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Pig Years
by Ellyn GaydosThis captivating memoir is a &“startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and harvesting plants and animals&” (Anthony Doerr, best-selling author of All the Light We Cannot See), as an itinerant farmhand chronicles the wonders hidden within the ever-blooming seasons of life, death, and rebirth.Pig Years catapults American nature writing into the 21st century, and has been hailed by Lydia Davis and Aimee Nezhukumatathil as &“engrossing&” and &“a marvel.&” As a farmer in Upstate New York and Vermont, Ellyn Gaydos lives on the knife edge between loss and gain. Her debut memoir draws us into this precarious world, conjuring with stark simplicity the lifeblood of the farm: its livestock and stark full moons, the sharp cold days lives near to the land. Joy and tragedy are frequent bedfellows. Fields go barren and animals meet their end too soon, but then their bodies become food in a time-old human ritual. Seasonal hands are ground down by the hard work, but new relationships are formed, love blossoms and Gaydos yearns to become a mother. As winter&’s dark descends, Pig Years draws us into a violent and gorgeous world where pigs are star-bright symbols of hope and beauty surfaces in the furrows, the sow, even in the slaughter.In hardy, lyrical prose that recalls the agrarian writing of Annie Dillard and Wendell Berry, Gaydos asks us to bear witness to the work that sustains us all and to reconsider what we know of survival and what saves us. Pig Years is a rapturous reckoning of love, labor, and loss within a landscape given to flux.
The Enchanters: A novel
by James EllroyAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic.Los Angeles, August 4, 1962. The city broils through a midsummer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker&’s looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O: tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim &“Opportunity is love.&” Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe&’s death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroe&’s horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create — and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness. It&’s the Summer of &’62, baby. Freddy O&’s got a hot date with history. The savage Sixties are ready to pop. It&’s just a shot away.The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction. It is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative, profanely hilarious, and stop-your-heart tender. It is a luminous psychological drama and an unparalleled thrill ride. It is, resoundingly, the great American crime novel.
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul
by Tracy K. SmithA TIME AND WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might—together—come to a new view of our shared past&“A vulnerable, honest look at a life lived in a country still struggling with its evils...Hopeful...Beautiful and haunting.&” —Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin AgainIn 2020, heartsick from constant assaults on Black life, Tracy K. Smith found herself soul-searching and digging into the historical archive for help navigating the &“din of human division and strife.&” With lyricism and urgency, Smith draws on several avenues of thinking—personal, documentary, and spiritual—to understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.In Smith&’s own words, &“To write a book about Black strength, Black continuance, and the powerful forms of belief and community that have long bolstered the soul of my people, I used the generations of my own patrilineal family to lean backward toward history, to gather a fuller sense of the lives my own ancestors led, the challenges they endured, and the sources of hope and bolstering they counted on. What this process has led me to believe is that all of us, in the here and now, can choose to work alongside the generations that precede us in tending to America&’s oldest wounds and meeting the urgencies of our present.&”To Free the Captives touches down in Sunflower, Alabama, the red-dirt town where Smith&’s father&’s family comes from, and where her grandfather returned after World War I with a hero&’s record but difficult prospects as a Black man. Smith considers his life and the life of her father through the lens of history. Hoping to connect with their strength and continuance, she assembles a new terminology of American life. Bearing courageous witness to the terms of Freedom afforded her as a Black woman, a mother, and an educator in the twenty-first century, Smith etches a portrait of where we find ourselves four hundred years into the American experiment. Weaving in an account of her growing spiritual practice, she argues that the soul is not merely a private site of respite or transcendence, but a tool for fulfilling our duties to each other, and a sounding board for our most pressing collective questions: Where are we going as a nation? Where have we been?
This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial
by Helen GarnerThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The engrossing true-crime classic from one of Australia&’s most acclaimed writers, that follows a man and his broken life, a community wracked by tragedy, and the long and torturous road to closure •"This House of Grief, in its restraint and control, bears comparison with In Cold Blood."—Kate Atkinson, author of Big Sky and Shrines of GaietyOn the evening of Father&’s Day, 2005, separated husband Robert Farquharson was driving his three young sons back to their mom&’s house when the car veered off the road and plunged into a dam. Farquharson survived the crash, but his boys drowned. Was this a tragic accident, or an act of revenge? The court case that followed became a national obsession—a macabre parade of witnesses, family members, and the defendant himself, each forced to relive the unthinkable for an audience of millions.In This House of Grief, celebrated writer Helen Garner tells the definitive and deeply absorbing story of it all, from crash to final verdict. Through a panoply of perspectives, including her own as a member of the public, Garner captures the exacting procedure and brutal spectacle of Australia&’s criminal justice system. The result is a richly textured portrait—of a man and his broken life, of a community wracked by tragedy, and of the long and torturous road to closure.Considered a literary institution in Australia, Helen Garner&’s incisive nonfiction evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. Brisk, candid, and never dismissive of its flawed subjects, This House of Grief is a masterwork of literary journalism.
Inferno: Un romance de harén inverso de la Academia Paranormal (Academia de Fortuna 3 #3)
by Jb TrepagnierDonde no queda esperanza, no hay lugar para el miedo Mi familiar nos ha traído noticias: Otro de mis compañeros se juega la vida en este juego mortal con los Hellhounds y el misterioso Príncipe del Infierno. Ellos no parecen saber que Lilith está de nuestro lado. Nosotros también tenemos nuestros secretos. El juego está demasiado cerca de casa y estoy en un estado de ánimo de lucha, es hora de contraatacar. Tengo la idea de que puedo jugar con los Hellhounds como ellos han estado tratando de jugar conmigo. Mi pequeño juego va un poco demasiado lejos, ya que mis dones de ángel comienzan a aparecer, aunque no los esté llamando. Mi lista de aliados crece. El Consejo de Brujos está de nuestro lado y Lilith ha traído al Consejo de Demonios de Lujuria. Ahora también tenemos más aliados Hellhound. Sabemos quién está detrás de los intentos de asesinar a mis compañeros. Lilith no está tomando el atentado contra la vida de Keane a la ligera, tiene un plan y todo lo que sé sobre los planes de Lilith es que son retorcidos y siempre funcionan. Se nos advirtió que algo grande estaba en marcha. Todos deberíamos habérnoslo tomado mucho más en serio, ya que el Príncipe ha hecho su jugada y la gente a la que quiero está en peligro. -con un capítulo adicional desde el punto de vista de Lucifer.
Die verruchte Wette des Mauerblümchens (Ein Walzer mit einem Schwerenöter #5)
by Collette CameronEr liebte sie mehr als alles andere auf der Welt – und das war auch genau der Grund, warum er sie niemals heiraten durfte. Liebe – sentimentaler Blödsinn für schwache, nichtsnutzige Dummköpfe. Seit eine Explosion Kapitän Morgan Le Dracos Gesicht verunstaltet und ihm seine Stellung im 1. Königlichen Dragonerregiment gekostet hat, hat er sich hinter einer Mauer aus Zynismus und Misstrauen verschanzt. Alle Gedanken an eine Heirat hat er beiseite geschoben, bis er sein Leben riskiert, um eine Frau vor dem Ertrinken zu retten. Augenblicklich weiß Morgan, dass Shona das Heilmittel für seine geschundene Seele ist. Aber als vermögende Adlige steht sie weit über seinem bescheidenen Stand und kann niemals die seine werden. Liebe – ein wertvolles Geschenk, das für die reserviert ist, die schön und schlank sind. Shona Atterberry war den größten Teil ihres Lebens das Ziel von Spott und Gelächter. So glaubt sie, dass sie vollkommen unanziehend ist und findet sich damit ab, eine alter Jungfer zu werden. Sie versteckt ihr lebhaftes Temperament hinter einem Schutzschild von Schüchternheit. Egal, wie schlecht sie zusammenpassen mögen oder wie viele Stimmen auch immer sagen, dass Kapitän Le Draco ein Mitgiftjäger ist, kann sie sich ihrer wachsenden Anziehung nicht entziehen. Zwei verletzte Seelen, die nach Liebe suchen. Shona wird dazu gebracht, eine verruchte Wette einzugehen. Eine, bei der sie einen Weg einschlagen muss, der sie ruinieren könnte und sie dem Mann entfremdet, der sie vielleicht jemals geliebt hatte. Ist wahre Liebe genug, um ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen, Vertrauen zu lernen und ihre verwundeten Herzen zu heilen?
Christian Poetry in America Since 1940: An Anthology
by Micah Mattix Sally ThomasWinner of the 2023 Christianity Book Award — Culture & The Arts!"One of the best, and least expected, anthologies in decades." —Joseph Bottum, Poetry editor, New York SunShowcasing thirty-five American poets born in or after 1940, this anthology confirms that one of the most vibrant developments in contemporary verse has been a renewed engagement with the Christian faith. Across a full spectrum of Christian belief, including the struggle to believe at all, these poets bring the power of their art to bear on serious questions: how to understand the goodness of God in a fallen and tragic world, how to reconcile universal truths with the particularities of human experience, how to render familiar events of salvation history in new language that generates its own epiphanies. As Christian engagement assumes a multiplicity of modes and voices, so does contemporary poetry in America. This volume, then, selective yet representative, features the work of early-, mid-, and late-career poets, formalists, free-verse poets, and experimenters in prosody. This anthology bears witness to the poetic mind as it seeks that which is above.
O Coração de uma Diabrete (O Guia Essencial de uma Dama para a Arte da Sedução #4)
by Claire DelacroixHelena Emerson anseia por romance e aventura, e sonha em se casar com um duque por amor. Ela sabe que nunca conseguiria suportar um casamento com o sério Visconde de Addersley, não importa o quão bonito ele seja. Consumido pela lógica e pelo bom senso, o homem poderia muito bem ser uma estátua. Ele nem dança! Ela recusa o pedido de casamento, para grande indignação da família, determinada a se casar feliz ou nem se casar. Todavia, Joshua Hargood, o sétimo visconde de Addersley, não é o homem que Helena supõe que ele seja. Ele deixou de lado o comportamento libertino há uma década, culpando-se pelo acidente que ceifou sua noiva. No entanto, ele nunca se viu capaz de resistir a um desafio caso a recompensa fosse digna, e o desafio de minar as suposições de Helena é uma enorme tentação. Ele se disfarça, planejando agir como um apenas com a dama com quem deseja se casar, convencido de que é uma vantagem em decorrência de seu passado escandaloso. Helena fica cativada pelo misterioso pretendente e logo desmascara o disfarce, apenas para descobrir que o visconde perdeu uma noiva anos antes, será que o coração dele está disponível para ser reivindicado? Assim que Joshua se convence do sucesso de suas investidas, o notório irmão dele, que acreditava-se ter sido morto em Waterloo, retorna para exigir o que lhe é devido. Joshua percebe que o irmão amargurado só ficará satisfeito quando a própria Addersley for destruída, junto da felicidade e perspectivas de Joshua. Ele está condenado a ver a tragédia do passado se repetir, ou Joshua conseguirá salvar seu legado e sua amada Helena?
El lado oscuro de la adopción
by Taylor StormAndrew Koepke y su esposa eran una pareja que estaba en sus treinta y que no tenían suerte tratando de tener hijos. Después de casarse, intentaron tener hijos, pero fracasaron, por lo que adoptaron una niña de Haití. Ella tenía alrededor de cuatro años cuando la adoptaron y atravesó por varias dificultades en medio de la pobreza y durante su estancia en el orfanato. Andrew y su esposa contrataron una tutora para su hija, lo que les dio cierto alivio y conocieron a otra pareja que había adoptado dos niños de Haití. Unos años más tarde, la esposa quedó embarazada de gemelos — un niño y una niña. La adopción fue muy costosa y la pareja tuvo que refinanciar su casa para sacar algo de capital. Luego, la esposa se enfermó y necesitó cirugía, lo que los estaba dejando sin dinero. Además, la empresa para la que trabajaba Andrew estaba quebrando, por lo que, para levantarse, pidieron a los empleados que invirtieran en la empresa. Cuando su padre biológico supo donde vivía Esther, la niña adoptada en ese entonces, le dio a Andrew algo de dinero para depositarlo en un fondo fiduciario que se lo daría a la niña al cumplir 21 años o que iría a manos de Andrew en caso de que Esther muera. Dado que Andrew tenía problemas financieros, organizó la muerte de su hija adoptada, alegando que eso resolvería tanto sus problemas como los de su esposa, ya que ella estaba enferma y él estaba arruinado. Como si el dinero estuviese maldito, Andrew y su familia sufrieron una serie de eventos, hasta el punto en que comenzó a creer que era porque estaba usando un "dinero manchado de sangre," como lo llamaba. El hombre que contrató para matar a Esther y hacer que pareciese un atropellamiento y fuga, se enteró de que había recibido más dinero del fondo fiduciario de lo que Andrew le había dicho, por lo que decide chantajear a Andrew. Andrew se encuentra con él e intenta matarlo, pero la policía llega a tiempo y se llevan a a
Echoes of Eternity: Listening to the Father
by Hal M. HelmsThis collection of daily contemplative devotions inspires and lifts the spirit -- a brief daily encounter walking and resting in the arms of the Father. A calming tranquil gem, this small book offers a single Scripture upon which to meditate each day, and words of infinite wisdom and love that seem to flow from the Father's heart.Talking and listening. Speaking and hearing. These are the fundamental prerequisites for conversation. Yet with most of us, our relation with our heavenly Father consists mostly of our speaking. Our oldest traditions, however, tell us that we are invited to hear as well as to speak. "If any one hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me... He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." (Revelation 3:20b, 22) From the "Introduction," Echoes of Eternity: Listening to the Father Volume 1 In Echoes of Eternity Volume I, Chaplain Hal Helms provides a maturity in his words as he offers perspective on each daily Bible Verse. These brief meditations were gathered by his wife from his faithful daily devotional practice. They have the power to fuel your own quiet moments. Helms has a tender manner of redirecting us back to our path of following Jesus.
Humble Thyself Before the Lord
by Thomas A. Kempis Brother Lawrence Saint Anthony of Egypt Catherine of Catherine of SienaIt is not easy to write about the importance of Christian humility. How does one exhort others to be humble, without sounding boastful oneself? The writings in this volume are classics of the genre, penned by four of the true experts on the Christian spiritual life: Thomas À Kempis, Brother Lawrence, St. Antony of Egypt, and St. Catherine of Siena.
Playing for Pizza: A Novel
by John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his agent find a team that does need him. Against enormous odds, Rick lands a job—as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers ... of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player—any former NFL player—at their helm. And now they&’ve got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn&’t speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy—the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and football americano—holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.Don&’t miss John Grisham&’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
by Stuart A. ReidThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent CongoA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Economist, Financial Times&“This is one of the best books I have read in years . . . gripping, full of colorful characters, and strange plot twists.&” —Fareed Zakaria, CNN hostIt was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause for jubilation. The Congo was at last being set free from Belgium—one of seventeen countries to gain independence in 1960 from ruling European powers. At the helm as prime minister was charismatic nationalist Patrice Lumumba. Just days after the handover, however, the Congo&’s new army mutinied, Belgian forces intervened, and Lumumba turned to the United Nations for help in saving his newborn nation from what the press was already calling &“the Congo crisis.&” Dag Hammarskjöld, the tidy Swede serving as UN secretary-general, quickly arranged the organization&’s biggest peacekeeping mission in history. But chaos was still spreading. Frustrated with the fecklessness of the UN and spurned by the United States, Lumumba then approached the Soviets for help—an appeal that set off alarm bells at the CIA. To forestall the spread of Communism in Africa, the CIA sent word to its station chief in the Congo, Larry Devlin: Lumumba had to go.Within a year, everything would unravel. The CIA plot to murder Lumumba would fizzle out, but he would be deposed in a CIA-backed coup, transferred to enemy territory in a CIA-approved operation, and shot dead by Congolese assassins. Hammarskjöld, too, would die, in a mysterious plane crash en route to negotiate a cease-fire with the Congo&’s rebellious southeast. And a young, ambitious military officer named Joseph Mobutu, who had once sworn fealty to Lumumba, would seize power with U.S. help and misrule the country for more than three decades. For the Congolese people, the events of 1960–61 represented the opening chapter of a long horror story. For the U.S. government, however, they provided a playbook for future interventions.
Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
by H. W. BrandsFrom bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States.To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences of partisan politics in Britain before the American Revolution, and they wanted nothing similar for America. Yet parties emerged even before the Constitution was ratified, and they took firmer root in the following decade. In Founding Partisans, master historian H. W. Brands has crafted a fresh and lively narrative of the early years of the republic as the Founding Fathers fought one another with competing visions of what our nation would be.The first party, the Federalists, formed around Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and their efforts to overthrow the Articles of Confederation and make the federal government more robust. Their opponents organized as the Antifederalists, who feared the corruption and encroachments on liberty that a strong central government would surely bring. The Antifederalists lost but regrouped under the new Constitution as the Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, whose bruising contest against Federalist John Adams marked the climax of this turbulent chapter of American political history. The country&’s first years unfolded in a contentious spiral of ugly elections and blatant violations of the Constitution. Still, peaceful transfers of power continued, and the nascent country made its way towards global dominance, against all odds. Founding Partisans is a powerful reminder that fierce partisanship is a problem as old as the republic.
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
by Gary J. BassWINNER OF THE ARTHUR ROSS BOOK AWARD FROM THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS • ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE YEAR&’S 10 BEST BOOKS BY THE WASHINGTON POST • 12 ESSENTIAL NONFICTION BOOKS BY THE NEW YORKER • 100 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • BEST BOOKS BY THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, AND AIR MAIL • 10 ESSENTIAL BOOKS BY THE TELEGRAPH • MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE FINALIST • CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE FINALIST • BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE LONGLIST • THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS&’ CHOICE • THE OBSERVER AND THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK • DAUNT BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan&’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpart to Nuremberg&“Nothing less than a masterpiece. With epic research and mesmerizing narrative power, Judgment at Tokyo has the makings of an instant classic.&”—Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New ChinaIn the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan&’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march. For the Allied powers, the trial was an opportunity to render judgment on their vanquished foes, but also to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war, building a more peaceful world under international law and American hegemony. For the Japanese leaders on trial, it was their chance to argue that their war had been waged to liberate Asia from Western imperialism and that the court was victors&’ justice.For more than two years, lawyers for both sides presented their cases before a panel of clashing judges from China, India, the Philippines, and Australia, as well as the United States and European powers. The testimony ran from horrific accounts of brutality and the secret plans to attack Pearl Harbor to the Japanese military&’s threats to subvert the government if it sued for peace. Yet rather than clarity and unanimity, the trial brought complexity, dissents, and divisions that provoke international discord between China, Japan, and Korea to this day. Those courtroom tensions and contradictions could also be seen playing out across Asia as the trial unfolded in the crucial early years of the Cold War, from China&’s descent into civil war to Japan&’s successful postwar democratic elections to India&’s independence and partition.From the author of the acclaimed The Blood Telegram, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, this magnificent history is the product of a decade of research and writing. Judgment at Tokyo is a riveting story of wartime action, dramatic courtroom battles, and the epic formative years that set the stage for the Asian postwar era.
Thriving Beyond Fifty (Expanded Edition): 111 Natural Strategies to Restore Your Mobility, Avoid Surgery and Stay Off Pain Pills for Good
by Will Harlow BSc, MSx, MCSPm Cert. MATHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFully updated and expanded, this is the ultimate guide to staying healthy, active and mobile and avoiding painkillers for the over-fifties. Avoid painkillers, prevent surgery and get back to doing the things you love!THRIVING BEYOND FIFTY is the word-of-mouth bestseller from physiotherapist and over-fifties health specialist Will Harlow, who has helped millions via the videos on his popular YouTube channel.If you&’ve been told your problems are &‘just a part of getting old&’ or you&’re worried about becoming reliant on medication and missing out on the things you enjoy, this book is for you. Life expectancy rises every year, yet many of us experience health and mobility issues that impact our quality of life. Despite what your doctor may have told you, many of these problems aren&’t just &‘due to your age&’ and can be remedied – providing you know how. Will Harlow reveals the secrets to remaining fit, healthy, active and mobile in your fifties… and beyond! You&’ll discover:· The back pain golden rule· The tiny muscle responsible for a lot of back trouble· One incredible exercise for lifelong shoulder health· Why the pain on the side of your hip is probably not arthritis· The truth about glucosamine and collagen supplements· What to do when knee pain affects your walking· How to lose weight – even when you can&’t exercise· 12 tips to fix your walkingArmed with the natural strategies outlined in this book, you&’ll have a great chance at living a long, healthy and comfortable life. Because it isn&’t &‘all downhill&’ after fifty – life is only just beginning!
The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
by Daniel SchulmanThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New York Times best-selling author of Sons of WichitaJoseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came the Lehman brothers, who would open a general store in Montgomery, Alabama. Not far behind were Solomon Loeb and Marcus Goldman, among the &“Forty-Eighters&” fleeing a Germany that had relegated Jews to an underclass.These industrious immigrants would soon go from peddling trinkets and buying up shopkeepers&’ IOUs to forming what would become some of the largest investment banks in the world—Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loeb, Lehman Brothers, J. & W. Seligman & Co. They would clash and collaborate with J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, and other famed tycoons of the era. And their firms would help to transform the United States from a debtor nation into a financial superpower, capitalizing American industry and underwriting some of the twentieth century&’s quintessential companies, like General Motors, Macy&’s, and Sears. Along the way, they would shape the destiny not just of American finance but of the millions of Eastern European Jews who spilled off steamships in New York Harbor in the early 1900s, including Daniel Schulman&’s paternal grandparents. In The Money Kings, Schulman unspools a sweeping narrative that traces the interconnected origin stories of these financial dynasties. He chronicles their paths to Wall Street dominance, as they navigated the deeply antisemitic upper class of the Gilded Age, and the complexities of the Civil War, World War I, and the Zionist movement that tested both their burgeoning empires and their identities as Americans, Germans, and Jews.
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy ClarkA brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world&“This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in constructing our understanding.&” —Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and MotionFor as long as we&’ve studied human cognition, we&’ve believed that our senses give us direct access to the world. What we see is what&’s really there—or so the thinking goes. But new discoveries in neuroscience and psychology have turned this assumption on its head. What if rather than perceiving reality passively, your mind actively predicts it?Widely acclaimed philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark unpacks this provocative new theory that the brain is a powerful, dynamic prediction engine, mediating our experience of both body and world. From the most mundane experiences to the most sublime, reality as we know it is the complex synthesis of sensory information and expectation. Exploring its fascinating mechanics and remarkable implications for our lives, mental health, and society, Clark nimbly illustrates how the predictive brain sculpts all human experience. Chronic pain and mental illness are shown to involve subtle malfunctions of our unconscious predictions, pointing the way towards more effective, targeted treatments. Under renewed scrutiny, the very boundary between ourselves and the outside world dissolves, showing that we are as entangled with our environments as we are with our onboard memories, thoughts, and feelings. And perception itself is revealed to be something of a controlled hallucination.Unveiling the extraordinary explanatory power of the predictive brain, The Experience Machine is a mesmerizing window onto one of the most significant developments in our understanding of the mind.
The Appeal: A Novel
by John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town&’s water supply, causing the worst &“cancer cluster&” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict—or reverse it. The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough to his interests. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.Don&’t miss John Grisham&’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
Lacunae: New Poems
by Scott CairnsNew poetry from Scott Cairns on containing the uncontainableOften, when speaking of what he has called the poetic operation of language, Scott Cairns has characterized that event as our "glimpsing an indeterminate, inexhaustible enormity within a discrete space." This is the poet's continuing fascination with lacunae, those spaces, those openings that offer more within than appearances can register from outside the ostensible covert of their terms. Cairns is here focused upon how an image, a word, or—in the case of the Theotokos—a womb can contain the uncontainable. As Orthodox hymnography avers, she is more spacious than the heavens. So, too, the poet suggests, in its own, modest way, the poem might give birth to more, and more, and yet more than even the poet supposes.
The Heart of Jesus: Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and Saint Pope John Paul II
by Paraclete PressThis little book of inspiration is for those devoted to the saints, and anyone seeking meaning in life. St. Maria Faustina Kowalska and St. Pope John Paul II have improved the lives of millions: Catholics, Protestants, non-believers, students, priests, parents, perhaps even you. This compendium of their teachings is to carry you wherever you go.
The Complete Imitation of Christ (Paraclete Giants)
by Thomas À Kempis John JulianPublished in over 6,000 editions before the year 1900, The Imitation of Christ has been more widely read than any other book in human history except the Bible itself. It has been called "the most influential work in Christian literature," "a landmark in the history of the human mind," and "the fifth gospel."Now, and for the first time, comes an exhaustive edition of this classic work, a work that is bound to become a classic in its own right. Fr. John-Julian introduces Kempis and his Imitation in ways that will shock many who have read the book before. For example, Protestant devotees to the book may be astounded to discover that Thomas was not only a Roman Catholic but an ardent traditionalist contemplative monk as well. And devoted Catholic readers may be amazed to discover that he was a radical moral reformer and part of a group twice formally charged with heresy. Notes and introductions to every aspect of The Imitation open the meaning of this classic to the next generation of readers.
The Complete Julian of Norwich (Paraclete Giants)
by John JulianThe most engaging and complete collection available of this beloved 14th century English mysticThe Revelations of Julian of Norwich is the first book written in English by a woman – in this case, by a 14th century recluse who recounts the poignant, subtle, and radical insights granted to her in sixteen visions of the crucified Christ as she lay on what was believed to be her deathbed. Julian's miraculous recovery from that illness then led to twenty more years of reflection and contemplation on those revelations and finally to her writing a detailed account of her mystical experience. Her work – in the same Middle English as her contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer – is dense, deeply intuitive, and theologically complex. The Complete Julian is the first book to offer a modern translation of all of Julian's writings (including her complete Revelations), a complete analysis of her work, as well as original historical, religious, and personal background material that helps the reader comprehend the depth and profundity of her life and work. "[Julian's Revelations] may well be the most important work of Christian reflection in the English language." — Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
L'Oasis d'Émeraude
by Chloe GilholyJoyce Patrick emménage à la maison de retraite l'Oasis d'Émeraude. Elle est introduite dans le monde des fées, avec leurs scandales politiques et royaux qui se jouent dans le jardin. Cependant, malgré toute cette magie, la question qui la hante depuis si longtemps reste sans réponse : qu'est-il arrivé à son petit-fils ?
Mort sans repos: Stig Alm prend l’affaire (Neuf affaires pour Stig Alm #3)
by Gunnar Lindberg"Mort sans repos" est le troisième tome de la série mettant en scène l'inspecteur de police Stig Alm dans les années 1990. Une femme se présente au poste de police pour demander de l'aide. Sa fille de cinq ans a fait un rêve dans lequel leur nourrice grecque implore d'être enterrée dans un cimetière. La nourrice, disparue mystérieusement quatre ans auparavant, serait-elle une victime de meurtre ? Bien que Stig Alm souhaite éviter cette enquête, il se voit finalement obligé de partir à la recherche de ce qui pourrait être un esprit.