A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a new kind ofsports writing, and established Hornby as one of the finest writers of his generation.
420 Руб.
Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic 'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book... inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming' Independent For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal.
2607 Руб.
Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal. Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man.
2311 Руб.
For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some its more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal. Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man. Hornby has put his finger on truths that have been unspoken for generations Irish Times
1424 Руб.
INDIGO, 1992Книга букинистическая в очень хорошем состоянии. На английском языке.Для многих людей просмотр футбола - это просто развлечение, для некоторых это больше похоже на ритуал; но для других его взлеты и падения служат повествованием о самой жизни. Но для Ника Хорнби его преданность игре стала одной из немногих констант в жизни, где значимые вещи - такие, как взросление, уход из дома и формирование отношений, как родительских, так и романтических, - редко были такими простыми или незамысловатыми, как его любовь к "Арсеналу".
1900 Руб.
For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some its more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal. Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man. Hornby has put his finger on truths that have been unspoken for generations Irish Times
1424 Руб.
In the last two decades football in Britain has made the transition from a peripheral dying sport to the very centre of our popular culture, from an economic basket-case to a booming entertainment industry. What does it mean when football becomes so central to our private and political lives? Has it enriched us or impoverished us? In this sparkling book David Goldblatt argues that no social phenomenon tracks the momentous economic, social and political changes of the post-Thatcherite era in a more illuminating manner than football, and no cultural practice sheds more light on the aspirations and attitudes of our long boom and now calamitous bust. A must-read for the thinking football fan, The Game of Our Lives will appeal to readers of Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby and Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson. It will also be relished by readers of British social history such as Austerity Britain by David Kynaston.
2298 Руб.
'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.' Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia. Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them? Slam is a novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry. It is The Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century.
3169 Руб.
Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.
2851 Руб.
Set in 1960-s London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornbys latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.
1437 Руб.
Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can do what he wants when he wants: like Usten to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do.
1392 Руб.
Nick Hornby returns to his roots - music and messy relationships - in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who's gone into seclusion in rural America - or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions.
368 Руб.
Nick Hornby Is Coming Home Als der 35-jahrige Rob Fleming, Besitzer eines mehr schlecht als recht laufenden Plattenladens, von seiner Freundin Laura verlassen wird, sortiert er erst mal in Ruhe seine Plattensammlung und genie?t die Ruckkehr ins Singledasein. Doch vielleicht schlie?en sich Schallplatten und Frauen ja doch nicht aus? Nick Hornbys literarische Bearbeitung der eigenartigen Beziehung von Mannern zu Schallplatten wurde zum Bestseller, was durch die Verfilmung von Stephen Frears noch verstarkt wurde.
2813 Руб.
Nick Hornby tut das, was er am besten kann: Er schreibt uber Musik und die Liebe und die Uberraschungen, die das Leben fur alle bereithalt. Tucker Crowe, ehemaliger Rockstar und Ikone einer kleinen Schar gluhender Anhanger, lebt zuruckgezogen in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt. Seinetwegen stellt Annie im weit entfernten England ihre Beziehung zu Duncan in Frage … Tucker Crowe, der 1986 kurz vor einem Gig spurlos verschwand, kann kaum glauben, was er im Internet alles uber sich lesen muss. Dort tauschen seine gluhendsten Fans Informationen aus, nachdem sie alle Statten seines Schaffens besucht haben, sie lesen seine Songtexte ruckwarts und tun noch manch andere merkwurdige Dinge, um Hinweise auf seine Person und seinen Aufenthaltsort zu erhalten. Zu dieser leicht verblendeten Community gehort auch Duncan, der mit seiner Freundin Annie an der englischen Ostkuste lebt. Annie hat sich nach 15 Jahren einigerma?en an seinen Spleen gewohnt und lasst ihn gewahren, doch als dann plotzlich, welch eine Sensation!, ein neues Album von Crowe auf den Markt kommt, stellt sie eigenstandig eine Kritik des neuen Albums ins Netz. Duncan ist entsetzt. Fur ihn ist das der Beweis, wie ignorant Annie ist. Tucker Crowe himself wiederum fuhlt sich zum ersten Mal verstanden, und er nimmt Kontakt zu Annie auf ... Von der englischen Ostkuste nach Amerika und wieder zuruck fuhrt diese Geschichte, in der zwei einsame Menschen ihr altes Leben satthaben und vor einem Neuanfang stehen.
2561 Руб.
Make them laugh, and they're yours forever... Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh. So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself to London, and overnight she becomes the lead in a new BBC comedy, Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts. Funny Girl is the story of a smash-hit TV show and the people behind the scenes. But when life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. How long can they keep going before it's time to change the channel?
3169 Руб.
Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable break-ups? Rob does. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. Finding he can't get over Laura, record-store owner Rob decides to revisit his relationship top hits to figure out what went wrong. But soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about relationships, about life and about his own self-destructive tendencies. Astutely observed and wickedly funny, Nick Hornby's cult classic explores love, loss and the need for a good playlist. A must for readers of David Nicholls and music geeks everywhere!
3169 Руб.