The brilliant Booker Prize-winning author of nearly 40 books here addresses the twin arts of writing and reading in what could become a necessary classic for all admirers of great literature.
The bestselling memoir of Cupcake Brown's harrowing and inspiring life from the streets to one of the nation's largest law firms Rdazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetimeS ("Washington Post Book World").
From the bestselling author of "The Piano Tuner" comes a stunning novel about a young girl's journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother.
From the acclaimed author of "A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates" comes the unforgettable life of John Cheever, a man who became one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America.
Whether it's Michael Moore or the New York Times, Hollywood or academia, a growing segment in America is waging a war on capitalism. We hear that greedy plutocrats exploit the American public; that capitalism harms consumers, the working class, and the environment; that the government needs to rein in capitalism; and on and on. Anticapitalist critiques have only grown more fevered in the wake of corporate scandals like Enron and WorldCom. Indeed, the 2004 presidential campaign has brought frequent calls to re-regulate the American economy. But the anticapitalist arguments are pure bunk, as Thomas J. DiLorenzo reveals in How Capitalism Saved America. DiLorenzo, a professor of economics, shows how capitalism has made America the most prosperous nation on earth--and how the sort of government regulation that politicians and pundits endorse has hindered economic growth, caused higher unemployment, raised prices, and created many other problems. He propels the reader along with a fresh and compelling look at critical events in American history--covering everything from the Pilgrims to Bill Gates. And just as he did in his last book, The Real Lincoln, DiLorenzo explodes numerous myths that have become conventional wisdom. How Capitalism Saved America reveals: - How the introduction of a capitalist system saved the Pilgrims from starvation- How the American Revolution was in large part a revolt against Britain's stifling economic controls- How the so-called robber barons actually improved the lives of millions of Americans by providing newer and better products at lower prices- How the New Deal made the Great Depression worse- How deregulation got this country outof the energy crisis of the 1970s--and was not the cause of recent blackouts in California and the Northeast- And much more How Capitalism Saved America is popular history at its explosive best. "From the Hardcover edition.
In search of a new name for their town, the Winthrop town council decides to hire a nomenclature consultant best known for his crowning achievement, Apex, a multicultural bandage that has revolutionized the adhesive bandage industry, in a tour de force exploring the mysteries of identity, history, and marketing. Reprint. The town of Winthrop has decided it needs a new name. The resident software millionaire wants to call it New Prospera; the mayor wants to return to the original choice of the founding black settlers; and the towns aristocracy sees no reason to change the name at all. What they need, they realize, is a nomenclature consultant. And, it turns out, the consultant needs them. But in a culture overwhelmed by marketing, the name is everything and our heros efforts may result in not just a new name for the town but a new and subtler truth about it as well. Autorid: Colson Whitehead
Eckert's LINUX+ and LPIC-1 GUIDE TO LINUX CERTIFICATION, 6th EDITION, empowers you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed on CompTIA's Linux®+ (XKO-005) certification exam and the Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 (101-500 and 102-500) certification exams, as well as in your information technology career. The book covers the latest Linux® distributions, as well as virtualization, containerization, cloud orchestration and enterprise storage. Comprehensive coverage also addresses key job-related services and cloud technologies, including firewalls, FTP, NFS, Samba, Apache, DNS, DHCP, NTP, Postfix, PostgreSQL, SSH, VNC, RDP, Docker and Kubernetes. Appendices allow you to apply your Linux knowledge to macOS® and FreeBSD®. Hands-on projects give you practice using the latest Fedora and Ubuntu® Linux® distributions and can be performed on either a Windows® PC (Intel® or ARM®) or macOS® PC (Intel® or Apple® Silicon). Autorid: Jason Eckert
The Risk Management Handbook offers readers knowledge of current best practice and cutting-edge insights into new developments within risk management.Risk management is dynamic, with new risks continually being identified and risk techniques being adapted to new challenges. Drawing together leading voices from the major risk management application areas, such as political, supply chain, cybersecurity, ESG and climate change risk, this edited collection showcases best practice in each discipline and provides a comprehensive survey of the field as a whole. This second edition has been updated throughout to reflect the latest developments in the industry. It incorporates content on updated and new standards such as ISO 3100, MOR and ISO 14000. It also offers brand new chapters on ESG risk management, legal risk management, cyber risk management, climate change risk management and financial risk management. Whether you are a risk professional wanting to stay abreast of your field, a student seeking a broad and up-to-date introduction to risk, or a business leader wanting to get to grips with the risks that face your business, this book will provide expert guidance. Benefit from this authoritative survey of the risk landscape covering the core areas of modern risk management and reflecting the latest standards. The Risk Management Handbook offers readers knowledge of current best practice and cutting-edge insights into new developments within risk management.Risk management is dynamic, with new risks continually being identified and risk techniques being adapted to new challenges. Drawing together leading voices from the major risk management application areas, such as political, supply chain, cybersecurity, ESG and climate change risk, this edited collection showcases best practice in each discipline and provides a comprehensive survey of the field as a whole. This second edition has been updated throughout to reflect the latest developments in the industry. It incorporates content on updated and new standards such as ISO 31000, MOR and ISO 14000. It also offers brand new chapters on ESG risk management, legal risk management, cyber risk management, climate change risk management and financial risk management. Whether you are a risk professional wanting to stay abreast of your field, a student seeking a broad and up-to-date introduction to risk, or a business leader wanting to get to grips with the risks that face your business, this book will provide expert guidance. Autorid: David Hillson
"The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincoln's contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism. How did slavery figure in God's plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to "religious tyranny" and "pulpit politics," in an effort to strip the Southern states of their God-given rights? In 1861, in an already fracturing nation, the tensions surrounding this moral quandary cracked the United States in half, and even formed rifts within the North itself, where antislavery religious nationalists butted heads with conservative religious nationalists over their visionfor America's future. At the center of this melee stood Abraham Lincoln, who would turn to his own faith for guidance, proclaiming more days of national fasting and thanksgiving than any other president before or since. These pauses for spiritual reflection provided the inspirational rhetoric and ideological fuel that sustained the war. In Righteous Strife, Richard Carwardine gives renewed attention to this crucible of contending religious nationalisms, out of which was forged emancipation, Lincoln's re-election, and his Second Inaugural Address. No understanding of the American Civil War is complete without accounting for this complex dance between church and state-one that continues to define our nation"-- The volume is first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincolns contentious appeals to faith-based nationalism. The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincolns contentious appeals to faith-based nationalismHow did slavery figure in Gods plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to religious tyranny and pulpit politics, in an effort to strip the southern states of their God-given rights? In 1861, in an already fracturing nation, the tensions surrounding this moral quandary cracked the United States in half, and even formed rifts within the North itself, where antislavery religious nationalists butted heads with conservative religious nationalists over their visions for Americas future.At the center of this melee stood Abraham Lincoln, who would turn to his own faith for guidance, proclaiming more days of national fasting and thanksgiving than any other president before or since. These pauses for spiritual reflection provided the inspirational rhetoric and ideological fuel that sustained the war.In Righteous Strife, Richard Carwardine gives renewed attention to this crucible of contending religious nationalisms, out of which were forged emancipation, Lincolns reelection, and his second inaugural address. No understanding of the American Civil War is complete without accounting for this complex dance between church and stateone that continues to define our nation. Autorid: Richard Carwardine
Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even to
An elderly journalist decides to celebrate 90th year in a grand way, giving himself a present that will make him feel like he's still alive: a young virgin. In the brothel of a picturesque town, the moment comes where he sees the girl from the back, completely naked, and his life changes radically. Now that he meets her he finds himself close to dying, not of old age, but rather of love. This moving new novel celebrates the joys of being in love and meditates on the misfortunes of old age, radiantly written in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's unparalleled style.
Monte Cassino is the true story of one of the bitterest and bloodiest of the Allied struggles against the Nazi army. Long neglected by historians, the horrific conflict saw over 350,000 casualties, while the worst winter in Italian memory and official incompetence and backbiting only worsened the carnage and turmoil. Combining groundbreaking research in military archives with interviews with four hundred survivors from both sides, as well as soldier diaries and letters, Monte Cassino" "is both profoundly evocative and historically definitive. Clearly and precisely, Matthew Parker brilliantly reconstructs Europe's largest land battle-which saw the destruction of the ancient monastery of Monte Cassino-and dramatically conveys the heroism and misery of the human face of war.
A spare and beautiful meditation on love and loss, this novel follows the life of Sadie, the abandoned wife of the escaped slave Jim from Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Little Cub asks her Papa one day what heaven is like. The two set off for a day together, and spend a lot of time talking about what heaven is, and what it is not.
Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison's spellbinding novel is a Faulknerian symphony of passion and hatred, power and perversity, color and class that spans three generations of black women in a fading beach town.In life, Bill Cosey enjoyed the affections of many women, who would do almost anything to gain his favor. In death his hold on them may be even stronger. Wife, daughter, granddaughter, employee, mistress: As Morrison's protagonists stake their furious claim on Cosey's memory and estate, using everything from intrigue to outright violence, she creates a work that is shrewd, funny, erotic, and heartwrenching.
Based on diaries and e-mail correspondence that architect Suad Amiry kept from 1981 to 2004, "Sharon and My Mother-in-Law "evokes""the frustrations, cabin fever, and downright misery of daily life in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Amiry writes elegance and humor about the enormous difficulty of moving from one place to another, the torture of falling in love with someone from another town, the absurdity of her dog receiving a Jerusalem identity card when thousands of Palestinians could not, and the trials of having her ninety-two-year-old mother-in-law living in her house during a forty-two-day curfew. With a wickedly sharp ear for dialogue and a keen eye for detail, Amiry gives us an original, ironic, and firsthand glimpse into the absurdity -- and agony -- of life in the Occupied Territories.
Children were at the center of the Nazi ideology; now we have their history of those years. In this groundbreaking study-based on a wide range of new sources-Nicholas Stargardt details what happened to children of all nationalities and religions living under the Nazi regime. Their stories open a world we have never seen before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Drawing on an untouched wealth of original material-school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children's games-Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made.
Xtensity 1 Masturbator - Sügav stimulatsioon push-pull-tehnoloogiagaXtensity 1 Masturbator ei ole tavaline masturbaator – see on täiesti uutmoodi elamus. Tänu oma ainulaadsele push-pull-põhisele vaakumtehnoloogiale ei toimi see mitte ainult pealiskaudselt, vaid tekitab sügava, rütmilise stimulatsiooni, mida on tunda kogu kehas. Tulemuseks on intensiivsed aistingud, tugev kohalolek ja kogemus, mida paljud kirjeldavad traditsioonilistest strokeritest haaravamana. Iga kolmas mees kogeb Xtensity abil pikenenud haripunkte ja mitu orgasmi ühes seansis.Patenteeritud tehnoloogia ühendab kontrollitud vaakumi vahelduvate surve- ja tõmbejõududega, mis aktiveerivad palju enamat kui pelgalt naha pind. Stimulatsioon tundub sügavam, pulseerivam ja kaasahaaravam – ideaalne valik neile, kes ihkavad midagi tavapärasest enamat.Võimas jõudlus – täielik kontrollXtensity 1 on varustatud 40 mm harjadeta mootoriga, mis suudab saavutada kuni 2300 pööret minutis ning pakub 7 reguleeritavat kiirusastet. Ükskõik, kas eelistad aeglast ülesehitust või kõrget intensiivsust, saad tempo hõlpsalt vastavalt tujule ja enesetundele kohandada.Kaasasolev meditsiinilisest silikoonist hülss on pehme, painduv ja nahasõbralik. Optimaalse sobivuse ja maksimaalse vaakumi tagamiseks kuulub komplekti viis erinevas suuruses tassi, et leiaksid just endale sobiva tunde.Push-pull & vaakum – uutmoodi stimulatsioonXtensity tugevus seisneb selles, kuidas vaakum ja liikumine koosmõjuvad. Kui tassis luuakse tihe vaakum, kanduvad push-pull-jõud efektiivselt edasi, võimaldades traditsioonilistest vibratsioonidest sügavamat stimulatsiooni. Paljud kasutajad hindavad vaheldusrikkust, tugevat tunnet ning võimalust uurida erinevaid intensiivsustasemeid ühe seansi jooksul.Nipp: alusta aeglaselt ja suurenda vaakumit järk-järgult, surudes õhu tassist välja, et saavutada parim tulemus.Enamat kui lihtsalt seksleluXtensity 1 komplektis on ka massaažipall, mis võimaldab seadet kasutada klassikalise massaažipüstolina lihastele ja lõõgastumiseks. Nutikas lisa, mis avardab kasutusvõimalusi ja muudab toote veelgi mitmekülgsemaks.(Massaažipall on mõeldud ainult välispidiseks kasutamiseks.)Disain, mugavus & diskreetsusXtensity 1 ühendab kõrge jõudluse ning diskreetse ja stiilse disaini. Toode on pakendatud eksklusiivsesse hoiukohvrisse, mida on mugav öökapis hoida või reisile kaasa võtta, ilma liigset tähelepanu äratamata.Tänu kuni 4–8-tunnisele akukestvusele ühe laadimisega sobib see pikemateks kasutuskordadeks ja heli tase püsib alla 60 dB, et tagada veelgi lõõgastavam kogemus.Kohandamine & sobivusKomplektis on viis tassi siseläbimõõtudega:33 mm · 36 mm · 39 mm · 42 mm · 46 mmSee võimaldab täpselt kohandada nii sobivust kui ka vaakumit vastavalt vajadusele. Õige tassisuurus on push-pull-tehnika maksimaalse mõju saavutamiseks ülioluline.Ainulaadne push-pull- ja vaakumtehnoloogia sügavaks stimulatsiooniks7 kiirusastet kuni 2300 pööret minutisMeditsiiniline silikoonhülss – pehme ja mugav5 vahetatavat tassi optimaalse sobivuse jaoksKuni 8 tundi akukestvustVaikne mootor (
Offering an fascinating look at the well-hidden historical connection between whiskey running and stock-car racing, Thompson reveals the dramatic, untold story of Southern moonshiners, their Ford V-8s, and the creation of NASCAR.
Bantex märkmikud on pealt liimitud plokid kiireteks märkmeteks ja teadeteks, millel on vaid lühike eluiga. Paberikvaliteet on siiski sama kõrge kui kõikidel teistel Bantex'i paberitoodetel. Bantex märkmikud on tähistatud Põhjamaade luigemärgiga.
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERThis groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond.At the end of the American Revolution, sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. Liberty's Exiles tells their story. This surprising new account of the founding of the United States and the shaping of the post-revolutionary world traces extraordinary journeys like the one of Elizabeth Johnston, a young mother from Georgia, who led her growing family to Britain, Jamaica, and Canada, questing for a home; black loyalists such as David George, who escaped from slavery in Virginia and went on to found Baptist congregations in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone; and Mohawk Indian leader Joseph Brant, who tried to find autonomy for his people in Ontario. Ambitious, original, and personality-filled, this book is at once an intimate narrative history and a provocative analysis that changes how we see the revolution's "losers" and their legacies.
Math + cats = an infinitely more entertaining exploration of the concepts and principles that are the foundation of our understanding of mathematics. In Math Cats, mathematician and professor Daniel Look, along with a clowder of his feline friends, reveals the charming connections between mathematics and cats with 22 fun and fur-filled lessons. We know all cats are cute, but only some are acute. Others are obtuse (no offense) and more are always right (and never let you forget it), as you'll learn by exploring how kitties represent different types of angles. When they curl out for a mid-day catnap, they perfectly represent the concept of a golden spiral. And when they squeeze into too small boxes or balls, they're providing a geometric lesson in topological equivalence. Packed with illustrations, this collection of proofs, theorems, and formulas is equal parts delightful and educational, and perfectly sized for your own cat to knock off our bookshelf.
Jonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. He is an art professor, a mountain climber, and a mercenary, performing assassinations (i.e., sanctions) for money to augment his black-market art collection. Now Hemlock is being tricked into a hazardous assignment that involves an attempt to scale one of the most treacherous mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the Eiger.In a breathtakingly suspenseful story that is part thriller and part satire, the author traces Hemlock’s spine-tingling adventures, introducing a cast of intriguing characters—villains, traitors, beautiful women—into the highly charged atmosphere of danger. The accumulating threads of suspicion, accusation, and evidence gradually knit themselves into a bizarre and death-defying climax in this exciting, entertaining novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last absorbing page.
In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old. The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives-some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-century Sweden, three brief conversations provide the basis for a lifetime of longing. In today's England, a retired army major heads into the city for his regimental dinner-and his annual appointment with a professional lady named Babs. Somewhere nearby, a devoted wife calms (or perhaps torments) her ailing husband by reading him recipes. In stories brimming with life and our desire to hang on to it one way or another, Barnes proves himself by turns wise, funny, clever, and profound-a writer of astonishing powers of empathy and invention.
"Kirstin Downey's lively, substantive and-dare I say-inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins' career but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt's character." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president's political savvy and popularity to enact most of the Depression-era programs that are today considered essential parts of the country's social safety network.
