He had flown to Stewart's Point on the coast north of San Francisco on the afternoon of the day he had done the final dubbings for Heart of Darkness . That evening he and his mother had coffee after dinner in the drawing room of her ...
Ananthaswamy also looks at several less familiar conditions, such as Cotard’s syndrome, in which patients believe they are dead, and those with body integrity identity disorder, where the patient seeks to have a body part amputated ...
Sit yourself down , ' Mr Williams said . “ Ross won't be a minute . ' Mark went on staring at Colin , until his father pulled him round and dried his face , dabbing the fluffy towel on the end of his nose until he giggled .
In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspeacts that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss.
. . DAVID HANDLER THE MAN WHO WASN'T ALL THERE After six glorious weeks of hard work on his long-overdue second novel, celebrity-ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag has hit a crossroads in his plot.
Award-winning author and master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy smartly explores the concept of self by way of several mental conditions that alter patients’ identities, showing how we learn a lot about being human from people ...
As plans got under way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in June 1943, British counter-intelligence agent Ewen Montagu masterminded a scheme to mislead the Germans into thinking the next landing would occur in Greece.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers investigates philosophical themes in the works of these master filmmakers and also uses their movies as vehicles to explore fundamental concepts of philosophy.
Provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Britain's greatest prime minister, recreating his many accomplishments, trials, and tribulations throughout his life that contributed to his success.
. Even for readers who don’t know a neutrino from Adam, these interesting tales of human endeavor make The Edge of Physics a trip worth taking.” —Bookpage “Ananthaswamy journeys to several geographically and scientifically extreme ...
When a new, chatty, young couple and their two daughters move in next door, Ove's well-ordered, solitary world turns upside down.