![]() This framing technique is more than just a useful device for decoding gender and genre it''s also quite fun. ![]() Attebery uses cultural theory to play the kind of "what if" game so near and dear to the collective heart of the SF community. Highly recommended."Lisa Yaszek, Extrapolation "Decoding Gender''sgreatest strength is its methodology. The concluding chapters convincingly demonstrate why these multiple histories matter.he has given us a way to see them more clearly. Attebery''s wide-ranging but judicious use of feminist theory balances especially nicely with his detailed analyses of individual SF texts both, in turn, provide fresh perspectives on SF history-or, more accurately, on SF''s multiple histories. Le Guin "Decoding Genderaddresses issues in powerful ways through its nuanced exploration of both masculine and feminine SF writing traditions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fair-minded and vastly tolerant, knowledgeable in every field of science fiction and fantasy, writing with vitality, clarity, and humor-he has given us a work that will engage and reward both the scholar and the interested lay reader."Ursula K. "Brian Attebery is wonderfully fitted by nature, training, and experience to take on the complex subject of this book. ![]()
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Mouse.īeverly Cleary was born Beverly Atlee Bunn in McMinnville, Oregon. ![]() Some of her best known and loved characters are Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice ("Beezus"), Henry Huggins, and Ralph S. Her characters are normal children facing challenges that many of us face growing up, and her stories are liberally laced with humour. ![]() ![]() Beverly Cleary (ApMarch 25, 2021) was the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. ![]() ![]() ![]() The film, directed by William Friedkin, who has penned an exclusive introduction for this edition of the novel, would become a wildly successful motion picture, garnering ten Academy Award nominations. Two years after its publication, The Exorcist, was adapted for the screen by Blatty. ![]() To do so, they must face a series of terrifying moments that will test not only their strength, but the very core of their faith. Overwhelmed but determined, they endeavor to rescue Regan from an unspeakable fate. When neither medical professionals nor psychiatrists can come to Regan’s aid, her mother enlists the assistance of two priests. ![]() Inspired by a 1949 article in The Washington Post in which a Catholic priest recounts his experience performing the ritual of exorcism on a young child, William Peter Blatty’s groundbreaking novel details the demonic possession of eleven-year-old Regan MacNeil. Five decades later, the novel retains its power to possess readers with its raw and visceral prose. The book spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at #1. One of the most controversial novels ever written, The Exorcist was first published in June 1971, and would go on to become a cultural phenomenon. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of this iconic masterpiece of horror and paranormal suspense, Suntup Editions is delighted to announce a fine press limited edition of The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s connected to the woman responsible for killing-and turning-Cole’s mother. ![]() It’s then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous than monsters…and the worst has only begun.Īs the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discovers she, too, can control the zombies…and she isn’t the girl she thought she was. She’s ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. In the stunning conclusion to the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, Alice “Ali” Bell thinks the worst is behind her. We’ll either destroy them for good, or they’ll destroy us.Įither way, only one of us is walking away. ![]() ![]() Written by practicing mathematicians, teachers and researchers, these profiles give voice to the variety of pathways into mathematics that women have followed and the diversity of areas in which mathematics can work. The work also celebrates the contributions of minority women, including 10 African-American, Latina, and Asian mathematicians. Although the collection includes historical women, the emphasis is on contemporary mathematicians, many of whom have not been profiled in any previous work. Designed for secondary school students and the general public, each profile describes major life events, obstacles faced and overcome, educational and career milestones-including a discussion of mathematical research in non-technical terms-and interests outside of 2 promotics. This volume features substantive biographical essays on 59 women from around the world who have made significant contributions to mathematics from antiquity to the present. Although the collection includes historical women, the emphasis is on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OF COURSE, this book wasn't all sunshine and rainbows but that's the best thing about dark romance. The bathing and cooking scenes were simply the best. He opened up to Cecily and there were so many amazing scenes. What I really loved about him, was how he started softening for Cecily bit by bit and started realising that he didn't always have to hold the burdens and responsibilities he has inside. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint! As always Rina Kent just knows how to write a brutal, dark, possessive and obsessive hero. I was excited to read their story from the glimpses we had gotten of the characters as individuals and how they interacted with in each other, in the previous books. I was obsessed with Jeremy and Cecily the entire way through the book. ![]() AND by far my favourite narrators as well! Their voices were perfectly cast for these characters and it was such an enjoyable experience to listen to. This was my favourite in the series so far for sure. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is Aristotelian Natural Philosophy Necessary?īut this revival would seem to be ill-fated unless we can somehow overcome the challenge from modern science. Hylomorphism of a sort has gained wide acceptance in contemporary metaphysics. While Aristotle recognized a profound difference between human beings and other substances, based on our unique rationality, he avoided Platonic dualism, and he conceived of human aspirations as continuous with the striving of all natural things to their essential ends, providing an objective basis for norms in ethics, aesthetics, and politics.Īristotelianism has undergone a great revival in the intervening 40 years, with Aristotelian approaches to ethics, both in terms of virtue ethics (e.g., Alasdair MacIntyre and John McDowell) and in the natural goodness theories of Philippa Foot and Michael Thompson, and with stalwart defenses of Aristotle’s approach to science by David Charles, James Lennox, Michail Peramatzis, and others. The Greek philosopher Aristotle (382–322 BC) had a theory of nature that offered a number of advantages from the viewpoint of both humanism and biblical theology. In fact, the quantum revolution is a wholesome development from a theological perspective, reconciling our scientific view of the world with the possibility of human agency. The discovery of the quantum in the early twentieth century has transformed our understanding of the natural world in ways that few have fully grasped. ![]() Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in the history of science. ![]() ![]() Goldman is a highly skilled storyteller, and though he sometimes employs techniques that verge on the strong-arm, he is always compelling. If readers are willing to stow logic and accept that Scylla is not only somehow alive but better than ever, Goldman will reward them with an exhilarating trip through a treacherously violent, giddily perverse terrain. As is frequently the case with men like Scylla, the task that requires his murderous abilities is nothing less than the prevention of World War III. Gutted by the Nazi Szell in the previous book and described as dead, Scylla has been resurrected by modern science, altered in appearance and stashed away on a deserted island until a job worthy of his talents arises. SCYLLA, the secret agent and killer from William Goldman's Marathon Man, is back in a sequel, Brothers. ![]() ![]() Review Quotes Charged and romantic-a whirlwind of a love story. And as the storm bears down on them, she starts to realize the greatest danger might not be the warriors coming to destroy them-but the forbidden romance thats grown between them. But unlocking his heritage will also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget. ![]() He has a power to claim-the secret language of the West Wind, which only he can understand. When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both of their families, Audras forced to help Vane remember who he is. Even if it means sacrificing her own life. Shes also a guardian-Vanes guardian-and has sworn an oath to protect Vane at all costs. ![]() She walks on the wind, can translate its alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string of commands. Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph, an air elemental. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl whos swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real. Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents. Book Synopsis A broken past and a divided future cant stop the electric connection of two teens in this epic series opener from the author of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was honestly the popcorn.gif the whole time or most of it. Like, my rational side (which is 90% of my own personality) would give this one 2 stars and the series a goodbye □īUT. 20% escamotage from a beautiful episode Trapped in the city, Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers-and forced a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before-these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else.īut Cordelia’s new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. ![]() Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. Cordelia’s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Evil is hiding in plain sight and the only thing more dangerous than fighting demons is falling in love.Ĭordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. ![]() From internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes the first novel in a brand new Shadowhunters trilogy. ![]() |