![]() ![]() border to migrants and asylum-seekers from around the world for the past three years. The Monitor was at the border reporting a collection of stories in the lead-up to the end of Title 42, a U.S. But, last month reporting along the U.S.–Mexico border was the first time I’ve been so intimately reminded of the country and its people in almost 15 years. Economic, political, and human rights crises have pushed more than 7 million people out of Venezuela since 2015.I often think about Venezuela and the role it has played in my life – I even met my husband there. ![]() My host family’s six children are now building their careers across the Americas only their octogenarian parents remain in Venezuela. I lived with a local family, climbed the steep colonial streets to daily Spanish classes, and learned important lessons in humility (I was a 20-something who didn’t know much beyond “hola” when I arrived).Hugo Chávez was president, and Venezuela was already struggling with food shortages and political repression, but it was a different universe compared with today. In 2009 my career trajectory shifted dramatically when I was sent to a university town in the Venezuelan Andes on a Rotary fellowship. ![]()
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![]() Med ett nyskrivet förord av journalisten och författaren Fredrik Strage.īRET EASTON ELLIS är en amerikansk romanförfattare, essäist och regissör. Här presenteras den tillsammans med författarens debutroman Less Than Zero, där rikedomen och likgiltigheten hos de unga gestalterna är minst lika bedövande och där våldet – just därför – redan kan anas.Einar Heckschers klassiska översättning av American Psychopresenteras här i reviderad version, och Less Than Zeroi svensk översättning av Sven Lindell. ![]() American Psycho är en av det sena 1900-talets mest omdiskuterade romaner, som redan före utgivningen 1991 väckte protester för sina ingående skildringar av sadistiskt våld och kvinnoförnedring. På nätterna mördar han, stympar och förnedrar. All världens njutningar finns till hands, men det räcker inte. Han rör sig med arrogant självklarhet bland bankpalats och lyxkrogar i 1980-talets New York. ![]() Patrick Bateman är ung, snygg, välutbildad och framgångsrik. ![]() Två moderna klassiker i en volym, med nyskrivet förord av Fredrik Strage ![]() ![]() ![]() Cratylus discusses the nature of language. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. ![]() The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. ![]() In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. ![]() Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible that he was wealthy is likely that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. ![]() ![]() ![]() In each of these eleven stories Ausubel’s stunning imagination and humor are moving, entertaining, and provocative, leading readers to see the familiar world in a new way. A Guide toBeing Born is organized around the stages of life-love, conception, gestation, birth-and the transformations that happen as people experience deeply altering life events, falling in love, becoming parents, looking toward the end of life. Major literary talent Ramona Ausubel, author of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, coming Summer 2016, combines the otherworldly wisdom of her much-loved debut novel, No One Is Here Except All of Us, with the precision of the short-story form. ![]() Reminiscent of Aimee Bender and Karen Russell-an enthralling collection that uses the world of the imagination to explore the heart of the human condition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1927, Highsmith, her mother and her adoptive stepfather, artist Stanley Highsmith, whom her mother had married in 1924, moved to New York City. The couple divorced ten days before their daughter's birth. She was the only child of artists Jay Bernard Plangman (1889–1975), who was of German descent, and Mary Plangman ( née Coates Septem– March 12, 1991). Highsmith was born Mary Patricia Plangman in Fort Worth, Texas. Writing under the pseudonym Claire Morgan, Highsmith published The Price of Salt in 1952, the first lesbian novel with a "happy ending" it was republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film. Ripley has been adapted for film multiple times. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the 1951 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Patricia Highsmith (Janu– February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lasky nicely weaves details of 12th-century life into this suspenseful adventure whose fantasy ending may surprise but will certainly please readers. ![]() Kathryn Lasky is a New York Times bestselling author of many children’s and young adult books. Her five hawks are distinctive, and for them, the author of the owl fantasy series "Guardians of Ga'hoole," has created a language and a convincing, if anachronistic, falconer. Title: Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian - eBook By: Kathryn Lasky Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: HarperCollins Publication Date: 2010: ISBN: 9780061993404. Matty may have been her father's jewel, but her growing affection for Robin does not turn her back into a decorative object she is the heroine of her successful quest, leading both birds and boys. There is a gentle but thoroughly modern love story, too. Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky soars to magnificent new heights here, giving us a bold tale of bravery and romance. In Lasky's reimagining of this legend, Marian is chief strategist of the band of boys who rob the rich, harass Prince John's evil supporters, and hope to ransom captive King Richard. : Hawksmaid (9780060000684) by Lasky, Kathryn and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Half-orphaned and often hungry, she grows to be Maid Marian, friend and coconspirator with her childhood companion Fynn, renamed Robin Hood. ![]() Gr 5-9-After her mother is murdered and the family's castle is looted by followers of Prince John, Matty takes over the management of her father's hawks, learning their language and coming to share their consciousness. ![]() ![]() But should a fight against casteism become casteist? That is what some of these poster writers are reducing the epochal struggle against inequity to - empty sloganeering. So, every occasion to talk about casteism, to rip apart casteism and to dismantle the caste structure needs to be grabbed and cherished. The arrival of modernism in India, if at all, will be first announced in the classified columns of newspapers or (if it happens after the demise of the print) dating websites when women seek men (or women) for what they are and not for the accident of their birth. The louder the liberals are, greater the chances of a gotra-dowry balancing act. ![]() Wedding, interestingly, is one happy occasion when modern, progressive, liberal or radical lies get exposed. On Sundays, the biggest newspaper of every Indian city announces the caste order of the region in its matrimonial columns, and it is a must-read for all students of politics and sociology. THE Brahminical caste pyramid and its oppressive social hierarchy are hard facts of Indian life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Kilied’s past is running him down, and he cannot hold much longer. So when the Third Dimension is overcome by the great Darkness, Kilied must flee with his sister Kirielle and his dragon Balorico in the hopes that he can set the disaster right. His every move is hampered by the reality of a betrayal and a dark lord’s deception. But Kilied’s every thought is haunted by the tragedy of his past. A talented twin sister, a loyal dragon, and a beautiful house. Evie must make a choice: does she turn her friend turned traitor into the authorities? Or does she escape to a future entirely unknown? One that may even contain hope? Not that she could ever get that. Until the day her only peaceful acquaintance (someone may even call Taliya a friend – but not Evie) reveals a deadly secret she’s kept from day one. All she knows is a burning anger and a desire for justice. Not after the Darkness killed her brother. ![]() Always trying to earn her place and certainly not believing in anything like hope. Arctashia waits in breathless tension for the hero that will set reality right…Įvie is just another student for the Darkness. ![]() Epochs ago, something went wrong, and Delandries, the Mountain of Dimensions, was lost to a darkness so thick not even the strongest Elf can pierce it. Separate Dimensions are inhabited by Elves, Dwarves, Talceens, and Men. CarrĪrctashia is a world of vibrant colors, of excitement. Tolkien, The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson, The Green Ember by S.D. Lothlorien, although I tend to end up in Rohan quite often too. ![]() ![]() ![]() Consider two applicants vying for the same job. Working professionals understand the value of networking. Encourage your grandchild to network with key people at their desired university ![]() It’s a very different world from when your kids and you were applying to college! Still, there are meaningful ways that you as a grandparent can help shepherd your grandchild’s college admissions journey (beyond just financial help). These statistics may look grim, but I want to give an accurate picture of the landscape. To cite just one metric: in-state tuition and fees at public schools has increased 212% in the last 20 years. At the same time, the cost of college has been steadily rising well above the inflation rate. Yet even before the pandemic, acceptance rates at elite universities were decreasing dramatically. Selectivity rates have gone up–in some cases shockingly so–in the wake of the pandemic. If you’re planning on helping a grandchild through the college admissions process, know that the game has changed in major ways over the last several decades. How Grandparents Can Help With College Admission ![]() ![]() ![]() I left the restaurant and planned to put the entire crazy thing behind me.Īnd guess who decided to use his family’s summer home this year? He was the son of the neighbor at our family’s summer home. When he turned around, he took my breath away. My legs wobbled walking into the restaurant.įord was seated at the bar. Though, you know what they say…curiosity kills the cat. I knew it couldn’t last, but I was curious about him. ![]() ![]() ![]() But after weeks of wearing me down, I finally agreed to one date only-my first after twenty years of being with my high school sweetheart. He made me laugh yet I was adamant that because of his age, we could only be friends. Nevertheless, that’s how I met Ford, and we started messaging. Another point that bears repeating-it wasn’t supposed to. Those nicknamed Cunnilingus King were told they’d go straight to the top for consideration. So, without my knowledge, she set up a profile for me on a popular dating site-one that invited men ages twenty-one to twenty-seven to apply for a date. My best friend decided I needed to start dating again. Did I mention young? If I did, it bears repeating. When I first encountered Ford Donovan, I had no idea who he was…well, other than the obvious. Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO / Chapters Indigo / Google PlayĪBOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 8, 2019Ī new, sexy standalone from #1 New York Times Bestseller, Vi Keeland. ![]() |