Kevin Powers: 11 books

Bartle, 21 ans, est soldat en Irak, à Al Tafar. Depuis l’entraînement, lui et Murph, 18 ans, sont inséparables. Bartle a fait la promesse de le ramener vivant au pays. Une promesse qu’il ne pourra pas tenir… Murphy mourra sous ses yeux et hantera ses rêves de soldat et, plus tard, de vétéran. Yellow...

Elke oorlog heeft zijn eigen, definitieve romans. De Eerste Wereldoorlog heeft Im Westen nichts Neues en A Farewell to Arms. De Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft Catch-22. Het jaar 2012 ziet de komst van de grote roman over de oorlog in Irak: De gele vogels. De gele vogels is het verhaal van de jonge soldaat...

The award-winning author of The Yellow Birdsreturns with an extraordinary debut poetry collection. National Book Award finalist, Iraq war veteran, novelist and poet Kevin Powers creates a deeply affecting portrait of a life shaped by war. Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting captures...

Finaliste du National Book Award, Kevin Powers a connu un succès international avec son premier roman Yellow birds, écrit à son retour d’Irak, où il a servi en 2004 et 2005.  Il trouve dans la poésie une forme plus organique encore pour restituer les moments minuscules et fragiles de la...

Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of violence and exploitation in American society. "A masterpiece. Powers has written a novel that includes all the ferocity, complexity, and...

Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle...

Danke. Bitte. Bombe. Das sind die Wörter, die John Bartle, 21, während seines Einsatzes im Irak auf Arabisch lernt. Als amerikanischer Soldat wird er zusammen mit Daniel Murphy, 18, in einen Krieg geschickt, auf den sie niemand vorbereitet hat. Was die beiden in der glühenden Hitze der Wüste am...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...

Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of D-Day...The D-Day Assault.  Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this compact guidebook not only describes the most significant land invasion of World War II, but features detailed battlefield tours, identifies monuments, and locates...

Social, Mobile, and Emerging Media around the World: Communication Case Studies is an edited collection of cutting edge research on the practical applications of diverse types of emerging media technologies in a variety of industries and in many different regions of the world. In recent years, emergent...

The complete guide to visiting one of the most famous sites in the history of warfare, just in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The D-Day Visitor’s Handbook includes everything you need to know to plan and make your visit to the site of the biggest seaborne invasion in history. Newly...