Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories by K

 

 

Is love the most revolutionary of all acts?

In this wide-ranging collection of twelve short stories, a startling array of characters explore their perspectives on love. The stories sweep from sharp realism to heady allegory, haunting fables to sci-fi thrillers, starring teens and drifting husbands, futuristic automatons and talking dogs, gardeners and gatekeepers, a blind girl, a young father, and many more.

In "Calamity Jane," see love through the eyes of teenage boys obsessed with the calamitous girl of the title; revisit the famous Greek love story in "Orpheus and Eurydice"; Dan's mechanical automaton seems to be his truest friend in the harshly conformist world of "Automatonomatopoeia"; a Crimean revolutionary gets waylaid at a mysterious gate in "The Invitation"; on a construction site in Yugoslavia, a young man tries to come to grips with unconventional fatherhood in "Vikings"; and in "The Conversation", a blind woman manages her relationship with a hectoring mother while finding other types of love.

These are just a few of the tales in Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories. Anyone interested in the struggle against stifling societal powers and the potency of love will see some of themselves in these pages. By turns exciting, meditative, and funny, these enjoyable, thought-provoking stories will linger long after the book is closed.

Let the revolution begin!...

A Woman Called Red by M. B. Tosi

 

 

In the years after the Revolutionary War, seventeen-year-old Hannah Anderson's life changes drastically. In the once peaceful setting of a mission in eastern Ohio, the threat of war fills the air. Worse yet, Hannah's beloved mother and baby brother die, which leaves an unfillable void in the Anderson household. When her preacher father becomes despondent and unapproachable, Hannah seeks solace in the forest, and by chance, meets an enigmatic stranger who befriends her. Tragedy strikes, however, and Hannah faces a long recovery from a devastating injury.

In the Treaty of Paris in 1783, many Native American homelands are granted to the United States. This vast area of land bordering the Great Lakes is called the Northwest Territory, and Ohio is included in the land grant. Against the backdrop of Native tribes converging in Ohio for battle, Hannah faces abandonment by her father and an arranged marriage. While contemplating her own personal issues, she is captured by a militant tribe and nearly killed. The story culminates in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and Hannah's ultimate choice for her future.

"M.B. Tosi's new series continues with A Woman Called Red, an exciting post-Revolutionary War story about Ohio & the Battle of Fallen Timbers. As with all of her books, this one is alive with adventure, genuine history, difficult decisions and faith. Enjoy!"
- Jim Langford,
Director Emeritus of University of Notre Dame Press

The 9-finger Revolution by Brennan Harvey

 

 

A rallying call . . .
. . . for equal rights.

A revolution . . .
. . . by clones, the slave class of the American Colonies.

A royal secret . . .
. . . that could change the British Monarchy forever.

I vestiti che ami vivono a lungo. Riparare, riadattare e rindossare i tuoi abiti è una scelta rivoluzionaria di Orsola de Castro (Corbaccio)

 

 

«La moda non dev'essere spreco di risorse, ma tutela della bellezza. Un libro utile e interessante» (Rossella Migliaccio, autrice di Armocromia). Non abbiamo più spazio per i vestiti che acquistiamo compulsivamente? Siamo curiosi di sapere come possiamo fare la differenza nella battaglia sul cambiamento climatico? Partecipiamo alla rivoluzione di Orsola de Castro e impariamo a vestirci con abiti belli, a farli durare a lungo, in armonia con la nostra personalità e con il pianeta. Nei "Vestiti che ami vivono a lungo", Orsola de Castro, stilista e fondatrice di Fashion Revolution, ci parla di moda, di estetica, di taglia-e-cuci, del piacere di vestirci costruendo al contempo una nostra identità. Ma il suo è anche un libro politico, scritto da una donna che per decenni ha operato nel fashion system, che da dentro ne ha potuto conoscere la volatilità, le contraddizioni, gli sprechi, addirittura i crimini, e che ha deciso di lavorare per trasformarlo radicalmente. E la sua forza sta nel farci capire che la vera politica incomincia da scelte individuali, da gesti quotidiani che appartengono al nostro vissuto collettivo, come prendere in mano un ago e un filo per riparare qualcosa che altrimenti siamo costretti a buttare. E scoprire che è un gesto non solo necessario, ma anche bello: perché rimanda a saperi perduti e capaci di rendere tutto ciò che è standardizzato e impersonale incredibilmente unico e simile a noi.

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

 

 

The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.

When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.

Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned ​a curiosity ​of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions.

The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code.

Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids?

After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is a thrilling detective tale that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species.