- Table View
- List View
London's Arts Labs and the 60s Avant-Garde
by David CurtisThis is the story of two short-lived artist-run spaces that are associated with some of the most innovative developments in the arts in Britain in the late 1960s. The Drury Lane Arts Lab (1967–69) was home to the first UK screenings of Andy Warhol's twin-screen 3 hour film Chelsea Girls, challenging exhibitions (John and Yoko / John Latham / Takis / Roelof Louw), poetry and music (first UK performance of Erik Satie's 24-hour Vexations) and fringe theatre (People Show / Freehold / Jane Arden's Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven / Will Spoor Mime Theatre). The Robert Street 'New Arts Lab' (1969–71) housed Britain's first video workshop TVX, the London Filmmakers Co-op's first workshop and a 5-days-a-week cinema devoted to showing new work by moving-image artists (David Larcher / Malcolm Le Grice / Sally Potter / Carolee Schneemann / Peter Gidal). It staged J G Ballard's infamous Crashed Cars exhibition and John & Dianne Lifton's pioneering computer-aided dance/mime performances.The impact of London's Labs led to an explosion of new artist-led spaces across Britain. This book relates the struggles of FACOP (Friends of the Arts Council Operative) to make the case for these new kinds of space and these new art-forms and the Arts Council's hesitant response – in the context of a popular press already hostile to youth culture, experimental art and the 'underground'. With a Foreword by Andrew Wilson, Curator Modern & Contemporary British Art and Archives, Tate Gallery.
Survival: A Novel (Star Quest Trilogy #3)
by Ben BovaBen Bova continues his hard SF Star Quest series which began with Death Wave and Apes and Angels.Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for December—io9Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read This December—The VergeBest SFF of December—Unbound Worlds In Surivival, a human team sent to scout a few hundred lightyears in front of the death wave encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences. These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons, and have survived earlier &“death waves,&” gamma ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations, organic or machine. But now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.The Star Quest Trilogy #1 Death Wave #2 Apes and Angels #3 Survival
The Friendly Young Ladies: A Novel (Virago Modern Classics Ser. #72)
by Mary RenaultA wry romp through 1930s mores, social and sexualProgressive for its time as well as ours, The Friendly Young Ladies is a deftly witty comedy set in England between the wars. At eighteen, Elsie has had enough of life at her bickering parents&’ Cornwall home. She decides to join up with her bohemian older sister, Leo, in the city. Leo&’s life is full of surprises—not least her significant other, Helen, a beautiful nurse. As Elsie gets acquainted with Leo&’s world, new characters—including a novelist and a doctor deluded enough to chase all three women at once—come into play. With acid humor and a supremely light touch, The Friendly Young Ladies colors in an unseen dimension of the 1930s.
The Red Lamp (An\american Mystery Classic Ser. #0)
by Mary Roberts RinehartA supernatural mystery set in an old seaside house from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author known as the American Agatha Christie. Though he likes to joke about the spirit world, William Porter does not really believe in ghosts. As a professor, he cannot afford to take seriously that which goes bump in the night. But his wife, Jane, is prone to visions, like the one she had last summer about William&’s uncle Horace lying dead on the floor—a dream that came just hours before they got the news that the old man had passed away. A year later, William plans to spend the summer at his recently inherited beachfront property with Jane, but a feeling of psychic dread gives her hesitation, and William will later regret convincing her to go. The house is musty, eerie, and littered with supernatural portents—most chillingly, the faint red light that glows in the wee hours. If they don&’t escape soon, William and his wife may be visiting the spirit world themselves.
The First Casualty
by Gregg LoomisArmed with a powerful laser, a terrorist group threatens the US—and one government agent must race to recover the weapon before it&’s too lateAir France Flight 447 is high above the Atlantic, making its way through a patch of turbulence, when its instruments begin to fail. Pilot and crew fight to regain control as the plane plummets from the sky, but death comes before they even hit the water. When investigators pick through the wrecked aircraft and desiccated bodies, they can reach only one conclusion: Flight 447 disintegrated in mid-air.The cause was a laser, the likes of which the world has never known. Based on the mad dreams of Nikola Tesla, the weapon&’s destructive powers are immeasurable, and it has fallen into the hands of Al Qaeda—or its allies. It&’s up to Jason Peters—a highly trained government operative who was beginning to get bored with his retirement—to recover the laser to safety. Ending this threat will force him to shed quite a bit of terrorist blood, but Peters has never minded getting dirty for the sake of Uncle Sam.
The Alice Factor
by J. Robert JanesAs war looms over Europe, a diamond dealer fights the Nazis from behind enemy linesIt is 1937, and the Antwerp Diamond Exchange is preparing for war. The Wehrmacht is hungry for industrial diamonds, without which it&’s impossible to manufacture armor, radios, or guns. For Richard Hagen, a rare gentile jewelry dealer, business has never been better. But this quiet diamond expert is about to begin a war of his own.On a business trip to Germany, Hagen attempts to sabotage Nazi efforts to secure the diamonds they need so desperately. Masquerading as a friend of the Reich, he sends home messages in a code based on Alice in Wonderland. The Antwerp Exchange is preparing to flee to London, but Hagen will remain in mainland Europe. As the Gestapo closes in, he will have to stay diamond-sharp to survive.
Murder in the Ball Park: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries #9)
by Robert GoldsboroughA killer hiding among the crowd at a Dodgers-Giants game forces Nero Wolfe to step up to the plate in this &“superb&” mystery (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet—every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead by a sniper in the upper deck. Archie&’s employer—the rotund genius Nero Wolfe—has no interest in investigating the stadium slaying, but Archie is swayed by the senator&’s suspiciously lovely widow. Her husband was mired hip-deep in corruption, and sorting out who killed him will be a task far less pleasant than an afternoon at the ball park.
The Scarlet Imperial
by Dorothy B. HughesHanded a mysterious package, a woman finds herself caught in a deadly gameHer name is not Eliza Williams. A fashionable young woman with a taste for adventurous men, she made the mistake of falling in love with Towner Clay—a New York City playboy whose international jetsetting conceals dangerous secrets. On Towner&’s behalf, she has spent six months pretending to be Eliza Williams, a dowdy Midtown secretary. It&’s dull work until the day Gavin Keane, a blue-eyed associate of Towner&’s, leaves her with a mysterious package. Eliza understands that protecting it is a question of life and death. When he comes to pick up the package that night, Gavin is followed, and he shoots the man to protect the parcel&’s secret. With blood on her carpet and a mystery on her hands, the woman who is not Eliza will have to act quickly to survive.
Stiff Upper Lip: Life Among the Diplomats
by Lawrence DurrellThe celebrated author of the Alexandria Quartet offers a collection of comic tales about the British Empire&’s colonial diplomats. As the overseer of the kitchen at the British embassy in Vulgaria, De Mandeville has begun to abuse his power. He subjects the King&’s guests to a blistering Madras curry, a French onion soup served without spoons, and a table so loaded with vegetation that the party can hardly see the food. But worst of all, he has begun to cook with garlic, that fragrant bulb so beloved by diplomats that it must be banned, lest foul breath cripple the Empire. De Mandeville is due for comeuppance, and no breath mint can save him now. &“If Garlic Be the Food of Love&” is only the first story in this invaluable peek at life in British diplomatic circles. After the ninth, the reader will wonder not how the British Empire came apart, but how De Mandeville, Polk-Mowbray, and the King&’s other dips ever got it started in the first place.
Worst Fears: A Novel
by Fay WeldonA husband&’s sudden death reveals some unpleasant truths: &“Fast-paced black comedy . . . compulsively readable.&” —Publishers Weekly When Worst Fears opens, Alexandra Ludd has been a widow for less than seventy hours, her husband, Ned, former theater critic and stay-at-home father to their young son, Sascha, having died of an apparent heart attack. Alexandra, beautiful, adored darling of the London stage, is too overcome with grief to realize she&’s been lied to: Ned didn&’t keel over in the dining room, as her good friends told her. He died in their marital bed—and he wasn&’t alone. At first Alexandra&’s in denial, but when Ned&’s mistress starts stalking her, she must face the truth: The man she loved was unfaithful. To add insult to injury, it seems everyone knew about Ned and dumpy, middle-aged, married Jenny Linden. A scathing exposé of infidelity, Worst Fears is Fay Weldon at her most fiendishly funny and cutting.
Intellectual Memoirs: New York, 1936–1938
by Mary McCarthyIn this no-holds-barred memoir with a foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick, the bestselling author of The Group recalls her early life in New York, revealing the genesis of and genius behind her groundbreaking fiction Mary McCarthy is a married twenty-four-year-old Communist and critic when this memoir begins. She&’s disciplined, dedicated, and sexually experimental: At one point she realizes that in twenty-four hours she &“had slept with three different men.&” But she believes in the institution of marriage. Over the course of three years, she will have had two husbands, the second being the esteemed, much older critic Edmund Wilson. It is Wilson who becomes McCarthy&’s mentor and muse, urging her to try her hand at fiction.McCarthy&’s powers of observation are on witty display here, as the seventy-something writer recalls events that took place half a century earlier. Her eye for the revealing detail will be recognized by readers of her novels as she describes marching in May Day parades, attending parties for the Scottsboro Boys, and witnessing firsthand the American left wing&’s response to the Moscow trials and the Spanish Civil War.Picking up where How I Grew left off and unfinished at the time of her death in 1989, Intellectual Memoirs is a vivid snapshot of a distinctive place and time—New York in the late 1930s—and the forces that shaped Mary McCarthy&’s life as a woman and a writer.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author&’s estate.
Show Me: Missouri (The Americana Series #25)
by Janet DaileyA beautiful wife with an unspeakable secret yearns for love in this Americana romance set in the Ozark Mountains by the New York Times–bestselling author. Spring is bursting forth and dogwood blossoms litter Missouri&’s Ozark Mountains, but Tanya Lassiter feels a winter chill in her heart. Her son, John, was only three when Jake Lassiter last visited from South Africa. Now seven, John has no memory of the visit and has begun to question if his father really exists. Reluctantly, Tanya promises to write Jake and ask him to return. For Tanya, life at the Lassiter home—where she and John live in modernist splendor with Jake&’s wealthy parents—is often strained. Julia Lassiter tolerates Tanya for John&’s sake, but can&’t forgive her for driving Jake away. So when Jake appears unannounced at his parents&’ anniversary party, Tanya is gripped by conflicting emotions. Harder with a world-weary edge, Jake is even more handsome than she remembered. But does he know Tanya has fallen in love with another man? Or has he returned to claim everything he believes is rightfully his?
International Education at the Crossroads (Well House Books)
by Deborah N. Cohn and Hilary E. KahnInternational Education at the Crossroads captures the essence and complexity of international education in an interconnected and globalized world. Written by leading scholars, international educators, and policy makers, the 26 essays in this volume take stock of the unpredictable landscape of international education and demonstrate why international higher education is more essential now than ever before. Responding to a timely global moment where education and international engagement are being redefined and practiced in new ways, the authors call for a reconsideration of paradigms and critical reflection of the entire field of international education. At the same time, the authors show how international education is an imperative for the future of learning and the world, and also, crucially, that this work cannot be done in a silo. International Education at the Crossroads offers readers a chance to join in the conversation that is as global as it is meaningful in communities, the lives of learners, and institutions around the world. International education requires that everyone the world over work together to produce new knowledge, to navigate the "crossroads," and to collectively chart the directions in which the field will move into the future.
Sappho's Leap: A Novel
by Erica JongThe #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Fear of Flying brings the seductive Greek poet to life in this &“enormously entertaining&” tale (Booklist). As she stands poised at the edge of a precipice in the shadow of the sanctuary of Apollo, the greatest love poet who ever was or ever will be recalls the eventful fifty years that have led her to this moment. It was love that seduced her, at age sixteen, into an ill-fated plot with the poet Alcaeus to depose the despot of the island of Lesbos. It was love that made her trade the unwanted marriage bed of an old, despised, and drunken husband for a seemingly endless series of lovers, both male and female. For Sappho, life has always been a banquet to be savored to the fullest, a strange and sensual odyssey that has carried her to the far corners of the ancient world. Devoted to the goddess Aphrodite and granted the gift of immortal song, she has followed her magnificent destiny from Delphi to Egypt, to the land of the Amazons, the realm of the centaurs, and into the stygian depths of Hades itself, often in the company of her companion and friend, the fabulist slave Aesop. Through every grand affair and every wild adventure, she has remained forever true to her heart, her passion, and herself, right up to this, the end of everything. Combining evocative and realistic detail with unabashedly outrageous invention, Erica Jong&’s Sappho&’s Leap is a flawless gem of historical fiction boldly imagined by one of America&’s most enthralling storytellers. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
Pollutants and Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment (Water and Wastewater Management)
by Ali Müfit Bahadir Andreas Haarstrick Fatma Beduk Senar AydinThis book demonstrates the variability and extension of environmental pollutants in water and wastewater, besides with recent technological developments in wastewater treatment. It covers review articles and research studies written in a clear style that makes it informative for scientists, researchers, professionals, and students. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge regarding source, transport and fate of not only emerging compounds, but also pollutants gaining importance over time, such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and viruses. It ensures to understand the dimension of the adverse effects on ecosystem and human health through various exposure pathway. The book also covers recent trends in wastewater treatment, with a focus on membrane technologies allowing to remove even very small concentrations of pollutants.
Cognizant Transportation Systems: Select Proceedings of IMPACTS 2023 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #263)
by A. Veeraragavan Samson Mathew Priya Ramakrishnan Harikrishna MadhavanThis book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Methods and Practical Applications for Cognizant Transportation Systems (IMPACTS 2023). It explores the most recent methods of analysis and design of transportation systems, such as congestion, traffic safety, and high pollution levels, that can adapt to the ever-changing demands of urbanization. This compilation of research papers on the themes of traffic engineering, pavement technology and transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems, and environmental sustainability presents a unique blend of pragmatism and theoretical perspective to the varied challenges that transportation systems face. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals associated with transportation engineering.
Murder Goes Mumming: A Pint Of Murder, Murder Goes Mumming, And A Dismal Thing To Do (The Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries #2)
by Charlotte MacLeodMurder turns a Christmas trip into a working holiday for Mountie Madoc Rhys and his bride-to-be in this holiday whodunit from the &“cozy mystery queen&” (Early Bird Books). Though he may not look the part, Madoc Rhys is a Mountie—and his keen sense of detection tells him it&’s time to ask Janet Wadman to marry him. They have just gotten engaged when Christmas rolls around, and Janet&’s boss invites them to his family estate for a last holiday fling before Janet leaves her job. After a long helicopter ride, they are at Graylings, ancestral home of the Condryckes, a family so strange that Canada&’s shortest Mountie fits right in. There is a psychic old woman, an erudite butler, and a family patriarch who is the spitting image of an English country squire. And when the elderly Mrs. Condrycke is found murdered, Janet will be glad she brought Madoc along. Though civilization is far away, when there is a Mountie in the house, justice is close at hand.
Imperial Kelly: Yellowstone Kelly, Kelly Blue, Imperial Kelly, And Kelly And The Three-toed Horse (The Yellowstone Kelly Novels #3)
by Peter BowenYellowstone Kelly has dealt with Indians, Zulus, hapless Brits, and Mormons. Now the intrepid scout meets his greatest challenge: Theodore Roosevelt.Nowadays US Army Major Luther &“Yellowstone&” Kelly isn&’t the young lively man he once was. He&’s cantankerous, stubborn, and his nagging illnesses are exacerbated by the slightest provocation. Still, Kelly is called back into action by his most irritating boss yet: a young assistant secretary of the navy by the name of Theodore &“Teethadore&” Roosevelt. The future president needs a crew of toughs to join his Rough Riders outfit, and he correctly reckons that Kelly has an inside track on some of the nastiest ones. Kelly enlists a rascally crew, including his friends Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and helps Roosevelt win the Spanish-American War. Next an impressive piece of jade leads him over the Pacific, before he&’s summoned to observe the outbreak of the Boer War. While sailing to southern Africa, he runs into Winston Churchill in Mozambique . . . and on Kelly stumbles into other areas of the history books. Whether he&’s being chased by Boers or Igorote tribesmen, Kelly always maintains his trademark cynicism and resourcefulness, somehow finding a way to always land on his feet—even if Teethadore is determined to take credit for it.
The American Experiment: The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom (The American Experiment #1)
by James MacGregor BurnsThe Pulitzer Prize–winning author&’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty. In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power. And in The Crosswinds of Freedom, Burns offers an articulate and incisive examination of the US during its rise to become the world&’s sole superpower—through the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the rapid pace of technological change that gave rise to the &“American Century.&”
Dead Winter (The Brady Coyne Mysteries #8)
by William G. TapplyWhen a minister&’s son is accused of murder, Boston lawyer Brady Coyne doesn&’t know whom to trust in this &“very satisfying caper&” (Publishers Weekly). Desmond Winters has had more trouble than a Unitarian minister deserves. Over six years ago, his wife disappeared with their fourteen-year-old daughter, promising to return someday. The daughter came back after six months; the wife never did. The experience scarred Desmond&’s son, Marc, who acted out by getting involved with cocaine smugglers and marrying an exotic dancer. Through all his troubles, Des was counseled by Brady Coyne, a sensitive lawyer to Boston&’s elite. But now something has happened that even Brady may not be able to fix: Marc&’s wife is dead, and the minister&’s son is the prime suspect. Marc finds Maggie dead in their boat, and calls the police immediately. Brady doesn&’t believe Marc murdered his wife, but he also knows that in this family, anything is possible. It could be drugs, it could be the missing mother—but a beautiful young girl is dead, and Brady Coyne needs to know why.
Night Games (The Lt. Hastings Mysteries #12)
by Collin WilcoxHastings investigates a murder among a set of wealthy adulterersBy the time Haney and the woman get to her apartment, they are so drunk they can hardly get through the door. They undress and begin to fool around, but before they make it to the bedroom, they have an argument. Haney is about to leave when the woman starts to laugh at him. He spins around and slugs her as hard as he can. His head is beginning to clear by the time he makes it home. He&’s just sober enough to notice the glint of a dagger before it&’s buried in his gut.Haney&’s wife finds his body at the foot of the stairs. She calls the police, but cannot tell them the truth about the evening—that she and her husband were both in other people&’s beds. Lieutenant Frank Hastings has no trouble interrogating criminals, but untangling this web of marital lies will be one of the trickiest cases of his career.
The Trouble with Magic
by Mary Kay McComasTwo people, locked in a bitter battle, find their lives forever changed by the irresistible pull of an ancient legendHarriet Wheaton is out of options. Her manor house on Jovette Island is in foreclosure and, in a desperate attempt to save it, she invites Payton Dunsmore to view her home. She feels sure that once he sees how important it is to her, he will stop pressing for the foreclosure and compromise with her. But when Payton arrives, it&’s not the house that captures his attention. He&’s undeniably drawn to stubborn, passionate Harriet, but still has no intention of saving the manor. Past the point of an amicable resolution, Harriet plays her last card, marooning them on the island and turning to the old Jovette legend that those who arrive as enemies will leave as lovers. But will the legend really work its magic and save her family legacy? And will Harriet be able to hold onto Payton&’s heart without knowing if his passion is part of a spell or the real magic of love? This ebook features an extended biography of Mary Kay McComas.
The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian, and Quinx (The Avignon Quintet #3)
by Lawrence DurrellFrom the visionary author of the Alexandria Quartet comes a landmark five-part series hailed by the Sunday Times as &“one of the great novels of our time.&” One of the most celebrated English writers ever, Lawrence Durrell was a bestselling author whose vivid metafictions pushed the boundaries of modern literature. The cosmopolitan provocateur transcended borders, ideologies, and time in his work, and he&’s at the height of his powers in the Avignon Quintet. More formally daring than the Alexandria Quartet, these sweeping and stylish novels set before, during, and after World War II loosely center on the race to uncover a treasure buried by the Knights Templar. Each reveals a seemingly disparate piece of the puzzle. In Monsieur, it&’s the bittersweet return to southern France by a British doctor; in Livia, it&’s two sisters driven apart by the rise of Nazism in Europe. In Constance, a Freudian analyst struggles for clarity in a world on fire; in Sebastian, she reconnects with the charismatic cult leader she knew in the deserts of Egypt. And in Quinx, long-buried plots reemerge as the past and future are funneled into the present. Durrell himself described the Avignon Quintet as a &“quincunx,&” a series of novels &“roped together like climbers on a rockface, but all independent.&” Together they form a powerful meditation on the search for meaning in a world of chaos and brutality.
Click to Play
by David HandlerThe Edgar Award–winning author of the Stewart Hoag mysteries delivers a &“fast-paced, frantic, and head spinning&” crime thriller (Booklist). In the summer of 1972, the country was rocked by the Bagley Bunch murders—a killing spree that targeted America&’s favorite TV sitcom family. A survivor of the slaughter, former child star Tim Ferris, is now dying of cancer. With only weeks to live, he needs the truth to come out. But the secrets he&’s kept for a lifetime could bring down the presidential campaign of the front-running Christian conservative candidate, his former co-star on the series. Ferris reaches out to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and muckraker Hunt Liebling to tell his story. Having been blacklisted by a media mogul, Liebling has struggled to stay relevant, but Ferris&’s explosive tell-all is sure to put him back on top—and expose a powerful cabal that won&’t go down without a fight. As people around him are violently killed, Liebling goes from respected reporter to America&’s most wanted, trapped in the never-ending nightmare from that long-ago summer . . . Praise for the thrillers of David Handler &“One of my all-time favorite series!&” —Harlan Coben on the Stewart Hoag Mystery series &“Handler once again delivers a top-notch tale of crime and intrigue.&” —Publishers Weekly on The Sweet Golden Parachute
City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories
by Edward D. HochThree stories starring Simon Ark—one of history&’s most unusual detectivesIn a college in upstate New York, a professor is carrying out devilish experiments. At Grand Central Station, a student named Cathy Clark corners a friend of her sister&’s who runs a large publishing company. She tells him of the evil at Baine University, but he dismisses her panic as undergraduate paranoia, so Cathy vows to take matters into her own hands. A few weeks later, she appears in the paper: gunned down on the side of the road.The only man fit to unravel the mystery is Simon Ark, a friend of the publisher and an aficionado of the peculiar. A two-thousand-year-old Coptic priest, cursed at the Crucifixion to spend eternity wandering the earth, Ark has seen all that the world has to offer. But in these three stories, he will encounter things that even he could never have imagined.