New Releases by Julia Phillips

"When you reach the very end, All the walls fall down. And you see yourself for who you truly are." A personal and true journal of heartbreak, love loss and gender exploration. From despair through self reflection and frank acceptance, to redemption, joy and hope spread over four volumes. Written as a form of therapy, these pages chart the journey of Julia, a trans-woman, confronting her gender head on for the first time in her life. Desperate circumstances forced her to come in terms with who she actually is at her very core, following fifty years of hiding behind a façade. But fundamentally, this is a love story. A true chronicle f the end of a grand romance.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end” (People, Book of the Week). NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK! A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Vulture, Chicago Public Library “Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer.”—Ann Patchett “Beautiful and haunting . . . this is brilliant.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) This Random House Book Club edition includes an author’s note, the Grimm fairytale that inspired the book, a playlist, and a discussion guide. They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream of another life. On the island off the coast of Washington where they were born and raised, they and their mother struggle to survive. Sam works on the ferry that delivers wealthy mainlanders to their vacation homes while Elena bartends at the local golf club, but even together they can’t earn enough to get by, stirring their frustration about the limits that shape their existence. Then one night on the boat, Sam spots a bear swimming the dark waters of the channel. Where is it going? What does it want? When the bear turns up by their home, Sam, terrified, is more convinced than ever that it’s time to leave the island. But Elena responds differently to the massive beast. Enchanted by its presence, she throws into doubt the desire to escape and puts their long-held dream in danger. A story about the bonds of sisterhood and the mysteries of the animals that live among us—and within us—Bear is a propulsive, mythical, richly imagined novel from one of the most acclaimed young writers in America.

‘Een enerverende roman die op uiteenlopende wijzen kan worden geïnterpreteerd. De eigenzinnige Sam zoekt haar toevlucht in een sprookjeswerkelijkheid, maar een Disneyversie is het niet. Phillips speelt een behendig spel met een reeks klassieke verhaalingrediënten.’ de Volkskrant Sam Arthur woont samen met haar zus Elena op San Juan Island, een plek waar mensen komen om de schoonheid van de Amerikaanse Pacific Northwest te bewonderen. Het dagelijks leven van de twee zussen is minder idyllisch: zij moeten zich tot het uiterste inspannen om zichzelf en hun zieke moeder te kunnen onderhouden. Sam droomt van een andere toekomst, waarin zij en Elena vrij zijn van de huishoudelijke plichten, de dagelijkse sleur, en van San Juan Island. Haar droom wordt echter verstoord door de komst van een enorme beer in de buurt van hun huis. Elena is gefascineerd door de vreemde aanwezigheid van het dier en ziet steeds minder in het plan om het eiland te verlaten. Sam wordt daarentegen steeds wanhopiger. Om haar zus terug te krijgen en een beter leven veilig te stellen, wendt ze zich eerst tot buitenstaanders voordat ze drastischer maatregelen neemt. In de pers ‘De nieuwe roman van Julia Phillips is prachtig sprookjesachtig. Beer is Phillips’ tweede roman. De Amerikaanse debuteerde sterk met Verdwijnende aarde, waarin het ook draait om thema’s als gemis, verlies en geweld tegen vrouwen. Dat was ook al zo’n indringend en spannend boek. Dat de vrouwen in Beer iets verschrikkelijks te wachten staat, vrees je al vanaf de eerste pagina’s. Maar als het drama zich dan ook daadwerkelijk ontvouwt, houd je toch even je adem in.’ Trouw ‘Phillips laat ons op magistrale wijze raden of het wilde wezen Elena uiteindelijk als vriend of als feestmaal ziet. Beer eindigt met een knal, en met het intrigerende idee dat zusterschap net zo onkenbaar en onvoorspelbaar kan zijn als al het andere in de natuur.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ‘Phillips’ mythische en betoverende tweede roman diept thema’s uit als zusterschap en de mysteries van de dieren die onder – en in – ons allemaal leven.’ OPRAH DAILY (MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024) ‘Deze mythische roman over obsessie, morele afrekening en streven naar iets beters straalt van sprookjesmagie.’ THE BOSTON GLOBE ‘Mooi en aangrijpend. Dit is briljant.’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW ‘Een betoverend verhaal over hoop, zusterschap en overleven, met een werkelijk schokkende wending aan het einde.’ PEOPLE ‘Een gedurfde en briljante moderne fabel over zusterschap, klasse en onze relatie met de natuur.’ KIRKUS REVIEWS, STARRED REVIEW

À presque trente ans, Sam et Elena mènent une existence aussi étriquée que l’île de l’État de Washington où elles ont toujours vécu. Elles se saignent aux quatre veines pour couvrir les frais médicaux de leur mère, gravement malade, se raccrochant à un rêve, une promesse qu’elles se sont faite : celle d’un jour quitter San Juan, ensemble, pour vivre enfin leur vie. Un matin, un ours apparaît près de leur maison et se met à rôder sur l’île. Sam, terrifiée, est convaincue qu’il est temps de partir ; Elena, au contraire, semble envoûtée par l’animal. La bête sauvage exacerbe leurs angoisses comme leurs espoirs, créant peu à peu une fracture irréparable entre les deux sœurs. Signé par l’une des autrices américaines les plus talentueuses de sa génération, L’ours ! L’ours ! est un roman aussi haletant que magnétique. En explorant ces liens qui nous animent parfois autant qu’ils nous entravent, il interroge notre soif de liberté et les rêves que nous façonnons pour nous évader.

Nach dem Bestseller „Das Verschwinden der Erde“ der neue Roman von Julia Phillips – über zwei Schwestern, deren Welt aus den Fugen gerät Auf einer Insel im Nordwesten der USA lebt Sam mit ihrer Schwester Elena und der schwerkranken Mutter in ärmlichen Verhältnissen. Sam arbeitet auf der Fähre, die die wohlhabenden Urlauber zu ihren Feriendomizilen bringt, während Elena im Golfclub kellnert. Sie beide träumen von einem besseren Leben, davon, woanders neu anzufangen. Dann, eines Nachts, erblickt Sam einen Bären, der durch die dunklen Gewässer vor der Küste schwimmt. Noch kann sie nicht ahnen, dass das wilde Tier die Welt der beiden Schwestern aus den Angeln heben und ihren lang gehegten Traum in Gefahr bringen wird.

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Επίτευγμα ενσυναίσθησης και φαντασίας, το βιβλίο εξερευνά τα δεσμά της οικογένειας και της κοινότητας, και παρουσιάζει τη Ρωσία όπως δεν την έχουμε ξαναδεί. Μια αξέχαστη ιστορία γεμάτη σασπένς που μας συστήνει μια ιδιαίτερα προικισμένη συγγραφέα.

De två systrarna Aljona och Sofia, elva och åtta år, leker för sig själva på en stenstrand på Kamtjatka i slutet av ett långt och ensamt sommarlov. De blir erbjudna skjuts hem av en främmande man och försvinner sedan spårlöst. Polisutredningen som pågår under veckor och till slut månader leder ingenstans. Brottet går som ett eko genom det lilla sammansvetsade samhället och särskilt dess kvinnor lever med en ny sorts rädsla och en känsla av förlust. Försvinnande värld utspelar sig under ett år på Kamtjatkahalvön i nordöstra Ryssland och berättar många människors liv, människor vars öden på ett eller annat sätt hör ihop: ett vittne, en granne, en poliskommissarie, en mamma. Genom de olika personerna förs vi allt djupare in i en värld som på samma gång känns väldigt avlägsen och ändå liknar vår. En värld i förändring, en försvinnande värld. Trådarna i boken knyts tätare och tätare och strålkastarljuset sätts på ras, kultur, sexualitet och vägen från Sovjetunionen till det post-sovjetiska Ryssland.

Über Verlust, Überleben und die Kraft der Hoffnung An einem Sommertag an der Küste Kamtschatkas verschwinden die russischen Schwestern Sofija und Aljona. Das Verbrechen erinnert an einen Vorfall nur Monate zuvor in der indigenen Bevölkerung. Wie eine düstere Wolke hängt der ungelöste Fall fortan über Kamtschatka und beeinflusst das Leben ganz unterschiedlicher Frauen in einer gespaltenen, männerdominierten Gesellschaft. Während das Netz zwischen den Einzelschicksalen dichter wird, hält die Suche nach den Mädchen die ganze Stadt in Aufruhr. Brillant konstruiert und einfühlsam erzählt, entführt uns der Roman in eine extreme und faszinierende Welt am Rande der Welt: in die graue Stadt Petropawlowsk, die spektakulären Weiten der Tundra und die Schatten schneebedeckter Vulkane.

"Una apacible tarde de agosto, Aliona y Sofia, hermanas de once y ocho años, juegan a orillas del mar. Cuando emprenden el camino de regreso a casa, un extraño se ofrece a llevarlas en su coche. Ellas, confiadas ante la amabilidad del desconocido, aceptan. Las niñas solo se alarman al ver que dejan atrás el desvío que debían haber tomado. Cuando Aliona saca su móvil y el hombre se lo arrebata de las manos, las hermanas comprenden que están en peligro. La pesadilla acaba de comenzar. Así arranca La desaparición, como un noir que transcurre a lo largo de un año en la gélida y remota región de Kamchatu00adka, aunque muy pronto se revela como mucho más. Sin duda hay un misterio que resolver: ¿qué incierto destino aguarda a las hermanas Golosóvskaia? Pero, ante todo, la novela -estructurada en trece capítulos que se centran en otros tantos personajes femeninos, todos ellos conectados por el secuestro de las niñas- plasma con maestría el impacto que el terrible suceso tendrá en la vida de las mujeres de Kamchatka y saca a relucir las distintas formas de violencia que padecen. Víctimas de la inestabilidad y el desamu00adparo, sienten que la tierra sobre la que caminan podría desaparecer en cualquier momento, y se preguntan qué será lo próximo que la vida les arrebate. Considerada por la crítica estadounidense una de las irrupciones literarias más relevantes de los últimos tiempos, Julia Phillips ha escrito una impactante novela que, gracias a su estilo absorbente, sobrio y poético, y a una enorme empatía hacia sus personajes, se erige como una hipnótica historia de historias en la que convergen el suspense, la más acuciante denuncia y la deriva existencial."--Contracubierta.

In un pomeriggio d’agosto, su una spiaggia della Kamčatka, all’estremo nord-est della Russia, due bambine di undici e otto anni vengono rapite da un uomo. Trascorrono settimane, mesi, ma delle piccole Alëna e Sofija non si trovano tracce, e le indagini della polizia non portano a nulla. Forse le sorelle Golosovskje sono annegate nella baia di Petropavlovsk-Kamčatskij? La misteriosa scomparsa fa riaffiorare nelle comunità della penisola timori e lutti mai sopiti, rievocando misteri che forse non saranno mai risolti. Sono soprattutto le donne, russe e indigene, ad avvertire il peso di quell’oscuro avvenimento. Donne indurite e stanche, ma sempre fierissime, che sfidando in un modo o nell’altro la predestinazione alla sofferenza cercano amore, amicizia e lealtà, e sperimentano sulla propria pelle delusioni e abbandoni. La ricerca della verità diventa un viaggio lungo un anno attraverso il paesaggio quasi incantato della Kamčatka: l’oceano gelido, i vulcani, le montagne, i boschi, i geyser, le distese solitarie e sconfinate della tundra, attraversata dalle greggi di renne. Un paradiso perduto, aspro e seducente, in cui le tensioni etniche e sociali incalzano fin dai tempi del crollo sovietico, e dove gli outsider – di qualunque genere siano – diventano il facile bersaglio della paura e dell’intolleranza. Nel suo splendido romanzo d’esordio, emozionante e ipnotico, Julia Phillips esplora la complessità dei ruoli, soprattutto femminili, all’interno di una società chiusa, che la geografia stessa taglia fuori dal resto del continente, in una Russia lontanissima e ben diversa da quella che conosciamo. Al centro di tutto, ci sono le donne della Kamčatka, chiamate a sopravvivere alla precarietà dell’esistenza e dei legami familiari, ma unite da quei sentimenti ancestrali che tengono insieme una comunità, una penisola, un mondo intero. Perché, come dice Alëna a Sofija: «Io ho te e tu hai me. Noi non siamo sole.»

**** ''Imponerend romandebuut.'' de Volkskrant Op een middag in augustus, aan de kust van Kamtsjatka, verdwijnen twee zusjes. In de daaropvolgende maanden lukt het de politie niet de zaak op te lossen. Echo’s van de verdwijning weerklinken in een hechte gemeenschap, de angst en het verdriet zijn vooral voelbaar onder de vrouwen. Gedurende een jaar volgen we met verbazingwekkende scherpte de levens van hen die zijn verbonden door de misdaad: een getuige, een buurvrouw, een detective, een moeder. Op de achtergrond de ruige schoonheid van het gebied: dichtbeboste wouden, uitgestrekte toendra’s, stomende vulkanen en ijzige zeeën die grenzen aan Japan en Alaska. Een gebied even complex als verleidelijk, waar sociale en etnische spanningen sudderen en waar buitenstaanders vaak als eerste worden beschuldigd. In de pers ‘Schrijven kan Phillips: ieder hoofdstuk brengt een ander perspectief op de vermissing, spannend tot het einde.’ Trouw ‘Een bijzonder briljante roman.’ De Morgen ‘Verdwijnende aarde is een parelketting van aaneengeregen verhalen.’ De Groene Amsterdammer ‘Een heel origineel en bijzonder en goed geschreven, indrukwekkend boek.'' JAN ‘Een dijk van een boek, spannend van de eerste tot de laatste bladzijde.’ De Limburger ‘Imponerend debuut.’ VPRO Gids

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Sur le rivage de la péninsule du Kamtchatka, aux confins de la Russie, deux petites filles disparaissent. L''enlèvement bouleverse les habitants : le coupable serait-il un étranger de passage ? Pire, l''un d''entre eux ? Comme une onde de choc, le trouble se propage et vient ébranler la vie de dix femmes dans leur quotidien, leurs amours et leurs rêves secrets, tandis que le puzzle de la disparition se reconstitue peu à peu... Dans un décor inoubliable, entre volcans, eaux sombres et faune hostile, Julia Phillips construit un huis clos magistral dans la lignée de Laura Kasischke et d''Alice Munro, où l''émotion se mêle au suspense.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A propulsive, emotionally engaging debut novel about the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before. “Superb.... Brilliant.... Phillips''s deep examination of loss and longing ... is a testament to the novel''s power.” —The New York Times Book Review One August afternoon, two sisters—Sophia, eight, and Alyona, eleven—go missing from a beach on the far-flung Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. Taking us through the year that follows, Disappearing Earth enters the lives of women and girls in this tightly knit community who are connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty—open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, dense forests, the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska—and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused.

Although the vast majority of nursing home residents are 85 years old and over, recent advances in the medical treatment of traumatic brain injuries and other previous fatal illnesses have contributed to an increase of younger individuals being admitted to nursing homes. Younger individuals living in long-term care have differing needs from older adults because they seek control and flexibility with emphasis on living a productive and meaningful life. Younger residents report feeling "out of place" and without any age-appropriate services to utilize. Very little research has been done on the activities offered to younger residents in skilled nursing facilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of positive psychology activities with residents aged 45–79 living in a skilled nursing facility. Participants found the positive psychology group activities to be enjoyable and helpful for maintaining positive emotions. Participants found forgiveness and humor were found to be overall most helpful. This study provides some preliminary support for the use of positive psychology activities with younger residents in skilled nursing facilities to enrich the residents’ well-being.

“The Hollywood memoir that tells all . . . Sex. Drugs. Greed. Why, it sounds just like a movie.”—The New York Times Every memoir claims to bare it all, but Julia Phillips’s actually does. This is an addictive, gloves-off exposé from the producer of the classic films The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind—and the first woman ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture—who made her name in Hollywood during the halcyon seventies and the yuppie-infested eighties and lived to tell the tale. Wickedly funny and surprisingly moving, You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again takes you on a trip through the dream-manufacturing capital of the world and into the vortex of drug addiction and rehab on the arm of one who saw it all, did it all, and took her leave. Praise for You''ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again “One of the most honest books ever written about one of the most dishonest towns ever created.”—The Boston Globe “Gossip too hot for even the National Enquirer . . . Julia Phillips is not so much Hollywood’s Boswell as its Dante.”—Los Angeles Magazine “A blistering look at La La Land.”—USA Today “One of the nastiest, tastiest tell-alls in showbiz history.”—People

From gifted storyteller Julia Phillips Smith comes a darkly seductive tale of vampire horror, where creatures of the darkness are engaged in a bloody battle for supremacy in a Dark Age world... It is a time when only an elite brotherhood of immortal warriors stands between humans and vampires, preventing the complete annihilation of the human race. Who are called to this service? Only those warriors who curse God with their dying breath.... Bold and courageous Welsh warrior Peredur is one such man. He falls to a spear on a raging battlefield before he can claim his beloved Tanwen for his bride. In those final moments Peredur utters the curse that seals his fate and leads him to another life. Using the power of a saint whose bone makes up an amulet, Peredur takes on the trials to become a true member of the brotherhood-and wage war against the dangerous prowling creatures of the night. Yet his need for Tanwen still burns.... Tanwen resists her father''s command to take a husband. The only one who understands her sorrow is Cavan, the wise woman''s son. When he promises to use dark forces to reunite her with her beloved, she agrees to his terms. But does Tanwen truly understand the depth of the price that must be paid?

The Ottoman-Jewish story has long been told as a romance between Jews and the empire. The prevailing view is that Ottoman Jews were protected and privileged by imperial policies and in return offered their unflagging devotion to the imperial government over many centuries. In this book, Julia Phillips Cohen offers a corrective, arguing that Jewish leaders who promoted this vision were doing so in response to a series of reforms enacted by the nineteenth-century Ottoman state: the new equality they gained came with a new set of expectations. Ottoman subjects were suddenly to become imperial citizens, to consider their neighbors as brothers and their empire as a homeland. Becoming Ottomans is the first book to tell the story of Jewish political integration into a modern Islamic empire. It begins with the process set in motion by the imperial state reforms known as the Tanzimat, which spanned the years 1839-1876 and legally emancipated the non-Muslims of the empire. Four decades later the situation was difficult to recognize. By the close of the nineteenth century, Ottoman Muslims and Jews alike regularly referred to Jews as a model community, or millet-as a group whose leaders and members knew how to serve their state and were deeply engaged in Ottoman politics. The struggles of different Jewish individuals and groups to define the public face of their communities is underscored in their responses to a series of important historical events. Charting the dramatic reversal of Jews in the empire over a half-century, Becoming Ottomans offers new perspectives for understanding Jewish encounters with modernity and citizenship in a centralizing, modernizing Islamic state in an imperial, multi-faith landscape.

No one is safe when the dragon glides low over the Eighth Dominion. Not the high born who plot and spill blood. Not the low born who serve with one eye to the sky and the other glancing back. Young Scorpius is fetched from the estate nursery, once raised to live among the nobility--claimed finally not by his family, but by a falconer to serve as his apprentice. Scorpius soon learns that a noble hides his monstrous appetites beneath velvet and jewels, while the leathery-winged dragon is honest about his own. His master does his best to shield Scorpius from the world outside their cottage, but the falconer is merely a servant who must obey his own masters. An attempt on the life of a young lord while on a hunt sends the falconer''s apprentice on an abruptly different path, bringing Scorpius into the service of the House of Pruzhnino. Court intrigue sinks its talons into everyone, even Scorpius--especially a former falconer''s apprentice once raised to be a lord in his own right.

Four days are left now, and Miranda and her friends are running out of time and resources to stop Kadar from taking over Dalriada Castle and using his pathway into the world; Bryn. The less Miranda sees of a future, the more she turns to her past. Defined by events she cannot alter, she is forced to look inside for strength and she is not finding it. Slowly, her allies arrive at the castle, prepared to face the enemy; but as Kadar''s forces gather, they will be outnumbered. Hope is in short supply as a traitor wreaks havoc on the inner circle, but it is the unexpected players that will tip the scale; one way or the other.

Inform your students'' lives with the richness of thousands of years of Jewish history, culture, and tradition. Teaching Jewish History tackles separately each of the key Jewish historical periods-Biblical, Rabbinic, Medieval, Early Modern, Enlightenment, and Modern, as well as the North American Jewish experience. The authors shift focus away from rote memorization of dates, names, and places, and instead examine each period through the lens of core historical concepts-the Diaspora, Covenant, acculturation, assimilation, and building community. History comes to life, helping students whether elementary, middle or high school, or adult develop a stronger Jewish identity. Teaching Jewish History gives teachers the tools to: Understand and explain the meaning of key concepts, terms, names, places, and events in each period of history. Identify and examine primary source documents and objects such as artifacts, diaries, sacred texts, photographs, and artwork. Conduct meaningful discussions of how the core concepts of Jewish history recur in and are relevant to each historical period. Develop a variety of activities including field trips, mock trials, oral histories, and role-playing activities. Place historical events on a timeline. Use additional historical and educational resources such as books, articles, videos, and Internet sites. Teaching Jewish History is an invaluable resource for the novice and the expert teacher of religious and day school children and for educators working with adults in synagogues, community centers, and family education programs.

In this riveting sequel to her number one bestseller You''ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, Julia Phillips levels her brutal wit and frank observation on all of Los Angeles. Sizzling with Hollywood gossip and acerbic social commentary, this dishy expose reveals the real L.A. --land of fires, race riots, drugs, earthquakes and liposuction.