![]() ![]() But why is the work-and-family debate always about women? Why don’t men get the same flexibility that women do? In our fixation on the barriers that face women on the way into the workplace, do we forget about the barriers that – for men – still block the exits? The Wife Drought is about women, men, family and work. Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under-reported state of wife drought, and there is no sign of rain. And it’s an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women. It’s a potent economic asset on the work front. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front. 'I need a wife' It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Veterans who had fought in it-appeared in 1923. Where his first published work on the Civil War-a series on local In 1920 Catton got a job with the old Cleveland News, and worked briefly for the Boston American before landing a position with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Out the more down-to-earth world of journalism. War I, along with his own talent for storytelling, that led him to seek But it may have been his own stint in the Navy during World ![]() Those desperate battles he was later to read as a student at OberlinĬollege near Cleveland were pallid in comparison with those grippingĪccounts. ![]() Memories of a simpler and-more heroic-time still lived lightly on theĮvening air in an unbroken continuity with the past.) The accounts of (His engaging 1972 autobiography, Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood,Ĭaptures both the wonder and nostalgia of those years, when vivid Turned historian, Bruce Catton produced some of the most readable andĬompelling books about the American Civil War ever written.Ĭombining “a scholar’s appreciation of the Grand Design with a newsman’s keenness for meaningful vignette,” wrote Newsweek on the author’s death in 1978, “Catton created an ‘enlisted man’s-eye view’ of the war that treated humanely the errors on both sides.”Ī boy growing up in Petoskey, Michigan, in the first decade of the 20thĬentury, Catton had listened to the stories of old men who had actuallyįought in that bitter conflict. ![]() ![]() I liked the fact that each woman is unique and has a different approach to solving their mutual problem. I enjoyed Secrets of a Summer Night immensely anyway and read it in one sitting.įour rejected and desperate “wallflowers” make a pact to assist each other in finding husbands before their courting season ends. ![]() I read the third book in the series before reading this first book. But fate may have other plans-and it will take all of Annabelle's courage to face a peril that could destroy everything she holds dear. As they try to outmaneuver each other, they find themselves surrendering to a love more powerful than they could have ever imagined. Unfortunately her most persistent admirer is the brash Simon Hunt, a handsome and ambitious entrepreneur who wants her as his mistress.Īnnabelle is determined to resist Simon's wicked propositions, but she can't deny her attraction to the boldly seductive rogue, any more than he can resist the challenge she presents. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way Annabelle can save them is to marry a wealthy man. Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors-if only she had a dowry. ![]() Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypasįour young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve read many books by Halle and you never know quite what you’re going to get. As Grace falls for Claudio, his son, and Italy, it all seems too good to be true. But two unexpected housemates – her book agent’s ex-husband and son – make the getaway a completely different experience than expected. When Grace’s book agent offers to let her use an Italian villa for a month, it seems like the perfect opportunity to find inspiration from the beautiful location. Following the death of that partner, she’s struggling with her career. ![]() The story follows Grace, an author who has always worked with a writing partner. Things turn (almost too) heated, and then it’s full steam ahead – pun intended. ![]() That being said… there’s none of that in the back half. I will say that I found the first half to be a bit slow not so much a slow burn as just kinda serious. I also loved the descriptions of Italy, which really make you feel like you’re on vacation right alongside our heroine. Paired with a bookish author who needs to gain some confidence, these two burn up with chemistry in the back half. He’s a little too mysterious for me in the beginning, but once the reader gets to know Claudio better, there’s no way you won’t love him. I loved this hero – a single dad who isn’t afraid of being open about his feelings. This is the perfect vacation escapism everyone needs in their life, complete with a sexy Italian artist who is both loving and demanding. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am so pleased I have been properly introduced to this series (I read the 7 th book in the series, Watching You, first) and it was a cracker of a read. ![]() ![]() But when O’Loughlin recognizes the victim as one of his former patients, an emotionally disturbed young woman who nearly brought ruin upon him, O’Loughlin hesitates-a fateful decision that soon places O’Loughlin at the top of the lists of both a bullish detective, and a diabolical killer.ĭo you know that feeling you get when you pick up a book and start reading it and instantly you know the author can write? Well this book showcases the writing skills of Michael Robotham so well! The narrative is credible, intelligent (treats the reader with respect), doesn’t ask you to go along with ludicrous situations, it has great character development, and a plot that twists and turns and surprises. But when he’s diagnosed with Parkinson’s, O’Loughlin begins to dread the way his exceptional mind has been shackled to a failing body, and the cracks in his perfect existence start to show.Īt first, O’Loughlin is delighted to be called in to a high-profile murder investigation, hoping his extraordinary abilities at perception will help bring a killer to justice. Renowned psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin has it all-a thriving practice, a devoted, beautiful, fiercely intelligent wife, and a lovely young daughter. Please join us in welcoming The Suspect in paperback-at last! THE FIRST BOOK IN THE JOSEPH O’LOUGHLIN SERIES ![]() ![]() He said: "I was born and reared in the belly of it and for 32 years helped carry out over 800 coffins of young people who died of drug addictions. But I think it's glamourising crime and bringing back memories for families who buried loved ones in gangland feuds," he added.Īccording to Councillor Burke, he has been 'inundated' with texts since last night from families not only affected directly by drugs but by others who are 'sickened by the glamourising' of such crime and the 'vulgar' use of violence. "Also seeing the mansions where the characters live- there's nothing wrong with the actors, they're fine actors. There's families who have lost loved ones this way, the city is in the grip of drug dealing. Speaking on RTE's Drivetime this evening, Councillor Christy Burke said: "We see a young 17-year-old drinking while in the background another couple are snorting cocaine then the 17-year-old later gets shot in a drive-by shooting. Kin features the Kinsellas, a fictionalised Dublin family involved in a gangland war with an international drug cartel. ![]() ![]() The eight-part series, which was shot in Dublin, aired for the first time on Sunday night at 9.30pm. ![]() A Dublin councillor has criticised RTE's airing of new crime drama Kin for 'glamourisng' violence and 'bringing up memories' for families who lost loved ones to gangland feuds and drug addiction.Ĭhristy Burke, the former Dublin Lord Mayor and Independent Councillor for the north inner city, an area blighted by drug use and crime, wants RTÉ management to take the series off-air immediately. ![]() ![]() ![]() James has the shoddy builder’s attitude to detail, piling it on in the strangest of places – train times to Brentford, an advertising catalogue’s attitude to brand names – and skimping on it where it matters. Read more: The Mister – EL James is back with a mysterious novel, but how will it fare in the post #MeToo world? ![]() But James has obviously worked hard on creating a story that, interestingly, has a lot to say about sexual consent and women’s rights. You will laugh a lot during this book, and not in a good way. The Mister, her first book to break away from that universe, is filled with the same tropes and terrible lines – the first page alone features so much word repetition it reminds you of Little Britain’s Dame Sally Markham trying to up her word count. Her rewrites of her bestsellers, from Christian Grey’s point of view, have been desultory to the point of seeming as thought they were copied and pasted with the pronouns changed. She’s capable of a compelling plot, as the Fifty Shades trilogy showed, albeit ones strewn with terrible, frequently hilarious moments, but her self-imposed incarceration in the world of Twilight fan-fiction has clearly taken its toll. ![]() ![]() ![]() L’un des albums les plus étonnants lus depuis des lustres LIRE/LE MAGAZINE LITTÉRAIRE ![]() ![]() Mais, où s’arrête le rêve ? Et qui rêve, véritablement ? René, petit garçon à la recherche de son lapin ? René, homme au crépuscule de sa vie, à la recherche de ses blessures enfouies ? Ou encore Judith, sa fille, à qui René révélera la terrible histoire de son enfance volée et de sa véritable identité, par l’intermédiaire du rêve ? Il devient Renée, fleur, chatte, arbre… Et revisite les mythes fondateurs des Premières Nations, peuples autochtones canadiens. Sorcière sensuelle et cannibale en souffrance, ogre mangeur de lumière, créatures sans mémoire ou géant au cœur simple, côtoient René, qui lui-même se métamorphose au gré des rencontres. René bascule alors dans un monde peuplé de créatures aussi terrifiantes que bienveillantes. Au cours de l’un d’eux, il part à la recherche de son lapin qui s’est enfui. Hypersensible, sauvage, il est sujet aux évanouissements durant lesquels il voyage dans des mondes fantasmagoriques. Ni dans l’appartement qu’il partage seul avec sa mère, femme absente, aux manières froides ni avec les autres enfants de son école ni dans cette ville canadienne trop grande. ![]() Road-trip halluciné à la croisée des mythes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. There's been some confusion-not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans-about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place the major local industry is smuggling the merchant cartels want her head the star-conquering, so-called "Republic" of Haven is up to something and Honor Harrington has a single, over-age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system.īut the people out to get her have made one mistake. ![]() The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station. Having made a superior look a fool, Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book by veteran researcher and international best-selling author Freddy Silva is the most comprehensive account of the mystery ever published, much of it from personal and hands-on experience. So what are crop circles, why are they here and what is responsible? ![]() But the 80 eyewitness accounts clearly tell another story-that a genuine phenomenon is at work. A major controversy erupted followed by a pre-designed debunking campaign through the media. In the 1890s farmers and military personnel witnessed them being created in seconds by tubes of light and other luminosities.īut around 1980 the phenomenon went into overdrive and exploded worldwide, with some10,000 reports spread over 29 countries. ![]() Keys that ultimately unlock the Universal potential within you.Īnd suppose great efforts have been employed to suppress their origins?įor over fifteen centuries the mysterious crop circles have been mentioned in academic and religious texts. Keys that provide a bridge between physical and non-physical realms. Keys with powers to heal, to alter consciousness and affect social change. ![]() Keys that encode new systems of technology. Keys that open a library of ancient information - knowledge that science is only now rediscovering. Keys that awaken a worldwide, sleeping network of energy. ![]() |