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Winner of 3 OSCARS including BEST DIRECTOR and BEST ACTOR Winner of 5 BAFTAS including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film Winner of the 2016 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama, and Best Director
‘An exciting, vividly-imagined reconstruction of an extraordinary moment in the history of the American West’ Ian McGuire, bestselling author of THE NORTH WATER and INCREDIBLE BODIES ‘A highly compelling page turner; you won’t be able to put it down’ Philipp Meyer, author of THE SON and AMERICAN RUST
From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history.
From the #1 international bestselling author of THE REVENANT – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the fascinating story of America’s first battle over the environment.
1823. Sungai Grand-perbatasan antara Dakota Utara dan Selatan. Hugh Glass, penjelajah berpengalaman dan ahli melacak jejak, tak menyangka masih bisa hidup. Ketika berhadapan dengan beruang grizzly, dia terluka sangat parah. Semua orang di rombongannya menyangka hidup Glass tak akan bertahan lama. Dua orang rekan seperjalanannya diperintahkan merawat dan menunggui Glass yang sedang sekrang. Alih-alih membantu, mereka justru kabur dengan membawa semua peralatan bertahan hidup milik Glass. Pengkhiantaan itu membuat Glass bersikeras bertahan hidup demi satu tujuan: membalas dendam. Dengan tekad kuat, Glass merangkak sejauh ratusan mil di perbatasan dataran Amerika, mengejar incarannya. Inilah kisah mendebarkan mengenai pengkhianatan, keserakahan, juga perjuangan antara hidup dan mati-perjalanan luar biasa dari seorang penjelajah di dataran Amerika pada abad ke-19. [Mizan, Noura Books, Best Seller, Novel, Terjemahan, Oscar, Film, Indonesia]
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began as an effort to improve safety at the Granite Mountain shaft. The cable crew was installing a sprinkler system, but they had to relocate a large electrical transformer first. #2 The crew had worked for sixteen straight hours before the lower end of the cable finally came even with the 2,600 Station. As they prepared to begin threading the cable toward the site for the new transformer, they noticed a problem. The cable appeared to be coiled around the hoisting rope. They tried to straighten out the kinks, but the cable fell down. #3 Butte, Montana, was a powder keg waiting to explode. It was a microcosm of Europe, and Europe was at war. The Irish, with historical animosity toward England, stood in bitter opposition to an American alliance with the British. #4 The Butte miners’ riot was the result of a $5,000 electrical wire being pulled from the mine shaft. The men knew they were lucky to be alive, but there would be serious consequences for their role in ruining a valuable piece of mine property.
"...[An]adventure story, a hold-your-breath-while-you-turn-the-page thriller that's also an anthropological study of the culture of cooking" -- Anthony Bourdain, The New York Times The classic account of what drives a chef to perfection by accaimed write Michael Ruhlman -- —winner of the IACP Cookbook Award In this in-depth foray into the world of professional cooking, Michael Ruhlman journeys into the heart of the profession. Observing the rigorous Certified Master Chef exam at the Culinary Institute of America, the most influential cooking school in the country, Ruhlman enters the lives and kitchens of rising star Michael Symon and renowned Thomas Keller of the French Laundry (and Per Se). This fascinating book will satisfy any reader's hunger for knowledge about cooking and food, the secrets of successful chefs, at what point cooking becomes an art form, and more. Like Ruhlman's The Making of a Chef, this is an instant classic in food writing.
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and a 2022 Great Group Reads Selection "The Barrens grabbed me from the opening pages and never let go."—Michael Punke, author of The Revenant Two young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a group of skilled paddlers she trained with at camp, and she wants to share that experience with her friend and lover, Lee, believing it will draw them closer. But a week in, Holly, the risk-taker, falls while taking a selfie near the edge of a cliff. She is left injured and comatose, and soon d...
______________ 'Hugely entertaining' - The Times 'A wincingly entertaining portrayal of academe with its pants down. And a reminder that when things are at their worst they're also at their funniest' - Liz Jensen 'Covering familiar territory in this sardonic academic novel, McGuire wittily exposes his characters' pretensions and frustrations ... Outwitted and exploited at every step of the way, Gutman and his story are at once very funny and disconcertingly sad' - Sunday Times ______________ Thirty-something Morris Gutman is a chronically indecisive temporary lecturer at the University of Coketown. Life hasn't turned out as he planned: he has a demanding wife, an insomniac child and teaches demeaning courses to ungrateful English students. However, he is willing to do whatever it takes to negotiate a permanent departmental job, even if it means finding his way through the minefield that is academia and winning over the alluring and manipulative research fellow Zoe Cable.
‘Truly terrific' Richard Ford 'Dickens for the twenty-first century' Roddy Doyle 'A powerful, gripping tale' Sunday Times A man hanging on by a thread. A city about to snap. From the acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession. Manchester, 1867 Two men, haunted by their pasts. Driven by the need for justice. Blood begets blood. In a fight for life and legacy. Stephen Doyle arrives in Manchester from New York. He is an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War and a member of the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland, by any means necessary. Now he has come to seek vengeance. James O'Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin fo...