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Alibi: A Novel
by Joseph KanonFrom the acclaimed author of Los Alamos and The Good German comes a riveting tale of love, revenge and murder set in post-WWII Venice.It is 1946, and Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his socialite mother and try to forget the horrors he has witnessed as a US Army war crimes investigator in Germany. But when he falls in love with Claudia, a Jewish woman scarred by her devastating experiences during World War II, he must confront the dark secrets lurking just beneath the city’s charms.Adam begins to see another Venice, one still at war with itself and haunted by atrocities it would rather forget. Everyone, including his mother’s suave new Venetian suitor, has been compromised by the occupation, and Adam finds himself at the center of a web of deception, intrigue, and unexpected moral dilemmas.When is murder acceptable? What are the limits of guilt? How much is someone willing to pay for a perfect alibi? Winner of the Hammett Prize
Alibi
by Teri WoodsTwo men think they've found the perfect opportunity--a chance to rob the stash house of Simon Shuller, one of Philadelphia's biggest drug lords. But their plans are spoiled when one of Shuller's men catches them as they break into the stash house. Temperatures flare as the men capture Shuller's worker, Poncho, and force him to show them the goods. What they didn't expect was for Poncho's partner to be armed and very dangerous. An altercation breaks out and when the smoke clears, Nard, Poncho's accomplice, is the only one left standing. Thinking quickly, Nard cleans shop and makes his escape, but not before being spotted by a few neighbors. Not wanting to kill anyone else, he makes a mad dash for the streets but wonders if the witnesses will give up his identity. What he needs now is a plausible alibi. If he doesn't come up with one fast, it could mean life in prison, or death on the streets.
The Alibi Breakfast: A Novel
by Larry DubersteinEight years ago, readers were invited to accompany Maurice Locksley on his rounds, as he paid court to his wife, his ex-wife, and his mistress in dizzying succession. THE MARRIAGE HEARSE, his account of that wild winter's night, was judged "one of the funniest, smartest, and most generous novels about marriage from a male point of view." (Phyllis Rose, in The Nation) Now, eight years older in THE ALIBI BREAKFAST, Locksley is still "Laugh-out-loud funny" (Bloomsbury Review) but not nearly so cocky as he contemplates the possibility that his riches are reduced to a single woman-or is it even worse than that? Duberstein's prose is as rich, precise, and allusive as ever; the people in his "house" are as real as the people in your house (terrifying thought), and he weaves the varied strands of plot into a tale of rare depth and integrity.
The Alibi Club
by Francine MathewsIt's the city's most infamous after-hours haunt--a glittering hotbed of deals and debaucheries. The sordid death of Philip Stilwell sends shock waves through the Alibi Club...for there's much more to Stilwell's untimely end than a sex game gone wrong. His murder and the desperate attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands will bring together the strands of a twisted plot of betrayal, passion, and espionage--one connected to the Alibi Club...and to the most explosive secret of the war. As the Nazis march on Paris and the crisis escalates, four remarkable characters are swept into the maelstrom. Their courage will change the course of history. Epic and yet intimate, a seamless blend of fact and fiction based on a little-known episode of the war,The Alibi Club is a thriller of fierce and complex suspense by a writer whose own life in the spy world makes espionage come uniquely alive.
Alibi Creek
by Bev Magennis"[S]omething of a southwestern gothic, drawing inspiration from the spare depictions of the West in the novels of Annie Proulx and its familial drama from the likes of Faulkner, O'Connor, and their ilk...excels in its open-eyed portrayals of a land largely left untamed...carries a surprising amount of grit and poetic verve."-KIRKUS REVIEWS"A saga set in the wilds of New Mexico...Lee Ann is a heroine readers will root for."-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Magennis is a yarn spinner with a passion for the southwestern wilderness, the people who inhabit unlimited space, and drama created in a setting that allows for complete freedom. A book that will take you to a wild place, seldom visited and captivatingly portrayed."-JEFFERY RENARD ALLEN, author of Song of the Shank and Rails Under My Back"In Alibi Creek, Bev Magennis captures the grit and sinew of men and women raised in the hardscrabble West. The land produces both good and evil, and Magennis's characters as well as her story are as authentic as the sagebrush of the western landscape."-SANDRA DALLAS, New York Times bestselling author of True Sisters"...a novel about boundaries and belonging and facing up to when the old excuses no longer wash."-CHARLIE QUIMBY, author of Monument Road"This stunning debut transforms and arrests the reader, the story stays with you long after you turn the last page."-LIBBY FLORES, PEN Center USAFollowing a two-year prison stint, charming and wily Walker returns to his family's New Mexico ranch, where his pious older sister Lee Ann is busy caring for their mother, raising two sons, and grappling with unethical workplace demands. Walker's illegal activities quickly incite chaos in the town and Lee Ann's marriage, leading to drastic transformations of beliefs, identities, and relationships.Bev Magennis was born in Toronto, Ontario, and immigrated to the US in 1964. She received her MA in Art from the Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California. After a thirty-five-year career as an artist, she started writing, inspired by the land and people in the New Mexico wilderness where she lived for seventeen years. In 2009 she was accepted to the Iowa Writers' Workshop Summer Graduate Class and in 2010 was awarded an eight-month Pen USA Emerging Voices Fellowship. In 2011 she received a Norman Mailer Writers Colony Fiction Fellowship. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Alibi for an Actress
by Gillian B. Farrell Jane CheliusActress Annie McGrogan is "between things"—down to her last subway token ana a maxed-out credit card—when she sees the magazine story on J. "Duke" DeNobili, ex-cop turned successful PI. Three days later, she's the new partner to big, basso-voiced ex-cop Sonny Gandolfo, all-around good guy and Brooklyn-Bronx-Queens seducer. The assignment—protect Lucinda Merrill, sexy star of the popular daytime soap, Forever and Ever, from a threatening fan—proves to be a dull night of door-watching. The fireworks come in the morning, when Lucinda's wandering husband is found dead, murdered in his sleazy East Side pied a terre. At the scene, witnesses claim to have seen Lucinda grab a cab and flee into the night. While Forever and Ever's producers exult in the lurid headlines that send their ratings soaring, Annie McGrogan gives a triumphant, funny, heart-stopping performance to trap a murderer in a kinky case that only she—with her command of the actor's art—can solve.
Alibi for Isabel: And Other Stories
by Mary Roberts RinehartNine short stories from one of the nation's finest mystery authorsWhen her husband demands a divorce, a young wife heads to Reno alone, leaving the baby with her husband and his new beloved, betting that a week trapped between his child and his mistress will make her hubby yearn for her return. By the sea, a hairdresser gets into mischief over a star sports fisherman. And in a city threatened by conflict, a World War I veteran tries to make himself useful by enforcing the blackout.These are just a few of the scenes from the short fiction of Mary Roberts Rinehart, who in these nine brief tales shows why she was one of the nation's most popular authors for so many decades. Though famous as a mystery writer, Rinehart is just as much at home writing drama, or taking a witty look at the lighter side of law and order. More than a century since she published her first story, Rinehart's prose remains as sharp as an assassin's blade.
Alibi II
by Teri WoodsALIBI II picks up where ALIBI left off. The year is 2006 and Diane Praeliou is happily married and living on a horse ranch in Arizona when she receives a letter that threatens her entire world. Someone knows her true identity.In 1986, Daisy was given a second chance at life when she received a new identity and a fresh start as a college student in Arizona courtesy of the witness protection program. Nard wasn't so lucky. He was sentenced to twenty years to life in a western Pennsylvania facility and has endured things that no man should ever have to endure. All Nard can think about is Daisy's testimony and how much he wants revenge. Diane goes on living life, finding love, and getting married until things slowly begin to spiral out of control. What makes matters worse is now Nard is out on parole and Diane is afraid for herself and her family. Feigning innocence, Diane can only turn to one person for help. But if she doesn't come clean about her past secrets, her entire world can come crashing down and there will be no one to protect her. (60,000 words)
Alibi Island: An Illuminati Novel
by SLMN"Any readers who have been fans of Dan Brown's conspiracies will enjoy."--New York Journal of Books on SunfailAlibi Island is the one place on earth where the rich and famous are kings. Back in America they’re just rich. They’re surrounded by the cult of celebrity their wealth brings, but they can never be themselves. They can never indulge in their darkest desires and let the beast that is their true nature out. The place is legendary. Few ever get the black and gold card inviting them to indulge, and fewer still can afford the stay.But there is a dark side to paradise. The island is the hub of a human trafficking operation that sees children stolen from their families in India and Asia and familiar faces of milk cartons in the United States. Every taste and perversion needs to be catered for on the Island. And when the young sex slaves are finally broken and used up then they become fair game in a murderous hunt where, with nowhere to go, they are forced to run for their lives. Alibi Island is lucrative business.What happens on the island stays on the island. That’s the promise. But it is a lie. Everything that happens is recorded. All of that footage becomes blackmail material down the line, as the islands secret power brokers look to cement their stranglehold on power. And when a Senator's daughter's disappearance is linked to the island all of its darkest secrets are at risk..
Alibi Junior High
by Greg LogstedAlias for middle-grade readers!Thirteen-year-old Cody Saron speaks five languages and has traveled to every corner of the globe with his father, an undercover CIA agent. Cody knows how to pick a lock or follow a trail, but he has no idea how to fit in with regular kids, or how to make it through a day of junior high. When the danger surrounding Cody's dad heats up, Cody is sent to stay with his aunt in her small Connecticut suburb and must adapt to this foreign world of normal life. Author Greg Logsted weaves humor and heart with thrilling action and unexpected twists in this original, quirky, fish-out-ofwater story.
The Alibi Man (Elena Estes #2)
by Tami HoagShe was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own--and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and privilege, Elena turned her back on that life. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chose the life of an undercover cop, the hunt for justice her own personal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses for a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back into the painful vortex she's fought so hard to leave behind. First she finds the body--a young woman used, murdered, and dumped in a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves into her dead friend's secret life, she discovers ties not only to the Russian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beach bad boys known for giving each other alibis to cover a multitude of sins. A group that includes a man Elena once knew very well--her former fiancé, Bennett Walker, a man she knows has already escaped justice at least once in his life. Finding her friend's killer will put Elena at odds with her old life, with her new lover, and with herself. But she is determined to reveal the truth--a truth that will shock Palm Beach society to its core, and could very well get her killed.From the Hardcover edition.
The Alibi Man (Elena Estes)
by Tami HoagIn THE ALIBI MAN, Tami Hoag - the Sunday Times bestselling author of A THIN DARK LINE - returns with the second book in the private investigator Elena Este series. EVERYONE has secrets. You only have to scratch the surface to draw blood.The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own - and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Elena turned her back on a life of wealth and privilege and chose the life of an undercover cop. A tragic mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses for a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back into the painful life she's fought so hard to leave behind. First she finds the body - a young woman used, murdered, and dumped in a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves into her dead friend's secret life, she discovers ties not only to the Russian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beach bad boys known for giving each other alibis to cover a multitude of sins. A group that includes a man Elena once knew very well-her former fiancé, Bennett Walker, a man she knows has already escaped justice at least once in his life. Finding her friend's killer will put Elena at odds with her old life, with her new lover, and with herself. A gripping suspense thriller perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner, Karen Rose and Tess Gerritsen.New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag takes the reader behind the picket fences of small-town America, she finds the most gruesome killers and twisted predators. Gripping to the end, and full of tension and suspense.
Alibis and Amethysts
by Sharon PapeAn all-new mystery series from Sharon Pape—set in a sparkling world of crystals and crime… Jaye Saylor is living her dream as the proud owner of Crystal Clear, a crystal and gemstone shop in the Red Rock area of Sedona, Arizona—a Mecca for tourists and new-age enthusiasts. And since tourists need sweets, Jaye gets to share her dream with her best friend, Sierra, who owns Cravings, a new local bakery. But when the two friends discover the stone-cold body of a rival baker in Sierra’s backyard, that dream turns into a petrifying nightmare. With the police eager to pin the murder on the two women, Jaye and Sierra are forced to investigate on their own. Sedona is known as a place of powerful psychic energy, and the friends will have to contend with some unexpected forces to catch a hardened killer and make their innocence crystal clear… Don’t miss SKETCHER IN THE RYE, the next Portrait of Crime Mystery title from InterMix!
Alibis & Angels (A Sister Lou Mystery #3)
by Olivia MatthewsGiving up murder for Lent won’t be easy . . . With the Lenten season fast approaching, Sister Louise “Lou” LaSalle looks forward to a final day of indulgence before giving up her favorite sweets. But one Briar Coast resident won’t get the chance to repent. Opal Lorrie, the mayor’s director of finance, was just found in the parking lot of the Board of Ed--with a broken neck. The sheriff’s deputies are calling the apparent slip-and-fall a freak accident. But Opal was driving her boss’s car and wearing her boss’s red wool coat. Mayor Heather Stanley has been receiving threatening letters and is clearly the real target. Offering her sanctuary could put the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Hermione of Ephesus at risk, but how can Sister Lou turn her back on a neighbor in need? Aided by her loyal sleuthing partners—her well-connected nephew Chris and reporter Shari Henson—Sister Lou must confront the mayor’s myriad detractors during this critical election year. And as the first day of April nears, it’s up to her to unmask an unrepentant killer who has everyone fooled.
Alice
by Milena AgusUna novela que alimenta nuestras ganas de vivir. Por la autora que ha conquistado a más de un millón de lectores, traducida a veinte idiomas, ganadora del premio Elsa Morante y finalista de los premios Strega y Campiello. Alice deja su pueblo para iniciar una nueva vida en Cerdeña. Ocupa el piso de su tía, en un edificio frente al mar, y poco a poco encuentra en sus vecinos una nueva familia. En la planta alta vive un anciano violinista, Mr. Johnson. En la planta baja, Anna, una mujer humilde y pródiga en confianza y ternura. También están Giovannino, un niño lo suficientemente sabio para educarse a sí mismo, y Natascia, tan celosa que vive la pesadilla constante de perder a su novio. Cada uno lleva a cuestas su obsesión, su locura grande o pequeña, sus miedos y sus sueños de amor que, a veces, pueden cumplirse del modo más inesperado. La crítica ha dicho...«Exquisita sutileza... Milena Agus consigue transmitir una rara y sobrecogedora emoción e intensidad.» Mercedes Monmany, ABC «Un registro literario capaz de ablandar el corazón más endurecido... A Milena Agus le gustan las miniaturas del mundo, los espacios definidos donde nada escapa a la mirada.» Michela Murgia, Io Donna «Sorprendente y notable. Una revelación.» L'Express «Para soñar... Milena Agus deja fluir el aroma de su patria sarda en cada página para llevar al lector en un viaje embriagador.» Sonntags-Anzeiger Siegerland «Una gran escritora... Milena Agus consigue atrapar al lector en ese mundo tan original y tan suyo. Mágico. Sexual. Sensible. Humano.» Jacinta Cremades, El Mundo «Un nuevo libro de Milena Agus es siempre un acontecimiento literario... Sus historias son un camino hacia la belleza, nos enseñan a ver lo que nos rodea con una mirada dulce, para divertirnos con los pequeños placeres de la vida.» El Mundo «Una voz que imita la maravilla poética de la vida cultivando los sueños y deseos de felicidad.» La Nuova «Una novela bellísima donde todo se vuelve del revés con gran poesía y levedad.» Elle «Las historias de Milena Agus son trampas para atrapar sueños.» Le Nouvel Observateur «Chejov renace en Cagliari.» La Repubblica «En el nuevo libro de Milena Agus todos habitamos un edificio en el centro del distrito que parece la versión cagliariana del Belleville de Pennac... Milena Agus delinea a sus personajes con diálogos rápidos y una fina vena de humor, revelando poco a poco su singularidad.» L'Unione Sarda «Agus escribe con gran calidez y afecto, con sensibilidad y fina ironía.» Leipziger Volkszeitung «Milena Agus demuestra la mayor audacia de nuestra época: la simplicidad. Su estilo desnudo, libre de excesos, imprime una intimidad preciosa y hace que reine una suerte de inocencia mozartiana.» Sud-Ouest Dimanche «Superventas. Las páginas de la nueva novela de Milena Agus rezuman poesía y emoción.» Almudena Ávalos, SModa
Alice: TheMysteries, Complete (Classics To Go)
by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton LyttonPublished in 1838, “Alice, or The Mysteries” picks up the story of the disenchanted poet-gone-politician-gone-recluse Ernest Maltravers, his early love Alice Darvil and his underhanded antagonist Lumley Ferrers. Whereas, after Florence Lascelles’s death, Ernest has withdrawn from the world, everything seems to go well with Lumley, who has inherited the title of Lord Vargrave and started a political career. There is only the want of a fortune with which to further his social ambitions that keeps Lumley busy, and he is quite sure to lay hands on his late uncle’s vast inheritance by marrying the latter’s ward Evelyn, a marriage that has been wished for, but not commanded by his dying relative. However, Fate, at its most wilful, again throws Ernest into Lumley’s way for when Maltravers meets the gentle and charming heiress and falls in love with her, the girl’s reservations against her long-time fiancé Lumley begin to grow, and the cynical politician again begins to plot against his former friend. (Goodreads)
Alice
by Howard FastA freak subway accident traps a New York architect in a deadly conspiracy that will threaten what he loves mostJohn T. Camber is waiting on an uptown subway platform the moment his life changes forever. It happens quickly, when a haggard elderly man utters a sudden plea for help before falling on the tracks in front of an oncoming train. Reeling from the accident, Camber flees the station, only to be accosted by a brass-knuckled thug who believes Camber knows more than he&’s letting on. And just like that, the suburban commuter finds himself inextricably trapped in a deadly conspiracy beyond his understanding. Dangerous people are after Camber, and if they can&’t get to him, they&’ll target his daughter instead. . . . Tense and action-packed, Alice is a stunning thriller about a man caught in events beyond his control, who will stop at nothing to protect his family. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author&’s estate.
Alice: The Chronicles Of Alice (The Chronicles of Alice #3)
by Christina HenryFrom the national bestselling author of Ghost Tree comes a mind-bending novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll... In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside. In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn&’t remember why she&’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood... Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago. Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful. And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.
ALICE: SAGA: "CRONICAS DE DOS UNIVERSOS" 1º PARTE (Crónicas de dos universos #Volumen 1)
by Thomas LarminEsta novela funde lo policial con la ciencia ficción y la fantasía para sumergirnos de una original manera en la constante guerra entre las fuerzas del bien y del mal. Alice Brooke es la mejor ayudante del fiscal del distrito que la ciudad de Nueva York haya tenido nunca, una auténtica luchadora por los derechos humanos quien sin ningún miedo se enfrenta a grandes corporaciones y maleantes. Su vida se asemeja a la de cualquier terrestre normal hasta el día en que todo cambia en su pequeño mundo y un terrible secreto aparcado y casi olvidado hace mucho tiempo sale a flote. Pero aquello no parece ser lo más peligroso de todo puesto que toda esa nueva realidad que se abre ante sus ojos comienza con la llegada de un extraño visitante. Unas fuerzas incomprensibles para nuestra raza son desatadas con la aparición de unos misteriosos objetos codiciados por grandes poderes entre quienes se encuentran el director general de la C.I.A.y un encapuchado socio que pondrán a nuestra protagonista en más de un apuro. Todo esto y mucho más en esta primera parte de una aventura que nos llevará más allá de lo que nadie pueda imaginar, una odisea que comienza en nuestro mundo sin saber donde acabará. ALICE se sitúa en la Tierra, en un oscuro ambiente donde la supervivencia de la protagonista será el tema principal de esta primera parte de una saga que nos conducirá por mundos imaginarios donde una terrible guerra se extiende, una guerra que decidirá el destino de nuestro universo. Todo esto dejando al lector en espera de una pronta segunda parte.
Alice: From Dream to Dream (Alice: From Dream to Dream)
by Giulio MacaioneWriter/artist Giulio Macaione makes his comics debut in this breathtaking story about family and friendship. Alice can enter and share dreams by sleeping near someone, a power utterly outside her own control. After moving back to Cincinnati, Alice is stuck sharing a bedroom with her brother and worse, sharing his dreams. The bright spot in her life is her best friend, Jamie, but there's more history between their families than Alice realized, and there are secrets buried deep.
Alice ™: The biggest untold story in the history of money
by Stuart KellsIn the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and staked claims in it, triggering a battle to control the world's money markets. With phenomenal profits at stake, the conflict would go all the way to the United States Supreme Court, in a case that involved not just the largest Wall Street banks against each other, but also the tech behemoths of Silicon Valley. The extraordinary story of Alice Corporation, a company created to reimagine financial markets, brings together an unlikely cast of characters: renowned author Kate Jennings, international banking insider Ian Shepherd, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, German-born World War II historian Sigrid MacRae, J.P. Morgan deputy chair Roberto Mendoza - and his dog, Stanley. In the tradition of Michael Lewis's Flash Boys and The Big Short, Alice is a story of ground-breaking insights, legal intrigue and improbable friendships. Pinpointing the likely causes of the next financial crisis, Alice reveals the fight to build a safer, fairer financial future.
AlicE 2630
by Noele Bouazouni Armelle RancillacAt thirty-one years old, AlicE lives a festive life and works at the Universal Planning Center, the UPC. Since the unification of nations, in 2258, this organization determines the life course of each individual, in a world with no social class or currency. This very advanced civilization has adopted new family codes and alternative sexual mores. But does this incredible technological advancement interfere too much in our lives? Could there be another reality? From time immemorial, mankind has explored the invisible in an attempt to understand the world. Questioning what lies behind appearances, trying to improve its living conditions. But isn't the exponential growth of our knowledge at odds with our true nature? Aren't we all, fundamentally, still prehistoric hunters?
AlicE 2630: Experimento humano
by Armelle Rancillac Nelson JaimesA sus 31 años, AlicE lleva una vida festiva y trabaja en el Centro Universal de Planificación, el CUP. Desde la fusión de naciones en 2258, este organismo define el plan de vida de cada persona en un mundo sin clases sociales ni dinero. Esta avanzada civilización adopta nuevas reglas para poder formar una familia e incluso para sus costumbres sexuales alternativas. ¿Pero todo este desarrollo tecnológico no se ha entrometido ya demasiado en nuestras vidas? ¿No podría existir otra realidad? En toda la Historia, la humanidad ha explorado lo invisible para intentar comprender su mundo. Esta se pregunta sobre lo que ocultan las apariencias e intenta mejorar su calidad de vida. ¿Acaso todo el progreso exponencial del conocimiento no está atentando contra nuestra verdadera naturaleza? ¿No seguimos siendo, en el fondo, unos simples cazadores prehistóricos?
Alice 2630_Experiência Humana
by João Campos Monteiro Armelle RancillacDescrição do livro: Aos 31 anos, AlicE leva uma vida alegre e trabalha no centro universal de planeamento, o CUP. Desde a unificação das nações, em 2258, este organismo define o plano de vida de cada pessoa, num mundo sem classes sociais nem moeda. Esta civilização, altamente avançada, face aos padrões tradicionais, adota novos códigos de família e estilos de vida sexual alternativos. Mas este incrível desenvolvimento tecnológico não se terá imiscuído demasiado nas nossas vidas? Não poderia existir uma outra realidade? Desde sempre, o homem tem explorado o insondável na tentativa de compreender o mundo, questionando-se sobre o que está por detrás das aparências, tentando melhorar as suas condições de vida. Mas não estará o progresso exponencial do nosso conhecimento desfasado da nossa natureza interior? Basicamente, não continuaremos nós a ser caçadores pré-históricos?
Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer
by Carol Sklenicka&“Nobody writes better about falling in love than Alice Adams,&” a New York Times critic said of the prolific short-story writer and bestselling novelist whose dozens of published stories and eleven novels illuminate the American Century. Born in 1926, Alice Adams grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and came of age during World War II. After college at Radcliffe and a year in Paris, she moved to San Francisco. Always a rebel in good-girl&’s clothing, Adams used her education, sexual and emotional curiosity, and uncompromising artistic ambition to break the strictures that bound women in midcentury America. Divorced with a child to raise, she worked at secretarial jobs for two decades before she could earn a living as a writer. One of only four winners of the O. Henry Special Award for Continuing Achievement, Adams wove her life into her fiction and used her writing to understand the changing tides of the twentieth century. Her work portrays vibrant characters both young and old who live on the edge of their emotions, absorbed by love affairs yet always determined to be independent and to fulfill their personal destinies. With the same meticulous research and vivid storytelling she brought to Raymond Carver: A Writer&’s Life, Carol Sklenicka integrates the drama of Adams&’s deeply felt, elegantly fierce life with a cascade of events—the civil rights and women&’s movements, the sixties counterculture, and sexual freedom. This biography&’s revealing analyses of Adams&’s stories and novels from Careless Love to Superior Women to The Last Lovely City, and her extensive interviews with Adams&’s family and friends, among them Mary Gaitskill, Diane Johnson, Anne Lamott, and Alison Lurie, give us the definitive story of a writer often dubbed &“America&’s Colette.&” Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer captures not just a beloved woman&’s life in full, but a crucial span of American history.