![]() ![]() ‘A brilliant riposte to the myth that policymakers can survive on plain neoliberal fare. Praise for Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World Through a series of culinary anecdotes Chang showed us that just as a rich and varied diet nourishes the body, moving beyond the narrow confines of neoclassical economics can help to build a better and fairer world. In February 2023 Chang came to Intelligence Squared to talk about the themes of his new book Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World. He decided that someone needed to expand that menu – and took on the project himself. Neoclassical liberalism was, and still is, the only item he found on Britain’s menu of economic models. But it was not just the food – which has much improved since then – that caused him to despair: it was mainstream economic thinking too. When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and dreary British food was. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When her husband was alive he bred snails in the garage they also kept fish and had a small and very hairy dog. She spent much of her adult life in Newcastle upon Tyne. 20+ Brilliant Books Featuring Unforgettable Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters for Deaf Awareness Weekīorn in Vienna, Eva Ibbotson came to England as a small girl.Celebrate King Charles III and his Coronation with these Majestic Children's Books. ![]() ![]() New imprint, Pineapple Lane, launches with seven Ukrainian picture books.Sally Anne Garland and The Art of the Every Day.Fit for a King and May Day Madness! Topical themes to inspire aspiring young writers.The year’s outstanding debut authors for children: shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award announced.Celebrate Grandparents Day with 50 great kids books about grandparents.Anxiety & Wellbeing - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health.Jacqueline Wilson - our Guest Editor of the Month.Branford Boase 2023 – what the judges had to say about the shortlist.Read Hour returns for its third year in the UK with Moomin Characters.In its 20th year, the shortlist for CLiPPA (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award) reflects the wealth of talent in children’s poetry.13 Children's Books Featuring Poverty and Homelessness.60 kids books about grief to explain death to children and help them grieve. ![]() ![]() ![]() What a pleasant surprise! Not only was the little black dress that could see into the future magical, but McBride’s writing was as well. I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting, but magical realism was certainly not on the list. Susan McBride’s novel Little Black Dress was more than I could have imagined. The discovery of a magical black dress was the last thing she imagined she’d find.Ī lovely surprise. Leaving behind everything she loves, Toni returns to her parents home and winery to help her mother heal. In many ways the sudden stroke her mother Evie suffers is both a blessing and a curse. ![]() Her only regrets in life revolve around her mother and the separation that exists between them. A successful growing business, a home of her own and a wonderful man who may pop the question any day. Busy with life, Toni has everything her heart could desire. ![]() ![]() ![]() In expanding the story of Kim and her friends, the authors pay tribute to Black sisterhood through portraits of shared, yet deeply personal experiences of Black hair care. Wash Day Diaries includes an updated, full color version of this original comic-which follows Kim, a 26-year-old woman living in the Bronx-as the book's first chapter and expands into a graphic novel with short stories about these vibrant and relatable new characters. Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith originally kickstarted their critically acclaimed, award-winning slice of life mini comic, Wash Day, inspired by Rowser's own wash day ritual and their shared desire to see more comics featuring the daily lived experiences of young Black women. Each short story uses hair routines as a window into these four characters' everyday lives and how they care for each other. The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared by Black women everywhere of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of washing, conditioning, and nourishing their hair. ![]() Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends-Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie-through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair. ![]() ![]() I then scratched my head over it for a while. ![]() ![]() So I found myself writing a short novel titled The Atrocity Archive (no ‘s’). It didn’t work as a story (I was still working on my craft) but it occurred to me that if I mixed up the Len Deighton-esque British spy thriller ambiance with an incongruous protagonist and added tentacle monsters from beyond spacetime, maybe I could turn it into a cross-genre mash-up that would work. On the other hand, earlier in the decade I’d written an odd technothriller about a covert British government agency that protected us from the consequences of certain catastrophic mathematical discoveries. A year earlier I’d published a short story titled “A Colder War” which got some attention, but its tale of a 1980s cold war updated with Cthulhoid horrors was too bleak to expand into a novel. I was tired of far-future SF at that point and wanted to do something for light relief a spy story, perhaps, or maybe something Lovecraftian. Let’s rewind to the summer of 1999, when an aspiring SF novelist called Charlie had finished a space opera and was waiting to hear from the editor to whom he’d sent it. ![]() It’s extremely unusual for a series to hop from one publisher to another, yet with the publication of The Delirium Brief by Tor.com Publishing next month, the Laundry Files will be on its third US publisher (and fifth English language publisher overall). One of the realities of publishing that we don’t like to talk about is that a series generally lives or dies by grace of its first publisher. ![]() ![]() If I have to choose, got to go with paperback. ![]() The four books of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles offer adventure along with a female heroine, a witch, a magician, a dragon and many more along with the final one featuring the next generation and a dash of romance as a young man travels through the Enchanted Forest and learns many things. January 2022 Day 5: Hardcover or paperback Book of Enchantments by Patricia C Wrede. ĭealing with Dragons and Searching for Dragons were also published in the UK under the titles Dragonsbane and Dragon Search. ![]() Wrede does "hope" to author a fifth Enchanted Forest novel once her current book contracts have been fulfilled. Additionally, the Book of Enchantments includes one short story titled Utensile Strength and also includes a short story titled The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn which takes place in the Enchanted Forest universe, but does not involve any of the familiar characters. One is based on a fairy tale, another on a ballad, and a third was inspired by the biblical parable of the prodigal son. Most of the stories are set in a place of high fantasy-long ago and far away-yet several have modern settings. ![]() Wrede titled Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons. This collection of short stories featuring enchantments offers a surprisingly varied selection. ![]() The Enchanted Forest Chronicles is a series of four young adult fantasy novels by Patricia C. ![]() ![]() Michael Blanding is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University. In addition to talking about Smiley’s thefts, Blanding will also talk about the history behind the maps he stole, and the continuing implications for library security. Blanding will discuss exclusive new information about the case – including some gleaned through the first ever interview with Smiley himself – that paints a psychological portrait of a man driven by desperation to betray his friends and colleagues. Smiley was ultimately caught in 2005 when a librarian spotted a razor blade he dropped on the floor at Yale University, leading to the unraveling of his deceptions. Forbes Smiley III, who stole more than $3 million worth of antique maps from rare book libraries around the country. ![]() In The Map Thief, award winning investigative reporter Michael Blanding tells the true-life story of a map dealer-turned-criminal E. Copies of The Map Thief will be available for purchase. This Borowitz True Crime Lecture event will include a presentation by Blanding and a book signing. ![]() ![]() The Kent State University Libraries will host Michael Blanding, author of the bestseller The Map Thief on Thursday, April 28, at 6:00 p.m. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before you listen, consider this quote from his trial transcripts: "I am proud of the fact that my songs seem to cut across and find perhaps a unifying thing, basic humanity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Detailed liner notes contain lyrics, historical, and contextual information for many songs. He is known for having an enduring optimism and commitment, and the track "I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister" illustrates Seeger’s talent to lead a crowd in song. Pete Seeger Songs List 1.Open the Door 2.Ill Sing You a Love Song 3.The Trip We Took Over the Mountain 4.She Moves Through the Fair 5.Sally My Dear 6.No. They are the very sorts of songs that got Pete blacklisted - songs of common humanity, struggle, and protest. The songs have a rich history - some are written by Woody Guthrie and The Almanac Singers, a group of folk musicians who often sang for worker’s rights, and others hearken back to the Wobblies (The Industrial Workers of the World) who unionized in 1905. Pete Seeger recorded Songs of Struggle and Protest on Folkways Records in 1964, just three years after testifying before the House of Un-American Activities Committee and during the height of his blacklist status. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The wounds are appalling, as are the conditions under which the doctors work. The second recounts Lefèvre’s time with the mission in Yaftal, where the doctors attend to an unending stream of wounded adults and children, sometimes operating through the night with head-mounted miners’ lamps. The first part of the story describes preparation and the journey, during which Lefèvre comes to appreciate the MSF doctors’ expertise both in navigating Afghan customs and the brutal physical and psychological stresses of their mission. ![]() The direct route, however, is controlled and dangerous, and in order to minimise exposure to the Soviet army, the group travels along a route used by the Afghan resistance to transport arms from Pakistan to conflict areas, a journey that will require three weeks for the caravan of donkeys and horses. The journey would take a day in vehicles on open roads. It was Lefèvre’s first assignment in Afghanistan and The Photographer, a nonfiction graphic novel, tells the story of his journey with an MSF team from Peshawar, Pakistan to the Yaftal Valley in Afghanistan. ![]() In 1986 Médecins Sans Frontières commissioned French photographer Didier Lefèvre to document the work of an MSF mission in northern Afghanistan, where the Mujahadin were at war with the Soviet forces that had invaded in 1979. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s just one catch: they have to go on a company cruise to the Galápagos Islands…together. Their boss tasks each of them with drafting a proposal on how to boost bookings in the Galápagos-best proposal wins the promotion. Although they’ve never met in person, their epic email battles are the stuff of office legend. The only problem? Graeme Crawford-Collins, the remote social media manager and the bane of her existence, is also up for the position. But when she’s shortlisted for the promotion of her dreams, all her sacrifices finally seem worth it. It was one that I’ve seen and have been curious about, so what did I think? Keep on reading to find out!īetween taking night classes for her MBA and her demanding day job at a cruise line, marketing manager Henley Evans barely has time for herself, let alone family, friends, or dating. ![]() A book club I’m in on Instagram voted to read Shipped by Angie Hockman. I’ve been able to read a couple and I want to talk about one of them today. Not too long ago I said I wanted to pick up more romance books. ![]() |