Dave Eggers

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world. A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast, The Eyes & the Impossible will make readers of all ages see the world around them in a wholly new way.

Author Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sarda spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of ingenuity. It all started when John “Minnie” Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local lass named Annie and built her a mansion. After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked – losing all but the mansion – she and her son took to raising pigs, as some are wont to do. But the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie would remove the whole mansion instead – rolling it away slowly on logs – while she and her son were still living in it? Narrated with metafictional flair, make way for history as only Dave Eggers could stage it.

When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Kavakian, they look for the company's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set-pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense about the fate of the company - and the human animal.

When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the company's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set-pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense about the fate of the company - and the human animal.

From the bestselling author of The Circle and The Monk of Mokha comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. 'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute . . . An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace. 'Certainly his best book since What is the What... The sound of a major writer finding his mature voice' Spectator

From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha andThe Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. 'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute... An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard 'Certainly his best book since What is the What, The Parade may well be the sound of a major writer finding his mature voice' Spectator An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace.

From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U.S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back. The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams. 'Extraordinary... No story is more urgent' Observer 'Dramatic, aspirational smartly and engagingly written... Exactly what I want to read right now' The Times 'The antidote to Trumpism... This is a book that celebrates [the] exuberance of the human spirit' Mail on Sunday 'This book... is about the American dream, and the threat that it is under' Spectator 'Remarkable... full of derring-do, tenacity and exceptional luck' Metro

Discover a stunning new children's tale from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of Heroes of the Frontier and What Is the What. When things fall down, who lifts them up? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana? What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders? Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal is about to find out. When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow her, and help her save the town (and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes.

From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil warMokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he becomes fascinated with the rich history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral home to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains. He collects samples and organizes farmers and is on the verge of success when civil war engulfs the country. Saudi bombs rain down, the U.S. embassy closes, and Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen with only his hopes on his back.The Monk of Mokha is the story of this courageous and visionary young man following the most American of dreams.

Az űrhajós Kev egyszer csak egy elhagyott katonai bázison találja magát, hozzáláncolva egy cölöphöz, és valami fura alak kérdéseket akar feltenni neki. Azt mondja, ismerik egymást (mint kiderül, egy egyetemre jártak), és nem akar semmi rosszat, csak megérteni a dolgokat. Mert nem bír úgy élni, hogy minden egyre érthetetlenebbé válik számára az országában. Például az is, hogy Kev miért nem repülhet fel a Holdra. Arra miért nincs pénz, ha Amerika közben mindenféle fölösleges háborúkat tud vívni távoli országokban? Így kezdődik az egyik legnépszerűbb mai amerikai író feszes, felkavaró regénye, amelyben a szerző - emberrabló hősével, az átlagamerikai Thomasszal - a mai amerikai társadalom keserves kérdéseire keres választ. S ha átérezzük ennek a zavart elméjű fiatalembernek a küszködését, talán azt is jobban megértjük, hogy az amerikaiak miért olyan embert választottak elnöküknek, mint Donald J. Trump, és miért szeretnének "újból naggyá válni".

From the bestselling author of The Circle, a hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern America: it's time for the family vacation...Josie's life is falling apart - lawsuits raining down, her business down the drain and a feckless husband long gone - so she gathers up her two kids and lights out for the wilderness. The Alaskan wilderness, to be specific. This is a story about the trip of a lifetime. It involves one battered old RV, one highly sensitive eight year old boy, one fearless and hyperactive five year old girl, several forest fires, a large supply of pinot noir, and a deeply misguided sense of optimism. It may well be that things don't turn out quite as Josie expected - but then again, some of the best places in the world are found at the end of a road you didn't mean to take...Heroes of the Frontier is an uproariously funny portrait of modern America and the modern family, an entirely contemporary novel gleaming with Dave Eggers' trademark intelligence and originality.

In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In this critically-acclaimed novel, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy's gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment - and a moving story of how we got here.

A TITOK HAZUGSÁG.A MEGOSZTÁS TÖRŐDÉS.A FÉLREVONULÁS LOPÁS. Mae, a huszonéves lány még csak pár napja dolgozik álmai munkahelyén, de máris teljesen átalakult az élete. Mihez kezdjen ezekkel a tapasztalatokkal? Dave Eggers sokkoló konkrétsággal rajzolja meg napjaink szép új világ-át. A Kör fiatalos, menő kaliforniai szoftvercég, amelyben nem nehéz ráismernünk a Facebookra vagy éppen Google-re. Lelkesedésük és profizmusuk pillanatok alatt elhozza a tökéletes modernizációt – de mi a helyzet a privát szférával és az egyéni szabadságjogokkal? A Kör dermesztő víziója közelebb van hozzád, mint gondolnád. „Este tízre Mae végzett a teljes céges üzenet- és felhívástömeggel, és áttért saját külső postafiókjára. Hat napja nem nyitotta ki, és most látta, hogy, csak az első napon száztizennyolc levele érkezett. Úgy döntött, ezen a sorozaton is átrágja magát, a legfrissebbektől visszafelé. A legújabb üzenetben egyik egyetemi diáktársnője számolt be arról, hogy gyomrára húzódott az influenza, majd hosszú levélfüzér következett, amelyben némelyek gyógymódokat ajánlottak, mások sajnálkoztak, megint mások fényképeket küldtek, hogy felvidítsák a beteget. Mae lájkolt két fotót, három hozzászólást, posztolta saját jókívánságait, és átküldte a Rókázó Sally című szám linkjét. Ez újabb ötvennégy megjegyzésből álló folyamot indított el a dalról meg az együttesről. Valaki azt írta, ismeri a banda basszusgitárosát, akit aztán be is vont az eszmecserébe. Damien Ghilotti, a basszusgitáros most Új-Zélandon hangmérnökösködik, de örül, hogy a Rókázó Sally még ma is megdobogtatja az influenzások szívét. Bejegyzése minden résztvevőt felvillanyozott, százhuszonkilenc új poszt jelent meg, amelyekben mindenki örvendezett, hogy az együttes basszusgitárosáról hall, és a láncolat végén meghívták Damien Ghilottit, hogy ha kedve van, játsszon egy esküvőn, vagy látogasson el Boulderbe, vagy Bath-ba, vagy Gainesville-be, vagy az Illinois állambeli St. Charlesba: ha bármikor arra jár, szívesen látják éjszakára meg egy házias vacsorára. St. Charles hallatán valaki megkérdezte, nem hallott-e valaki az ottaniak közül Tim Jenkinsről, aki Afganisztánban harcol; tudtak egy illinois-i srácról, akit agyonlőtt egy rendőrnek álcázott afgán felkelő. Hatvan üzenettel később a válaszolók kiderítették, hogy az egy másik Tim Jenkins, nem St. Charlesból, hanem az illinois-i Rantoulból. Általános volt a megkönnyebbülés, ám az üzenetláncot hamarosan az afganisztáni háború hatékonyságáról és általában az amerikai külpolitik&a

Mae Hollandová získa prácu v najsilnejšej internetovej spoločnosti na svete, ktorá má symbolický názov Kruh. Dostala tak skvelú životnú príležitosť pracovať v supermodernom kalifornskom sídle, kde všetci horúčkovito pracujú a stretávajú sa v luxusných kluboch, na vlastných športoviskách či skvelých reštauráciách. Kruh spája používateľov osobných e-mailov, sociálnych sietí, uskutočňuje podozrivé bankové operácie a nákupy svojím univerzálnym operačným systémom, ktorý napokon vyústi v jedinú on-line identitu na internete. Mae spočiatku nemôže uveriť svojmu šťastiu -- aj keď sa jej svet za hranicami areálu odcudzí, aj keď ňou otrasie čudné stretnutie s istým kolegom, a aj keď ju práca v Kruhu postupne okráda o vlastný život a súkromie. To, čo sa začalo ako úchvatný príbeh o ženských ambíciách a idealizme, sa čoskoro stane srdcervúcim románom plným napätia a frustrácie. Kde sú vlastne hranice ľudského poznania? Chceme to vôbec vedieť?

When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public ...

What is the What is Dave Eggers's astonishing novel about one of the world's most brutal civil warsValentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety - for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these . . .Truly epic in scope, and told with expansive humanity, deep compassion and unexpected humour, What is the What is an eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war and an unforgettable tale of tragedy and triumph.'If there was ever any doubt that Dave Eggers is one of our most important storytellers, What Is the What should put it to rest... [A] strange, beautiful and unforgettable work' San Francisco Chronicle'A remarkable book: harrowing, witty, wretched, delightful; and always compelling, always surprising' London Review of BooksAll of the author's proceeds from this book will go to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. Read more at: www.valentinoachakdeng.com.