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Diabolical (Paperback)
Cynthia Leitich Smith; Cover design or artwork by Dan Evans
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Prepare for a hell of a ride as Cynthia Leitich Smith calls on
characters from her previous novels - and conjures up new ones -
for a climactic showdown. eBook available. When "slipped" angel
Zachary and his werewolf pal Kieren are summoned under suspicious
circumstances to a mysterious New England boarding school, they
quickly find themselves in a hellish lock-down with an intriguing
assortment of secretive, hand-picked "students". Plagued by demon
dogs, hallucinatory wall decor, a sadistic instructor and a
legendary fire-breathing monster, will they somehow manage to
escape? Or will the devil have his due? Best-selling author Cynthia
Leitich Smith unites heroes from the previous three novels in the
Tantalize series - including Zachary's girl, Miranda, and Kieren's
love, Quincie - along with a fascinating cast of all-new characters
for a suspenseful, action-packed clash between the forces of heaven
and hell.
The petty bourgeoisie - the insecure class between the working
class and the bourgeoisie - is hugely significant within global
politics. Yet it remains something of a mystery. Initially
identified as a powerful political force by theorists like Marx and
Poulantzas, the petit-bourgeoisie was expected to decline, as small
businesses and small property were gradually swallowed up by
monopoly capitalism. Yet, far from disappearing, structural changes
to the global economy under neoliberalism have instead grown the
petty bourgeoisie, and the individualist values associated with it
have been popularized by a society which fetishizes "aspiration",
home ownership and entrepreneurship. So why has this happened? A
Nation of Shopkeepers sheds a light on this mysterious class,
exploring the class structure of contemporary Britain and the
growth of the petty bourgeoisie following Thatcherism. It shows how
the rise of home ownership, small landlordism and radical changes
to the world of work have increasingly inculcated values of petty
bourgeois individualism; how popular culture has promoted and
reproduced values of aspiration and conspicuous consumption that
militate against socialist organizing; and, most importantly, what
the unstoppable rise of the petit-bourgeoisie means for the left.
This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as
chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to
see it enacted and who believe in it passionately. It is the story
of one family's heart-break, of the difference one ordinary man can
make, of behind-the-scenes maneuvering by soft-on-crime, liberal
politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it's the story
of the ultimate victory by a majority of Californians who, in a
reversal of decades of citizen neglect, defied the crime "experts"
and voted for commonsense and justice.
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