![]() But Egan doesn’t really stay with Bix for long – soon we’re off in the lives of people Bix has met, and the people those people have met and loved, as well as those who have been most deeply impacted by Bix’s ingenious (and somewhat dastardly) invention. Inspired by the discussions at that gathering – and the work of a tenured professor of anthropology, Miranda Kline – Bix goes on to create a technological revolution that changes the force of connection and culture forever. The story ostensibly centres on Bix Bouton, the aforementioned tech entrepreneur whose Great Work is still on the horizon in 2010 when he attends a gathering of Columbia professors disguised as a PhD student. ![]() ![]() Intended as a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit From The Goon Squad (and featuring some of your favourite – or at least the most memorable, depending on how you feel about Egan’s characterisations – people from that novel) The Candy House is both an utterly absorbing read and an immense meditation on the connectivity and disconnection of our technological super-future. ![]() Moving from 2010 in New York City, where a tech entrepreneur is on the precipice of greatness, back to the 1960s and a hippy commune in the middle of a Californian Redwood forest, and ahead to a super-secret Mediterranean spy mission (and everywhere in between) – there’s virtually nowhere Jennifer Egan is afraid to venture in her extraordinary new novel, The Candy House. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() You can find a list of the speakers' books available for purchase here. The discussion is moderated by David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars. Paul Doreen Alvarez Saar, Professor of English at Drexel University and American Literature Editor for the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature and Craig White, Professor Emeritus of Literature at the University of Houston, Clear Lake. This webinar features Steven Harthorn, Chair of the Department of English and Literature and Professor of English at the University of Northwestern, St. What makes The Last of the Mohicans a great American novel? How has the novel influenced American depictions of frontiersmen and American Indians? Who influenced Cooper's writings, and who did his writings influence? James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans. “Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in that attitude of friendship these intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Furst’s work seems too “on the nose” by comparison. Le Carré treats his readers like experienced fellow agents we spend the first part of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1963)scrambling to figure out what on earth he’s talking about. ![]() Reviewers were quick to compare Furst to John le Carré, but the two have little in common. Departing from the standard screw-tightening plot, he sent his Bulgarian hero back and forth across Europe on a series of almost self-contained adventures. It was then, of all times, that Furst wrote Night Soldiers (1988), a spy novel about the Nazi-Soviet conflict. One by one the swastikas disappeared from airport book racks, and by the late 1980s, Follett had taken to writing about cathedrals instead. After enjoying one final smash with Ken Follett’s Eye of the Needle (1978), the genre was gradually displaced from best-seller lists by the hi-tech thrillers of Tom Clancy et al. ![]() Readers who have never heard of Alan Furst may be surprised to learn that historical spy fiction is still being written at all. ![]() ![]() ![]() A collectible volume complete with a textured case, a foil-stamped jacket, and full-color art throughout.This gorgeous volume invites you to explore a captivating world with the brilliant storyteller Stephen Fry as your guide. Retellings brim with humor and emotion and offer rich cultural contextĬelebrating the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, Mythos breathes life into ancient tales-from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire.Connoisseurs of the Greek myths will appreciate this fresh-yet-reverential interpretation, while newcomers will feel welcome.Each adventure is infused with Fry's distinctive wit, voice, and writing style. ![]() This stunning book features classical artwork inspired by the myths, as well as learned notes from the author. Fry transforms the adventures of Zeus and the Olympians into emotionally resonant and deeply funny stories, without losing any of their original wonder. Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the morning of the luncheon, Kennedy met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who was at the time the most powerful municipal politician in the Democratic Party. He displayed a remarkable faith in the ability of ordinary citizens to recognize and understand the bitter truth about the war, and to take action to force their government to change course. He called on Americans' higher sense of national purpose, and challenged them to press their government to withdraw from the conflict. Kennedy, who made only minor revisions of the final draft, employed imagery reminiscent of the spirit of sacrifice that characterized the nation during World War Two. intervention, he attempted to extricate from the pro-war forces their putative monopoly on "patriotic duty" in time of war. ![]() By combining support for the troops with a passionate appeal for coming to terms with the reality of the U.S. Kennedy's post-Tet address went far beyond his Maspeech in attacking Johnson's position. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. A mix of history, culture, little-known facts about the lesbian nation (hint: don't look for it in an atlas), and dating tips for the confirmed, the soon-to-be-out, and just plain-curious, So You Want to Be a Lesbian? answers the essential questions, pokes fun at lesbian tradition, and provides a road map of where lesbians a road map of where lesbians are heading for the millennium (we've got news for you: it's not Kansas). ![]() ![]() It is the essential travel guide to the Sapphic landscape, illustrating key terms, "coming out" (how to do it without having your aunt collapse in the strudel), and much more. ![]() So you've heard that lesbians are chic, hot, and the "next big thing" but you still wonder what is all the fuss about a Middle Eastern country? Well, So You Want to Be a Lesbian? is here to rescue America from its confusion. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m getting these entreaties, most recently a couple of weeks ago, because I wrote a book about the bloody overthrow of Reconstruction by white terrorists in Mississippi in 1875. But maybe now, at this moment of a great national reconsideration of our history and our monuments, especially on racial grounds, it might be different? “Vast areas of northern Mississippi lay in ruins.” None of this is true, and the Ames family has been lobbying the Kennedy family to change the offending paragraph pretty much continuously for more than sixty years-including an in-person discussion with J.F.K., in 1963, conducted in the White House by Ames’s great-grandson George Plimpton, the writer and editor of The Paris Review. “No state suffered more from carpetbag rule than Mississippi,” Kennedy wrote, about Ames’s governorship. ![]() Kennedy’s book “ Profiles in Courage,” from 1956. ![]() Every so often I hear from the descendants of Adelbert Ames, a Union general during the Civil War and then the governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction, objecting to a paragraph about him in John F. ![]() ![]() ![]() It can make you do anything-even kill the person you love the most. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. ![]() They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. It looks like I'm going to need them.Ĭenturies ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill-until she locked her doors against them. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. My only "superpowers" are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. ![]() Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m going to be completely honest…after trudging through the first chapter of this book, I was sure that I was going to hate this. But that’s nothing compared to what awaits him in the Chop Shop: a secret government lab where Carl is given something he never dreamed of. ![]() But he makes enemies, too, and after a few rough scrapes, he earns himself the nickname “Hollywood” as well as a string of punishments, including a brutal night in the sweatbox. Sentenced to stay until his eighteenth birthday, Carl plans to play by the rules, so he makes friends with his wisecracking bunkmate, Ross, and a mysterious gray-eyed girl named Octavia. Located somewhere far off the coast of the United States and immune to its laws, the island is a grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees. Source: ARC from publisher in exchange for honest reviewĪ champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home…His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island.Ĭlassified as a terminal facility, it’s the end of the line for delinquents who have no home, no family, and no future. Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Science Fiction ![]() ![]() Said my friend Shaniquia, "So I'm supposed to shop at Whole Foods on my way home, and stop at J&R Music?"Īll that aside the recipes offer interesting new riffs on some normally fattening deep-fried Southern and Caribbean standards, like BBQ tempeh sandwich with carrot cayenne coleslaw and Caribbean creamy grits with roasted plantains. For a recipe for spicy goobers your sound track is "Salt Peanuts." For a roasted turnip dish? By all means listen to "Turnip's Big Move." For Candied Walnuts? "Bitter" by Me'Shell. Self-conscious? Do we really need advice to compost and suggested soundtracks to go with recipes? The suggestions are seldom even clever. Once you get past a bit of self-conscious writing and a few awkwardly worded recipes you'll find many imaginative side dishes, some which combine to make whole meals. ![]() Many adherents of healthy cuisine have hailed her cookbooks, most notably "The Natural Gourmet Cookbook." One of those dynamic individuals is Annemarie Colbin, whom Terry studied with at the Natural Gourmet Cooking School. ![]() Those who best seem to master it are ones who have been dedicated to gourmet vegetarianism long before veganism came about. They must explain a method of cooking that omits dairy and meat, while finding ways for it all to taste good. ![]() Vegans can be a tormented bunch despite their dedication to a vegetarian lifestyle that employs all that is healthy and “alive”-but that doesn’t move. ![]() |