![]() ![]() She offers an intriguing genealogy, tracing the origins of the alienation of love from sex and self (soul) in contemporary Japan, and critically examining a wide range of ethnological and popular cultural material. the imperial reign-and the rapid transformation of the ways Japanese people express and practice/idealize love. ![]() Ryang demonstrates the connection between the birth and maturity of the modern Japanese nation-state-a nation for which ideology and legitimacy rest on the restoration of the ancient sovereign order, i.e. Examining the discursive representations and practices of love, the author inquires into a process whereby "the national state makes its population into 'loving' national subjects" (1). social functions contingent upon cultural logics of different historical timing in which the modern nation-state plays a pivotal role (2–3). ![]() ![]() Love-Ryang eschews a rigid definition or classification of love-is not a mere matter of individual preference or uncontrollable passion but a set of complex. Sonia Ryang's Love in Modern Japan is a provocative and timely addition not only to the literature on Japanese culture and society but also to the discussion of the problematic relationship between the modern nation-state and its population. ![]()
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![]() There is some annoyance in this plot in the way dude feels entitled to “get the girl” and that if he just finds the right combination of things to do and say and pretend to be, she’ll fall in love with him. ![]() Which he is decidedly not intending to do: just look at his reputation as a wild sex-having playboy. Unfortunately, he somehow makes his first move by joining an abstinence pledge with her and a few others at church. But she’s always been in a relationship until now, and he’s looking to make his move. The crux of the story is that Del is trying to Get The Girl, Kiera, whom he’s had a crush on forever. It was a fascinating change from my usual, and really entertaining (and maybe even informative?) The voice was so different, and there were a lot of thoughts and decisions that I would never have even considered, that I do attest at least in part to it being from a man (well. □ This might seem unimportant, but it was honestly so interesting to see a situation through a male lens rather than female. A STRAIGHT guy, no less – even rarer for me. ![]() This is for me a rarity in that it’s a book by a guy and from a guy’s perspective. And most of the time, the character perspective I’m reading from is a woman as well. I’ve seen in my reading data lately that I read WAY more books by women than by men. The easiest way I can review this is to say I’ll definitely be seeking out more of Lamar Giles’ books! ![]() ![]() For in an impossible game of the gods’ devising, they’ve been trapped on an island, about to face the ultimate challenge: surrender to the passion that will bind them forever.or be doomed to an eternity apart. Neither trusts the other – nor can they survive alone. Yet there’s no denying their consuming desire every time he nears her. Wary of love, the beautiful Amazon wants nothing to do with the tormented vampire. But since a rogue horde of dragons killed his beloved over two centuries ago, Layel has existed only for vengeance.until he meets Delilah. He is Layel, king of the vampires, a master seducer no woman can deny. Because there’s one thing Shaye doesn’t know: that when a nymph discovers his true mate, she’s his for life. Now Valerian must fight for the privilege of claiming her as his own. For underneath the warrior’s arrogant beauty lies a complex and powerful man. ![]() The cynical Shaye wants nothing to do with the mighty warlord, but she’s inexplicably drawn to him. ![]() None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure – until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom. But since a rogue horde of dragons killed his beloved over two. ![]() ![]() Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian’s touch. The Vampires Bride He is Layel, king of the vampires, a master seducer no woman can deny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They begin trying to have children on their first wedding anniversary. After dating, the two realize how perfect they are for one another. ![]() They head to Quinn’s apartment with Quinn thinking they will have revenge sex, but instead, Graham instructs Quinn to call him once she is finished with her rebound relationship. Quinn narrates how she and Graham meet one day because her fiancé and his girlfriend are cheating on them with each other. Will a reminder of their old love for each other be enough to bring them back together? Graham meanwhile, loves Quinn but fears he is no longer enough for her. After battling infertility for years Quinn believes Graham would be better off with another woman. Graham intended the box, containing love letters they had written to one another, to be opened on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary as a reminder of how strong their love had remained. In the novel All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover, Quinn and Graham never believed they would have to open the wooden box, their marriage survival kit, that Graham gave Quinn on their wedding day. ![]() The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Collen, All Your Perfects. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the violence is persistent throughout the story, from assassinations to drawn-out torture sessions to arena duels to the death. There's a buildup of romantic chemistry but only a few kisses, nothing more. The characters' unique gifts can injure, torture, even kill. ![]() The first in a two-volume series, the dual-narrative story includes fantasy violence, murder, kidnapping, imprisonment of innocents, and a planned war. Parents need to know that Carve the Mark is a futuristic fantasy from best-selling Divergent author Veronica Roth. Occasional drinking among the upper classes.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. ![]() People purposely poison others with plant-derived drugs. Lots of people take medicine and teas made from iceflower it can be medicinal or recreational. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, he and Eisman both share an intense suspicion of other people. Vincent Daniel is introduced as the opposite of Steve Eisman in many ways: he grew up in Queens, in a lower class family, and went on to dress and behave very seriously and carefully in his professional life. He also decides that the consumer finance industry exists to “rip people off,” and becomes determined to stand up for the rights of lower and middle class Americans whom this industry takes advantage of. After the accidental death of his infant son, however, he develops a more pessimistic outlook and comes to believe that nothing and no one is too good to fail. In his youth, he also identifies as a Republican and believes that finance benefits everyone through its trickle-down effects. He enters the industry believing that he is blessed by good luck. He is described as an eccentric character: he dresses half-fastidiously, with a haircut he seems to have done himself, and has “the opposite of a poker face.” Those who work for him tend to love him because he stands up for the underdog and has a strong sense of justice, but many people are off put by his lack of manners. He established himself as one of few analysts whose opinions could change the markets, and found genuine joy in learning about the industry. There, he rose quickly through the ranks thanks to his bold demeanor and talent for predicting when a company would fail. ![]() He originally worked as a corporate lawyer, until quitting to join his parents at Oppenheimer securities in 1991. Eisman is one of the central characters in The Big Short. ![]() ![]() It is a testament to the power of Hearn’s writings that this foreign-born writer has earned a place in the canon of Japanese literature-his work is still celebrated in Japan to this day. “The stories in this new Penguin anthology are why Hearn continues to have a lasting legacy in both America and in his adopted homeland, Japan. How curious, and how touching, that it fell to a peripatetic Westerner to vouchsafe these enchanting homegrown stories the immortality they deserve.” - The Wall Street Journal ![]() ![]() His retellings of these strange tales are a delight to read.” - The New York Review of Books In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a. A selection of Lafcadio Hearns brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan. The result is something that sits at the nexus of Borges, Baudelaire, and Bram Stoker, and that prompted Malcolm Cowley to call Hearn ‘the writer in our language who can best be compared with Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm.’. 18.39 2 Used from 19.56 16 New from 18.39. ![]() ![]() “The pleasures of work are to be found in his delightfully bizarre hybrid renditions of Japanese folklore-particularly of a genre called kaidan, or tales of the uncanny-old stories that he blended with elements of horror and French Romanticism, the best of which are collected in Japanese Ghost Stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() but that home is threatened when expedition leader David Kentewess comes aboard.ĭetermined to solve the mystery of his own origin, David will stop at nothing to expose Annika's secrets. Now Annika serves on the airship Phatéon, flying from port to port in search of her sister, and longing to return home. ![]() But the truth behind the legends is mechanical, not magic - and the mystery of the island a matter of life and death for a community of women who once spilled noble blood to secure their freedom.įive years ago, Annika unwittingly endangered that secret, but her sister Källa took the blame and was exiled. Fishermen tell tales of giant trolls guarding the land, and of seductive witches who steal men's hearts. Meljean Brook, the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel returns to the Iron Seas with a riveting new adventure of steampunk and passionate romance.Ī century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Iceland's inhabitants to abandon its shores, the island is enshrouded in legend. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() None of this stacked creative team is new to weaving superhero yarns, and that’s a good thing, because getting Jessica “right” isn’t something that many creators can pull off well. But who are we kidding? Of course Simone, Noto, and Petit pull this off superbly, crafting a mystery that engages and mystifies without ever becoming convoluted and infuriating. ![]() Those are a lot of plates to spin: multiple realities, different-but-similar Jessica Jones, a noir-esque mystery. To further add a wrinkle in this space-time caper, Prime gets a hint that one or all of the Jessicas in her midst might not be worthy of her trust. That’s a good thing, as, in issue #3, not only do the Jessica variants need to figure out why they find themselves converging in the universe of Jessica Prime (“our” Jessica, as she’s called in the miniseries), but they also must contend with the possibility that the villainous Zebediah Killgrave- The Purple Man–might have planted a suggestion in Prime’s brain years ago that will put her and the city at risk. In The Variants, Jessica is planted face-to-face with variations of herself: some close to who she is now, others wildly different, but all with enough of her personality with which Jessica can connect. It’s a question–among many others–with which private investigator and sometimes-superhero Jessica Jones must grapple in The Variants, from the creative team of writer Gail Simone, artist Phil Noto, and letterer Cory Petit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is not simply a religious complaint either. No one seems to insist that the laws of physics must be immoral for their ability to explain car crashes or better aim artillery. The charge that evolution is ‘immoral’ has existed for at least as long as Darwin’s Origin of Species. ![]() People sometimes struggle with the distinction between an explanation for the way nature works and an advocacy for how humans should conduct themselves. No one who has actually read and understood this book would possibly conclude that. This is best exemplified by those who suggest this book is advocating selfish behaviour in a Libertarian or laissez-faire fashion. So many liberties and misunderstandings are taken from this book that you suspect many are deliberate and come from those who never got beyond the title. It is disappointing, but appropriate, that we must begin by discussing what this book is not. That is, if you already possess a mind open enough to face the challenge. Unashamedly confident, yet modest of its own genius while marvelling at the wonders of nature it will force you to stretch your neurons with its intellectual rigor, bend to the weight of its logic and accept its alternative perspective. The Selfish Gene is rightfully a science classic. ![]() |