![]() As a theorist and intellectual historian, Sam saw keenly and thought clearly, and, near the end of his life, he wondered if these tools were enough. ![]() ![]() We need both history and myth, this collection reminds us. Sam See’s capacious epistemologies in Queer Natures, Queer Mythologies offer some openings. You will need new ways to understand.Īn object in the Sidney Coe Howard Collection, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley I don’t belong to these words and ideas, it said. One little envelope bulged, and out rolled this assertive thing. Everything else in the playwright Sidney Howard’s archive at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library is two-dimensional. ![]() THE STUBBORN MATERIALITY of this object: a tapered wooden dowel with a crude hook impaled in its flat end. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When Mary implies that her daughter-in-law isn't a great mother, Eileen threatens "to strangle her, to suffocate her, to drown her, to shoot her, to take her to the" veterinarian. ![]() The adults' conversations are packed with dark comic insults. Each of the novel's roughly 100 chapters is two pages long, a user-friendly structure that beckons to those who claim they're too busy to read.Īfter the first-chapter death of her husband, Eileen grows more protective of her young daughter Saoirse, and forms a resilient bond with her mother-in-law Mary. Though a number of obstacles stand in her way, Eileen Aylward is due to inherit a tiny freshwater island in her hometown, "a village that nobody'd ever heard of." Her life story is eventful and efficiently told. ![]() ![]() It tackles small town life, drugs, sex, friendship and more as it peels back the layers. "Beyond those deep conversations, GIRL FORGOTTEN is a really engaging murder mystery. Every step of the way Henry asks readers to think thoughtfully about the implications of the podcast and how it uses a young girl’s murder and the community trauma for an outsiders gain. There are also very real legal questions brought up as the main character alleges that local community members may be responsible for the death and there are threats of lawsuits. Others resent it for digging up old wounds. ![]() Some of the murdered girls surviving family welcome the podcast, as they are still seeking answers. ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to being a really engaging murder mystery, Henry has the main character, her teachers, her parents (both lawyers) and the listeners wrestle with the ethical implications of doing a true crime podcast. In this story, a senior is tasked with a year long senior project and she decided to start a podcast to investigate the unsolved murder of a girl from her school 10 years earlier. "I recently read April Henry’s GIRL FORGOTTEN and found that it is an excellent addition into the podcast in YA list. ![]() ![]() ![]() W ILL R OBIE HAD closely observed every one of the passengers on the short flight from Dublin to Edinburgh and confidently deduced that sixteen were returning Scots and fifty-three were tourists. Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl’s life…and perhaps his own. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he’s convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents’ deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power. ![]() Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can’t walk away. But she isn’t an ordinary runaway–her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and is on the run.įleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But something about this mission doesn’t seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. government operation goes horribly wrong, he must rescue a teenage runaway and investigate her parents’ murders in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. ![]() America’s best hitman was hired to kill–but when a D.C. ![]() ![]() And as more and sinister events unfold, Bec begins to wish she’d just accepted her fate and served her time in prison. And if the person responsible for her disappearance is still at large, where does that leave her? Danger all aroundĪs the new Bec becomes immersed in the old Bec’s life, she begins to wonder what did happen to the girl she is impersonating. ![]() Only her adult twin brothers seem halfway normal. Her mother lives on her nerves, her father spends his days crying in his room. It seems the only person “Bec” has to fear is the persistent police officer who has devoted his career tirelessly to the case.īut she soon realises that her new family is hiding secrets. Bec’s mother, father, twin brothers Andrew and Paul, even her best friend Lizzie, all seem to be fooled. To her surprise, Bec’s parents welcome her unquestioningly. Knowing she looks just like Bec, who’s recently been featured on a Cold Case TV investigation, she sees a way out of her dilemma … ![]() She is also desperate to avoid prison after being arrested for shoplifting. She’s a “poor little rich girl” who has fallen on hard times since leaving her father and stepmother’s home. Only Daughter is the story of two girls – Bec who disappeared from her home in Canberra at the age of 15, and the girl who turns up 11 years later, pretending to be Bec. Subscribe to our magazine for more great content Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra MIRA PB, £7.99, e-book, £5.99 Reviewed by Karen Byrom If you enjoy psychological thrillers, you’ll love this suspenseful tale! ![]() ![]() ![]() but your M.R.S." "We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that." "My mother told me two things constantly. Sample quotes: "Women belong in all places where decisions are being shouldn't be that women are the exception." "Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." "People ask me sometimes.When will there be enough women on the Court? And I say, 'When there are nine.' People are shocked. ![]() Beloved by many - including her ideological opposition, former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was her dear friend - Ginsburg's wisdom has never been more relevant or more important to American democracy. Mary Zaia - You Cant Spell Truth Without Ruth: An Unauthorized Collection of Witty & Wise Quotes from the Queen of Supreme, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. An octogenarian who has proven that disagreeing does not make one disagreeable, Ginsburg is well-known for her pithy observations as well as her strongly argued dissents. Speaking the Ruth to America Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a Supreme Court Justice in 1993, but her popularity has exploded over the last couple of years as she has been adopted as a modern feminist icon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just when the pair devises a sensible plan to ease the children into semblance of responsible trial ruling – that is, alternatively leaving a child in charge while the monarchs weekend at the cottage – a complication arises…literally.įrom the dank and odorous drains under the royal city, from whence the royal family arose, following the deposition of loathsome King Qautorze, now arises Gertrude who just happens to be Nerlin’s older sister. None of their children want the job of ruling the kingdom it seems. Mordonna, his only occasionally charming spouse, is disposed to agree but there is an insurmountable problem. King Nerlin, that lovable and rather docile ruler, is quite fed up with being in charge of Transylvania Waters and is dreaming of a sweet little cottage in Enchanted Valley with a real garden and real chickens (as opposed to magical ditto). ![]() Ok, huge breath….The Royal Family is #13 in The Floods series – and the final episode. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Colin, how can you do this to us – I mean, the kids?!?!?! The final Floods?!!!!! Arggghhhh!! And sob, sniffle, slime trails and all that. Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s ![]() ![]() It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. If you are ordering goods for delivery outside of the UK, please note that your consignment may be subject to import duties and taxes, which are levied once the goods reach the country of destination.Īny such charges levied in relation to customs clearance must be paid by you. 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Items are usually dispatched within twenty-four to seventy-two hours. ![]() Orders are processed and dispatched Monday to Friday. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bradbury recommends reading, lots: poetry, essays, short stories, novels, anything and everything. To write, you need to fill up on life first. It's not an especially long book, but there's plenty of wisdom to dig into. He has done a great deal of deep thinking about the nature of ideas, inspiration, writing, and stories, and it shows in these essays.īradbury digs into writing as play, how to generate ideas, discussions of methodology, musings on the role of science fiction and fantasy in society, explorations of how he went from collecting story matter to composing stories, the nature of work, and not a few suggestions offered off hand as writing prompts. Bradbury is clearly a master of his craft. I recently read Ray Bradbury's essay collection, Zen in the Art of Writing-one of 43 books I read last year, thanks to my reading plan, which included ditching social media in the evening for ebooks! ".at heart, all good stories are the one kind of story, the story written by an individual man from his individual truth." ![]() ![]() ![]() It is balanced, scholarly and yet student-friendly: no undergraduate course on consciousness should be without it. ![]() ![]() Susan Blackmore's Consciousness is an invaluable addition to the area of consciousness research. Focus Blackmore provides a very student-friendly way in to the often complex debates about consciousness Mr A Stone, South Bank University, One day, all consciousness textbooks will be made this way. This book can be read by anyone at any level of interest, from the most casual browser to the full-time psychology professional. These provide far more insight than words and references ever could on their own. Blackmore's title concentrates on the theory and practice of consciousness by asking you to do some thinking for yourself.she invites you as the reader to join in the speculations by taking part in various illustrative activities. This book will prove to be the benchmark by which future consciousness-course texts are judged. ![]() One day, all consciousness textbooks will be made this way. ![]() |