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The Foster-Sisters a Story of the Days of Wesley and Whitfield

The Foster-Sisters a Story of the Days of Wesley and Whitfield

Lucy Ellen Guernsey

Double 9 Books LLP
2025
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The Foster-Sisters: A Story Of The Days Of Wesley And Whitfield by Lucy Ellen Guernsey follows the lives of two young girls raised together in a convent after upheavals in their families. Set in the early 18th century, the novel explores the challenges they face as they grow up in a religiously strict and socially evolving environment. The narrative delves into the bonds of friendship between the girls, their shared experiences, and the transformation of their community influenced by broader historical movements. As the story unfolds, the girls navigate the strict religious observances and reformation efforts within the convent, which shape their personal growth and understanding of faith. The narrative highlights the innocence of youth amidst changing conditions, focusing on how their environment influences their beliefs and the relationships they form. Through vivid descriptions of their lives, the novel touches on the challenges of maintaining personal identity and friendships while adapting to the evolving demands of faith and society. It captures the emotional journey of growth, faith, and the impact of broader societal shifts on individual lives, preparing the girls for the trials that lie ahead.
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David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

D.T. Max

Siltala
2020
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David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) kuuluu nykykirjallisuuden legendoihin. Pääteoksensa, yli tuhatsivuisen Infinite Jestin (1996) lisäksi Wallace tunnetaan kokeellisista novelleistaan ja esseistään, joiden tarkkojen havaintojen vyöry laajeni toisinaan pienoisromaanin mittoihin. Koko ikänsä masennuksen ja riippuvuuksien kanssa taistellut Wallace teki 46-vuotiaana itsemurhan ja jätti jälkeensä keskeneräisen mestariteoksen The Pale King, joka julkaistiin vuonna 2011.D. T. Max kertoo elämäkerrassaan Wallacen ristiriitaisen tarinan. Laajoihin aineistoihin perustuva teos ei rakenna sankaritarinaa vaan moniulotteisen kuvan ihmisestä ja taiteilijasta, joka etsi vilpittömän ilmaisun mahdollisuuksia läpeensä vieraantuneessa kulutus- ja mediayhteiskunnassa. Max hyödyntää teoksessa valtavaa määrää haastatteluja, kirjeitä sekä päiväkirjatekstejä ja lähilukee Wallacen poikkeuksellisen monikerroksisia teoksia. Lopputuloksena on herkullinen, kirjallisesti painokas kokonaisuus, joka on pakollista luettavaa kaikille Wallacesta kiinnostuneille.
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Jane Foster's Halloween

Jane Foster's Halloween

Jane Foster

Little Bee Books
2018
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Introduce little ones to Halloween in this bold and graphic board book by illustrator and textile designer Jane Foster. In this beautiful and sophisticated board book, children will be introduced to bold images of Halloween and Fall, such as pumpkins, black cats, bats, witches, haunted houses, and more Praise for Jane Foster's ABC and Jane Foster's 123: "Both titles are stunningly simple, but Foster is able to create some truly arresting images here, making both books pleasurable repeat reads. A fetching and effective introduction to the world of numbers." -starred review, Kirkus Reviews "It's a book that style-minded parents and kids can appreciate equally." -starred review, Publishers Weekly "This unusually attractive counting board book from the British illustrator and textile designer Jane Foster shows off her style in a way that will catch-and hold-the eye of grown-ups and younger children alike." -New York Times Children's Board Book roundup review
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David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing"

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing"

Bloomsbury Academic USA
2014
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Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From his college years at Amherst, when he wrote his first novel as part of a creative honors thesis, to his final days, Wallace was buried in a novel project, which he often referred to as "the Long Thing." Meanwhile, the short stories and journalistic assignments he worked on during those years he characterized as "playing hooky from a certain Larger Thing." Wallace was also a specific kind of novelist, devoted to producing a specific kind of novel, namely the omnivorous, culture-consuming "encyclopedic" novel, as described in 1976 by Edward Mendelson in a ground-breaking essay on Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing" is a state-of-the art guide through Wallace's three major works, including the generation-defining Infinite Jest. These essays provide fresh new readings of each of Wallace's novels as well as thematic essays that trace out patterns and connections across the three works. Most importantly, the collection includes six chapters on Wallace's unfinished novel, The Pale King, which will prove to be foundational for future scholars of this important text.
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David Foster Wallace and the Question of Scepticism

David Foster Wallace and the Question of Scepticism

Matt Prout

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
2026
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David Foster Wallace and the Question of Scepticism examines the role of scepticism and doubt in Wallace’s work, showing that they are of fundamental importance to his writing in its form and its themes. Wallace’s work articulates a deep ambivalence about the value of scepticism, on the one hand presenting practical and moral arguments for the value of conviction and belief, while on the other hand being committed to a sceptical project of opposing certainty and dogma. On a formal level, Wallace’s writing both solicits the reader’s trust and provokes the reader’s scepticism. This dynamic is responsible for the polarised responses of absolute trust and dissenting scepticism that characterise the work’s reception. By putting these responses into dialogue with the work’s internal treatment of the question of scepticism, this book illuminates the core philosophical investments that drive the work, and the dynamics that have so far governed its reception.
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John Foster Dulles

John Foster Dulles

Bevan Sewell

Johns Hopkins University Press
2026
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A compelling biography of John Foster Dulles, one of the most complex and underexamined architects of US foreign policy. John Foster Dulles is a towering yet misunderstood figure in American and international history. Best known as secretary of state under Dwight D. Eisenhower and as the namesake for the Dulles airport, he has long been cast as a Cold War hardliner—moralizing, rigid, and ready to meet Soviet threats with nuclear force. Yet this view, while enduring, leaves much of his intellectual legacy unexplored. In John Foster Dulles, Bevan Sewell presents a compelling intellectual biography that restores Dulles as a central architect of the American-led world order in the twentieth century. Across a remarkable career that spanned the Versailles Peace Conference, landmark legal work on international finance, leadership in Christian ecumenical movements, and his representation of the United States to the nascent United Nations, Dulles consistently sought to shape a global system anchored by American values in a transnational context. His was a vision of peace not as passive coexistence but as a dynamic, evolving framework of moral, economic, and political order. Far from the caricature of an inflexible ideologue, Dulles emerges as a thinker attuned to the complexities of change. His philosophical pragmatism, informed by religious conviction and diplomatic experience, guided a lifelong search for durable solutions to global conflict—even as it exposed glaring contradictions in his policies. Dulles's work was rooted in empire, inspired by a belief in American exceptionalism, and constrained by the biases of his time. Based on wide-ranging research and a sharp reassessment of Dulles's intellectual development, Sewell reframes the legacy of John Foster Dulles for a new generation and offers a substantial and novel interpretation of his influence on US foreign relations in the twentieth century.
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