From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms-all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.
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So I pretended to be a lawyer for some years, and when that became too hard I started CBT and my therapist literally made me come out. I suppose my relationship to writing was the same as to my sexuality: I fantasized about it for years, but for a long time I was too scared. No, I didn’t write as a child, not even as a teenager. Were you always a writer even as a child? Or how did you fall in love with writing? We corresponded via email about his background, the books that inspire him, and how Swimming in the Dark came to see the light of day. It was when he was living in London when he first came up with the idea for his debut novel and took nearly a decade for it to be published. He studied in England and later France where he currently lives. Jedrowski was born in Germany to Polish parents. Though, as Jedrowski explained in a letter that accompanied the advance copy of his debut novel, he reminds readers that many of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland still hides their true identities out of fear. Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski is a captivating portrayal of queer love in Europe at a time when relationships between men were staunchy looked down on. There are poems of love, rage, sadness, pleading, and longing passionate outbursts about the torture of longing for his beloved and the sweet pleasure that comes from their union amusing stories of sexual exploits or human weakness and quiet truths about the beauty and variety of human emotion. While Barks's stamp on this collection is clear, it in no way interferes with the poems themselves Rumi's voice leaps off these pages with an ecstatic energy that leaves readers breathless. Barks's introductions to each of the 27 sections (described as "playful palimpsests spread over Rumi's imagination," and "meant to confuse scholars who would divide Rumi's poetry into the accepted categories") are themselves wonderful achievements of a poetic imagination searching explanations of unfamiliar concepts and funny stories provide colorful background and frame the selections as no dry historical exegesis could. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American free verse capture all the "inner searching, the delicacy, and simple groundedness" that characterize Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to the images, tone, and spiritual message of the originals. No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. I really enjoyed the angel lore in this universe, it was completely different to anything I've read before! It was great reading about the various categories, and always wanted Crow to share more information, especially about how he didn't really fit with either group.Įmbarrassing, but I don't remember a great from the original Sherlock stories, so I can't say how well they were utilised here, but they all had mysterious and supernatural elements. Not only that, but they're also investigating Jack the Ripper! This Victorian London also boasts of werewolves, vampires and other supernatural creatures, mostly living in peace. Doyle, and Sherlock is an angel called Crow. Imagine the original Sherlock, but the names are changed, so Watson is now Dr. Thank you to Rebellion and Netgalley for the ARC! I really enjoyed this fantasy steampunk Victorian Sherlock retelling! :D |