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Amazon.com ReviewAnita Blake makes a living raising the dead. She also executes rogue vampires and villains among the local were-folk. Marks bind her to Jean-Claude, the Master vampire of St. Louis and her lover, and to her ex-fiancé, a powerful werewolf who heads up the local pack. Anita shares some of their magic, and her own power over the dead keeps growing. But so does the body count and the situations that force Anita to bend or break her own rules.In Blue Moon, Anita's ex Richard is jailed in Tennessee, accused of rape. When Anita arrives with a lawyer and an entourage of vampires and 'weres' supplied by Jean-Claude, it's clear that something is rotten in Myerton. The local cops are corrupt, and the trolls Richard was studying are threatened. But if she sticks around to investigate, the local Master vampire will attack her and her friends. The local werewolf clan isn't rushing to welcome her either, and her self-control is going to the, um, wolves.Blue Moon is the eighth book in Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series; newcomers should start with earlier books. The protagonists' development and their relationships to each other and to the large cast of continuing secondary characters are what make these books so compelling. Be warned--there's steamy sex and graphic violence here, though Anita does reflect on her moral position. But if dark urban fantasy featuring those who hunt the night appeals, pounce on this series. --Nona VeroReview'Death and gore galore ... Hamilton writes with ease and vigour..." SHIVERS 'I was enthralled - a departure from the usual type of vampire tale which will have a wide appeal to any reader hunting for both chills and fun' ANDRE NORTON 'This fast-paced, tough-edged supernatural thriller is mesmerizing reading indeed' LOCUS 'Supernatural bad guys beware, night-prowling Anita Blake is savvy, sassy and tough' P N Elrod, author of THE VAMPIRE FILES


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Amazon.com ReviewWhen Anita Blake's boss at Animators, Inc., informs her that she's expected to raise 300-year-old zombies from a field of jumbled bones just to settle a land dispute, she's understandably annoyed. But as soon as she arrives in Branson, Missouri, to do the deed, the job gets more interesting. A psychotic sword-wielding vampire starts committing multiple murders in the area, and Anita must call on Jean-Claude, her powerful fanged suitor, for help. As always, Anita prevails over the undead, keeping Jean-Claude at arm's length, clearing the cemetery land of an ancient enchantment, and nailing the vampiric killer in one fell swoop. Review“Highly-charged, well-written, no holds-barred... jaw-dropping.”—Denver Post“Breathtaking.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch“What The Da Vinci Code did for the religious thriller, the Anita Blake series has done for the vampire novel.”—USA Today


Bloody Bones


河北彩花1st.写真集 SAIKA

週プレアワード最優秀女優賞・FLASH女優ランキング第1位受賞の河北彩花が豪華愛蔵版に初登場!!ファン待望のヘアヌード写真集


Blood Noir


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From Publishers WeeklyThe florid 16th Anita Blake novel (after 2007's The Harlequin) updates Anita's endlessly erotic adventures as a living vampire with many weird lovers. Anita serves her vampire sweetie Jean-Claude, Master of the City of St. Louis, obsessed with feeding him and her own need to leech off of others' sexual pleasure or ardeur while retaining her rep as vampire executioner (despite the seeming conflict of interest), U.S. marshal and necromancer. She's also accompanying her bed-buddy Jason Schuyler to visit his dying estranged father in North Carolina. After arriving, Jason's mistaken for his rich cousin Keith Summerland, who's ditched his bride-to-be to run off with the wife of a vampire Master, giving Anita a case to solve between wild orgies with wereanimals. Hamilton chronicles Anita's escapades with a growing air of ennui, which longtime readers can't help sharing as sex increasingly takes the place of plot and character development. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ReviewPraise for The Harlequin: “Breathtaking.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch“A hardcore guilty pleasure.”—Times (London)“Spellbinding and provocative.” —Best Reviews


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The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency

Philip Gable, Matthew Miller, Edward Bernat

The use of electroencephalography (EEG) to study the human mind has seen tremendous growth across a vast array of disciplines due to increased ease of use and affordability of the technology. Typically, researchers study how the magnitude of the waves changes over time or how the rhythm (frequency) of the waves changes over time.The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency is arguably the first book to comprehensively describe the ways to study how the frequency of the waves changes over time and how changes in frequency are linked to cognitive, affective, and motor processes.Consisting of 23 chapters written by leading authorities in the field, the book is separated into three sections, with the first focusing on the basics of EEG frequency research, linking frequency analyses to core components of EEG research with event-related potential (ERP) components and local field potentials (LFPs) in non-human animals. The second section looks at specific EEG frequency components that are commonly studied using traditional frequency bands of activity to study specificpsychological processes. Finally, the third section explores EEG frequency analyses in special populations and altered states. Each chapter provides a diverse perspective on the topic, giving readers the opportunity to learn about a vast array of methods to conduct EEG frequency analyses, from'traditional' to cutting-edge techniques, providing a comprehensive and in-depth overview of electroencephalography (EEG).


Beauty 20.5

Product DescriptionThe steamy outtake that takes readers even further into Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel, Kiss the Dead.You’d think I’d get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never grew old, as if his beauty and the fact that he was mine, and I was his, would forever surprise me.With a vampire like Jean Claude around, it’s far too easy for Anita Blake to doubt her own appearance—and the hold it has on those who love her. But one hot tub and two incredibly sexy men—Jean Claude and Asher—will make her feel like the most lusted-after woman alive…or undead. Not bad for a mere human…“Hamilton remains one of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorIncludes an excerpt of Kiss the Dead, the new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel


Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series

Laurell K. Hamilton; Nick Mamatas; Heather Swain; Lilith Saintcrow; L. Jagi Lamplighter; Marella Sands; Cathy Clamp; Alasdair Stuart; Natasha Fondren; Devon Ellington; Melissa L. Tatum; Mikhail Lyubansky; Sharon Ashwood; Vera Nazarian; Jacob Clifton

Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex - and it gets deeper, richer and more perilous, with every book.Straddling the series’ dominant themes of sex and power, Ardeur gives Anita fans a deeper look into the dynamics, both personal political, that have kept readers fascinated throughout the run of the series. Why is the ardeur the very best thing that could have happened to Anita, personally (aside from all the sex it requires her to have with hot men)? How is Anita’s alternate United States a logical legal extension of our own? And as the series continues, what other bargains might Anita have to make with herself and others in order to keep the people she loves safe from harm?The collection includes essay introductions by Hamilton, giving context and extra insight into each essay’s subject.Introduction • Laurell K. HamiltonGiving the Devil Her Due • Nick MamatasGirls Gone Wild • Heather SwainAmbiguous Anita • Lilith SaintcrowDating the Monsters • L. Jagi LamplighterBon Rapports • Marella SandsMom! There’s Something Dead Sucking on My Neck! • Cathy ClampThe Other Side of the Street • Alasdair StuartThe Domestication of a Vampire Executioner • Natasha FondrenArdeur‘s Purpose • Devon EllingtonTrying the System • Melissa L. TatumAre the Fangs Real? • Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D.Death Becomes Her • Sharon AshwoodDeath’s Got Your Back • Vera NazarianShowing the Scars • Jacob CliftonOriginal Title:  Ardeur: Unauthorized Essays on Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series (Smart Pop)


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From Publishers WeeklySolving a double homicide, avoiding assassins and coping with growing, sometimes uncontrollable, power keep faerie private detective Princess Meredith NicEssus (aka Meredith Gentry) busy in the fourth and strongest entry in Hamilton's adult fairy tale series (after 2004's Seduced by Moonlight). When someone murders a fey and a reporter during a press conference inside the Unseelie's headquarters, Merry calls in the cops to assist (and inadvertently involves the FBI as well). But once on magical turf, human police face challenges and dangers of which the princess was unaware. Meanwhile, Merry lives up to the five fertility deities in her lineage and lustily fulfills her royal duty of mating with sidhe males and making sex beyond mere human comprehension. As Merry matures, the meaning of all the sex and magic comes into more effective focus, as does Hamilton's underlying mythos of the restoration of the faerie race's true power. The absence of complicated politics results in a more palatable plot than in previous volumes. By the end, the Unseelie court seems to be tiring of Merry's super-sadistic Aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness (as are, most likely, many readers). The queen's son and Merry's rival for the throne, Prince Cel, looms as an even greater, more corrupt menace to her future. Faeries, fornication and forensics fuse for yet another darkly fantastic frolic for Hamilton fans. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ReviewPraise for Laurell K. HamiltonA Kiss of Shadows“I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”–DIANA GABALDON“Sizzling . . . Memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious, ribald fun.”–Publishers WeeklyA Caress of Twilight“Sensual, without a doubt . . . This book moves like a whirlwind.”–St. Louis Post-Dispatch“[A] sexy, tension-charged dark fantasy mystery.”–LocusSeduced by Moonlight“This [faerie] society is one of the most detailed, imaginative, and lovingly drawn in all fantastic fiction, and the Meredith Gentry series has become something special.”–San Jose Mercury News“Hamilton’s books [are] must-reads.”–The Denver PostFrom the Hardcover edition.


A Stroke of Midnight


历史之岛（Islands of History)

【美】马歇尔·萨林斯 (Sahlins, Marshall) 著 蓝达居，张宏明，黄向春，刘永华（译）

本书以夏威夷群岛历史史料为根基,以“库克船长”和“毛利人的英雄人物霍尼海克的神话”等为例,阐述了其历史文化、社会变革、政治制度等。


A Lick of Frost


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From Publishers WeeklyPrincess Meredith NicEssus of the Unseelie Court finally reaches an elusive goal in Hamilton's seductive sixth Meredith Gentry paranormal romance (after 2006's Mistral's Kiss). Half-human, half-faerie, Meredith is a former L.A. PI whose current full-time job is trying to get pregnant—trying at least three times a day, in fact, mainly with her devoted retinue of sex-starved guards—to insure her ascendancy to the Unseelie throne of night. Unfortunately, her bedding schedule has been interrupted by Lady Caitrin of the Seelie Court, who claims she was raped by three of Meredith's guards. Meredith must protect her faithful retinue from the terrible wrath of her uncle, King Taranis of the Seelie Court, and defend herself from the dangerous desire Taranis harbors for her. Hamilton depicts Meredith's erotic adventures in her usual breathless, overheated style, but also reveals a deeper glimpse into Meredith's introspective side as she reflects on her favorite lover, Killing Frost, whose strange fate finds her re-evaluating the costs of being a future queen. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ReviewPraise for Laurell K. HamiltonA Kiss of Shadows“I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”–Diana GabaldonA Caress of Twilight“Sensual, without a doubt . . . This book moves like a whirlwind.”–St. Louis Post-DispatchSeduced by Moonlight“This [faerie] society is one of the most detailed, imaginative, and lovingly drawn in all fantastic fiction, and the Meredith Gentry series has become something special.”–San Jose Mercury NewsA Stroke of Midnight“Nonstop action . . . This book will leave you breathless.”–St. Louis Post-DispatchMistral’s Kiss“Steamy . . . will have Hamilton’s fans panting for more.”–Publishers WeeklyFrom the Hardcover edition.


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Amazon.com ReviewLaurell K. Hamilton revitalized vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. In this new series, she updates faeries. A Kiss of Shadows introduces Merry Gentry, a.k.a. Meredith NicEssus, a faerie princess of the Unseelie Court, where politics is a blood sport. Merry, who's part sidhe (elvish), part brownie, and part human, never really fit in. She's short, not skilled in offensive magic, and mortal because of her human blood. These are real liabilities when your family, especially aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, is out to kill you. Merry has been in hiding for three years, living in Los Angeles and working for the Grey Detective Agency, which specializes in "supernatural problems, magical solutions." A new case sets her against a man who uses forbidden magic to seduce fey women and drain their power. A plan to trap him goes awry and Merry's cover is blown. Now Andais knows where she is. But things have changed in Andais's court, and Merry is changing too.Despite the selkies, brownies, goblins, and ogres in this book, it's not for children. The fey are "creatures of the senses"--and in the Unseelie court, sex and pain go together. Merry is sexually adventurous and surrounded by gorgeous, powerful males, most of whom want her badly. She's politically savvy and no coward, though she's not the warrior Anita is. Hamilton fans and readers of adult fairy tales like Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy will want to give Merry a look. --Nona VeroFrom Publishers WeeklyErotica is fantasy, but it rarely gets as fantastic as this. After nine novels featuring Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (Obsidian Butterfly, etc.), Hamilton launches a sizzling new series that blends supernatural fantasy with detective adventure and hot sex. Here, the world is populated with various magical faerie races along with humans. The most supreme of the fey are the immortal sidhe, so beautiful and powerful they were once worshiped as gods. The fey are not only lusty but incredibly accomplished lovers; those of the royal sidhe bloodline are literally addictively sexy. Full-blooded fey are, for the most part, intolerant of cities, metal and technology. They seldom live for long among humans. Mixed-blood Princess Meredith NicEssus, however, has fled the faerie world to pass for three years as Merry Gentry, a human with some fey blood who works in Los Angeles with a detective agency that specializes in supernatural problems and magical solutions. Suddenly outed as the missing princess and fearing that her aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, will kill her, she makes a desperate run aided by her detective pals. The queen does want her, but not in the way Merry expects. Ultimately, Meredith must fulfill the queen's designs for the future of her court, even if it means having to bed the most beautiful studs in the universe. Through constant danger and adventure, Meredith finds herself in a variety of sexual encounters that make it easy to see why her ancestors were so worthy of worship. As wild as the novel's premise is, memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious, ribald fun. 8-city author tour. (Oct.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.


A Kiss of Shadows


Knut Hamsun : The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance

Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Monika Zagar reveals the ways in which messages of racism and sexism appear in works from throughout the long career of this prolific writer.--Monika Zagar is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota.


A Caress of Twilight


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Amazon.com ReviewFaerie princess and private detective Meredith Gentry juggles love, sex, intrigue, magic, and more in this witty and sensual novel from Laurell K. Hamilton. Merry has her hands full: she's desperate to conceive a child and thereby claim the Unseelie throne; she's the target of intrigue from both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts; her newest client is an exiled goddess with a secret that could get them all killed; and a hideous fey force that alarms even her formidable lover-warriors is loose in Los Angeles.A Caress of Twilight is infused with Hamilton's characteristic appealing blend of sex, magic, wit, and romantic dilemma. The mystery takes a back seat to the concerns of Faerie power and politics, making the book less balanced, but Merry's growth in leadership and power, along with a bang-up ending, won't leave fans disappointed. Readers new to Hamilton might be advised to start with A Kiss of Shadows or the extremely popular Anita Blake series. --Roz GenesseeFrom Publishers WeeklyIn the second R-rated outing (after 2000's A Kiss of Shadows) from bestseller Hamilton to feature bright and winsome faery princess Meredith Gentry, the unlikely shamus, who runs an L.A. detective agency with a staff of faery musclemen (plus a pet goblin), seems to spend almost as much time pondering her position in the fey world as attending to her client, glamorous film star Maeve Reed, actually a Seelie goddess, who needs Meredith's help in getting pregnant. Meredith does what she can for Maeve, although she has troubles enough of her own in the conception game. As one of two possible heirs to the Unseelie throne, the other being her nasty cousin, Prince Cel, Meredith must produce her own child and then, by faery tradition, marry her partner. It isn't easy, since any father must be kingly material, but our heroine is a game lass, and her failure is not for lack of trying. In an exciting climax, the LAPD Bureau of Human and Fey Affairs summons Meredith to battle a fearsome, crawling, tentacled and slobbering monster, the Nameless, which was too blithely created by opposing faery courts her own, the Unseelie, ruled by her millennium-old aunt, Queen Andais, and the Seelie, ruled by the ruthless and equally ancient King Taranis. More attention to the detective motif might have made the story more fun, but steamy prose and Meredith's obsessive personal conflicts should keep the faithful turning the pages. (Apr. 2)Forecast: With a 10-city author tour, national print advertising and the success of last year's Narcissus in Chains and other novels in her Anita Blake vampire series, Hamilton should make another run at the bestseller lists.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


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When a fifteen-year-old girl is abducted by vampires, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Anita Blake to find her. And when she does, she’s faced with something she’s never seen before: a terrifyingly ordinary group of people—kids, grandparents, soccer moms—all recently turned and willing to die to avoid serving a master. And where there’s one martyr, there will be more... But even vampires have monsters that they’re afraid of. And Anita is one of them...Amazon.com ReviewA conversation with Charlaine Harris, best-selling author of Deadlocked, and Laurell K. Hamilton, best-selling author of Kiss the DeadQuestion: Did you ever imagine that your series would run as long as it has?Charlaine Harris: I was just glad to sell the first book. It took two years of my agent sending it out to get a bite. I never even dreamed that Sookie would be so popular, that I would find so much to say about her and her world.Laurell K. Hamilton: No. I had over two hundred rejections for the first Anita Blake novel. They were the nicest rejections, with editors suggesting other publishing houses to send it to, but they, themselves, couldn't figure out how to market it. When I got that first three book contract, I remember thinking, "Well, at least I'll get to write three of them." I actually did think I had at least ten books in Anita and her world, but I don't think anyone can plan to write twenty-one novels in a series and still be excited about starting the twenty-second.Did you ever dream paranormal would be this hot?LKH: I remember being told that mixed genre didn't sell, before the term paranormal became a genre. I was also told that no one wanted to read about vampires. More than one editor told me that particular monster was dead and gone. I thought there was life left in the old legends, but I never saw this level of popularity coming.CH: Yes, even my agent didn't expect Dead Until Dark would be an easy sell, maybe especially since my books contained a lot of humor. Vampires were passé, and books that crossed genres (Except for yours: I think you had three or four books out when I wrote the first Sookie, and I was so glad to discover them!) were called "unshelvable.’ I could never have anticipated shelves and shelves of cross-genre books.Does fan response play a part in your planning process?CH: Not in the sense of changing plot direction in my novels. This is my story to tell, and I have to write it the way I see it. But every now and then when reader response to a character is unexpectedly enthusiastic--or the opposite--I'll take a second look at that character to see why he/she is coming across in a way I didn't expect or anticipate.LKH: I don't change plot direction for fan reaction either. My story, my world, my books, my stuff, my way. The only people who can change the direction of my novels are my characters. It's their life, after all, so if they're really insistent on a different plot, then they win. I agree that reader response to a character can make me puzzle over them more, but it doesn't usually change how often the character is on stage, or how big their role is, because weirdly if the fans are interested, then I'm already intrigued. Best example is Edward who started out as this cold blooded assassin, almost a bad guy, and now he's one of Anita's best friends, and he's a U. S. Marshal. So, not what I had planned for him.Have you ever had a character totally surprise you with their choices?LKH: A lot of my characters have minds of their own. Edward went away on his own and got himself engaged to a woman with two children from her first marriage. Edward-- assassin, ex-military, current police officer, taking a six-year-old to ballet lessons with all the other moms both amuses and hurts my head. Anita's love life went into a completely different direction than I'd ever anticipated. I so didn't see Anita dating this many men, or being in love with more than one man, and having everyone she loved okay with that.CH: I've discovered some surprising things about my characters as I wrote them. I know that their minds are really my mind, but sometimes it doesn't feel that way. It's like knowing a character has a secret (I'm thinking of Bill), and then suddenly realizing what that secret is. I was genuinely aghast. Sometimes my creative brain thinks a lot faster than my conscious brain. And it's certainly a lot more devious.How do you keep a world with paranormal elements credible?CH: I anchored my skewed world with real-life elements. Sookie has to pay her bills, she has to do her laundry, and she has family obligations. My vampires buy their clothes at the mall. My werewolf runs a surveying business. One of my fairies works in customer service at a department store. Readers seem to enjoy the fact that no matter what creature you may be, there's a process of surviving that has to be gone through; but there's all these other elements that make that process so different.LKH: I make sure any real life facts are as real and well-researched as possible. Because I'm asking people to believe in vampires, wereanimals, and zombies, I need to make sure the guns, cars, and real crime are as realistic as possible. Once a reader catches me wrong in an area where they are expert they won't believe my monsters are real. But I have found if I'm right on the hard facts even experts will let me fudge, or take that next fantastic leap, because I've proven myself by laying the foundation of reality to make my leap into the unknown.Do people ever expect you to be your characters?LKH: If I had known people would get confused between fiction and fact I'd have made Anita look less like me, but it just never occurred to me that there would be a problem. I've had fans want to know what weapons I'm carrying. They assume all the men are based on real people, and they aren't. I don't actually base characters on real people. Since I can't lighten Anita's hair, I've lightened my own and I get less fan confusion. I've had fans ask for the phone numbers of the men and get angry when I tried to explain I couldn't give them the contact info for a fictional character.CH: Ha! Well, I'm much older and rounder than Sookie, so I'm definitely no stand-in for Sookie. In fact, readers who have never met me before are usually astonished when they meet me; so were the actors on True Blood. Some of my readers who came to me after watching True Blood get the characters in the books sort of conflated with the actors who play them on television. In their minds, Alexander Skarsgard IS Eric, Stephen Moyer IS Bill. It can lead to some confusing questions when I'm at signings.What scenes in your novels are the most fun for you to write? Action? Sex? Relationship drama?CH: All of those are fun, depending on the outcome! But I have to say, I love to write a good fight scene. I find the "relationship" scenes a challenge. When people talk about their relationships, it's a messy conversation. People aren't too articulate about their innermost feelings. And such conversations don't proceed in a linear way, but jag back and forth as each speaker voices the issues that are most important to that person. So it's hard to make sound realistic, coherent, and yet condense such a conversation enough to make it tolerable.LKH: It depends on my mood. Sometimes a good fight scene can be very therapeutic, and give a productive outlet for negative emotions. The more people involved in the action the more complex the fight choreography can become, and that can be a challenge, and slow down the emotional content for me. I enjoy doing sex scenes, but they are a different kind of challenge. On a day when I can get in the mood for the scene, they’re great, but on a day when real life interferes, it’s a bit like real sex. It’s hard to concentrate on it when you have too many interruptions from the non-sexy side of your life. I guess that’s true of all writing, though, too many interruptions disrupt the process in general. The biggest challenge for the sex scenes is that sex is a very personal and individual activity, so I have the same girl involved, but different men and I want each man’s style to be unique. Relationship drama? Yuck, can I just say, yuck again? This kind of drama isn’t fun in real life and the only thing that makes fictional relationship drama tolerable is that it’s fictional, and I’m not having to endure it in my real life, but other than that it sucks just as much. It also tends to complicate my life as a writer, because almost nothing screws up a story arc like relationship choices, though I have had action scenes go so differently from what I’d planned that an entire third of a book had to be thrown out. It was a better book for it, but still, near deadline that was hard.What’s the hardest thing about writing such a long running series?LKH: The beginning of the book is easy, because you always want that to be interesting and lure in both old and new readers. It’s the middle of the book that becomes more complicated. As a writer you always have to think that you may have brand new readers picking up your book, so you have to explain the characters, the world, everything, but you don’t want to over explain to the long time readers. The other problem with a series is that each book needs to stand alone as much as possible, but you also want character growth and world development from novel to novel, so again, it’s a balancing act. I make sure that each opening is different enough that you won’t be left wondering, did I read that already. It’s an issue I’ve had with other series that I read. It gets very challenging when you get in double digits to make everything fresh, but familiar. I’m lucky that I’m still discovering new things about Anita, Jean-Claude, Edward, Nathaniel, everyone, and the world continues to grow and surprise me. My fictional world is like the real one, I never know quite what’s coming next.CH: The hardest thing is keeping track of previous developments and details. My memory just wasn't up to it, and I had to hire someone (the fabulous Victoria Koski). When you create a world, there are a thousand small things that make it credible, and it's easier than you'd think to forget whether someone is a werefox or a werelynx, or whether it's still daytime during the narrative or if you've passed into darkness. I think it's important to catch as many little errors as you can, so readers don't get yanked out of the world. I'm not the kind of reader who notices, but there are many readers who do.Photo Laurell K. Hamilton © Stefan HesterPhoto Charlaine Harris © Sigrid EstradaReview"Hamilton remains one of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.""[A] wildly popular paranormal series."“Long before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series and Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels, [there was] sexy, strong-willed vampire hunter Anita Blake.”


Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)


Prophétie d’une folle


Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know®

"Even before the extensive sanctions imposed on Russia for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it was hard to browse the news without seeing reports of yet another set of sanctions. The United States has sanctions against over 30 countries as well as drug traffickers, terrorist organizations and specially designated individuals. China long has been a target of sanctions and in recent years increasingly a wielder against countries and companies even organizations like the National Basketball Association (NBA). Russia also has been sanctions sender as well as target. The European Union has joined some of the American sanctions as well as imposing its own. In some cases the United Nations has authorized fully multilateral sanctions. While being used more frequently in recent years sanctions go back decades, indeed centuries, to such cases as the 432 BC Athens against Sparta and Napoleon's 1808-1814 Continental System. Given such frequency of use, you'd think sanctions were a sure-fire weapon. Yet the record is quite mixed. So some initial puzzles: Why are economic sanctions used so much? What are the key factors affecting their success? These and related questions are well suited for an Oxford University Press What Everyone Needs to Know book. They long have been important among international relations scholars, spanning international security and international political economy subfields. And with sanctions such a recurring foreign policy strategy, they are crucial for policy makers. As someone who has both studied sanctions as a scholar and worked on these issues while serving in key U.S. foreign policy positions, Bruce W. Jentleson is well suited to provide analysis valuable for students, scholars and practitioners"--


Finding Each Other 4: Enigma - A Hotwife Story


How Could You Call Her Baby


The Purest Love For The Coldest Thug


Churchill's Admiral in Two World Wars: Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge & Dover GCB KCVO CMG DSO

"An interesting biography of one of Britain's most unusual admirals" (The NYMAS Review).Roger Keyes was the archetype of 19th to 20th century Royal Navy officers. A superb seaman, inspiring leader, and fearless fighter he immediately caught the eye of senior figures in the naval establishment, as well as an up-and-coming politician, Winston Churchill. The relationship between these two brave men survived disappointment, disagreement, and eventually disillusion. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Keyes was unable to make the transition from sailor to politician and was inclined to embarrass his friends and allies by his intemperate language and total lack of political acumen. Always eager to lead from the front and hurl himself at the enemy his mind set tended to be that of a junior officer trying to prove himself, not that of a senior Admiral.Trained in some of the last of Britain's sailing warships, Keyes served in submarines in the North Sea, destroyers...


The Sapphire Heist (A Jewel Novel Book 2)


The Sapphire Affair (A Jewel Novel Book 1)


Keeping score : music, disciplinarity, culture

David Schwarz, Anahid Kassabian, Lawrence Siegel (editors)

Keeping Score is a diverse collection of essays that argues for and demonstrates the current effort to redefine the methods, goals, and scope of musical scholarship. This volume gives voice to new directions in music studies, including traditional and "new" musicology, music and psychoanalysis, music and film, popular music studies, and gay and lesbian studies. These essays speak to music study from within its own language and enter into important conversations already taking place across disciplinary boundaries throughout the academy.


Unbreak My Heart

Experience all the feels in this unforgettable, second chance, standalone romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Lauren Blakely! I didn't break her heart, and she didn't break mine -- we broke each other's. I never stopped loving her, but time and distance played its cruel role in ripping us apart three years ago when she moved halfway around the world. Now after all those endless miles away, she's returned . . . but I'm not the guy I was before. Beautiful, kind, and loving, she's the same -- my hope. The only one who can make a day better, who can make me feel again with one kiss, one touch, one night. There's so much I have to put back in place now that I'm alone and on my own. Things I never wanted at the age of twenty-five. When I receive an unexpected letter that might hold the clues to everything I desperately need to understand about my family, I'm sure I have to follow it. But that means leaving her once more. She says she'll come with me, and having her by my side will unbreak my heart . . . or destroy it. That's the chance I have to take.**Review"A beautiful, deeply affecting and unforgettable romance." - USA Today's Happily Ever After "Lauren Blakely managed to break my heart and soul and put it all back together again. Unbreak My Heart is one of my top reads of 2018. My love for this book is unbreakable!" - Kindle Crack Book Reviews "A MUST READ and TOP 2018 ROMANCE! Broken meets beautiful in Unbreak My Heart, Lauren Blakely's best book yet! This is one STUNNING SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCE." - Karen at Bookalicious Babes Blog "This novel is the must-read among must-reads. Unbreak My Heart reminded me that life is always at its best when lived at your best and through your worst; it is Lauren Blakely at her best. Five-plus stars." - Jen at Dog-Eared Daydreams "I usually love Lauren Blakely books for the witty banter, the romance and the laughter. She has know given me so many more reasons to love her stories. Read this book! The emotional ride between these two will have you crying, smiling and falling in love." - Jamie at  IScream Books"...a beautiful book of love, healing and hope...Everything I could have asked for and more." - Booked All night"Unbreak My Heart was a breathtakingly epic story about love, loss and healing that rocked me to my core." - Red Cheeks Reads"With a narrative that's raw and intense and characters whose hearts and souls are laid bare within the pages of the book, Unbreak My Heart is an achingly emotional, hopelessly romantic second chance romance." - Yvette ~ Nose Stuck in a Book"Unbreak My Heart is easily the best book I've read this year. I know I can count on Lauren Blakely when it comes to unforgettable reads, but this one punched me in the heart and the soul. And I've never loved her writing more." - Becca at Little Red Reading Hood"I couldn't put this one down!!! This was a more emotional story than I've read from this author before. It was wonderful, insightful and soul searching" - Loving Hot Books"A beautiful story...it's a great second chance romance, no doubt, but it's also so much more than that. I found all the things I've come to expect from a Lauren Blakely book - realistic characters, quick wit, and snappy dialogue, and let's not forget amazing chemistry between our couple!" - The Book Boyfriend Addict "This is my favorite book from Lauren to date! Wow! Phenomenal! Unbreak My Heart will do just that... Break & Unbreak your heart." - Elizabeth @ Carolina Chic's Read"This book was all heart. Heart-wrenching, heart-breaking, heart-warming, and heart-healing. I cried, swooned, and there were even times that I laughed." - Crazy Daisy "Full of angst and emotion to tug on the heartstrings, and of course comes equipped with an unforgettable couple with scorching chemistry that brings a little heat to the pages too!Highly recommend this one!!" -Reds Romance Reviews About the AuthorA #1 New York Times Bestselling author, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that's hot, sweet and sexy. She lives in California with her family and has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than 100 times, and she's sold more than 2.5 million books. In September she'll release ONCE UPON A REAL GOOD TIME, a fun & sexy rock star romance. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter


The V Card

A brand new sinfully sexy standalone romantic comedy from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente! When you think about how easy it is to lose keys, phones, sunglasses and your dignity on social media, you might figure it'd be a cinch for me to ditch my V Card. You'd be wrong.At 25, I run a successful business, live in a fantastic apartment, and have fabulous friends to go out with any night of the week. And yet I'm still a card-carrying member of a club I don't want to belong to anymore. Good thing I know just the man for the deflowering job—my brother’s business partner and best friend. Graham Campbell is charming, smart, and, I’m told, oh-so-skilled in the sack. As long as I keep my eyes on the prize, there’s no way this pluck-the-flower project could possibly complicate matters. Work and pleasure. As the CEO of a fast-growing company, I've been enjoying both to the fullest. What do I do when the board throws me for an unexpected loop so I can keep my business in my hands? I enlist the help of my best friend's little sister since she holds a big stake in the company. But then I learn there's another big stake she wants. The one between my legs.I can do this. Seven nights to teach her everything I know in the bedroom. There's no way I'll fall for her, even though she’s earning top grades in every single lesson. And turns out I’m learning something too. The trouble is I don’t have the answer key to what to do when I fall hard for her.And that throws a whole new hitch in my plans.**Review"Their chemistry is scorching hot...The V Card is charming, feel-good entertainment punctuated by searing heat, heartwarming moments and the magic of New York City." - USA TODAY "Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente are a match made in ROM-COM heaven! THE V CARD was an OUTSTANDING romantic comedy that has heart, humor, and an INSANE amount of chemistry! I couldn't take my eyes off the pages for even a minute! " - Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads"What do you get when you combine two of my favorite authors? The V Card!! If there are two things both authors do extremely well, it's smoldering chemistry between the hero and heroine, and a fun and flirty storyline that makes you fall in love right from the start. You get both in spades!" -Bestselling Author, Lacey Black**** "This is one funny, sexy and charming read. I bow down to Ms. Blakely and Ms. Valente, these two are a powerful duo!!"- Fiction Fangirls"Ms. Blakely and Ms. Valente have written a book that allowed me to laugh, swoon, get revved up and fall in love." - My Girlfriend's Couch Blog "Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente are two of the most talented writers I've ever read. Add in what incredible women they are and it's a recipe for success." - Two Book Pushers


Applied Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Statistics Using Python A practical, “how-to” reference for anyone performing essential statistical analyses and data management tasks in Python Applied Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Statistics Using Python delivers a comprehensive introduction to a wide range of statistical methods performed using Python in a single, one-stop reference. The book contains user-friendly guidance and instructions on using Python to run a variety of statistical procedures without getting bogged down in unnecessary theory. Throughout, the author emphasizes a set of computational tools used in the discovery of empirical patterns, as well as several popular statistical analyses and data management tasks that can be immediately applied. Most of the datasets used in the book are small enough to be easily entered into Python manually, though they can also be downloaded for free from www.datapsyc.com. Only minimal knowledge of statistics is assumed, making the book perfect for those seeking an easily accessible toolkit for statistical analysis with Python. Applied Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Statistics Using Python represents the fastest way to learn how to analyze data with Python. Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: A review of essential statistical principles, including types of data, measurement, significance tests, significance levels, and type I and type II errors An introduction to Python, exploring how to communicate with Python A treatment of exploratory data analysis, basic statistics and visual displays, including frequencies and descriptives, q-q plots, box-and-whisker plots, and data management An introduction to topics such as ANOVA, MANOVA and discriminant analysis, regression, principal components analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, among others, exploring the nature of what these techniques can vs. cannot do on a methodological level Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in the social, behavioral, and natural sciences, Applied Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Statistics Using Python will also earn a place in the libraries of researchers and data analysts seeking a quick go-to resource for univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis in Python.


The Engagement Gift

Some fantasies are better left unsaid. Besides, I don’t need to act on my dirty dreams, not when my fiancé and I have the kind of after dark adventures others dream of — wild, daring and oh so frequent. I can’t risk losing him by voicing my deepest, dirtiest desire. But the hotter our role playing gets, the closer I come to telling him what I want most — him and his best friend at the same time. Until the night I do… The Engagement Gift is a standalone 20,000 word MFM novella with an HEA and NO cheating! Be prepared for a red-hot story that'll heat you up and make you toss off your panties!


The Dating Proposal

One woman on a dating quest. One man in need of a relationship guru. Onewild proposal neither can resist. Watch out world — I’m ready to date again. The seven years I invested in my ex left me with nothing but scorch marksfrom the way he peeled out and left me at the altar. I’m not looking to putmy heart into a relationship any time soon. What I am looking for? To have some freaking fun. My best friends can’twait to set me up with suitable single guys, and soon I’ve got threepromising prospects. Then I bump into Chris…. Clever and funny, with a sexy surfer’s bod and a brilliant nerd brain, hehas just the right screwdriver to fix my hard drive. (Yes, the one for mycomputer.) I wouldn’t mind dating him. The trouble is he just proposed to me—to be thenew dating guru on his TV show—and I said yes. Don’t get your honey where you get your money. I’d make a sign or put that mantra on a tattoo, except I’m not likely toforget it, given that the last time I mixed business with pleasure, italmost tanked my career. Now? I play by the book. That hasn’t been a problem until McKenna. She’s engaging and fun, quickwith a snapback or a sensitive, sensible reply—perfect for my TV show. Toobad she’s also perfectly kissable. But I lock my feelings down. We’ve both worked too hard on our careers tolet our connection go further than some sexy banter…and, okay, oneimpulsive, fantastic kiss—no matter how much our boss, our fans, and ourfriends propose we make our on-screen chemistry an off-screen romance. What happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time?


The beginning after the end (#0 ao #380)

Grey, um rei solitário, morre envenenado por seus inimigos. Contudo, ele renasce em um mundo com raças e habilidades que jamais antes vira. Agora sob o nome de Arthur, almeja ficar forte o bastante para não cometer os mesmos erros que cometera no passado e proteger aqueles que ama.


Strong Suit: A Birthday Suit short story


Special Delivery


First Night and Ever Afters

A sexy short story ofhandcuffs, lace and one hot night in a bar featuring supportingcharacters from the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling novelsTROPHY HUSBAND and PLAYING WITH HER HEART.Fiery bartender Julia Bell has been hit on by her fair share of customers and has never somuch as batted an eye in response. After all, she wants a man who canclaim her body AND captivate her mind. Enter Clay Nichols, theentertainment lawyer with a dirty mind and a mouth to match. Theirconnection is off the charts hot, but can it last beyond the firstnight?What happens after the happy ending? Bestselling authorLauren Blakely gives readers a glimpse of the happily ever afters forher popular romantic couples – Kat and Bryan from Caught Up In Us, Chris and McKenna from Trophy Husband, Jill and Davis from Playing With HerHeart, and Jane and Matthew from Far Too Tempting.


Devices and Systems for Laboratory Automation


Forbidden Nights

A smoldering and sensual standalone romance novel in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Seductive Nights Series by Lauren Blakely... Sinfully sexy hotel CEO Nate Harper knows exactly how to please a woman. He's equally skilled in keeping his heart safe from the kind of hurt his ex inflicted on him years ago. But one thing he's not so good at what-so-ever is getting his mind and all his dirty thoughts off the gorgeous, outgoing, and absolutely captivating Casey Sullivan, the new head of the Joy Delivered company. They've been friends for years now, and Casey trusts Nate completely. So it makes perfect sense to her to ask him for hands-on guidance when she finds herself in need of some of his romantic expertise. The trouble is, his heart may be signing up for more than it bargained for when he agrees to help her learn to abandon her need for control in the bedroom. Because as she experiences what it means to let go, he'll start to experience what it means to feel again... But what happens when all those forbidden nights turn into a deeper connection that's much more than either bargained for? FORBIDDEN NIGHTS is a standalone full-length novel in the bestselling SEDUCTIVE NIGHTS series following the love affair of Nate and Casey. You can read it on its own, but you would likely enjoy the other books too.**


Лечение алоэ Ю.Савельева 2004-600M

Юлия Савельева

М.: РИПОЛ классик, 2004

''Данная книга расскажет читателям о целебных свойствах алоэ, которые с успехом могут применяться для лечения различных недугов и болячек. Подборка простых в приготовлении и применении средств, включающих в свой состав алоэ, делает данную книгу незаменимой для тех, кто не желает «сажать» организм, применяя при лечении подчас вредные и дорогостоящие лекарственные препараты.Для широкого круга читателей."


A Wildly Seductive Night

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Come inside the world of Seductive Nights one more time in A WILDLY SEDUCTIVE NIGHT! Once upon a time there was a very happy couple who had wild, hot, passionate, seductive nights every day, and every night. But that's not all they had between them. They had love, and trust, and respect. He adored her and treated her like a queen. She was so very good to him, and made his life complete. Their sexy marriage was the stuff dirty fairytales were made of. But there was one thing they didn't have. One thing they both secretly wanted. One thing better than pearls.Enjoy another visit with Lauren Blakely's sexiest couple ever, Julia and Clay, in this brand new novella!**


Ace, Whiskey and a Hot Tub

This is a 3,000 word short story about Julia and Clay from the Seductive Nights series. It is not required reading - it is simply an HEA short story and it is intended for passionate fans of Julia and Clay who have read all the way through One More Night. The events in this short story occur 1.5 years after One More Night. Please enjoy this sexy short story! PS - it's in Kindle Unlimited so you can read it for FREE!!


Julia and Clay Plus One

This is a 2,500 word BONUS short story about Julia and Clay from the Seductive Nights series. This is simply an HEA short story about their family expansion plans and it is intended for passionate fans of Julia and Clay who have read all the way through One More Night. Please enjoy this sexy short story! PS - it's in Kindle Unlimited so you can read it for FREE!!


International Economics: An Introduction to Theory and Policy, 2nd Edition

Complementing trade theories with relevant trade empirics, this book covers three aspects of the study of International Economics: pure theory of trade, trade policy, and theory of Balance of Payments (BoP) and exchange rate. In the first part, it discusses the basic principles of international trade between dissimilar countries as well as between similar countries, and implications thereof in terms of welfare, income distribution, and growth. The approach taken here is distinctly different from that in most of the existing textbooks on international economics. Instead of model-specific discussions of the basic issues, it discusses the basic principles governing trade, gains from trade, and characteristics of international equilibrium in the context of a general trading environment of open economies. Subsequently, specific models of trade are introduced as alternative theoretical explanations for the basic principles of trade. In the second part, a wide range of policy issues areanalysed including unilateral trade restrictions and promotions; reciprocatory trade policy choices through regionalism; product standards that regulate trade between developed and developing countries; and implications of capital inflow, FDI, fragmentation, and global value chains. In the third part, the book discusses different currency and exchange rate regimes and their implications for a country's balance of payments and foreign exchange reserves. Drawing upon the basic theories, it studies expenditure-reducing and expenditure-switching policies to correct for BoP imbalances under a pegged exchange rate regime. Finally, some reflections on the choice of exchange rate regime and optimum currency area wind up discussions of monetary issues in international economics.


The Seductive Nights Novellas

The Seductive Nights Novellas is a collection of the three prequel novellas in the New YorkTimes Bestselling Seductive Nights series. These three prequel novellasare FREE and designed to introduced readers to the three couples in this series. The novellas in this ebook are FIRST NIGHT, ONE NIGHT WITH HER,


Seductive Nights Trilogy

The Seductive Nights Trilogy Bundle is a box set of the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling books First Night, Night After Night and After This Night • First Night When a sinfully handsome man walks into her bar in San Francisco, Julia Bell simply wants a break from the troubles that keep chasing her. That escape comes in the form of sexy, confident and commanding Clay Nichols, who captivates her mind AND turns her inside out with pleasure. They share one scorchingly hot night together, but discover a connection that runs deeper than mere chemistry.... • Night After Night Their world was sex, love, and lies, He intoxicated her. Commanded. Consumed. With a dirty mind and a mouth to match, Clay Nichols is everything Julia never knew she wanted and exactly what she cannot have. He walked into her life one night and unlocked pleasure in her that she never knew was possible. Possessing her body, captivating her every thought. Which makes him way too dangerous for Julia to risk her heart, given that she has a price tag on her head. She ran after one mind-blowing week with him, but now he's back, and determined to make her his own. No matter the cost. She was a sexy drug to him. Fiery, unforgettable, and never enough, Julia is an enigma, and Clay isn't willing to let her go without a fight. But she's got dark secrets of her own that threaten to destroy any chance of happiness. She's a wanted woman - the stakes are high, her every move is watched, and yet the lure between them can't be denied. Can two people burned by love trust again when desire and passion are met by danger at every turn? • After This Night Their world was passion, pleasure and secrets. Far too many secrets. But Clay Nichols can't get Julia Bell out of his mind. He's so drawn to her, and to the nights they shared, that he can't focus on work or business. Only her. And she's pissing him off with her hot and cold act. She has her reasons though-she's trying to stay one step ahead of the trouble that's been chasing her for months now, thanks to the criminal world her ex dragged her into. If only she can get out of this mess, then maybe she can invite the man who ignites her back in her life, so she can have him-heart, mind and body. He won't take less than all of her, and the full truth too. When he runs into her again at her sister's wedding, they have a second chance but she'll have to let him all the way in. And they'll learn just how much more there is to the intense sexual chemistry they share, and whether love can carry them well past the danger of her past and into a new future, after this night...**


Once Upon A Red Hot Kiss


Heartbreakers 01 - Once Upon a Real Good Time

Once Upon A Real Good Time by Lauren BlakelyA brand new sexy standalone romantic comedy from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! That smoking hot one-night stand with a former rock star? Turns out he's my son's new music teacher. Oops. But I didn't know that the night I met Campbell. All I knew was he played my body the same way he played a guitar -- like he owned it. My libido is still high-fiving me after being self-served for too many years, and we're both ready for another night or two of fun, especially since we don't just have chemistry in bed -- we connect over everything. That is, until I learn he's the man who'll be coming to my house twice a week to teach my son -- the best music lessons money can buy. Time to turn down the volume on our shenanigans. Only that's easier said than done. I can rock a guitar solo in front of thousands, I can write chart-topping tunes, and I can absolutely stop thinking about my student's mother naked. After all, I'm a single parent too, and I know what it's like to put your kid first. That's what I do every damn day. Trouble is, now that I've had Mackenzie, it's hard -- and I do mean hard -- to stop wanting her. Harder too when I get to know her, and learn she's an awesome mom, a great friend, and, oh yeah, she happens to get along perfectly with my daughter. All we have to do is set some rules. No dating, no nookie when the kids are around, and no one gets hurt. It's all working out beautifully. Until we start breaking the rules, one by one. Making music with her in the bedroom is easy. But will we be more than just a real good time when the music stops?


Heartbreakers 02 - Once Upon A Sure Thing


Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stoneham

2022 SABR Seymour Medal Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year When New York Giants owner Charles A. Stoneham came home one night in 1918 and told his teenage son, Horace, "Horrie, I bought you a ballclub," he set in motion a family legacy. Horace Stoneham would become one of baseball's greatest figures, an owner who played an essential role in integrating the game, and who was a major force in making our pastime truly national by bringing Major League Baseball to the West Coast. Horace Stoneham began his tenure with the Giants in 1924, learning all sides of the operation until he moved into the front office. In 1936, when his father died of kidney disease, Horace assumed control of the Giants at age thirty-two, becoming one of the youngest owners in baseball history. Stoneham played a pivotal role in not just his team's history but the game itself. In the mid-1940s when the Pacific Coast League sought to gain Major League...


Plant Ecogenomics

Peerzada Arshid Shabir, Peerzada Yasir Yousuf, Khalid Rehman Hakeem

This new volume offers a valuable introduction to plant ecology from a genomics point of view, presenting a thorough foundation and summary of modern approaches, methodologies, research goals, and evidence of plant ecology in the modern genomic era. The book also presents important updated information on the most recent knowledge of thedifferent aspects of plant populations.The volume gives an overview of the approaches to unravelling the genetic basis underlying fundamental responses of plants to their natural environments, describing in detail the concepts, aims, and approaches of plant ecological genomics along with the genomic tools embraced by ecologists for mining various ecological problems. Recent advances and breakthroughs made in molecular markers along with their applications in plant ecogenomic studies are shared, and specific applications, techniques, and tools are described as well, such advanced molecular techniques, next-generation sequencing, eDNA metabarcoding, among others.


Heartbreakers 03 - Once Upon A Wild Fling


Heartbreakers 01 - Once Upon A Real Good Time


A Small Case of Murder (The Joshua Thornton Mysteries)


A Reunion to Die For (The Joshua Thornton Mysteries)


Japanese Horror Culture : Critical Essays on Film, Literature, Anime, Video Games

Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Subashish Bhattacharjee, Ananya Saha

Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the emergence of the J-horror phenomenon in the late 1990s with the opening and critical success of films such as Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (Ringu, 1998) or Takashi Miike’s Audition (Ôdishon, 1999), Japanese horror has been a staple of both film studies and Western culture. Scholars and fans alike throughout the world have been keen to observe and analyze the popularity and roots of the phenomenon that took the horror scene by storm, producing a corpus of cultural artefacts that still resonate today. Further, Japanese horror is symptomatic of its social and cultural context, celebrating the fantastic through female ghosts, mutated lizards, posthuman bodies, and other figures. Encompassing a range of genres and media including cinema, manga, video games, and anime, this book investigates and analyzes Japanese horror in relation with trauma studies (including the figure of Godzilla), the non-human (via grotesque bodies), and hybridity with Western narratives (including the linkages with Hollywood), thus illuminating overlooked aspects of this cultural phenomenon.


Zen al quadrato

Una migrazione interna alla stessa città, Palermo, dal Castello San Pietro allo Zen 2. Dal borgo a ridosso della fortezza a guardia del vecchio porto – le chiese e i resti delle antiche costruzioni devastati dai bombardamenti dell’ultima guerra e dall’incuria che ne seguì – al nuovo quartiere sorto al limite del «sacco di Palermo»: ZEN 2, Zona Espansione Nord 2. A trasferirsi, lasciandosi indietro malsane scomodità e ricordi di una vita, è un’intera famiglia: il padre, la madre, il figlio e la nonna. Filippo, il ragazzo di casa, studente al liceo artistico, ribattezza quel quartiere lunare «Zen al quadrato». Un dormitorio con le strade mai finite e i garage sequestrati dai boss, nato da un progetto utopico e degradato dalla blasfemia della speculazione, dell’abbandono, della criminalità. Con un trasloco di qualche chilometro, muta radicalmente il paesaggio urbano, ed è come se si trascorresse da un’era ad un’altra, da una civiltà ad un’altra.


Kill and Run

Five women with seemingly nothing in common are found brutally murdered in a townhome outside Washington, DC. Among the many questions surrounding the massacre is what had brought these apparent strangers together only to be killed.Taking on his first official murder case, Lieutenant Murphy Thornton, USN, believes that if he can uncover the thread connecting the victims, then he can find their murderer.Before long, the case takes an unexpected turn when Murphy discovers that one of the victims has a connection to his stepmother, Homicide Detective Cameron Gates. One wintry night, over a dozen years before, her first husband, a Pennsylvania State trooper, had been run down while working a night shift on the turnpike.In this first installment of the Thorny Rose Mysteries, the Lovers in Crime join newlyweds Lieutenant Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday to sift through a web of lies and cover-ups. Together, can the detectives of the Thorny Rose uncover the truth without falling victim to a cunning killer?


Un gatto attraversa la strada (1954; La nave di Teseo, 2022)

Giovanni Comisso, Paolo di Paolo (ed. & pref.), Guido Poivene (postfazione) & Nico Naldini (nota editoriale)

Un contadino sospettoso ai limiti della nevrosi, un uomo vecchio e stanco che si abbandona alle poche parole gentili di una ragazza su un treno, un ragazzino geloso della cugina più grande cui è stato affidato. E poi un “idilliaco” villaggio di montagna in cui si verificano misteriosi suicidi, interminabili pomeriggi di pioggia affogati nell’alcol e in avventure erotico-sentimentali senza pretese...In questo volume, premio Strega 1955, che prende il titolo dal ventiduesimo racconto della raccolta, Giovanni Comisso rappresenta con sguardo disincantato e anticonformista un microcosmo, un’umanità presa dalla strada, le sue ambizioni raramente soddisfatte, la fatica del vivere e gli inaspettati momenti di felicità.Dopo Gioventù che muore e Gente di mare, continua la ripubblicazione dell’opera di Giovanni Comisso a cura di Paolo Di Paolo.


Tessiture di sogno

Sebald si è spesso presentato ai lettori nei panni del viandante saturnino, sulle tracce degli autori prediletti oppure intento a ricostruire le traiettorie di esistenze errabonde e sradicate, attraverso paesaggi sempre vividamente descritti, si tratti del Suffolk o di una città italiana. In realtà è stato soprattutto un viaggiatore nel tempo, perché «occuparsi del passato ... è ciò che fantasmi e scrittori hanno in comune»: e se la Storia obbedisce a leggi imperscrutabili, resta quanto meno la possibilità di cogliere, vagabondando in libertà attraverso il passato, barbagli di una verità che ci sarebbe altrimenti negata. Accade quando Sebald, in Corsica, scopre il tenace rapporto - perturbante per noi che tendiamo a sbarazzarci della memoria come di una zavorra - che lì da sempre si intrattiene con i morti, e in particolare la sorprendente figura dell’acciatore, vero ponte fra la vita e l’aldilà. O quando la cronaca – fissata nei Diari – del viaggio da Praga a Parigi compiuto da Kafka nel 1911 insieme a Max Brod gli si rivela misteriosamente un riverbero dei suoi stessi ricordi, al punto che le varie tappe gli sono «più familiari di quanto lo sia mai divenuto in seguito qualsiasi altro luogo». O, ancora, quando grazie a Nabokov, incarnazione del senso più vertiginoso dell’esilio, comprende che «se vogliamo annullare il tempo possiamo riuscirci solo a patto di rievocare minuziosamente gli oggetti da un pezzo caduti nell’oblio». Laddove, come in queste pagine, l’impresa abbia successo, si attinge infatti «un regno luminoso, appena soffuso di un alito surreale come lo sono tutti i prodigi, e ci si ritrova, per così dire, sulla soglia della rivelazione di una verità assoluta».


Tao 48

Tessere che formano un mosaico complesso e affascinante. Episodi – quarantotto ma forse, a ben guardare, qualcuno di meno – che danno vita a una sorta di autobiografia nascosta dell’autore e, al contempo, al racconto di una città, Roma. Frammenti in cui il narratore torna bambino, ritrova i pomeriggi al cinema con la madre, si riconosce del tutto estraneo agli altri invitati a una festa, oppure si scopre, mentre è coinvolto suo malgrado a investigare moventi e personaggi di fatti di cronaca nera e di storia politica, a rivivere i suoi amori. O dove, infine, riflette sulla scoperta spaesante e felice del teatro, e sul senso del tempo.


Ritorno in Iran

Un quarantenne regista curdo-iraniano, apolide e diviso tra due mondi, sta lavorando a Roma a un ambizioso film sull’immigrazione prodotto dal ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali. Durante un incontro cruciale con la commissione che eroga i finanziamenti, pronto a ridiscutere il finale della sua opera – definito oltremodo pessimista – riceve una telefonata destinata a cambiare il corso della sua già travagliata esistenza. All’altro capo del filo c’è sua madre, che non sente da ventisette anni e che, l’ultima volta che l’ha vista, ha cercato di ucciderlo. Il ricordo del loro ultimo traumatico incontro piomba nel suo presente e lo invade. La voce della madre lo costringe a tornare nel suo Paese per fare i fatidici conti col passato prima che la morte impedisca a entrambi di ricucire quello strappo mai sanato che ha lasciato dentro di lui una cicatrice profonda e una scia di scelte sbagliate. Ma il ritorno in Iran si rivela molto diverso da come lo aveva immaginato: invischiato suo malgrado in un mondo di cui quasi non riconosce più le dinamiche, e come sospeso in un tempo surreale, il passato torna sotto forma di condanna, di circolo vizioso, dove anche i sentimenti più puri non trovano spazio e la verità, a lungo temuta e nascosta, si palesa in tutta la sua violenza beffarda e sconvolgente.


Monstruos invisibles

Shannon parece tenerlo todo en la vida: belleza, fama, un novio, una gran amiga… pero cuando un «accidente» la deja completamente desfigurada e incapaz de hablar, pasa de ser un hermoso centro de atracción a convertirse en un monstruo invisible, tan horrible que nadie parece percatarse de su existencia. Nadie, salvo Brandy Alexander, un transexual a quien conoce en el hospital y que le ofrece la oportunidad de encontrar su nuevo destino, a partir de olvidar su pasado y construirse infinitos y simultáneos presentes. Así, tras secuestrar a Manus, su actual ex novio, partirán en una carrera desenfrenada que solo puede conducirlos hacia su aniquilación. Monstruos invisibles es una road movie alucinada cuyos protagonistas se lanzan en una aventura contra la imposición social de la belleza. Palahniuk, dueño de un universo muy personal, sacude y agita nuestras mentes de un modo brutal.


Nana

A Carl Streator, periodista de mediana edad, le han encargado que escriba una serie de artículos sobre la muerte súbita infantil, un tema que le resulta familiar pues él mismo perdió a su hijo en circunstancias extrañas. En el transcurso de la investigación descubre que en todas las casas donde ha muerto un bebé (o un niño, o un adulto) hay un ejemplar del mismo libro: una antología de poemas africanos que contiene una nana letal. Esta canción mata a aquel que la escucha; de hecho, su poder es tal que ni siquiera es necesario recitarla, con tan solo memorizarla y odiar a alguien intensamente, cae fulminado. Helen Hoover Boyle, agente inmobiliaria especializada en vender casas encantadas, también tenía un hijo que murió en circunstancias similares al de Streator. El periodista y la agente inmobiliaria emprenderán, acompañados por la secretaria de Helen, Mona, aficionada al esoterismo, y el novio de esta, Oyster, un ecologista ultrarradical, un viaje por carretera con el fin de destruir todos los ejemplares del libro y encontrar el grimorio original del que procede el hechizo. Con Nana damos la bienvenida a una nueva familia nuclear, un grupo disfuncional hasta extremos aberrantes. Y a una hilarante alegoría sobre la información y el poder.


Piccola suite per Brodskij

Con la Piccola suite per Brodskij, si entra in una Venezia senza tempo, sommessamente, accompagnati dallo sguardo poetico e visionario di Antonella Jacoli; da lì ci si cala in una dimensione che appare priva di riferimenti temporali precisi. Il luogo è metafisico, città spogliata dalla presenza umana chiassosa, perché in fin dei conti «Cosa sa essere più eloquente dell'inumano?» (cit. I. Brodskij, Architektura, 1993). [...] Quello che ricrea sapientemente la Jacoli è un'ambientazione onirica dai molteplici rimandi, un ramage di immagini. Al lettore non resta che lasciarsi attraversare dalle suggestioni che i versi evocano, senza opporre resistenza, salire in gondola e lasciarsi trasportare, come in una culla dove tutto Accanto a noi sopra e sotto/ confonde attutisce sparisce...


Paride Royl e la Lanterna Dei Sogni Perduti

Ciò che resta della famiglia Royl, dopo un grave incidente d’auto, sono Menos e il figlio Paride. Durante una vacanza nella loro casa di Castellana, piccolo paese del Lazio, ospiteranno Ecuba e sua figlia Lea, due amiche di famiglia. I due ragazzi, inizialmente un po’ diffidenti, si avvicineranno l’uno all’altra e scopriranno che Castellana nasconde misteri inimmaginabili. Grazie a una magica lanterna avranno accesso a conoscenze inaspettate e da quel momento nulla sarà più come prima. La magia entrerà nella loro vita e con essa misteri, leggende e segreti che li costringeranno a prendere atto che la realtà non è ciò che sembra e il mondo invisibile è tanto concreto quanto quello visibile.


Il libro del riso e dell’oblio

Un «romanzo in forma di variazioni» calamitato da un tema: «la lotta dell’uomo contro il potere e la lotta della memoria contro l’oblio».


Perché l'America

Basta introdurre un elemento inaspettato, spostare di lato lo sguardo, immaginare un esito imprevisto, e la realtà di ogni giorno esplode, rivelando possibilità inattese. È l’esercizio di chi scrive romanzi e racconti: costruire un mondo nuovo a partire da quello che abbiamo davanti agli occhi, inserirvi dei personaggi, ambientarvi delle storie. Ma quando la fantasia sa spingersi senza timori in territori inconsueti, può a volte illuminare il nostro presente, o lasciarci intuire il futuro.È quanto accade in questa raccolta di racconti di uno scrittore giovane e originale, che adora la libertà della letteratura e il gioco dell’invenzione narrativa. Matthew Baker ha uno sguardo che scruta nelle emozioni, nelle paure, nei dubbi degli individui che fronteggiano le sorprese e le scelte a loro imposte dalla vita. Può trattarsi di un ragazzo che annuncia alla famiglia di voler rinunciare al proprio corpo e trasferire se stesso nel server di un computer, lasciando alla madre il dovere di creare una nuova dimensione dell’amore filiale. Oppure sono le disavventure di una giovane coppia che cerca disperatamente uno sponsor (in una società in cui tutto è sponsorizzato, persino l’università di Harvard o la Casa Bianca) per riuscire a pagare le spese del proprio matrimonio; o è il ritratto di un rito doloroso che chiede agli anziani di organizzare la propria morte così da non essere di peso alla società. Seguic su eurekaddl.bidCon occhio tagliente Baker passa dal naturalismo al surreale, dalla satira alla sperimentazione. La sua scrittura, nella forma come nei contenuti, evoca scrittori come Jorge Luis Borges e Shirley Jackson, e si affianca alle narrazioni contemporanee più singolari e innovative, da Margaret Atwood a Michel Houellebecq, da Friday Black a Black Mirror. I suoi sono racconti spiazzanti, toccanti, ironici, ma possiedono anche la sincerità esuberante e assoluta dei manga giapponesi. Ci trasportano in un’America tormentata da dilemmi insolubili, e come spesso è accaduto nelle pagine della sua letteratura, quell’America parla anche di noi.


Tre estati

Tre sorelle, Maria, Infanta e Caterina, vivono nell’arco di tre estati il passaggio dall’adolescenza alla maturità. La vicenda è un lungo racconto di amori, di trepidanti attese, di amarezze e di illusioni. Protagonisti assoluti delle loro storie sono la solarità del paesaggio greco, la terra rossastra, i negozi di Atene, i disegni degli uccelli in cielo, elementi di una tenera e bellissima estate della vita. Tre estati fu pubblicato nel 1946 e ottenne subito uno straordinario successo di critica e di pubblico. Stampato poi a Parigi, fu molto amato ed elogiato da Albert Camus, che nel romanzo ritrovava un grande affresco esistenziale che solo una prosa sonora e nitidissima, di sicuro sapore classico, sa rendere concreto e vero: “Di questi tempi il sole è scomparso dai libri. Perciò essi ostacolano i nostri tentativi di vivere. Ma nel tuo Paese se ne conserva ancora il segreto, e tu sei uno dei pochi autori che lo tramandano”. Margarita Liberaki ha scritto uno dei libri più suggestivi della letteratura greca del Novecento: dedicato alla giovinezza e al destino su cui si infrange il sorriso amaro degli uomini.


Lettere dalla vacuita'

L’influenza di Shunryū Suzuki Roshi sullo sviluppo del buddhismo in Occidente è stata indubbiamente enorme. Eppure, quando il maestro arrivò a San Francisco nel 1959, non aveva un piano concreto, nessuna grande strategia, solo una fiducia sconfinata nel potere del dharma. Ogni mattina si sedeva in zazen nel suo tempio, da solo, finché a poco a poco alcuni studenti americani si unirono a lui. Tutto è partito da lì: il San Francisco Zen Center, il monastero di Tassajara, la pubblicazione di Mente zen, mente di principiante, le migliaia di studenti.Alla fine degli anni Sessanta, pur consapevole della gravità delle sue condizioni di salute, ha continuato a offrire le sue preziose lezioni. Fino all’ultimo istante non ha mai smesso di condurre sulla via dell’illuminazione chi lo desiderasse, lasciando così un segno ancora più profondo nella memoria e nella coscienza dei suoi allievi e di chiunque ricercasse un’esperienza spirituale genuina e libera.


L’agonia della pace

Tra il 1934 e il 1940 Stefan Zweig assiste alla rovina di una patria – l’Austria – ormai perduta e all’inesorabile collasso di un intero continente sotto i colpi del regime nazista. Il presentimento della minaccia prefigurata da quella cieca e diffusa violenza che mira a «riportare l’antica barbarie della guerra nella nostra sventurata Europa» si materializza nelle mitragliatrici nuove di zecca, nei saccheggi, nella constatazione che, se un tempo l’assassinio di un solo uomo era sufficiente a sconvolgere il mondo, adesso l’abitudine alla brutalità e all’ingiustizia è ormai consolidata. Raccontando un momento tra i più critici della storia, Zweig ci consegna, nell’ultimo capitolo del capolavoro Il mondo di ieri, una riflessione che è molto più di un documento, e rappresenta oggi un monito a proteggere e a non dare mai per scontati gli ideali altissimi di libertà e di pace.


La struttura dell’iki

«Tutto il suo pensare era rivolto a ciò che i giapponesi chiamano iki» scriveva Heidegger di Kuki Shūzō, aggiungendo: «Ciò che questa parola dice ho potuto solo presagirlo da lontano nelle mie conversazioni con lui». Forse perché non poté leggere il trattato di Kuki sull’iki qui tradotto. Che cos’è dunque l’iki? Nel Giappone del periodo Bunka-Bunsei (1804-1830) questa parola veniva usata per definire l’ineffabile fascino della geisha, il suo stile sprezzante ma accattivante, ammiccante ma riluttante, improntato a sensualità e rigore, inflessibilità ed eleganza. Kuki circumnaviga ogni accezione dell’iki, filtrando la parola con uno sguardo che ne individua i tratti distintivi nella seduzione, nell’energia spirituale e nella rinuncia; la colloca in un sistema estetico rigoroso; ne scopre le tracce nell’acconciatura, nell’incedere, nei gesti e nelle posture della geisha; nei motivi decorativi a righe verticali, nel colore marrone, nell’architettura della casa da tè, nella musica per shamisen. Capire l’iki è come percepire la fragranza di un’intera civiltà.


Il lampadario

Nella grande casa in cui, magra, scalza, solitaria, la piccola Virgínia si aggira «in concentrata distrazione» i mobili spariscono un po’ alla volta, «venduti, rotti o troppo vecchi», e le porte si aprono su stanze in cui regnano «il vuoto, il silenzio e l’ombra». Abbandonato nella vasta sala da pranzo – dove brillano «vetri e cristalli addormentati nella polvere» – c’è però un lampadario, unico sopravvissuto di antichi fasti: «Il grande ragno avvampava», e Virgínia «lo guardava immobile, inquieta, sembrava presagire una vita tremenda. Quell’esistenza di ghiaccio». Ma soprattutto insieme a lei c’è Daniel, il fratello di poco più grande, che da quando è nata la considera «solo sua», che la protegge e la tormenta, e con lei condivide straordinari segreti: dal misterioso cappello che vedono scivolare lungo il fiume – e che immaginano appartenga a un annegato – alla scatola piena di ragni velenosi di Daniel, fino alla Società delle Ombre di cui sono gli unici membri. Quando i due, cresciuti, lasceranno insieme la tenuta di Granja Quieta per andare a studiare in città, i loro destini si separeranno. E quando, dopo un’ardua educazione sentimentale, Virgínia deciderà di tornarci, capirà «che il posto dove si è stati felici non è il posto dove si può vivere»: sul treno che la riporterà lontano si accorgerà di essersi scordata di guardare il lampadario e saprà «di averlo perduto per sempre», così come ha perduto per sempre la sua infanzia miserabile e incantata. Lispector narra questa struggente iniziazione alla vita con la sua lingua lussureggiante e visionaria: «attenta» ha scritto Franco Marcoaldi «al cuore che batte, alla vena che pulsa, alla vibrazione cieca del sentimento nel corpo».


Bruciare da sola

Ventisette dicembre 1968: Nadežda Jakovlevna Khazina, vedova del grande poeta Osip Mandel’štam, ricorda. È il suo compito, ricordare. Da quando, trent’anni fa, suo marito Osip è stato definitivamente inghiottito dal gulag; da prima, da molto prima, quando pubblicare le opere dell’autore «sgradito» era diventato impossibile, farle circolare pericoloso, e solo alla memoria di Nadja era già affidata la sopravvivenza di quei versi proibiti. Ricorda, Nadežda, e dialoga con i fantasmi che sempre, per sempre, la circondano… Dando voce alla compagna di vita, arte, confino di Osip Mandel’štam, Giovanni Greco crea uno straordinario monologo che diventa spesso un coro, quando al canto della donna si uniscono, oltre al suo Osja, i tanti compagni degli anni terribili delle purghe staliniane, un’intera generazione di scrittori e di artisti soffocata, esiliata, trucidata (talvolta suicidatasi o «suicidata»): da Pasternak ad Achmatova a Cvetaeva e tanti altri ancora. E restituisce il dramma di un’epoca, nel passaggio dall’entusiasmo rivoluzionario all’angoscia quotidiana di una vita isolata, trascorsa nel terrore che il vicino, l’amico, ti possa tradire o che il Sistema, colpendo a casaccio, prenda proprio te. Eppure, dal ricordo ostinato di Nadja emerge qualcosa: la poesia, oltre a essere in grado di far tremare i potenti, è anche in grado di sopravvivere alla loro furia. E a loro stessi, destinati, loro sì, a svanire dalla memoria degli uomini.


Filosofia nei manga

I fumetti e i disegni animati giapponesi sono ormai noti in tutto il mondo per il loro stile, la loro carica innovativa, talvolta provocante e violenta, spesso romantica e graffiante. I manga riscuotono successi tra il pubblico giovane, e interesse, curiosità o sconcerto negli adulti e negli appassionati legati al mondo dei fumetti americani o europei. Ma cosa significa dire che in questo genere di storie vi è un contenuto filosofico? Questo testo prova a rispondere a questa domanda, fornendo alcune possibili chiavi di lettura per un approfondimento dei loro contenuti e modalità narrative. L’idea che anima queste pagine è quella che considera il mondo della “letteratura disegnata” come un luogo decisivo nella contemporaneità per il dialogo tra le culture, che possono riscoprire se stesse attraverso il confronto con l’altro.


Ribellione

Ribellione è il capitolo dei Fratelli Karamazov che precede il celebre ‘poema’ Il Grande Inquisitore. In questo brano due dei figli di Fëdor Karamazov, Ivan e Alioscia discutono a proposito della natura dell’uomo e della libertà, e in particolare del male nel mondo e di come si possa amare il prossimo. Ne scaturisce un discorso serrato e profondo, che porta per mano il lettore fino alle radici della libertà umana e del male nel mondo, del senso della sofferenza e del dolore dei bambini innocenti, dell’accettare o ribellarsi al male, del tema della felicità e del perdono costellato di esempi che ci riportano al cuore della nostra realtà e in tempo di guerra. Dopo essersi dedicato al Grande Inquisitore e aver affrontato i problemi del peso della libertà, della fede e del libero arbitrio, della giustizia e del peccato, dell’individualismo e della responsabilità universale, in Ribellione Gherardo Colombo ci accompagna, passo dopo passo, a riscoprire la profondità di Dostoevskij nel misurarsi con altre tra le domande più difficili della condizione umana, le più fondamentali, sul senso della vita, dalle quali di solito veniamo distratti, ma che in tempi come questi tornano prepotenti a occupare la nostra mente e i nostri cuori.


Esitazione

Con Lu Xun (1881-1936) inizia, nei primi del Novecento, la letteratura cinese moderna. Autore di opere narrative, per di più scritte nella «lingua piana», cioè quella più comunemente parlata («il fondatore della lingua cinese moderna», lo presentava Dario Fo), con la sua opera compiva due rivoluzioni nella tradizione. L’una nel genere: nel Celeste Impero solo le composizioni poetiche erano considerate vera letteratura; l’altra nella scrittura: fino ad allora, era obbligatoria «la lingua letteraria», ovvero la aulica, artificiale, poco comprensibile fuori dall’élite.I suoi racconti mostrano i due aspetti complementari del cambiamento sociale e della resistenza ad esso. Per lo più parlano di storie piccole, quotidiane, che dipingono in modo vivacissimo la vita nei villaggi e nei quartieri delle persone vere, incastrate nelle ironie, o nei paradossi, o nelle tragedie della loro esistenza. In uno stile ondeggiante tra il satirico e il grottesco. «Quando pubblica questa seconda raccolta di racconti», scrive nella Postfazione la curatrice Nicoletta Pesaro, «composti a Pechino nel breve arco di tempo tra il 1924 e il 1925, Lu Xun passa dall’angosciato appello del combattente pessimista ma non ancora rassegnato al silenzio, dalle “grida” lanciate per risvegliare gli animi assopiti o ottusi del suo popolo, a un “camminare avanti e indietro in preda all’incertezza” (significato del titolo di questa seconda antologia). Il coraggio della disperazione si trasforma in uno stato di profondo dilemma».


Sulle scogliere di marmo

Sotto il cielo terso della Marina vive un popolo che ha fatto tesoro della storia ed è arrivato a un felice equilibrio di organizzazione politica e sociale. Ma ai confini di questa contrada serena si addensano nubi cupe, sinistre. Annunciato da incerti messaggeri, il pericolo si insinua gradualmente, si fa reale e violento: i popoli barbari dei boschi circostanti riversano la loro volontà di potenza sull’armoniosa comunità, fomentano il disordine, minacciano il lavoro dell’uomo… In questo romanzo, pubblicato all’indomani della «notte dei cristalli», le autorità tedesche lessero un attacco all’ideologia del nazismo, ma al di là del fortissimo coinvolgimento nella vicenda politica dell’epoca, l’opera si fa portatrice di un valore più generale, e a essere rappresentata è tutta la storia dell’Occidente, minacciata dal male e dalla guerra.


Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti. Il ciclo completo

Lontano, nei dimenticati spazi non segnati sulle carte geografiche dell’estremo limite della Spirale Ovest della Galassia, c’è un piccolo e insignificante sole giallo. A orbitargli intorno, alla distanza di centoquarantanove milioni di chilometri, si trova un minuscolo, trascurabilissimo pianeta azzurro-verde le cui forme di vita, discendenti dalle scimmie, sono così incredibilmente primitive da credere ancora che gli orologi da polso digitali siano un’ottima invenzione. Quel pianeta sta per essere distrutto, per lasciare il posto a una gigantesca circonvallazione iperspaziale...Nata da una fortunatissima serie radiofonica trasmessa dalla BBC, la surreale “trilogia in cinque parti” di Adams con le assurde e irriverenti avventure di Arthur Dent e Ford Prefect, viaggiatori delle galassie, è considerata un capolavoro dell’umorismo britannico di fine millennio, un vero fenomeno di culto per migliaia di lettori che qui possono trovare riuniti in un unico volume tutti i cinque romanzi.


Non piangere la Grecia

Atene, 21 aprile 1967: il golpe della giunta dei colonnelli instaura in Grecia la dittatura militare. I campi di concentramento vengono riaperti per accogliere gli oppositori al regime. Tra di loro si trova anche il noto poeta Ghiannis Ritsos. Nel frattempo, a Parigi, il giovane Antoine ha perso le tracce della studentessa greca di cui è innamorato. Impegnato nella preparazione di un Libro nero della dittatura, Antoine sperimenta sulla propria pelle gli orrori del regime dei militari. Partendo alla ricerca del poeta greco e dell’amica scomparsa, riuscirà però a ritrovare sé stesso… Alternando il punto di vista di Ritsos, deportato sull’isola di Léros e qui detenuto in condizioni disumane, alla ricerca della verità di Antoine, Bruno Doucey ci racconta una storia commovente di grande forza e impatto, che non può lasciare indifferenti. Non piangere la Grecia fa inoltre riscoprire un periodo oscuro e ormai dimenticato della storia della Grecia, e tratteggia la figura di un grande poeta rimasto a testa alta di fronte ai suoi persecutori.


Attraverso la vita

Una donna racconta diversi incontri che si snodano nella quotidianità della sua vita: un ex in cui si imbatte per caso durante un evento pubblico, un host di Airbnb incerto su come interagire con i propri ospiti, uno sconosciuto che cerca aiuto per confortare l’anziana madre, un’amica di gioventù ricoverata in ospedale con un cancro terminale. In ognuna di queste persone riconosce un bisogno comune: l’urgenza di parlare di sé e di trovare qualcuno cui raccontare la propria esistenza. La narratrice orchestra questo coro di voci come un interlocutore passivo, finché non riceve una richiesta inusuale, che la trascinerà in un’esperienza intensa e di profondo cambiamento. In Attraverso la vita, Nunez combina intelligenza, umorismo e intuito nel descrivere i rapporti umani e la natura mutevole delle relazioni nei nostri tempi. Una storia sorprendente sull’empatia e sui modi insoliti in cui due persone possono offrirsi conforto nell’affrontare le difficoltà. Un ritratto commovente e provocatorio del modo in cui viviamo al giorno d’oggi.


Arrigo

Arrigo è una particolarissima guida al Medioevo romano, fatta di libri e di parole, di quartieri e di mestieri e di qualsiasi altra cosa potesse comporre l’universo di un cittadino romano di quel tempo. È la storia sociale e linguistica di un’epoca in cui il punto di vista del narratore si alterna allo sguardo, ai pensieri, alle parole di un personaggio fittizio che ci appare tuttavia insolitamente reale, quasi un amico di cui veniamo via via a conoscere vita pubblica e vita privata, sogni e ambizioni, affetti e comportamenti. Ma Arrigo è anche una vicenda in cui si intrecciano omicidi misteriosi ed efferati, legati tra loro da enigmi e indovinelli che il lettore è spinto a sciogliere diventando in qualche modo lui stesso, indotto com’è a calarsi nella mentalità del luogo e del periodo, un abitante della Roma medievale. Massimo Arcangeli ha scritto un libro del tutto particolare, che ci immerge in un contesto temporalmente alieno avvicinandocelo «dall’interno», grazie a una storia ricca di suggestioni ma al contempo solidamente documentata per mezzo di un doppio sistema di note. Al lettore il compito di decidere il tipo di percorso da intraprendere: se leggere il «romanzo» del mercante di libri Arrigo degli Ardinghi, di sua moglie Angela (raffinata lettrice, che sorprendiamo anche a riflettere sulla condizione femminile) e dei figli Massimello e Tuttabona, con le loro inclinazioni e aspirazioni, e fermarsi lì; oppure se approfondire i vari argomenti e le varie vicende attingendo al poderoso apparato di commento e di approfondimento bibliografico per ulteriori stimoli e percorsi (sollecitati dall’indice finale, dei luoghi di Roma e del Lazio). Arrigo, insomma, è un libro unico. L’esempio di un modo del tutto originale di fare storia, di una forma di «divulgazione» profonda e multidisciplinare, colta e insieme accessibile, che ci fa comprendere in presa diretta un momento importante del nostro passato.


Дудинский Д. И. - Выращиваем алоэ

Денис Игоревич Дудинский

Мн.: Харвест, 2005

''Кто не знает алоэ, растение-доктор, растение, одно название которого прочно ассоциируется у нас со здоровьем, растение, которое у многих растет на подоконникеЭта книга позволит узнать много нового об алоэ, даст ответ на множество вопросов как правильно ухаживать за растением, как его использовать для лечения различных заболеваний."


Addio Anatolia

Addio Anatolia è la storia, epica e drammatica, della scomparsa dell’ellenismo dalle terre in cui era insediato da tremila anni. È il racconto di un paradiso perduto. Mostra il fallimento rovinoso e sanguinario di ogni forma di nazionalismo, sia turco che greco, e accusa con forza la politica sciagurata delle Grandi Potenze in Oriente, guidata dalla brama di petrolio e dalla corruzione. Seguendo le peripezie del protagonista Manolis e dei suoi compagni di sventura, Didò Sotirìu offre al lettore un romanzo avvincente e, allo stesso tempo, uno sguardo ricco di umanità e di una limpidezza rara sulla Grande Catastrofe dell’Asia Minore. La tragedia, che trovò compimento nella tarda estate del 1922, viene infatti descritta dall’autrice – che fu lei stessa, a soli tredici anni, una di quei profughi greci scampati ai massacri e costretti all’esilio dalla terra natìa – con grande equilibrio e apprezzabile assenza di partigianeria. Definito il Guerra e pace della letteratura greca, Addio Anatolia è ormai considerato un classico della letteratura greca contemporanea.


The Lady Who Cried Murder: A Mac Faraday Mystery

Fame comes at a price. Some pay with their privacy. Others pay with their pride. Khloe Everest paid with her life. Determined to get her pretty face in front of the cameras, Khloe Everest fakes an abduction only to make a grand entrance in the midst of a press conference held by Spencer's Police Chief David O'Callaghan. Three years later, after failing to catapult her notoriety into a long-lasting celebrity, Khloe Everest returns to Spencer after her mother's sudden death and seemingly finds another weapon to propel her into the spotlight. This time, someone kills her before she can make an entrance. In Lauren Carr's sixth Mac Faraday Mystery, Mac and his friends come up against reality stars, politicians, has-beens, and wannabes. Mac also finds himself face-to-face with an old foe from his past who had managed to escape arrest during their last encounter. Now, Mac sees that his adversary has only become more powerful, and dangerous, with the passage of time. Intent to not let this killer escape again, Mac and his friends need to put all of their talents together to put a stop to a cold blooded lady killer.


Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the emergence of the J-horror phenomenon in the late 1990s with the opening and critical success of films such as Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (Ringu, 1998) or Takashi Miike’s Audition (Ôdishon, 1999), Japanese horror has been a staple of both film studies and Western culture. Scholars and fans alike throughout the world have been keen to observe and analyze the popularity and roots of the phenomenon that took the horror scene by storm, producing a corpus of cultural artefacts that still resonate today. Further, Japanese horror is symptomatic of its social and cultural context, celebrating the fantastic through female ghosts, mutated lizards, posthuman bodies, and other figures. Encompassing a range of genres and media including cinema, manga, video games, and anime, this book investigates and analyzes Japanese horror in relation with trauma studies (including the figure of Godzilla), the non-human (via grotesque bodies), and hybridity with Western narratives (including the linkages with Hollywood), thus illuminating overlooked aspects of this cultural phenomenon.


Three Days to Forever

In this latest Mac Faraday Mystery from best-selling mystery author Lauren Carr, readers will embark on a rollercoaster adventure with old friends (including the Lovers in Crime team of Prosecutor Joshua Thornton and Homicide Detective Cameron Gates), but also meet new ones as Mac Faraday’s daughter Jessica Faraday and Joshua Thornton’s son Murphy Thornton join the team in the race to get the love birds to the altar!

 With three days left to the year, Deep Creek Lake is hopping with holiday vacationers and wedding guests pouring into the Spencer Inn for Mac Faraday and Archie Monday’s huge wedding ceremony which is being touted as the social event of the year.
But droopy flowers and guests who failed to RSVP are the least of Mac and Archie’s problems when a professional hit squad hits Spencer Manor to send the groom, Joshua Thornton, Archie’s mother, and Gnarly running for their lives.
With time running out to the big day, Mac Faraday and Spencer’s small police force have to sort through the clues to figure out not only who has been targeted for assassination, but also who is determined to stop everything … FOREVER!


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Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard's decades of teaching experience. Using an intuitive six-step model, readers learn how to craft a research question and then identify a logical process for answering it. Conversational writing and multi-disciplinary examples illuminate the model's simplicity and power, effectively connecting the "hows" and "whys" behind social science research. Students using this book will learn how to turn their research questions into results.


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Energy Autonomy: From the Notion to the Concepts

Energy autonomy is an emerging concept that is, as yet, poorly identified in France. It can mean taking ownership of certain issues related to energy, its production, or, indeed, becoming self-sufficient, and it can apply equally to individuals, communities and buildings. While there are numerous new developments – renewable energies, smart grids and self-consumption – it is becoming difficult to know what this idea of “autonomy” covers, just as it is difficult to define “independence” and “self-sufficiency”, which are often associated with it. However, these three concepts are key to thinking about the energy system and deciding its future. Covering distinct ideas, they are often reduced to economic and productive factors. This ambiguity in their meanings is responsible for the misunderstandings, delusions and obstacles that hamper the implementation of the energy transition. This book deconstructs the common idea of autonomy in favor of a set of more operational concepts. It demonstrates that these ideas are not interchangeable but rather represent practical and constructive tools for action. The world of energy is changing, and therefore we must rethink energy autonomy.


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Snake Oil: Genuine Marketing in an Age of Cure-Alls

Has the evolution of digital marketing placed businesses at the mercy of software companies? Or is there a path forward for businesses who want to regain their independence and create great marketing again?Digital marketing has been around for over twenty years, yet businesses today are more baffled, bloodied, and battle-scarred than ever. In Snake Oil, marketing scientist Dan Russell offers an entertaining and enlightening joyride back down the hockey stick of digital marketing's growth over the past two decades. Russell takes readers through the deserts of the Western frontier, flying over a budding Silicon Valley and visiting Einstein's study in order to discover the secrets to becoming a marketing scientist.With the knowledge contained in Snake Oil, entrepreneurs and business owners will be able to navigate the murky waters of digital marketing, squeeze more profit from their sales funnels, focus on projects that are verifiably important,...


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