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Strange Rites

New Religions for a Godless World

By: Tara Isabella Burton

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Strange Rites

New Religions for a Godless World

By: Tara Isabella Burton

A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, practices, high priests and prophets of our supposedly post-religion age. Fifty-five years have passed since the cover of Time magazine proclaimed the death of God and while participation in mainstream religion has indeed plummeted, Americans have never been more spiritually busy. While rejecting traditional worship in unprecedented numbers, today's Americans are embracing a kaleidoscopic panoply of spiritual traditions, rituals, and subcultures -- from astrology and witchcraft to SoulCycle and the alt-right.As the Internet makes it ever-easier to find new "tribes," and consumer capitalism forever threatens to turn spirituality into a lifestyle brand, remarkably modern American religious culture is undergoing a revival comparable with the Great Awakenings of centuries past. Faith is experiencing not a decline but a Renaissance. Disillusioned with organized religion and political establishments alike, more and more Americans are seeking out spiritual paths driven by intuition, not institutions. In Strange Rites, religious scholar and commentator Tara Isabella Burton visits with the techno-utopians of Silicon Valley; Satanists and polyamorous communities, witches from Bushwick, wellness junkies and social justice activists and devotees of Jordan Peterson, proving Americans are not abandoning religion but remixing it. In search of the deep and the real, they are finding meaning, purpose, ritual, and communities in ever-newer, ever-stranger ways.

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1541762517

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Here in Avalon

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Here in Avalon

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An “enchanting” (Caroline Kepnes, author of You) New York City fairy tale about two sisters that fall under the spell of an underworld cabaret troupe that might be a dangerous cult—but one that makes the materialist world left in its wake feel like a sinister cult itself. Rose has come a long way. Raised—and often neglected—by a wayward mother in New York City’s chaotic bohemia, Rose has finally built the life she’s always wanted: a good job at a self-help startup, a clean apartment, an engagement to a stable if self-satisfied tech CEO who shares her faith in human potential, hard work, and the sacrifice of childish dreams. Rose’s sister Cecilia, on the other hand, never grew up. Irresponsible and impetuous, prone to jetting off to a European monastery one month and a falcon rescue the next, Cecilia has spent her life in pursuit of fairy-tale narratives of transcendence and true love—grand ideas Rose knows never work out in the real world. When Cecilia declares she’s come home to New York for good, following the ending of a whirlwind marriage, Rose hopes Cecilia might finally be ready to face adulthood: compromises and all. But then Cecilia gets involved with the Avalon: a cultish-sounding cabaret troupe—one that appears only at night, on a mysterious red boat that travels New York’s waterways—and soon vanishes: one of a growing number of suspicious disappearances among the city’s lost and loneliest souls. The only way Rose can find Cecilia is by tracking down the Avalon herself. But as Rose gets closer to solving the mystery of what happened to her sister, the Avalon works its magic on her, too. And the deeper she goes into the Avalon’s underworld, she more she begins to question everything she knows about her own life, and whether she’s willing to leave the real world behind.

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1982170115

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Self-Made

Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians

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Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians

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An exploration into the curation of the self in Western civilization from Da Vinci to Kim Kardashian. In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally reproduced, we're all hungry to carve out our own unique personalities, our own bespoke personae, to stand out and be seen. As the forces of social media and capitalism collide, and individualism becomes more important than ever across a wide array of industries, "branding ourselves" or actively defining our selves for others has become the norm. Yet, this phenomenon is not new. In Self-Made, Tara Isabella Burton shows us how we arrived at this moment of fervent personal-branding. As attitudes towards religion, politics and society evolved, our sense of self did as well, moving from a collective to individual mindset. Through a series of chronological biographical essays on famous (and infamous) "self-creators" in the modern Western world, from the Renassiance to the Enlightenment to modern capitalism and finally to our present moment of mass media, Burton examines the theories and forces behind our never-ending need to curate ourselves. Through a vivid cast of characters and an engaging mix of cultural and historical commentary, we learn how the personal brand has come to be.

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1541789008

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The World Cannot Give

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The World Cannot Give

By: Tara Isabella Burton

When the shy, sensitive Laura Stearns arrives at St. Dunstan's Academy in Maine, she dreams that life there will echo her favorite novel, All Before Them, the sole surviving piece of writing by Byronic "prep school prophet" (and St. Dunstan's alum) Sebastian Webster, who died at 19, fighting in the Spanish Civil War. She soon finds the intensity she is looking for among the insular, Webster-worshipping members of the school's cultic chapel choir: presided over by the charismatic, neurotic, overachiever Virginia Strauss, who is as fanatical about her newfound Christian faith as she is about the miles she runs every morning before dawn. Virginia inducts the besotted Laura into a world of transcendent music and arcane ritual, illicit cliff-diving and midnight crypt visits: a world that, like Webster's novels, finally seems to Laura to be full of meaning. But when a new, reformist school chaplain challenges Virginia's hold on the "family" she has created, and Virginia's efforts to hold onto her power become increasingly destructive, Laura must decide how far she will let her devotion to Virginia go. THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE is a meditation on the power, and danger, of wanting more than the world can give"--

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1982170069

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Social Creature

A Novel

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Social Creature

A Novel

By: Tara Isabella Burton

One of the Best Books of the Year: Janet Maslin, The New York Times Vulture NPR "Social Creature is a wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith, Gillian Flynn)." —Janet Maslin, The New York Times For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, splashed with all the glitz and glitter of New York City. They go through both bottles of champagne right there on the High Line, with nothing but the stars over them... They drink and Lavinia tells Louise about all the places they will go together, when they finish their stories, when they are both great writers-to Paris and to Rome and to Trieste... Lavinia will never go. She is going to die soon. Louise has nothing. Lavinia has everything. After a chance encounter, the two spiral into an intimate, intense, and possibly toxic friendship. A Talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, this seductive story takes a classic tale of obsession and makes it irresistibly new.

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Social creature

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Social creature

By: Tara Isabella Burton

Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being cat-called by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything - looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment. Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to the best parties, bars, the opera, shares her clothes, her coke, her Uber account. Louise knows that this can't last for ever, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia's life?

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1408896079

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Here in Avalon

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The World Cannot Give

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The World Cannot Give

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“The Secret History meets The Price of Salt” (Vogue) in this “equal parts dangerous and delicious” (Entertainment Weekly) novel about queer desire, religious zealotry, and the hunger for transcendence among the members of a cultic chapel choir at a Maine boarding school—and the ambitious, terrifyingly charismatic girl that rules over them. When shy, sensitive Laura Stearns arrives at St. Dunstan’s Academy in Maine, she dreams that life there will echo her favorite novel, All Before Them, the sole surviving piece of writing by Byronic “prep school prophet” (and St. Dunstan’s alum) Sebastian Webster, who died at nineteen, fighting in the Spanish Civil War. She soon finds the intensity she is looking for among the insular, Webster-worshipping members of the school’s chapel choir, which is presided over by the charismatic, neurotic, overachiever Virginia Strauss. Virginia is as fanatical about her newfound Christian faith as she is about the miles she runs every morning before dawn. She expects nothing short of perfection from herself—and from the member of the choir. Virginia inducts the besotted Laura into a world of transcendent music and arcane ritual, illicit cliff-diving and midnight crypt visits: a world that, like Webster’s novels, finally seems to Laura to be full of meaning. But when a new school chaplain challenges Virginia’s hold on the “family” she has created, and Virginia’s efforts to wield her power become increasingly dangerous, Laura must decide how far she will let her devotion to Virginia go. The World Cannot Give is a “hypnotic and intense” (Shondaland) meditation on the power, and danger, of wanting more from the world.

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Strange Rites

New Religions for a Godless World

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Social Creature

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Self-Made

Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians

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Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians

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The Destroyer

A Tor.Com Original

By: Tara Isabella Burton

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The Destroyer

A Tor.Com Original

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A mother-daughter mad scientist story, Tara Isabella Burton's THE DESTROYER asks how far we'll go to secure our own legacies--and how far we'll run to escape them. In a futuristic, fascistic Rome, a brilliant, unstable scientist proves that she can transcend the human body's limitations. The test subject? Her own daughter. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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0765389401

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Father Luigi's Chameleon

By: Tara Isabella Burton

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Father Luigi's Chameleon

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The priests were faithless, the damned were blessed, the ironies were many, and the comforts were few. The brides were reluctant, the rejected were loved, the idols were demons, and the pitied were strong. - Father Luigi's Chameleon Tara Burton's remarkable first novel, Father Luigi's Chameleon, follows six characters as they face internal struggles during one fateful summer in Italy. The novel, in which this extraordinary eleven-year-old writer explores questions of ethics, values and the nature of love, as well as her unique view of God and the afterlife, was inspired by the often-conflicting philosophies of life she observed growing up in Rome, Paris and New York. Although written by a child, it is not a children's book! Father Luigi s Chameleon is the story of six friends, all living in Rome in the summer of 2002, who retreat to a small island off the coast of Naples in order to come to terms with their own personal demons that are preventing them from achieving happiness. At the root of this, watching over them, is Father Luigi's pet chameleon, Monsieur Amore, who turns out to be more than just a simple reptile in this captivating and thought-provoking modern parable.

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Social Creature

By: Tara isabella Burton

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Social Creature

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LE CHAÎNON MANQUANT ENTRE BRET EASTON ELLIS ET LE MAÎTRE DES ILLUSIONS. " – Emma Flint Lavinia a tout – la beauté, la richesse, les amis. Louise n'a rien – ou presque. Leur rencontre va sceller leurs destins – irrémédiablement. Les deux jeunes femmes, courant ensemble les soirées les plus prisées du gotha new-yorkais, se jurent une amitié éternelle – à la vie à la mort. Louise sait que cela ne durera pas. Lavinia, elle, ne sait pas que dans six mois, elle sera morte. Mais vous et moi, nous le savons. Portrait acide d'une amitié toxique au temps des réseaux sociaux, satire glaçante d'un monde de faux-semblants où les êtres n'existent qu'à travers leur image, Social Creature est un thriller psychologique à la mécanique implacable, qui dissèque avec une intelligence redoutable et réjouissante notre époque désenchantée. Tara Isabella Burton a suivi une ermite jusqu'au fin fond du Caucase, s'est vue offrir des talismans d'amour par des shamans turcs et a manifesté avec les prêcheurs de rue de Las Vegas. Elle a aussi obtenu un doctorat en littérature française du XIXe siècle et en théologie à l'université d'Oxford. Journaliste, elle partage son temps entre l'Upper East Side de New York et Tbilissi en Géorgie. " La prose est électrique, les personnages éblouissants d'intelligence. Ce roman vous consumera. " Danya Kukafka, auteur du bestseller Girl in Snow " Aussi affûté qu'un miroir brisé... Burton a beaucoup à dire sur les conventions de notre temps. La vivacité des dialogues et un sens de l'humour tranchant mènent irrésistiblement au point de non-retour où Louise doit décider si elle tuera de nouveau, ou pas. " The New York Times Book Review " Une histoire haletante d'amitié toxique poussée à l'extrême sur fond de décadence, de bohème et du glamour sombre de New York. " Elle " Social Creature, sans rien renier de sa singularité féroce, multiplie les clins d'œil aux maîtres du genre, passés et présents (Patricia Highsmith, Gillian Flynn)... Ce roman construit un suspense insoutenable autour de la mort de Lavinia. Et ce qu'il adviendra ensuite. " The New York Times

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2021387968

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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016

A Tor.com Original

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A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016. Includes stories by: Charlie Jane Anders Nina Allan Tara Isabella Burton Monica Byrne Rebecca Campbell P. Djèlí Clark Indrapramit Das Alix E. Harrow N. K. Jemisin Margaret Killjoy Cixin Liu Melissa Marr David Nickle Laurie Penny Daniel Polansky Lettie Prell Delia Sherman Angela Slatter Caighlan Smith Lavie Tidhar Rajnar Vajra Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Alyssa Wong At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Strange Rites

Strange Rites

Here in Avalon

Here in Avalon

Self-Made

Self-Made

The World Cannot Give

The World Cannot Give

Social Creature

Social Creature

Social creature

Social creature

Here in Avalon

Here in Avalon

The World Cannot Give

The World Cannot Give

Strange Rites

Strange Rites

Social Creature

Social Creature

Self-Made

Self-Made

The Destroyer

The Destroyer

Father Luigi's Chameleon

Father Luigi's Chameleon

Social Creature

Social Creature

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016

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