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  The Written World - Essays &...

  Kevin Power

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  Art honours the world, and criticism honours art, even – perhaps especially – when the critic sets out to destroy. The bad review is hardly ever written out of mere spite. In most cases, the motivation is disappointed idealism. Critics are people who love art and who hate to see it traduced. Hence the critic's sempiternal cry: You're doing it wrong. What the critic wants is for you to do it better.
  Since 2008, acclaimed novelist Kevin Power has reviewed almost three hundred and fifty books. Power declares, 'Even now, cracking open a brand-new hardback with my pencil in my hand, I feel the same pleasure, and the same hope. That's the great secret: every critic is an optimist at heart.'
  Art that thinks and feels at the same time – 'good art' – requires explication. The writing of criticism in response to such art is an activity that has taken place since Aristotle first sat down to figure out what made tragedy work. It is in the pursuit of this question – what makes good art 'good' – that Kevin Power found his vocation. During a ten-year stint as a regular freelance reviewer for the Sunday Business Post, Power fell in love with the writing of criticism, and with the reading of it, too, particularly by talented novelists who review books on the side. His conclusion is that criticism is absolutely an art. But it is never more so than when practiced by an actual artist.
  These pieces, ranging from reviews of Susan Sontag to the meaning of Greta Thunberg, apocalyptic politics, and literary theory, represent a decade's worth of thinking about books; a record of the author's attempts to honour art, and through art, the world. In The Written World, Power explains how he became a critic and what he thinks criticism is. It begins and ends with a long personal essays, 'The Lost Decade', written especially for this collection, about his mental and writing block after publishing Bad Day in Blackrock and his decade-long journey to White City. The pieces gathered by Power are connected by a theme – this is a book about writing, seen from various positions, and about growth as an artist and a critic.

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  Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA

  Geoffrey Himes

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  When Bruce Springsteen went back on the road in 1984, he opened every show by shouting out, ""one, two, one, two, three, four,"" followed by the droning synth chords of ""Born in the U.S.A."" Max Weinberg hit his drums with a two-fisted physicality that cut through the swelling chords. With a rolled-up red kerchief around his head and heavy black boots under his faded jeans, Springsteen looked like the character of the song, and from the very first line (""Born down in a dead man's town"") he sang with the throat-scraping desperation of a man with his back against the wall. When he reached the crucial lines, though, the guitars and bass dropped out and Weinberg switched to just the hi-hat. Springsteen's voice grew a bit more private and reluctant as he sang, ""Nowhere to run. Nowhere to go."" It was as if he weren't sure if this were an admission of defeat or the drawing of a line in the sand. But when the band came crashing back at full strength—building a crescendo that fell apart in the cacophony of Springsteen's and Weinberg's wild soloing, paused and then came together again in the determined, marching riff—it was clear that the singer was ready to make a stand.

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  Cold Lens as a Filter

  Jan Müller

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  Die Publikation versammelt Müllers Arbeiten der letzten 20 Jahre und macht die Vielschichtigkeit ihrer künstlerischen Recherche in verschiedenen medialen Ebenen erfahrbar

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  The Lighthouse Cat - A Tale of...

  Wren Maplehart

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  The Lighthouse Cat: A Tale of Light, Courage, and the Sea 
   In a quiet lighthouse perched on a storm-tossed cliff, where the waves crash and the winds whisper forgotten stories, lives a small but fearless feline named Nixie. Guardian of the lantern and silent watcher of the tides, Nixie isn’t just any cat—she holds a secret as old as the sea itself. 
  When a fierce tempest threatens to swallow a nearby village and the lighthouse keeper goes missing, it’s up to Nixie to brave the storm. Guided by instinct, memory, and the flickering flame of the beacon above, she embarks on a heart-pounding journey across treacherous rocks, haunted shores, and crashing waves. 
  Blending the charm of classic animal tales with the lyrical beauty of maritime folklore, The Lighthouse Cat is a timeless story of courage in the face of darkness, the enduring power of light, and the mysterious bond between the sea and those who call it home. 
  Perfect for readers young and old, this is a tale that will warm hearts, stir imaginations, and remind us all that even the smallest among us can shine the brightest light.

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  Beverly Hills Confidential - A...

  Barbara Schroeder, Clark Fogg

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  Acid-throwing brides, axe murdering maids, mysterious deaths at Greystone mansion, and the real story of what happened the night a superstar publicist was gunned down on Sunset Boulevard; just a few of the many stories in this "Rip-roaring" story featuring the first 100 years of grand times and grand crimes in the world's glamour capital of Beverly Hills. 
   
   
   
  With unprecedented access to police files, coauthors Barbara Schroeder, an award-winning investigative journalist, and Clark Fogg, the lead CSI investigator for the BHPD, reveal never-before-scene photos and details of dramas involving secret shadow wives, murdered studio executives, and a new theory on who really killed mobster Bugsy Siegel. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Look At The Monkeys

  Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo...

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  Kids will love this sweet story/song combination as they listen to “Look at The Monkeys” and follow along word-for-word in this adorably illustrated eBook. Learning how to count backwards from five is a blast for little ones, as they count down with a group of silly monkeys. Pictures of happy monkeys to go along with fun and repetitive lyrics as children are introduced to important early literacy skills.

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