New Releases by Tom Wolfe

RADICAL CHIC is Tom Wolfe''s hilarious dissection of the need among wealthy liberals in late ''60s America to be seen to support the correct political causes - even if that meant giving champagne receptions for the feared Black Panther Party. MAU-MAUING THE FLAK CATCHERS takes a satirical look at how, during that period of cultural upheaval, minority groups from the ghettoes refined the art of intimidating the white bureaucracy. In these essays, Wolfe''s supercharged yet consummately controlled prose transports the reader back to the heady days of hippie revolution and Black Power. THE PAINTED WORD is Wolfe''s insightful, flamboyant and supremely readable survey of Modern Art. Taking in Picasso, Pollock and Warhol, he describes the tense relationship between bohemian artists and their wealthy patrons, and concludes that modern art is Theory - the paintings and sculptures themselves are mere illustrations of the text. ''Tome Wolfe is a journalist who always manages to combine an encylopedic store of inside knowledge with the obstinate detachment of a visitor from Mars, not ot mention a brilliant style and incisive wit'' San Francisco Chronicle

Een ambitieuze oudere zakenman in het Amerikaanse Atlanta wordt geconfronteerd met corruptie, racisme en andere problemen die het hem niet makkelijk maken aan de top.

In this novel, set in present-day Atlanta, Wolfe reveals the disparate worlds of contemporary America as he chronicles the story of an event that shatters the city''s delicate racial balance.

A popular book on Arthritis. How to understand this illness and useful advices on diets and healthy habits. Basen on the author'' s own experience.

A roughout is the start of a carving that skips the first few steps to take you right into the good part. In his friendly, laid-back way, Tom Wolfe guides you step-by-step through the carving of an unlucky fisherman from his own roughout design. The emphasis here is on staying loose with the carving and seeing the endless possibilities you have in carving anything from the most basic shapes to the smallest details.

" L''audace de Tom Wolfe ? Faire entrer la totalité de la société américaine contemporaine dans une seule et unique œuvre d''art, formidable et tentaculaire ". The New York Times. " Un roman imposant, d''une ambition spectaculaire, superbement observé, et d''une drôlerie impitoyable ". Entertaimnent Weekly. " Des dialogues tranchants. Une mise en scène ébouriffante... Un chef-d''œuvre... ". The Wall Street Journal. " Un homme, un vrai rappelle l''œuvre de Dickens et des autres grands écrivains de l''ère victorienne, par la façon qu''il a d''embrasser tout l''éventail de la société humaine. Voici l''œuvre d''un journaliste hardi, aux facultés de perception aiguës, d''un homme qui croit que la fiction doit engager le monde, et qui y parvient avec une puissance narrative tout à fait singulière ". The Washington Post.

Once you decide what kind of spirits are living in your bottles, Tom Wolfe will set you to work carving charming faces to match, using small pieces of scrap wood, basic carving tools and paint, and not much time. The finished carvings could be hung around a bottle, a neck, on a Christmas tree, or anywhere else that could use a little personality! More than 200 color photos paired with step-by-step instructions, plus a full-color gallery of 20 different carved bottle spirits.

El protagonista es un yuppie, un asesor financiero que se ha convertido en la estrella de una firma de brokers, pero que se ve inmerso en rocambolescas dificultades jurdicas, matrimoniales e incluso econmicas a partir de la noche en que se pierde por las calles de Bronx cuando llevaba a su amante del aeropuerto Kennedy a su nido de amor.

When Tom carved a walking stick in his book, Tom Wolfe Carves Woodspirits and Walking Sticks, it was almost an afterthought. But it was soon followed by a book devoted to them, Carving Canes & Walking Sticks. Now we are pleased to present a brand new book with original patterns and different techniques to produce creative canes and walking sticks. Also included are designs for sword canes. As always each step is clearly illustrated in full color and patterns are presented to aid the carver in his or her own creation. A gallery of 25 canes and 11 patterns make this a most useful aid to carving.

Cette chronique, qui évoque l''univers des Freak Brothers, retrace la pérégrination à travers les Etats Unis du premier groupe psychédélique américain, les Pranksters. A bord d''un vieux bus peinturluré embarquent Ken Kesey (l''auteur de vol au-dessus d''un nid de coucou) Neal Cassady (héros du On the Road de Kerouac) et quelques autres peintres, écrivains, drogués, vagabonds, marginaux divers. Le groupe recevra la visite de Beatles, participera aux " Trip Festivals " et à la première convention nationale de l''Underground, sans cesser d''avoir le FBI aux trousses. Les années 1970 commencent.

This glorious tribute to a contemporary master of humanist art covers his Vietnam Veterans Memorial Three Soldiers, National Cathedral Creation doors, and acrylic works.

Tells the story of the first American astronauts.

This is a 1973 anthology of journalism edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson. The book is both a manifesto for a new type of journalism by Wolfe, and a collection of examples of New Journalism by American writers, covering a variety of subjects from the frivolous (baton twirling competitions) to the deadly serious (the Vietnam War). The pieces are notable because they do not conform to the standard dispassionate and even-handed model of journalism. Rather they incorporate literary devices usually only found in fictional works.

A collection of impeccably observed stories, sketches, and essays in full, exuberant, classic Wolfe mode. The third installment in Wolfe’s trilogy of essay-length works after The Pump House Gang and The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine is wide-ranging, irreverent, colorful, and gimlet-eyed. Originally published in 1976, these stories capture the full spectrum of the ’70s (“the Me Decade,” in Wolfe’s memorable words), from the hilarious to the hard-hitting. Reissued for today’s reader with a cover by the renowned artist Seymour Chwast, Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine is classic Wolfe.

En toile de fond : la guerre froide que se livrent les Américains et les Russes. L''enjeu : rien moins que les étoiles. Le projet : Mercury. Les héros : sept astronautes à la conquête du ciel, courageux, pleins d''expérience, prêts à payer. de leur peau pour goûter à la gloire. Héroïque, Chuck Yeager qui a franchi le premier le mur du son. Héroïque, John Glenn qui effectue le premier vol orbital jamais réalisé par un Américain. Héroïque, Gus Grissom qui réussit sa difficile mission... mais voilà qu''il saute à la mer, pris de panique ! Ils ont peur, ces héros ? Et leurs femmes pleurent ?.. Ça, des as ? Ou " des fils de p..., des salopards ", comme le prétend Pancho Bannes, la patronne du bar, thêàtre de scènes d''un grand comique. Ou des singes, puis-qu''ils subissent les mêmes tests que les animaux de laboratoire et qu''on leur dit sans cesse que le premier à effectuer le projet Mercury sera... un chimpanzé. Ou des pantins entre les mains des médias américains. Un peu de tout cela, donc des hommes, écrit en substance Tom Wolfe. Et leur " Etoffe " est humaine, tout simplement.

Tom Wolfe''s The Purple Decades brings together the author''s own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers, his account of the wild games the poverty program encouraged minority groups to play.