![]() Los Angeles Review of Books ABOUT THE AUTHORS: “At a moment of converging crises and political upheaval, Consequences of Capitalism provides essential support for activists and intellectuals as they try to envision a freer and fairer world.” More importantly, we see how we overcome these divisions. ![]() In making these linkages we see how the current hegemony keep social justice movements divided and marginalized. ![]() Is our “common sense” understanding of the world a reflection of the ruling class’s demands of the larger society? If we are to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet, Chomsky and Waterstone forcefully argue that we must look closely at the everyday tools we use to interpret the world.Ĭonsequences of Capitalism makes the deep, often unseen connections between common sense and power. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Some of the fascinating discoveries include striking similarities with the motifs of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and prehistoric rock art, pointing to the continuation of the art heritage since times immemorial. This book also explores the roots of the symbols and motifs used in this unknown art. Seeking spiritual enlightenment, the owners bring these beautiful camels with them when visiting the shrines of the Sufis. The embellishment of these camels pays homage to their beloved Sufi, who stands as their symbol of the Divine mercy. Later, the hair-tattoo artists adorn the tattooed camels further by applying natural red and black henna dyes to these geometrical and vegetal motifs. This technique involves cutting rough and coarse hair of the camel with scissors in multiple stages to make patterns and symbols covering the entire body of the camel. ![]() The artists make beautiful motifs by cutting the hairy coat of the camels. ![]() The unique and mystifying camel hair tattoo art practiced in the remote desert of Cholistan, Pakistan is a distinctive blend of art, philosophy, and mysticism. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book overall has a dark fairy tale feel to it, and it’s the perfect book to read when it keeps raining outside. Craig has created a magical, dark, haunting world that consumes you from the beginning of the novel and keeps evolving as you get further into the story. We received an ARC of this book at work, and I’d been seeing it around so I was so excited to read it! And I definitely wasn’t disappointed. Especially when her sisters start going to glittering balls every night are things really what they seem? And will Annaleigh be able to unravel the mystery with the help of a stranger before it’s too late for her and the rest of her sisters? Review: House of Salt and Sorrows Something darker seems to be at foot, and Annaleigh is desperate to get to the bottom of it. ![]() After the latest death of her sister Eulalie, Annaleigh starts have dark visions and nightmares, even seeing the ghosts of her sisters around the halls of Highmoor.Īs Annaleigh investigates the deaths of her sisters, she realizes that they can’t simply be accidents. ![]() First, their mother died, and now each of them keep dropping off like flies. The Thaumas sisters seem to be haunted by some sort of curse. Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads Summary ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course it could just be that I have read far too much crime fiction and I just suspect everybody and believe nobody. I got the impression that both had their own secret that they wanted to keep hidden. There was just something about the pair of them that set little alarm bells ringing for me. ![]() I can’t say that I really took to the main characters of Adam and Amelia. I did enjoy reading ‘Rock Paper Scissors’ but more about that in a bit. So without further ado, I grabbed a cup of tea, grabbed my copy of the book and settled down ready for an interesting afternoon of reading. ![]() I read the synopsis for ‘Rock Paper Scissors’ and it certainly sounded like the chilling, psychological thriller that I particularly enjoy reading. Although I have Alice’s other books on my ever increasing ‘to be read’ mountain, I haven’t actually read one before………….until now that is. Only for Adam and Amelia, the truth is far more dangerous. The remote location is perfect for what they have planned.īut when their romantic trip takes a dark turn, they both start to wonder – can they trust the one they’re with?īecause every couple tells little white lies. Adam and Amelia are spending the weekend in the Scottish Highlands. ![]() ![]() ![]() So he went to Canopy Cancer Care, New Zealand’s leading private medical oncology provider, with a proposal. “I guess all that experience gave me the confidence to have a crack at something of my own,” he says. Travelling on to London, he managed large aseptic compounding units in London hospitals and after he returned to New Zealand, helped a DHB build one before branching into consultancy. ![]() He’d studied pharmacology and biochemistry at the University of Otago, then moved to Melbourne to work at a small family-run compounding business, starting off as a technician. Jeremy only began his business three years ago. With the service we provide and the way we do things, the patient is more than just a number.” “The pharmaceutical companies can’t deal with individual orders like we do – instead, they’ll mass produce medicines at particular levels of concentration and each patient will need a specific dose of that compound. ![]() IMIX isn’t the only company compounding chemotherapy treatments, but Jeremy’s is definitely the most interesting, with a commitment to being more nimble than, and “deliberately different” to the multinational drug companies in this space. ![]() ![]() When the reader enters into Eight Cousins, Rose has been living with her great-aunts for a year. Alec’s face banished it without a word, as he opened wide his arms and she ran into them, feeling that home was here.” ―Eight Cousins “If she really had any doubt, the look in Dr. Very quickly, however, Uncle Alec returns home to set things to rights and all is more than well. Because of a family estrangement, Rose barely knows her extended family, and her grief is compounded by the strangeness of her new situation and so many family members to know and try to please. ![]() ![]() After the death of her parents, she moves to the “Aunt Hill” – a neighborhood of houses occupied by aunts, great aunts, and cousins while she waits for her guardian, Uncle Alec, to return from foreign travel. Shy and sickly Rose Campbell is an orphaned heiress. Eight Cousins is easily compared to Little Men and is at least equally charming. ![]() In a format that is similar to the Jo March books, Alcott wrote a pair of books about Rose Campbell and her seven male cousins. ![]() “It does seem to me that some one might write stories that should be lively, natural, and helpful tales in which the English should be good, the morals pure, and the characters such as we can love in spite of the faults that all may have.” ― Eight Cousins ![]() ![]() ![]() Contrasting social theories that support unjust power relations of race, class, gender, and nation with those that challenge inequalities, Collins investigates why some ideas are granted the status of "theory" while others remain "thought." "It is not that elites produce theory while everyone else produces mere thought," she writes. When Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins was published in 1990, reviewers called it "remarkable," "rich and valuable," and proclaimed, "with the publication of this book, Black feminism has moved to a new level." Now, in Fighting Words, Collins expands and extends the discussion of the "outsider within" presented in her earlier work, investigating how effectively Black feminist thought confronts the injustices African American women currently face.Ĭollins takes on a broad range of issues-poverty, mothering, white supremacy and Afrocentrism, the resegregation of American society by race and class, the ideas of Sojourner Truth and how they can serve as a springboard for more liberating social theory. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Language eng Summary Searching faraway world regions for Grace, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless grandfather who has also stolen two dinosaur hatchlings, Marty and his cryptozoologist uncle, Travis Wolfe, are distracted by a sighting of an elusive blood-drinking cryptid Member ofĪward YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2014. Label Chupacabra Title Chupacabra Statement of responsibility Roland Smith Creator ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers new to the author will be enthralled, and those familiar with the first book will find that the faith it inspired has not been misplaced."- Publishers Weekly on Ancillary Sword ![]() "Breq's struggle for meaningful justice in a society designed to favor the strong is as engaging as ever. "Fans of space operas will feast on its richly textured, gorgeously rendered world-building."- Entertainment Weekly on Ancillary Sword "The sort of space opera audiences have been waiting for."- NPR Books on Ancillary Sword "Powerful."- The New York Times on Ancillary Sword ![]() "A magnificent capstone to this promising trilogy."- RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars) "No science-fiction series as descriptive of our current political and cultural moment or as insistent that we open our eyes to it."- Slate "This trilogy will stand as a classic of sf for the ages."- Library Journal ![]() earns the credit it's received: As a capstone to a series that shook genre expectations, as our closing installment of an immersively realized world, and as the poignant story of a ship that learned to sing."- NPR Books Ann Leckie's sociopolitical space opera almost singlehandedly breathed new cool into the stereotype of spaceships trundling through far-off systems amid laser battles. "If you don't know the Ancillary series by now, you probably should. ![]() ![]() Whether sexuality makes you uncomfortable or curious, Come As You Are should be an integral part of every women’s sexual education that tackles societal impact on sexual narrative, the true biology behind women’s health and, frankly, why we are the way that we are. She creates scenarios based on her past patients to showcase and follow certain couple’s journeys, has interactive worksheets and quizzes throughout the book and an in-depth appendix that dives deeper on certain topics. Most of what you think may be “weird” or “wrong” is probably, almost certainly, normal. Nagoski provides, she uses her experience as a sex educator and researcher to tackle common challenges that women face in their sex lives and normalize the everyday struggles of female sexuality. Emily Nagoski discusses, myth-busts and re-writes the narrative of women’s sexuality in Come As You Are: The Surprising Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life. ![]() If you’ve ever asked one of these questions – you’re absolutely not alone. ![]() ![]() These are a few of the many questions that women ask themselves when it comes to their sexuality and sex life. Summary “Is this normal?” “Am I the only one who experiences this?” “What’s wrong with me?” ![]() |