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Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, July 20, 2012-February 13, 2013.
Author : Nicholas R. Bell
Publisher : Other Distribution
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300187977
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, July 20, 2012-February 13, 2013.
Author : Deborah Treisman
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429918403
In June 2010, the editors of The New Yorker announced to widespread media coverage their selection of "20 Under 40"—the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by this stellar group of writers over the course of the summer. They are now collected for the first time in one volume. The range of voices is extraordinary. There is the lyrical realism of Nell Freudenberger, Philipp Meyer, C. E. Morgan, and Salvatore Scibona; the satirical comedy of Joshua Ferris and Gary Shteyngart; and the genre-bending tales of Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Téa Obreht. David Bezmozgis and Dinaw Mengestu offer clear eyed portraits of immigration and identity; Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, ZZ Packer, and Wells Tower offer voice-driven, idiosyncratic narratives. Then there are the haunting sociopolitical stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Daniel Alarcón, and Yiyun Li, and the metaphysical fantasies of Chris Adrian, Rivka Galchen, and Karen Russell. Each of these writers reminds us why we read. And each is aiming for greatness: fighting to get and to hold our attention in a culture that is flooded with words, sounds, and pictures; fighting to surprise, to entertain, to teach, and to move not only us but generations of readers to come. A landmark collection, 20 Under 40 stands as a testament to the vitality of fiction today.
Author : David T. Z. Mindich
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0195161408
Illuminating the decline in informed citizenship, "Tuned Out" is an insightful exploration of the generations of Americans who have turned their backs on serious news.
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
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ISBN : 9788491485872
Author : Francesca Gino
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1422142698
A psychologist and business professor takes an in-depth look at decision-making, explaining the pitfalls people can avoid to stay on track with their decisions and reach their goals. 25,000 first printing.
Author : Edward H Hammett
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827232616
Many established churches are facing a number of challenges in today's increasingly secular culture. Such a shift in many communities creates a challenge of church growth and church health when it seems that satisfying the needs of one group creates barriers to reaching another group. So many are asking, "How do you keep people over sixty years of age, who often hold church culture values-while at the same time reach people under forty, who often hold postmodern values?" If a church is interested in growing, this situation becomes a major challenge. Reaching People under 40 while Keeping People over 60 looks at the church as it seeks to function in a new world. It looks at the differences in the generations and at postmodernism - not just a generational difference but a global change. Most importantly, Reaching People under 40 while Keeping People over 60 looks at what a church can do in this new age to help the church survive - and thrive! Foreword by Bill Easum. A TCP Leadership Series title.
Author : Tom Brennan
Publisher : Epicenter Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780945397991
Drawn from police files, eyewitness accounts, and news reports, these stories introduce extreme criminals in an extreme land.
Author : Anita Roy
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9383074833
From the lyrical to the humorous, the lightly charming to the darkly disturbing, this collection gorgeously illustrates the desires, concerns and obsessions of young women from the subcontinent. This exciting new anthology showcases twenty-one of the best short stories by South Asian women under the age of forty, a new generation of writers emerging and boldly tackling new forms and styles. Spanning genres, including historical detective fiction, graphic short stories and experimental fiction, the stories are as varied as the women themselves, and celebrate the diversity and range of women’s literature in the twenty-first century. Contributors include Ruchika Chanana, Paromita Chakravarti, Roohi Choudhry, Tishani Doshi, Shahnaz Habib, Epsita Halder, Anjum Hasan, Meena Kandasamy, Mridula Koshy, Revati Laul, Madhulika Liddle, Anju Mary Paul, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, Adithi Rao, Diana Romany, Sumana Roy, Ashima Sood, Aishwarya Subramanyam, Nisha Susan, Narmada Thiranagama and Annie Zaidi.
Author : Helen Thomas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1416548610
In the course of more than sixty years spent covering Washington politics, Helen Thomas has witnessed a raft of fundamental changes in the way news is gathered and reported. Gone are the days of frequent firsthand contact with the president. Now, the press sees the president only at tightly controlled and orchestrated press conferences. In addition, Thomas sees a growing -- and alarming -- reluctance among reporters to question government spokesmen and probe for the truth. The result has been a wholesale failure by journalists to fulfill what is arguably their most vital role in contemporary American life -- to be the watchdogs of democracy. Today's journalists, according to Thomas, have become subdued, compromised lapdogs. Here, the legendary journalist and bestselling author delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage -- and issues a clarion call for change. Thomas confronts some of the most significant issues of the day, including the jailing of reporters, the conservative swing in television news coverage, and the administration's increased insistence on "managed" news. But she is most emphatic about reporters' failure to adequately question President George W. Bush and White House spokesmen about the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, and on subjects ranging from homeland security to the economy. This, she insists, was a dire lapse. Drawing on her peerless knowledge of journalism, Washington politics, and nine presidential administrations, as well as frank interviews with leading journalists past and present, Thomas provides readers with a rich historical perspective on the roots of American journalism, the circumstances attending the rise and fall of its golden age, and the nature and consequences of its current shortcomings. The result is a powerful, eye-opening discourse on the state of political reportage -- as well as a welcome and inspiring demand for meaningful and lasting reform.
Author : Howard G Buffett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1451687869
The son of legendary investor Warren Buffet relates how he set out to help nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security through his passion of farming, in forty stories of lessons learned.