Ben Marcus: 18 books
Notable American Women
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Ben Marcus achieved cult status and gained the admiration of his peers with his first book, The Age of Wire and String. With Notable American Women he goes well beyond that first achievement to create something radically wonderful, a novel set in a world so fully imagined that it creates its own reality.
On...
Surfing
An Illustrated History of the Coolest Sport of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Surfing enthusiast Ben Marcus takes you as close to the waves as you can get without hitting the beach.
Surfing is more than just a sport; it is a cultural phenomenon. From its mystical beginnings in Polynesia, surfing has evolved into a worldwide passion, establishing its own roster...
by Ben Marcus
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
In The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection - part fiction, part handbook - as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar meanings....
Notes from the Fog
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Ben Marcus returns with a collection of timely dystopian visions of alienation in a modern world. Here a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured from testing his employer’s newest nutrition supplement; a father starts to suspect that his son’s precocity has turned sinister;...
Leaving the Sea
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcus’s Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.
In the heartfelt “I Can Say Many Nice Things,” a washed-up writer...
The Surfing Handbook
Mastering the Waves for Beginning and Amateur Surfers
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2010
Whether you’re a beginner trying to get started or an experienced surfer looking to take it to the next level,The Surfing Handbookgives you the tips you need to maximize your performance on the water, with guidance on training and conditioning, technique and style, safety and etiquette, and gear....
Women Who Surf
Charging Waves with the World's Best
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Mavericks and more, a celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill when the surf is bombing—Women Who Surf profiles some of the world’s most inspiring female surfers ranging from Bethany Hamilton to Wrenna Delgado. Each surfer tells her story, highlighting her personal challenges,...
Bomb
The Author Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...
The Surfboard
Art, Style, Stoke
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
The history of the surfboard is one of innovation---innovation that has in turn shaped the sport of surfing. The Surfboard follows this history, from the first "wave-riding" redwood planks crafted by ancient Hawaiians to the vacuum-sealed, lightweight, "plastic fantastic" technological...
The Art of Stand Up Paddling
A Complete Guide to SUP on Lakes, Rivers, and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Stand up paddling (SUP) is experiencing fast growth in the United States and around the world. It can be enjoyed on inland lakes and rivers, as well as on the ocean and in the surf—but most important, it’s fun and a great way to stay fit.
The Art of Stand Up Paddling will include everything...
The Skateboard
The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
The story of the simple skateboard is part thriller, part underground, underdog success tale. It’s chock-full of innovations, far-out graphic artistry, and ever-more-incredible hot-dogging feats. And the story’s told in this book with contributions from the stars themselves—Tony Hawk, Stacey...
by Ben Marcus
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a novel about how far we will go in order to protect our loved ones.
The sound of children's speech has become lethal. In the park, adults wither beneath the powerful screams of their offspring. For young parents...
Catapult
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Sometimes calculating, other times bewildered, Catapult's characters orbit around each other enacting the deeply human tragicomedy of wit and misunderstanding and loss. With dexterous, atmospheric, and darkly comic prose, Fridlund conjures worlds where longing is open-ended, intentions misfire, and...
Progress and Confusion
The State of Macroeconomic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Leading economists consider the shape of future economic policy: will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or contend with the post-crisis “new normal”?
What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will...
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