The Sensualist

Author : Barbara Hodgson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452116877

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A scholar’s search for her husband unfolds a hallucinatory tale of vengeance in a mystery illustrated by the artist and author of The Tattooed Map. When her journalist husband suddenly goes missing, art historian Helen Martin travels to Vienna to find him. But soon after her arrival, she finds herself entering a strange world of twilight, dream logic, and danger. Traveling by train with a mysterious box of wonders, Helen’s search for her husband takes her headlong into a tense mystery with provocative links to the past. The clues Helen must piece together—jewels, notes, ancient anatomy texts—are all presented to the reader in Barbara Hodgson’s illustrations. Both a complex thriller and an investigation of the senses, The Sensualist explores the limitations of looking and the boundless power of seeing.

Author : Daniel Torday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0983658544

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"Raised in Baltimore in the ‘90s, 17-year-old Samuel Gerson is ready to be rid of his high school baseball team, his protective upbringing, and the tight-knit Jewish community in which he's spent his whole life. But when he befriends enigmatic Dmitri Zilber, a recent Russian Jewish immigrant who is obsessed with the works of Dostoevsky, Samuel's world begins to shift. In the wake of his grandfather's suicide, as his life increasingly entangles with that of Dmitri and his beautiful sister Yelizaveta, it sets in motion a series of events that culminates in a disturbing act of violence. A quietly devastating portrait of late adolescence, The Sensualist examines the culture we inherit as it collides with the one we create"--from the cover.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754643

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The Sensualist is the story of a man enslaved by his libido and spiralling towards self-destruction. Gripping, erotic, even brutal, the book explores the demons that its protagonist must grapple with before he is able to come to terms with himself. In this fascinating account of the pleasures and perils that attend a young man's coming of age, Ruskin Bond displays his felicity in exploring the dark aspects of the human psyche. Bold and powerful, The Sensualist is a compelling read.

Author : Trevor J. Fairbrother,John Singer Sargent,Seattle Art Museum
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300087444

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John Singer Sargent by Trevor J. Fairbrother,John Singer Sargent,Seattle Art Museum Pdf

Om den amerikanske maler John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

Author : Ben Hecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:221152397

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Author : Albert Camus
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307827784

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Lyrical and Critical Essays by Albert Camus Pdf

Edited by Philip Thody, translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy. "Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus' three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter."--The New York Times Book Review "...a new single work for American readers that stands among the very finest."--The Nation

Author : Benjamin D. Crowe,Gabriel Gottlieb
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438495965

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Fichte's 1804 Wissenschaftslehre by Benjamin D. Crowe,Gabriel Gottlieb Pdf

Fichte's 1804 Wissenschaftslehre, or The Science of Knowing, consists of a series of lectures he delivered in his Berlin home to members of the city's political and cultural elite in 1804. The lectures mark a dramatic shift in the terminology and methodology he uses to explore the nature of knowledge and reality as presented in his philosophical system, the Wissenschaftslehre. Although not published during his lifetime, Fichte's 1804 lectures provide a systematic update to his philosophy of knowledge and being, which was only hinted at in print in popular presentations like Characteristics of the Present Age (1805) and The Way Towards the Blessed Life (1806). In fact, these lectures contain Fichte's first public articulation of his philosophical position in the wake of the professional disaster of the "atheism controversy." This volume of new essays not only offers readers novel interpretations of the lectures but also introduces and clarifies key concepts, debates the relationship of the lectures to Fichte’s Jena presentation of the Wissenschaftslehre, and examines issues related to his method and system of idealism.

Author : Amita Aggarwal
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 817625567X

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The Fictional World of Ruskin Bond by Amita Aggarwal Pdf

Ruskin Bond, b. 1934, Indo-English litterateur.

Author : Daniel Torday
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466871816

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The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday Pdf

Poxl West fled the Nazis' onslaught in Czechoslovakia. He escaped their clutches again in Holland. He pulled Londoners from the Blitz's rubble. He wooed intoxicating, unconventional beauties. He rained fire on Germany from his RAF bomber. Poxl West is the epitome of manhood and something of an idol to his teenage nephew, Eli Goldstein, who reveres him as a brave, singular, Jewish war hero. Poxl fills Eli's head with electric accounts of his derring-do, adventures and romances, as he collects the best episodes from his storied life into a memoir. He publishes that memoir, Skylock, to great acclaim, and its success takes him on the road, and out of Eli's life. With his uncle gone, Eli throws himself into reading his opus and becomes fixated on all things Poxl. But as he delves deeper into Poxl's history, Eli begins to see that the life of the fearless superman he's adored has been much darker than he let on, and filled with unimaginable loss from which he may have not recovered. As the truth about Poxl emerges, it forces Eli to face irreconcilable facts about the war he's romanticized and the vision of the man he's held so dear. Daniel Torday's debut novel, The Last Flight of Poxl West, beautifully weaves together the two unforgettable voices of Eli Goldstein and Poxl West, exploring what it really means to be a hero, and to be a family, in the long shadow of war.

Author : Kaustav Chakraborty
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783954892402

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Deconstructing the Stereotype: Reconsidering Indian Culture, Literature and Cinema by Kaustav Chakraborty Pdf

Stereotypes are mere 'pictures in our heads'. Prejudice and suspicion against all that is perceived of as ‘different’ give rise to cultural stereotypes. Creating stereotypes also involves connecting the created categories with values, equipping the categories with an ideational label. Thus, stereotypes often contain the presupposition that one’s own group represents the normal, or even universal and that one’s own culture and ist socially construed concepts of reality is superior and normative in relation to other cultures and world-views. The stereotypes are not just one person’s private attitude but are always shared with a larger socio-cultural group. Stereotypes result in simplifications that prevent people from seeing the ‘otherized’ individuals as they truly are. This book, aims at transgressing the boundaries of the strategically generated stereotyped image of a homogenous Indian culture. Rather, by highlighting the marginalised issues related to class, caste and gender, this book, by citing examples of select Indian literary and cinematic representations, argues that the stigma related to the non-conformist /alternative/minority identities, is baseless and fraudulent.

Author : George Crabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : English language
ISBN : NYPL:33433069256901

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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb Pdf

Author : Peter Carruthers,Jill Boucher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521637589

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Language and Thought by Peter Carruthers,Jill Boucher Pdf

This distinguished collection of essays explores the place of natural language in human cognition.

Author : Lee MacLean
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442664265

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The Free Animal by Lee MacLean Pdf

Free will is a key but contested concept in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: while the famed philosopher is known to have asserted that free will distinguishes human beings from animals, several interpreters have argued that he merely pretends to have this belief for the sake of healthy politics and to avoid persecution by religious authorities. Through careful readings of key texts and letters, The Free Animal offers a new and original exploration of Rousseau’s views on free will. Lee MacLean shows that Rousseau needs and uses the idea of human consciousness of free will to explain the development of morality, convention, and vice. MacLean bases her argument on a broad range of texts, from canonical works to Rousseau’s untranslated letters and drafts. Featuring careful analyses and an extensive engagement with the secondary literature, The Free Animal offers a novel interpretation of the changing nature and complexity of Rousseau’s intention.

Author : Edwin Clarke,L. S. Jacyna
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0520078799

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Nineteenth-Century Origins of Neuroscientific Concepts by Edwin Clarke,L. S. Jacyna Pdf

This book traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery.

Author : John Robbins
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780345520234

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The New Good Life by John Robbins Pdf

How do you define the good life? For many, success is measured not by health and happiness but by financial wealth. But such a worldview overlooks the important things in life: personal contentment, family time, spirituality, and the health of the planet and those living on it. A preoccupation with money and possessions is not only unhealthy, it can also drain the true joy from life. In recent years, millions have watched their American Dreams go up in smoke. The international financial collapse, inflation, massive layoffs, and burgeoning consumer debt have left people in dire financial straits—including John Robbins, a crusader for planet-friendly food and lifestyle choices, who lost his entire savings in an investment scam. But Robbins soon realized that there was an upside to our collective financial downturn: Curtailed consumerism could lead us to reassess our lives and values. The New Good Life provides a philosophical and prescriptive path from conspicuous consumption to conscious consumption. Where the old view of success was measured by cash, stocks, and various luxuries, the new view will be guided by financial restraint and a new awareness of what truly matters. A passionate manifesto on finding meaning beyond money and status, this book delivers a sound blueprint for living well on less. Discover how to • create your own definition of success based on your deepest beliefs and life experience • alleviate depression, lower blood pressure, and stay fit with inexpensive alternatives for high-cost medications • develop a diet that promotes better health—and saves you money • plan for—and protect yourself from—future economic catastrophes • cut down on your housing and transportation costs • live frugally without deprivation • follow in the footsteps of real people who have effectively forged new financial identities The New Good Life provides much-needed hope and comfort in a time of fear and uncertainty. Here is everything you need to develop high-joy, low-cost solutions to life’s challenges. Practical and timely, this book equips you with the skills needed not only to survive but to thrive in these challenging times.