Old Age

Old Age
Author: Michael Kinsley
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1101903775

Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked "Exit." The notorious baby boomers—the largest age cohort in history—are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that all about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you’re gone the reputation you leave behind? In this series of essays, Michael Kinsley uses his own battle with Parkinson’s disease to unearth answers to questions we are all at some time forced to confront. “Sometimes,” he writes, “I feel like a scout from my generation, sent out ahead to experience in my fifties what even the healthiest Boomers are going to experience in their sixties, seventies, or eighties.” This surprisingly cheerful book is at once a fresh assessment of a generation and a frequently funny account of one man’s journey toward the finish line. “The least misfortune can do to make up for itself is to be interesting,” he writes. “Parkinson’s disease has fulfilled that obligation.”

Found

Found
Author: Erin Kinsley
Publisher: Headline
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472260767

A MISSING CHILD RETURNS. BUT WHO TOOK HIM? * BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICE* * SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK * 'Brilliant, utterly compelling, heart-wrenching...I was gripped and loved it.' PETER JAMES 'An unputdownable thriller.' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Sensitive and moving...but with a core of pure tension' SUNDAY TIMES When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again. DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible... A gripping, heart-wrenching thriller with the emotional power of series like BROADCHURCH and THE MISSING, this is the perfect read for fans of Cara Hunter, Heidi Perks, Claire Douglas, Fiona Barton, Susan Lewis and Nuala Ellwood. 'Critics have hailed FOUND the must read crime thriller' THE SUN 'One of those rare finds - a page turner that is equally remarkable for the beauty of the writing. It will suck you in and take you on a journey' JO SPAIN 'Gripping...once started, impossible to put down!' MINETTE WALTERS 'FOUND took me on the kind of twisting journey that kept me turning the pages until the early hours.' CHRIS WHITAKER *** Readers and book bloggers are completely gripped and moved by FOUND: 'If you read one book this year make sure it's Found!' ***** Goodreads Reviewer 'Not often I finish a book in one day but I couldn't put it down.' ***** Goodreads Reviewer 'Heartfelt, traumatic ,terrifying...just an amazing read. An easy five stars' ***** Goodreads reviewer 'An amazing read...every single parent's worse nightmare but written in a truly beautiful way' ***** Goodreads reviewer 'It's a perfect book in every way...highly recommended' Short Book & Scribes 'I don't think a thriller has ever brought me to tears like this has...a stunning, compelling read.' The Bookwormery

Dating Dracula

Dating Dracula
Author: Kinsley Adams
Publisher: Kinsley Adams
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2021-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1989308139

The Legend. The Immortal. My … Soulmate? Yesterday, I was a wannabe journalist with two simple goals: expose the seedy underbelly of New Orleans’ vampire scene, and maybe, just maybe, become hella famous. But fate had other plans. Now, thanks to an unfortunate back-alley encounter, I’m the newest member of the undead country club—fangs, coffin, and all. And who, might you ask, is the man responsible for saving my life? Freaking Dracula. Yes, the centuries-old, charismatic, and absurdly handsome Dracula. He’s not just a vampire, he’s the vampire—a legend wrapped in an enigma with a seductive smile and hypnotic eyes that are impossible to ignore. Especially when he claims I’m his soulmate. As if my life as a newbie vampire isn’t challenging enough, I still have to track down the fanged fiend who tried to murder me in the first place. Romance was never part of my plans, but I’m finding it difficult to resist Dracula’s charms. Turns out, he may be my Mr. Right after all. I just need to stay alive—well, undead—long enough to see if it’s true love. Fans of Dracula will love this new modern and chic take on the immortal legend himself. Scroll up and one-click now!

Here in This Island We Arrived

Here in This Island We Arrived
Author: Elisabeth H. Kinsley
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2019-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271084197

In this book, Elisabeth H. Kinsley weaves the stories of racially and ethnically distinct Shakespeare theatre scenes in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Manhattan into a single cultural history, revealing how these communities interacted with one another and how their work influenced ideas about race and belonging in the United States during a time of unprecedented immigration. As Progressive Era reformers touted the works of Shakespeare as an “antidote” to the linguistic and cultural mixing of American society, and some reformers attempted to use the Bard’s plays to “Americanize” immigrant groups on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, immigrants from across Europe appropriated Shakespeare for their own ends. Kinsley uses archival material such as reform-era handbooks, theatre posters, playbills, programs, sheet music, and reviews to demonstrate how, in addition to being a source of cultural capital, authority, and resistance for these communities, Shakespeare’s plays were also a site of cultural exchange. Performances of Shakespeare occasioned nuanced social encounters between New York’s empowered and marginalized groups and influenced sociocultural ideas about what Shakespeare, race, and national belonging should and could mean for Americans. Timely and immensely readable, this book explains how ideas about cultural belonging formed and transformed within a particular human community at a time of heightened demographic change. Kinsley’s work will be welcomed by anyone interested in the formation of national identity, immigrant communities, and the history of the theatre scene in New York and the rest of the United States.

Missing

Missing
Author: Erin Kinsley
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472280946

THEIR MOTHER DISAPPEARED. CAN TWO SISTERS UNCOVER WHY? 'This may be the perfect staycation read' THE TIMES *THRILLER OF THE MONTH* 'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing' PETER JAMES One perfect summer day, mother of two Alice walks into the sea . . . and never returns. Her daughters - loyal but fragile Lily, and long-absent Marietta - are reunited by her disappearance. Meanwhile, with retirement looming, DI Fox investigates cold cases long since forgotten. And there's one obsession he won't let go: a tragic death twenty years before. Can Lily and Marietta uncover what happened to their mother? Will Fox solve a mystery that has haunted him for decades? As their stories collide, long-buried secrets will surface to change their lives forever. Praise for Erin Kinsley: 'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMES 'An unputdownable thriller.' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Sensitive and moving...but with a core of pure tension' SUNDAY TIMES 'Full of twists and turns to keep you guessing, this is a gripping and compelling read you won't want to put down' HEAT 'One of those rare finds - a page turner that is equally remarkable for the beauty of the writing. It will suck you in and take you on a journey' JO SPAIN 'Gripping...once started, impossible to put down!' MINETTE WALTERS

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine
Author: David Kinsley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2023-07-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0520917723

The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine—deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. David Kinsley's new book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many of whom are strongly associated with sexuality and violence. What is one to make of a goddess who cuts her own head off, or one who prefers sex with a corpse? The Mahavidyas embody habits, attributes, or identities usually considered repulsive or socially subversive and can be viewed as "antimodels" for women. Yet it is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas seem to function as "awakeners"—symbols which help to project one's consciousness beyond the socially acceptable or predictable. Drawing on a broad range of Sanskrit and vernacular texts as well as extensive research in India, including written and oral interpretations of contemporary Hindu practitioners, Kinsley describes the unusual qualities of each of the Mahavidyas and traces the parallels between their underlying themes. Especially valuable are the many rare and fascinating images he presents—each important to grasping the significance of the goddesses. Written in an accessible, engaging style, Kinsley's book provides a comprehensive understanding of the Mahavidyas and is also an overview of Hindu tantric practice.

A Lasting Spring

A Lasting Spring
Author: Jessie Catherine Kinsley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1983
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Sword and the Flute

The Sword and the Flute
Author: David R. Kinsley
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788120813151

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The Divine Player

The Divine Player
Author: David R. Kinsley
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Total Pages: 4
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 8120813138

The divine player attempts to analyze the relationship between play and religion in the context of Hinduism. It focuses primarily on the youthful god Krsna. The first part part of the book surveys the role of play among the gods and concludes that play seems to be an intrinsic part of the divine in Hinduism. The second part of the book investigates the role of play in religious cult, again focusing on the various Krsna cults. This section concludes that, although playful themes pervade man's religious activity in devotion to Krsna, cultiic activity may not be reduced to play, as some scholars have suggested. The final section of the book points to examples of divine and cultic play in non-Hindu traditions.

A Book of Life

A Book of Life
Author: Peter Kingsley
Publisher: Catafalque Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2021-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781999638443

Peter Kingsley is famous as both a historian and a teller of the future long before it appears. Exquisitely written, his Book of Life is a wide open door into the timeless magic and unfathomable mystery we have managed to forget.