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The God of Small Things The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down … OL1052138W
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius A heartbreaking work of staggering genius Dave Eggers From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers … OL114661W
L’étranger L’étranger Albert Camus *L'Étranger* est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienn… OL1230613W
Rhyming reason Rhyming reason Michelle Faubert During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on a hitherto little -known group of psychologist-poets who grew out of the liberal literary-medical c… OL12642887W
Marker Marker Robin Cook nvestigating a series of bizarre deaths that have taken place among seemingly healthy young people after routine surgeries, doctors Montgomery and Stapleton confront institutional politics that hampe… OL15831928W
Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Tristanne J. Connolly,Clark, S. H. "During the eighteenth century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack 'bar… OL16939783W
Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century Allan Ingram "Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of att… OL16984487W
The age of hypochondria The age of hypochondria George C. Grinnell "Examining the ways in which hypochondria forms both a malady and a metaphor for a range of British Romantic writers, Grinnell contends that this is not one illness amongst many, but a disorder of th… OL18347899W
Reconstructing illness Reconstructing illness Anne Hunsaker Hawkins xxii, 289 pages ; 22 cm OL1926550W
Don't Call Us Dead Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an a… OL19636242W
A is for arsenic A is for arsenic Kathryn Harkup Investigates the poisons Christie employs in fourteen of her mysteries, discussing why the poisons kill, how they interact, obtainability of such poisons, and which cases may have inspired Christie's… OL19663556W
Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726-1832 Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726-1832 David E. Shuttleton Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726?1832 examines the ramifications of Scottish medicine for literary culture within Scotland, throughout Britain, and across the transatlantic world. The con… OL20932776W
Anita and me Anita and me Meera Syal This novel is based on the author's own childhood, growing up in the '60s as part of the only coloured family living in a Wolverhampton mining village. As in her films, it is filled with warmth, good… OL24813782W
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Ma… OL38663W
Madhouse of Language Madhouse of Language Allan Ingram In The Madhouse of Language, the history of writing about madness is seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes toward… OL4081013W
Nervous acts Nervous acts G. S. Rousseau "Between 1965 and 2000 George Rousseau wrote a series of landmark essays about the role of the nervous system in the rise of literature and sensibility that altered the landscape of eighteenth-centur… OL4210917W
The Essential Hemingway The Essential Hemingway Ernest Hemingway The Essential Hemingway containing one complete novel “Fiesta” (aka “The Sun Also Rises”), extracts from three others, twenty-five short stories, and a chapter from 'Death in the Afternoon' OL63045W
Boswell's clap and other essays Boswell's clap and other essays William B. Ober The ten essays selected for this volume range from an investigation of Boswell's repeated infection with gonorrhea to a critical examination of Plato's account of Socrates's death in the Phaedo, subj… OL6803193W
Enemies within Enemies within Jacqueline Foertsch "Enemies Within presents the literature and film of the cold war and AIDS eras as evidence, manifestation, and symptom of the recurring ills of our postnuclear time: global threat, buried fears, and … OL7795646W
Creative Healers Creative Healers Edward Day Harris Jr. xii, 532 p. : 24 cm OL8842822W
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