Tom Robbins
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
Known for his meaty seriocomic novels–expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow–Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harper’s, from Playboy to the New York Times, High Times,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations....
It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of Palestine—while the illusions that obscure humanity's...
It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of Palestine—while the illusions that obscure humanity's...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A generous sampling, collected here for the first time and including works as diverse as scholarly art criticism and some decidedly untypical country-music lyrics. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation
Author
Publisher
UMe
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary story is illuminated by extraordinary songs, including Sweet Caroline; America; and Cracklin' Rosie, delivered by an extraordinary cast featuring Tony Award nominees Will Swenson, Mark Jacoby, and Robyn Hurder. Good times never seemed so good.
7) Girl rising
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created this chronicle of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty.