Cruel

Author : Lauren Berlant
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822351110

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Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant Pdf

A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of the good life—with its promises of upward mobility, job security, political and social equality, and durable intimacy—despite evidence that liberal-capitalist societies can no longer be counted on to provide opportunities for individuals to make their lives “add up to something.” Arguing that the historical present is perceived affectively before it is understood in any other way, Berlant traces affective and aesthetic responses to the dramas of adjustment that unfold amid talk of precarity, contingency, and crisis. She suggests that our stretched-out present is characterized by new modes of temporality, and she explains why trauma theory—with its focus on reactions to the exceptional event that shatters the ordinary—is not useful for understanding the ways that people adjust over time, once crisis itself has become ordinary. Cruel Optimism is a remarkable affective history of the present.

Author : Sophie Hannah
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143189367

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Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah Pdf

"If you ask someone for a memory and they tell you a story, they're lying." When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change. She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia. She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her—kind, cruel, kind of cruel—words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where. And she doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later as a result of having spoken those words out loud in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of.

Author : J. T. Geissinger
Publisher : JT Geissinger Incorporated
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1733824367

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Beautifully Cruel by J. T. Geissinger Pdf

Alpha (noun): 1) Having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy 2) The most powerful man in a group3) Liam Black He was a stranger to me, a dark and dangerous presence who materialized from the shadows one rainy night to save me from a vicious attack. I didn't know his name or where he was from. All I knew was that the only place I'd ever felt safe was in his arms. But safety is an illusion. And not every savior is a hero. And-as I'd soon find out-having an alpha save your life comes with a price. Liam Black wanted something from me in return.

Author : Luis Negron
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609804190

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Mundo Cruel by Luis Negron Pdf

Luis Negrón’s debut collection reveals the intimate world of a small community in Puerto Rico joined together by its transgressive sexuality. The writing straddles the shifting line between pure, unadorned storytelling and satire, exploring the sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking nature of survival in a decidedly cruel world.

Author : Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0816511942

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A Beautiful, Cruel Country by Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce Pdf

The author recounts her life on a ranch in southern Arizona and describes the seasons of ranch life, folk medicine, and the region's ethnic roots.

Author : J. T. Geissinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733824375

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Cruel Paradise by J. T. Geissinger Pdf

Anti-hero (noun): 1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character 2) A magnificent bastard 3) Killian Black You don't know me. You think you do, but you don't. The only thing you know is my name, and even that's a lie. I'm king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire.Or am I? Only one thing's for sure: I operate alone. Until I cross paths with a brazen little thief who sets my whole kingdom on fire. Just as two wrongs don't make a right, two villains don't belong together. Especially since she's the daughter of my most deadly enemy. Taking her would start a war. Keeping her would be suicide. Making her mine would break every code of honor and defy all common sense. Then again, where's the fun in following the rules?

Author : Marc Morjé Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190659349

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Unusually Cruel by Marc Morjé Howard Pdf

The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates 7-10 times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the US holds only about 5 percent of the world's population, it contains nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. At every stage of thecriminal justice process - including plea bargaining, sentencing, prison conditions, rehabilitation, parole, and societal reentry - the US has harsher and more punitive practices than other comparable countries. Media headlines allude to the "radically humane" prisons of Europe, sometimes presentingthem as too soft on crime. But when lower rates of incarceration and better prison conditions often correlate with lower costs, increased public safety, and more successful rehabilitation, why do prisons in the US remain so punitive?In Unusually Cruel, Marc Morje Howard argues that the United States' prison system is exceptional - in a truly shameful way. Although other scholars have focused on the internal dynamics that have produced this massive carceral system, Howard provides the first sustained comparative analysis thatshows just how far the US prison system lies outside of the norm of established democracies. The book compares the US to other advanced industrialized democracies, with particular focus on the three comparative cases of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.Although Unusually Cruel paints a grim picture of the American system, it also provides a hopeful message. Howard identifies practical and proven solutions from other countries that are less punitive and more productive, as well as models that could help the US get out of its criminal justicequagmire.

Author : Susie Linfield
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226482514

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The Cruel Radiance by Susie Linfield Pdf

Susie Linfield addresses the issue of whether photographs depicting past scenes of violence & cruelty are voyeuristic, arguing that if we do not look & understand that we are seeing at people, rather than depersonalised acts of inhumanity, our hopes of curbing political violence today are probably limited.

Author : K.A. Linde
Publisher : K.A. Linde Inc.
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cruel Money by K.A. Linde Pdf

Author : Victoria Aveyard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484485815

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Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard Pdf

Discover the truth of Norta's bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1New York Times bestseller Red Queen. Plus, a Glass Sword sneak peek!

Author : Edward Stourton
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446487044

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Cruel Crossing by Edward Stourton Pdf

The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep – the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and exhausted after weeks on the run hiding in barns and attics. Many never even reached the Spanish border. Today their bravery and endurance is commemorated each July by a trek along the Chemin de la Liberté – the toughest and most dangerous of wartime routes. From his fellow pilgrims Edward Stourton uncovers stories of midnight scrambles across rooftops and drops from speeding trains; burning Lancasters, doomed love affairs, horrific murder and astonishing heroism. The lives of the men, women and children who were drawn by the war to the Pyrenees often read as breathtakingly exciting adventure, but they were led against a background of intense fear, mounting persecution and appalling risk. Drawing on interviews with the few remaining survivors and the families of those who were there, Edward Stourton’s vivid history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War is shocking, dramatic and intensely moving.

Author : James Dawson
Publisher : Orion Children's
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1780621752

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Cruel Summer by James Dawson Pdf

A compelling psychological thriller with a dash of romance from award-winning writer Juno Dawson. Perfect for fans of Sue Wallman and E. Lockhart. Ryan is looking forward to spending the summer with his old school friends at Katie's luxurious Spanish villa. He hasn't seen them all since their friend Janey committed suicide a year ago and he's hoping this summer they'll be able to put the past behind them and move on. But then someone else arrives, claiming to have proof that Janey's suicide was murder. Ryan was hoping for sun, sea and sand. Suddenly, he's facing a long, hot summer of death, drama and deceit . . .

Author : Susanna Centlivre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1736
Category : Bound-with books
ISBN : NLS:V000453001

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The Cruel Gift by Susanna Centlivre Pdf

Author : Susie Linfield
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780226482521

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The Cruel Radiance by Susie Linfield Pdf

In The Cruel Radiance, Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images—and learning to see the people in them—is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty. Grappling with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to Susan Sontag and the postmoderns—and analyzing photographs from such events as the Holocaust, China’s Cultural Revolution, and recent terrorist acts—Linfield explores the complex connection between photojournalism and the rise of human rights ideals. In the book’s concluding section, she examines the indispensable work of Robert Capa, James Nachtwey, and Gilles Peress and asks how photography should respond to the increasingly nihilistic trajectory of modern warfare.A bracing and unsettling book, The Cruel Radiance convincingly demonstrates that if we hope to alleviate political violence, we must first truly understand it—and to do that, we must begin to look.

Author : Glen Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440630781

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Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook Pdf

View our feature on Glen Cook's Cruel Zinc Melodies. Garrett uncovers the dark side of the fantasy city TunFaire, where no one is to be trusted especially beautiful women. When a pack of gorgeous women knock on his door, Garrett knows it’s too good to be true. The leader of the group is Alyx Weider, the daughter of the largest brewer in town. Her father and friends are opening a new theater in TunFaire and the lovely ladies are there to persuade Garrett to help get rid of the paranormal parasites living in the new construction. Garrett agrees because after all, it means free beer and the company of these beautiful girls. What else could a man want? But Garrett doesn’t realize the drama he’s stepping into.