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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:57:51 +0000

This lively annual anthology, edited by Dave Eggers—bestselling author and founder of McSweeney’s—gathers an eclectic mix of short fiction, essays, journalism, humor, and graphic storytelling from established and emerging voices. Drawn from a wide range of magazines and literary journals, the selections reflect the energy and concerns of contemporary writing, moving from the playful and absurd to the intimate and deeply felt. With its blend of literary craft and pop-cultural curiosity, the collection offers surprising discoveries and fresh perspectives. Ideal for readers who enjoy sampling diverse styles and subjects, it captures a snapshot of the literary moment while remaining accessible, inventive, and engaging.

Blocking, Unblocking and Safety Plays in Bridge

Tue, 20 May 2025 17:37:57 +0000

Blocking, Unblocking and Safety Plays in Bridge by Terence Reese, co-authored with Roger Trézel, is a specialized guide that teaches bridge players how to effectively manage the flow of suits during play. The book focuses on techniques to block opponents’ suits while unblocking one’s own, as well as employing safety plays to secure contracts. Through clear, illustrative examples, the authors demonstrate how mastering these techniques can reduce frustration and improve success at the bridge table. Both Reese and Trézel are highly respected European and World Bridge Champions, lending authority and expertise to the instruction. This work is part of a series aimed at breaking down complex cardplay strategies into accessible lessons for players of varying skill levels.

Pilgrim s Way, An Essay in Recollection

Sat, 17 May 2025 11:49:44 +0000

GREY OF FALLODON. Being the Life of Sir Edward Grey afterwards Viscount Grey of Fallodon.

Sat, 17 May 2025 11:49:16 +0000

by George Macaulay Trevelyan (Author)

Simple Squeezes (A Master Bridge Series)

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:26:06 +0000

The Essay Connection: Readings for Writers

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:46:59 +0000

The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 11:58:56 +0000

John Kenneth Galbraith has long been at the center of American economics, in key positions of responsibility during the New Deal, World War II, and since, guiding policy and debate. His trenchant new book distills this lifetime of experience in the public and private sectors; it is a scathing critique of matters as they stand today. Sounding the alarm about the increasing gap between reality and conventional wisdom — a phrase he coined — Galbraith tells, along with much else, how we have reached a point where the private sector has unprecedented control over the public sector. We have given ourselves over to self-serving belief and contrived nonsense or, more simply, fraud. This has come at the expense of the economy, effective government, and the business world. Particularly noted is the central power of the corporation and the shift in authority from shareholders and board members to management. In an intense exercise of fraud, the pretense of shareholder power is still maintained, even with the immediate participants. In fact, because of the scale and complexity of the modern corporation, decisive power must go to management. From management and its own inevitable self-interest, power extends deeply into government — the so-called public sector. This is particularly and dangerously the case in such matters as military policy, the environment, and, needless to say, taxation. Nevertheless, there remains the firm reference to the public sector. How can fraud be innocent? In his inimitable style, Galbraith offers the answer. His taut, wry, and severe comment is essential reading for everyone who cares about America’s future. This book is especially relevant in an election year, but it deeply concerns the much longer future.

Medieval Drama

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:14:52 +0000

Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:58:57 +0000

Carroll, whose love for the Catholic Church . . . is not only matched by a lovingly critical eye. . . but an urgent plea that Rome set another course. — Boston Globe In this bold and moving book sure to spark heated debate, novelist, cultural critic, and National Book Award-winning author James Carroll maps the profoundly troubling two-thousand-year course of the Church’s battle against Judaism and faces the crisis of faith it has provoked in his own life as a Catholic. More than a chronicle of religion, this dark history is the central tragedy of Western civilization, its fault lines reaching deep into our culture. The Church’s failure to protest the Holocaust — the infamous “silence” of Pius XII — is only part of the story: the death camps, Carroll shows, are the culmination of a long, entrenched tradition of anti-Judaism. From Gospel accounts of the death of Jesus on the cross, to Constantine’s transformation of the cross into a sword, to the rise of blood libels, scapegoating, and modern anti-Semitism, Carroll reconstructs the dramatic story of the Church’s conflict not only with Judaism but with itself. Yet in tracing the arc of this narrative, he implicitly affirms that it did not necessarily have to be so. There were roads not taken, heroes forgotten; new roads can be taken yet. Demanding that the Church finally face this past in full, Carroll calls for a fundamental rethinking of the deepest questions of Christian faith. Only then can Christians, Jews, and all who carry the burden of this history begin to forge a new future. Drawing on his well-known talents as a storyteller and memoirist, and weaving historical research through an intensely personal examination of conscience, Carroll has created a work of singular power and urgency. Constantine’s Sword is a brave and affecting reckoning with difficult truths that will touch every reader.

Eastern Birds

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:33:21 +0000

The Peterson Field Guide Series A Field Guide to the Birds A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America