Questo autore americano è celebrato per i suoi romanzi, che spesso approfondiscono temi umani profondi e questioni sociali. Il suo stile distintivo e il suo talento narrativo immergono i lettori in mondi ricchi di emozioni e idee stimolanti. Attraverso la sua opera, esplora le complessità dell'esperienza umana, offrendo una prospettiva unica sul mondo che ci circonda. Il suo contributo letterario è significativo, attirando i lettori in cerca di una prosa intelligente e avvincente.
Set during the Christmas season, this heartwarming short story delves into themes of kindness, compassion, and the essence of giving. Through the narrative, Rupert Hughes captures the sentimental spirit of the holiday, highlighting the importance of generosity and human connection.
The story humorously critiques the obsession with Christmas gifts through the character of Mrs. Budlong, who embodies the excesses of holiday consumerism. Her antics reflect a relatable figure found in every community, highlighting the absurdities of gift-giving traditions and the societal pressures surrounding the holiday season. This light-hearted approach offers a satirical yet entertaining exploration of Christmas culture.
The story follows Remember "Mem" Steddon, who relocates to the West after an unexpected pregnancy. Along her journey, she becomes entangled in a desert film production and develops aspirations of stardom. However, she soon learns that the path to fame is fraught with challenges and obstacles, revealing the harsh realities of the Hollywood dream in the 1920s. The novel captures the allure and struggles of the film industry during this vibrant era.
To the distinguished economic historian Jonathan Hughes, the ambiguous outcomes of attempted deregulation signal America's urgent need to probe the origins of our vast and chaotic maze of government economic controls. Why do government restrictions on the economy continue to proliferate, in spite of avowed efforts to allow the market a freer rein? How did this complicated network of nonmarket economic controls come about and whose purposes does it serve? How can we render such controls less destructive of productivity and wealth-creating activity? While exploring these questions, Jonathan Hughes updates his classic book The Governmental Habit to reflect the experience of what he calls the "wild ride" of the last fifteen years and to include a survey of new thinking about the problems of government intervention and control of economic life. Hughes's comprehensive work provides a narrative history of governmental involvement in the U.S. economy from the colonial period to the present, arguing convincingly that the "governmental habit" is deeply rooted in the country's past. In the lively and accessible style of the earlier book, The Governmental Habit Redux contends that modern American government is basically an enormous version of American colonial regimes. Changes in scale have transformed what was once an acceptable pattern into a conglomeration of inefficient and wasteful bureaucracies.