Fear Of Fiction

Author : Dirk Kurbjuweit
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487002848

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Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit Pdf

A masterpiece of psychological suspense for fans of The Dinner and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Randolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. A modestly successful architect with an attractive, intelligent wife, Rebecca, and two children, Randolph finds his life turned upside down when his father, a man he loves yet has always feared, is imprisoned for murder.... Fear is the story of the twisted events leading up to his father’s incarceration. It begins when Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbour, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. As the Tiefenthalers settle into their home, they become increasingly disturbed as Dieter’s strange behaviour turns malevolent — sending erotic letters to Rebecca, spying, making accusations of child abuse, and filing police reports he against the Tiefenthalers. Finally, Randolph confesses his own feelings of desperation and helplessness, which ultimately lead to his father’s intervention.

Author : Irini Spanidou
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0394580559

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Fear by Irini Spanidou Pdf

A character study of Anna Karystinou, daughter of a Greek officer who trained her not to show emotion. But at 13 she is full of it, hate for her father, fear of her budding sexuality and curiosity for a serial killer, whom she would rather like to meet. By the author of God's Snake.

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Bridge Publications (CA)
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0884047598

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Fear by L. Ron Hubbard Pdf

Horror. Terrifying tale of a man who loses four hours of his life and begins to go mad as he tries to remember what happened.

Author : Paulette D. Kilmer
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0870499394

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The Fear of Sinking by Paulette D. Kilmer Pdf

In this provocative study, Paulette D. Kilmer examines the ways in which the national preoccupation with success and its attendant anxieties have been manifested in popular culture. Her focus is on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - an era in which industrial growth and urbanization wrought enormous changes in the country.

Author : David G. Hartwell
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312850743

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Foundations of Fear by David G. Hartwell Pdf

A collections of tales of horror features the work of Clive Barker, Daphne du Maurier, Gerald Durrell, Carlos Fuentes, Robert Heinlein, Richard Matheson, Peter Straub, and others

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781906548568

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Fear by Stefan Zweig Pdf

Finding her comfortable bourgeois existence as wife and mother predictable after eight years of marriage, Irene Wagner brings a little excitement into it by starting an affair with a rising young pianist. Her lover’s former mistress begins blackmailing her, threatening to give her secret away to her husband. Irene is soon in the grip of agonizing fear. Written in the spring of 1913, and first published in 1920, this novella is one of Stefan Zweig’s most powerful studies of a woman’s mind and emotions. La Paura (1954) the Roberto Rossellini film based on the Stefan Zweig novel Fear was the last of the extraordinary features in which Rossellini directed Ingrid Bergman, who was then his wife.

Author : Mark Callaghan,Kacey Davis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848883314

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Cultural Experiences of Fear, Horror and Terror by Mark Callaghan,Kacey Davis Pdf

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2016. This volume comprises numerous academic papers concerning essential subjects in relation to fear, horror and terror, from cinematic representations and their subsequent responses, to first person accounts of terror by way of literature and journalism. Key scholars are employed to develop these important research areas as they provide new insights into cultural experiences and evaluations of fear, horror and terror, and their consequent analysis. Contributors also explore cross-cultural fear, the memorialisation of violence, and female experiences of fear represented through literature, theatre, and cinema. Valuable research is also demonstrated by way of the conceptualisation and management of fear, including the control of public fear in relation to mental illness, along with significant insights concerning depictions of sexual violence, the concept of the sublime in relation to the visualisation of the universe, and the relationship between scales of fright and the bulk of the on-screen monster.

Author : Brian N. Duchaney
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786495115

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The Spark of Fear by Brian N. Duchaney Pdf

The horror genre is continually being reinvented as societal fears evolve. As technology has developed and become ubiquitous in modern life, horror films have effectively played upon our increasing reliance on technology as a source of anxiety. Focusing on advancements from the advent of electricity to the Internet, this book explores how technology--ostensibly humanity's means of conquering fear and the unknown--has become a compelling and abundant source of dread in horror films.

Author : Martha Williamson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781418559878

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Fear Not - Story of Hope by Martha Williamson Pdf

Based on the hit television program on CBS, this picture book is a must for the family. It tells the touching story of a small boy who loses his best friend but comes to a better understanding of friendship through the interaction of angels.

Author : Martin Tropp
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786407549

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Images of Fear by Martin Tropp Pdf

On the Western Front in World War I, a generation faced a horrifying reality that ushered in the modern age. But in the previous century, many of the fears we still face were first given form in the pages of popular fiction. Books such as Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Dracula became modern myths because they gave people a safe way to confront modern fears also taking shape at that time. By looking at such varied subjects as Victorian architecture, urban crime, women's rights, and the impact of new technology, we can come to understand the peculiar relationship between horror in literature and the horror of daily life. World War I made it clear that the images of horror in popular fiction had not been an escape from the world around us, but a way of seeing deeper into it, as well as revealing the shape of things to come.

Author : Alun Morgan
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0905928016

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Inn of Fear by Alun Morgan Pdf

Author : Stephanie Perry Moore
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802477781

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No Fear by Stephanie Perry Moore Pdf

The Morgan Love Series is a chapter book series written for girls, 7 – 9 years old. The series provides moral lessons that will aid in character development. It will also help young girls develop their vocabulary, english and math skills as they read through the stories and complete the entertaining and educational exercises provided at the end of each chapter and in the back of the book. Don’t be afraid. Have no fear. That is what Morgan’s parents and grandparents were always telling her. But she was having a hard time doing what they said as she thought about the big test coming up and wondered if her daddy was on the navy shipped that was just attacked in the war. Morgan becomes even more frightened when she learns she has to go to court and tell the judge about the older girl who hurt her at school. And as if that is not enough, Morgan’s fear grows worst and she is unable to sleep when she finds out that one of her classmates and friend has died in a car accident. All she can think about is death. When Morgan shares her fears with her mommy and her mommy tells her about the good news from God and about Heaven, Morgan finally begins to understand why her parents and grandparents are always telling her to not be afraid and to have no fear.

Author : Izabela Dixon,Selina E.M. Doran,Bethan Michael
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848884045

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There's More to Fear than Fear Itself: Fears and Anxieties in the 21st Century by Izabela Dixon,Selina E.M. Doran,Bethan Michael Pdf

Author : Dirk Kurbjuweit
Publisher : Harper
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062678345

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Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit Pdf

“Fear shifts our moral codes. It makes us accessories to murder. A great achievement.” —Herman Koch, author of The Dinner An acclaimed German writer makes his American debut with this gripping and sophisticated thriller reminiscent of The Dinner and the early novels of Ian McEwan, about the murder of a neighbor who had been harassing a middle-class family—and the relative imprisoned for the crime. "I had always believed my father capable of a massacre. Whenever I heard on the news that there had been a killing spree, I would hold my breath, unable to relax until it was clear that it couldn't have been him." Randolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house. A modestly successful architect with a wonderful family and a beautiful home, he soon finds his life compromised when his father, a man Randolph loves yet has always feared, is imprisoned for murder. Fear is the story of the twisted events leading up to his father’s incarceration. It begins when Randolph and his family move into a new building and meet their neighbor, Dieter Tiberius, the peculiar yet seemingly friendly man living in the basement apartment. As the Tiefenthalers settle into their home, they becoming increasingly disturbed as Dieter’s strange behavior turns malevolent. Randolph unravels the tale of Dieter’s harassment—the erotic letters he sends to Rebecca, his spying, his accusations of child abuse, the police reports he filed against them. Finally, Randolph admits his of own feelings of desperation and helplessness, which ultimately led to his father’s intervention. As Randolph plumbs the depths of his own uncertainty surrounding the murder—pondering fundamental questions about masculinity, violence, and the rule of law—his reliability is slowly but irrevocably called into doubt. The result is an unsettling meditation on middle-class privilege and "civilized life" that builds to a shocking conclusion.

Author : R. Michael Fisher
Publisher : IAP
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9798887304205

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The Fear Problematique by R. Michael Fisher Pdf

The author, with over three decades of focused research on fear and fearlessness and 45 years as an emancipatory educator, argues that philosophy and philosophy of education have missed several great opportunities to help bring about theoretical and meta-perspectival clarity, wisdom, compassion, and practical ways to the sphere of fear management/education (FME) throughout history. FME is not simple, nor a luxury, it is complex. It’s foundational to good curriculum but it requires careful philosophical critique. This book embarks on a unique transdisciplinary understanding of The Fear Problematique and how it can be integrated as a pivotal contextual reference for assessing the ‘best’ way to go in Education today and tomorrow. Educational philosophy is examined and shown to have largely ‘missed the boat’ in terms of responding critically and ethically to the insidious demand of having to truly educate ourselves when we are so scared stiff. Such a state of growing chronic fear, of morphing types of fear, and a culture of fear, ought to be central in shaping a philosophy of fear(ism) for education. The book challenges all leaders, but especially philosophers and educators, to upgrade their own fear imaginary and fear education for the 21st century, a century of terror likely to grow in the cascading global crises.