The scope of modern science is so vast and complex that no one person can have a deep understanding of all topics. Should you wish for the best available summary between two covers, reach for The Frontiers of Knowledge by Anthony Grayling (A.C. Grayling). In very recent times humanity has learnt a great deal about […]
In 1 Corinthians 15:14 , Paul writes “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain” (King James Version) Tom Wright (N.T. Wright) (NTWrightPage – and Professor N. T. Wright | Faculty of Theology and Religion), is one of the world’s foremost New Testament scholars and an Anglican bishop. He
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Neal Shusterman (About | Neal Shusterman) is an American writer of young adult fiction. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for his book Challenger Deep. To sample Shusterman’s large body of work try Unwind (2007). The summary is as follows: The story takes place in a future version of the United
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William Gerald Golding (William Golding | Official website) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980, he was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the
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Martha Batalha (batalha-martha | RCW Literary Agency) is a Brazilian born writer and journalist. She has written for the newspapers O Dia, O Globo and Extra. In 2013, Batalha founded the publishing house Desiderata, which was sold to Ediouro publishing group in 2008. The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão was published in 2017 and the
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Jon McGregor (Staff Listing – The University of Nottingham) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel, ‘If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things‘, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His second and fourth novels, ‘So Many Ways To Begin‘ and ‘Reservoir 13‘ were also longlisted for the Booker Prize in
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It’s January 2026 and cuddly feelings about an international rules-based world order are beginning to look like a fond memory. The ‘City Upon a Hill’, the beacon of hope and democracy that is The United States, is behaving like a nasty playground bully. The fig leaf has dropped revealing some truly ugly body parts. The
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Tim Scanlon (Thomas M. Scanlon | Department of Philosophy) was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in Harvard University’s Department of Philosophy, where he has taught since 1984. In this book Scanlon advances a ‘contractualist’ theory of ethics. An act is wrong if its performance under the circumstances would be disallowed by any
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Set against the backdrop of the 1975 State of Emergency in India, A Fine Balance intricately weaves the lives of four main characters who share a cramped apartment in Mumbai. The author explores the harsh realities of the political climate, showcasing the effects of systemic oppression and caste violence. The spirited widow Dina Dalal, the tailors Ishvar and Omprakash, and
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