![]() ![]() Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman shaped the course of history with his strong focus on free markets and economic growth through business leadership focused on creating shareholder value. His model has proved so powerful that few dispute it today, and it has unquestionably created financial wealth. But the expansion of corporate power that it propelled has also led to major changes in the “rules of the game” for competition over the last 60 years in arenas from accounting to tax, banking, telecommunications, digital technology, pharmaceuticals, energy, and antitrust. In aggregate, these changes in the rules have tended to decouple financial performance from the underlying value to society that Friedman’s philosophy was intended to create. There has been heated debate over this quote since the Business Roundtable pivoted to “stakeholder capitalism” in its August 2019 revised “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() But by now they had been searching in vain for weeks for any sign of him, and yesterday, as the sun had set over a strange sea, they had finally decided to call it off. A time or two, they had almost caught up with Will. After all the months in which they had lost his brother’s trail and picked it up again countless times. Maybe that was why Jacob was sleeping so deeply. ![]() Her tongue could barely pronounce the name of the port city where they had arrived the day before. The two moons that shone on her world dappled his forehead with rusty red and pale silver, and birds whose names she didn’t know cried outside the inn.ĭoryeong. Whatever he was encountering in his dreams made him smile, and Fox ran her fingers over his lips as if she could read what he was dreaming. He was sleeping so soundly that he didn’t wake up when she gently eased out of his embrace. Fox felt Jacob’s breath on her neck, warm and familiar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A destructive and powerful force known as ‘The Scourge’ which slaughtered hundreds of the Seerkind in times gone by. However, another threat haunts their past. Here, the inhabitants of this secret world, known as the Seerkind, have concealed themselves away from the torments of mankind via a magic they named the ‘Rapture’. For woven into the rug, away from the eyes of our own world, is the magical world of the Fugue. W hen twenty-six-year-old pigeon-raising clerk, Calhoun Mooney, accidentally comes in contact with a strangely elaborate rug, he glimpses a magical world hidden within its very weave. The novel saw itself nominated in 1988 for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, but was pipped at the post by Ken Grimwood’s fantasy bestseller ‘Replay’ (1987). First published back in October of 1987, Clive Barker’s epic dark fantasy novel ‘Weaveworld’ has received much (well deserved) acclaim over the years – hailing the novel as one of Barker’s most loved publications to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Evola also justified rape (among other forms of male domination of women) because he saw it "as a natural expression of male desire." This misogynistic outlook stemmed from his extreme right views on gender roles, which demanded absolute submission from women.Īccording to the scholar Franco Ferraresi, "Evola's thought can be considered one of the most radical and consistent anti-egalitarian, anti-liberal, anti-democratic, and anti-popular systems in the twentieth century. He himself termed his philosophy "magical idealism." Many of Evola's theories and writings were centered on his hostility toward Christianity and his idiosyncratic mysticism, occultism, and esoteric religious studies, and this aspect of his work has influenced occultists and esotericists. He has been described as a "fascist intellectual," a "radical traditionalist," "antiegalitarian, antiliberal, antidemocratic, and antipopular," and as having been "the leading philosopher of Europe's neofascist movement."Įvola is popular in fringe circles, largely because of his extreme metaphysical, magical, and supernatural beliefs (including belief in ghosts, telepathy, and alchemy), and his extreme traditionalism and misogyny. Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola ( – 11 June 1974), better known as Julius Evola, was an Italian philosopher, painter, and esotericist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Early on in the story he is captured by the enemy and freed by a young woman named Violet. We mostly follow Will: his mother has been killed sometimes in the close past after running for as long as he can remember, and now he is working in the docks of London and trying to keep a low profile. The plot is fairly basic: the protagonist is running away from people who want to kill him even if he doesn’t know why somehow he runs into the good guys and is swept to a safe place where he begins to learn that not all is as it seems, magic is real, and so is the Dark King who is trying to rise again. ![]() Oh, where to start? I went into this book with fairly high expectations – a chosen one, a battle between Light and Dark and, knowing the author, a very slow-burn romance somewhere in there as well. Now, trying to blend with the masses in the dirty docks of London, he is shocked when an old servant tells him that he will never be truly safe unless he finds the ancient order of the Stewards, men and women of exceptional martial prowess sworn to protect humanity from the Dark King if he ever rises again.īut even as Will he trains with them in what looks like a safe haven, the battle between Light and Dark looms closer than ever, and if they can’t stop it before it starts, the Dark King will destroy the world as they know it – just as he almost did once already. Will Kempen has been running for as long as he can remember, even before his mother was killed. ![]() ![]() ![]() HOLT: Her Ruthless Billionaire is the first standalone story in Theodora's Ruthless Tycoons collection, a series featuring vengeful scions who get a second chance at love. ![]() If Sylvie thinks all is forgiven now that they're all grown up, she's about to find out. She's moved on, but he definitely hasn't.Īlso, the now single-dad billionaire is in desperate need of a capable nanny to manage his out-of-control son, and he decides that his ex is perfect for the job-whether she wants it or not. ![]() Until Holt shows up at the resort where she works as a Kids Club manager. Sylvie is happy and thriving in a solid relationship with a good guy. And what Calsons want, Calsons get.įor one blazing summer, they had it all.until everything fell apart with a terrible betrayal. They were never supposed to meet, much less be together. The night they met, Sylvie Pinnock only had 11 dollars in her purse, and it was all the money she had in the world. Holt Calson was born with an 11-figure spoon in his mouth to one of the wealthiest families on the globe. ![]() ![]() ![]() My latest novel The Things We Promise is set in 1990 during the Aids pandemic. PigBoy was extensive research, culminating in gutting a pig with my bare hands! What kind of research do you do, and how long do you spend researching before beginning a book? Probably lying on the floor of the living room, playing music and reading the lyrics on the record cover. What was an early experience where you learned that language had power? It gave me the confidence to find and tell more stories. ![]() How did publishing your first book change your process of writing? ![]() If you could tell your younger writing self, what would it be?ĭon’t compare your work to anyone else’s. That’s when I started playing with some stories. I had glandular fever and was off work for a while. ![]() It’s a bit of a family saga.īefore you started writing, I read that you worked in nursing and specialized in oncology. I’ve started working on an ‘adult’ novel. How are you finding the transition from writing books to writing for film and television?Ĭan you tell us about any upcoming projects that you are working on? Damon the narrator is not always likable and yet I had to ensure the reader cared enough to keep reading. I’m very proud of PigBoy because it was a challenging book to write. Is there a particular book that stands out all the highlight of your career so far? The first author in our summer interview series is J.C Burke. Author of The Things We Promise. Thank you so much for joining us ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although the new medium makes it difficult to incorporate every single word from the book, it's mostly all there, including a few curse words ("f-k," "bitch," "a-hole"), underage drinking and partying, and the early moments of the central romantic relationship. Adapted by Sam Maggs and illustrated by Gabi Nam, the black-and-white manga version is the first of four installments and covers the first quarter of the book. 1: The Manga is a graphic novel adaptation of Rainbow Rowell's bestselling second YA novel, Fangirl, the college-set coming-of-age story about an introverted and socially anxious fanfiction writer. Discussion of drinking and getting drunk.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. mightily entertaining' Guardian 'Entertaining, clever and darkly comic' New York Times Codename Villanelle, the first of the Killing Eve series, is out now! Praise for Killing Eve TV series 'A dazzling thriller. 9 likes, 2 comments - Taflan Books (taflankitabevi) on Instagram: Killing Eve: Die For Me No Tomorrow Codename Villanelle Luke Jennings killingeve. The duel between the two women intensifies, as does their mutual obsession, and when the action moves from the high passes of the Tyrol to the heart of Russia, Eve finally begins to unwrap the enigma of her adversary's true identity. 3 Books Collection Set By Luke Jennings Codename Villanelle, No Tomorrow, Die for Me. ![]() As Eve interrogates her subject, desperately trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, Villanelle moves in for the kill. Titles In The Set are: Codename Villanelle No Tomorrow Die for Me. ![]() ![]() Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve, and is about to debrief him. The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge 'Undeniably addictive' Metro In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. ![]() ![]() This post is not necessarily for my audience, but more so for me, a permission slip to go on the field trip of a lifetime. And you never know who is watching you, or who may be inspired just by catching a whiff of what you’re doing. The project that I thought I somehow “failed” at, because I didn’t produce something publishable by the end of a calendar year, was not that at all. From there, he reached out to me on Facebook and we scheduled a phone call. I toggled with the idea of sharing my work in a more social kind of setting, and uploaded one (yes one) video to YouTube without looking back.īack in March, Juan Galvan ( yes, Juan Galvan- author of Latino Muslims: Our Journeys to Islam) searched for #LatinoMuslims on YouTube. I would present at academic symposiums, publish a paper – do all the “formal” means of presenting things. I was awarded the Rocks Fellowship to travel across the country, collecting narratives regarding reversion in the Latino Muslim community.Īt the beginning, I had a laser-focused vision for how I wanted things to go. ![]() ![]() The Perlas del Islam project started as my senior thesis in Spanish. Long time no blog (InshaAllah that won’t be my opening sentence for much longer)! ![]() |