David Peace: 23 books

Book cover of Tokyo città occupata
by David Peace
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 2, 2010

Tokyo, 1948. Anno del Ratto. Portatore di malattia, il topo governa la città occupata due volte: dalle truppe del generale americano Mac Arthur, insediato dopo la resa giapponese, e da fantasmi inquieti. Tokyo. Un altro anno del Ratto. Uno scrittore corre ansimando nella notte, gli occhiali rotti,...
Book cover of The Damned Utd

The Damned Utd

A Novel

by David Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

“Probably the best novel ever written about sport.” —The Times (UK) He was a real-life, working-class hero known as the “British Muhammad Ali”—because he had a big mouth and wasn’t afraid to use it. But Brian Clough wasn’t a boxer, he was a soccer coach, known for taking...
Book cover of Tokyo Year Zero
by David Peace
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2007

It's August 1946—one year after the Japanese surrender—and women are turning up dead all over Tokyo. Detective Minami of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police—irreverent, angry, despairing—goes on the hunt for a killer known as the Japanese Bluebeard—a decorated former Imperial soldier who raped...
Book cover of Occupied City
by David Peace
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010

A fierce, exquisitely dark novel that plunges us into post–World War II Occupied Japan in a Rashomon-like retelling of a mass poisoning (based on an actual event), its aftermath, and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crime. On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public...
Book cover of Il maledetto United
by David Peace
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 12, 2013

«Loro sono la sua squadra. Il suo Leeds. Il suo sporco, maledetto Leeds e lo saranno sempre. Non la mia squadra. Mai. Non la mia. Mai. Non questa squadra. Mai.» Nel 1974 l’eccentrico Brian Clough accetta di allenare una delle più difficili squadre del campionato di calcio inglese: il Leeds United....
Book cover of 1974
by David Peace
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 3, 2013

«Yorkshire, Natale 1974. Ho scritto bugie come se fossero vere e la verità come bugie, e ci ho sempre creduto. Ho ucciso un uomo malvagio ma ne ho lasciati vivere altri.» Edward Dunford ha appena ottenuto il lavoro a cui ha sempre ambito: corrispondente di cronaca nera per lo «Yorkshire Post»....
Book cover of GB84
by David Peace
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 10, 2012

«Ascolta. Sente. Inspira. Fiuta. Osserva. Vede… Ferrovie. Strade. Montagne di scorie. Miniere abbandonate… Chiude gli occhi. Ricorda. Apre gli occhi. Vede… Manganelli. Scudi. Cavalli. Cani. Polvere. Sangue… Vittoria.»Gran Bretagna 1984. È l’anno dello sciopero dei minatori. Cinquantatré...
Book cover of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds

The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part II

by Donald S. Blumenfeld-Jones, Anne Chodakowski, Julia Cote
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of apples
by Dr K. Evans, Dr Markus Kellerhals, Dr Amit Dhingra
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017

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