The Case Of The Constant Suicides

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788850520

Get Book

The Case of the Constant Suicides by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Having lost all his money in hare-brained get-rich-quick schemes, old Angus Campbell has nothing to leave his heirs but the proceeds of his life insurance policies. After he falls to his death from a locked bedchamber in the tower of Shira Castle in the Scottish Highlands, his family gather. They are joined by amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell, who tries to solve the mystery. Is it suicide, or is it murder? From Shira to Glencoe Gideon Fell trains his forensic intelligence on trying to discover the truth behind events. In the meantime a tabloid press reporter endlessly falls foul of the redoubtable lady of the house, two young people fall in love while arguing incessantly, and a cast of locals come and go as if this is all a normal days occurrence. And all the while bodies continue to pile up . . . The Case of the Constant Suicides is a masterfully plotted locked-room mystery from the master of the art.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:49015002569300

Get Book

The Case of the Constant Suicides by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Dr. Gideon Fell investigates a series of strange deaths in the Scottish Highlands.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:476006951

Get Book

The Case of the Constant Suicides by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015038070770

Get Book

Death Turns the Tables by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : JOHN DICKSON CARR
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

THE CASE OF THE CONSTANT SUICIDES by JOHN DICKSON CARR Pdf

Author : Joan Wickersham
Publisher : HMH
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547350745

Get Book

The Suicide Index by Joan Wickersham Pdf

National Book Award Finalist: “Wickersham has journeyed into the dark underworld inside her father and herself and emerged with a powerful, gripping story.” —The Boston Globe One winter morning in 1991, Joan Wickersham’s father shot himself in the head. The father she loved would never have killed himself, and yet he had. His death made a mystery of his entire life. Who was he? Why did he do it? And what was the impact of his death on the people who loved him? Using an index—the most formal and orderly of structures—Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality. Every bit of family history, every encounter with friends, doctors, and other survivors, exposes another facet of elusive truth. Dark, funny, sad, and gripping, at once a philosophical and a deeply personal exploration, The Suicide Index is, finally, a daughter’s anguished, loving elegy to her father.

Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593193532

Get Book

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die by Sarah J. Robinson Pdf

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307957337

Get Book

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Pdf

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Author : Émile Durkheim
Publisher : Glencoe, Ill. : Free Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015001598831

Get Book

Suicide, a Study in Sociology by Émile Durkheim Pdf

Translated from French, this classic provides readers with an understanding of the impetus for suicide and its psychological impact on the victim, family, and society.

Author : Susan Rose Blauner
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062936417

Get Book

How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Revised Edition by Susan Rose Blauner Pdf

NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER AND AN UPDATED RESOURCES SECTION Suicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet it is rarely talked about openly. In her highly acclaimed book, Susan Blauner—a survivor of multiple suicide attempts—offers guidance and hope for those contemplating ending their lives and for their loved ones. “Each word written with thoughtful intent; each story told with the deepest of honesty and humility, and in doing so Blauner puts forward a life-saving book."—Daniel J. Reidenberg, PsyD, Executive Director, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (www.save.org) “I continued to romanticize my death by suicide: who would find me; what I’d look like. I spent hundreds of hours planning my funeral, imagining the remorse of my family and friends. I wrote good-bye letters, composed wills, and disrupted the lives of everyone close to me. Then reality hit.”—Susan Rose Blauner The statistics on suicide are staggering. The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds, and for each completed suicide there may be twenty or more attempts. In How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Susan Blauner is the perfect emissary for a message of hope and a program of action for these millions of people. A survivor of multiple suicide attempts, she explains the complex feelings and fantasies that surround suicidal thoughts. In a direct, nonjudgmental, and loving voice, she offers affirmations and suggestions for those experiencing life-ending thoughts, and for their friends and family. With an introduction by Bernie Siegel, M.D., this important, timely book has now been updated with a revised resources section, and a new chapter on the author’s experiences since the book’s initial publication.

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307762719

Get Book

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Pdf

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.

Author : M.F. Alvarez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781498523837

Get Book

The Paradox of Suicide and Creativity by M.F. Alvarez Pdf

If creativity is the highest expression of the life impulse, why do creative individuals who have made lasting contributions to the arts and sciences so often end their lives? M.F. Alvarez addresses this central paradox by exploring the inner lives and works of eleven creative visionaries who succumbed to suicide. Through a series of case studies, Alvarez shows that creativity and suicide are both attempts to authenticate and resolve personal catastrophes that have called into question the most basic conditions of human existence.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0712354689

Get Book

He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613161302

Get Book

The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr Pdf

An inheritance hangs in the balance in a case of stolen identities, imposters, and murder Banished from the idyllic English countryside he once called home and en route to live with his cousin in America, Sir John Farnleigh, black sheep of the wealthy Farnleigh clan, nearly perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Though he survived the catastrophe, his ties with his family did not, and he never returned to England—not even for the funerals of his mother, his father, or, most recently, his older brother Dudley. Now, nearly 25 years since he was first sent away, Sir John has finally returned home to claim his inheritance. But another “Sir John” soon follows, an unexpected man who insists he has absolute proof of his identity and of his claim to the estate. Before the case can be settled, however, one of the two men is murdered, and Dr. Gideon Fell, who happens to be passing through the village, finds himself facing one of the most challenging cases of his career. To solve it, he’ll have to confront a series of bizarre and chilling phenomena, diving deep into the realm of the occult and brushing up against witchcraft, magic, and a sinister automaton to explain a seemingly impossible crime. Selected by a panel of twelve mystery luminaries as one of the ten best locked-room mysteries of all time, The Crooked Hinge is a creepy and atmospheric puzzle inspired by a real life case. It is the ninth installment in the Dr. Gideon Fell series, which may be read in any order.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1780020031

Get Book

The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr Pdf

A classic tale combining hints of the supernatural and an 'impossible' murder. The death of Miles Despard looks simple enough. But then how does the housekeeper see a woman walk through a wall? And how would someone walk through a door that had been bricked up two hundred years ago? To all intents and purposes, it looks as if someone has come from the past to commit the murder, but could that really be the case? Surely not...