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Download or read book The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis written by Otto Fenichel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis, Fenichel's classic text, summarized the first half century of psychoanalytic investigation into psychopathology and presented a general psychoanalytic theory of neurosis. When Otto Fenichel died, Anna Freud mourned the loss of 'his inexhaustible knowledge of psychoanalysis and his inimitable way of organizing and presenting his facts'. These qualities shine through The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis which has been a standard reference for generations of psychoanalysts. For this anniversary edition, Leo Rangell has written an introduction that sets Fenichel's work in context. He sees Fenichel as a worthy heir to Freud; both men influenced their followers by what Rangell calls 'the charisma of ideas'. In his epilogue, Rangell describes the fate of Fenichel's ideas and of this book as 'a barometer of the place of psychoanalysis ... within the external intellectual world and, even more significantly, of the trends and shifting winds of opinion within the psychoanalytic field itself'. He traces those trends through the turbulent controversies of the field, concluding that Fenichel's observations are as fresh and relevant today as they were fifty years ago.

Download or read book Eyes that do not Open written by Claudio Hernández and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven women disappeared four years ago. Their bodies were never found and they were presumed dead in a cold case. A detective with supernatural powers has to find leads to solve the case. Detective Moore's powers help him visualize the kidnapped women's lifeless bodies that keep showing up by the lake. On the other hand, the sheriff doesn't know how to manage the investigation. The suspect is not willing to give any details on the women's whereabouts and proves to be a result of justice's negligence. Follow Detective Moore as he unravels the mysteries behind this thrilling investigation filled with adrenaline and shocking revelations throughout every page.

Download or read book Buffoon written by Anosh Irani and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-time Governor General’s Literary Award–shortlisted author and playwright Anosh Irani’s critically acclaimed one-man show Buffoon is a masterclass of tragicomic theatre. Born to circus folk who prefer trapezing over parenting, Felix quickly learns to turn life’s misfortunes into jokes. His longing for family and home is piqued at the tender age of seven when he falls hopelessly in love with an older woman, the beguiling Aja, who is eight. In the process, a clown is born, and we watch him grow into a middle-aged buffoon. Over time, Felix stops waiting for someone else to love him; his journey becomes one of loving himself. A story of love, loss, and the fate that binds us, Buffoon is a gut-wrenching one-man show that expertly walks the tightrope between heartbreak and hilarity.

Download or read book The Father written by R. V. Cassill and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature’s most influential writers and teachers As a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R. V. Cassill profoundly impacted the development of the short story in America. The ten stunning tales in The Father and Other Stories exhibit his mastery of the form and the breathtaking scope of his vision. In “This Hand, These Talons,” a former combat pilot grapples with the dislocations of peacetime. “The Prize,” an O. Henry Award winner, is a tender yet clear-eyed portrait of the growing pains of a Depression-era adolescence. “And in My Heart” is a richly nuanced portrayal of a writing teacher’s obsessive involvement in the ill-fated romance of two of his students. The haunting title story, a widely anthologized masterpiece, illustrates a man’s descent into guilt and despair after he is forced to amputate his son’s hand to save the boy from dying in a farming accident. Across a broad range of characters, tones, and settings, Cassill finds beauty and insight wherever he looks. The Father and Other Stories is proof of his tremendous skill as a storyteller and his enduring influence on contemporary literature.

Download or read book LADON written by W. B. Baker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every legend is based in part on facts: Some are undeniably glorious, Others may be unexpectedly heroic, A remarkable few remain truly horrifying . . . Hercules' immortality was solidified in Greek mythology as a result of his Twelve Labours. After a decade of penance and punishment by the Gods, he was commanded to steal the golden apples of the Hesperides from their garden at the edge of the world: guarded by a bestial monstrosity who was the son of Titans. The Britons of the ninth century moors faced extermination from rival bands of Juts, Huns, and Celts. The very last apparition any expected to face would have been the hideous reincarnation of Hercules' eleventh Titan. LADON

Download or read book Neil Simon's Proposals written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegiac memory play delightfully recalls the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos. The summer of 1953 brings romantic entanglements that coalesce one idyllic afternoon; Burt Hines, mid-50's and convalescing from a second heart attack, eagerly anticipates the arrival of the ex-wife he still loves. Daughter Josie has just broken her engagement to a Harvard law student and pines for his buddy Ray, an aspiring writer with whom she once had a brief fling. Clemma, the black housekeeper at the center of the action casts a astute eye on the complications while facing with her own unresolved past.

Download or read book The Radiant Seas written by Catherine Asaro and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-11-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaibriol and Sauscony, heirs to two different interstellar empires, are the key to stopping a massive war.