Lullaby Of Death

Author : Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher : Random House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446483992

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Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk Pdf

Carl Streator is a reporter investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for a soft-news feature. After responding to several calls with paramedics, he notices that all the dead children were read the same poem from the same library book the night before they died. It's a 'culling song' - an ancient African spell for euthanizing sick or old people. Researching it, he meets a woman who killed her own child with it accidentally. He himself accidentally killed his own wife and child with the same poem twenty years earlier. Together, the man and the woman must find and destroy all copies of this book, and try not to kill every rude sonofabitch that gets in their way. Lullaby is a comedy/drama/tragedy. In that order. It may also be Chuck Palahniuk's best book yet.

Author : Aubrey Thamann,Kalliopi M Christodoulaki
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800730656

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Beyond the Veil by Aubrey Thamann,Kalliopi M Christodoulaki Pdf

Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in this collection recognize their inherent connection with death which allows for a new and more personal form of study. More broadly, this collection suggests a new paradigm in the study of death and dying.

Author : Jhodie R. Duncan,Roger W. Byard
Publisher : University of Adelaide Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781925261684

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SIDS Sudden infant and early childhood death by Jhodie R. Duncan,Roger W. Byard Pdf

This volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood death, ranging from issues with parental grief, to the most recent theories of brainstem neurotransmitters. It also deals with the changes that have occurred over time with the definitions of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy) and SUDIC (sudden unexpected death in childhood). The text will be indispensable for SIDS researchers, SIDS organisations, paediatric pathologists, forensic pathologists, paediatricians and families, in addition to residents in training programs that involve paediatrics. It will also be of use to other physicians, lawyers and law enforcement officials who deal with these cases, and should be a useful addition to all medical examiner/forensic, paediatric and pathology departments, hospital and university libraries on a global scale. Given the marked changes that have occurred in the epidemiology and understanding of SIDS and sudden death in the very young over the past decade, a text such as this is very timely and is also urgently needed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : English literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101064472127

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The Antijacobin Review and True Churchman's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Liza Street,Skye MacKinnon
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798730724501

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Lullaby of Death by Liza Street,Skye MacKinnon Pdf

Shadow monsters, undead relatives, and a bodice that cuts into her boobs-in Avery's opinion, the faerie realm isn't all it's cracked up to be. Supposedly, it was Avery's fate to journey to the Evermist. Here, she's regarded as a symbol of hope and everyone has expectations of her, including her three guardians. While she hadn't expected an amusement park full of little girls in princess dresses, Avery also hadn't expected to be scared at every turn. But the Evermist is full of cruel monsters and terrifying shadows. As Avery navigates her new role, her deepening relationship with her guardians, and a wardrobe full of beautiful-yet-uncomfortable dresses, she'll have to make choices that will have repercussions worlds away. With intrigues and betrayals at every corner, Avery will need to explore her magic and strength to fight the evil that has taken over the realm of her ancestors. The second book in the Lost Siren series, Lullaby of Death is a steamy reverse harem adventure that will take you far from the familiar and into a magical yet dangerous land.

Author : Deborah Golden Alecson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995-03-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0520915364

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Lost Lullaby by Deborah Golden Alecson Pdf

Lost Lullaby makes one think the unthinkable: how a loving parent can pray for the death of her child. It is Deborah Alecson's story of her daughter, Andrea, who was born after a full-term, uneventful pregnancy, weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces, perfectly formed and exquisitely featured. But an inexplicable accident at birth left her with massive and irreversible brain damage. On a vitality scale of one to ten, her initial reading was one. And so begins Deborah Alecson's heart-rending struggle to come to terms with two desperately conflicting and powerful emotions: her desire to nurture and love Andrea, and her desire to do everything in her power to bring about her death. Told in a mother's voice, with a simplicity and directness that heighten the intensity of the drama that unfolds, Lost Lullaby reaffirms the human dimension of what is too often an abstract and purely theoretical discussion. During the two months that Andrea spent in the Infant Intensive Care Unit, Ms. Alecson spoke with lawyers, doctors, and ethicists in an effort to understand the legal, medical and ethical implications of her plight. She recounts those discussions and describes legal cases that have a direct bearing on her own situation. Her battle—both in coming to the agonizing decision to let her child die and in convincing the medical and legal establishments to respect that decision—will engender empathy for the plight of many families, and an awareness of the need to use medical technology with restraint. It is a must-read for everyone who cares about how we make life-and-death decisions on these new medical, legal, and moral frontiers.

Author : Dan Kurzman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1451602790

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Left to Die by Dan Kurzman Pdf

From the award-winning author of Fatal Voyage comes the first full account of one of World War II’s most secret scandals. In November 1942 a Japanese torpedo destroyed the USS Juneau, killing 700 men. From extensive interviews, Kurzman reveals the agonizing truth behind one of America’s greatest military tragedies.

Author : Marie Josephine Bennett,Jasmine Hazel Shadrack,Gary Levy
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781801177689

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Embodying the Music and Death Nexus by Marie Josephine Bennett,Jasmine Hazel Shadrack,Gary Levy Pdf

This edited collection offers a range of critical, analytic and personal reflections on how music provides a container and a medium for experiencing, processing and integrating embodied encounters with death. It showcases interdisciplinary case studies written by authors from across Australia, France, The Netherlands, Poland and the UK.

Author : Cheryl J. Plumb
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0941664171

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Fancy's Craft by Cheryl J. Plumb Pdf

This study places Djuna Barnes's early work in the context of symbolist ideas and practices. It presents Barnes not only as a woman writer, but also as an American writer, especially in her attention to the search for identity and to the conflict between individual values and those of society.

Author : Robert Kastenbaum,Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003859857

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Death, Society, and Human Experience by Robert Kastenbaum,Christopher M. Moreman Pdf

The 13th edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as individuals and as members of society. A landmark text in the field, the authors draw on contributions from the social and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities, including perspectives offered through history, philosophy, religion, literature, and the arts, to provide thorough coverage and understanding of topics associated with the end of life and death and dying. By approaching the subject from multiple angles, the authors explain the various ways that individual, cultural, and societal attitudes influence both how and when we die and how we live and deal with the knowledge of death and loss. Originally written by Robert Kastenbaum, a renowned scholar who developed one of the world’s first death education courses, Christopher M. Moreman, who has worked in the field of death studies for two decades, has updated this edition. In addition to infusing his close areas of focus, both in afterlife beliefs and experiences and how these might affect how people live their lives, he’s weaved in new coverage of current affairs, including: The impact of COVID-19 on experiences of death, bereavement, mourning, and more Expanded legalization of physician-assisted dying in the United States and several countries Changes in bereavement rituals and traditions stemming from technology use and social media With additional content and classroom extensions available online, Death, Society, and Human Experience remains a thoughtful, exploratory, and impressively comprehensive overview for undergraduate and graduate courses in death, dying, and bereavement.

Author : Marjorie Wing Hirsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521845335

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Romantic Lieder and the Search for Lost Paradise by Marjorie Wing Hirsch Pdf

This book examines the theme of lost paradise in Lieder by nineteenth-century composers including Franz Schubert.

Author : Robert N. Munsch
Publisher : Firefly Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0920668372

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Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch Pdf

A young woman holds her newborn son And looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, Love You Forever has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French). Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in a 8" x 8" size. In gift editions we carry: a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding.

Author : Caryl Emerson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 052148507X

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The Life of Musorgsky by Caryl Emerson Pdf

Modest Musorgsky is Russia's greatest musical dramatist. When he died in 1881 in St Petersburg at the age of forty-two, in poverty and relative obscurity, he was known for a single opera, Boris Godunov and a handful of eccentric 'realistic' songs set to prosaic Russian texts. He had no institutional connections, no 'degree', no family of his own, not even a permanent address. Except for Franz Liszt, no composer of stature knew of him outside Russia. Through the loyal (if controversial) intervention of his friends, his works survived in various editings into the early twentieth century, when revivals and evolving musical tastes restored him to new life. This account of his life, first published in 1999, emphasizes the psychological and economic factors that contributed to the composer's remarkable rise and tragic, premature end and is the first brief biography in English to make use of materials published in the new, de-Sovietized Russian academic climate.

Author : Geoff Hamilton,Brian Jones
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438129709

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Works by Geoff Hamilton,Brian Jones Pdf

Provides a comprehensive overview of the best writers and works of the current English-speaking literary world.

Author : Brahmachari Prahladanand
Publisher : Brahmachari Prahladanand
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Do Meditation do by Brahmachari Prahladanand Pdf

This book is about meditation. In this book, how the seeker should do spiritual practice. And views related to spirituality have also been expressed.