![]() ![]() ![]() He documents the ways in which religion is a cause of dangerous sexual repression and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos in Hitchen's vision, hell is replaced by the Hubble telescope's view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the double helix. With chapters entitled Religion Kills', and Is Religion Child Abuse?', he fearlessly argues for a secular life based on science and reason, tarring religion as man-made wish-thinking. In God is Not Great, Hitchen tweezes through the major religious texts with forensic shrewdness. ![]() Here he makes the ultimate case against organised religion. Ĭhristopher Hitchens has been hailed as 'one of the most brilliant journalists of our time' (UK Observer ). 'This is easily the most impressive of the present crop of atheistic and anti-theistic books: clever, broad, witty and brilliantly argued.' - Sydney Morning Herald. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. ![]() In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Mod Voted by members for Fiction Additional Read ![]() ![]() Over the course of a decade, Lynette would change until she found herself imprisoned for the term of her natural life in the custody of the Attorney General of the United States for attempting to assassinate then-president Gerald Ford. Charles Manson, freshly released from prison, became her guide to illegal drugs and social outcasts. That day on the beach marked Lynette's introduction to the world of shade. Little by little, she began losing her way. Lynette began getting interested in, then became attracted to, the freedoms of that world. Beyond her neighborhood, the counter-culture of Los Angeles was thriving. As a young teenager she wrote forlorn poetry. She sang in the school choir and her dance troupe performed before President Eisenhower. ![]() Red-haired, freckled, and convivial, she was the child of an in absentia workaholic father and a reclusive mother. ![]() In the early 1950s, Lynette Fromme's world was more or less a paint-by-numbers existence that millions of other suburban children were living in Southern California. Download Squeaky Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle ![]() ![]() It's all OK, though, because at the end she awakens to discover it was just a dream.Ĭhristina Henry's modern retelling of the story, “Alice,” doesn't give the character such an easy way out. At one point she drinks a potion that reduces her to 10 inches tall, and at another point she eats a cake that makes her grow prodigiously. If you don't remember the tale, the bare bones version goes something like this: Young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and finds herself in a lunatic subterranean world filled with trippy characters such as the Cheshire Cat, whose smile lingers even after he is gone the hookah-smoking Caterpillar and a host of people made of playing cards, including the bloodthirsty Red Queen. When is the last time you read Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's novel, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”? If you haven't read it as an adult, maybe you should, if for no other reason than to appreciate how bizarre it really is. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Alice” by Christina Henry (Ace, 304 pages, in stores) ![]() ![]() Violet is sure that she has the ability to stay away from Alex, however, for some reason, she is not able to. Apart from being good looking, Alex is also a team captain with a playboy reputation. ![]() Despite the fact that Violet is not looking for anyone, Alex still finds her. In this book, Violet meets up Alex Waters while attending a hockey game with Buck, her stepbrother. Pucked is the first book in the Pucked Book series by Hunting. Thus she eventually decided to pen down the ideas, which she had floating in her head for so many years. Reading the series, made her want to write again. While reading the Twilight series, Helena Hunting was able to connect with the characters and the author. ![]() Several years later, Helena was at home with her newly born baby when she decided to read, the Twilight series. Despite her early interest in writing, Helena Hunting did not reveal her passion to anyone. When she was young, Helena loved to draw pictures, especially when she was not sure of the words. ![]() As a highly gifted author, Helena Hunting has managed to pen down an exceedingly tender and emotional book series, the Clipped Wings and a brand new romantic and funny book series, Pucked. ![]() A USA and New York Times best-selling author, Helena Hunting is known for her unique writing style and contemporary romance novels. ![]() |