![]() ![]() ![]() With the hindsight of a century, di Canzio imagines a future for them and a past for Alec-a young villager possessed of remarkable passion and self-knowledge.Īlec continues Forster’s project of telling stories that are part of “a great unrecorded history.” Di Canzio’s debut novel is a love story of epic proportions, at once classic and boldly new. Forster, who tried to write an epilogue about the future of his characters, was stymied by the radical change that the Great War brought to their world. Forster’s secret novel of a happy same-sex love affair, tells the story of Alec Scudder, the gamekeeper Maurice Hall falls in love with in Forster’s classic, published only after the author's death.ĭi Canzio follows their story past the end of Maurice to the front lines of battle in World War I and beyond. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Get instant access to all your favorite books. William di Canzio’s Alec, inspired by Maurice, E. Alec: A Novel audiobook written by William di Canzio. "Sackville imbues this character-driven historical drama with warmth, comfort, and a sense of optimism, especially during the story's darkest moments." - AudioFile Magazine ![]()
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![]() ![]() Far more than half of the nations are not democracies, and most nations are working on AI systems. He assumes training a superintelligence with the mores or ethics of an open, democratic society. The world is far too complex and thinking that figuring out a two player solution extends to a large society seems incorrect in its simplicity.Īlong with that simplicity, the book also misses how complex are our societies. For instance, while earlier talking about the limitations of AI systems only playing 2-person games, all of the utilitarian examples in the chapter were focused in two player games. Here is where I thought the book didn’t go into details it should have covered. Chapter 9 focuses on people and AI through the lens of utilitarian theory. I also had an issue with how some of the issues are described. This is where a lot of interesting question are asked, and it’s nice to see them but it’s also where the answers aren’t really addressed. I can quibble with what that means – and how we’d know – but an important question to ask is how humans can control those machines or at least prevent them from controlling us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Much of the second half of the book is taken up with what was mentioned in the previous paragraph: the super-intelligent AI. ![]() ![]() ![]() It strikes me as one of those stories that, as a writer, you might hear and think, I should do something with this, though most of these inevitably get set aside. ![]() I spoke with Nunez over email about researching for “non-fiction fiction,” her interest in animals, and the way that Mitz-just issued in a third edition by Soft Skull Press-has, like its namesake, found an unsettling relevance in current affairs.Ĭarrie Mullins: Mitz is such an interesting, weird, and wonderful piece of Woolf history. ![]() In the author’s witty and fiercely intelligent hands, this novella weaves together fiction and excerpts of actual memoirs, diaries, and letters to become a retelling of Virginia’s last years, a philosophical exploration of the relationship between humans and animals, and a portrait of the greater Bloomsbury set whose members, like Vanessa Bell and Vita Sackville-West, saw their worldview paling against the rise of fascism in Europe. Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsburyhas been called a biography of the Woolfs’ unusual pet but, as ever, Sigrid Nunez’s work defies attempts at a simple synopsis. ![]() ![]() However, he discovers a flaw in the theory that could cause the procedure to revert. He tries to fix broken ties with his parents only to learn that they no longer recognize him.ĭetermined to further the research that made his new intelligence possible, he continues writing reports and caring for the mouse they first experimented on, Algernon. The researchers continue to treat him the same way they’d treat a child, even when his intelligence exceeds theirs. He realizes that his coworkers at the bakery, who he always thought were his best friends, have been mocking him all along. Suddenly he no longer fits into the world he’s always been part of. Over the course of three months, Charlie’s IQ shoots to 185. Two researchers have discovered a way to increase intelligence through a surgical procedure and Charlie’s teacher, Alice, recommends he try the procedure. ![]() ![]() From the beginning, he has this drive to better himself and to do so takes reading and writing classes at a special school. He begins the story working menial jobs at a bakery to keep from needing to live at a state institution. Charlie Gordon is a 32 year old with an IQ of 68. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ali Pedersen is a writer, mom to four girls, and pastor?s wife. They are currently raising their four children in Texas. She and her husband, Brook, are passionate about adoption and creatively reaching people for Jesus. ![]() She is the founder and executive director of Thrive Moms and the author of Mom Up. Titles include: Abundance: Discovering a Full Life in Christ Freedom: Letting Go and Embracing Christ Rest: Finding Stillness in the Midst of Busy Designed for busy moms, each study?s six sessions include: Four easy-to-follow daily personal studies Options for weekly, community-building, group discussion Scripture passages Thought-provoking questions with space for reflection Prayer prompts About the Author Kara-Kae James desires to see women walk in their full potential as moms, wives, and daughters of Christ. Each study encourages women to hold on to their relationship with the Lord. With the Thrive Moms Bible Studies, women will discover an abundant life in Christ, throw off fear to take up the freedom Jesus died to give, and find rest in the midst of the never-ending busy. Long days make it hard to find calm in the midst of chaos, but there is hope. ![]() Motherhood takes everything you?ve got-even when you?re on empty. NIRV - New International Readers Version. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I savor Renee Rose's books as if they were the finest of champagnes" ~USA Today Bestselling Author Sierra Cartwright **Follow her on Tiktok her on Instagram at WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT RENEE'S BOOKS: **Visit her blog at **Follow Renee at - She loves to chat with readers! ![]() Named Eroticon USA's Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won Spunky and Sassy's Favorite Sci-Fi and Anthology author, The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance, and has hit the USA Today list eleven times with her Chicago Bratva, Bad Boy Alpha, and Wolf Ranch books as well as various kinky anthologies.įor FREE RENEE ROSE BOOKS, go to this page: Her books have been featured in USA Today's Happily Ever After and Popsugar. ![]() USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE loves a dominant, dirty-talking alpha hero! She's sold over two million copies of steamy romance with varying levels of kink. ![]() ![]() ![]() The smooth, untextured pages allow for beautiful blending or gradient techniques with colored pencils or are perfect for pens, allowing the nib to glide evenly over the surface without feathering. ![]() For Lost Ocean, Johanna picked a crisp ivory paper that accentuates and complements your chosen color palette. Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest fans and newcomers alike will welcome this creative journey into an inky new world. ![]() Visit coral reefs and barnacle-studded shipwrecks, discover intricate shells and pirate treasure. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations to complete, color, and embellish, readers will meet shoals of exotic fish, curious octopuses, and delicately penned seahorses. From the creator of the worldwide bestsellers Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest, a beautiful new adult coloring book that takes you on a magical journey beneath the waves With this coloring book for adults, Johanna Basford invites color-inners of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden in the depths of the sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a 2015 interview, Christina guessed that in addition to being an alcoholic, Crawford was likely also a sociopath. ![]() ![]() However, Christina alleges, Crawford was in no way emotionally equipped to be a parent. In it, she accuses her mother of adopting five children in the span of eight years only to gain attention from the press and drum up good publicity after her mid-life career slump. ![]() Mommie Dearest was adapted into a film shortly after its publication, starring Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford, and it depicted Christina's allegations of her mother's severe child abuse against her and her four siblings. In addition to writing five books and becoming an advocate against child abuse, Christina also ran a bed and breakfast, started a publishing company, dabbled in politics, and founded a non-profit. But what is Christina Crawford doing now? One of her most lasting legacies is her daughter Christina Crawford's memoir Mommie Dearest. Although Joan Crawford had no biological children of her own, and the state of California rejected her application to become an adoptive parent deeming her unfit, she did go on to adopt five children under less-than-legal circumstances. Among the things Ryan Murphy throws back the curtains on in his new FX period miniseries Feud: Bette and Joan are both of its subjects' struggle with parenting amidst their stardom, unchecked alcoholism, and other implied mental health struggles. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can’t touch her, and I shouldn’t want to. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. It was an easy arrangement.Īs the days go by, though, it’s becoming anything but easy. ![]() She’d cook a few meals and clean up a little. I took her in, because I thought I was helping. ![]() Only Pike Lawson isn’t the unavailable one. My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he’s probably unavailable. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He doesn’t treat me like I’m nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe. He doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He took me in when I had nowhere else to go. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the myriad of histories and biographies picking over the remains of this pivotal moment in world history, Wood manages to distinguish this piece by boldly and brilliantly recasting the historical, cultural and societal underpinnings of the colonies break with England. ![]() Wood, together with David McCullough ( John Adams)and Barbara Tuchman ( The Guns of August), constitute the ruling council on my shelf of historical treatments and I don’t see their power waning any time soon given my love of their work. This is history that reads more like literature and will trap your attention into the folds of its narrative flow like sailor falling into Charybdis. ![]() Nothing dry, parched or plodding to be found here. This Pulitzer Prize-winning analysis of the American Revolution is among the most engaging, most thought-provoking and most erudite history books I’ve ever read. ![]() |