![]() This volume contains several other essays, including lyrical evocations of the sunlit cities of Algiers and Oran, the settings of his great novels The Outsider and The Plague. Written during the bleakest days of the Second World War, The Myth of Sisyphus (Le Mythe de Sisyphe) argues for an acceptance of reality that encompasses revolt, passion and, above all, liberty. This is our 'absurd' task, like Sisyphus forever rolling his rock up a hill, as the inevitability of death constantly overshadows us. In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is life worth living? If human existence holds no significance, what can keep us from suicide? As Camus argues, if there is no God to give meaning to our lives, humans must take on that purpose themselves. ![]() Synopsis: The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in Penguin Classics. ![]()
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![]() He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. The doctor is still at large, but Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr Lecter, and the metallic rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams. Seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane. ![]() Seven years have passed since Dr Hannibal Lecter escaped from custody. Lecter invites her into the darkest chambers of his mind, he forces her to confront her own childhood demons as the price of understanding, an unspeakable tuition he exacts to teach her how the monster thinks. Hannibal Lecter, monster cannibal held in a hospital for the criminally insane, for insight into the deadly madman she must find. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Red Dragon.Īn FBI traine A psychopath locked up for unspeakable crimes And a serial killer getting ever closer to his latest victim. ***am***ual hunger demonic violence sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly formula driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimagin-able delusion a boastful killer who sends the police tormenting notes a tortured, torturing monster who finds ultimate pleasure in viciously murdering happy families, and calls himself. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Compact and suspenseful, the novel raises important questions about war.” – Kirkus His most recent young adult novel is Price of Duty:Ģ018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens Vietnam, Woodstock, road trips, and acid trips: a sweetly bittersweet, surprising, even melancholy bildungsroman set against a world in flux. ![]() ![]() Readers fascinated with this time period will find much to enjoy. Kirkus review: "Strasser perfectly captures the golden haze of youth and life on the cusp of adulthood. The picture painted of the Woodstock music festival shows the dark side of peace and love, and the prevalence of drugs is on almost every page…The best part of the book, however, is the one that transcends eras: Lucas' introspection as he contemplates his place in the world." In this loosely autobiographical novel, Strasser introduces 18-year-old Lucas, who is bright and sensitive but also a screw up…. Todd Strasser is an American author of more than 130 novels for adults, young-adults, and middle graders.īooklist review: "Drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll, those hallmarks of the summer of 1969, are all here, but there's so much more. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel serves as a sort of biography of Brooks, but ultimately it is Carlisle who steals the show. ![]() This juxtaposition illustrates both the shifting culture (often metaphorically described through fashion: the prison of corsets, the startling androgyny of slacks) and the ways in which loosening mores offer openings for fuller happiness, opportunities that are both seized and squandered. ![]() From here the book unfolds over more than half a century and portrays Carlisle's dramatic dealings with her own family alongside the sharp rise and fall of Brooks, the iconic silent-movie star of the stern black bob and bangs. Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone is the enthralling story of two women-one famous, the other not one drawn from history, the other mostly imagined-and how their unlikely relationship changed their lives. In 1922 Cora Carlisle, a yearning 36-year-old housewife in Wichita, Kansas, volunteers to escort a rebellious 15-year-old girl by the name of Louise Brooks to New York City so that she can attend classes at the famed Denishawn dance school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() However, the boy quickly proves to be more trouble than he’s worth, driving the kidnappers insane with his constant antics. In the story, two kidnappers take a young boy hostage to extort money from his wealthy father. Henry’s The Ransom of Red Chief is a classic story of poetic justice. Henry’s The Ransom of Red Chief: A Classic Story of Poetic Justice If you’re looking for a laugh, look no further than this classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrong. Henry’s funniest stories, and has been adapted for film and television several times. “The Ransom of Red Chief” is considered one of O. The story follows two criminals who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabama boy, only to find themselves wishing they had never met him. “The Ransom of Red Chief” is a short story by O. The Ransom of Red Chief: A Hilarious Tale of Kidnappers Gone Wrong The Ransom of Red Chief is a humorous story that highlights the irony of criminals who are ultimately victimized by their crimes. ![]() The kidnappers soon realize that the boy is more trouble than he’s worth, and they ultimately end up paying the boy’s father to take him back. Henry about two criminals who kidnap a young boy and demand ransom for his return. ![]() The Ransom of Red Chief is a short story by O. ![]() ![]() ![]() MEMBER:Īmerican Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Philosophical Practitioners Association, American Psychological Association, American Society of Trial Consultants, Horror Writers of America, Soren Kierkegaard Society. Trial consultant, public speaker, and crisis counselor. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, professor of philosophy, 1980-95 DeSales University, Center Valley, PA, professor of psychology and forensic psychology, 2001. Office-Department of Psychology, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA 18034. Received master's degree in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. (clinical psychology), 1979 Rutgers University, Ph.D., 1984. Education: Northern Arizona University, B.A., 1978 Duquesne University, M.A. Born January 2, 1953, in Ann Arbor, MI daughter of Henry (an electrical engineer) and Barbara (a homemaker) Johnston married Steven Ramsland (a mental health agency director), May 26, 1979. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At school, she discovers a new student shares her fascination. Still, determined to put the past behind her and graduate, Felicity throws herself into research for her thesis.įelicity has always had a fascination with the Dalloway Five-a group of five girls who died on the school grounds hundreds of years earlier under mysterious circumstances. Back at the boarding house where she lived with Alex, Felicity is convinced that her dead ex is haunting her. By what? A few things, but mostly her ex-girlfriend Alex, who died in a tragic accident that Felicity witnessed, causing her to leave for a stint in a psychiatric hospital. ![]() Protagonist Felicity Morrow, returning to Dalloway after a year away, is haunted. The Fever King author dives into the world of dark academia in A Lesson in Vengeance, set at Dalloway School, an isolated girls’ boarding school in the Catskills. ![]() ![]() Trapped there with them are the Trojan women they have taken captive, some of whom were once queens and princesses but are now treated as slaves. ![]() The Silence of the Girls was based on the events of Homer’s Iliad this second novel is set after the fall of Troy, when the victorious Greek invaders are stranded on the shore, waiting for the winds to change so that their ships can sail home. Together, the two novels tell the story of the Trojan War and its aftermath. I’m sure if you wanted to you could read this one as a standalone, but I would recommend reading both as this is a direct continuation of the first. After reading Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls a few years ago, I wasn’t really expecting a sequel, but here it is: The Women of Troy. ![]() ![]() The music’s otherworldly tones have led Michael through the gate between Earth and the Realm of the Sidhedark, where faeries reign by rule of magic-and where Michael must find his muse if he’s ever to return home. Never meant to be heard by human ears, its melody is as captivating as a siren’s call, its notes ring out like a death knell, and its rhythms shake the very foundations of reality. Waltiri’s composition is a song of power. The concerto Opus 45, Infinity left its listeners entranced, altered to the very core of their souls. ![]() The maestro’s greatest piece, however, was performed in front of a live audience only once. He finds a kindred spirit in Arno Waltiri, the film score composer behind several of Michael’s favorite classic movies. ![]() ![]() Michael Perrin is an aspiring poet, struggling to express the chaotic cadences of his thoughts on paper. Music, myth, and magic mix in this tale of a melody not meant for human ears, from the New York Times–bestselling and award-winning author of Darwin’s Radio. ![]() |