Analysis
From Prison to Progress
In the darkest days of the 20th century, amidst the echoes of World War II, a remarkable soul named Collins Munala emerged from the shadows of an unconventional beginning. Born within the confines of a prison, the circumstances of his birth were steeped in mystery. Raised within the cold walls of confinement, young Collins found solace in the warmth of the prison kitchen. The clattering of pots and pans became the lullabies of his infancy, and the savory scents, his earliest memories.
By Kelly Munala Brookes2 years ago in BookClub
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Romeo and Juliet" is one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays and one of the most enduring tragedies in the English language. It was written in the early stages of Shakespeare's career, around 1597, and is believed to have been first performed shortly thereafter. The play is set in Verona, Italy, and revolves around the passionate and ill-fated love affair between two young members of feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets.
By Lincoln VR2 years ago in BookClub
"The Middle Finger Project" Book Review
The Middle Finger Project is the inspiring story of how Ash Ambirge overcame her difficult past and became a successful entrepreneur. Her story is a wonderful example of how you can stop being a victim of circumstance and create your own path. It is chock-full of motivation, so much so that I found myself constantly snapping photos of lines or even full paragraphs that struck me. She makes you feel like you aren’t the fuckup that you think you are, that your ideas matter, and that the world needs you. “…do not play small because someone else is uncomfortable. Play bigger, because there are people who need exactly what you want to create, and who will be so, so grateful that you did. DO. NOT. SHRINK.” She’s an A+ cheerleader whom I’d love to have as a friend.
By Jouissance2 years ago in BookClub
Implication of Company Risk in Line with the Market Risk
What is the implication of a company's risk being above or below the line ? Insightfully, I would say either it is above or below the line , it indicates that such company is Riskier than the market. However , this can have a positive or negative impact.
By Titilope Adelekan2 years ago in BookClub
"Lady Killers" by Tori Telfer - Book Club Discussion. Content Warning.
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages. When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we're comfortable with is the one where women are the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. In fact, serial killers are thought to be so universally, overwhelmingly male that in 1998, FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood infamously declared in a homicide conference, "There are no female serial killers." Lady Killers, based on the popular online series that appeared on Jezebel and The Hairpin, disputes that claim and offers fourteen gruesome examples as evidence. Though largely forgotten by history, female serial killers such as Erzsébet Báthory, Nannie Doss, Mary Ann Cotton, and Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova rival their male counterparts in cunning, cruelty, and appetite for destruction. Each chapter explores the crimes and history of a different subject, and then proceeds to unpack her legacy and her portrayal in the media, as well as the stereotypes and sexist clichés that inevitably surround her. The first book to examine female serial killers through a feminist lens with a witty and dryly humorous tone, Lady Killers dismisses easy explanations (she was hormonal, she did it for love, a man made her do it) and tired tropes (she was a femme fatale, a black widow, a witch), delving into the complex reality of female aggression and predation. Featuring 14 illustrations from Dame Darcy, Lady Killers is a bloodcurdling, insightful, and irresistible journey into the heart of darkness.
By Kristen Barenthaler2 years ago in BookClub
"Go Down Together" by Jeff Guinn - Book Club Discussion. Content Warning.
Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous books and films, including the brilliant 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have emphasized the supposed glamour of America's most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different -- and far more fascinating.
By Kristen Barenthaler2 years ago in BookClub
"Forensics" by Val McDermid - Book Club Discussion. Content Warning.
Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this science, real-world murders and the people who must solve them. The dead talk--to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. Forensics draws on interviews with some of these top-level professionals, ground-breaking research, and McDermid's own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists. Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one's time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer; and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide. It's a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.
By Kristen Barenthaler2 years ago in BookClub
"Say Nothing" by Patrick Radden Keefe - Book Club Discussion. Content Warning.
A stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book--as finely paced as a novel--Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." -- New York Times Book Review Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past-- Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.
By Kristen Barenthaler2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Dear Mrs Bird by A. J. Pearce
Dear Mrs Bird is one of those novels that you can read quickly and easily, and which leaves you with a nice warm feeling: loose ends pretty much tied up, conflicts resolved or on their way to being sorted, happiness arrived at or on the horizon.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
THE PHILOSOPHICAL BEEF BETWEEN AYN RAND AND ?
While it is publicly known that Flannery O'Connor disparaged the writing of Ayn Rand in a letter to a friend in 1960, the identity of the unnamed author Ayn Rand mentioned in her (1973) essay entitled "Selfishness Without a Self" appears to still be a forgotten, underrated mystery.
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR2 years ago in BookClub
