F.S. Michaels se ve své práci Monoculture zabývá tím, jak jeden příběh mění svět kolem nás. Prostřednictvím rozsáhlého výzkumu a překvapivých propojení napříč obory nabízí ucelený pohled na tuto skutečnost. Jejím cílem je odhalit hlubší souvislosti a důsledky tohoto fenoménu pro celou společnost. Dílo vyniká svou analytickou hloubkou a schopností vidět širší obraz.
Michaels draws on extensive research and makes surprising connections among disciplines to take a big-picture look at how the narrowing of diversity and creation of a monoculture--or one story--is changing everything.
Noah Peters is a driven seventeen-year-old with goals after high school to be a professional writer. He wants to avoid getting stuck in his hometown of nowhere Kansas. The West Coast has been calling his name for as long as he can remember. The people in his town do not accomplish much after graduation aside from marriage and children. Things he would eventually like but know he will not easily come by in Kansas. He is openly gay after all.Timothy Powell is the new boy in town. He is basketball player tall but rather scrawny in weight. His ultimate goal is to be a lawyer. His brown curly hair makes Noah do a double-take. It is Noah's responsibility to show Timothy around the school and the two boys end up hitting it off right away. Timothy is from Connecticut though and carries several secrets with him. Is this true love or just a high school romance?Only time will tell for these two boys.
Divulging counterintuitive revelations about what it "really" takes to attract, develop, and retain top performers, this is the definitive guide to today's most urgent business dilemma.
Rumours and mistrust abound around an old pastor. Five boys: Tom, Andy, Roger, Jack and Ed are intrigued by him and one boy goads the others on to explore the pastor's house as part of a dare. However, the pastor returns and, in their haste, the boys rush into the basement and through a door which leads them into another, mystical, world. Here they encounter strange, mythical creatures. They also meet a mysterious man called Mister Gravoa and are told that they have a debt to pay. They are separated and begin their life changing experiences. But how do they pay their debts and will they ever be able to get back home again?
..". Set during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, ... two characters who meet by chance, one trying to survive the quake and the other tasked with trying to ensure San Francisco itself survives... and I was moved to tears at one point towards the end... it is a sweet book and well worth a read. "Nicky Galliers/Historical Novel Societ