![]() The appalling nature of the close examination of these unimaginable emotions derives from the authority with which Dostoevsky can describe them, since he was himself condemned to death and reprieved, by an imperial whim, or display of power, as he stood in line at the scaffold behind a friend who had indeed just been killed.” What makes the greatness is double – the character of the prince, and a powerful series of confrontations with death…. The Guardian: “Prince of Fools” by AS Byatt ![]() Less widely read than Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazov, the novel nevertheless has its devotees: So, you want to read Dostoevsky’s most autobiographical, idiosyncratic, and enigmatic novel, centered on Prince Myshkin, a compassionate, Christlike central character who has been compared to the more comical protagonist of Don Quixote. “Which English translation of The Idiot should I read?” ![]()
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![]() ![]() So “State of Wonder” is headed for Brazil. Swenson was a medical school professor of Marina’s and was so tough that she stopped Marina’s medical career in its tracks. Annick Swenson, a fierce if not exactly irreproachable figure. The letter announcing Anders’s death comes from Dr. Patchett has embedded many small hints about her much larger novel in this miniature scene. Patchett writes, “as if she were an extension ruler and her ankles and knees and hips were all being brought together at closer angles.” “There was inside of her a very modest physical collapse, not a faint but a sort of folding,” Ms. ![]() Marina suddenly grasps why people faced with sudden shock are often advised to sit down. Patchett gives a quick glimpse of how crystalline and exquisite her prose can be. In Marina’s reaction to this terrible news, which comes on only the book’s second page, Ms. Anders Eckman, has died of a fever in a remote part of Brazil. Fox arrives to tell her that her research partner, Dr. ![]() She is having an unremarkable affair with Mr. ![]() Marina does unremarkable research on cholesterol. Marina Singh, the 42-year-old research scientist who is the heroine of “State of Wonder,” Ann Patchett’s most far-flung yet somehow least exotic book, is in her office at a large pharmaceutical company in Minnesota when the bad news arrives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike Zen, its counterpart which flourished in remote monasteries, the Pure Land tradition was the form of Buddhism practiced by common people. The Pure Land tradition dates back to the sixth century c.e., when Buddhism was first introduced in Japan. River of Fire, River of Water is an introduction to the practice of Pure Land Buddhism for readers with or without prior experience with it. Unique among the various practices of Buddhism, this "e new"e form of spiritual practice is certain to enrich the growing practice of Buddhism in the United States, which is already quite familiar with Zen and Tibetan traditions. Taitetsu Unno?the foremost authority in the United States on Shin or Pure Land Buddhism?introduces us to the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. With great spiritual insight and unparalleled scholarship, Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is also an aching, lonely, sure-handed portrait of small-town lesbian girlhood. Wingshooters serves as a stark corrective to lazy, cozy assumptions that racism doesn’t exist in the North the way it does in the South, or that lynching ended with the Civil Rights Movement. Named one of “Ten Titles to Pick Up Now” by O: The Oprah Magazine, Nina Revoyr’s new Lambda nominated novel is at once a breathtakingly beautiful hymn to the American outdoors-and to the bond between grandfather and granddaughter-and at the same time a chilling snapshot of race in this country. I always try to create a sense of urgency ideally the reader will be pulled along, will want to know what happens next.” Ma“…I do believe in the importance of story, of narrative. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Moribund himself is attending the auction and Ravnos is forced to remain onboard the Hellsbreath for Moribund has a personal vendetta against the handsome captain. And then there's the mission.The Moribund Company has captured the Imperial Dreadnaught Arcane and intends to auction the sentient ship to the highest bidder. They're on a mission, and in need of a nav-pilot.Kidnapped into service on the Hellsbreath, Victoria is caught between two very different men locked in their own private and erotic power struggle. ![]() First Officer Seht is a skeldhi prince whose specialty is erotic discipline. ![]() And then there's the mission.The Moribund Company has captured the Imperial Dreadnaught Arcane and intends to auction the sentient ship to the highest bidder.Ĭaptain Ravnos of the Mercenary dreadnaught Hellsbreath rules his crew with an iron will. Captain Ravnos of the Mercenary dreadnaught Hellsbreath rules his crew with an iron will. ![]() ![]() When their anti-LGBT crusade spills beyond managing Paul's love life and threatens the holiday festival, Kyle and Paul must fight for everyone's happily ever after, including their own. His ultra-conservative family wants him paired up with a woman, not a man with Logan's rainbow connection. He's loved Paul since forever, and this Christmas, since they're both working on the Winter Wonderland festival, he might finally get his chance for a holiday romance.īut Paul comes with baggage. He's twenty-five, not ten, and despite his effeminate appearance, he's nothing but the boss in bed. ![]() Kyle is tired of being the town's resident Peter Pan. Non-Returnable titles : are those which have been classified as Non-Returnable under any circumstance by International Publishers / Vendor partners. They are also classified as Non-Returnable. No one, that is, except too-young, too-twinky Kyle Parks, who sends him suggestive texts and leaves X-rated snow sculptures on his front porch. Print On Demand (POD) titles : are those which have been especially printed by the Publisher / Vendor partner only after an order for them has been received. No gay man within a fifty-mile radius wants more than casual sex. ![]() ![]() Naturally, he's the last single man standing. Paul Jansen was the only one of his friends who wanted a relationship. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Based on extensive interviews and access to the family and business archives, The House of Morgan is an investigative masterpiece, a compelling account of a remarkable institution and the men who ran it, and an essential book for understanding the money and power behind the major historical events of the last 150 years. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. P.Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987. A gripping history of banking and the booms and busts that shaped the world on both sides of the Atlantic, The House of Morgan traces the trajectory of the J. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world. Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written", the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship-like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor-April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. In his wildly entertaining debut novel, Hank Green -cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow -spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. But beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play.” -San Francisco Chronicle “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the authors’ contention that certain art works provide powerful solutions to our problems, but that in order for this potential to be released, the audience’s attention has to be directed towards it in a new way (which they demonstrate), rather than towards the more normal historical or stylistic concerns with which art books and museum captions are traditionally associated. The authors propose that the squeamish belief that art should be ‘for art’s sake’ has unnecessarily held back art from revealing its latent therapeutic potential. ![]() The purpose of this book is to introduce a new method of interpreting art: art as a form of therapy. Yet if art is to enjoy its privileges, it has to be able to demonstrate its relevance in understandable ways to the widest possible audience.Īlain de Botton and John Armstrong have a firm belief that art can help us with our most intimate and ordinary dilemmas, asking: What can I do about the difficulties in my relationships? Why is my work not more satisfying? Why do other people seem to have a more glamorous life? Why is politics so depressing? There is widespread agreement that art is ‘very important’ – but it can be remarkably hard to say quite why. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under Water, Under Earth is terrific, well-written, profusely illustrated, informative, engaging. ![]() Aleksandra Mizieliska has Collaborated With. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. by Aleksandra Mizieliska and Daniel Mizieliski. Kids (and parents) can pour over it much in the manner of the old Richard Scarry books. by Aleksandra Mizieliska and Daniel Mizieliski. This creative duo is the one behind the bestselling “Maps” - and has come up with another book that will become an object of obsession. Readers will feel like scientists and explorers with each page turn. ![]() Through accessible cartooning, the husband-and-wife duo brings a light, playful touch to topics like water pressure, plumbing, and fossilization. Consider for injecting life into introductions to earth science. Students will return to this work again and again. Using a mix of brief text and detailed illustrations, this large-format book provides an informational feast.While the spreads are attention-grabbing, they also clearly communicate data in a number of ways, through labels, cross sections, cutaways, and sequenced processes. ![]() |