Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

 

 

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

"With its countless epiphanies and surprises, Oona proves difficult to put down." ―USA Today

"By turns tragic and triumphant, heartbreakingly poignant and joyful, this is ultimately an uplifting and redemptive read." ―The Guardian

A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, even if those moments are out of order.

It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her boyfriend? As the countdown to the New Year begins, Oona faints and awakens thirty-two years in the future in her fifty-one-year-old body. Greeted by a friendly stranger in a beautiful house she’s told is her own, Oona learns that with each passing year she will leap to another age at random. And so begins Oona Out of Order...

Hopping through decades, pop culture fads, and much-needed stock tips, Oona is still a young woman on the inside but ever changing on the outside. Who will she be next year? Philanthropist? Club Kid? World traveler? Wife to a man she’s never met? Surprising, magical, and heart-wrenching, Margarita Montimore has crafted an unforgettable story about the burdens of time, the endurance of love, and the power of family.

Out of the Maze: An A-Mazing Way to Get Unstuck by Spencer Johnson, Ken Blanchard (Foreword by), John David Mann (Contribution by)

 

 

Wall Street Journal Bestseller

The long-awaited sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the beloved 28-million-copy bestseller that became a worldwide sensation.

In his trademark style that has won tens of millions of fans, Dr. Spencer Johnson once again shares a simple story that offers profound truths about how to transform your life.

When we first met them in Who Moved My Cheese?, two mouse-sized characters named Hem and Haw were faced with unexpected change, when the Cheese they loved suddenly disappeared. Haw learned how to deal with that change successfully by setting off in search of New Cheese. But Hem remained stuck where he was.

Now Out of the Maze reveals what Hem did next--and how his discoveries can help you unlock the riddle of whatever mazes you may face yourself.

When you follow Hem and his new friend, Hope, on their new journey, you'll discover how to get more out of life by thinking outside the box. Or, in this case, outside the Maze.

Written for all ages and backgrounds, this story takes less than an hour to read, yet its insights can last for a lifetime.

Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants by George W. Bush

 

 

In this powerful new collection of oil paintings and stories, President George W. Bush spotlights the inspiring journeys of America’s immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation.
 
The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions today, as it has throughout much of American history. But what gets lost in the debates about policy are the stories of immigrants themselves, the people who are drawn to America by its promise of economic opportunity and political and religious freedom—and who strengthen our nation in countless ways.
 
In the tradition of Portraits of Courage, President Bush’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Out of Many, One brings together forty-three full-color portraits of men and women who have immigrated to the United States, alongside stirring stories of the unique ways all of them are pursuing the American Dream. Featuring men and women from thirty-five countries and nearly every region of the world, Out of Many, One shows how hard work, strong values, dreams, and determination know no borders or boundaries and how immigrants embody values that are often viewed as distinctly American: optimism and gratitude, a willingness to strive and to risk, a deep sense of patriotism, and a spirit of self-reliance that runs deep in our immigrant heritage. In these pages, we meet a North Korean refugee fighting for human rights, a Dallas-based CEO who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico at age seventeen, and a NASA engineer who as a girl in Nigeria dreamed of coming to America, along with notable figures from business, the military, sports, and entertainment. President Bush captures their faces and stories in striking detail, bringing depth to our understanding of who immigrants are, the challenges they face on their paths to citizenship, and the lessons they can teach us about our country’s character.
 
As the stories unfold in this vibrant book, readers will gain a better appreciation for the humanity behind one of our most pressing policy issues and the countless ways in which America, through its tradition of welcoming newcomers, has been strengthened by those who have come here in search of a better life.

Welcome to Sochi: A laugh out loud life-altering trip! by Jude Haste

 

 

Julia, an unemployed scriptwriter goes on a journey of self-discovery, in this quirky romantic comedy, flying off to distant lands. Coming to terms with a broken relationship and her own shortcomings, Julia finds herself lost. But when her plane finds itself lost too, it forces her to take a step back and realize that in order to progress forward, she needs to do some soul-searching. But where will she land?All the characters and events in this story are fictitious and come straight from the author's imagination

OUT Deluxe (Cagliostro E-Press) di Marco Laggetta*

Cagliostro E-Press recupera, in antologia, il meglio della fanzine underground OUT.
Era il 1998 quando uscì il primo numero di Out. Animi incandescenti, voglia di sperimentare, un pieno di ossigeno per i polmoni, nuove idee e nuove storie per la testa e per lo stomaco. Fanzine come sinonimo di controcultura. Out per puntare il dito sulle cose sbagliate, le persone, le parole sbagliate, gli esclusi dal discorso che poi sono il solo discorso da prendere a cuore. Oggi OUT torna con un formato tutto nuovo e la stessa identica voglia di provocare, per i tipi della Cagliostro E-Press.
L’obiettivo di Out è sempre stato quello di centrare il nucleo di un fermento sotterraneo sconosciuto ai più: ci sono in ogni arte molte piccole realtà underground, dislocate e sincretiche, che si muovono in punta di piedi parallelamente alla cultura massmediatica, per colonizzare nuovi territori e covare le loro uova. Fumetti, illustrazioni, articoli, poesie, racconti... tutto questo è Out. Nuovi e vecchi autori con in comune la medesima urgenza di raccontare. Alla miglior produzione dello storico gruppo OUT si aggiungono, in quest'edizione di prestigio, i contributi speciali di nuovi e giovani autori del fumetto underground italiano, fra i quali basti citare i pugliesi Mauro Gulma e Claudia Piccolo, entrambi alle prese, nelle loro storie, con la ricerca ed il senso della libertà. Il primo, nella sua “Prison/life”, illusione ultima di un condannato a morte, sorprende da un lato per il cinismo e la lucidità della sua narrazione, dall'altro per la scelta di uno stile fortemente caricaturale: un connubio degno della migliore tradizione eisneriana.
La seconda, in “Animalaux”, racconta, con un umorismo poetico, la scelta della prigionia come rinuncia volontaria alla libertà. OUT Deluxe racchiude 140 pagine di originalità e sperimentazione, di assoluta, prorompente, irriverente libertà espressiva. Nella collana PTP della Cagliostro E-Press torna, in un volume antologico, curato da Baldo Di Stefano, una delle fanzine storiche del fumetto italiano underground, una vera chicca per intenditori.

*redazione Talkink