Genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects.Look towards a future where our deepest beliefs, morals, religions, and politics are challenged like never before and the very essence of what it means to be human is at play."-Page of cover. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code, the choices we make today will be the difference between realizing breathtaking advances in human well-being and descending into a dangerous and potentially deadly genetic arms race.Enter the laboratories where scientists are turning science fiction into reality. From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives - sex, war, love, and death.At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. Summary: "When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we?. Contents: Where Darwin meets Mendel - Climbing the complexity ladder - Decoding identity - The end of sex - The divine sparks and pixie dust - Rebuilding the living world - Stealing immortality from the gods - The ethics of engineering ourselves - We contain multitudes - The arms race of the human race - The future of humanity.
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Kandasamy regards her writing as a process of coming to terms with her identity: her “womanness, Tamilness and low/ outcasteness”, labels that she wears with pride. At present, she is working on her doctorate on Caste in the Indian Language Classroom. She is one of the 21 short fiction writers from South Asia featured in an anthology published by Zubaan, New Delhi. Thirumavalavan, leader of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal or the Dalit Panthers of India ( Talisman: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation, 2003) and the poetry and fables of Tamil Eelam poet, Kasi Anandan. Kandasamy’s translations include the writings and speeches of Thol. THE THIRTEENTH TALE is a spellbinding mystery, a love letter to storytelling, and a modern classic. What has Angelfield been hiding? What is the secret that strikes at the heart of Margaret's own, troubled life? And can both women ever confront the ghosts that haunt them.? The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - Instant 1 New York Times bestseller Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the. But as Margaret succumbs to the power of her storytelling, two parallel stories begin to unfold. Vida's history is mesmering - a tale of ghosts, governesses, and gothic strangeness. Now Margaret Lea is investigating Angelfield's past, and its mysterious connection to the enigmatic writer Vida Winter. But the house hides a chilling secret which strikes at the very heart of each of them, tearing their lives apart. THE THIRTEENTH TALE is a magnificent, beautifully written and involving story, a modern version of a Victorian novel. It was once home to the March family: fascinating, manipulative Isabelle brutal, dangerous Charlie and the wild, untamed twins, Emmeline and Adeline. 'Simply brilliant' Kate Mosse, international bestselling author of LABYRINTHĪngelfield House stands abandoned and forgotten. A beautiful new edition of Diane Setterfield's bestselling gothic mystery - a No.1 New York Times bestseller which has been published in 38 countries, and developed into a major BBC film starring Olivia Colman Mixing the skilful, tragic punch of Dave Eggers and the romantic honesty of Nick Hornby, LOVE IS A MIX TAPE is a story of lost love and the kick-you-in-the-gut energy of great pop music. The tunes were among the great musical output of the early 1990s - Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, REM, Weezer - as well as classics by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and more. There are mixes to court each other, mixes for road trips, mixes for doing the dishes, mixes for sleeping - and, eventually, mixes to mourn Rob's greatest loss. Rob and Renee's life together - they wed after graduate school, both became music journalists, and were married only five years when Renee died suddenly on Mother's Day, 1997 - is shared through the window of the mix tapes they obsessively compiled. In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee. The descriptions of Toronto locations paints a clear picture, expectingly to those of us who know Toronto well. The trip to Canada wasn't an easy one, and then to over hear the wrong words being said by adults doesn't help a kid feel comfortable and welcome. Don't want there friends to think they are cowards or are running away. They know and feel more than there parents understand. This story is very honest about the way a child feels about the danger around them. Life is even harder when she feels that the family she is living with doesn't want her around. She is devastated when her parents decide to send her and her 5 year old brother to Canada to be safe. She wan't more than anything to be helpful like her older sisters but she is still a child and doesn't realize the full danger that even she can feel. She is ten and all her life all she has know is the war. It is told from the perspective of Norah. The first book is called The Sky is Falling. The trilogy by Kit Pearson follows the lives of Norah and Gavin Stoakes as they are sent away to Canada when there parents are hoping to save them from the effects world war II is having on England. The Guests of War Trilogy is three books that follow the effects that world war had on two very young children. It effects the every day people who it is happing around to such a great extent that those who haven't been in it don't even understand. His novel Scythe is in development with Universal as a feature film. Unwind has won more than 30 awards and is in development with Universal TV as a television series. His novels Downsiders and Full Tilt have each won over 20 awards. He served as a judge for the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship in 2012. Shusterman has received numerous honors for his books, including the National Book Award in 2015 for his novel Challenger Deep, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the 2008 California Young Reader Medal for The Schwa Was Here. Within a year, Shusterman had his first book deal and a screenwriting job. CareerĪfter college, Shusterman worked as an assistant at Irvin Arthur Associates, a talent agency in Los Angeles, where Lloyd Segan became his agent. He finished high school there at the American School Foundation and is quoted as saying that "Having an international experience changed my life, giving me a fresh perspective on the world, and a sense of confidence I might not have otherwise." He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he double-majored in psychology and theater, and was also on the varsity swim team. At the age of 16, Shusterman and his family moved to Mexico City. From a young age, Shusterman was an avid reader. Shusterman was born on November 12, 1962, and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. Luisa came up with “gaslighght,” setting a political tone for the project while giving a shout-out to Aram Saroyan, the dean of extreme micropoetry, and his famous lighght. So we got together on Facebook Messenger one afternoon and brainstormed a whole list. We originally planned to do a more standard linked-verse sequence modeled after Japanese renku, but a few days before Christmas, Dave posted a neologism to Twitter, infestive, and thought it might be fun to try to compose a whole series of such one-word poems. Artist’s Statement: This dialogue in poetic neologisms was produced in part as a sort of New Year’s card for the readers of Via Negativa, a daily poetry blog that we co-author. |