It's hard to follow the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with the abundance of confusion, misinformation, and disorganization that has come in the way of reporting them, so how difficult is it to follow one that really doesn't have a specific enemy. But Scahill's documentary Dirty Wars doesn't explore this idea but puts a magnifying glass on the ambiguous term the "War on Terror," which Americans are constantly told is the third war they are fighting. He perfectly articulates a point that is worth questioning on why Obama would claim to want the people to have a transparent government when methods and legislation on things like drones are so shady and gray. Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill was on Real Time With Bill Maher a few months ago and when he was explaining to Maher how baffled he was that President Barack Obama could "sell" conservative ideas of drones to liberals is when I knew I wanted to know more about his methods and his thinking.
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It's just gorgeous cinematography frame after frame with beautiful colors. This is one of the prettiest films I have ever seen, on both the inside and outside scenes. The only problem with using the subtitles is that it detracts from marveling at these visuals. If you are not British, you might switch on the English subtitles to better understand the dialog and the phraseology of early 19th century England, in which this story takes place. One tip that I found useful in watching this movie. It was refreshing to see Alan Rickman actually place a nice guy and Kate Winslet was appealing, too - a far cry from spoiled brat role in the film that gave her stardom, Titantic. This is perhaps her best work and it was justice she was honored for it. Her facial expressions alone convey pain better than anyone I've ever seen on film. Your heart aches for this woman whose characters always deserve better than what they receive. Few people were better in the 1990s at playing the sensible-sweet-wholesome and pretty and-always unfairly ignored woman than Thompson (see The Remains Of The Day and Howards End). This is not my normal viewing fare but I am big fan of two things this movie has to offer: (1) Emma Thompson and (2) incredible visuals. I wears you out not from action, but from watching two good ladies suffer heartbreaks one after the other. Wow, here's an emotional story that gets you involved and wears you out by the end. Paul sees Julian as his sole intellectual equal-an ally against the conventional world he finds so suffocating. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate's effortless charm. Sensitive, insecure, and incomprehensible to his grieving family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it's with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. The Secret History meets Lie with Me in Micah Nemerever's compulsively readable debut novel-a feverishly taut Hitchcockian story about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence. A Literary Hub Best Book of Year A Crime Reads Best Debut of the Year A Newsweek 25 Best Fall Books A Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Big Books for the Fall An O LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape An Electric Lit Most Anticipated Debut A Paperback Paris Best New LGBTQ Books To Read This Year Selection A Passport Best Book of the Month At the end of 1970, after the protest, the amount of women artist showing at The Whitney increased from 8 to 20. She lead a protest against The Whitney museum, who in 1968 had only had 8 out of 151 female artist showing at the museum. I learned Ringgold was significant in organizing protest of museums that were not representing female artist and artist of color. Instead of being overtly political she had begun to paint optimistic story lines for black females in her art, as she did for Cassie in Tar Beach.ī. Faith’s early paintings had been very political however she had begun to change her approach in her paintings. I also learned that this painting to her symbolizes “potential for freedom and self possession”. This is one of Faith Ringgold’s story quilts, entitled Tar Beach (the first in her “women on a bridge” series) It was painted in 1980 and depicts the dream world of the Heroine, Cassie flying over the George Washington bridge and laying on her magical tar beach. He appeared briefly in the previous book ( His Horizon) when he made an unscheduled stop at Porthperrin in Cornwall in order to return his deckhand Jude home to deal with a family emergency. Tom Kershaw has spent most of his life at sea, and now works as a skipper on a luxury charter yacht. The characters are beautifully drawn and their romance is nuanced and emotional I loved the book when I read it back in 2021 and was only too pleased to be able to experience it all over again in audio. Con Riley’s His trilogy continues with His Compass, a May/December, forced proximity romance between a forty-something charter-hire skipper and his younger crewmate. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. No character is minor: They're all hilarious."-Houston Chronicle "Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day."-Chicago Sun-Times Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Road to Omaha "A very funny book. And only one thing is certain: Ludlum will keep us in nonstop suspense-and side-splitting laughter-through the very last page. Their outraged opposition will be no less than the CIA, the Pentagon, and the White House. Their goal is to reclaim a choice piece of American real estate: the state of Nebraska, which just so happens to be the headquarters of the U.S. Chief Thunder Head, hatches a brilliant plot that will ultimately bring him and his reluctant legal eagle, Sam Devereaux, before the Supreme Court. Discovering a long-buried 1878 treaty with an obscure Indian tribe, the Hawk, a.k.a. Robert Ludlum's wayward hero, the outrageous General MacKenzie Hawkins, returns with a diabolical scheme to right a very old wrong-and wreak vengeance on the who drummed him out of the military. This reading group guide for The Lady of the Rivers includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Phillipa Gregory. Jacquetta fights for her king and queen, as she sees an extraordinary and unexpected future for her daughter Elizabeth: a change of fortune, the white rose of York, and the throne of England… Reading Group Guide The Woodvilles soon achieve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court, though Jacquetta has visions of the growing threat from the people of England and the danger of their royal York rivals. The two become lovers and marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close and loyal friend to his new queen. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married to the older Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” ( USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the War of the Roses to bring her family unimaginable power. As the married couple moves from Thebes to Lower Egypt to await the death of Amunhotep’s father, the newly crowned coregent begins elaborate plans to destroy the old god and establish the new, using the army to build a bright new city from which the pharaoh will rule all Egypt. Of an intemperate nature himself, Pharaoh Amunhotep disdains the role of the army and ignores border incursions, envisioning himself as The Great Builder, planning to raise the minor god, Aten, in place of the beloved Amun. This practical and not as stunning second daughter is a willing consort for Nefertiti, soon inured to helping her sister navigate the treacherous waters of the royal household. Because of her lack of judgment, her younger sister, Mutnojmet, is ordered to remain always by Nefertiti’s side, offering counsel. When the beautiful Nefertiti’s intended, Tuthmosis, dies suddenly (and with some question as to his brother’s role in his demise), the nubile young bride is wed instead to the next pharaoh, Amunhotep.įulfilling her destiny as planned, Nefertiti is impulsive and indiscreet, with a terrible temper. In Egypt in the 14th century B.C., two sisters are at the center of a family drama, one destined to become anointed wife of a pharaoh, bringing the family to heights of power that will endure through the ages. Book review: Michelle Moran's *Nefertiti* In all three books, Lee weaves masterly discussions of her subjects’ work into the stories of their lives.Īpart from her biographies, Lee has written book-length monographs on Woolf, Elizabeth Bowen, and Philip Roth. The same is true of each of Lee’s biographies: Willa Cather (1989) is a hybrid of biography and literary essay Edith Wharton (2007) considers Wharton not only as an American author but as a European one, drawing on a wealth of social, psychological, material, and historical detail. The result was an original and sensitive account of a complex life. Instead of a fact-a name, a place, a birthday-she opened Virginia Woolf (1996) with a question that Woolf herself asked: “My God, how does one write a Biography?”Īlthough Lee did keep chronology in view, she approached her subject by theme, topic, and scene. “At that point, I thought, Clearly, people feel it’s the right time to have a new biography of Virginia Woolf, and clearly, more than one person thinks I should be the one to do it.” Lee wouldn’t, though, do it in a traditional, linear way. Then a second publisher suggested the same thing. “I thought it was ridiculous,” Lee recalls. The first time a publisher approached Hermione Lee with the idea of writing a biography of Virginia Woolf, she said no. Interviewed by Louisa Thomas Issue 205, Summer 2013 The burden of proof is not narrow but broad. It is the clinical judgement of a panel of impartial professionals.Ĩ. It’s not about your opinion, my opinion or even Ed Coss’ opinion. It is merely trying to determine a framework through which Napoleon had to operate.ħ. Having a Personality Disorder is not a criticism or an attack in any way. It was only suggested as a result of the evidence as it emerged.Ħ. The initial enquiry centred on PTSD or head injury. The team DID NOT go looking for narcissism. Removing one or two sources does not therefore necessarily invalidate the result.ĥ. The evidence was drawn from a wide range of sources, so that any conclusions were not unduly influenced or invalidated if one voice was discounted. Most were corroborated by more than one source.Ĥ. Those that conflicted with others or materially with the facts were removed. The statement used as data points were either from Napoleon’s own pen or taken directly from 1st person testimony from someone in the room. There are no biases or prejudices to attack.ģ. Unlike historical enquiry, no one is forming opinions or arguments based on the writing of this or that source. It’s a multi-disciplinary approach that cannot be gainsaid by the usual ‘source sniping’ so beloved by historians.Ģ. This was NOT an exercise in historical enquiry in the traditional sense, but forensic analysis. I’m typing this real slow so I can be clear.ġ. Kiley I’m fast coming to the conclusion that you just don’t get it. |