Dead Body Calls

Author : Elisabeth Bronfen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0719038278

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Over Her Dead Body by Elisabeth Bronfen Pdf

In 1846, Edgar Allen Poe wrote that 'the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjuction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. Her examples range from Carmen to Little Nell, from Wuthering Heights to Vertigo, from Snow White to Frankenstein. The text is richly illustrated throughout with thirty-seven paintings and photographs. The argument that this book presents is that narrative and visual representations of death can be read as symptoms of our culture and because the feminine body is culturally constructed as the superlative site of "other" and "not me", culture uses art to dream the deaths of beautiful women.

Author : Thomas A. Prendergast
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135887278

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Chaucer's Dead Body by Thomas A. Prendergast Pdf

In Chaucer's Dead Body, Thomas Prendergast looks at the material reasons behind Chaucer's transformation into a touchstone for the whole of the Anglophone Middle Ages.

Author : Karen H. Vaughan
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781770676800

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Over Her Dead Body by Karen H. Vaughan Pdf

Take one beautiful vindictive woman....she's 1 part bimbo and 2 parts lethal gangsta- gun moll. Watch her try and hold onto her 84 year old husband by having his octogenarian paramour knocked off. Sometimes greed and jealousy lead to the last resort ......MURDER! Laura, Gerry and Gibbons try to stop her from also killing her husband, without getting them selves knocked off in the process!

Author : National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Death
ISBN : UCR:31210023587593

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Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547422251

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The Dead Man In Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn Pdf

At the same time that Matt and Parker find the body of the dead man in the creek, they recognize George Evans, the owner of the antique shop where Parker's mother works.

Author : Kate White
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759514034

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Over Her Dead Body by Kate White Pdf

New York Times bestselling author and former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Kate White knows firsthand that the magazine business is murder. The smart and gutsy crime writer Bailey Weggins returns for a case set against the glossy pages of a celebrity rag where somebody is about to give Bailey's new boss a lethal deadline. Talk about rapid turnover-in a matter of days Bailey Weggins gets axed from one New York magazine and hired by another. Her new job at Buzz, a weekly filled with sizzling gossip, has Bailey covering celebrity crime, including the starlet who got caught stuffing Fendi purses down her pants and the aging hunk who shot his lover with a Magnum. Bailey doesn't have to look far for her next story: she finds her boss, Mona Hodges, gasping her last breath after being bludgeoned with a blunt object. A raging tyrant, Mona made Buzz a top 'zine but racked up an impressive list of enemies along the way. Everyone from a chubby singer she dubbed "Fat Chance" to a mail guy she once reamed out would be glad to see Mona six feet under. And Bailey Weggins intends to get the scoop on whodunit even though one of her closest friends is at the top of the suspects list. With her strappy sandals in one hand and her cell phone in the other, Bailey's out hunting for clues everywhere from the mean streets of Brooklyn's Little Odessa to a posh company picnic in the Hamptons. In just about a New York minute she's got a crush on a sexy filmmaker-and some scary insight into her boss's murder. The first can give her the hot summer fling she's itching to have. The second can get her killed...

Author : Karen H. Vaughan
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781770676817

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Over Her Dead Body by Karen H. Vaughan Pdf

Take one beautiful vindictive woman....she's 1 part bimbo and 2 parts lethal gangsta- gun moll. Watch her try and hold onto her 84 year old husband by having his octogenarian paramour knocked off. Sometimes greed and jealousy lead to the last resort ......MURDER Laura, Gerry and Gibbons try to stop her from also killing her husband, without getting them selves knocked off in the process ...

Author : Sandra Orchard
Publisher : Revell
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493407231

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Over Maya Dead Body (Serena Jones Mysteries Book #3) by Sandra Orchard Pdf

FBI Special Agent Serena Jones arrives on Martha's Vineyard with her family, ready for a little bit of R&R and a whole lot of reminiscing as they celebrate the engagement of an old family friend. But crime doesn't take a vacation, and she's soon entangled in an investigation of a suspicious death tied to an antiquities smuggling ring. When her investigation propels her into danger, Serena must stay the course and solve this case before anyone else dies. But just how is she supposed to do that when the two men in her life arrive on the scene, bringing with them plenty of romantic complications--and even a secret or two? Award-winning author Sandra Orchard keeps readers guessing with this fast-paced mystery laced with romance.

Author : Leslie Glass
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Adultery
ISBN : 9780345448026

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Over His Dead Body by Leslie Glass Pdf

In this delightfully infectious novel of love and intrigue, Glass puts a sly and sexy spin on two of life's most devastating certainties: death and taxes. "Scandalously funny . . . a romantic comedy in basic black."--"Kirkus Reviews."

Author : James R. Callan
Publisher : Pennant Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780964685079

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Over My Dead Body, A Father Frank Mystery by James R. Callan Pdf

"... a solid, entertaining whodunit with believable characters, twists, and complications." From the Review by Publishers Weekly A large corporation is seizing land by eminent domain. Syd Cranzler stands in its way, threatening a court battle. After a heated meeting with the corporation representative, Syd is found dead from an overdose of heart medication. The police call it suicide. Case closed. But Father Frank, Syd’s pastor, and Georgia Peitz, another member of his church, don’t believe Syd committed suicide and begin to look for clues of what really happened. Will this affect Georgia’s romantic interest in the lead detective? When the priest is almost poisoned, they convince the police to investigate further. Immediately, Father Frank becomes the target of rumors and speculation he might have had something to do with Syd’s death. The more clues Father Frank and Georgia uncover, the more danger they find themselves in. Can they find the real killer before they become victims? "If you like a good mystery, if you love intrigue, I highly recommend this book." From an Amazon review.

Author : Glen S. Close
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783319990132

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Female Corpses in Crime Fiction by Glen S. Close Pdf

This book examines the central significance of sexualized female corpses in modern and contemporary Hispanic and Anglophone crime fiction. Beginning with the foundational detective fictions of the nineteenth century, it draws from diverse subgenres to describe a transatlantic tradition of necropornography characterized by lascivious interest in female cadavers, dissection, morgues, femicide, and snuff movies. Hard-boiled and police procedural classics from the U.S. and the U.K. are juxtaposed with texts by established Spanish and Spanish American genre masters and with obscure works that prefigure the contemporary transmedial boom in corpse-centered fictions. The rhetoric and aesthetics of necropornographic crime fiction are related to those of popular crime journalism and forensic-science television dramas. This study argues that crime fiction has long fixated disproportionately on the corpses of beautiful young white women and continues to treat their deaths and autopsies as occasions for male visual pleasure, male subjective self-affirmation and male homosocial bonding.

Author : Dave Warner
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925816877

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Over My Dead Body by Dave Warner Pdf

Cryogenicist Dr Georgette Watson has mastered the art of bringing frozen hamsters back to life. Now what she really needs is a body to confirm her technique can save human lives. Meanwhile, in New York City, winter is closing in, and there's a killer on the loose, slaying strangers who seem to have nothing in common. Is it simple good fortune that Georgette, who freelances for the NYPD, suddenly finds herself in the company of the greatest detective of all time? And will Sherlock Holmes be able to save Dr Watson in a world that has changed drastically in 200 years, even if human nature has not?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000066490296

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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jon Athan
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798586045966

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Dead Body Disposal by Jon Athan Pdf

Max Baker, a 31-year-old accountant, finds himself in a desperate situation after killing a prostitute in his hotel room. 'I lost control of myself, ' he says. 'I couldn't get the thought out of my head!' Panicking and unable to dispose of the evidence by himself, he calls on his long-time friend John Kasper for help. Kasper is horrified and hesitant to help at first, but he can't abandon his friend during his time of need. Max's family and future are at stake. Together, they devise and execute one plan after another, hopelessly trying to hide Max's crime... But how do you make a dead body disappear from the 29th floor of a busy hotel? Jon Athan, the author of Lovesick and The Groomer, invites you to spend a night with Max and Kasper to explore the human body in this extreme psychological horror novel. Do you have the guts to check-in? WARNING: This novel contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised.

Author : Dan Wells
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466874985

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Over Your Dead Body by Dan Wells Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Dan Wells continues his popular John Wayne Cleaver series in Over Your Dead Body. John and Brooke are on their own, hitchhiking from town to town as they hunt the last of the Withered through the midwest--but the Withered are hunting them back, and the FBI is close behind. With each new town, each new truck stop, each new highway, they get closer to a vicious killer who defies every principle of profiling and prediction John knows how to use, and meanwhile Brooke's fractured psyche teeters on the edge of oblivion, overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of dead personalities sharing her mind. She flips in and out of lucidity, manifesting new names and thoughts and memories every day, until at last the one personality pops up that John never expected and has no idea how to deal with. The last of Nobody's victims, trapped forever in the body of his last remaining friend. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.