The Lunacy Commission
Title | The Lunacy Commission PDF eBook |
Author | Lavie Tidhar |
Publisher | Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2021-05-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1625675119 |
“Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.” –NPR “A warped genius... There is no one like him.” – Ian McDonald With an introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of New York Times Bestseller Mexican Gothic Lavie Tidhar’s ground-breaking, award winning novel A Man Lies Dreaming introduced Adolf Hitler as a down-at-heels private detective, forced to eke out a miserable living in 1930s London. Forgotten by history, the man now calling himself Wolf is the lowest of the low, suffering fresh humiliations at every turn. Now Wolf is back, in five darkly comic new stories that see him take on blackmail, murder, and theft – not to mention his old comrades. A brilliant alternate history noir with a heart, these stories are in turn shocking, horrifying and comic, as could only come from the mind of World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar. PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR’S A MAN LIES DREAMING JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015 PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016 GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019 DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016 “Complex, elusive and intriguing” –The Jerusalem Post “Nasty, clever, waspish and witty... a brilliant and potent thought experiment” –The Sunday Herald “Bold and unnerving” –NPR “Damn good” –Jewish Book Council “A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant.” –Kirkus (starred review) “A vital, brilliant novel” –Barnes & Noble SFF Blog “Outstanding and moving” –Maxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk “Gripping... clever and thrilling work” –Buzz Magazine “In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing.... [an] unforgettable novel.” –Gulf Weekly “Poetic & terrible... quite incredible” –Tor.com “A brilliant novel.” –Pop Verse
Madness at Home
Title | Madness at Home PDF eBook |
Author | Akihito Suzuki |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2006-03-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520245806 |
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The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor
Title | The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor PDF eBook |
Author | Montagu Lomax |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane
Title | On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane PDF eBook |
Author | John Thomas Arlidge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1859 |
Genre | Insanity |
ISBN |
The Trade in Lunacy
Title | The Trade in Lunacy PDF eBook |
Author | William Ll. Parry-Jones |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2013-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 113503141X |
First published in 2006. A private madhouse can be defined as a privately owned establishment for the reception and care of insane persons, conducted as a business proposition for the personal profit of the proprietor or proprietors. The history of such establishments in England and Wales can be traced for a period of over three and a half centuries, from the early seventeenth century up to the present day. This volume is a study of private madhouses in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Last Asylum
Title | The Last Asylum PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Taylor |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2015-04-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 022627392X |
In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institutions, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London
Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War
Title | Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Hilton |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2020-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3030548716 |
This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on ‘shell shock’ exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers’ experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients. Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.