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Soldier Dead
What happens to members of the United States Armed Forces after they die? Why do soldiers endanger their lives to recover the remains of their comrades? Why does the military spend enormous resources and risk further fatalities to recover the bodies of the fallen, even decades after the cessation of hostilities? Soldier Dead is the first book to fully address the complicated physical, social, religious, economic, and political issues concerning the remains of men and women who die while serving their country. In doing so, Michael Sledge reveals the meanings of the war dead for families, soldiers, and the nation as a whole. Why does recovering the remains of servicepeople matter? Soldier Dead...
The More I Owe You
The author of the acclaimed memoir Mother and Son creates an intimate portrait of poet Elizabeth Bishop in this “sensitive and engrossing” debut novel (Publishers Weekly). “A portrait of the artist as a human—a woman of desire, contradiction, and need.” —A. M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s Daughter Artfully drawing from Elizabeth Bishop’s lifelong correspondences and biography, The More I Owe You explores the modernist poet’s intensely private world, including her life in Brazil and her relationship with her lover, the dazzling, aristocratic Lota de Macedo Soares. Despite their seemingly idyllic existence in Soares’s glass house in the jungle, Bishop’s lifelong battle...
Mother and Son
"In 1970, Michael Sledge's mother was stranded by a divorce she neither expected nor wanted. She was thirty-six years old, with five children and no money of her own, unprepared to face life as a single mother. Though strong-willed, she still believed her safety and happiness to be dependent on having a conventional family - on finding a husband for herself and a father for her children. Attracted by her beauty, an array of suitors quickly materialized, eager to win her hand, but none of them was quite right. Michael was her middle child; he was also her confidant, adviser, and passionate kindred spirit. Enlisting himself as her partner in remaking their broken family, he too searched for the perfect match. At last a man appeared who seemed to be the answer to their dreams. But as his new stepfather slowly revealed his true nature, Michael and his mother were forced to begin a journey that would draw them even closer to each other and take them far from the conventions they'd always believed would bring them happiness."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Missing
Stories of the missing offer profound insights into the tension between how political systems see us and how we see each other. The search for people who go missing as a result of war, political violence, genocide, or natural disaster reveals how forms of governance that objectify the person are challenged. Contemporary political systems treat persons instrumentally, as objects to be administered rather than as singular beings: the apparatus of government recognizes categories, not people. In contrast, relatives of the missing demand that authorities focus on a particular person: families and friends are looking for someone who to them is unique and irreplaceable. In Missing, Jenny Edkins hi...
A Arte de Perder
Um retrato vivo de duas mulheres brilhantes cujo amor impulsionou um dos mais belos trabalhos da história da arte. Neste grande romance de estreia, Michael Sledge cria um retrato íntimo e sensível da adorada poeta Elizabeth Bishop - sua vida no Brasil e seu relacionamento com a amante, a urbanista e a paisagista Lota de Macedo Soares. Sledge imagina, através das correspondências de Bishop e de sua biografia, seu intenso mundo particular, revelando o gênio literário que viveu em conflito consigo mesma: como mulher e escritora.
The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole
Reproduction of the original: The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole by George Bryce
