Cruel Optimism, Paperback - Lauren Berlant

Contributor(s): Author: Lauren BerlantA relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Of...

Reducere. Description"There is nothing more alienating than having your pleasures disputed by someone with a theory, " writes Lauren Berlant. Yet the ways in...

Reducere. Sex, or the Unbearable is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In j...

Looking at examples across anti-racist movements and developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and t...

Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discours...

The classic story of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Reducere. This book was written by a person who has a full and active life as a wife, mother, grandmother, nurse, counselor and freelance writer. She has bee...

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Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Tracey HarriesIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 212Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 2...

Picking up where This Mortal Coil left off, Catarina finds her feeling that the Hydra virus was done for may have been premature.

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Publisher: Image ComicsAuthor(s): Ed BrubakerNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 260 x 165 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so a...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Anti-hero (noun): 1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character2) A magnificent bastard3) Killian Black You don't know me. You think yo...

Reducere. King(noun): 1) Having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy 2) The most powerful man in a group3) Liam Black He was a stranger to me, a dark an...

Allyson Jaymes has it all - celebrity, power, and a glamorous marriage. Until her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband'...

A team-bonding weekend in a remote castle turns into a nightmare when seven teenagers are locked inside. To escape, they must solve a series of puz...

Reducere. The Oration on the Dignity of Man was written in 1486 by the then 23-year-old Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, as an introduction to a public debate ...

Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): David CogginsIllustration(s): 1-c 10 line art drawings t-oNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimension...

All of a sudden Ruby's life changed completely. She feels everything is caused by something called the COVID. What is this COVID everyone is talkin...

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Reducere. "Okay, so this might be the best football romance I've ever read." ★★★★★ -Goodreads ReviewerDominique Price hates me.He wants me.He can never have ...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about CRUEL KINGS AND MEAN QUEENS, including which king died after falling off the toilet, why people thoug...

Previously published as individual ebook-only novellas, QUEEN SONG and STEEL SCARS.Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stori...

Reducere. Welcome to their kingdom...I never thought I'd step foot in Royal Manor again. But four years later, here I am...back to finish my senior year at R...

Why Is God Laughing? tells the story of successful comedian Mickey Fellows and his friend Francisco as they explore how to overcome fear, egotism a...

Reducere. Life on the Rocks is a story of triumph and tragedy, of failure and fortune, and of despair and delight. This extraordinary journey follows a man i...

Reducere. DescriptionAn instant bestseller By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl w...

Reducere. A sexy stand alone arranged marriage romance from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde...I signed on the dotted line. A marriage contract to sea...

Reducere. Throne of Glass meets Black Jewels in this twisted yet alluring dark fantasy tale.Quinn Darkova, freed from the chains of slavery, wants nothing mo...

She had secrets. Who doesn't?Publisher: Hachette Books IrelandAuthor(s): Catherine KirwanNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 ...

Reducere. 1. The Three Of Us 2. Whipping Boy 3. Breakin' Down 4. Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave 5. Waiting On An Angel 6. Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now...

Reducere. Copilul optimist. Cum sa previi depresia si sa-i consolidezi increderea in sine In colaborare cu Karen Reivich, Lisa Jaycox, Jane Gillham O carte c...

Dincolo de autoamagire, dincolo de gandirea pozitiva naiva si nerealista, exista un optimism inteligent care ne permite sa ramanem lucizi, increzat...

Offering a unique perspective on the development of modern psychology, The Hope Circuit is the memoir of pioneer and prize-winning psychologist, Ma...

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Reducere. An electric new story of teenage Cruella de Vil in an original novel inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Studios Live Action Film, Cruella. Swingi...

From the author of The Bone Witch, the thrilling sequel to The Never Tilting World spins elemental magic, fierce sisterhood, and vast, incredible l...

Gandeste pozitiv. Optimismul

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Reducere. REZUMAT – REDEFINEȘTE FERICIREA - Cy WakemanCând nu găsești niciun motiv de fericire, schimbă perspectiva. Suntem făcuți sa fim fericiți. Și totuși...

Reducere. «Dicționarul de optimisme» l-am scris cât am stat la Sibiel împreună cu Tiberiu, soțul meu, în perioada de lock down, când am simțit că «universul»...