![]() ![]() ![]() The moral complexity of genetics reverberates even more urgently today as we learn to "read" and "write" the human genome - unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children and our children's children Woven through the book is the story of author Mukherjee's own family and its recurring pattern of schizophrenia, a haunting reminder that the science of genetics is not confined to the laboratory but is vitally relevant to everyday lives. Above all, the story of the gene is driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds - from Mendel and Darwin to Francis Crick, James Watson, and Rosalind Franklin to the thousands of scientists working today to understand the code of codes. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, gender identity, sexual orientation, temperament, choice, and free will, thus raising the most urgent questions affecting our personal realms. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers to some of the most potent questions coursing through our political and cultural realms. The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. ![]() Xi, 592 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm ![]()
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![]() ![]() Certain he was a ‘true’ king, he believed that his marriage must be false, and therefore cursed. ‘We think all our doings in our lifetime are clearly defaced and worthy of no memory, if we leave you in trouble at the time of our death’, Henry once commented. The trigger for Henry’s tyranny was – naturally – his anxieties concerning his inability to have a son with Katherine of Aragon. ![]() Even today, we still prefer to remember the young and virile Henry VIII to the old, impotent tyrant. It is impossible to imagine such a play being written about Henry VII. Samuel Rowley’s Jacobean play, When You See Me You Know Me, which helped inspire Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, depicted a king going out in disguise to mingle with his subjects, getting into brawls and even being arrested. ![]() “The myth of the convivial ‘bluff King Hal’ lived on in national memory into the next century. What I liked most about this book was highlighting the brutality and beliefs of this period that so often are neglected in place of a more clean version. And goes into all of their descendants’ (and Owen’s illegitimate son) lives, including those we rarely hear about like Meg Douglas and the Brandon sisters, and their place in English history. It starts at the beginning with the event that changed history, Owen and Katherine Valois’ meeting. An excellent book that covers ALL the Tudors! Not just the ones in movies. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems that the final days of the Gzilt civilisation are likely to prove its most perilous. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. She must find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might have some idea what really happened all that time ago. The tenth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete her last mission given to her by the High Command. Tryon’s proposal falls into the category of universes with. Lieutenant Commander (reserve) Vyr Cossont appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted - dead, not alive. Tryon proposed that the whole Universe is the result of a vacuum fluctuation, originating from what we could call quantum nothingness. Amid preparations though, the Regimental High Command is destroyed. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilisations: they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence. An ancient people, organised on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than a discovery of hidden truths, or a search for justice, it is a meditation on the repetitions of history, the past as a recurring trauma. Read more this translation by Elisabeth Jaquette is rendered with exquisite clarity and quiet control.’ - Katie da Cunha Lewin, Los Angeles Review of Books ‘This is probably my novel of the year so far.’ - Anthony Cummins, Daily Mail ‘Though Minor Detail initially promises to be a kind of counterhistory or whodunit-a rescue of the victim’s story from military courts and Israeli newspapers–it turns out to be something stranger and bleaker. Shibli’s writing is subtle and sharply observed.’ - Fatima Bhutto, Guardian ‘A sophisticated, oblique novel about empathy and the urge to right wrongs’ - Anthony Cummins, Observer ‘An intense and penetrating work about the profound impact of living with violence-Shibli’s work is powerful and. ‘All novels are political and Minor Detail, like the best of them, transcends the author’s own identity and geography. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She divides her time between homes in I Frances Mayes's new book is See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy published by Crown. In addition to her Tuscany memoirs, Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, Frances Mayes is the author of the memoirs Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir A Year in the World the illustrated books In Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home Swan, a novel The Discovery of Poetry, a text for readers and five books of poetry. Every Day in Tuscany is the third volume in her bestselling Tuscany memoir series. With her husband, Edward Mayes she recently published The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Her most recent novel is Women in Sunlight, published by Crown and available in paperback in spring 2019. Frances Mayes's new book is See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy published by Crown. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "A European Gone Girl." - The Wall Street Journal ![]() Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy. ![]() As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.Įach couple has a fifteen-year-old son. Between mouthfuls of food and over the scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse. It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Now a major motion picture starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Hall, and Chloë Sevigny.Īn internationally bestselling phenomenon, the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives-all over the course of one meal. ![]() ![]() ![]() In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative. ![]() I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative.
![]() ![]() ![]() To those who didn't, it was clear he was no Trojan horse. To those who knew him personally, he was an established, respected professional. There was clattering speculation as to the who, when, and where of it, but everyone knew Mixerman was not a poseur. Industry professionals immediately identified with the empirical details, and the uninitiated were equally drawn in by this rubbernecking view of making records. Not only had the wheels fallen off, but, as one delved further, one started to see the truth illuminated: This immethodical circus was not the exception. However, instead of the story we'd all heard about getting to the top, riding in limos, and being chased by throngs of screaming fans, this was something different. It was a little slice of the rock and roll dream-a young band promised stardom, a big budget, and a name producer. On July 27, 2002, a mysterious music insider, who had already gained a reputation for dispensing sound technical advice via Usenet, started chronicling the day-to-day goings-on of a recording he was making for a large record company. ![]() ![]() Jaclyn Moriarty's hilariously candid novel shows that the roller coaster ride of being a teenager is every bit as fun as we remember-and every bit as harrowing. Celia's mum says it's because Celia's identity is unfurling itself slowly, like a tulip bud, and it's a breathtakingly beautiful thing to see. So much can happen in the time it takes to write a letter.Ī #1 bestseller in Australia, this fabulous debut is a funny, touching, revealing story written entirely in the form of letters, messages, postcards-and bizarre missives from imaginary organizations like The Cold Hard Truth Association.įeeling Sorry for Celia captures, with rare acuity, female friendship and the bonding and parting that occurs as we grow. My mum says it's because Celia has an attention span the size of a sesame seed. She may lose her best friend, find a wonderful new friend, kiss the sexiest guy alive, and run in a marathon. On top of everything else, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope," a Complete and Utter Stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else.īut Elizabeth is on the verge of some major changes. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. ![]() ![]() Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. ![]() A #1 Bestseller in Australia and Book Sense 76 Pick eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Jaclyn. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. ![]() If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() |