Moment of Madness: the People Vs. Jack Ruby
Title | Moment of Madness: the People Vs. Jack Ruby PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Gertz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Ruby, Jack |
ISBN |
History by one of the attorneys in the case of Jack Ruby, accused of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963.
A Moment of Madness
Title | A Moment of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary Bonner |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Murder |
ISBN | 0099415348 |
Journalist John Kelly investigates a murder in which it appears that the victim Scott Silver was killed by an intruder, who in turn is killed by Scott's mesmerising widow, Angel. Then Kelly finds himself so embroiled in a sexual obsession with Angel, he is almost destroyed.
At This Moment
Title | At This Moment PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Cimms |
Publisher | Lone Sparrow Press |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 2016-05-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780997486704 |
A love story between two damaged people -- a rock musician and an emotionally abused young woman -- trying to make their way in the world without destroying themselves or each other.
The Madness of Crowds
Title | The Madness of Crowds PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Murray |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2019-09-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1635579996 |
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Updated with a new afterword "An excellent take on the lunacy affecting much of the world today. Douglas is one of the bright lights that could lead us out of the darkness." – Joe Rogan "Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues" – Jordan B. Peterson Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. One of the few writers who dares to counter the prevailing view and question the dramatic changes in our society – from gender reassignment for children to the impact of transgender rights on women – Murray's penetrating book, now published with a new afterword taking account of the book's reception and responding to the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, clears a path of sanity through the fog of our modern predicament.
History of Madness
Title | History of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Michel Foucault |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 730 |
Release | 2013-02-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1134473796 |
When it was first published in France in 1961 as Folie et Déraison: Histoire de la Folie à l'âge Classique, few had heard of a thirty-four year old philosopher by the name of Michel Foucault. By the time an abridged English edition was published in 1967 as Madness and Civilization, Michel Foucault had shaken the intellectual world. This translation is the first English edition of the complete French texts of the first and second edition, including all prefaces and appendices, some of them unavailable in the existing French edition. History of Madness begins in the Middle Ages with vivid descriptions of the exclusion and confinement of lepers. Why, Foucault asks, when the leper houses were emptied at the end of the Middle Ages, were they turned into places of confinement for the mad? Why, within the space of several months in 1656, was one out of every hundred people in Paris confined? Shifting brilliantly from Descartes and early Enlightenment thought to the founding of the Hôpital Général in Paris and the work of early psychiatrists Philippe Pinel and Samuel Tuke, Foucault focuses throughout, not only on scientific and medical analyses of madness, but also on the philosophical and cultural values attached to the mad. He also urges us to recognize the creative and liberating forces that madness represents, brilliantly drawing on examples from Goya, Nietzsche, Van Gogh and Artaud. The History of Madness is an inspiring and classic work that challenges us to understand madness, reason and power and the forces that shape them.
Another Kind of Madness
Title | Another Kind of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Hinshaw |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2017-06-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1250113369 |
Parallel to An Unquiet Mind and The Glass Castle, a deeply personal memoir calling for the destigmatization of mental illness
Garden of Madness
Title | Garden of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Tracy Higley |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2012-04-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1401686818 |
The untold story of King Nebuchadnezzar’s daughter For seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world. Since her treaty marriage at a young age, Tia has lived an opulent yet oppressive life in the palace. But her husband has since died and she relishes her newfound independence. When a nobleman is found murdered in the palace, Tia must discover who is responsible for the macabre death, even if her own freedom is threatened. As the queen plans to wed Tia to yet another prince, the powerful mage Shadir plots to expose the family’s secret and set his own man on the throne. Tia enlists the help of a reluctant Jewish captive, her late husband’s brother Pedaiah, who challenges her notions of the gods even as he opens her heart to both truth and love. In a time when few gave their hearts to Yahweh, Tia must decide if she is willing to risk everything—her possessions, her gods, and her very life—for the Israelites’ one God. Madness, sorcery, and sinister plots mingle like an alchemist’s deadly potion as Tia chooses whether to risk all to save the kingdom—and her family. “The biblical story of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar’s seven years as a madman, found in the Old Testament Book of Daniel, deepens and broadens thanks to veteran author Higley’s historical research and vivid imagination . . . Readers will find much to enjoy here: fine writing, suspense, mystery, faith, love, and a new look at an old story.” —Publishers Weekly “Higley gives readers a dose of biblical history set in King Nebuchadnezzar’s palatial gardens and a character like no other in Tiamat, devoted daughter of a king gone mad. The author’s insights into a woman’s inner strength as she searches for the one true God will leave readers rejoicing.”—Romantic Times TOP PICK "Her story will appeal not just to readers of historical fiction but also to those with an interest in biblical history." —Booklist