![]() ![]() ![]() And under totalitarianism, where imperialism and anti-semitism reached its fullest expression, she shows the rise of the masses and the breakdown of protective class walls, the use of propaganda for the furtherance of power, the destruction of morality and individuality. She analyzes imperialism, and its central idea-expansion the use of race-thinking as a ruling device on the dark continents the decline of the nation-state and the increase of the minorities after 1918. ![]() Arendt traces the decline of European Jewry and their persecution as a powerless group under Hitler back to the preparatory causes and the rise of anti-semitism, follows their ascendant and falling social prestige through the 19th century. A tri-partite study of anti-semitism (not merely the hatred of the Jews), imperialism (not merely conquest) and totalitarianism (not merely dictatorship) which examines political, social and historical forces with an impressive scholarship. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The kids discover they are caught in a battle between two opposing forces that want very different things for Jonah and Chip's lives. Jonah, Chip, and Jonah's sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere — and people who seem to appear and disappear at will. ![]() ![]() The second one says, Beware! They're coming back to get you. The first one says, You are one of the missing. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Very few of Scheerbart's works have been translated into English. Only naive wonder - the basis of the sublime - could promote the development of higher forms of understanding." "Scheerbart published a long succession of fantasy novels, articles, and poems between 1889 and his death in 1915, in which he insisted that the universe is far too rich and complex to be comprehended by reason alone. Scheerbart was also an important influence on Walter Benjamin who quoted his ideas on glass in his Arcades Project. Among his Berlin friends and drinking circle was Erich Mühsam, who dedicated a chapter to Scheerbart in his 'Unpolitical Memories' and Richard Dehmel. Scheerbart's fantasy essays about glass architecture influenced architects at that time, including the young Bruno Taut. The young Ernst Rowohlt published Scheerbart's bizarre poem collection Katerpoesie and became his friend. ![]() After writing in different publications he produced his first novel ' Die große Revolution' ( The Great Revolution), which was published by the Insel-Verlag. In 1892 he was one of the joint founders of the Verlag deutscher Phantasten (Publishers of German Fantasists).Īt this time he was in financial difficulties. In 1887 he worked as a poet in Berlin and tried to invent Perpetual motion machines. Paul Scheerbart began studies of philosophy and history of art in 1885. ![]() ![]() ![]() Author BiographyĪt fourteen, Tyler discovered a writer who would have a significant impact on her own literary career. Critics applaud the novel's lovingly drawn and compelling characters and Tyler's insight into the complex inner workings of the American family. Tyler's intermingling of comedy and tragedy results in a bittersweet tale of loss and recovery. During the course of the novel, however, Macon confronts his suffering and carves out a new life for himself with the help of an energetic and eccentric young woman and her son. As a result, he realizes that he is in danger of becoming a dried up kernel of a man that nothing real penetrates. In this story, middle-aged travel writer Macon Leary finds himself alone and miserable after his son is murdered and his wife leaves him. As in many of her previous works, The Accidental Tourist focuses on the complexities of family relationships. The novel has also been made into a successful film starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. Most reviewers consider this to be her best work. Her tenth novel soon became a best seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. When The Accidental Tourist was published in 1985, Anne Tyler was already a well-established and successful author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And in King's story set in the days of America's Wild West, readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet, the original American vampire - a stronger, faster creature than any vampire ever seen before. Snyder's tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured and abused her. Quentin Tarantino and Julie Dreyfus in Kill Bill: Vol. Snyder's story is set in 1920's LA, we follow Pearl, a young woman who is turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European Vampires who tortured and abused her. This first hardcover volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Snyder and one written by King, both with art by future superstar Rafael Albuquerque. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York. (W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Rafael Albuquerqueįrom writers Scott Snyder and Stephen King, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire - a more vicious species - and traces the creatures' bloodline through decades of American history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Particularly for the wizard Windle Poons who, try as he might, just can’t seem to get the hang of perishing on his own. ![]() Unfortunately for everyone else on the Discworld, this vacancy in one of the more important sections of the public service leads to chaos and unrest. A perfect day job for someone who is handy with a scythe. In this funny, insightful play DEATH, like many a laid off worker before him, takes a temporary job reaping the harvest on Miss Flitworth’s farm. Of course part of being human is being mortal – a factor that could turn out to be a problem in his search for greener pastures. DEATH is about to spend his time finding out what it means to be human. Retirement can leave you with a lot of time on your hands. Now DEATH is missing, presumed….er ….retired? They say there are only two things you can count on…….but that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Presents the World Premiere of Sir Terry Pratchett’s ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another deliciously hair-raising entry in a series that continues to make a huge splash.” - Kirkus Reviews ![]() The deliberate pacing maintains a palpable sense of dread, equally anxiety-inducing and terrifying. “Arden skillfully blends a creature feature with a survival tale, taking the series into new territory without deviating from its successful formula. One thing is for sure, the smiling man is back and he wants a rematch. When they’re left shipwrecked on an island haunted by a monster on both land and sea, Brian's survival instincts kick in and it's up to him to help everyone work together and find a way to escape. But first, the three friends will have to survive a group trip to Lake Champlain where it's said Vermont's very own Loch Ness monster lives. ![]() The smiling man loves his games and it seems a new one is afoot. Only, there's no one there, just a cryptic note left outside signed simply as -S. So when the lights flicker on and off at Brian's family's inn and a boom sounds at the door, there's just one visitor it could be. And as the trio knows, the smiling man always keeps his promises. That was chilling promise made to Ollie, Coco and Brian after they outsmarted the smiling man at Mount Hemlock Resort. Filled with chills, New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden’s latest installment in the creep-tastic Small Spaces Quartet is sure to haunt. ![]() ![]() ![]() But while Marianna makes everything harder at first, Wren soon learns that Marianna once had to ask many of the same questions-the big ones, as well as the little ones-that Wren is asking now. From take-out dinners with Mom to the tiny room she gets at Dad’s new place, nothing is the same for Wren anymore. ![]() And because of her fib, Wren can’t do anything about it. But something else changed over the summer: A new girl named Marianna moved to town and wants to be Amber’s next bff. ![]() When even her new teacher refers to her mom as Mrs. Byrd, Wren decides to keep their divorce a total secret. No one knows the truth, not even her best friend, Amber. It’s the start of a new school year and Wren Jo Byrd is worried that everyone will find out her parents separated over the summer. Big & Little Questions (According to Wren Jo Byrd) ![]() ![]() ![]() She was witnessed entering the house at the time of the crime – despite being in the middle of a dinner party miles away at exactly the same time. ![]() ![]() So it is all the more surprising when he is found the next morning in his study, stabbed in the back of the head.Įven more surprising is the news that Jane Wilkinson committed the deed. He does so, as a study in human nature, but is surprised to find that Lord Edgware has no objection to the divorce at all. The actress Jane Wilkinson, aka Lady Edgware, is determined to arrange a divorce from her husband, to the extent that she asks her new acquaintance Hercule Poirot to speak to him for her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anyone who has attended any of Grady’s live events knows he’s a hilarious wag, so pour yourself a copita of AB-, or of that wine you claim you never drink, and get ready to have your mind improved without any need for drudgery, ‘cause Grady’s gonna larn ya ‘bout them vampires. (Unless you’re in my family.) If you’ve been missing the charming snark of Grady’s early work (Satan Loves You, Tales of the White Street Society) or the fast-paced funhouse descent into smothering evil that can be enjoyed with only a spoonful of the bitter medicine of hard life lessons (Horrorstör), you’ll be delighted and fascinated by this podcast. Join Grady on a whirlwind trip around the world to uncover More Than Ten Loathesome Undead Facts You’re Pretty Sure You’ll Never Use At Thanksgiving Dinner. The book is set in a US furniture store ORSK that models itself on IKEA, therefore the entire book is designed an IKEA catalogue making it a quirky and enjoyable book to behold. Have you been feeling the stress of wasting your precious isolation time staring out windows and wandering from room to room wondering why every dish in the house is dirty AGAIN TODAY, when you PROMISED yourself you would take this time to acquire a skill or read a book, but a strange lassitude has made it impossible to push your eyes to take in word after word on a printed page, and baking bread is a bridge too far? Take heart! Grady Hendrix’s new podcast will stuff highly spiced vampire lore into your eager ears like a ghastly goulash into a hungry Hungarian. I enjoyed this even though its not my usual type of genre (i don’t tend to read a lot of ‘horror’). ![]() |