![]() ‘Tepper delves into the nature of truth and religion. ‘One of science fiction’s premier world-builders’ – The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ‘A splendid achievement, one of the most satisfying science fiction novels I have read in years’ – New York Times ![]() She is known for feminist science fiction, often with an ecofeminist slant. In 2015, Tepper received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Sheri Stewart Tepper was an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. Sheri S Teppers Grass is a world building tale with deep philosophical questions about the nature of good and evil as well as alien intelligences. It explores ideas of colonisation, class and sits as part of a rich culture of feminist SF. ![]() Tepper’s best works, Grass was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus awards. Tepper (19292016) is the award-winning author of A Plague of Angels, Sideshow, Beauty, Raising the Stones, Grass, The Gate to Women's Country, After Long Silence, and Shadow's. ![]() What could be more innocuous than grass? Or more idyllic than a world covered with a wind-whipped ocean of verdant plains?īut the planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets within its endless pastures.Īnd as an incurable plague attacks all inhabited planets but this one, the prairie-like Grass begins to reveal these secrets – and nothing will ever be the same again …Ĭonsidered to be among one of Sheri S. ![]()
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By Michael Chabon McSweeney's 222 pages $24īelieve it or not, to be young and living in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1988 was something very special. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jill is a certified financial planner and spent 14 years as the co-owner of and chief investment officer for an independent investment advisory firm. She has received numerous awards over her career, including an Emmy Award for her work on CBS Sunday Morning. Jill’s first book, The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money, was published in 2019. She also hosts the popular Jill on Money podcast and writes the nationally syndicated “Jill on Money” column for Tribune Media Services. Jill is also a business analyst for CBS News and comments on the economy, investing, and personal finance for CBS television and radio programs. She is the author of a new book called The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life. ![]() ![]() Our guest on the podcast today is Jill Schlesinger. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() nurture debate and exploring what it means to be a woman or a man in today’s society.īoth scientific and objective, and drawing on original research and carefully conducted interviews, Soh tackles a wide range of issues, such as gender-neutral parenting, gender dysphoric children, and the neuroscience of being transgender. ![]() Debra Soh uses a research-based approach to address this hot-button topic, unmasking popular misconceptions about the nature vs. Is our gender something we’re born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The End of Gender, neuroscientist and sexologist Dr. International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital ” (Ben Shapiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author). ![]() ![]() ![]() Then there’s the urgent requirement to marry off Arabella, for whom spinsterhood looms. ![]() Christopher, meanwhile, is being blackmailed by another guest with his dead wife’s correspondence. She’s using the party to stalk Christopher and investigate a murder-as, for other reasons, is Freya’s childhood friend Messalina Greycourt. On their behalf, she has disguised herself as a dowdy companion to gentlewoman Arabella, covertly promoting feminist causes. Freya became a member of the covenlike Wise Women. Christopher Renshaw, Duke of Harlowe, was best friends with Freya Stewart de Moray’s older brother, Ran, until a melee left Ran’s fiancée dead, Ran mutilated, Christopher banished, and Freya swearing vengeance on him. It opens with a rousing chase, but that’s deceptive: matters proceed sluggishly among four plot lines and three perspectives. Hoyt (the Maiden Lane series) falters with this historical trilogy launch set at an English house party in 1760. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gisela falls into a whirlwind romance with Vincent despite not knowing his true name that leads to an uncomfortably graphic sex scene that detracted from the story rather than adding to it. Like Vincent, it is difficult for any reader not to be swept away by the beautiful imagery of Gisela's movements as her crimson skirts float around her. 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It is also a real downer, which is probably why the ballet was never adapted into a children's movie simply by changing the ending like The Swan Princess did for Swan Lake. ![]() No matter how the story is told, Giselle is a classic love triangle between one woman and two men from different backgrounds. ![]() ![]() We shop with Amazon socialize on Facebook turn to Apple for entertainment and rely on Google for information. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. Manual of Trickery And Deceptionįranklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence. 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