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A masterful, much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures in American literature: Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike - a candid, intimate, and richly detailed look at his life and work. In this magisterial biography, Adam Begley offers an illuminating portrait of John Updike, the acclaimed novelist, poet, short-story writer, and critic who saw himself as a literary spy in small-town and suburban America.

"In the Hour of Crows enthralls like a delicious dark spell.” —Glendy Vanderah, bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is...

Although the history of Australian verse dates back to early colonial times, one of the first genuinely antipodean poetic voices was that of Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870). During his short and tragic life, Gordon published two volumes of verse, the second of which was Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes, which appeared in the year of his death.

"Given how much we loved the TV mini-series version of Little America, it’s only natural that we’re jumping at the chance to cry even more with this new audiobook collecting the true stories that inspired the Apple Original Series...Stock up on tissues for this must-listen audiobook." —...

Lulu bor i Drømmeløse, hvor mennesker ikke længere er i stand til at drømme. Hun leger ofte i skoven uden for byen, hvor der står en overbegroet gammel bus parkeret. Lulu er vild med den bus, og da en krage bringer en nøgle, prøver hun den i bussens tænding- og KAPOW så starter eventyret. Bussen flyver ud i universet til andre planeter med beboere, som Lulu kommer i kontakt med: flyvende delfiner, Tankpasseren i Mellemrummet og mekaniker-kaninerne på Centralen bag Drømmeporten. Og med hjælp fra kaninen Tier, bliver Lulu drømmebussens nye chauffør.