![]() ![]() Pemberton is able to highlight the agency permitting women to become pirs. It thus implies a different approach from that of Shemeem Abbas which focussed on “female voice” in Sufi Rituals (2002, Austin, University of Texas Press). In other words, her book questions “how women are able to exercise authority in the shrine setting despite a lack of official sanction for that authority” (p. She seeks to understand how it is possible for them to “develop a sovereign consciousness that both imbibes and rejects elements of a dominant framework of reference”. Pemberton’s book draws on a number of issues like the gender issue and also subaltern studies since she locates women as a subaltern group. ![]() Kelly Pemberton, Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India, Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 2010. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Other principal characters include “Tiger” Brown, the chief of police and an old friend and ally of Mack Brown’s daughter, Lucy, to whom Mack is also secretly married and Jenny, a prostitute with whom Mack has enjoyed a long and seemingly close relationship. ![]() the notorious bandit Mack the Knife, they hatch a plan to bring about Mack’s ruin. When Peachum and his wife learn that their daughter, Polly, has married Macheath, a.k.a. Retaining the essential plot and characters of The Beggar’s Opera, The Threepenny Opera updates the setting to Victorian London, where Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum, the “boss of London’s beggars,” owns a shop where he outfits and trains beggars in return for a cut of their takings. Translations for all the texts were by made by Brecht’s close collaborator, Elisabeth Hauptmann. In addition to Gay’s text, Brecht also used poems by Rudyard Kipling and Françoise Villon. A satire of both Italian opera conventions and the political corruption of England’s reigning prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, The Beggar’s Opera was tremendously popular with 18th-century theatergoers and had enjoyed a successful London revival in the early 1920s. ![]() Gay’s work consisted of dialogue interspersed with 69 songs, mainly popular ballads of the British Isles and France, and well-known opera arias by Handel and Purcell, among others. The source for the work was John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera (1728), a humorous “ballad opera” with no generic precedent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even the gods cannot see through the Wall of Storms, for only mortal hearts can decide mortal fates.Īward-winning author Ken Liu fulfills the covenants first laid out a decade ago in a series delving deep into the connection between national myths and national constitutions in this ambitious, “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR). ![]() ![]() The people of Dara continue to struggle against the genocidal Lyucu as both nations vacillate between starkly contrasting visions for their futures. Harried by Lyucu pursuers, Princess Théra and Pékyu Takval try to reestablish an ancestral dream even as their hearts grow in doubt. ![]() I’m really looking forward to our discussion. Alex, the author of the delightful urban fantasy novel, The Middling Affliction, was one of my earliest beta readers. The concluding book of The Dandelion Dynasty begins immediately after the events of The Veiled Throne, in the middle of two wars on two lands among three people separated by an ocean yet held together by the invisible strands of love. On August 18, 7:00 PM, An Unlikely Story Bookstore and Cafe will host an online event for Speaking Bones with me and my friend Alex Shvartsman. The battle continues in this silkpunk fantasy as science and destiny collide against the will of the gods in this final installment in the epic Dandelion Dynasty series from Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author Ken Liu. ![]() ![]() riveting and hard to put down" ( Portland Book Review). Set in three different time periods across the twentieth century, A Dark Dividing is "reminiscent of Henry James or Wilkie Collins. As Harry uncovers the grim history of Mortmain, he finds himself drawn into a set of interlocking mysteries, each one more curious and disturbing than the last. A Dark Dividing Paperback Jby Sarah Rayne (Author) 130 ratings 3.8 on Goodreads 1,589 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 14.95 24 Used from 3.74 9 New from 12.56 Mass Market Paperback 50.98 1 Used from 36.42 1 New from 50. What exactly happened to Simone's twin sister Sonia, to whom she had once been conjoined-and who disappeared years before? And how might Simone and Sonia be connected to another pair of conjoined twins, Viola and Sorrel, born nearly a century ago?Įvery question Harry asks points him to the Shropshire village of West Fferna and a ruined mansion on the Welsh border called Mortmain House. ![]() Journalist Harry Fitzglen is intrigued by his latest subject, the London artist Simone Anderson, whose enigmatic photographs hint at a mysterious past. ![]() ![]() ![]() A conjoined twin's disappearance leads a London journalist to a mystery reaching back to the turn of the last century in this "hefty suspense thriller" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). Harry Fitzglen is a formerly respected reporter now trying to work his back to the top and regain his former reputation. At first, journalist Harry Fizglen is sceptical when his editor asks him to investigate the background of Simone Anderson, a new Bloomsbury artist. ![]() ![]() ![]() He gets that chance when his father dies. He hates his father and wants nothing more than to destroy the Triple C Ranch. This series revolves around the death of the only Cavanaugh daughter, Cass, over 10 years ago whose kidnapping and murder was never solved and resulted in the family imploding and the three remaining brothers leaving the Triple C Ranch and never looking back.ĭeacon Cavanaugh is the oldest and also the holding the most anger and resentment over what happened after his sister died. ![]() The Cavanaugh’s have had their fair share of tragedy and secrets. Now Deacon is faced with the choice of a lifetime: Take down the Triple C to feed his need for revenge, or embrace the love of the one person who has broken down every barrier to his heart. But as the two battle for control, their attraction builds. Mac knows Deacon means to destroy the ranch and therefore destroy her livelihood. He never expected the ranch’s forewoman, Mackenzie Byrd, to get in his way. The eldest son, Deacon, a wealthy businessman who couldn’t wait to leave the ranch and move on with his life, is looking to use his powerful connections to stop Blue at any cost. When the Cavanaugh brothers return home for their father’s funeral, they discover unexpected evidence of the old man’s surprising double life-a son named Blue, who wants the Triple C Ranch as much as they do. But it also holds painful memories and shocking secrets for the Cavanaugh brothers… In the small town of River Black, Texas, sits the Triple C-a working cattle ranch that sustains the town. ![]() ![]() Among her suggestions are engaging with others through curiosity, fostering empathy, and listening actively. ![]() Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, political science, and sociology, as well as ideas from Buddhist thought and philosophy, the author offers a road map for crafting productive conversations that, she contends, “have the power to change hearts. ![]() Headlee’s mixed-race heritage-she identifies as a “light-skinned Black Jew”-and “non-race-specific features” have allowed her “to see the racial underpinnings of our society in a way that most can’t, or don’t.” Defining a racist as “someone who makes assumptions about another person (either positive or negative) because of their perceived race or ethnicity,” an attitude not limited to White supremacists, Headlee provides questions and exercises for self-evaluation. Headlee joins authors such as Ijeoma Oluo ( So You Want To Talk About Race) and Robert Livingston ( The Conversation) in offering practical suggestions for thinking about, and talking about, racism. ![]() ![]() A cogent explanation of why respect and acceptance should ground conversations about race. ![]() ![]() ![]() But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King. More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map-the key to a legendary treasure trove-seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship. There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for. ![]() A gorgeous new cover and all the bells and whistles perfect for a fan's collection decorate this special edition of Tricia Levenseller's bestselling debut, about a young pirate captain who allows herself to get captured by the enemy. ![]() ![]() AUDIO INTERVIEW: Bill Buford & Simon Kuiper (Dick Gordon, 6/06/02, The Connection) AUDIO INTERVIEW: with Bill Buford (MPR, 8/27/07) INTERVIEW: Interview with "Heat" author Bill Bufor (Owen Berkowitz, Restaurant Insider) INTERVIEW: Bill Buford talks about ''Heat'': The writer shares his experiences while working on his new book (Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly) (Matt Dellinger November 20, 2006, The New Yorker) Here, Buford talks to Matt Dellinger about talking to turkeys-and eating them. AUDIO INTERVIEW: Calls of the Wild: This week in the magazine, Bill Buford writes about wild turkeys and the naturalists who communicate with them. INTERVIEW: Heat (Bill Thompson, Eye on Books) INTERVIEW: Ryszard Kapuscinski (interviewed by Bill Buford, 1987, Granta) ![]() ESSAY: The End of the English Novel (Bill Buford, 1980, Granta 3: The End of the English Novel) ![]() ESSAY: Martha Gellhorn Remembere (Bill Buford, Febru, LA Times) AUDIO ESSAY: Hooked on the Most Important Food Writer Alive (Bill Buford, August 10, 2006, All Things Considered) How a life became cooking (Bill Buford, , The New Yorker) ESSAY: CARNAL KNOWLEDGE: How I became a Tuscan butcher. ![]() What do we eat when we eat meat? (Bill Buford, 12/03/07, The New Yorker) ESSAY: The Taming of the Chef: Can Gordon Ramsay make it here? (Bill Buford, 4/02/07, The New Yorker) ESSAY: TV Dinners: The rise of food television. GOOGLE BOOK: Among the Thugs by Bill Buford CONTRIBUTOR: Bill Buford (The New Yorker) ![]() ![]() “Every author, I suppose, has in mind a setting in which readers of his or her work could benefit from having read it. Kahneman is a founding partner of TGG Group, a business and philanthropy consulting company. He is professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. In the same year, his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller. In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers. With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. ![]() ![]() ![]() They're magical, enchanting tales where anything is possible, especially when people start rewriting the rules and changing happy ending. ![]() When we dive into a reimagined fairy tale, we can no longer be comforted by a guaranteed ending where everyone lives happily ever, because not all knights get to ride off with their princess into the sunset.įairy tales are unlike any other kind of story. The characters may have the same names and similar story lines, but their pasts could turn out to be more complicated than we could ever imagine, and their futures are, for once, unknown. They're familiar stories of light overcoming darkness but with new and exciting twists. People love fairy tale retellings for so many reasons. But what happens when someone decides to mess with happily ever after? Authors are constantly using other people's work to inspire their own, and some of the best books have come in the form of reimagined fairy tales inspired by your favorite bedtime stories. You grew up hearing fairy tales that began with "Once upon a time." and usually ended with a royal couple riding off into the sunset. ![]() |