New Releases by Robert Roper

Născut într-o familie rusă remarcabilă, Vladimir Nabokov a ajuns în America fugind din calea naziștilor și și-a amintit perioada petrecută aici drept cea mai împlinită a vieții sale. Într-adevăr, cele mai bune lucrări ale lui s-au născut din răspunsul său la poveștile acestui pământ. Cu farmec și profunzime, Robert Roper completează această perioadă din viața autorului: prietenia lui cu Edmund Wilson, timpul petrecut la Cornell, rolul său la Muzeul Harvard de Zoologie Comparativă. Dar cartea își găsește nucleul narativ în călătoriile lui Nabokov și ale familiei sale în Vest. Roper a cercetat noi surse pentru a găsi detalii despre aceste călătorii și urmărește influența lor semnificativă în opera lui Nabokov: pe autostrăzile cu două benzi și în motelurile și cafenelele de la sfârșitul anilor 1940, simțim cum se schițează Lolita și înțelegem familiaritatea seducătoare a lui Nabokov cu viața cotidiană a Americii. Fascinant... Robert Roper reușește să aducă argumente convingătoare privind rolul esențial pe care l-a jucat America atât în crearea Lolitei, cât și în configurarea carierei ulterioare a lui Nabokov. The New York Times

Explaining a child''s beginning, is sometimes difficult and considered taboo. Written from a Christian’s perspective, this book is an honest, eye opening and humorous, mother’s attempt to satisfy her daughter’s curiosity, of where babies come from?

The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined-as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, Nabokov was not only happiest here, but his best work flowed from his response to this exotic land. Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer''s life with charm and insight- covering Nabokov''s critical friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, his role at Harvard''s Museum of Comparative Zoology. But Nabokov in America finds its narrative heart in his serial sojourns into the wilds of the West, undertaken with his wife, Vera, and their son over more than a decade. Nabokov covered more than 200,000 miles as he indulged his other passion: butterfly collecting. Roper has mined fresh sources to bring detail to these journeys, and traces their significant influence in Nabokov''s work: on two-lane highways and in late-''40s motels and cafes, we feel Lolita draw near, and understand Nabokov''s seductive familiarity with the American mundane. Nabokov in America is also a love letter to U.S. literature, in Nabokov''s broad embrace of it from Melville to the Beats. Reading Roper, we feel anew the mountain breezes and the miles logged, the rich learning and the Romantic mind behind some of Nabokov''s most beloved books.

A unique portrait of Vladimir Nabokov told through the lens of the years he spent in a land that enchanted him, America. The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family, conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined-as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the richest of his life. Indeed, Nabokov was not only happiest here, but his best work flowed from his response to this exotic land. Robert Roper fills out this period in the writer''s life with charm and insight- covering Nabokov''s critical friendship with Edmund Wilson, his time at Cornell, his role at Harvard''s Museum of Comparative Zoology. But Nabokov in America finds its narrative heart in his serial sojourns into the wilds of the West, undertaken with his wife, Vera, and their son over more than a decade. Nabokov covered more than 200,000 miles as he indulged his other passion: butterfly collecting. Roper has mined fresh sources to bring detail to these journeys, and traces their significant influence in Nabokov''s work: on two-lane highways and in late-''40s motels and cafés, we feel Lolita draw near, and understand Nabokov''s seductive familiarity with the American mundane. Nabokov in America is also a love letter to U.S. literature, in Nabokov''s broad embrace of it from Melville to the Beats. Reading Roper, we feel anew the mountain breezes and the miles logged, the rich learning and the Romantic mind behind some of Nabokov''s most beloved books.

Professor Anthony Landau, renowned epidemiologist, returns to his home in the Berkeley Hills to find a woman, a former scientific colleague, naked and quite dead in his bed. Her death sets in motion a chain of events-and murders-that will have the locals terrified, UC Berkeley''s academics pointing fingers, the cops under pressure to solve the crimes, the tabloid press crying for blood, and Landau as everyone''s number-one pick for serial killer of the year. Robert Roper, the author of THE SAVAGE PROFESSOR, has been called, "an authentic American voice" (Newsweek) and "a major talent, clearly a master of disguises and the telling detail, a writer with a clear but perfectly eccentric vision" (USA Today). Of his previous book THE TRESPASSERS, The New Yorker wrote: "A novel about the regenerative potential of sexual passion . . . an exquisite novel that explores the dream states of pleasure with a captivating assurance."

"Born in 1916, Robert Roper tells his experience of growing up in the Southern Appalachian foothills, serving in the U.S. Army during WWII and viewing many more long past events"--Page 4 of cover.

Join Nickelodeon''s Dora the Explorer as she visits the doctor for a checkup. Then flip the book over and follow her to the dentist. This 2-in-1 storybook is sure to entertain girls and boys ages 3-7 as it shows them there is nothing to worry about when making these regular and necessary visits.

Un livre-jeu regroupant huit panoramas thématiques proposant au lecteur d''aiguiser son sens de l''observation en retrouvant divers objets et animaux (nommés en français et en anglais) dans l''univers de Dora l''exploratrice. La dernière double page propose des activités d''observation supplémentaires, tandis que l''ensemble permet de se familiariser avec les formes, couleurs et chiffres d''un à dix. [SDM].

Courte adaptation d''une aventure de Dora et de son singe Babouche à laquelle le lecteur est invité à participer en aidant l''héroïne du petit écran à relever le défi qui lui est proposé. Sous ce titre, après avoir été emportés par une tornade jusque dans une forêt magique, Dora et son singe Babouche font appel à un magicien pour rentrer à la maison afin de célébrer son anniversaire. [SDM].

Walt Whitman''s work as a nurse to the wounded soldiers of the Civil War had a profound effect on the way he saw the world. Much less well known is the extraordinary record of his younger brother, George, who led his men in twenty-one major battles, almost to die in a Confederate prison camp as the fighting ended. Drawing on the searing letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers, wrote to each other during the conflict, and on new evidence and new readings of the great poet, Now the Drum of War chronicles the experience of an archetypal American family-from rural Long Island to working-class Brooklyn-enduring its own long crisis alongside the anguish of the nation. Robert Roper has constructed a powerful narrative about America''s greatest crucible, and a compelling story of our most original poet and one of our bravest soldiers. "Together, the brothers Whitman define the complementary aspects of a full human response to a catastrophe like the Civil War. One is on the side of nurturing and empathy, a lover-figure who becomes a tender friend or father; the other more in line with classical definitions of masculine virtue, a man who protects his fellow-fighters while resolutely destroying the enemy...The Whitmans did not arrive at their vocations independently, or out of nowhere; their family''s stalwartness in terrible trials, especially their mother''s, and their own continuing awareness of each other as the war darkened, year by year, for both of them, awoke in both a kind of greatness."

Courte adaptation d''une aventure de Dora et de son singe Babouche à laquelle le lecteur est invité à participer en relevant le défi proposé à l''héroïne du petit écran, en sélectionnant les objets contenus dans son sac à dos et en évitant Chipeur le renard. [SDM].

Robert Roper''s Fatal Mountaineer is a gripping look at Willi Unsoeld and the epic climbs that defined him--a classic narrative blending action with ethics, fame with tragedy, a man''s ambition with a father''s anguish. In 1963, Willi Unsoeld became an international hero for his conquest of the West Ridge of Everest. A charismatic professor of philosophy, Unsoeld was one of the greatest climbers of the twentieth century, a man whose raw physical power and casual fearlessness inspired a generation of adventurers. In 1976, during an expedition to Nanda Devi, the tallest peak in India, Unsoeld''s philosophy of spiritual growth through mortal risk was tragically tested. The outcome of that expedition continues to fuel one of the most fascinating debates in mountaineering history.

Dora''s teacher has to get to school before the students do, but her bicycle just got a flat tire. Can Dora and Boots help their teacher get to school in time?

Dora and her pals try to reach the library before it closes. Can Backpack help?

Dora et Babouche vont à la fête foraine pour gagner le grand prix ! Pour cela, ils doivent d''abord récupérer huit tickets jaunes en jouant à toutes les attractions. Rejoins-les dans cette aventure amusante !

Dora en aapje Boots zijn uitgenodigd op een feestje. Onderweg komen ze langs een boerderij en steken ze de Trolbrug over. Hardkartonnen prentenboek met eenvoudige, felgekleurde tekeningen en uitklapbare delen. Vanaf ca. 3 jaar.

Dora and Boots help Mr. Troll mind his manners. Dora describes all the things for which she is most thankful.

Courte adaptation d''une aventure de Dora et de son singe Babouche à laquelle le lecteur est invité à participer en relevant le défi proposé à l''héroïne du petit écran, en repérant des objets dans l''image et en évitant Chipeur le renard. Amusant et interactif. [SDM].

Grand Poulet Rouge organise une super party pour faire la fête ! Amuse-toi avec Dora et Babouche à faire de superbes grimaces et retrouve le gâteau perdu !

Dora krijgt veel hulp als ze probeert haar boeken op tijd terug te brengen naar de bibliotheek. Prentenboek met chlichématige tekeningen in wat fletse kleuren. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.