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  The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers

  Mark T. Conard

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  “Written for both fans of the Coen brothers and the philosophically curious, without the technical language . . . educational and entertaining.” —Library Journal   Joel and Ethan Coen have made films that redefined the gangster movie, the screwball comedy, the fable, and the film noir, but no matter what genre they’re playing with, they consistently focus on the struggles of complex characters to understand themselves and their places in the strange worlds they inhabit. To borrow a phrase from Barton Fink, all Coen films explore “the life of the mind” and show that the human condition can often be simultaneously comic and tragic, profound and absurd.   The essays in this book explore the challenging moral and philosophical terrain of the Coen repertoire. Several address how Coen films often share film noir’s essential philosophical assumptions: power corrupts, evil is real, and human control of fate is an illusion. In Fargo, not even Minnesota’s blankets of snow can hide Jerry Lundegaard’s crimes or brighten his long, dark night of the soul. The tale of love, marriage, betrayal, and divorce in Intolerable Cruelty transcends the plight of the characters to illuminate competing theories of justice. Even in lighter fare, such as Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski, the comedy emerges from characters’ journeys to the brink of an amoral abyss. However, the Coens often knowingly and gleefully subvert conventions and occasionally offer symbolic rebirths and other hopeful outcomes. At the end of The Big Lebowski, for example, the Dude abides, his laziness has become a virtue, and the human comedy is perpetuating itself with the promised arrival of a newborn Lebowski.  The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers sheds new light on the work of these cinematic visionaries. From Blood Simple to No Country for Old Men, the Coens’ characters look for answers—though in some cases, their quest for answers leads, at best, only to more questions.

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  History Biographies - Marie...

  Kelly Mass

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  This is a combo of biographies about the following well-known individuals: 
  Marie Curie - Marie Salomea Skodowska Curie was a Polish-born, naturalized-French researcher and chemist who originated radioactivity research. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Reward, the first and only woman to win it two times, and the only individual to win the Nobel Reward in 2 different clinical classifications. 
  Her first Nobel Reward was co-won by her spouse, Pierre Curie, making them the first married set to win the reward and developing the Curie family tradition of 5 Nobel Prizes. She was the first woman to be selected as a teacher at the University of Paris in 1906. 
  Nostradamus - Michel de Nostredame, referred to as Nostradamus in Latin, was a French astronomer, doctor, and presumed seer mostly known for his work Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains supposedly predicting future events. In the year 1555, the book was first released. 
  Since the release of his Les Prophéties, Nostradamus has acquired a very large following of followers who, in addition to the majority of the well-known press, credit him with properly anticipating many essential historic events. 
  Alan Turing - Alan Mathison Turing was a mathematician, computer system researcher, scholar, cryptanalyst, thinker, and theoretical biologist from the U.K. With the Turing device, which can be considered a design of a general-purpose computer system, Turing had a substantial influence on the development of theoretical computer technology, offering a formalization of the ideas of algorithm and calculation. Turing is considered the creator of theoretical computer technology and AI. Turing was born in Maida Vale, London, and raised in the south of England.

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  Stilwater - Finding Wild Mercy...

  Rafael de Grenade

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  In this “rhapsodic [and] stirring” nature memoir, an American woman recounts a season of herding cattle in the Australian Outback (Kirkus). 
   
  Rafael de Grenade was thirteen years old when she began working on a rough-country mountain ranch in Arizona. But when she read about cattlemen working the far edges of the Australian outback, it sparked a dream far wilder than anything she had ever known. A little over a decade later she arrived on Stilwater Station with two shirts, two pairs of jeans, cowboy boots, and some doubt that she would ever go home. 
   
  Inundated by monsoon floods in the winter, baked dry in the summer, and filled with deadly animals, Stilwater was an unlikely home for a cattle operation. But in the wilderness beyond the station roamed tens of thousands of cows, many entirely feral from long neglect. Rafael has been hired, along with a ragged crew of ringers and stockmen, to bring them in. Over a season they use helicopters, motorcycles, bullcatcher jeeps, horses, ropes, and knives to win Stilwater Station back from the wild, to say nothing of their intuition, strength, muscle, and wit.

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  The Life of Your Choice - Moving...

  Daniel Bax

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  A remarkable story of recovering from a shattering accident—and how the author achieved what others said was impossible. 
   
  This is the story of a man who miraculously woke up after a catastrophic accident left him unable to talk or eat, with his left side completely paralyzed, and with no memories of his past or who he was. He spent the next five years piecing together his past and relearning how to speak, eat, and walk—all things the doctors had assured his family he would never do again. 
   
  This book gives us his story and the methods he used to achieve what conventional wisdom said was impossible—and serves as an inspiring, helpful guide for readers who want to replicate his success in their own lives.

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  Murder in America - A Coast to...

  John Breen, Mary Higgins Clark,...

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  An entertaining collection by seven renowned American mystery writers—             including Mary Higgins Clark and Whitley Strieber—              this anthology offers a delightful mix of mystery, suspense, and murder. The stories include•              “             Starstruck”              by Jon L. Breen, read by James Stacy: A group of aging actors is fatally haunted by the consequences of the McCarthy-era blacklist.•              “             Gee Whiz, My Lovely”              by Betty Buchanan, read by Joan Rivers: A bouncy private investigator is invited by a “             gorgeous nut”              to find an elusive figure named Harvey.•              “             Lucky Day”              by Mary Higgins Clark, read by Betsy Palmer: A young bride suspects her husband is somehow involved in a strange disappearance.•              “             It Was Bad Enough”              by Ron Goulart, read by Arte Johnson:  A comedian trying to make his comeback learns his ex-wife's tell-all book is about to be filmed.•              “             Pirate'             s Moon”              by William F. Nolan, read by Perry King: A psychic working for the LAPD fails to foresee that a stone-age cannibal cult may be terrorizing the city.•              “             Vaudeville”              by Whitley Strieber, read by Roddy McDowall: An aging vaudeville comedienne dies—             but not laughing.•              “             Snookered”              by Gerald Tomlinson, read by David Birney: A story about a new breed of football coach and a team the sportswriters can't ignore.

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  Recollections of the Civil War

  Charles Anderson Dana

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  Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes of historical, political, and personal reminiscences which have been given to the public. Mr. Dana wrote these Recollections of the civil war according to a purpose which he had entertained for several years. They were completed only a few months before his death on October 17, 1897. Go to the e-book on this book's catalog page for some great illustrations and an index. (Summary by Preface and WoollyBee)

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