![]() “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned it-and only one man can hope to stop it. ![]() In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of today’s most cutting-edge writers provide their answers to that burning question. But what would happen if Conan Doyle’s peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself? Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime.įor nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s champion of rational deduction, in these stories by twenty top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers.Īrthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. ![]() ![]() The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling and influential political books, including Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Interventions, What We Say Goes, Hopes and Prospects, Gaza in Crisis, Making the Future and Occupy. ‘Arguably the most important intellectual alive’ New York Times Profoundly relevant to our times, it is a touchstone for political activists and anyone interested in deepening their understanding of anarchism, or of Chomsky’s thought. Refuting the notion of anarchism as a fixed idea, and disputing the traditional fault lines between anarchism and socialism, this is a book sure to challenge, provoke and inspire. The book gathers his essays and interviews to provide a short, accessible introduction to his distinctively optimistic brand of anarchism. On Anarchism sheds a much needed light on the foundations of Chomsky’s thought, specifically his constant questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power. ![]() On Anarchism is an essential introduction to the Noam Chomsky’s political theory. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps even more damaging were his provincialism (he never traveled outside the United States) and his naivete (almost everything Madison learned, he learned from books). ![]() ![]() Moreover, he was small in stature, unimpressive in manner, weak in voice-altogether lacking in the superficial qualities that habitually inspire confidence. “He worked best in conventions and congresses,” Wills says, “he was our best committeeman.” But being president necessarily involves executive ability, and the closest Madison ever came to having any was as a twenty-four year old militia colonel. Well, we know how that turned out.) His temperament and manner were big factors too. (On the other hand, he eagerly embraced that war, seeing it as an opportunity to annex Canada. In James Madison, Garry Wills attempts to answer the question: how could one of our greatest Founding Fathers turn out to be-at best- just a decent, average president? What were the factors, in his character and circumstances, that brought about this result?Ĭircumstances were certainly against him, for he became president at a time of international conflict and had the war of 1812 almost forced upon him. ![]() ![]() Renamed Sankofa - an avian symbol of the West African Akan people, one that embodies the idea of harnessing the past to forge a better tomorrow - she wanders the land, inducing dread and awe in the towns she encounters, a living legend wielding the power of annihilation. And while her acclaimed Binti Trilogy was set partly in deep space and on exoplanets, her gorgeous new novella, Remote Control, takes place firmly on Earth - specifically among the shea orchards and red soil of Ghana.Īt the start of the story, Fatima is a young Ghanian girl who has taken on the mantle of the Adopted Daughter of Death. "A lot of my stories are often based on several things," Nnedi Okorafor told NPR in 2016, "but their foundation is in the stories of the women and girls around me and also within myself." Okorafor was born in the United States, to Igbo parents from Nigeria, and her roots have unspooled themselves throughout her body of work - which has won the highest honors in the field of speculative fiction, including the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Awards - while nourishing a fresh growth of African-influenced sci fi and fantasy. ![]() ![]() This initial insight that both race and gender intersected reflected a methodology of bottom-up theorizing to address social problems. Black women could see, feel, and experience how the treatment of their bodies as simultaneously raced and gendered shaped the contours of their subordination. In Black Feminist Thought, I analyzed how African-American women resisted the dehumanization of chattel slavery by producing a self-defined oppositional knowledge. My intellectual journey to intersectionality informs this current book. But what role does knowledge play in such resistance? Throughout my intellectual work, I return to this core question by examining how individuals and groups who are oppressed within systems of power create and pass on knowledge that fosters their survival, resilience, and resistance. Whether visible or not, resistance to unjust power relations of race, class, and gender always exists, whether through faint memory or televised social protest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory (Duke University Press, 2019, henceforth IACST) investigates how knowledge has been essential for resisting political domination. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Over the years, market developments have borne out the wisdom of Graham's basic policies, and in today's volatile market, "The Intelligent Investor" is the most important book you will ever read on making the right decisions to protect your investments and make them a success. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of "value investing", which helps protect investors against the areas of possible substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies with which they will be comfortable down the road. ![]() The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, "The Intelligent Investor" has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their alliance produces numerous stories translated all over the world, such as Joe’s Bar and Sudor Sudac, and also graphic novels dedicated to their passion for musicians Billie Holiday (1993) and Carlos Gardel (2010). Together they give birth to Alack Sinner character, a cynic and disenchanted private detective inspired by hard-boiled novels by Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. In his stories we can find the influence of different authors, from novel writers such as Borges, Arlt and Cortázar, to some of the most significant names of international graphic novel scene, such as Breccia and Oesterheld, who deeply influenced both, his graphic and narrative approach to comic.Īfter moving to Spain in the 70s, Muñoz starts his extremely successful collaboration and friendship with writer Carlos Sampayo. His images made of rough strokes and sharp contrasts between black and white, are aimed at giving back an expressionist deformation of a grotesque every-day life, but also at reflecting the richness of Argentinean culture. ![]() Argentinean drawer José Muñoz is considered one of most meaningful authors of contemporary comic. ![]() ![]() This equation of Scotland with Celtic culture in the popular (and academic) imagination has buried a more accurate and profound understanding of its history. It is proposed here that much of the traditional historical account of Scotland rests on fundamental interpretive errors, and that these errors have been perpetuated in order to manufacture and maintain an origin for Scotland that affirms its identity as a Celtic, Christian society. They describe how the ancestors of these persons originated in France and Spain and then made their way to Scotland's shores, moors, burgs and castles from the reign of Malcolm Canmore to the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. The authors provide evidence that much of the population, including several national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers, was of Jewish descent. But could it be that a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored or unknown for centuries? This book argues just such a case, maintaining that much of Scotland's history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. ![]() ![]() The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognised elements of Celtic culture. ![]() ![]() ( Click here for my review of Sister Carrie).Ĭarol is a young woman with ambitions to change the world. The choice of Carol as the central character means that Main Street also explores the same territory of female aspirations and limited career choices as Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie (1900), and this adds interest to Lewis’s primary critique. He labelled the power of small town life to inculcate its citizenry with enervating shallow values as ‘The Village Virus’, and the focus of the story is whether the outsider Carol will succumb to Main Street, or not. But Lewis saw small towns as claustrophobic, narrow-minded, anti-intellectual, mean-spirited and conformist. ![]() ![]() Sinclair Lewis wrote this savage satire as an indictment of small town life in the early 20th century – a time when prairie life was patriotically idealised as wholesome and honorable. Main Street ruffled more than a few feathers in small town America when it was first published in 1920, and I expect it has the same effect on some readers today, nearly a century later. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dealing with a coming-of-age style saga, it deals with a group of young teenagers coming to terms with their powers and destinies within a fantasy setting. A perfect example of this would be her long running and highly sought after ‘Dark Swan’ series of novels, this being a series set firmly within the Young Adult fantasy genre. ![]() Writing a number of other successful franchises too, she has also made her name with a variety of other highly popular series too. Creating characters that are enduring, she is able to speak in an intimate manner that really draws the reader in, making them feel a part of the narrative itself. With big-screen adaptations of her work, she has had films produced from her books, such as the cinematic adaptation of ‘Vampire Academy’, which went on to be well received by a worldwide audience. An American writer of fantasy and science-fiction genre novels, the novelist Richelle Mead is definitely an author with an ear for her young demographic. ![]() |