![]() ![]() Now she explores the sexiest subject of all: sex, and such questions as, what is an orgasm? How is it possible for paraplegics to have them? What does woman want, and can a man give it to her if her clitoris is too far from her vagina? At times the narrative feels insubstantial and digressive (how much do you need to know about inseminating sows?), but Roach's ever-present eye and ear for the absurd and her loopy sense of humor make her a delectable guide through this unesteemed scientific outback. ) and whether you can weigh a person's soul (in Spook Instead, she ventures out to the fringes of science, where the oddballs ponder how cadavers decay (in her debut, Stiff ![]() ![]() She doesn't write about genes or black holes or Schrödinger's cat. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Here is Isadora Duncan: her many sensational loves, her passion for her art, her mesmerizing performances, and her personal tragedies - all set against the sweeping backdrop of Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century. In this universally acclaimed biography - welcomed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review - Peter Kurth gives us, at last, a work that does justice to the life of this unforgettable woman. Her name is synonymous with flair, originality, spontaneity, scandal, and intrigue. ![]() She was 'one of the true visionaries of modern dance,' and, by extension, of modernism in all its guises' (Washington Post). "Isadora Duncan was 'the most influential and the most notorious woman of the first quarter of the 20th century' (New York Times). Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A near-fine copy of the first printing, age toning. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. Xi, 652 pages, pages of plates, illustrations, portraits 24 cm. ![]() ![]() September 30, 2021, 8-9pm (EDT): Librarians and Archivists with Palestine Archives Working Group.September 24, 2021, 5-6 pm (CEST): Valvassori Peroni Library, Milan, Italy.August 23, 2021, 6:00 pm (EDT): Digital book discussion event in collaboration with Independent Jewish Voices Canada.August 19, 2021, 6:00 pm (CDT), Woodland Pattern Book Center (in-person and virtual options), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. ![]() August 12, 2021, 6:00 pm (EDT): Digital event in collaboration with the Independent Jewish Voices Canada campaign to #StopJNFCanada.July 28, 2021, Leeds, United Kingdom, 7:30 pm (BST): Hosted by the Leeds Lit Club.July 21, 2021, Brooklyn, New York, USA (private event).July 18, 2021, 12:00 pm (EDT): Conversation with writers Susan Muaddi Darraj and Sahar Mustafah at the Palestine Museum, Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA.July 15, 2021, 6:00 pm (CEST): Villa Aldini, Bologna, Italy.She becomes fixated on the story of the Bedouin girl and is determined to learn more about the case, no matter the risks involved.Ĭontent note: Minor Detail contains mentions and depictions of sexual violence, including sexual violence perpetrated against a person who is likely underage. Many years later, the second half of the novel is told from the perspective of a young Palestinian woman in Ramallah. Israeli soldiers capture, rape, and kill a Bedouin girl, burying her in the desert. The first half takes place in 1949, a year after the Nakba. ![]() The story is divided into two parts, with a different setting and narrator for each half. ![]() |