Most Popular Books by Matthew Quick

Matthew Quick is the author of Il lato positivo. Silver linings playbook (2021), Méfiez-vous de l'amour (2018), Cher Monsieur Richard Gere (2016), Momentos de buena suerte (2014), Lo siento, Leonard Peacock (2014).

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Il lato positivo. Silver linings playbook

release date: Jan 01, 2021

Méfiez-vous de l'amour

release date: Jun 06, 2018
Méfiez-vous de l'amour
Portia Kane vit un moment difficile. Elle a quitté son mari infidèle et sa confortable vie en Floride. De retour chez sa mère à Philadelphie, elle décide de retrouver Nate Vernon, son professeur de littérature au lycée, qu''elle adorait. Celui-ci a toujours fait preuve d''une grande bonté envers ses élèves, mais une agression survenue en plein cours l''a profondément traumatisé. Il mène désormais une existence recluse, avec son chien pour unique compagnie. Portia parviendra-t-elle à aider cet homme à repartit du bon pied et à lui redonner confiance en ses semblables ? Matthew Quick a un don pour évoquer des personnages blessés par la vie. Inspirant ! The Boston Globe. Emouvant et réjouissant. Glamour US. Il y a toujours une raison d''espérer dans les romans de Matthew Quick. Un livre charmant et divertissant. New York Daily News. Traduit de l''anglais (Etats-Unis) par Pascal Loubet.

Cher Monsieur Richard Gere

release date: Jun 01, 2016
Cher Monsieur Richard Gere
Pendant trente-huit ans, Bartholomew Neil a vécu seul avec sa mère... jusqu''au jour où la maladie l''emporte. Comment vivre sans elle ? Ainsi commence la quête de notre héros pour se construire une nouvelle famille. Un prêtre défroqué, une bibliothécaire agoraphobe, un acolyte survolté rencontré en analyse, une psychothérapeute borderline, sans oublier Richard Gere, auquel Bartholomew est persuadé d''être uni par un lien cosmique... Tout ce petit monde s''embarquera dans une Ford Focus de location, à la recherche d''un mystérieux Parlement des Chats, et de bien plus encore... Best-seller international, Cher Monsieur Richard Gere est en cours de réalisation par Dreamworks. Matthew Quick est aussi l''auteur d''un roman adapté au cinéma sous le titre Happiness Therapy, un film récompensé par huit Oscars. Merveilleux et extravagant, bourré d''émotion, d''humour et de folie. Le Parisien. Drôle, tendre, farfelu, terriblement humain. L’Alsace. Ce livre a paru initialement dans la collection Préludes sous le titre Saisis ta chance, Bartholomew Neil.

Momentos de buena suerte

release date: May 27, 2014
Momentos de buena suerte
Llamémoslo destino, o sincronicidad, o voluntad divina..., o llamémoslo LA SUERTE QUE MUEVE EL UNIVERSO. A punto de cumplir los cuarenta, Bartholomew Neil es un hombre especial que ha pasado toda su vida bajo la protección y el cariño de su madre. La muerte de ésta le obliga a abrirse al mundo y crearse un círculo de amistades. Los amigos de Bartholomew son, como él, de lo más peculiar: un cura católico próximo a la familia que roza la locura, un joven de carácter imprevisible y la hermana de éste, una tímida librera. Juntos deciden emprender un viaje a Canadá en busca del padre biológico de Bartholomew. El cuarteto se verá implicado en todo tipo de rocambolescas situaciones, que Bartholomew narra con exquisito humor. Una original y divertida fábula en clave moderna cuyos excéntricos personajes buscan, y fi nalmente encuentran, su lugar en el mundo.

Lo siento, Leonard Peacock

release date: May 06, 2014
Lo siento, Leonard Peacock
El día en que cumple dieciocho años, Leonard Peacock decide acabar con su vida. El mundo adulto le parece triste; cuando las personas crecen caen en una rutina de desilusión que él quiere evitar. Ha conseguido una pistola P-38, herencia de la lucha de su abuelo contra los nazis en Europa, con la que se pegará un tiro. Pero antes tiene que entregar cuatro regalos, uno para cada persona importante de su vida: su anciano vecino, amante de las películas de Bogart; un compañero de instituto con gran talento para el violín; una preciosa muchacha que reparte folletos de su iglesia a la salida del tren; y Herr Silverman, profesor de Historia y adulto de referencia. En cada despedida, Leonard tratará de encontrar un sentido al camino que pretende dejar atrás. Con sensibilidad, delicadeza y ternura, Matthew Quick relata el día más importante en la vida de un joven que, a pesar de las circunstancias de su entorno, sigue buscando una luz que le indique hacia dónde continuar.

Η καλή τύχη εδώ και τώρα

release date: Feb 18, 2016
Η καλή τύχη εδώ και τώρα
Επί τριάντα εννιά χρόνια ο Μπαρθόλομιου Νηλ έχει ζήσει προστατευμένος από τη μητέρα του. Όταν εκείνη πεθαίνει, ο Μπαρθόλομιου καλείται να πάρει τη ζωή του στα χέρια του. Πώς όμως ένας άντρας που όλη του η πορεία έχει καθοριστεί από τη μητέρα του, την Εκκλησία και τις επισκέψεις του στη βιβλιοθήκη θα μπορέσει να σταθεί στα πόδια του; Προσπαθώντας να αντλήσει κουράγιο και αυτοεκτίμηση, ο Μπαρθόλομιου αρχίζει να παίζει ένα παιχνίδι με τον εαυτό του προσποιούμενος ότι είναι ο Ρίτσαρντ Γκιρ, ο σταρ τον οποίο λάτρευε η μητέρα του, και να μοιράζεται αυτή την εμπειρία με τον ηθοποιό μέσω μιας μονόπλευρης αλληλογραφίας μαζί του, με τις επιστολές του να εξελίσσονται σε ημερολόγιο αποκαλυπτικό της συγκινητικής προσπάθειας ενός ανθρώπου να ενταχθεί στο κοινωνικό σύνολο. Ένας έκπτωτος αλκοολικός ιερέας, μια νεαρή βιβλιοθηκάριος και ο αθυρόστομος αδερφός της θα συνθέσουν μια ασυνήθιστη παρέα που θα βοηθήσει τον Μπαρθόλομιου στο ταξίδι της πραγματικής ενηλικίωσής του.

Die Sache mit dem Glück

release date: Jan 01, 2015
Die Sache mit dem Glück
Der 38-jährige Bartholomew kennt nur das Leben mit seiner Mutter. Als diese an Krebs stirbt, weiss er nicht, wie es weitergehen soll. Um sich Mut zu machen, schreibt er Briefe an Richard Gere, da seine Mutter ein grosser Fan des Schauspielers war, und erzählt ihm von seinem Leben.

Het geluk, hier en nu

release date: May 16, 2014
Het geluk, hier en nu
Als de moeder van Bartholomew Neil overlijdt, stort zijn wereld in elkaar. Hij is negenendertig, woont nog thuis en heeft geen idee hoe hij zonder haar verder moet. Dan vindt hij in een lade tussen haar spullen een ''Bevrijd Tibet''-brief van Richard Gere. In een aandoenlijke en wanhopige poging zijn verdriet een plek te geven, begint hij een eenzijdige briefwisseling met de wereldberoemde acteur - ervan overtuigd dat zijn moeder Richard Gere stiekem zou hebben gekend. Ondertussen maken verschillende buurtgenoten zich zorgen om Bartholomew, onder wie een priester die van zijn geloof is gevallen en een bibliothecaris die zegt ooit door buitenaardse wezens te zijn ontvoerd. Ze besluiten hem mee te nemen en op zoek te gaan naar de biologische vader van de eenzame Bartholomew. De zoektocht brengt ze een roadtrip, een avontuur, vriendschap en veel meer dan ze ooit hadden durven dromen. Het geluk, hier en nu is honderd procent feelgood en honderd procent onvergetelijk. `De romans van Matthew Quick zijn een must'' - The New York Times ''Origineel, grappig en optimistisch'' - Graeme Simsion, auteur van Het Rosie Project

As Coisas Mais Delicadas

release date: Mar 24, 2020
As Coisas Mais Delicadas
Aos 18 anos, Nanette O’Hare é a típica rapariga bem-comportada. Porém, ela nunca sentiu realmente fazer parte de um grupo, sufocando num permanente desconforto com diversas atitudes das amigas e com os padrões sociais estabelecidos. Mas tudo muda quando, no último ano do colégio, ela recebe um livro do seu professor preferido, o clássico O Ceifador da Pastilha Elástica. Nesse momento, Nanette fica fascinada com a mensagem de que ela pode ser de facto quem é. Nanette torna-se amiga do recluso autor e apaixona-se por Alex, um jovem poeta que também é fã do livro. Encantada com este novo mundo que se abre, ela vai, pela primeira vez, tomar as suas próprias decisões. No entanto, aos poucos Nanette percebe que a liberdade pode ser um desejo arriscado e começa a questionar se a rebeldia não tem um preço demasiado elevado. Depois do bestseller Guia para um Final Feliz, Matthew Quick traz ao público jovem uma ode à liberdade, abordando as complexas questões de identidade que marcam a transição para a idade adulta

Flugstunden

release date: Mar 11, 2016
Flugstunden
Nur wer fällt, lernt fliegen. Portia Kane ist in einer Sackgasse angelangt. Sie hat ihr Leben vermasselt. Aber eines gibt es noch, was sie tun kann: Sie beschließt, ihren Lieblingslehrer aus der Highschool zu retten, den Mann, dem sie alles zu verdanken hat. Früher hat er seine Schüler Papierflugzeuge basteln und beschriften lassen, um sie Optimismus und Hoffnung zu lehren. Doch nach einem schockierenden Gewaltakt im Klassenzimmer hat er sich von der Welt zurückgezogen. Portia möchte ihn ins Leben zurückholen, so sehr, wie sie daran glauben möchte, dass das Gute auf der Welt existiert. Eine halluzinierende Nonne und ein Exjunkie stehen ihr zur Seite, als eine Reise voller Wunder und Rückschläge ihren Anfang nimmt. Eine Geschichte über den Mut, das zu werden, was wir zu sein bestimmt sind.

Un Final Feliz = A Happy Ending

release date: Jul 02, 2013
Un Final Feliz = A Happy Ending
La conmovedora y divertida historia de un hombre que recupera su memoria para intentar recuperar a su ex mujer. Os presentamos a Pat Peoples, sufre de amnesia y ha desarrollado una teoría muy peculiar según la cual su vida es una película producida por Dios. Y la misión que le ha dado Dios es ponerse en forma y convertirse en un buen tipo para recuperar a su ex esposa. Bueno, Pat es un poco disfuncional y, por esta razón, ha pasado algunos años en un centro de salud mental. Ahora ha regresado al hogar familiar y allí, con la ayuda de su madre (una sufrida mujer que acaba por declararse en huelga de cocina y limpieza), su padre (un hombre gruñón que no tiene otra manera de relacionarse con su hijo que viendo deportes por la tele) y su hermano (un calculador nuevo rico que termina por mostrar su lado sensible) emprende su particular plan de rehabilitación y reconquista. Pero los caminos del señor son inescrutables, y el final feliz de Pat Peoples está muy lejos de ser como él había imaginado. «Una historia entrañable y divertida que nos llegará al corazón.» Publishers Weekly

Pardonne-moi, Leonard Peacock

release date: Apr 09, 2015
Pardonne-moi, Leonard Peacock
Aujourd''hui, c''est l''anniversaire de Leonard Peacock. C''est aussi le jour où il dissimule une arme à feu dans son sac. Parce que, c''est décidé, il va tuer son ex-meilleur ami, puis lui-même, avec le P38 ayant appartenu à son grand-père. Mais il doit tout d''abord faire ses adieux aux quatre personnes qui ont le plus compté pour lui : Walt, son voisin littéralement obsédé par Humphrey Bogart, Baback, un camarade de classe violoniste virtuose, Lauren, la fille de pasteur dont il est amoureux, et Herr Silverman, qui enseigne l''histoire de l''Holocauste au lycée. Leonard va parler à chacun d''entre eux, révélant progressivement ses secrets tandis que l''heure tourne et qu''approche le moment de vérité. Explorant sans fausse pudeur les choix impossibles auxquels Leonard se retrouve confronté, Matthew Quick nous offre une perspective unique sur une journée de la vie d''un adolescent perturbé. « Le P38 sera peut-être mon cadeau quand je le déballerai pour tirer sur Asher Beal. C''est probablement le seul cadeau que je recevrai aujourd''hui. En plus du flingue, il y a quatre paquets, un pour chacun de mes amis. Je veux leur dire au revoir correctement. Je veux qu''ils gardent un souvenir de moi. Qu''ils sachent que je tiens à eux et que je suis désolé de ne pas avoir pu être davantage. Désolé d''avoir dû leur fausser compagnie. Qu''ils sachent qu''ils ne sont pas responsables de ce qui va se passer aujourd''hui. Je ne veux pas qu''ils soient traumatisés par ce que je m''apprête à faire ni qu''ils soient déprimés après. »

闪开, 让我拥抱幸福

release date: Jan 01, 2011
闪开, 让我拥抱幸福
Simplified Chinese edition of The silver linings playbook, the original novel of the 2012 film. The film is nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Poradnik pozytywnego myślenia

release date: Jan 01, 2013

Umut Isigim

release date: Feb 01, 2013

Wybacz mi, Leonardzie

release date: Jan 01, 2022

Sevginin Cagrisi

release date: Dec 01, 2020

Prawie jak gwiazda rocka

release date: Jan 01, 2010

Paite de xing fu ju ben

release date: Jan 01, 2012

Boy 21

release date: Jan 01, 2013
Boy 21
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school''s varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob. When his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.

Which Way Now? - Tall Book

release date: Jan 01, 1987
Which Way Now? - Tall Book
It is about some ants and the directions they go.

Which Way Now? - Small Book

release date: Jan 01, 1987

Spatiotemporal Crime Patterns and the Urban Environment

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Spatiotemporal Crime Patterns and the Urban Environment
Crime and disorder influence individual quality of life, community social cohesion, and processes of neighbourhood and urban change. Existing studies that analyze local crime and disorder patterns generally focus only on where crime and disorder events occur. However, understanding the spatiotemporal patterning of crime and disorder, or both where and when events occur, is central to the design, implementation, and evaluation of crime prevention policies and programs. This dissertation explores the connections between local spatiotemporal patterns of crime and disorder, the urban environment, and urban planning through three research articles. Each article makes theoretical contributions that improve understanding of how characteristics of the urban environment influence crime and disorder, methodological contributions that advance spatiotemporal modeling of small-area crime data, and policy-oriented contributions that inform place-based crime prevention initiatives in urban planning, local government, and law enforcement. The first research article examines if, and how, physical disorder, social disorder, property crime, and violent crime share a common spatial pattern and/or a common time trend. Three multivariate models are compared and the results of the best-fitting model show that all crime and disorder types share a common spatial pattern and a common time trend. The shared spatial pattern is found to explain the largest proportion of variability for all types of crime and disorder, and type-specific spatiotemporal hotspots of crime and disorder are identified and investigated to contextualize broken windows theory. This study supports collective efficacy theory, which contends that multiple crime and disorder types are associated with same underlying processes, and highlights specific areas where crime prevention interventions should be designed to address all, or only one, type(s) of crime and disorder. The second article quantifies the time-varying relationships between land use and property crime for twelve seasons at the small-area scale. A set of spatiotemporal regression models with time-constant and time-varying regression coefficients are compared and the results of the best-fitting model show that parks and eating and drinking establishments exhibit recurring seasonal relationships, where parks are more positively associated with property crime during spring/summer and eating and drinking establishments are more positively associated with property crime during autumn/winter. Local land use composition is shown to have a more substantial impact on the spatial, rather than the spatiotemporal, patterning of crime. Applied to policy, the results of this article inform the design and coordination of time-constant and time-varying crime prevention initiatives as implemented by urban planning and law enforcement agencies, respectively. The third article investigates the spatiotemporal patterning of violent crime across multiple spatial scales. Violent crime data are measured at the small-area scale (lower-level units) and small-areas are nested in neighbourhoods, electoral wards, and patrol zones (higher-level units). A cross-classified multilevel model is applied to accommodate the three higher-level units that are non-hierarchical and have overlapping boundaries. Accounting for sociodemographic, built environment, and civic engagement characteristics, planning neighborhoods, electoral wards, and patrol zones are found to explain approximately fourteen percent of the total spatiotemporal variation of violent crime. Planning neighborhoods are the most important source of variation amongst the higher-level units. This article advances understanding of the multiscale processes that influence where and when violent crime events occur and provides area-specific crime risk information within the geographical frameworks used by policymakers in urban planning (neighbourhoods), local government (wards), and law enforcement (patrol zones). Broadly, this dissertation advances research focused on the connections between crime and disorder and the urban environment by (1) quantifying the degree to which spatiotemporal crime and disorder patterns are stable and/or dynamic, (2) examining the relationships between crime and disorder and local sociodemographic and built environment characteristics, (3) illustrating a set of statistical models that make sense of spatiotemporal crime and disorder patterns at the small-area scale, and (4) providing local spatiotemporal information that can be used to design and implement place-based crime prevention initiatives in urban planning, local government, and law enforcement.

A Replication of Dimaggio Et Al. (2020) in Phoenix, AZ.

release date: Jan 01, 2022
A Replication of Dimaggio Et Al. (2020) in Phoenix, AZ.
This research replicates the study of DiMaggio et al. (2020) which investigates the associations between positive COVID-19 tests and demographic, socioeconomic, and racial characteristics in New York City at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area level. This research directly replicates DiMaggio et al. (2020) in Phoenix, Arizona during that city''s first wave of COVID-19; May 31, 2020 to August 1, 2020. We extend that work and complete a conceptual replication by introducing covariates appropriate to the context of Phoenix, AZ. Our direct replication demonstrates that the framework used by DiMaggio et al. can be transferred across cities, but also identifies specification decisions from the original analysis that need careful consideration. Our conceptual replication identifies the proportion of Hispanic residents rather than that of Black/African American residents to be a key predictor of positive COVID-19 testing. This finding sheds light on the dynamixs of race during the pandemic.

Lost Souls

release date: Jan 01, 2007

Sorta like a rockstar

release date: Jan 01, 2018

Poetas rebeldes

release date: Jan 01, 2017
Poetas rebeldes
Nanette O''Hare, a star student and athlete, is given a mysterious out-of-print cult classic novel "The Bubblegum Reaper" by her beloved teacher that sparks the rebel within her, but as she befriends the reclusive author and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.

Chết đi cho rồi, Leonard Peacock

release date: Jan 01, 2014
Chết đi cho rồi, Leonard Peacock
A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he''ll do. He''ll say goodbye. Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who''s moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his four friends: a Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour, a teenage violin virtuoso, a pastor''s daughter and a teacher. Most of the time, Leonard believes he''s weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he''s not. He wants to thank them, and say goodbye. In this riveting and heart-breaking book, acclaimed author Matthew Quick introduces Leonard Peacock, a hero as warm and endearing as he is troubled. And he shows how just a glimmer of hope can make the world of difference.

愛情不保證

release date: Jan 01, 2016
愛情不保證
Portia Kane is escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, running back to South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else-- a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident. With the ''help'' of a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother, will Portia be able to restore a good man''s reputation-- and find renewed hope in the human race?

U dobru i zlu

release date: Jan 01, 2014

派特的幸福劇本

release date: Jan 01, 2012
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