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The sequel to "Angela's Ashes" tells of McCourt's life and education in America as a young man.

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Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with "Angela's Ashes, " the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came "'Tis, " his glorious account of his early years in New York.Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. "Teacher Man" is also an ur...

This two-man show is a bubbling stew of humor with a dash of poignancy to sharpen the flavor. A grand crowd pleaser whenever performed, the Blaguards is a story of immigration, triumph over hardship and the love of a family.

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Als ik terugkijk op mijn jeugd vraag ik me af hoe ik het eigenlijk overleefd heb. Uiteraard was het een beroerde jeugd: aan een gelukkige jeugd valt geen eer te behalen. Erger dan de doorsnee ongelukkige jeugd is de ongelukkige Ierse jeugd, en de ongelukkige Ierse katholieke jeugd spant de kroon.' Frank McCourt wordt geboren als oudste zoon van een doodarm Iers gezin in het New York van de jaren dertig. Zijn vader is een onverbeterlijke alcoh...

Reader im preisgünstigen Klassensatz zu einer Mindestbestellmenge von 10 Exemplaren Der kleine Frank erzählt die Geschichte seiner irisch-katholischen Familie, die dem tristen Leben im New York der 1930er entflieht und in der jungen Republik Irland einen Neustart wagt. Limerick wird ihre neue Heimat, doch das Leben dort gestaltet sich äußerst schwierig. Es gibt kaum Arbeit und zu allem Überdruss vertrinkt Franks Vater das Geld, das die Famili...

Der kleine Frank erzählt die Geschichte seiner irisch-katholischen Familie, die dem tristen Leben im New York der 1930er entflieht und in der jungen Republik Irland einen Neustart wagt. Limerick wird ihre neue Heimat, doch das Leben dort gestaltet sich äußerst schwierig. Es gibt kaum Arbeit und zu allem Überdruss vertrinkt Franks Vater das Geld, das die Familie so dringend zum Leben braucht.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Angela's Ashes" turns his attention to the subject closest to his heart--teaching. In this appealing audiobook, McCourt describes his own coming of age as a teacher, a storyteller, and, ultimately, a writer. Unabridged. 13 CDs.

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Paperback edition of the biography continuing on from "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis". It was tremendously successful in hardback, selling over 100, 000 copies in the UK and Ireland.

Bestselling author McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic chronicles his heartbreakingly poignant childhood memories.

On the fictional morning of June 16, 1904--Bloomsday, as it has come to be known--Mr. Leopold Bloom set out from his home at 7 Eccles Street and began his day's journey through Dublin life in the pages of James Joyce's novel of the century, Ulysses." Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes" offers a priceless gathering of what's been said about Ulysses since the extravagant praise and withering condemnation ...

Geriye bakip cocuklugumu animsadigimda, nasil hayatta kalabildigime hala sasarim. Ekonomik kriz sirasinda, Amerika ya yeni gelmis bir göcmen ailesinin cocugu olarak, Brooklyn de dünyaya gelen ve Irlanda nin Limerick kentindeki yoksul mahallelerde büyüyen Frank McCourt un anilari böyle basliyor. Frank in babasi Malachy, genellikle calismadigi, calistigi zamanlar da aldigi parayi ickiye yatirdigi icin, annesi Angela nin cocuklarini bakip besleye...

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Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, "Angela's Ashes, " has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the "Los Angeles Times" Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape. And now we have "'Tis, "...

Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty. When the family moves back to Limerick, Frank endures the most miserable of childhoods. "Angela's Ashes" recounts McCourt's existence with remarkable exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

The Spanish edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, TIS is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes, and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher. Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University-- which admitted him on a trial basis, though he had no high school diploma-- Frank had the s...