A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed this is a book that will be remembered. In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time. Book Synopsis The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyamas Origins of Political Order magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition.
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It also shows her trying times which lead her into an. of violence and chases 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 12% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 56% How society works & physical descript. This is the story of Tracy Whitney and the loss of her innocence. She is sent to prison for a crime she didn't commit. In the beginning, Tracy was an innocent, who was in love and pregnant, with the son of an affluent family. This mini-series focuses on two people, Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens. Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book descript. If Tomorrow Comes: With Madolyn Smith Osborne, Tom Berenger, David Keith, Jack Weston. 5/28/2023 0 Comments We all looked up by tommy wallachIn Slow Burn, the second book in the Anchor &.Īfter their devastating journey from the Anchor to Sophia, Clive and Clover Hamill, Gemma Poplin, and Paz Dedios have all been separated-not only in space, but in their convictions. And Gemma embarks on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual expansion that will open her eyes.if it doesn't kill her first. In Sophia, as Clover learns more and more about the city and its enigmatic director, Zeno, his faith in his mission begins to waver. In the Anchor, Clive would like nothing better than to never speak with Paz again, but when he is tapped to help with her interrogation, the two of them begin to reconcile their differences, which don't run nearly as deep as they expected. After their devastating journey from the Anchor to Sophia, Clive and Clover Hamill, Gemma Poplin, and Paz Dedios have all been separated-not only in space, but in their convictions. From the New York Times bestselling author of We All Looked Up comes the second novel in the Anchor & Sophia trilogy, where the rules of humanity are called into question by two warring cities. 5/27/2023 0 Comments A little life authorSet in three different centuries, in three alternate versions of America, Yanagihara has told the Cut that her hope is that “readers will see reflected in its pages some of the questions we’ve all been asking about this country’s premise, especially over the past four years.” Yanagihara will be releasing her third novel - To Paradise - early next year. And although all 814 pages of A Little Life were written in a 18-month sprint, it’s been over five years since we’ve heard from Yanagihara on the book front. Now a contemporary classic discussed in everything from college courses to Kaia Gerber’s book club, it won the 2015 Kirkus Prize and was a finalist for the Booker Prize and National Book Award. Her debut novel, The People in the Trees, was praised as one of the best books of 2013, but it was her sophomore work, A Little Life, that cemented her status as a major American novelist.” Since she began writing fiction outside of her work as the editor-in-chief of the T: The New York Times Style Magazine, a role she’s held since 2017, Hanya Yanagihara’s novels have been lauded by readers and critics alike. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Book Covers: Anchor, Doubeday If you want your male leads to grunt, thrust like jack rabbits, and have one-track minds that prefer a nice pair of t*ts to brains every hour of every day for the rest of forever, well, then, this book still isn’t for you. If you HATE laughing, this book isn’t for you. If you enjoy random men you’ve never met filling up your inbox with dirty words and p*rn-for reasons focused more towards diddling your donut than laughing at the absurdity-this book isn’t for you. If you’re the type of woman who prefers crotch selfies to small talk, this book isn’t for you. Kline Brooks is the quintessential billionaire bad boy-dark, styled, short hair, muscles for days, and a panty-dropping smile.Īs his employee, he won’t touch her with a ten foot pole. One more crotch selfie and she might write men off for good…īut why can’t she stop fantasizing about him? No matter how fast she runs, how many corners she turns, she can’t find her way out of this weird, alternate universe where men think d*ck pics are a replacement for small talk and getting to know a girl. Georgia Cummings has zero luck with dating, and the era of the internet is not her friend. Are you ready to meet the Billionaire Bad Boys?īlind dates? Online dating profiles? Been there, done that. A secret duo of romance authors team up under the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling pseudonym Max Monroe to bring you a sexy, laugh-out-loud new series. 5/27/2023 0 Comments Batman mr freeze paul diniBut the scary part was when Bruce shuts down the suit and Terry says, "Wayne, they're going to kill me!" WOW! This collection has 13 stories with Rebirth Part 1 and Rebirth Part 2, in which young Terry Mcginnis becomes the new Batman and Bruce Wayne gets a new lease on life he becomes Terry's mentor, his employer, his friend. It's so good when Terry breaks in and gets the suit. Then there's Terry Mcginnis, a young, strong willed teenager who meets Bruce Wayne after being chased by the Jokers and the older Wayne helps Terry fight The Jokers off, but Wayne doubles over in pain and Terry helps him inside his mansion so he can take his medicine. This incident and the fact he's not as fast as he used to be has sent him into retirement. This is strange: We got the entire set (1-3) and I don't know why they only have the first season for us to review but here goes Season one starts out with Bruce Wayne as an older Batman, who has an encounter with a criminal and he picks up a gun. Definitely a must-read book’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review This book had me laughing so hard at times I couldn’t see. ‘Another great book from the talented Ms Zapata. ‘This talented author is my first to go to for reading a slow burn, humorous, romance story’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review I cannot recommend her books strongly enough!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘Every time I read a Mariana Zapata book I think “why have I not read this before”? I absolutely love how good the writing is, she just grabs you and keeps you there. A true girl next door romance with a rock twist’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ‘I adore this book! I’ve reread it a few times and it never fails to make me laugh. ‘Her books are incredible, slow-burn perfection’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review She does the slow burn romances perfectly – keeping me hooked and intrigued due to amazing characters and dialogue’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review If you loved From Lukov with Love – the sensational TikTok hit that is captivating readers all over the world – then you don’t want to miss any of Mariana’s unique romances! No one writes slow burn like Mariana Zapata and her millions of fans agree! Despite all their differences, despite the danger-he will face death itself to make her his. But the longer he's with her, the harder it becomes to think of letting her go. The only way to keep the lass safe is to ensure she's by his side day and night. Geordie knows if Akira ever discovers he's the Duke of Gordon, both her life and his will be forfeit in a heartbeat. Yet she can never learn his true identity. Though Akira is as fierce and brave as any of her clansmen, even she's intimidated by the fearsome, brutally handsome Highlander who refuses to reveal his name. Even if it means fleeing with him across the Highlands to tend to his wounds while English redcoats are closing in. When Akira Ayres finds the brawny Scot with a musket ball in his thigh, the healer has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to save his life. Genres: Historical Romance, Scottish Highlands, Georgian Era The Highland Duke by Amy JareckiĪlso in this series: The Highland Commander This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Forever in exchange for an honest review. Would Katana and Soojin from Girls have that perfect zero-to-65 volatility that people who truly love and hate each other have? I would love to find out. My main casting problem is that the chemistry between Jisun and Namin has to be perfect and I have no idea how to know this until I know this by seeing it. Greta Lee, though not 19, is eternally youthful with a spiky and slightly off-center intensity that I find fascinating. For Namin, I would love to cast Greta Lee. Trendsetting, or rather trend- bucking, like the brilliant #starringJohnCho meme that projects what major movies would look like if they had cast an Asian-American lead.įor Jisun, I like Karen Fukuhara, who recently played Katana in Suicide Squad: another strong female character with a complicated history and a family vendetta. And a period and foreign setting on top of it all! Expensive! But what a strong affirmation of diverse storytelling it would be. I would particularly love to see this happen because it’s rare, almost unheard of, for an American film to have a predominantly Asian cast, with Asian leads-and of course this movie would have to have both. Here Wuertz dreamcasts an adaptation of her debut novel, Everything Belongs to Us: It might be every writer’s dream to have her book made into a movie, and I’m no exception. She lives in northern New Jersey with her husband and son. She holds a BA in English from Yale University and an MFA in fiction from New York University. Yoojin Grace Wuertz was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States at age six. 5/27/2023 0 Comments Star Maker by Olaf StapledonMore than that, it's probably something that would be appreciated more NOW than way back then. This novel is just as valid and fun today as it must have been back in 1937. This is a short novel that spans 5 billion years! It may be fast, glorious, imaginative, and deeply philosophical, but more than that, it's SUBVERSIVE. Intelligent suns.Īnd an ever further exploration follows. In fact, it starts out like a strong hard-SF exploration novel touching on many possible alien races, mindsets, and physiologies, but it dives right down the rabbit hole into vast combined telepathic minds, galactic societies that actually are GALACTIC in scale, telepathic communication with multiple galaxies, and even to the discovery the rich stellar intelligence. This novel disproves the general assumption that golden age SF is either hokey or unscientific. |