![]() ![]() ![]() But the biggest strategic mistake the US has made is igniting a conflict without a comprehensive and global strategy. The Americans are of course convinced, with the Soviet example in mind, that the US will emerge triumphant because communist regimes have a shelf life. The author is certain about one thing: the geopolitical contest that has erupted between the US and China will rage for the next decade or two. Veteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani, a keen China watcher, has a completely different perspective. And so, Washington, which not too long ago helped Beijing gain its economic muscle, has now declared a virtual war on the communist country - and wants the world to fall behind it with equal enthusiasm. Is China’s tremendous economic growth a threat to the United States? Is Beijing trying to dethrone Washington as the world’s numero uno? Is the Communist Party of China trying to destabilize American and Western values? Will China’s aggressive onward march promote dictators and undermine democratic ideals? Should the world fear the rise and rise of the Middle Kingdom?Īnswers to all these questions will elicit a resounding ’yes’ in today’s America, where large sections, both among the people and the political elite, are convinced that China presents a far bigger danger than the Soviet Union ever did. ![]() ![]() Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Gum embarks upon an expedition of many years and arranges for money to support the family while he is gone. Each of the girls is discovered as a baby by Matthew Brown (Great-Uncle-Matthew, known as "Gum"), an elderly, absentminded palaeontologist and professor, during his world travels, and sent home to his practical great niece, Sylvia and her childhood nanny, Nana who live in London, England. The book concerns three adopted sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil. (The author would win the award later for another book. īallet Shoes was a commended runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book by a British subject. Diane Goode illustrated a 1991 edition published by Random House. It was her first book for children, and was illustrated by the author's sister, Ruth Gervis. ![]() Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Dent in 1936. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Toynbee also forcefully reminded us that industrialism can produce wealth without producing well-being. Cole's mountainous compilation of facts revealed that severe deprivations in material existence were the common lot of more than half of all England in those days. Thus, the Hammonds, doyens of English economic historians, taught that the Industrial Revolution brought confusion to the settled ways of free-born Englishmen that we are still seeking to compose, power that we are still seeking to subdue. Cole, and the elder Toynbee had vividly depicted the havoc wrought by a burgeoning middle class determined to forge its destiny out of coal, cotton, and the machine. Earlier historians such as Engels, the Hammonds, the Webbs, G.D.H. To a generation reared on classical economic history, it was something of a shock to be told a few years ago that the agony of the Industrial Revolution was a myth. ![]() ![]() Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Travel and Places, Writing and Publishing | No Comments » Oh, and here’s the official book trailer! To find out more about Florida Gothic (and access those handy little “buy” links designed to make your life so much easier), please visit: Even if you aren’t a horror aficionado, you’ll have a gruesomely good time reading it. So am I using my blog to promote my new book? You bet! If you enjoy horror, I’m convinced you’ll enjoy Florida Gothic. Set against the “glamorous” backdrop of South Florida (think heat, sun, sweat, beaches, drugs, voodoo, Cuban food, and Ernesto’s ever-present cucarachas), Florida Gothic offers what you won’t typically find in those tourist guidebooks. Though I’d like to think I’m better looking. We get to see the “hero” of Florida Gothic shambling through life (or make that DEATH) as he seeks payback for all the wrongs that have been committed against him. Like this book’s author, Ernesto’s no shrinking violet either. Hang on, did someone say alligator? There just so happens to be one in the book! And it’s because of him (or her?) that events move in a particular direction, shaping the fate of our unlucky protagonist, Ernesto Martinez. ![]() Ernesto’s mad as hell – and he’s not gonna take it anymore! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oscar provides comfort and companionship when people need him most. Then, as if this were his job, Oscar strides purposely into a patient's room, curls up on the bed, and begins his vigil. But he never spends much time with them - until they are in their last hours. Oscar is a welcome distraction for the residents of Steere House, many of whom are living with Alzheimer's. Apparently, this ordinary cat possesses an extraordinary gift: he knows instinctively when the end of life is near. It wasn't long before Oscar had created something of a stir. Occasionally he consented to a scratch behind the ears, but only when it suited him. He loved to stretch out in a puddle of sunlight and chase his tail until he was dizzy. When Oscar arrived at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island he was a cute little guy with attitude. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is the author of The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower, Disunited Nations, and most recently, The End of the World is Just the Beginning. ![]() Today those clients represent a vast array of sectors including energy majors, financial institutions, business associations, agricultural interests, universities, and the U.S. Peter founded his own firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics, in 2012 in order to provide a select group of clients with direct, custom analytical products. Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist, speaker, and author. They discuss a wide range of issues related to the deglobalization and demographic collapse, the differing fates of China and America, climate change, the war in Ukraine, and other topics. Sam Harris speaks with Peter Zeihan and Ian Bremmer about Peter's new book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning. If you’re already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED. If you’d like to hear the full 1 hour and 50 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you’ll need to SUBSCRIBE here. Only the first 54 minutes of this episode are available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). ![]() ![]() At least one, Calvin Coolidge, was left to clean up a scandal that rivals anything 21st century Washington can offer. Others such as John Tyler and Millard Fillmore have been forgotten except for the occasional trivia question. Two of the eight men, Truman, who never wanted to be vice president much less president and Theodore Roosevelt, will turn out to be two of the best presidents this nation has ever had. The book Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen weaves personal information with the context of history to bring the challenge faced by these eight men to life. Betty Martin, with "Martin’s Must Reads" with an incredible story of men who never expected to be President of the United States. This is the story of how these eight men, neither the voter’s nor their party’s choice, dealt with that power and changed history.” ![]() ![]() “John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson: eight times a vice president has become the president upon the death of his predecessor-history altered by a heartbeat. ![]() ![]() ![]() A mysterious person wants the duo to find her missing twin sister.Īs an adult reader, I love traipsing through kids’ books. Shortly after their debut during class, they get their first email. However, before she knows it, she gets sucked into Darcy’s fantasy world and they establish a detective agency (Partners in Crime), complete with an on-line web presence. Norah wants something different, but not wildly so. They set up a detective agency as a school project, one of those make-believe businesses that get assigned in different classes to make kids think. Darcy is deliberately different, a free spirit in clothing and attitude, and a dedicated armchair detective and cyber nerd. ![]() Norah tells the story in this first book, and she’s bookish and into all things astronomy. Norah and Darcy are two best friends, but they couldn’t be more different. Sleuth or Dare is the first novel of a new middle grader mystery series featuring two young girl protagonists. ![]() ![]() ![]() Told with compassion, wry humour, and an unflinching eye for the often absurd realities of having to start your life over again, these stories honour characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world." A daughter becomes an unwilling accomplice in her mother's growing infatuation with country singer Randy Travis. In spare, intimate prose charged with emotional power and a sly wit, she paints an indelible portrait of watchful children, wounded men, and restless women caught between cultures, languages, and values. In her startling debut book of fiction, Souvankham Thammavongsa vividly captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees, illuminating their hopes, disappointments, love affairs, acts of defiance - and, above all, their pursuit of a place to belong. ![]() A housewife learning English from daytime soap operas. A mother who works nights alongside her daughter, harvesting worms. A father who packs furniture to move into homes he'll never afford. ![]() A woman plucking feathers at a chicken processing plant. A young man painting nails at the local salon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some painstakingly re-create the language of their forebears others adopt a more wink-wink, hey-it’s-2016 tone, or strive for a narrative voice that splits the difference.Īll come to the exercise as fans, although complete obeisance is not required. Others may elevate a minor player to center stage, such as Alison Case in the new Nelly Dean: A Return to Wuthering Heights. Some, like Barron, use the writer herself as a time-period-appropriate character (this Miss Austen is a ladylike sleuth). Darcy (Sam Riley) gleefully dispatching the undead with swords - to the more sedate “Being a Jane Austen Mystery” series by Stephanie Barron. ![]() They range from Seth Grahame-Smith’s wild 2009 best seller, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - now a movie adaptation featuring Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) and Mr. Lots of novelists have been hitting the “puree” button lately, whipping up tasty mashups, pastiches and homages to great writers of the past, from Jane Austen to Edgar Allan Poe to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the Brontës. ![]() |