He examines how empathy is measured empirically, on both social and neurological scales. A leading British researcher of psychology and autism at Cambridge University, Baron-Cohen (Mindblindness) brings a fresh perspective to deciphering the enigma known as "evil." His jarring depiction of literal human objectification in Nazi Germany (when he was seven " father told the Nazis had turned Jews into lampshades"), followed by numerous examples of single-minded, unempathic acts across the globe, sets the stage for a thorough examination that replaces the term "evil" with a concept he finds more useful: empathy, and its erosion.
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Quiet Anchorage by Ed LynskeyTogether, they follow the right clues to track down Jake's actual killer and clear Megan's name. Isabel and Alma also enlist the aid of their other local friends, the Three Musketeers, who are the gray-haired benchwarmers on Main Street, and Sammi Jo's eccentric aunt Phyllis Garner. They befriend the twentysomething Sammi Jo Garner who takes no guff off anybody and becomes the sisters's assistant as they snoop away and unravel Jake's murder mystery. They are avid mystery fans with their large home library filled with every whodunit they've read, so they know the tricks a clever killer might employ. They decide they better roll up their sleeves and get busy doing some shrewd detective work. Megan's feisty septuagenarian aunts, Isabel and Alma Trumbo, are angry with Sheriff Fox. However, not all the townies believe Sheriff Fox has so niftily solved Jake's murder. It's a feather in his cap to help give his re-election campaign for town sheriff a boost. The laidback, good ole boy Sheriff Roscoe Fox feels smugly confident he's got the right culprit, Megan Connors, locked up in his jail. Quiet Anchorage, Virginia, is like any other sleepy small town until Jake Robbins is murdered, and his fiancée Megan Connors is arrested for it. 6/9/2023 0 Comments President teddy rooseveltA keen outdoorsman and hunter, he helped form the museum’s collection. Roosevelt occupied the White House from 1901 to 1909. But before defeating the slave-owning Confederacy he married into a slave-owning family and briefly owned a slave himself. Grant led Union armies to victory in the civil war and as president fought the Ku Klux Klan. In San Francisco on Friday a statue of another president, Ulysses S Grant, was among monuments pulled down in Golden Gate Park. The move, announced on Sunday, follows incidents across the US in which statues of Confederate generals and leaders and other historical figures linked to slavery and the dispossession of indigenous Americans have been forcibly removed or destroyed. 6/9/2023 0 Comments Not Her Daughter by Rea FreyAnd now Emma is gone without a trace.Īs Sarah and Emma avoid the nationwide hunt, they form an unshakeable bond. Unsure whether she wants her daughter back.Īmy’s life is a string of disappointments, but her biggest issue is her inability to connect with her daughter. But if it’s to rescue a little girl from her damaging mother, is kidnapping wrong?Īmy Townsend. When a second-chance encounter with Emma presents itself, Sarah takes her-far away from home. Sarah has never seen a girl so precious as the gray-eyed child in a crowded airport terminal. Living with her cruel mother and clueless father, Emma retreats into her own world of quiet and solitude. She is also the founder and CEO of Writeway, where aspiring writers become published authors. “Will make you miss your bedtime, guaranteed.” – Bestselling author Kimberly BelleĮmma Townsend. Rea Frey is the celebrated author of Not Her Daughter, Because You're Mine, Until I Find You, and Secrets of Our House. 'Brings to mind Jodi Picoult.thought-provoking domestic drama.' - Booklist Rea Frey (she/her) is an award-winning author of several nonfiction books and the novels Not Her Daughter, Because You’re Mine, Until I Find You, and Secrets of Our House. Gripping, emotional, and wire-taut, Rea Frey's Not Her Daughter raises the question of what it means to be a mother-and how far someone will go to keep a child safe. When Dorothy journeyed along the yellow brick road, she chanted, “Lions, tigers, bears, oh my!” Twenty-six years later, a contemporary queen treads a path of purple whose chant could well be, “Castles, corgis, crowns, oh my!” The modern monarch has a life that rivals the marvels of Oz.įor the irony file, the world’s longest reigning royal was not slated to become Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. In tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II | Reply More Excerpt from Secret Lives of Royal Women: Fascinating Biographies of Queens, Princesses, Duchesses, and other Regal Women by Marlene Wagman-Geller 6/9/2023 0 Comments Eclipse by stephenie meyerThe only reasons he won’t let her see Jacob is purely selfish ones. Bella being around Jacob is just as dangerous as her being around Edward.
In April of 1980, Patricia's first novel sold to Ace Books. In January, 1980, Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, and Patricia Wrede - all, at that point, hopeful but unpublished - formed the writer's group that later became known as "The Scribblies." Several years later, they were joined by Kara Dalkey. Patricia finished her first novel in late 1978. Dalton Booksellers, and finally at the Dayton Hudson Corporation headquarters. She worked for several years as a financial analyst and accountant, first with the Minnesota Hospital Association, then with B. from the University of Minnesota in 1977. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota, where she majored in Biology and managed to avoid taking any English courses at all. Patricia Collins Wrede is an American fantasy writer, born in Chicago, Illinois she is the eldest of five children. 2.4.1 Anthologies containing stories by Patricia C Wrede. 6/8/2023 0 Comments Stephen king dome bookYou may have come to his work from one of the many horror film and TV adaptations that have come out of his books, including The Outsider series on HBO, Stanley Kubrick's iconic film The Shining, and of course, the creepy clown classic, It. Those who really follow the genre have probably dipped their toes into his work, and even those who don't consider themselves King fans can hardly avoid coming across the characters who have become part of pop culture as a whole. As one of the most prolific horror and suspense writers in the biz, Stephen King has enough books in his extensive oeuvre to last thriller readers quite some time. 6/8/2023 0 Comments Going postal terryWorse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to himĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:51:59 Boxid IA1117422 Boxid_2 CH120601 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position-and the hulking golem watchdog who comes along with it, just in case Moist was considering abandoning his responsibilities prematurely. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Originally published in hardcover: New York : HarperCollins, 2004Īrch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses-until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into-a government job? By all rights, Moist should have met his maker. 6/8/2023 0 Comments June cashHe also recorded humorous numbers like " One Piece at a Time" and " A Boy Named Sue", a duet with his future wife June called " Jackson" (followed by many further duets after their wedding), and railroad songs such as " Hey, Porter", " Orange Blossom Special", and " Rock Island Line". His other signature songs include " I Walk the Line", " Ring of Fire", " Get Rhythm", and " Man in Black". He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash", followed by " Folsom Prison Blues", one of his signature songs. īorn to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas, Cash rose to fame during the mid-1950s in the burgeoning rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after serving four years in the Air Force. He was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname the " Man in Black". Most of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. Cash Febru– September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. |