Bøger af George Crowder

From the author of the award-winning debut novel, The Book of Moon..."An exceptional coming-of-age tale! Wonderful characters-and the perfect balance of humor and poignancy." -Lesley Kagen, author of Every Now and Then, The Mutual Admiration Society, and Whistling in the Dark★★★★★★Got it!That's the mantra of Gregory "Friz" Collins, a Texas boy who chases footballs like a border collie romping after frisbees-until a concussion knocks him clear into another hemisphere.Friz is not one in a million-he's one in many millions. Because...Injuring his brain...opens his mind.When it rewires, Friz has an astounding new ability.THE BOY WHO HAS NEVER PICKED UP A GUITAR CAN NOW PLAY ONE LIKE A ROCKSTAR.He is an "acquired savant"-a rare individual whose brain takes a spectacular turn for the better following serious injury.Naturally, there are consequences-sudden celebrity and viral notoriety. Worse, he is tormented by guilt... for a crime he can't remember committing.Friz's path forward leads to the Mississippi Delta with three colorful bluesmen, where he finds himself while nearly losing his life.On the way, his eyes open wide to racism, white privilege-and the meaning of true friendship.

It coulda been worse. That's the "working epitaph" of 15-year-old Moon Landing. Not that Moon's death is imminent-far from it-but his thoughts have turned to gallows humor, as his world disintegrates along with his parents' marriage. His older brother skateboards through life with ease, but Moon is deeply troubled.Just as he is solving for romantic unknowns with a gorgeous older girl, Moon must contend with his dad's sudden absence, his mom-gone-wild's sexcapades, and his best friends' curious penchant for self-destruction. Not to mention his newfound role in agitating to end an African guerrilla's bloody rampage.To make sense of it all, Moon embarks on a quest to unravel the riddle of God's injustice to man.In this humorous and touching coming-of-age novel, Moon struggles to understand his parents-who they are, what brought them together, what broke them apart-and what that all means for his future.

Value pluralism is the view that fundamental human goods, such as liberty, equality and justice, are irreducibly plural and incommensurable. Where such goods conflict, we must make choices between them. This book looks at the implications of value pluralism for political theory and liberalism.