![]() ![]() Plantinga makes a case that their arguments are not only inconclusive but that the supposed conflicts themselves are superficial, due to the methodological naturalism used by science. Plantinga examines where this conflict is supposed to exist - evolution, evolutionary psychology, analysis of scripture, scientific study of religion - as well as claims by Dan Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Philip Kitcher that evolution and theistic belief cannot co-exist. His theme in this short book is that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord. ![]() Plantinga, as a top philosopher but also a proponent of the rationality of religious belief, has a unique contribution to make. The last twenty years has seen a cottage industry of books on this divide, but with little consensus emerging. This book is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates - the compatibility of science and religion. ![]()
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![]() KOESTENBAUM: I feel more eschatological than ever before. INTERVIEW: What has this pandemic confirmed or reinforced about your view of society? Seeing them together gave me a quick jolt of happiness. Today, on a semi-rural road, I saw a tall man in gym shorts walk alongside a not tall woman in spiky boots, and I wondered if they were married or living together or just seeking each other’s company momentarily for the purposes of emotional recuperation. Today I went food-shopping and saw a gender-nonconforming person who made me feel glad to be alive. The isolation is relative, and punctuated by periods of brief congregation. WAYNE KOESTENBAUM: I’ve been in Germantown, New York, for nearly two months. INTERVIEW: Where are you and how long have you been isolating? ![]() That’s doubly true this year, as he has just published his most recent collection of wise and rambunctious essays, Figure It Out, from Soft Skull Press. The writer, critic, artist, musician, and all-around highly functioning creative soothsayer Wayne Koestenbaum should always be listened to about matters of culture and style. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After Ellsworth is swindled out of his family's entire fortune, his life is put on a surprising, unforgettable, and violent trajectory that will directly lead him to cross paths with the Jewetts. Several hundred miles away in southern Ohio, a farmer by the name of Ellsworth Fiddler lives with his son, Eddie, and his wife, Eula. Dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons: Cane (the eldest handsome intelligent) Cob (short heavy set a bit slow) and Chimney (the youngest thin ill-tempered). It is 1917, in that sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama. From Donald Ray Pollock, author of the highly acclaimed The Devil All the Time and Knockemstiff, comes a dark, gritty, electrifying (and, disturbingly, weirdly funny) new novel that will solidify his place among the best contemporary American authors. ![]() ![]() "God has called him home." Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returned to the crypt several times alone to hold his boy's body.įrom that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a thrilling, supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president says at the time. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. ![]() ![]() The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus of voices, Lincoln in the Bardo is a literary experience unlike any other-for no one but Saunders could conceive it.įebruary 1862. ![]() In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transcendent, and moving work yet. ![]() ![]() ![]() House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security about conditions for women and girls in the criminal justice system. Senate Governmental Affairs and Homeland Security Committee to testify about the federal Bureau of Prisons. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights to testify on solitary confinement and women prisoners, and by the U.S. She has been called as a witness by the U.S. Piper has spoken at the White House on re-entry and employment to help honor Champions of Change in the field, as well as the importance of arts in prisons and the unique conditions for women in the criminal justice system. Piper collaborates with nonprofits, philanthropies, and other organizations working in the public interest and serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Prison Association and the advisory boards of the PEN America Writing For Justice Fellowship, InsideOUT Writers, Healing Broken Circles and JustLeadershipUSA. The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original series for Netflix, which ran for seven seasons. ![]() Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison from Spiegel & Grau. ![]() ![]() ![]() They often cannot find jobs, and without a way to earn an honest living, many recidivate. As a society, we don't give ex-convicts enough of a second chance. In steps Aiden, who believes in her when no one else would give her a chance. For one, Stella just got out of prison and she's desperate for a clean start. And the fact that her boss is a hottie? Well, that didn't factor into her excitement at all. Of course Stella jumps at the chance to prove herself. He challenges her for better ideas, then offers her a job as their window displayer. When Stella stops outside the windows of Vivant department store and scoffs out loud at their pathetic holiday display, she catches the attention of their charming general manager Aiden. I picked it up a few weeks ago, but I've exercised enormous restraint and held off reading it until just the right moment before Christmas for maximum festive effect. So when I saw she had a holiday romance coming out, I couldn't resist. No one does naughty & nice quite like Tessa Bailey. ![]() ![]() ![]() Determined to finish the fight once and for all, Quell works with New Republic Intelligence's contentious Caern Adan and the legendary General Hera Syndulla to prepare the riskiest gambit of her starfighting career-a trap for Shadow Wing that could finish the chase once and for all.īut in the darkness, their enemy has evolved. Yrica Quell's ragtag Alphabet Squadron still leads the search for Shadow Wing, but they're no closer to their goal-and the pressure to find their quarry before it's too late has begun to shake them apart. ![]() And none are more dangerous than Shadow Wing. But some old ghosts are harder to banish than others. In its wake, the capital ships of the newly legitimized galactic government journey to the farthest stars, seeking out and crushing the remnants of imperial tyranny. News of the New Republic's victory still reverberates through the galaxy. Alphabet Squadron's hunt for the deadliest TIE fighters in the galaxy continues in this Star Wars adventure! ![]() ![]() In designing the plot for the book, the two authors decided to split it evenly in half. It was the first LGBT-themed young adult novel to make it to that list. ![]() The novel debuted on The New York Times children's best-seller list after its release and remained there for three weeks. One boy is referred to with a capitalized letter at the start of his name, while the other is referred to in all lower case letters. ![]() The book's narrative is divided evenly between two boys named Will Grayson, with Green having written all of the chapters for one and Levithan having written the chapters for the other, presented in an alternating chapter fashion. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published in April 2010 by Dutton Juvenile. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part cautionary tale, part juicy love story, this will appeal to action and adventure fans. “Fast-paced action scenes convey imminent danger vividly. “Rip-roaring adventure and steamy romance scenes, with a relationship teens will root for as much as they did for Bella and Edward.” - Booklist ![]() ![]() This is a gripping read from an author who’s not afraid to take risks.” - Publishers Weekly “Mafi combines a psychological opener with an action-adventure denouement in her YA debut. Brief Summary of Book: Restore Me: The New Haven Series (Book 1) by J.L. I couldn’t put it down.” - Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series “Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I dare you to stop reading.” - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series “Unravel Me is dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. Shatter Me Print length 384 pages Language English Publisher HarperCollins Publication date FebruGrade level 9 - 12 Reading age 14 - 17 years Dimensions 5.31 x 0. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature-or any literature!” - Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children PRAISE FOR THE SHATTER ME SERIES: “Tahereh Mafi’s bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. “The tight focus provides an emotional immediacy.” - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) “Will have fans groaning aloud for the next installment.” - Booklist ![]() ![]() Taylor Jenkins Reid Books in Order of Release Date Her novel Daisy Jones & The Six was a Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Historical Fiction in 2019. ![]() She’s also a screenwriter, and has been involved in adapting some of her books into movies and TV shows. She published her first book in 2013, and has gone on to write breakout hits such as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six. 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