The Skull And The Nightingale

Author : Michael Irwin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062202376

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The Skull and the Nightingale by Michael Irwin Pdf

Michael Irwin’s The Skull and the Nightingale is a chilling and deliciously dark, literary novel of manipulation and sex, intrigue and seduction, set in 18th-century England. When Richard Fenwick returns to London, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in Worcestershire, but feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister. It becomes apparent that Gilbert desires news filled with tales of carousing, flirtation, excess, and London’s more salacious side. But Gilbert’s elaborate and manipulative “experiments” into the workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a Faustian vortex of betrayal and danger where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away. With echoes of Dangerous Liaisons, Michael Irwin’s The Skull and the Nightingale is an urgent period drama that seduces the senses.

Author : Michael Irwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : England
ISBN : 0007476310

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The Skull and the Nightingale by Michael Irwin Pdf

Set in England in the early 1760s, this is a chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction.

Author : Lynn McDonald
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1554582520

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Florence Nightingale’s Suggestions for Thought by Lynn McDonald Pdf

Florence Nightingale’s Suggestions for Thought has intrigued readers from feminist-philosopher J.S. Mill (who used it in his The Subjection of Women) to the latest generation of women’s activists. Although selections from this long work have been published, Lynn McDonald is the first editor to work through the numerous surviving drafts of Nightingale’s writing and present it as a complete volume. Suggestions for Thought contains two early attempted novels, draft sermons, and a lengthy fictional dialogue featuring St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, the American evangelical Jacob Abbott, and British agnostic Harriet Martineau (with cameo appearances by Protestant reformer John Calvin and the poet Shelley) all against an unnamed “M.S.” The most famous section of Suggestions for Thought is the essay Cassandra, famous as a rant against the family for stifling womens aspirations. Here the printed text is shown with the original novel draft alongside. McDonald’s introductions to each section provide historical context and Nightingales later views of the work. Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.

Author : Lynn McDonald
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228013204

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Florence Nightingale and the Medical Men by Lynn McDonald Pdf

Florence Nightingale is known as a hospital reformer, a social reformer, and the founder of professional nursing; few realize that she worked closely with doctors on these issues. As Nightingale’s first supporters and colleagues, doctors contributed to reducing the high death rates in Crimean War hospitals and learned from the consequential reforms. Beginning with an overview of Nightingale’s life and continuing with an exploration of her Crimean War work with army doctors, her post-Crimea work with civilian doctors, and her collaborations with the peacetime army and with army doctors in later wars, Lynn McDonald details the involvement of doctors in Nightingale’s legacy. At a time when hospitals’ death rates were universally high (including at top teaching hospitals), Nightingale formed connections with leading public health doctors and produced heavily cited work on safer hospital design. Her later writings cover her relations with early women doctors and the controversy over state regulation of nurses, bacteriology, and germ theory; here, McDonald argues against flawed secondary literature and the myth of Nightingale’s lifelong opposition to germ theory. The final chapter discusses the legendary nurse’s enduring legacy. Florence Nightingale and the Medical Men provides timely insight into Nightingale’s principles of disease prevention, data visualization, and the impacts of high disease and death rates – issues that persist in the global health crises of the twenty-first century.

Author : A S Byatt
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448162796

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The Djinn In The Nightingale's Eye by A S Byatt Pdf

A S Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published seperately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings. The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.

Author : Napoleon Hill,Dorothea Brande,Claude M. Bristol,Earl Nightingale
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365333996

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Earl Nightingale's "Strangest Secret" Library by Napoleon Hill,Dorothea Brande,Claude M. Bristol,Earl Nightingale Pdf

How to Find the Strangest Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight In Earl Nightingale's Gold recording, he referred to what he considered key references for anyone who really wanted to understand the concepts he was discussing: "...read books that will help you - inspirational books like the Bible, Dorothea Brande's 'Wake Up and Live', 'The Magic of Believing' by Claude Bristol, 'Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, and other books that instruct and inspire." During my own studies, I did just that - searching through the Internet to find copies of these books in order to see what he was talking about. Here I've brought back these three classics for your study as a set (leaving out only the Bible - as you probably have a copy already.) These are tools to help you on your journey. For once you've completely mastered this ""Strangest Secret"" life opens up to you and gives you whatever it is that you've ever wanted and dreamed of. (From the Introduction) Get Your Copy Now!

Author : Jakub Lipski,Joanna Maciulewicz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000388596

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Neo-Georgian Fiction by Jakub Lipski,Joanna Maciulewicz Pdf

This book contributes to the development of contemporary historical fiction studies by analysing neo-Georgian fiction, which, unlike neo-Victorian fiction, has so far received little critical attention. The essays included in this collection study the ways in which the selected twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels recreate the Georgian period in order to view its ideologies through the lens of such modern critical theories as performativity, post-colonialism, feminism or visual theories. They also demonstrate the rich repertoire of subgenres of neo-Georgian fiction, ranging from biographical fiction, epistolary novels to magical realism. The included studies of the diverse novelistic conventions used to re-contextualise the Georgian reality reflect the way we see its relevance and relation to the present and trace the indebtedness of the new forms of the contemporary novel to the traditional novelistic genres.

Author : Glenwood Irons
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442655638

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Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction by Glenwood Irons Pdf

Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky. The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth – the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface. Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective.

Author : Werner U. Spitz,Francisco J. Diaz
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780398093129

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Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death by Werner U. Spitz,Francisco J. Diaz Pdf

This is not just a new edition but a different book, emphasizing trauma and wound analysis. The addition of a new co-editor, Dr. Francisco J. Diaz, has brought new ideas to this fifth edition. A chapter by Doctor Jan Leetsma, world-renowned neuropathologist, has also been included. Doctor Leetsma’s vast experience in forensic neuropathology will certainly enhance this book. Several chapters have been eliminated that are no longer applicable or which are adequately covered in other publications. Over time, in the past 48 years, since this book was first published, Medicolegal Investigation of Death has been dubbed the “Bible of Forensic Pathology.” The fifth edition includes over 600 case reports and hundreds of color photographs. The cases are from files the authors have personally handled. According to author Spitz, “We have found many times analysis of small wounds will lead to understanding of a giant case—like the case in Hawaii, where a body was found under a full-size van, with a thread mark on the cheek consistent with having been hit with a black pipe used for gas lines that were found in a bucket in the rear of the van. As it turned out, this was a murder, not an accident.” The book is full of such cases. This book will help you understand the details of injuries and how a person was injured and how they died and how these injuries, perhaps at first blush possibly seemingly insignificant, can shed new light on a case. Medicolegal Investigation of Death now embraces not just basic forensic pathology but also includes death during restraint, conscious pain and suffering and new concepts related to the interpretation of injuries by detailed wound analysis. The continued use of simple, non-technical terminology makes this book a truly unique treatise and source of information.

Author : Charles Mahoney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444390643

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A Companion to Romantic Poetry by Charles Mahoney Pdf

Through a series of 34 essays by leading and emerging scholars, A Companion to Romantic Poetry reveals the rich diversity of Romantic poetry and shows why it continues to hold such a vital and indispensable place in the history of English literature. Breaking free from the boundaries of the traditionally-studied authors, the collection takes a revitalized approach to the field and brings together some of the most exciting work being done at the present time Emphasizes poetic form and technique rather than a biographical approach Features essays on production and distribution and the different schools and movements of Romantic Poetry Introduces contemporary contexts and perspectives, as well as the issues and debates that continue to drive scholarship in the field Presents the most comprehensive and compelling collection of essays on British Romantic poetry currently available

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015075800063

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The Lancet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625676054

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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch Pdf

10th Anniversary Edition of Midnight Riot by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch, the first book in the international bestselling Rivers of London series! Restored to its original British title Rivers of London, this Author’s Preferred Edition includes revised text never before seen by US readers and a new introduction by the author. My name is Peter Grant and until recently I was just another probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right thinking people as the Metropolitan Police and by everyone else as the filth. My only concerns in life were avoiding a transfer to the Case Progression Unit – We do paperwork so other coppers don’t have to – and where to get a hot coffee while on late shift. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was dead, but disturbingly voluble and that brought me to the attention Chief Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in Britain. And that, as they say, is where the story really starts. Now I’m in plain clothes and the first apprentice wizard in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated. Now I’m dealing with nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the River Thames and digging up graves in Covent Garden – and that’s just the routine stuff. Because there’s something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious, vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it’s fallen to me to bring order out of chaos – or die trying. Which, I don’t mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork. Reviews for Rivers of London ‘... fresh and original and a wonderful read. I loved it.’ — Charlaine Harris ‘A hilarious, keenly imagined caper.’ — Diana Gabaldon ‘A witty and inventive twist to urban fantasy... Wouldn’t let go until the last page.’ — Mario Acevedo ‘It’s witty, fun, and full of vivid characters, and the plot twists will keep even seasoned mystery fans guessing.’ — Publishers Weekly

Author : David VanDyke,Ryan King
Publisher : Reaper Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626262027

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Nearest Night by David VanDyke,Ryan King Pdf

PLAGUE WARS BOOK 9. The gripping conclusion to the Plague Wars series. Over 500 pages filled with your favorite characters and the military science fiction action you have come to love. When the enormous world-killing alien Destroyer arrives in the Solar System, EarthFleet must use every resource and employ every tactic from sneak attacks to suicide ships to fend off its genocidal intentions.

Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451697797

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Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James Pdf

Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book in bestselling author P.D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh mystery series. The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.

Author : Kathleen Jennings
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250195418

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The Heart of Owl Abbas by Kathleen Jennings Pdf

A composer in an unstable city-state accidentally discovers the perfect singer for his work—a clockwork man—and sows the seeds of revolution, in Kathleen Jennings's The Heart of Owl Abbas. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.