![]() ![]() With its coolly graceful prose and mastery of narrative, “The Invisible Circus” is an unforgettable first novel by a writer of uncommon ability. And when Faith’s old lover joins Phoebe to retrace those last days in Italy, Phoebe glimpses the human price that her sister paid in following her uncompromising quest for personal liberation. But instead of the millennial excitement that Faith had sensed in 1960s Europe, Phoebe encounters disappointment and ennui. Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit From The Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection. Once in Europe, Phoebe follows the itinerary Faith spelled out in postcards from her fatal trip, landing in London, living in a hostel in Amsterdam, taking a tab of LSD in Paris. ![]() To Phoebe, Faith epitomizes the youthful, chaotic freedom of the Sixties, and imitating her becomes Phoebe’s way of trying to elevate herself from a life that seems drab and unsatisfying compared to the vivid spectacle that was Faith’s. Phoebe O’Connor, 18, runs off to Europe seeking answers about the tragedy that has haunted her family for eight years: the sudden dead of her older sister Faith while in Italy. In this breathtaking debut, Jennifer Egan brings to life the seductive pull of that era as it exerts itself on two sisters, separated by a decade, who take enormous risks to personify its ideals. ![]() ![]() The hope and heartbreak of the Sixties still linger in America’s consciousness. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Singer recently put utilitarianism on display by publicly reasoning through how to approach reopening the U.S. Shouldn’t we always aspire to do the greatest amount of good possible? To be sure, this way of thinking has strong intuitive force. Generally speaking, it posits that actions are right to the extent they result (or tend to result) in the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people. Utilitarianism is an ethical model that determines right action primarily in reference to outcomes. Wrestling with Singer’s arguments allows us to reflect on how we tend to think through these matters given that our policy deliberations often assume something of a utilitarian form. ![]() ![]() Amid debates about next steps, Peter Singer, a prominent utilitarian ethicist, has weighed in on the matter.
![]() ![]() This, the first book in the 'New Dracula' series is as brilliantly executed as it is gleefully irreverent. Saberhagen landed the Bram Stoker's Dracula novelisation chores on the strength of The Dracula Tapes, and it's easy to see why. Listen, as Count Dracula sets the record straight. Here, then, is the story of the Count's greatest love, Mina Harker, and the bloodthirsty vampire hunters hose cruel pursuit drove the master of the night to actions ever more ruthless. ![]() Those who hunt him are the true villains, for they seek to kill what they do not understand. Brain Stoker portrayed him as a terrifying creature of the night, heartless, soul-less, preying on the pure and innocent.ĭracula is no villain but a tower of strength, eternally protecting his land and his people from the depredations of invaders. ![]() ![]() ![]() Censorship of the press, the persecution of intellectuals, the raid on my home in Tigre, the murder of dear friends, and the loss of a daughter 1 who died fighting you, are some of the events that compel me to express myself in this clandestine way after having shared my opinion freely as a writer and journalist for nearly thirty years.ġ. Ever since the letter was reissued in 1984, De la Flor has included it as an Appendix in all reprints of Operation Massacre.ġ. The letter was not published by any local media, but it gradually came to be distributed abroad. ![]() ![]() These groups, composed mainly of men with experience in the military, state security, or the police department, were notorious for kidnapping victims, torturing them, killing them, and leaving no trace of their bodies. Once the dictatorship of 1976 began, Work Groups ( grupos de Larea) were formed to carry out the extermination of any individuals considered enemies of the state. On March 25, 1977, Walsh was kidnapped by a "Work Group" and has been missing ever since. Walsh sent this letter, dated March 24, 1977, by post to the editorial departments of local newspapers and to foreign press correspondents. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We do not sell books that are missing pages or are ‘falling to pieces’.
![]() It seems the Bradford Bourbon Company is in serious financial trouble, the depth of which has yet to be plumbed by a Wall Street friend Lane has persuaded to go through the books. Lane finds the business in shambles from his father’s reckless decisions, unthinkable after 200 years in Kentucky, a product with a sound reputation. Jonathan Tulane Baldwine, the youngest son known as “Lane,” a reformed playboy and gambler, steps in as family leader in Edward’s stead. ![]() When his father refused to pay the ransom, Edward suffered the consequences, his broken body a testament to the abuse that left him seriously diminished, with a bitter heart. ![]() When the head of the family is found dead-presumably a suicide-this man of low standards and high expectation is not mourned by his son or daughter, his wife long ensconced in her bedroom in a drug-addled state.Įldest son Edward, the natural heir, is unable to assume management of the business, physically and emotionally damaged from a kidnapping in South America. In a sequel to The Bourbon Kings, Ward continues the saga of a wealthy Kentucky family beset by a plague of riches, with a powerful scion, William Wyatt Baldwine, Chief Executive Officer of the Bradford Bourbon Company. Ward's *The Angels' Share (The Bourbon Kings)* ![]() ![]() ![]() Ukraine the country is known to be corrupt, and the latest scandal involving the biggest Ukraine charity in Estonia shows how easily aid can be misdirected. It requires less imagination, however, to fear a Russian nuclear strike on Western “decision-making centers” if Putin faces defeat in Donbass.Įven solidarity with Ukrainians - a nation brutally attacked, bombed out of its homes, forced to fight or flee - isn’t a universally appealing cause. In any of these countries - and in the US, too - it’s hard to imagine Russia attacking one’s hometown as it has attacked Ukrainian cities. ![]() ![]() For many who live in Germany, France or Japan, the liberal world order is at best an abstraction and at worst an attempt to put a favorable spin on American dominance. While the West’s political and security establishment (with a few exceptions, notably Hungary) agrees that Russia must be defeated to uphold the liberal world order, prevent Russian aggression from spreading and teach a lesson to dictators tempted to follow Vladimir Putin’s expansionist example, millions of people outside this establishment are unmoved by such arguments. In the US, the share of people who say the government is doing too much for Ukraine is on the rise, and in Germany, a steady majority contends that diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict are insufficient. Throughout the West, support for supplying Ukraine with weapons has been wavering. ![]() ![]() ![]() Codename Villanelle is a sleek, fast-paced international thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction. The ensuing chase will lead them on a trail around the world, intersecting with corrupt governments and powerful criminal organizations, all leading towards a final confrontation from which neither will emerge unscathed. Eve, whose quiet and otherwise unextraordinary life belies her quick wit and keen intellect, accepts the mission. But when she murders an influential Russian politician, she draws a relentless foe to her tail.Įve Polastri (not a codename) is a former MI6 operative hired by the national security services for a singular task: to find and capture or kill the assassin responsible, and those who have aided her. A catlike psychopath whose love for the creature comforts of her luxurious lifestyle is second only to her love of the game, she specializes in murdering the world's richest and most powerful. Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. ![]() The breakneck thriller that inspired TV sensation Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh, "unlike any other spy drama you've seen" ( Daily Beast). ![]() ![]() ![]() While Isaac's faith is not tested in abusive circumstances, as it is with the Amish teen, worldly interactions complicate matters. ![]() Gideon's stern, unyielding father illustrates the vast emotional chasm that results from a heavy-handed approach in parent/teen relations, universally, in any culture, at any time. Deft characterizations and juxtaposition of fathers and sons amplify similarities and differences between the families and cultures. She fears losing him forever and begs Isaac to help her persuade Gideon to stay. His sister Annie finds his secret stash of "englische" clothes, a forbidden copy of Treasure Island, and a harmonica. Gideon Stolzfus, 16, chafes under the rigid tenets of his family's local sect, and plans to run away to his uncle's more lenient community. When Isaac Litvak, 12, is injured on an Amish farm, his Jewish peddler father leaves him behind to recuperate with the whispered reminder, "Remember who you are." Though kind and well-meaning, the foreign-speaking family's eating habits and religious laws are strange. In this novel set at the turn of the century, two boys'one Orthodox Jew and the other Amish'are brought together by chance. ![]() ![]() ![]() But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended. With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. In post – World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets. "Weaves a spell of darkness that's mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love." - New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley on A Lullaby for Witches ![]()
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