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A gruesomely funny series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony
Snicket. Meet Eugene, the most portly of princes, and Kalvitas, the
most courageous of chocolate makers. Theirs is a tale of cakes and
cowardice, bullies and battles, as they set out to defeat a
terrifying tyrant. The characters are CURSED. The deserts are
DEADLY. And people are NOT always as they appear... With cover and
chapter head artwork by Chris Riddell.
Five decades of work by groundbreaking Indigenous artist Jaune
Quick-to-See Smith Throughout her career as artist, activist, and
educator, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940) has forged a personal
yet accessible visual language she uses to address environmental
destruction, war, genocide, and the misreading of the past. An
enrolled Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Nation, Smith cleverly deploys elements of abstraction,
neo-expressionism, and pop, fusing them with Indigenous artistic
traditions to upend commonly held conceptions of historical
narratives and illuminate absurdities in the formation of dominant
culture. Her drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures blur
categories and question why certain visual languages attain
recognition, historical privilege, and value, reflecting her belief
that her “life’s work involves examining contemporary life in
America and interpreting it through Native ideology.† Also
central to Smith’s work and thinking is the land and she
emphasizes that Native people have always been part of the land:
“These are my stories, every picture, every drawing is telling a
story. I create memory maps.†The publication illustrates nearly
five decades of Smith’s work in all media, accompanied by essays
and short texts by contemporary Indigenous artists and scholars on
each of Smith’s major bodies of work. Distributed for Whitney
Museum of American Art  Exhibition Schedule: Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York April 19–August 13, 2023 Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth October 15, 2023–January 7, 2024 Seattle Art
Museum February 15–May 12, 2024 Â
According to general Realist premises, after the end of the Cold
War, the United States took an interest in remaining the only super
power. Accordingly, it was attempting to maintain and manage
unipolarity. The pursuit of this Grand Strategy, however, required
the U.S. to adapt its various strategies to the various receiving
states. Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus played very unalike roles in
that configuration: Whilst Poland was labeled Americas best friend
by President George W. Bush, Belarus was not seeking alignment with
the U.S., whereas Ukraine-U.S. relations were subject to many ups
and downs. The three countries diverging attitudes towards
Washington led to very different policy approaches from a U.S.
vantage point. As this study shows, the U.S. did not have an
overall strategy for the region. Rather, Washington managed its
relations with European states through a set of mainly bilateral
relations. Madeleine Albright once described the tools of foreign
policy as including everything from kind words to cruise missiles.
This book is a comparative case study of the United States use of
these tools in its approaches towards Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus
after the end of the Cold War. As the only remaining superpower,
Washington played a key role in the formation of post-communist
Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, its actions and policies have
received comparatively little attention. This book contributes to
filling that gap by providing three in-depth case studies.
The Power of Sympathy (1789) is a novel by American author William
Hill Brown. Considered the first American novel, The Power of
Sympathy is a work of sentimental fiction which explores the
lessons of the Enlightenment on the virtues of rational thought. A
story of forbidden romance, seduction, and incest, Brown's novel is
based on the real-life scandal of Perez Morton and Fanny Apthorp, a
New England brother- and sister-in-law who struck up an affair that
ended in suicide and infamy. Inspired by their tragedy, and hoping
to write a novel which captured the need for rational education in
the newly formed United States of America, Brown wrote and
published The Power of Sympathy anonymously in Boston. The novel,
narrated in a series of letters, is the story of Thomas Harrington.
He falls for the local beauty Harriot Fawcet, initially hoping to
make her his mistress. But when she rejects him, his friend Jack
Worthy suggests that he attempt to court and then propose to her,
which is the honorable and lawful choice. Thomas' overly
sentimental mind is persuaded by Jack's unflinching reason, and so
he decides to pursue Harriot once more. This time, he is
successful, and the two eventually become engaged, but their
happiness soon fades when Mrs. Eliza Holmes, a family friend of the
Harringtons, reveals the true nature of Harriot's identity. As the
secrets of Mr. Harrington-Thomas' father-are revealed, the couple
are forced to choose between the morals and laws of society and the
passionate love they share. The Power of Sympathy is a moving work
of tragedy and romance with a pointed message about the need for
education in the recently founded United States. Despite borrowing
from the British and European traditions of sentimental fiction and
the epistolary novel, Brown's work is a distinctly American
masterpiece worthy of our continued respect and attention. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy is a
classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Power of Sympathy (1789) is a novel by American author William
Hill Brown. Considered the first American novel, The Power of
Sympathy is a work of sentimental fiction which explores the
lessons of the Enlightenment on the virtues of rational thought. A
story of forbidden romance, seduction, and incest, Brown's novel is
based on the real-life scandal of Perez Morton and Fanny Apthorp, a
New England brother- and sister-in-law who struck up an affair that
ended in suicide and infamy. Inspired by their tragedy, and hoping
to write a novel which captured the need for rational education in
the newly formed United States of America, Brown wrote and
published The Power of Sympathy anonymously in Boston. The novel,
narrated in a series of letters, is the story of Thomas Harrington.
He falls for the local beauty Harriot Fawcet, initially hoping to
make her his mistress. But when she rejects him, his friend Jack
Worthy suggests that he attempt to court and then propose to her,
which is the honorable and lawful choice. Thomas' overly
sentimental mind is persuaded by Jack's unflinching reason, and so
he decides to pursue Harriot once more. This time, he is
successful, and the two eventually become engaged, but their
happiness soon fades when Mrs. Eliza Holmes, a family friend of the
Harringtons, reveals the true nature of Harriot's identity. As the
secrets of Mr. Harrington-Thomas' father-are revealed, the couple
are forced to choose between the morals and laws of society and the
passionate love they share. The Power of Sympathy is a moving work
of tragedy and romance with a pointed message about the need for
education in the recently founded United States. Despite borrowing
from the British and European traditions of sentimental fiction and
the epistolary novel, Brown's work is a distinctly American
masterpiece worthy of our continued respect and attention. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy is a
classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
The optimistic vision of a "Europe whole and free" after the fall
of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has given way to disillusionment,
bitterness, and renewed hostility between Russia and the West. In
No Place for Russia, William H. Hill traces the development of the
post-Cold War European security order to explain today's tensions,
showing how attempts to integrate Russia into a unified
Euro-Atlantic security order were gradually overshadowed by the
domination of NATO and the EU-at Russia's expense. Hill argues that
the redivision of Europe has been largely unintended and not the
result of any single decision or action. Instead, the current
situation is the cumulative result of many decisions-reasonably
made at the time-that gradually produced the current security
architecture and led to mutual mistrust. Hill analyzes the United
States' decision to remain in Europe after the Cold War, the
emergence of Germany as a major power on the continent, and the
transformation of Russia into a nation-state, placing major weight
on NATO's evolution from an alliance dedicated primarily to static
collective territorial defense into a security organization with
global ambitions and capabilities. Closing with Russia's annexation
of Crimea and war in eastern Ukraine, No Place for Russia argues
that the post-Cold War security order in Europe has been
irrevocably shattered, to be replaced by a new and as-yet-undefined
order.
A BLEAKLEY BROTHERS MYSTERY by OSBERT THE AVENGER author Christopher William Hill
What's that you say? You're off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn't anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household...
Which one will it be this time? And could there be foul play? Crime-busting brothers Horatio and Eustace Bleakley feel certain they smell a rat. Or is that Cook's dinner?
More importantly, can they solve the mystery before another Bleakley bites the dust?
Go ahead and find out... if you dare!
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