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Hace 3 horas · These books will help you see the world in a new light. Glimmers; Chicanery; Our Stories, Our Struggles: Violence and the Lives of Women. Here are short takes on the three new books. 1. Glimmers. You can admire those for whom happiness comes easy—those with private jets, expensive pets and wind-proof hair. But, in your trouble, you can only ...
Hace 10 horas · Rivals is based on her 1988 book, the second in the well-named Rutshire Chronicles series, and is full of her trademark mix of sex, money and chicanery, with hints of Dallas and Dynasty-era soapiness.
Hace 10 horas · I’m still particularly proud of one piece, “ The Five Stages of Grieving the Art of Jeff Koons,” in which I lamented, commenting on his 1988 sculpture Michael Jackson and Bubbles, “We get the pietàs we deserve.”. Those were my wild days of binge criticism. Jeff Koons’s Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988). Photo: Hakon H.
Hace 10 horas · An Italian judicial official, who was involved in a Mafia-related investigation in the 1990s, once told me this: The mob believes that going high-tech is effective when it is on the offensive, but ...
Hace 10 horas · Sometimes chicanery can shape world history. Consider two examples: The first was the accession to the throne of Darius the Great, simply Darius at this point, who was one of several possible ...
Hace 10 horas · I tried to sneak in an exploration of Paraguayan gastronomy, history and national identity among all the legal chicanery. With photos by the great María Magdalena Arréllaga, the story made the Times front page and blew up on social media (check the Insta comments). Mi país, mi país!
Hace 10 horas · Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout.Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in New York City, and he is loath to leave his home for business or anything that would keep him from reading his books, tending his orchids, or eating the ...
