Showing results for "wright thompson"
Showing 1 - 8 of 8 Results
Adult content is visible.
Pappyland
A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
2020
EN
Accessible
**An instant New York Times bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of The Cost of These DreamsThe story of how Julian Van Winkle III, the caretaker of the most coveted cult Kentucky Bourbon whiskey in the world, fought to protect his family's heritage and preserve the taste of his forebears, in a world where authenticity, like his product, is in very short supply.**As a journalist said of Pappy Van Winkle, "You could call it bourbon, or you could ca...
PHP368.89
The Barn
The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
2024
EN
Accessible
**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, TIME, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe • Nominated for a PEN America Literary Award“It literally changed my outlook on the world…incredible.” —Shonda Rhimes"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the ...
PHP684.09
The Cost of These Dreams
Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
2019
EN
Accessible
**The instant New York Times bestseller!From one of America's most beloved sportswriters and the bestselling author of Pappyland, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports.**"Wright Thompson's stories are so full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail that I sometimes thinks he's working my side of the street - the world of fiction." —John Gri...
PHP560.29
Stories Can Save Us
America’s Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
- by
- Matt TullisBen MontgomeryAudra D.S BurchBrin-Jonathan ButlerPamela ColloffJohn Woodrow CoxKim CrossBronwen DickeyMirin FaderLatria GrahamDavid GrannElon GreenVanessa GrigoriadisEva HollandMitchell S. JacksonChris JonesTom JunodAbbott KahlerMichael KruseJeanne Marie LaskasRachel MonroeVann R. Newkirk IIBradford PearsonAndrea PitzerEli SaslowLeah SottileWright ThompsonSarah Weinman
2024
EN
Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis uses the material he gathered in the more than seventy-five interviews he conducted with the best narrative and literary journalists in the country through his podcast, Gangrey: The Podcast, to show how these professionals conceive and writesuch compelling stories.Thr...
PHP1,492.49
When Revelation Comes
A Journey Across the Sacred Links of Scotland
2026
EN
When Revelation Comes is the story of one man's search for peace. Along the way, he meets people whose compassion and empathy help him keep going. It' s a story about fathers and sons. It' s a story of a friendship between two people from different cultures and backgrounds. It' s also a story of how a game can be a framework for life. On May 17, 2021, an unthinkable tragedy struck a tight knit family in the small town of Hartselle, Alabama. Jordan, a talented and promising junior golfer, d...
PHP1,162.55
or Free with Kobo Plus- Series -
- The Best American Series
2015
EN
For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional, and specialty print and digital publications. Wright Thompson, many times included in this volume over the years, takes his turn at the helm by curating this exceptional collection. The only shared trait among these diverse pieces is the extraordinarily high caliber of writing, but collective...
PHP721.29
or Free with Kobo PlusThe Barn
The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
- Narrated by
- Wright Thompson
Unabridged
11 hours 38 min
2024
EN
**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, TIME, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe • Nominated for a PEN America Literary Award“It literally changed my outlook on the world…incredible.” —Shonda Rhimes"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the ...
PHP1,457.31
Pappyland
A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
- Narrated by
- Chris Abernathy
Unabridged
5 hours 36 min
2020
EN
**An instant New York Times bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of The Cost of These DreamsThe story of how Julian Van Winkle III, the caretaker of the most coveted cult Kentucky Bourbon whiskey in the world, fought to protect his family's heritage and preserve the taste of his forebears, in a world where authenticity, like his product, is in very short supply.**As a journalist said of Pappy Van Winkle, "You could call it bourbon, or you could ca...
PHP874.38
People who read this also enjoyed
These are the Plunderers
How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
- Narrated by
- John Bedford Lloyd
Unabridged
11 hours 53 min
2023
EN
**A Wall Street Journal BestsellerPulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity and Wall Street corporate takeovers in this “masterpiece of investigative journalism” (Christopher Leonard, bestselling author of Kochland)—revealing how it puts our entire economy and us at risk.**Much has been written about the ...
PHP1,573.31
The Infernal Machine
A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
- Narrated by
- Steven Johnson
Unabridged
10 hours 7 min
2024
EN
**“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSONA sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map**WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD • A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLEN...
PHP1,311.57
The Devil at His Elbow
Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
- Narrated by
- Maggi-Meg ReedValerie Bauerlein
Unabridged
14 hours 52 min
2024
EN
“Valerie Bauerlein’s blistering, unforgettable account of the Murdaugh saga leaves no stone unturned, helping us finally truly understand the man at the center of one of the century’s wildest crime stories.”—Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road and Lost GirlsPower, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh’s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has bec...
PHP1,457.31
The Great Displacement
Climate Change and the Next American Migration
- Narrated by
- Matt Godfrey
Unabridged
10 hours 26 min
2023
EN
**Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceThe “closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted” (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future.**Even as climate change dominates the headlines, many of us...
PHP1,515.01











