Confessions of a Memory Eater
Title | Confessions of a Memory Eater PDF eBook |
Author | Pagan Kennedy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
"Once a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a cross roads in his career (and his marriage) when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov, a wild but brilliant outlaw he knew in grad school at Columbia. Litminov has made millions since, and has bought a pharmaceutical company solely to develop Mem, an experimental drug that gives the user the ability to live inside his memories with crystal clarity. Duncan becomes a beta tester and loses himself to the most delicious moments of his past - until he finds that the present pales by comparison."--BOOK JACKET.
The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories
Title | The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Pagan Kennedy |
Publisher | Santa Fe Writer's Project |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2008-09-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0981966152 |
Nonfiction is the new black comedy in this hilarious collection of award-winning literary essays written by the infamous Pagan Kennedy. In the title piece, Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex, reinvents himself as a sex guru in California and hatches a plan to destroy monogamy forever. In the stories that follow, a retired chemist finds a way to turn a wasteland into paradise, an aspiring tyrant tries to become the emperor of America, and an artist rigs himself up to a "brain machine" made from parts he bought at Radio Shack. All of the essays—most of which have appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Boston Globe Magazine—document the stories of visionaries bent on remaking the world, for better or for worse.
Suspiria de Profundis
Title | Suspiria de Profundis PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas De Quincey |
Publisher | BoD - Books on Demand |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2023-05-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called “impassioned prose,” erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium dreams De Quincey would experience over the course of his lifetime addiction, and they are considered by some critics to be some of the finest examples of prose poetry in all of English literature. De Quincey originally planned them as a sequel of sorts to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, but the first set was published separately in Blackwood’s Magazine in the spring and summer of that 1854. De Quincey then published a revised version of those first Suspiria, along with several new ones, in his collected works. During his life he kept a master list of titles of the Suspiria he planned on writing, and completed several more before his death; those that survived time and fire were published posthumously in 1891.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Title | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas de Quincey |
Publisher | Gottfried & Fritz |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 2015-06-24 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN |
A book about opium usage and the effects of addiction on the authors life.
In Memory of Bread
Title | In Memory of Bread PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Graham |
Publisher | Clarkson Potter |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2016-06-07 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 080418688X |
The funny, poignant memoir of one man’s struggle to come to terms with his celiac diagnosis, forcing him to reexamine his relationship with food. When Paul Graham was suddenly diagnosed with celiac disease at the age of thirty-six, he was forced to say goodbye to traditional pasta, pizza, sandwiches, and more. Gone, too, were some of his favorite hobbies, including brewing beer with a buddy and gorging on his wife’s homemade breads. Struggling to understand why he and so many others had become allergic to wheat, barley, rye, oats, and other dietary staples, Graham researched the production of modern wheat and learned that not only has the grain been altered from ancestral varieties but it’s also commonly added to thousands of processed foods. In writing that is effortless and engaging, Paul explores why incidence of the disease is on the rise while also grappling with an identity crisis—given that all his favorite pastimes involved wheat in some form. His honest, unflinching, and at times humorous journey towards health and acceptance makes an inspiring read.
Ann: a Memory. [Extracted from "The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."].
Title | Ann: a Memory. [Extracted from "The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."]. PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas De Quincey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Confessions of a Conjuror
Title | Confessions of a Conjuror PDF eBook |
Author | Derren Brown |
Publisher | Doubleday UK |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Magic tricks |
ISBN | 9781905026593 |
The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today.