvudpersons kamp och fortsätter In I en bredare cirkel av knektar, drakar, magi, monster, och ödet.…Alla fällor för hög fantasi finns där, från soldater och strider till dess konfrontationer med sig själva….En rekommenderad vinnare för alla som njuter av fantasy driven av mäktiga, trovärdigt unga huvudpersoner." --Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer (angående Rise of the Dragons) "En plot-driven novell som är lätt att läsa på en helg…En bra start på en lovande serie." --San Francisco Book Review (angående Rise of the Dragons)

"En actionfylld fantasy som säkert kommer att glädja fans av Morgan Rices tidigare romaner, liksom fans av verk som Christopher Paolinis Arvtagaren-serie.... Ungdomsboksfantaster kommer att sluka Rices senaste verk och längta efter mer." --TheWanderer, En litterär tidskrift (om Drakens uppgång) Den bästsäljande serien! HEDERNS TYNGD är den tredje boken i Morgan Rices bästsäljande episka fantasyserie KUNGAR OCH TROLLKARLAR (som inleds med DRAKENS UPPGÅNG, en gratis nedladdning)! I HEDERNS TYNGD möter Kyra äntligen sin gåtfulla farbror och blir chockad när hon upptäcker att han inte är den man hon förväntat sig. Hon påbörjar en träningsperiod som kommer att sätta hennes uthållighet på prov och göra henne frustrerad, då hon snart stöter på gränserna för sin kraft. Kyra kan inte kalla på sin drake eller söka djupt inom sig, och hon känner en brådska att hjälpa till i sin fars krig. Hon tvivlar på att hon någonsin kommer att bli den krigare hon trodde att hon var. När hon djupt inne i skogen möter en mystisk pojke som är mäktigare än hon själv, undrar hon vad framtiden egentligen har i beredskap för henne. Duncan måste ta sig nerför Kos toppar med sin nya armé och, i stort underläge, inleda en riskfylld invasion av huvudstaden. Om han vinner vet han att den gamle kungen och hans hov av adelsmän och aristokrater väntar bakom de gamla murarna, alla med sina egna agendor, alla lika snabba att förråda som att omfamna. Att ena Escalon kan faktiskt visa sig vara svårare än att befria det. Alec i Ur måste utnyttja sina unika färdigheter i smedjan för att hjälpa motståndsrörelsen om de ska ha någon chans att försvara sig mot den hotande pandesiska invasionen. Han blir imponerad när han möter Dierdre, den starkaste flicka han någonsin träffat. När hon får chansen att stå upp mot Pandesia och modigt tar upp kampen, undrar hon om hennes far och hans män kommer att stötta henne den här gången. Vesuvius leder sin trollnation över ett sårbart Escalon och ödelägger landet, medan Theos, rasande över vad som händer med hans son, själv är ute på ett härjningståg och inte kommer att sluta förrän hela Escalon står i lågor. Med sin starka atmosfär och komplexa karaktärer är HEDERNS TYNGD en svepande saga om riddare och krigare, om kungar och lorder, om heder och tapperhet, om magi, öde, monster och drakar. Det är en berättelse om kärlek och brustna hjärtan, om bedrägeri, ambition och svek. Det är fantasy när den är som bäst och bjuder in oss till en värld som kommer att leva med oss för evigt, en värld som tilltalar alla åldrar och kön. Bok 4 i KUNGAR OCH TROLLKARLAR kommer snart. "Om du trodde att det inte fanns någon anledning kvar att leva efter slutet av Trollkarlens ring-serien, hade du fel. Morgan Rice har kommit med vad som lovar att bli ännu en lysande serie, som fördjupar oss i en fantasi av troll och drakar, av tapperhet, ära, mod, magi och tro på sitt öde. Morgan har återigen lyckats skapa en stark uppsättning karaktärer som får oss att heja på dem på varje sida.... Rekommenderas varmt till det permanenta biblioteket för alla läsare som älskar välskriven fantasy." --Booksand Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (om Drakens uppgång) "[Romanen] lyckas - ända från början.... En överlägsen fantasy ... Den börjar, som sig bör, med en huvudpersons kamp och rör sig elegant in i en större cirkel av riddare, drakar, magi och monster och öde.... Alla ingredienser för high fantasy finns här, från soldater och strider till konfrontationer med sig själv.... En rekommenderad vinnare för alla som tycker om episk fantasy driven av kraftfulla, trovärdiga unga vuxna huvudpersoner." --Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, eBook-recensent (om Drakens uppgång) "En spännande roman som är lätt att sträckläsa över en helg ... En bra start på en lovande serie." --San Francisco Book Review (om Drakens uppgång)

Praise for Prayer ". . . Keller provides a contextually rich guide and companion to prayer." - Kirkus ". . . If you follow Keller into the arsenal, you will be powerfully equipped to overcome the world/flesh/Devil and see your prayers for kingdom advance answered by almighty God. And if you follow Keller to the banqueting table, you will increasingly feast on new and old treasures of awe and intimacy with your heavenly Father." - The Gospel Coalition Praise for Encounters with Jesus "Keller’s work belongs on the bookshelf of every serious Bible student. It is not a quick read, but, instead should be savored like fine wine, one sip at a time to glean the full impact of his life-changing message." - Examiner.com Praise for Timothy Keller and his books "Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him." – Billy Graham “Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Keller’s skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience . . . Observing Dr. Keller’s professorial pose on stage, it is easy to understand his appeal.” – The New York Times “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” – Christianity Today Magazine “With intellectual, brimstone-free sermons that manage to cite Woody Allen alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Keller draws some 5,000 young followers every Sunday. Church leaders see him as a model of how to evangelize urban centers across the country, and Keller has helped ‘plant’ 50 gospel-based Christian churches around New York plus another 50 from San Francisco to London.” – New York Magazine “Theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom.” – Comment Magazine on Every Good Endeavor “This book is for us all and through its reading it can change and reshape your entire outlook on your life.” – Sarah Macintosh on Every Good Endeavor “It’s a great resource to equip you to speak with your secular friends; to show them why the Christian understanding of marriage is not only a tremendous blessing, it’s the only one that works.” – ChristianPost.com on The Meaning of Marriage “ The Meaning of Marriage is incredibly rich with wisdom and insight that will leave the reader, whether single or married, feeling uplifted. While the book is filled with expertly selected biblical verses, nonreligious readers willing to ‘try on’ these observations may find answers not only to the meaning of marriage but to that even bigger question—the meaning of life itself.” – The Washington Times on The Meaning of Marriage “This is the book I give to all my friends who are serious spiritual seekers or skeptics.” – Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, on The Reason for God “Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God. Written for skeptics and the believers who love them, the book draws on the author's encounters as founding pastor of New York's booming Redeemer Presbyterian Church…[ The Reason for God] should serve both as testimony to the author's encyclopedic learning and as a compelling overview of the current debate on faith for those who doubt and for those who want to reevaluate what they believe, and why.” – Publishers Weekly on The Reason for God “ World has briefly reviewed about 200 books over the past year. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking. World’s Book of the Year is Tim Keller’s The Reason for God. ” – Marvin Olasky on The Reason for God

Praise for Walking with God through Pain and Suffering “It has something for everyone—something for the agnostic (Keller makes a strong argument that there are no true atheists); something for the philosopher (although he invites the wounded reader to skip that section); and something for the believer being beckoned into the inner sanctum of sharing in the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings (a place no one naturally wants to go).” - The Gospel Coalition "It is a resource that takes a multidimensional approach to suffering - tackling the internal and external realities - and takes us deep theologically and practically." - Vertical Living Ministries "A luminous and ultimately hopeful examination of the many aspects of suffering." - Booklist Praise for Timothy Keller and his other books "Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him." – Billy Graham “Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Keller’s skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience…Observing Dr. Keller’s professorial pose on stage, it is easy to understand his appeal.” – The New York Times “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” – Christianity Today “With intellectual, brimstone-free sermons that manage to cite Woody Allen alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Keller draws some 5,000 young followers every Sunday. Church leaders see him as a model of how to evangelize urban centers across the country, and Keller has helped ‘plant’ 50 gospel-based Christian churches around New York plus another 50 from San Francisco to London.” – New York Magazine “This is the book I give to all my friends who are serious spiritual seekers or skeptics.” – Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, on The Reason for God “Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God. Written for skeptics and the believers who love them, the book draws on the author's encounters as founding pastor of New York's booming Redeemer Presbyterian Church…[ The Reason for God] should serve both as testimony to the author's encyclopedic learning and as a compelling overview of the current debate on faith for those who doubt and for those who want to reevaluate what they believe, and why.” – Publishers Weekly on The Reason for God “World has briefly reviewed about 200 books over the past year. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking. World’s Book of the Year is Tim Keller’s The Reason for God. ” – Marvin Olasky on The Reason for God “It’s a great resource to equip you to speak with your secular friends; to show them why the Christian understanding of marriage is not only a tremendous blessing, it’s the only one that works.” – ChristianPost.com on The Meaning of Marriage “ The Meaning of Marriage is incredibly rich with wisdom and insight that will leave the reader, whether single or married, feeling uplifted. While the book is filled with expertly selected biblical verses, nonreligious readers willing to ‘try on’ these observations may find answers not only to the meaning of marriage but to that even bigger question—the meaning of life itself.” – The Washington Times on The Meaning of Marriage “Theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom.” – Comment Magazine on Every Good Endeavor “This book is for us all and through its reading it can change and reshape your entire outlook on your life.” – Sarah Macintosh on Every Good Endeavor

Praise for Prayer ". . . Keller provides a contextually rich guide and companion to prayer." - Kirkus ". . . If you follow Keller into the arsenal, you will be powerfully equipped to overcome the world/flesh/Devil and see your prayers for kingdom advance answered by almighty God. And if you follow Keller to the banqueting table, you will increasingly feast on new and old treasures of awe and intimacy with your heavenly Father." - The Gospel Coalition Praise for Encounters with Jesus "Keller’s work belongs on the bookshelf of every serious Bible student. It is not a quick read, but, instead should be savored like fine wine, one sip at a time to glean the full impact of his life-changing message." - Examiner.com Praise for Timothy Keller and his books "Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him." – Billy Graham “Unlike most suburban megachurches, much of Redeemer is remarkably traditional. What is not traditional is Dr. Keller’s skill in speaking the language of his urbane audience . . . Observing Dr. Keller’s professorial pose on stage, it is easy to understand his appeal.” – The New York Times “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” – Christianity Today Magazine “With intellectual, brimstone-free sermons that manage to cite Woody Allen alongside Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Keller draws some 5,000 young followers every Sunday. Church leaders see him as a model of how to evangelize urban centers across the country, and Keller has helped ‘plant’ 50 gospel-based Christian churches around New York plus another 50 from San Francisco to London.” – New York Magazine “Theologically rich and philosophically informed, yet accessible and filled with practical wisdom.” – Comment Magazine on Every Good Endeavor “This book is for us all and through its reading it can change and reshape your entire outlook on your life.” – Sarah Macintosh on Every Good Endeavor “It’s a great resource to equip you to speak with your secular friends; to show them why the Christian understanding of marriage is not only a tremendous blessing, it’s the only one that works.” – ChristianPost.com on The Meaning of Marriage “ The Meaning of Marriage is incredibly rich with wisdom and insight that will leave the reader, whether single or married, feeling uplifted. While the book is filled with expertly selected biblical verses, nonreligious readers willing to ‘try on’ these observations may find answers not only to the meaning of marriage but to that even bigger question—the meaning of life itself.” – The Washington Times on The Meaning of Marriage “This is the book I give to all my friends who are serious spiritual seekers or skeptics.” – Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, on The Reason for God “Keller mines material from literary classics, philosophy, anthropology and a multitude of other disciplines to make an intellectually compelling case for God. Written for skeptics and the believers who love them, the book draws on the author's encounters as founding pastor of New York's booming Redeemer Presbyterian Church…[ The Reason for God] should serve both as testimony to the author's encyclopedic learning and as a compelling overview of the current debate on faith for those who doubt and for those who want to reevaluate what they believe, and why.” – Publishers Weekly on The Reason for God “ World has briefly reviewed about 200 books over the past year. Many stand out, but one in particular is likely to change many lives and ways of thinking. World’s Book of the Year is Tim Keller’s The Reason for God. ” – Marvin Olasky on The Reason for God