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  | | The Art of Stand Up Paddling(2nd Edition) A Complete Guide to SUP on Lakes, Rivers, and Oceans (How to Paddle Series) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2015 by Falcon Guides ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-0832-2, ISBN: 1-4930-0832-3 "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 both new and not-so-new paddlers need to know—from buying a board and getting started on your local lake to paddling rivers and surfing ocean waves. ..." |
 | | Notable American Women(1st Edition) A Novel by Ben Marcus, Vv.Aa. Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-375-71378-1, ISBN: 0-375-71378-6 "For the ambition and creativity he displays alone, Ben Marcus has written a very memorable debut novel with Notable American Women. Marcus demonstrates an extraordinary stylistic ability in this challenging and bizarre account of family life within an oppressive cult. The author places himself within the novel as a character whose mother joins and hosts a feminist group known as the Silentists, whose goal is to put "an end to motion and ..." |
 | | The Flame Alphabet (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-73997-1, ISBN: 0-307-73997-X " 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 Sam and Claire, it seems their only means of survival is to flee from their daughter, Esther. But they find it isn't so easy to leave someone ..." |
 | | New American Stories(1st Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries Original) by Ben Marcus, Rebecca Curtis, Deborah Eisenberg Paperback, 784 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-7354-4, ISBN: 0-8041-7354-0 "In "New American Stories," the beautiful, the strange, the melancholy, and the sublime all comingle to show the vast range of the American short story . In this remarkable anthology, Ben Marcus has corralled a vital and artistically singular crowd of contemporary fiction writers. Collected here are practitioners of deep realism, mind-blowing experimentalism, and every hybrid in between.Luminaries and cult authors stand side by side with ..." |
 | | Leaving the Sea Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-73998-8, ISBN: 0-307-73998-8 "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 toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian “Rollingwood,” a divorced father struggles to take care of ..." |
 | | The Flame Alphabet(1st Edition) by Ben Marcus Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37937-5, ISBN: 0-307-37937-X "In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families. A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children’s speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people are going into hiding. All Sam and Claire need to do is look a ..." |
 | | The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories(4th Edition) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2004 by Anchor Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3482-6, ISBN: 1-4000-3482-5 "The works that editor Ben Marcus has collected in The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, while diverse in their stylistic methods, are uniformly accomplished. An almost confoundingly cerebral and brilliant novelist and short story writer, Marcus is a genre unto himself, a linguistic alchemist not primarily known for spinning yarns. It's to Marcus's credit that the stories in this anthology span a wide swath of American writing, ..." |
 | | Notes from the Fog(Reprint) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2019 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-101-97168-0, ISBN: 1-101-97168-1 "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; and two architects in a failing marriage must consider the ethics of artificially inciting emotion as they construct a memorial to a terrorist att ..." |
 | | Leaving the Sea(1st Edition) Stories by Ben Marcus Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37938-2, ISBN: 0-307-37938-8 "From one of the most innovative and vital writers of his generation, an extraordinary collection of stories that showcases his gifts—and his range—as never before. In the hilarious, lacerating “I Can Say Many Nice Things,” a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian “Rollingwood,” a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colle ..." |
 | | The Age of Wire and String(2nd Edition) by Ben Marcus Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1998 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-196-3, ISBN: 1-56478-196-8 "In The Age of Wire and String, hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades," 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.Gradually, this makeshift world, in its defiance of the l ..." |
 | | The Collected Stories of Diane Williams(Reprint) by Diane Williams, Ben Marcus Paperback, 784 Pages, Published 2019 by Soho Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61695-985-2, ISBN: 1-61695-985-1 "With over three hundred new and previously published short stories as well as three novellas, The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together distilled works of “unsettling brilliance” (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of American short fiction.From Ben Marcus’ introduction to The Collected Stories of Diane Williams:“Diane Williams has spent her long, prolific career concocting fictions of perfect strangeness, most of ..." |
 | | NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND(Reprint) SIGNET CLASSICS / WHITE NIGHTS / DREAM OF A RIDICU by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ben Marcus, Andrew R. Macandrew, F. M. Dostoevsky, Andrew Robert Macandrew, Dostoyevsky Fyoder Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2004 by Signet ISBN-13: 978-0-451-52955-8, ISBN: 0-451-52955-3 "A collection of powerful stories by one of the masters of Russian literature, illustrating Fyodor Dostoyevsky's thoughts on political philosophy, religion and above all, humanity. From the primitive peasant who kills without understanding that he is destroying a human life, to the anxious antihero of "Notes From Underground" a man who both craves and despises affection this volume and its often-tormented characters showcase Dostoyevsky ..." |
 | | Surfing California, 2nd(2nd Edition) A Guide to the Best Breaks and SUP-friendly Spots on the California Coast (Surfing Series) by Raul Guisado, Jeff Klaas, Ben Marcus, Marcus/Guisado/Klaas Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2013 by Falcon Guides ISBN-13: 978-0-7627-8164-5, ISBN: 0-7627-8164-5 "Surfing California is your one-of-a-kind guide to more than 200 of the best breaks in the Golden State - from classic surf spots to lesser-known waves. This revised and updated, full-color guide now includes SUP-friendly spots, too--allowing surfers and paddlers alike to find the best breaks and all get along! Explore the surf from the Oregon border to the Mexican border, from North Jetty in Arcata to Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz to Hunti ..." |
 | | The Age of Wire and String(1st Edition) by Ben Marcus, Catrin Morgan Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2013 by Granta Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84708-638-9, ISBN: 1-84708-638-1 "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. Gradually, this makeshift world, in its defiance of the laws of physics and language, finds a foundation in its own implausibility, as M ..." |
 | | 365 Surfboards The Coolest, Raddest, Most Innovative Boards from Around the World by Ben Marcus, Juliana Morais, Lucia Daniella Griggi Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Mvp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-4529-0, ISBN: 0-7603-4529-5 "The surfboard is both a piece of sports equipment and a work of art. It is a marvel of engineering and for some, a path to fame and celebrity. It exudes both power and grace; it allows its rider to soar through the air or penetrate the watery depths. Centuries ago, early Polynesians considered the surfboard a religious icon, a means of worshipping the ocean. Today it is a cultural icon, a means of worshipping not simply the ocean but al ..." |
 | | New American Stories by Ben Marcus, George Saunders, Don Delillo, Zadie Smith, Anthony Doerr, Lydia Davis, Tao Lin, Charles Yu Paperback, 784 Pages, Published 2012 by Granta Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78378-147-8, ISBN: 1-78378-147-5 "The short story is a barometer for the state and shape of literature. New American Stories presents the boldest, most innovative and most resonant fiction coming out of the American literary scene. Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet and Leaving the Sea, has here curated an anthology that gives the lay of the literary land. From established masters of the form like Don DeLillo and Lydia Davis to neoteric trailblazers such as Rebec ..." |
 | | The Flame Alphabet (Paperback) by Ben Marcus Paperback, Published 2012 by Granta Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84708-624-2, ISBN: 1-84708-624-1 "Flame Alphabet" |
 | | Malibu (Images of America) by Ben Marcus, Marc Wanamaker Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7385-7614-5, ISBN: 0-7385-7614-X "Malibu offers the best in Southern California living. This small town is situated close to Los Angeles and Hollywood, but far enough away from the traffic and stress of big-city life. All the clichés of Southern California come true in Malibu: the swimming pools, movie stars, paparazzi, and fancy cars. It's the land of champagne wishes and caviar dreams. But Malibu is also a beautiful, quiet, and surprisingly rural beachfront community. ..." |
 | | The Skateboard(1st Edition) The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History by Ben Marcus, Lucia Daniella Griggi Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Mvp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3805-6, ISBN: 0-7603-3805-1 " 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 Peralta, Jeff Ho, the Dogtown Z-Boys, and more. Beautifully illustrated with historical posters, ads, and memorabilia along with new action ..." |
 | | The Surfboard(1st Edition) Art, Style, Stoke by Ben Marcus, Gary Linden, Juliana Morais, Jeff Divine Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Mvp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3886-5, ISBN: 0-7603-3886-8 "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 marvels of today.Beautifully illustrated with historical prints and engravings, as well as the latest surf photography and detailed closeups, this book ..." |
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