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We’re the states who thought of uniting into the best country in the world, and we’re the only country that thought of making the word part of our name. Brazil doesn’t call itself “Brazil of America.” So we’ve got a right to call ourselves “America” for short, any time we want. It’s a beautiful word, and everybody knows it means us.Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and America, a mélange of text and image whose photographs were selected by Warhol from ten years of extraordinary shots, echoes the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring Warhol’s greatest obsessions—including image and celebrity—Warhol photographs wrestlers and politicians, the beautiful wealthy and the disenfranchised poor. Many well-known figures are found in these pages: Capote with the fresh scars of a facelift, Madonna hiding beneath a brunette bob, a nude Keith Haring about to go for a dip in the sea. He writes about the country he loves, about how he wishes he had died when he was shot in 1968, about commercialism, fame and beauty. An America without Warhol is almost as inconceivable as Warhol without America, and this touching, witty tribute is the great artist of the superficial at his most deeply personal.
Journals
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Allen Ginsberg and his fellow Beats led an insurrection that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. Collected here are journal entries culed from eighteen notebooks that Ginsberg kept during this extraordinary period – thoughts, poems, dreams, reflections, and diary notes that intimately illuminate Ginsberg's actual travels and his mental journeys. They reveal a remarkable and fascinating life: conversations with William Carlos Williams; drug experiences; a chance meeting with Dylan Thomas; stays in Mexico, San Francisco, and New York; first impressions of «Naked Lunch»; bits and peices of «America, Kaddish» and other poems; political «ravings»; and, of course, times with William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Gergory Corso, Herbert Huncke, Peter Orlovsky, and many, many others. What emerges is a truly unique personal account that will touch the mind and the soul.
The Wig My Father Wore
The second novel to be published in America by widely acclaimed Irish author Anne Enright, The Wig My Father Wore is a spry, hilarious novel about parents, love, religion, and the absurdities of them all. Grace is a young Dubliner who works on a television show called Love Quiz. Her father is going benignly senile, but her life otherwise seems fairly solid. When Stephen arrives on her doorstep, however, Grace has no idea what she's in for. Stephen explains that he is an angel, a former bridge builder who committed suicide in 1934. He has been sent back to earth (as all suicides are) to guide lost souls. Grace does not take this personally at first, but eventually she has to face the idea that things are not so easy, and that her greatest intimacy is with this supernatural creature. As Grace begins to take stock of her life and the prospect of caring enough about something to fight for it, The Wig My Father Wore takes us on a moving, surreal romp through Catholicism, parents, and the reclamation of love from the twin modern evils of cynicism and the detritus of pop culture.
Espérenme que ya vuelvo
Espérenme que ya vuelvo es un texto que atrapa al lector desde el comienzo y no le permite alejarse hasta el final. Hilarante y burlesca el lector puede sospechar —y bien que hace— que debajo de su apariencia se esconde un drama, una de las grandes escenas trágicas de la historia argentina. Teodoro Boot sabe pasar de la caricatura a la nostalgia; administra sabiamente la información para terminar esta exquisita novela a toda orquesta.
30-Minute Read
Life is hard. And there are all sorts of pitfalls along the way. Nowhere do we find a more overwhelming chronicle of hard times than in the Bible itself. The Old Testament is a long record of the disappointments and disasters that came upon the people of Israel. Within every Scripture story of God's discipline, we find God's unceasing redemption. Within every story of man's stubbornness or selfishness that leads to strife, we find God's loving grace that leads us back to safety. God doesn't just take pity on us; he empowers us. But only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us. Theologian and TV host Scott Hahn shows us how we can use the Bible to deal with hard times, to get over hard times, and yes, even to rejoice in hard times.
The Future of Tech Is Female
An accessible and timely guide to increasing female presence and leadership in tech companies Tech giants like Apple and Google are among the fastest growing companies in the world, leading innovations in design and development. The industry continues to see rapid growth, employing millions of people: in the US it is at the epicenter of the American economy. So why is it that only 5% of senior executives in the tech industry are female? Underrepresentation of women on boards of directors, in the C-suite, and as senior managers remains pervasive in this industry. As tech companies are plagued with high-profile claims of harassment and discrimination, and salary discrepancies for comparable work, one asks what prevents women from reaching management roles, and, more importantly, what can be done to fix it? The Future of Tech is Female considers the paradoxes involved in women’s ascent to leadership roles, suggesting industry-wide solutions to combat gender inequality. Drawing upon 15 years of experience in the field, Douglas M. Branson traces the history of women in the information technology industry in order to identify solutions for the issues facing women today. Branson explores a variety of solutions such as mandatory quota laws for female employment, pledge programs, and limitations on the H1-B VISA program, and grapples with the challenges facing women in IT from a range of perspectives. Branson unpacks the plethora of reasons women should hold leadership roles, both in and out of this industry, concluding with a call to reform attitudes toward women in one particular IT branch, the video and computer gaming field, a gateway to many STEM futures. An invaluable resource for anyone invested in gender equality in corporate governance, The Future of Tech is Female lays out the first steps toward a more diverse future for women in tech leadership
Elektra
Onno Frerichs ist Briefträger aus Leidenschaft. In Ölbenfehn besucht er auf seiner täglichen Tour am liebsten die ältere Dame Hilde Meents. Doch an diesem Morgen scheint etwas anders zu sein. Onno dringt daher in das Haus ein und macht einen grausamen Fund. Die alte Frau liegt tot in ihrer Dusche. Was er anfangs für einen Unfall hält, entpuppt sich schnell als eiskalter Mord.
Onno fängt an zu recherchieren. Noch immer nagt an ihm, dass vor 30 Jahren der grausame Mord an seinem Freund nicht aufgeklärt wurde, das soll sich nicht wiederholen.
Zusammen mit seiner Schwester Anna und seinem Onkel ermittelt er in dieser Mordsache. Ihr Gegner ist nicht nur der Täter selbst, sondern auch die Polizei …
Ein Fall für die Akten
Der Dortmunder Hauptkommissar Seefeld steht vor einem Rätsel. Wenige Tage vor Weihnachten wird eine Prostituierte in der Nordstadt brutal ermordet, Beweise sind schnell gefunden und der Verdächtige sofort gefasst. Doch Seefeld hat seine Zweifel.
Von der Unschuld des Verdächtigen überzeugt, nimmt er die Ermittlungen selbst in die Hand. Warum stehen ihm seine Kollegen im Weg und wer drängt ihn, den Fall ruhen zu lassen? Wollen seine Vorgesetzten nur die Statistik zum Ende des Jahres aufbessern oder ist alles eine fein gesponnene Intrige?
Das Böse ruht nie
Um dem Meer nah zu sein, zog Lisa Liebich von Rostock nach Graal-Müritz. Viele Jahre arbeitete sie als Polizistin, jetzt plant sie beruflich eine neue Herausforderung anzunehmen. Die Nachricht, dass ihre Jugendfreundin Sarah tot in der Rostocker Heide aufgefunden wurde, wirbelt ihre Pläne heftig durcheinander. Die Polizistin will sich unbedingt an der Suche nach dem Täter beteiligen. Eine Soko wird gegründet, die den Namen der Blume trägt, die eines der Markenzeichen des Täters zu sein scheint.
Die Tote vom Dublin Port
Eine Drogentote bei den Dublin Docks – für die Polizei ein eindeutiger Fall und schnell abgehakt. Pech nur, dass Russel O'Leary, Pub-Musiker, sporadischer Privatdetektiv und Freund der Toten, genau weiß, dass Aislyn keine Drogen nahm. Warum will der leitende Ermittler dem Fall trotzdem nicht weiter nachgehen? Wem gehört der Wagen, in dem ein Zeuge Aislyn kurz vor ihrem Tod gesehen hat, und was wollte sie überhaupt mitten in der Nacht am Hafen? Je näher er den Antworten kommt, desto mehr muss Russel erkennen, dass Aislyn nicht die Frau war, für die er sie gehalten hat. Doch diese bittere Wahrheit hat ein Ausmaß, das nicht nur ihn in höchste Gefahr bringt.
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