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Enlightenment Now
Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?
If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion - a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer, happier, more peaceful, more stimulating and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident: it's the gift of a coherent and inspiring value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it. These are the values of the Enlightenment: of reason, science, humanism and progress.
The challenges we face today are formidable, including inequality, climate change, Artificial Intelligence and nuclear weapons. But the way to deal with them is not to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past; it's to treat them as problems we can solve, as we have solved other problems in the past. In making the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century, Pinker shows how we can use our faculties of reason and sympathy to solve the problems that inevitably come with being products of evolution in an indifferent universe. We will never have a perfect world, but - defying the chorus of fatalism and reaction - we can continue to make it a better one.
Enlightenment Now
Oneof the world's greatest contemporary thinkers and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature (described by Bill Gates as 'the most inspiring book I have ever read') shows how to think afresh about the human condition and to meet the challenges that confront us
Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?
If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking intochaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion - a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer, happier, morepeaceful, more stimulating and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident: it's the gift of a coherent and inspiring value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it. These are the values of the Enlightenment: of reason, science, humanism and progress.
The challenges we face today are formidable, including inequality, climate change, Artificial Intelligence and nuclear weapons. Butthe way to deal with them is not to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past; it's to treat them as problems we can solve, as we have solved otherproblems in the past. In making the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century, Pinker shows how we can use our faculties of reason and sympathy to solve the problems that inevitablycome with being products of evolution in an indifferent universe. We will never have a perfect world, but - defying the chorus of fatalism and reaction - we can continue to make it a better one.
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Maybe Now
The long-awaited finale to the New York Times bestselling Maybe Someday series returns with all the characters you fell in love with.What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love?Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally be together guilt-free. But as the two of them navigate this freedom, Warren and Bridgette's relationship is as tumultuous as ever, and Maggie grapples with her illness. When she comes across an old list of things she wanted to do "maybe one of these days," Maggie decides to live life to the fullest and accomplish these dreams.
Maggie keeps Ridge updated on her adventures, but he can't help but worry, even as Sydney grows more and more suspicious about their friendship. But if she's going to move past this jealousy, she'll need to reconcile how she and Ridge came together with the fact that Maggie will always be in their lives somehow...or end up walking away from the man she loves so much. Featuring new songs by Griffin Peterson, this emotive and satisfying finale proves that maybe someday might be right now.
Youd Be Home Now
From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends with the Dark comes a breathtaking contemporary YA about addiction, family and finding your voice
Emmy is the good one. Not strong-willed like her beautiful older sister Maddie and not difficult like her brother Joey. She takes up as little space as possible. When Joey returns from rehab, her parents ask her to act as his guardian. She's also expected to keep on top of her grades and hold everything together after the tragic events of that summer. The only person who makes her feel seen is her secret lover Gage, but no one can find out about that. How long can Emmy keep up her careful balancing act before it comes crashing down?
Are You Happy Now
A New York City wedding. Two great love stories. The beginning of a breaking world.
Yun and Emory fall into an intense romance, and then don't let go.
Andrew is clinging to his marriage, but knows he's lying to himself.
Fin can't resist ruining things, until he meets the right person.
But on that night, the world shifts in an impossible way. One of the wedding guests suddenly sits down and never gets back up. Soon people are doing it all across the world. Is it a choice - or an illness?
Can anyone be happy in a world where the only choice is to feel everything - or nothing at all?
An intensely compulsive novel for anyone who has ever felt hopeful and helpless in one breath, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW is about how you keep living when the world is on fire.
Madness - Can't Touch Us Now (Expanded Edition) 2CD
Britská new wave, ska kapela založená v roku 1976 patrí k najdôležitejším skupinám nielen žánru ska, ale britskej hudby vôbec, konca sedemdesiatych a osemdesiatych rokov. Dodnes je aktívna vo svojom klasickom sedemčlennom obsadení. Debutový album britskej ska-popovej kapely, nahraný a zmixovaný za 3 týždne a vydaný v októbri 1979. Dosiahol obrovský komerčný úspech, vyvrcholil na 2. mieste v UK Albums Chart a zostal stabilný niekoľko rokov. Album obsahuje hity 'One Step Beyond...', 'My Girl', 'Night Boat To Cairo' a 'The Prince'.
'Can't Touch Us Now' is Madness' dvanásty štúdiový album, pôvodne vydaný v roku 2016, produkovali ho Clive Langer a Liam Watson a mixoval ho víťaz Brit Award Charlie Andrew. Skladbou „Mr. Apples“ dosiahol album nenapodobiteľnú kombináciu vplyvov popu, reggae a soulu a ponúkol ich nádherne jedinečnú víziu života v Londýne. Táto reedícia, dostupná vo formáte 2CD digipak, obsahuje 14 bonusových skladieb, ktoré sa neobjavili na pôvodnom CD, plus poznámky s rozhovormi s členmi kapely Suggsom, Mikeom Barsonom, Chrissyboyom Foremanom a Lee Thompsonom, exkluzívne pre reedíciu.
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Can't Touch Us Now
02. Good Times
03. Mr. Apples
04. I Believe
05. Grandslam
06. Blackbird
07. You Are My Everything
08. Another Version of Me
09. Mumbo Jumbo
10. Herbert
11. Don't Leave The Past Behind You
12. (Don't Let Them) Catch You Crying
13. Pam The Hawk
14. Given The Opportunity
15. Soul Denying
16. Whistle In The Dark
CD2:
01. Mr. Apples (Alternative Mix)
02. Grandslam (Instrumental Demo Version)
03. Mumbo Jumbo (Demo Version)
04. Good Times (Demo Version)
05. You Are My Everything (Demo Version)
06. Another Version of Me (Demo Version)
07. Blackbird (Instrumental Demo Version)
08. Herbert (Demo Version)
09. I Believe (Demo Version)
10. (Don't Let Them) Catch You Crying (Demo Version)
11. Pam The Hawk (Demo Version)
12. Soul Denying (Demo Version)
13. Whistle In The Dark (Demo Version)
14. The Last Rag and Bone Man (Demo)
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Swift Taylor - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (Orchid Marbled) 3LP
Taylor Alison Swift (narodená 13. decembra 1989) je americká speváčka a skladateľka. Taylor Swift, je uznávaná pre jej žánrovú diskografiu, písanie piesní a umelecké objavy. Je prominentná kultúrna osobnosť, ktorá vplýva na generáciu hudobných umelcov. "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" je pripravovaný tretí nanovo nahraný album, ktorého vydanie je naplánované na 7. júla 2023 prostredníctvom vydavateľstva Republic Records. Ide o opätovnú nahrávku tretieho štúdiového albumu Swift, Speak Now (2010), a nasleduje po jej znovu nahraných albumoch z roku 2021 Fearless (Taylor's Version) a Red (Taylor's Version). Obsahuje spoluprácu s americkými rockovými predstaviteľmi Fall Out Boy a Hayley Williams, vrátane 6 predtým nevydaných skladieb.
Tracklist:
01. Mine (Taylor's Version)
02. Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version)
03. Back to December (Taylor's Version)
04. Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
05. Dear John (Taylor's Version)
06. Mean (Taylor's Version)
07. The Story of Us (Taylor's Version)
08. Never Grow Up (Taylor's Version)
09. Enchanted (Taylor's Version)
10. Better than Revenge (Taylor's Version)
11. Innocent (Taylor's Version)
12. Haunted (Taylor's Version)
13. Last Kiss (Taylor's Version)
14. Long Live (Taylor's Version)
15. Ours (Taylor's Version)
16. Superman (Taylor's Version)
17. Electric Touch (featuring Fall Out Boy) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
18. When Emma Falls in Love (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
19. I Can See You (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
20. Castles Crumbling (featuring Hayley Williams) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
21. Foolish One (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
22. Timeless (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the Enlightenment of putting forward a scientific rationality which ignores the complexity and variety of human beings, propagates shallow atheism, and aims to subjugate nature to so-called technical progress.
Answering the question 'what is Enlightenment?' Kant famously urged men and women above all to 'have the courage to use your own understanding'. Robertson shows how the thinkers of the Enlightenment did just that, seeking a rounded understanding of humanity in which reason was balanced with emotion and sensibility. His book goes behind the controversies about the Enlightenment to return to its original texts and to show that above all it sought to increase human happiness in this world by promoting scientific inquiry and reasoned argument. His book overturns many received opinions - for example, that enlightenment necessarily implied hostility to religion (though it did challenge the authority traditionally assumed by the Churches). It is a master-class in 'big picture' history, about one of the foundational epochs of modern times.
Now 1.
Tajemné Sněžné hory a zvlášť jejich Ďáblovo údolí jsou nebezpečné každému, kdo se je pokusí přejít. Skrývají totiž velké tajemství, které před více než 20 lety zmizelo ze světa – Kodex Sasinmu. Jediná kniha obsahuje tajemství učení velkého bojovníka Pcha Kunsonga. Kde se ale Kodex ukrývá? A kdo všechno o něj usiluje? Divoká banda, mladý učedník Ju Seha, dívka na útěku z domova Jon Arin, černý bojovník Sop Pchung, ti všichni přicházejí za mladým Pirju. Boj začíná…
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Swift Taylor - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 2CD
Taylor Alison Swift (narodená 13. decembra 1989) je americká speváčka a skladateľka. Taylor Swift, je uznávaná pre jej žánrovú diskografiu, písanie piesní a umelecké objavy. Je prominentná kultúrna osobnosť, ktorá vplýva na generáciu hudobných umelcov. "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" je pripravovaný tretí nanovo nahraný album, ktorého vydanie je naplánované na 7. júla 2023 prostredníctvom vydavateľstva Republic Records. Ide o opätovnú nahrávku tretieho štúdiového albumu Swift, Speak Now (2010), a nasleduje po jej znovu nahraných albumoch z roku 2021 Fearless (Taylor's Version) a Red (Taylor's Version). Obsahuje spoluprácu s americkými rockovými predstaviteľmi Fall Out Boy a Hayley Williams, vrátane 6 predtým nevydaných skladieb.
CD 1: (Taylor’s Version)
01. Mine (Taylor’s Version)
02. Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Version)
03. Back To December (Taylor’s Version)
04. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
05. Dear John (Taylor’s Version)
06. Mean (Taylor’s Version)
07. The Story of Us (Taylor’s Version)
08. Never Grow Up (Taylor’s Version)
09. Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)
10. Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version)
11. Innocent (Taylor’s Version)
12. Haunted (Taylor’s Version)
13. Last Kiss (Taylor’s Version)
14. Long Live (Taylor’s Version)
15. Ours (Taylor’s Version)
16. Superman (Taylor’s Version)
CD 2: (From The Vault)
01. Electric Touch (featuring Fall Out Boy) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
02. When Emma Falls In Love (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
03. I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
04. Castles Crumbling (featuring Hayley Williams) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
05. Foolish One (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
06. Timeless (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)
Gorillaz - The Now Now & Humanz (Limited Edition) 2CD
KDO: Za animovanou čtveřicí Gorillaz stojí zpěvák Damon Albarn a komiksový ilustrátor Jamie Hewlett. Skupina byla stvořena v roce 1998, jejími členy jsou kreslené postavičky 2D (zpěv a klávesy), Murdoc (baskytara), Noodle (kytara, klávesy) a Russel (bící a perkuse). Každá z postav má svou virtuální historii, oba tvůrci kapele vytvořili dokonalý vlastní svět. Eponymního debutu z roku 2001 se prodalo přes 7 milionů kusů, album bylo nominováno na prestižní Mercury Prize. Později Gorillaz získali i Grammy a další ceny.
CO: V rámci katalogové kampaně je k dispozici série balíčků obsahující vždy dvě alba jednoho populárního interpreta nebo skupiny. Za výhodnou cenu si tak lze pořídit dvě desky Jamese Blunta, Gorillaz, Royal Blood, Bruno Marse nebo Twenty One Pilots. V tomto balení naleznete alba The Now Now (2018) a Humanz (2017) nejslavnější virtuální kapely světa Gorillaz.
CD1
1. Humility (feat. George Benson) [03:17]
2. Tranz [02:42]
3. Hollywood (feat. Snoop Dogg & Jamie Principle) [04:53]
4. Kansas [04:08]
5. Sorcererz [03:00]
6. Idaho [03:42]
7. Lake Zurich [04:13]
8. Magic City [03:59]
9. Fire Flies [03:53]
10. One Percent [02:21]
11. Souk Eye [04:34]
CD2
1. Intro: I Switched My Robot Off [0:24]
2. Ascension (feat. Vince Staples) [02:35]
3. Strobelite (feat. Peven Everett) [04:32]
4. Saturnz Barz (feat. Popcaan) [03:01]
5. Momentz (feat. De La Soul) [03:16]
6. Interlude: The Non-Conformist Oath [0:21]
7. Submission (feat. Danny Brown & Kelela) [03:21]
8. Charger (feat. Grace Jones) [03:34]
9. Interlude: Elevator Going Up [0:04]
10. Andromeda (feat. DRAM) [03:17]
11. Busted and Blue [04:37]
12. Interlude: Talk Radio [0:19]
13. Carnival (feat. Anthony Hamilton) [02:15]
14. Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T) [02:55]
15. Interlude: Penthouse [0:11]
16. Sex Murder Party (feat. Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz) [04:19]
17. She's My Collar (feat. Kali Uchis) [03:29]
18. Interlude: The Elephant [0:11]
19. Hallelujah Money (feat. Benjamin Clementine) [04:23]
20. We Got the Power (feat. Jehnny Beth) [02:19]
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The End of Enlightenment
A landmark study of the Enlightenment from an eminent historianThe Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed. In this radical re-evaluation, historian Richard Whatmore shows why, for many at its centre, the Enlightenment was a profound failure. By the early eighteenth century, hope was widespread that Enlightenment could be coupled with toleration, the progress of commerce and the end of the fanatic wars of religion that were destroying Europe.
At its heart was the battle to establish and maintain liberty in free states - and the hope that absolute monarchies such as France and free states like Britain might even subsist together, equally respectful of civil liberties. Yet all of this collapsed when states pursued wealth and empire by means of war. Xenophobia was rife and liberty itself turned fanatic.
The End of Enlightenment traces the changing perspectives of economists, philosophers, politicians and polemicists around the world, including figures as diverse as David Hume, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke and Mary Wollstonecraft. They had strived to replace superstition with reason, but witnessed instead terror and revolution, corruption, gross commercial excess and the continued growth of violent colonialism. Returning us to these tumultuous events and ideas, and digging deep into the thought of the men and women who defined their age, Whatmore offers a lucid exploration of disillusion and intellectual transformation, a brilliant meditation on our continued assumptions about the past, and a glimpse of the different ways our world might be structured - especially as the problems addressed at the end of Enlightenment are still with us today.
Lacná kniha Illustration Now! Portraits (-70%)
This title deals with the art of likeness. It focuses on the spectrum of today's portraiture, from caricature to realism. The field of illustration has flourished over the last decade, with professionals working both by computer and by hand. In illus
tration, the single most challenging and captivating subject has been the portrait, frequently used in editorials, advertising, products, and most recently, being the subject of major exhibitions. The book gathers together the exclusive (and frequent
ly unpublished) portrait work of over 80 illustrators from all over the world, many of whom were featured in "Illustration Now!", including Aaron Jasinski, Alex Gross, Andre Carrilho, Andrea Wicklund, and Anita Kunz.
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Lopez Jennifer - This Is Me...Now (EEV) CD
Jennifer Lynn Affleck (rodená Lopez 24. júla 1969), známa pod svojím rodným menom a tiež skrátená na J.Lo, je americká speváčka a herečka. Lopez, ktorá je často považovaná za ikonu latinskej popkultúry, je jednou z najvplyvnejších osobností vo svete, ktorej sa pripisuje pomoc pri rozvoji latinsko-popového hnutia v americkej hudbe. Medzi jej najúspešnejšie single v americkom rebríčku Billboard Hot 100 patria single číslo jedna „If You Had My Love“, „I'm Real“, „Ain't It Funny“ a „All I Have“.
Možno si myslíte, že poznáte príbeh Jennifer Lopez, jednej z najviac napísaných žien o ženách na svete, ale This Is Me...Now zdieľa skutočný príbeh, kúsok svojej duše a robí to svojím vlastným nenapodobiteľným štýlom. Dlho očakávaný hudobný zážitok Jennifer Lopez THIS IS ME...NOW začína 16. februára 2024 vydaním albumov This Is Me...Now: The Album a This Is Me...Now: Film inšpirovaný hudbou.Album, ktorý napísali a produkovali Jennifer Lopez a Rogét Chayed, spolu s Angel Lopez, Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman, HitBoy, Tay Keith a INK medzi inými, bez námahy spája R&B, súčasné popové zvuky a hip-hopové beaty. Jej charakteristické vokály v kombinácii so zložito vytvorenými textami sa ponoria do vrcholov a pádov života, lásky a vzťahov s neochvejnou úprimnosťou a introspekciou, vďaka čomu je tento album Jennifer Lopez doteraz najúprimnejší a najosobnejší.
Tracklist:
01. This Is Menow
02. To Be Yours
03. Mad In Love
04. Can't Get Enough
05. Not.going.anywhere.
06. Rebound
07. Dear Ben, Pt. Ii
08. Hummingbird
09. Hearts And Flowers
10. Broken Like Me
11. This Time Around
12. Midnight Trip To Vegas
13. Greatest Love Story Never Told
Lopez Jennifer - This Is Me...Now (Deluxe) CD
Jennifer Lynn Affleck (rodená Lopez 24. júla 1969), známa pod svojím rodným menom a tiež skrátená na J.Lo, je americká speváčka a herečka. Lopez, ktorá je často považovaná za ikonu latinskej popkultúry, je jednou z najvplyvnejších osobností vo svete, ktorej sa pripisuje pomoc pri rozvoji latinsko-popového hnutia v americkej hudbe. Medzi jej najúspešnejšie single v americkom rebríčku Billboard Hot 100 patria single číslo jedna „If You Had My Love“, „I'm Real“, „Ain't It Funny“ a „All I Have“.
Možno si myslíte, že poznáte príbeh Jennifer Lopez, jednej z najviac napísaných žien o ženách na svete, ale This Is Me...Now zdieľa skutočný príbeh, kúsok svojej duše a robí to svojím vlastným nenapodobiteľným štýlom. Dlho očakávaný hudobný zážitok Jennifer Lopez THIS IS ME...NOW začína 16. februára 2024 vydaním albumov This Is Me...Now: The Album a This Is Me...Now: Film inšpirovaný hudbou.Album, ktorý napísali a produkovali Jennifer Lopez a Rogét Chayed, spolu s Angel Lopez, Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman, HitBoy, Tay Keith a INK medzi inými, bez námahy spája R&B, súčasné popové zvuky a hip-hopové beaty. Jej charakteristické vokály v kombinácii so zložito vytvorenými textami sa ponoria do vrcholov a pádov života, lásky a vzťahov s neochvejnou úprimnosťou a introspekciou, vďaka čomu je tento album Jennifer Lopez doteraz najúprimnejší a najosobnejší.
DELUXE CD BOOK : Obsahuje 40-stranovú brožúru + 2 (z 20) náhodne vložené polaroidové fotografie.
Tracklist:
01. This Is Menow
02. To Be Yours
03. Mad In Love
04. Can't Get Enough
05. Not.going.anywhere.
06. Rebound
07. Dear Ben, Pt. Ii
08. Hummingbird
09. Hearts And Flowers
10. Broken Like Me
11. This Time Around
12. Midnight Trip To Vegas
13. Greatest Love Story Never Told
Interiors Now! 40th Ed.
A tour of contemporary home decor around the world
With an inspirational richness and diversity of styles, these homes, residences, hideaways, and studios will astound and astonish, no matter the taste; be it rustic country cottage, New York–style loft, or bohemian bungalow. This survey of contemporary interior design carefully curates homes from all over the world—from Auckland, New Zealand, to Avignon, France.
Mapped out through hundreds of images by renowned interior photographers, these gorgeous houses offer inspiration and ideas for your next renovation. Many of the selected homes are owned by creatives—designers, filmmakers, and collectors—whose eye for the perfect synthesis of interior elements is impressive, to say the least. Bringing together wallpaper, furniture, textiles, and objet d’art while cautiously balancing color, texture, and form, the creators of these dynamic spaces practice an art form of their own.
Eclectic or minimal, antique or extra-modern, this variety of decor locates contemporary style in all its manifestations, showcasing the endless possibilities and home-making magic of interior design.
Lacná kniha Architecture Now! Vol.4 (-70%)
Architecture Now! Volume 4 proves that the best keep getting better, with new names from all over the world and the most exciting and unique buildings and designs. As always, easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.
Here are just a few of the projects that are featured in the book:
* A shelter for the needy made out of sandbags
* Nomadic Museum made by Shigeru Ban out of shipping containers
* A tree house in Germany
* New Museums that have been built by Gehry, Mansilla and Tuñón, Richard Meier or Herzog & de Meuron
* The BMW Central Building in Leipzig by Zaha Hadid
* Klein Dytham's amazing Wedding Chapel in Japan
* Design hotels in Berlin, São Paulo, and Cerro Paranal, Chile
* The new masterpiece by Rem Koolhaas/OMA - the Central Library in Seattle
* Private houses in Mexico City, São Paulo, Corsica, and Great Mackerel Beach, Australia
* Mix Las Vegas by Patrick Jouin
* A tower that will grow like a tree in New York
* With-it architects like David Adjaye, Caramel, Graftlab, Jakob +MacFarlane, Asymptote or Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis
* Artists who take on architectural space like Anselm Kiefer, Frank Stella and Bill Viola, or architects who are interested in art, like Peter Eisenman
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Enlightenment
Aurora Award FinalistThink of human emotion as a geography, with peaks of pleasure and valleys of pain. Imagine a drug that flips the valleys and makes them peaks, too. You react now to an event based not on the pleasure or pain it brings, but solely on the intensity of the emotion created. Pain brings pleasure, grief gives joy, horror renders ecstasy. Now give this drug to a soldier. Tell them to kill. Not in the historically acceptable murder of war, but in a systematic corporate strategy--of xenocide. They will kill. And they will revel in it.Welcome to the world of Scream.Jarrod is a Scream-addicted soldier forced to take part in the destruction of entire races. But when his unit encounters the Be’nan, aliens who hold the secret to true enlightenment, no one is prepared for the result."…reaches far past the muddled mediocrity of swashbuckling tales forgotten before the page is turned to the next story. I enjoyed the alien anthropology and the details are tremendous…in this tale of tremendous sacrifice" —Tangent Online"My favourite of the selection was 'Enlightenment' by Douglas Smith. A strange story indeed about Earth people engaged in strip-mining planets and relocating indigenous populations. ... The end is horrific in many respects but it's also thought-provoking." —SF Crowsnest Reviews"…[tells of] a spiritual undertaking by a member of a brutal planetary occupation force who "goes native" in which Douglas Smith provides a riff on Ray Bradbury's famous rationale of space travel: for Man to find God in the cosmos. A science fictional depiction of the mistreatment of "aliens" to subvertly criticize the atrocities of imperialist colonization." —SF Site"... unexpected twists and a superb ending; the story is as powerful as any in the [Chimerascope] collection (A++)" —Fantasy Book Critic"Douglas Smith…succeeds in evoking an alien society with mythic/religious overtones in his moving tale ‘Enlightenment’." —New Hope International Review Online"Another strong story, looking at humanity's treatment of indigenous people." —Best SF"...oppressed inhabitants of distant worlds making the ultimate sacrifice in order to bring mankind back to the realisation of what right and wrong truly mean." —Whispers of Wickedness reviews"Nicely judged depictions of alien customs…" —SF Site"...was my favourite of the issue. ‘Enlightenment’ went exactly where I expected it to, but that was where I wanted it to go--I was there for the ride" "Stories [were] great, particularly ‘Enlightenment.’ [I] was just engrossed in the whole thing...and applaud it thoroughly!" "…just blew me away…I was taken away by the lovely prose." "...provoked some really interesting ideas…" "…mind-blowing…" —InterZone readers forum
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Oasis - Be Here Now (Reissue) 2LP
Tracklist:
LP1
/1 D'You Know What I Mean?
/2 My Big Mouth
/3 Magic Pie
/4 Stand By Me
/5 I Hope, I Think, I Know
/6 The Girl In The Dirty Shirt
LP2
/1 Fade In-Out
/2 Don't Go Away
/3 Be Here Now
/4 All Around The World
/5 It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)
/6 All Around The World (Reprise)