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The provocative Booker Prize winning novel from Nobel laureate, J.M. Coetzee "Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it." —The New Yorker At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled...

Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again. After 15 years together, he walked away from me, and into the arms of another. I didn’t know how to cope. I didn’t know my worth. I didn’t know how to exist without him by my side. All I wanted was for him to come back to me. Then, Jackson Emery appeared. He was supposed to be a distraction for my mind. A summer fling. A confidence boost to my bruised heart. We were perfect for one another, because we both knew we wouldn’t last. Jackson didn’t believe in commitment, and I no longer believed in love.

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam - she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead to the unraveling of their carefully constructed lives.

Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today.

Unveiling a searing narrative of sacrifice, betrayal, and resilience, The Disgrace of America’s Empire tells the stories of forgotten patriots—Black, Latino, Asian, and LGBTQ+ soldiers who served the United States with valor, only to face discrimination, deportation, and systemic injustice upon their return.

For as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn't suit her name. But being graceful is no fun anyway. Growing up in a world of privilege and politics, she had a lot to feel confident about. But she was also a record-breaker when it came to feeling shame. Shame about...

Singapore is often known as a ‘clean’ country and its citizens ‘law-abiding’. However, every once in a while, the island has been shocked by an incident or a crime so unexpected and shocking, it grabs headlines and piques the interest of locals and international press alike.Spanning...

Tout ce que je voulais c'est qu'il me revienne… Grace Harris a toujours été du genre obéissante, toujours soucieuse de faire plaisir. Digne fille des prêcheurs de la ville elle a, dès l'enfance, tenu à montrer le bon exemple. Après la trahison de son mari, elle découvre qu'elle en a assez de faire plaisir à tout le monde. Jackson Emery a depuis toujours été méprisé et jugé par les habitants de la ville. Il était le mouton noir et personne ne voulait avoir affaire avec lui ou son père à cause de sa réputation de mauvais garçon.

Phoebe Parsons is destitute, disgraced and alone. After her mistress tragically dies, Phoebe is forced back onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester by her unforgiving new master. Desperately searching for work as a domestic maid, Phoebe soon discovers her reputation is in ruins. Fearing for her future and haunted by the harshness of her abandonment, Phoebe finds herself living with thieves and drunks in the smog and squalor - until she meets Victor Hayes.

Kitty is living a happy, carefree life as a dairymaid in the countryside. The grand family she is employed by looks after her well, and she loves caring for the gentle cows and working in the cool, calm dairy. And then, of course, there is Will, the river man who she thinks is very fond of her, and indeed she is of him. Surely he will ask her to marry him soon? Then one-day disaster strikes: Will disappears. So when Kitty is asked to go to London to pick up a copy of Pride and Prejudice, the latest novel by the very fashionable Jane Austen, Kitty leaps at the chance to track down Will.

When Rector Joseph Fox drops by the Lacey household, he certainly didn’t expect to leave as a man engaged to a long-time family friend! Yet while he never could have aspired to have her, Lady Abigail always ignited a forbidden longing in him. But Abigail has one condition - their marriage is to be void of passion or physical pleasures once she becomes with child. Faced with a platonic marriage of convenience, Joseph is determined to embark on a sensuous adventure with only one goal: to seduce his new wife....

Une règle infaillible unit les associés de l'hôtel : chacun doit contribuer à sa bonne santé financière. Ce mois-ci, c'est au tour de Mrs Budley. Sans famille, la jolie veuve n'a d'autre solution que d'escroquer un vieux marquis aussi riche que gâteux, qui se révèle être... un charmant jeune homme ! De son côté, Sir Philip, soucieux d'élargir la clientèle, fait venir sa nouvelle conquête. Mais elle est si vulgaire qu'elle fait fuir les clients ! Lady Fortescue vient quant à elle à la rescousse d'une jeune fille à qui sa mère entend voler la vedette lors de la saison mondaine.

Each week, southerners Ellen Chandler, Hilary Mills, and Madison Reeves sit down to spill the not-so-sweet tea on a homicide or heinous crime that has taken place in the South. These may be well-known crimes or ones that happened in towns you’ve never heard of, but the ladies are recounting the details of the crime and sharing their initial reactions. It just goes to show - Southern hospitality doesn’t ring true for everyone.

On Social disGraces we discuss social issues, spirituality and deconstruction - often breaking away from or taking a critical look at traditional thinking. On this podcast we believe in loving thy neighbor, that black lives matter, LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, feminism is for everyone and we all deserves a little grace.

Military Sexual Assault (MSA) is a prevalent problem within all branches of the military. Our soldiers, sailors, and airmen are at risk of sexual assault and harassment while defending our nation. This podcast is a safe space for MSA survivors, military members, and others to share their stories, form a community, gather resources, and understand this devastating issue. Music by www.waywardblues.com Please follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Youtube: https://linktr.ee/sailors_disgrace

You're a Disgrace airs every Sunday at 7pm CST.For bonus episodes every week: https://www.patreon.com/youreadisgracepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En enero de 1950, en un pequeño pueblo de tres mil habitantes se produjo un asesinato, al tiempo que desapareció una hermana del muerto. Durante un tiempo no hubo acusaciones, mientras que se creaba un ambiente de miedo. Dos años y medio después apareció un segundo cadáver y se empezó a acusar a tres paisanos, un sobrino, un hermano y un cuñado del primer fallecido. Las murmuraciones fueron en aumento, hasta que la Guardia Civil confeccionó un sumario poco consistente, que terminó con la declaración de inocencia de los tres acusados por un juzgado.

"Colin Powell, in Hacked Email, Calls Trump 'National Disgrace'" is from the September 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Trump Calls Ginsburg 'A Disgrace to the Court'" is from the July 12, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Caroline Miller.