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Robert Stone

    August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015

    Robert Stone crafted seven novels, his work distinguished by psychological complexity, political concerns, and dark humor. He possessed a profound affinity for outsiders, particularly those who brought hardship upon themselves. Stone masterfully transformed his characters' follies into art, exploring themes through figures like an adulterous teacher, a fraudulent seafarer, or a besieged journalist. His narratives spanned diverse settings, from the American South to the Far East, revealing a unique talent for portraying human frailty.

    Robert Stone
    Fat Destroyer Foods
    Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction
    The Secret Life of Your Cells
    Julio Medem
    The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    The Silva Mind Control Method for Business Managers
    • The Big Rock Candy Mountain

      • 656 pages
      • 23 hours of reading
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      Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune--in the hotel business, on new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the threacherous back roads of the American Northwest. Bo chases after the promise of the American dream through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah and Nevada, but ultimately there is no escaping the devastating reach of the Depression and his own ruinous fate. In this affecting narrative, a defining masterpiece by the "dean of Western writers" (The New York Times), Wallace Stegner portrays more than three decades in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survivle during the lean years of the early twentieth century. With an introduction by Robert Stone.

      The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    • Julio Medem

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Focusing on the life and cinematic contributions of Julio Medem, this comprehensive account delves into the works of the acclaimed Spanish-Basque filmmaker. It explores his notable films, including Vacas, La ardilla roja, and Lucía y el sexo, highlighting his unique storytelling style and thematic explorations. As the first English-language book dedicated to Medem, it offers insights into his artistic vision and the cultural context of his films, making it an essential read for fans and scholars alike.

      Julio Medem
    • The Secret Life of Your Cells

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
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      In the Secret Life of Your Cells, Robert B. Stone, Ph.D., explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced over to disconnected single cells of our own bodies. What millions of Americans saw reported on TV's Incredible Sunday, Dr. Stone now shares in depth in The Secret Life of Your Cells. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading.

      The Secret Life of Your Cells
    • Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      The definitive collection of nonfiction--from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing--from the "legend of American letters" (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novels--including Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and Damascus Gate--earned him comparisons to literary lions ranging from Samuel Beckett to Ernest Hemingway to Graham Greene. Stone had an almost prophetic grasp of the spirit of his age, which he captured with crystalline clarity in each of his novels. Of course, he was also a sharp and brilliant observer of American life, and his nonfiction writing is revelatory. The Eye You See With--the first and only collection of Robert Stone's nonfiction--was carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone's war reporting, his writing on social change, and his reflections on the art of fiction. This is an extraordinary volume that offers up a clear-eyed look at the twentieth century and secures Robert Stone's place as one of the most original figures in all of American letters.

      Eye You See With: Selected Nonfiction
    • Chasing the Moon

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a giant leap forward. A companion book to the landmark documentary series on BBC TV.

      Chasing the Moon
    • Bear and His Daughter

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
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      A collection of short stories includes Miserere, in which a widowed and childless librarian becomes an avid participant in the anti-abortion movement, and the title story, about the relationship between a father and his growing daughter.

      Bear and His Daughter
    • The Best American Short Stories

      • 424 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
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      A compilation of twenty American short stories by authors such as Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tobias Wolff. Includes a list of 100 additional notable stories from 1991.

      The Best American Short Stories