Unfortunately, history makes no concessions. Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Is God back? Is a new world war coming? What does the rise of Donald Trump signify? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news? Which civilisation dominates the world – the West, China, Islam? Should Europe keep its doors open to immigrants? Can nationalism solve the problems of inequality and climate change? What should we do about terrorism? What should we teach our kids?īillions of us can hardly afford the luxury of investigating these questions, because we have more pressing things to do: we have to go to work, take care of the kids, or look after elderly parents. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century cuts through these muddy waters and confronts some of the most urgent questions on today’s global agenda. Censorship works not by blocking the flow of information, but rather by flooding people with disinformation and distractions. In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power.
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Hagar believes that people should be private, independent and above should avoid embarrassing displays of emotion. In this novel children frequently disappoint their parents, do not inherit their looks or skills or abilities, are rejected, not favoured or die and are much mourned. Her mother died in childbirth, she married against her father’s wishes a much less refined man and bore him two sons, before leaving him and finding her own way in life with her youngest son. She was born in the small town of Manawaka in Canada, and her life was hard, but not distinguished by any exceptional misfortune. Hagar’s story is told through integrated flashbacks. The dilemmas for Hagar, her son and daughter-in-law, the medical staff and others who come into contact with her, they are not able to resolve them. The picture of her decline in old age shocks, even now. ‘A holy terror’ is her son’s description. The Stone Angel is narrated by Hagar, her story framed by her situation: an old woman, cared for by her less favoured son and his wife, and becoming increasingly ill, forgetful and always a handful. It’s a powerful portrayal, not without humour affection or sharp pain. This was the first response Hagar Shipley, from The Stone Angel by Canadian author Margaret Laurence published in 1964. I challenged my blog readers to find me some examples of strongly drawn older female characters. I began exploring this theme six years ago. Here is the first book in the August series of Women in Fiction around the world on this blog. "It's a psychological action-thriller that leaves you guessing whether or not a person is dealing with reality," said director Antoine Fuqua ( Training Day, The Equalizer) in an interview with Entertainment Weekly." He has to not only navigate his way through the conspiracy of what's happening to him in real-life, but what's happening in his mind." The trailer is replete with guns, explosions and tense shootouts. As Reese takes matters into his own hands, with the help of his friend Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL, he discovers a darker conspiracy, with much larger forces at play. As he deals with episodes of PTSD, including headaches, confusion, paranoia and what look like visual hallucinations, he is tormented by questions about the mysterious ambush: Who gave his troop bad intel? Who wanted them to fail - or worse, die? "There's evil in this world, the likes of which you can't possibly imagine," he says in a voiceover in the trailer. Lieutenant Commander James Reese (Pratt) is the sole survivor of an ambush that resulted in the death of his troop during an operation. Ahead of its release on Amazon Prime Video on July 1, here is everything you need to know about the series. The series features a stellar cast comprising Constance Wu ( Crazy Rich Asians), Taylor Kitsch ( Friday Night Lights), Jeanne Tripplehorn ( Criminal Minds) and Riley Keough ( The Girlfriend Experience). Chris Pratt will be adding another terrific character to his list of action heroes, this time as a beleaguered Navy SEAL trying to clear his name in The Terminal List. Specifically, the article explores how Harris portrays the experience of wine-drinking – with a focus on taste, smell and the notion of terroir – as interdependent upon both cultural knowledge and familiar sensorial experiences. Taking this idea as a point of departure, this article focuses on the connections between the sensorial experience of food and drink and the construction of memories in Joanne Harris’s novel Blackberry Wine ( 2000). As far as both food and drink are concerned, however, the remembrance of the senses – and the sociocultural experiences connected to them – is often shrouded in a layer of nostalgia, which inevitably complicates how we perceive experiences, as either authentic or (re-)constructed. Wine, in particular, has been the focus of debates surrounding notions of taste, provenance, storytelling, branding, habit and memory. Closely related to their food counterparts, drinks have also been at the centre of ongoing scholarly attention. The connection between food, memory and the senses relies on the understanding that particular elements of the past are embedded in our identities and sense of self. It seems virtually impossible to talk about food and memory without talking about taste and smell. When it comes to food as a cultural entity, its importance as part of our communities of interaction goes well beyond its function as mere physical nourishment. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory - the most advanced relationship science in existence today - can help us find and sustain love. Attached - Are You Anxious, Avoidant or Secure How the Science of Adult Attachment Can Help You Find - and Keep - Love (English, Paperback, Levine Amir). With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognise the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship. In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:Īnxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.Īvoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimise closeness. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory - the most advanced relationship science in existence today - can help us find and sustain love. Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking audiobook, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. That's when the reader is left to think that he'd probably get a real kick out of her turn of a phrase if only he could understand what it means. A Little Trouble with the Facts: A Novel - Ebook written by Nina Siegal. Truth to tell, Siegal occasionally gets a little out of hand in the flashiness of her writing. And later, when the trends shifted again, I was the one who'd let everyone know that Monday was the new Thursday." Here's Vane describing her top-dog status as a style reporter: "I had identified gray as the new black and Thursday as the new Friday. Siegal's newspaper experience serves her well in descriptions of Vane's newsroom, colleagues and journalistic world. She tells of tabloid newspapers illustrating a sensational story with "enough file photos to crush a librarian." And you can't help but admire a sentence like this, as Vane describes being goaded by her mysterious caller: "His words poked me in the chest like a frat boy looking for a brawl." In this debut novel, Siegal is a delightful writer. Some 250 pages later she does find the truth, but the best part is her journey along the way. |a Female friendship |0 |z Louisiana |0 |v Fiction. The Ya-Ya Series 3 books in series 4. |a When theatre director Siddalee Walker inadvertently reveals some of the less-savory facts of her Louisiana childhood to the New York Times, the article brands her mother, Vivi, a "tap-dancing child abuser." Vivi virtually disowns Sidda, but the Ya-Yas sashay in and conspire to bring everybody back together. |a Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |h / |c by Rebecca Wells. With thick lenses and very bright light, I could actually get around and function but not enough to avoid the label “seeing impaired” though. The doctors never did come up with an explanation for my failing eyesight or for the fact that at a certain point, it stopped. It was as if the world were picking on me, and my family was leaving me behind in darkness. I felt so alone and resented that everyone else could go along with their daily tasks when I couldn’t. At least, that was what I thought then, not realizing that my family was affected by my blindness too. I was lost in my darkening world, and I hated everyone because I was the only one affected. I didn’t want anyone to look at me, to see the real me. It wasn’t until I started going blind in high school that I’d started to put on the weight and grow a nasty personality. Now that I was thin, I needed the extra cushioning that a nice, expensive, thick towel would give when I wanted to lie back in the tub. When I’d been heavy, even the back of my neck had been cushioned with fat. I sighed, and stretching an arm out of the bath, I reached for and rolled up a plush hand towel into a tube, setting it behind my neck. Rather, it is a series of linked personal essays that will lead general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings, from salmon and hummingbirds to redwoods and rednecks. Robin Wall Kimmerer's book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. But Beatryce knows that, should she lose her way, those who love her-a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword, and a goat with a head as hard as stone-will never give up searching for her, and to know this is to know everything. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all-for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy himself, knows why.Īnd so it is that a girl with a head full of stories-powerful tales-within-the-tale of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves-ventures into a dark wood in search of the castle of one who wishes her dead. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall comes a fantastical meditation on fate, love, and the power of words to spell the world. |