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![]() ![]() ![]() It's been thirty years since Aubrey's captivity in East Berlin, and she has no desire to return. When a Canadian spy comes to ex-black ops specialist Aubrey Sentro for help tracking down notorious Cold War spymaster Gu nter Witt, she wants to say no. From the author of spy thriller Water Memory comes a riveting installment in the Sentro series in which past and present collide. ![]() Her focus now is on mending the relationships that suffered during her years working in the shado. ![]() ![]() ![]() Entirely fresh in its style and perspective and sure to appeal to fans of Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, and George Saunders, Friday Black confronts listeners with a complicated, insistent, wrenching chorus of emotions, the final note of which, remarkably, is hope. And "Friday Black" and "How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King" show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. When Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was writing his first book, a well-received short story collection called Friday Black, he saw the image of a woman in the eye of the Colosseum who was rejecting the fame she’d earned through killing. In "Zimmer Land", we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses how he arrived at the interesting premise of his first novel. In "The Finkelstein Five", Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system. ![]() These stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. The Stacks received Friday Black from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country. From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's writing will grab you, haunt you, and enrage and invigorate you. ![]() A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice a treacherously surreal and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America. ![]() ![]() Coraline: It wasn't my fault you hit that truck. Isn't that why we moved here? Mel: Something like that. Coraline: But, Mom, I want stuff growing when my friends come to visit. So, can I go out? I think it's perfect weather for gardening. Even if you win, she'll never let you go.ĭialogue Coraline: I almost fell down a well yesterday, Mom. You found me! But there's two eyes still lost.
![]() ![]() ![]() His explanation of inequality is convincing more because it makes sense than because the data show it.Īt first sight, the data do seem to lend credence to his argument. But rigour? In places, the connection between the data and the argument is tenuous. It is also original: he amasses amazing quantities of empirical evidence for his argument, and his explanation of inequality is both original and appealing. The dust cover tells us that Piketty's magnum opus is a "work of extraordinary ambition, originality and rigour." A work of extraordinary ambition it certainly is: he sets out to explain the root cause of global inequality and to propose a way of dealing with it. Rob Thomson on taking the debate seriously The book reached number one on The New York Times bestselling hardcover nonfiction list in the list dated May 18, 2014, and has courted much scrutiny, critical acclaim and controversy. ![]() Focusing on wealth and inequality, its main thrust is that inequality is a product of capitalism, and the unequal distribution of wealth causes social and economic instability. ![]() ![]() ![]() He Also Presented Nietzsche As A Pioneer Of Modern Psychology And Argued That A Key To Understanding His Overall Philosophy Is To See It As A Reaction Against Christianity. More Positively, He Presented Nietzsche's Ideas About Power As One Of The Great Accomplishments Of Modern Philosophy, Arguing That His Conception Of The Will To Power Was Not A Crude Apology For Ruthless Self-assertion But Must Be Linked To Nietzsche's Equally Profound Ideas About Sublimation. Without Ignoring Or Downplaying The Ugliness Of Many Of Nietzsche's Proclamations, He Set Them In The Context Of His Work As A Whole And Of The Counterexamples Yielded By A Responsible Reading Of His Books. ![]() ![]() Kaufmann Rehabilitated Nietzsche Nearly Single-handedly, Presenting His Works As One Of The Great Achievements Of Western Philosophy.responding To The Powerful Myths And Countermyths That Had Sprung Up Around Nietzsche, Kaufmann Offered A Patient, Evenhanded Account Of His Life And Works, And Of The Uses And Abuses To Which Subsequent Generations Had Put His Ideas. When Walter Kaufmann Wrote It In The Immediate Aftermath Of World War Ii, Most Scholars Outside Germany Viewed Nietzsche As Part Madman, Part Proto-nazi, And Almost Wholly Unphilosophical. This Classic Is The Benchmark Against Which All Modern Books About Nietzsche Are Measured. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Her second book, a novel entitled An American Woman was published in 1987. From 1983 until 1984, she was a columnist for the Sunday Times of London. Her first book, Wallenberg, a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, was published by Random House in 1982. ![]() Since 1980, Marton has published seven books and contributed as a reporter to ABC News, Public Broadcasting Services, National Public Radio, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Times of London, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Vanity Fair and The New Republic. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, P.E.N. She also serves on the board of directors of the International Rescue Committee and the New America Foundation, a public policy think tank. Marton is currently a director and formerly chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists. ![]() From 2000 to 2011 she was a member of the board of Human Rights Watch. From 2001 to July 2002 Kati Marton was Chief Advocate for the Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict at the United Nations. From 2003 to 2008 Marton chaired the International Women’s Health Coalition, a global leader in promoting and protecting the health and human rights of women and girls. Born in Hungary, Kati Marton has combined a career as a reporter and writer with human rights advocacy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Succeeding with these, he went on to employ a larger canvas over the decade between 18, he completed four major novels: The Outpost, The Doll, The New Woman and Pharaoh. ![]() Głowacki took his pen name " Prus" from the appellation of his family's coat-of-arms.Īs a sideline he wrote short stories. These societal enterprises were essential to the endurance of a people that had in the 18th century been partitioned out of political existence by Russia, Prussia and Austria. In 1872 at age 25, in Warsaw, he settled into a 40-year journalistic career that highlighted science, technology, education, and economic and cultural development. These early experiences may have precipitated the panic disorder and agoraphobia that would dog him through life, and shaped his opposition to attempting to regain Poland's independence by force of arms. Five months later he was imprisoned for his part in the Uprising. Shortly after his 16th birthday, he suffered severe battle injuries. ![]() Īs a 15-year-old he joined the Polish 1863 Uprising against Imperial Russia. ![]() Bolesław Prus (pronounced: 20 August 1847 – ), born Aleksander Głowacki, is a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and a distinctive voice in world literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, the whole idea of the cabinet and the curators is genius. ![]() They were all quite brilliant and thoughtful and fascinating. I can’t even choose a favourite. They vary stylistically as well ranging from first person, to third person, past tense to present tense and everything else in between. Some of the stories gave me chills while others made me pause and think about things in a different way. It was even hard to guess who wrote each story because though they have their own styles, they are all similar, allowing the anthology to feel connected by more than just subject matter.Įach story is wildly unique and imaginative, filled with all things horrific and nightmarish. That may sound hard to believe, but it’s the truth. However, all the stories in The Cabinet of Curiosities are equally good. ![]() I haven’t read an anthology in ages because I got tired of skimming through disinteresting, mediocre stories just for the few gems in their midst. Features an introduction and commentary by the curators, and illustrations and decorations throughout. Perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz and anyone who relishes a good creepy read-alone or read-aloud story. A collection of thirty-six eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short short stories presented by the cabinet’s esteemed curators, otherwise known as acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, and Emma Trevayne. ![]() |