![]() ![]() But he is hunted relentlessly by someone determined to destroy him, who knows an alarming secret: Tool has found the way to resist his genetically ingrained impulses of submission and loyalty toward his masters. He has gone rogue from his pack of bioengineered "augments" and emerged a victorious leader of a pack of human soldier boys. In this gripping, eerily prescient sci-fi thriller that Kirkus described as "masterful," Tool-a half-man/half-beast designed for combat-proves himself capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. ![]() Set in a dark future devastated by climate change, Tool of War is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and award-winning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities. ![]()
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![]() Southam examined the book in the context of his speculations and studies on the extant manuscripts. Southam, Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts. The latest year it could have been copied out or written is 1805. Chapman studied the manuscript (literally - the paper that the text is written upon).Austen simply removed the scaffolding from sight. ![]() Lady Susan has all the usual rhythmic patterns, the same careful use of ironic juxtaposition that we find in the extant Sense and Sensibility. The pace of external events and inner psychological movement resembles the texture of the six omniscient novels. No letter is dated fully however, there is a grid during the book's crisis point (when Sir James arrives and Frederica writes her morning letter to Reginald and the scenes and letters that ensue, and when Reginald learns the truth and confronts Lady Susan) the characters refer to specific days which cohere with the larger movements of the story. There is no scholarship on the calendar Austen used to arrange the letters of Lady Susan. ![]() A Calendar for Lady Susan A Calendar for Lady Susan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rhinegeist is changing up its CEO post, appointing Adam Bankovich as interim CEO. Hard lemonade and tea collectively increased off-premise sales +17.6%, to nearly $1.5 billion, and volume +11.2% year-to-date through March 26, market research firm Circana reported. Fishers Island founder Bronya Shillo is staying on, which is a great move by Gallo, and the company is getting a delicious product. Gallo’s spirits division, Spirit of Gallo, is acquiring Fishers Island Lemonade. Zoe and I would love to see you all in Nashville. Tickets are available now, with some of the proceeds benefiting the guild. We’ll also get an update from Sharon Cheek, executive director of the Tennessee Craft Brewers Guild. Plus, we’ll hear from board members of the National Black Brewers Association, including Harlem Brewing’s Celeste Beatty, Black Frog Brewery’s Chris Harris and a special mystery guest. Then we’ll discuss strategies for opening out-of-state taprooms with Monday Night’s Jeff Heck, Hi-Wire Brewing’s Adam Charnack and Weathered Souls’ Marcus Baskerville. ![]() ![]() ![]() But why aren’t there more feminist philosophers of music? Sure, there’s me, but one person does not a subfield make. Notably, there is, as far as I can tell, no feminist philosophy of music, at least in the Anglophone world (by which I mean both “analytic” philosophy, and “continental philosophy” as practiced in the English-speaking world). But feminist musicology, while itself often interdisciplinary, has not really been taken up by scholars outside musicology and popular music studies. Similarly, feminist art historians have been influential in feminist philosophical aesthetics, and in feminist theory generally. Feminist film theory-especially the psychoanalytic stuff-has been widely and deeply influential on feminist theory generally, and in feminist philosophy more narrowly. I’d speculate that this is due to the fact that feminist musicology has not made much of an impact outside of musicology-not unlike feminist philosophy, it is still struggling to be taken seriously within the broader discipline of musicology. While the latter release is being widely commemorated, there’s not much noise being made outside of feminist musicology about the former anniversary. Susan McClary’s landmark book Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality was released in 1991-the same year that Nirvana broke on pop radio. Feminist musicology as we know it is only 20 years old. ![]() ![]() ![]() In order to protect both Dasha's feelings and Alexander's life, the star-crossed lovers become part of a deceptive quadrangle as war intensifies around them. ![]() Complicating matters, another soldier, Dimitri, has information that could destroy Alexander, and Dimitri likes Tatiana, too. Possessed of a strong sense of family loyalty, and living under conditions that permit no privacy, Tatiana refuses to interfere with her sister's happiness, but the attraction between Tatiana and Alexander proves too powerful. It turns out, however, that Alexander is the same soldier Dasha has been crowing about. Not long after the country goes to war with Germany, Tatiana meets Alexander, a soldier, and sparks fly. As the story opens, Tatiana, the youngest member of the Metanova family, is just 17 she still shares a bed with her older sister, Dasha. ![]() Petersburg, Russia, Simons's latest thick novel (after Tully, etc.) focuses on a WWII love affair. ![]() ![]() "The checkout line never let up and it definitely felt like the holidays came early!" Hollenbeck gave all the credit to the ChiBA (Chicagoland Independent Bookstore Alliance) and the # M圜hicagoBookstore Challenge-more than 30 people visited 10 bookstores in the Chicago area and earned a 10% discount at all the participating bookstores for a year. Sales were up 61% compared to IBD last year. We have a lot of coverage here and will have more tomorrow.ĭespite cold, relentless rain, Independent Bookstore Day at Women & Children First, Chicago, Ill., was "a staggering success," according to co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck. ![]() ![]() Reports over the weekend from booksellers, social media posts and our own intrepid investigations indicated that stores were busy, staff enthusiastic and that the mix of IBD exclusives, author appearances and other special events were embraced by customers. The third annual Independent Bookstore Day was another striking achievement. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, alongside franchise co-stars Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg.īeyond the cast, not much is known about the story of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The legacy that Cruise has created over the years precedes him, but the rest of the cast is equally extraordinary. ![]() ![]() Tom Cruise in his famous airplane stunt in Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation. With the new Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One and Two set to release in 20 respectively, viewers are in for a deathly ride. Tom Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt, has always been the heart of Mission: Impossible movies, with staggeringly dangerous stunts with each new release.Īnd he does not seem to take it slow with the stunts. Starting from the very first Mission: Impossible movie released in 1996, the franchise has created a legacy of its own to date. Mission Impossible and the Legacy of Tom Cruise The shift in dates also gives them another 48 hours to roll up their sleeves for a dramatic hit of the blockbuster at the box office over a five-day window (from Wednesday to Sunday). The announcement regarding the shift in the release date of the movie was made by Paramount Pictures’ president Brian Robbins during the studio’s panel at CinemaCon on April 27, 2023.Īccording to sources the said shift in dates was done in order to sync the dates of the film’s Domestic and International release. ![]() ![]() ![]() In that time, the nation has had multiple opportunities to acknowledge the problem, but so far, it has stubbornly refused to do so. The lie, and the value gap, have been tearing the US apart for generations. The key message here is: James Baldwin was committed to addressing a corrosive American lie. The author refers to the central idea of the lie, of white lives being more valuable, as the value gap. The lie puts forth the toxic notion that white lives matter more than others. The lie is a set of false ideas that serve to prop up the idea of white supremacy and suggest that Black Americans are somehow less intelligent, less ambitious, less beautiful, or less important. They’ll say that the country’s history of racism is a thing of the past and that everyone has an equal chance to live the American dream.īut this is all part of the lie that has been at the heart of America since the beginning. They’ll tell you that the founding principles of democracy and equality are alive and well. ![]() There are those who refuse to see America as anything less than great. ![]() ![]() ![]() The new recruit, Lance-Constable Salacia "Sally" von Humpeding, along with Sergeant Angua and Captain Carrot, is attached to the investigation surrounding Hamcrusher's death. Lord Vetinari persuades Commander Vimes to interview a vampire applicant to the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ![]() Ethnic tensions between Ankh-Morpork's troll and dwarf communities mount in the build-up to the anniversary of the Battle Of Koom Valley, an ancient battle where trolls and dwarfs seemingly ambushed each other. Plot Īs the book opens, a dwarf demagogue, Grag Hamcrusher, is apparently murdered. It was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2006. ![]() three weeks before Pratchett's native UK in order to coincide with a signing tour. Thud! is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 34th book in the Discworld series, first released in the United States on 13 September 2005, then the United Kingdom on 1 October 2005. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sisters admitted to their Bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in London literary circles.Ĭharlotte Brontë was the last to die of all her siblings. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. In 1839, she undertook the role of governess for the Sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to Haworth, where the sisters opened a school but failed to attract pupils. ![]() She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. She enlisted in school at Roe Head, Mirfield, in January 1831, aged 14 years. ![]() Charlotte Brontë ( / ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t ˈ b r ɒ n t i/, commonly /- t eɪ/ 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. ![]() |