![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I began The Malice of Fortune with the rather modest ambition of writing a novel that featured Machiavelli as a detective perhaps he could use the precepts of The Prince to solve a crime. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īn Exclusive Essay by Author Michael Ennis And every thrilling step is based on historical fact. All three know their quarry is someone who holds enormous power, both to tear Italy apart, and destroy each of their most beloved dreams. Their foil and partner is the exquisite Damiata, scholar and courtesan. Here, Niccolò Machiavelli, the great "scientist" of human behaviour becomes, in effect, the first criminal profiler, while his contemporary and sometime colleague, the erratic genius Leonardo da Vinci, brings his observational powers to the increasingly desperate hunt for a brilliant, terrifying serial murderer. This brilliant novel is an epic tale exploring the backdrop of the most controversial work of the Italian Renaissance, The Prince. Based on a real historical mystery, and involving serial murder and a gruesome cat and mouse game at the highest levels of the Church - it was the era of the infamous Borgias - The Malice of Fortune is a delicious treat for fans of Umberto Eco, Sarah Dunant, and Elizabeth Kostova. ![]() A sweeping, intense historical thriller starring two of the great minds of Renaissance Italy: Niccolò Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. ![]()
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While I love most of the humor, some of it relies on unnecessary gender and social stereotypes. ![]() Though I generally enjoyed the writing and the characters, there are a few things that kept me from really loving and investing in the book. There are purely delightful shenanigans, including multiple instances of a flying house bumping into things it shouldn't, as the two get to know each other while tracking down the amulet. Charlotte and Alex have a fun relationship that focuses on the lighter end of enemies-to-lovers (they aren't mortal enemies, just social ones). India Holton has a knack for writing dialogue that dares you not to laugh out loud. THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEWOMEN WITCHES is a funny fantasy romance filled with banter on top of banter and a tongue-in-cheek attitude. As the two form a reluctant partnership, sparks begin to fly, leaving both Charlotte and Alex to question what they really want from life and from each other. 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In opposing the utilitarian arguments, Rawls attempted to establish an unbiased version of social justice based on the social contract approach. The utilitarian argument holds that society should pursue the greatest good for the greatest number, an argument that is consistent with the idea of the tyranny of majorities over minorities. Rawls was opposed to the traditional philosophical arguments on what constitutes a just institution and the justification for social actions and policies. It attempted to resolve the problem of distributive justice in society. A Theory of Justice was published in 1971 by American moral and political philosopher John Rawls. ![]() ![]() He is asked to teach Kyung-hee Kim, a 9-year-old Korean cello prodigy, and he is chosen to participate as a juror in the gruesome murder trial of a disturbed young man accused of beating his Zen master to death. A self-described "nearly middle-aged virgin," Renne finds little pleasure in his increasingly reclusive life until two events conspire to rejuvenate him. Instead, he teaches in the music department at a large university in Los Angeles and dreams of the admittedly unlikely chance of a musical comeback. Unable to perfect the art of the cello, he cringes at the very sound of his own playing. Random House, $19.Ĭlassical music, Zen philosophy and jury duty provide the unusual mix for Mark Salzman's quietly powerful novel "The Soloist." Once a renowned child prodigy, Renne Sundheimer, now 36, has long since retired from the concert stage. ![]() MUSIC AND MURDER THE SOLOIST By Mark Salzman. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s pretty much just McDonald’s chicken nuggets in the culinary comparison to literature, but sometimes you just want a goofy read that doesn’t make you think too hard. But why the urgency? The queen once gave Hadley a gift, a gift that had been given to her by the king, and if she doesn’t display that gift soon, all hell will break out at the vampire ball.Īlong the way, Sookie will learn more terrible things about Bill, the man she still loves even though she doesn’t want to, will be beholding to Eric yet again, will make love to her were-tiger new boyfriend Quinn, and be set upon by werewolves. Hadley, it seems, was the secret lover of the vampire queen. Hadley has left everything to Sookie and she is encouraged, by the Queen of Louisiana … well, the vampire Queen of Lousiana … to come and get her inheritance. In this volume in the series, Sookie learns that her cousin Hadley has passed away. ![]() If you don’t know Sookie Stackhouse by now, the Louisiana bayou waitress who can read the minds of other humans, but can’t read the minds of the dead (like her ex-boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton, and her ex-boyfriend, vampire Eric Northman) then there’s really no point in picking up this, the sixth book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie’s got a new boyfriend and he’s a real tiger. ![]() ![]() ![]() And we encounter Wilson Greatbatch, who saved millions by inventing the pacemaker-by accident. Walton Lillehei, who connected a patient's circulatory system to a healthy donor's, paving the way for the heart-lung machine. ![]() He introduces us to Daniel Hale Williams, the African American doctor who performed the world's first open heart surgery in Gilded Age Chicago. Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little-known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ. ![]() As the cardiologist and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar shows in Heart: A History, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that have changed the way we live. The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tick For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. Jauhar deftly braids tales of discovery, hubris, and sorrow with moving accounts of his family's history of heart ailments and the patients he's treated over many years. About the Book The bestselling author of Intern and Doctored tells the story of the thing that makes us tick. ![]() |