Investigating that mystery of why antidepressants don’t actually seem to help with depression (despite a widespread increase in both diagnosed depression and prescribed antidepressants) led to this book, where he spent several years talking to researchers around the world and assembled this journalistic summary. He stayed on antidepressants for 13 years, dealing with side effects like weight gain and sexual dysfunction, until his therapist gently nudged him by saying “it seems you are still really quite depressed” despite the antidepressants. Johann Hari was diagnosed with depression as a teenager, and was prescribed the antidepressant Paxil, because his doctor told him that depression was a disease of the brain, so his brain chemistry needed to be fixed.
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Auden he wrote three plays- The Dog Beneath the Skin (1932), The Ascent of F6 (1936), and On the Frontier (1938). Isherwood was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. Forster, and Tennessee Williams) and movie stars (such as Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Laurence Olivier) of the time.īritish-born American writer Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood portrayed Berlin in the early 1930s in his best known works, such as Goodbye to Berlin (1939), the basis for the musical Cabaret (1966). Readers will be particularly fascinated by his revealing anecdotes and gossip about the literary greats (such as W. Here also are his accounts of his intense social life in Hollywood, his career as a screenwriter and his many sexual affairs. Here, Isherwood relates the spiritual crisis he went through as World War II began, his discipleship (along with Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard) with the Hindu monk Swami Prabhavananda and his decision to become a pacifist. Chronicling Isherwood's life from 1939, when he emigrated to the United States, until 1960, these entries cover some of the most turbulent years of his career and give readers unprecedented insight into the major turning points in his life. At times pious, at times profane but always unashamedly honest, "The Diaries of Christopher Isherwood" provide an inside look at the life and times of one of the most celebrated writers of the century. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.ĭumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.Īlexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). Ethan Reckless is not a detective, though he will conduct investigations for the right price, and he’s certainly not part of the law enforcement regime, though he does like to cause problems for the bad guys. These are standalone volumes with a recurring lead character, Ethan Reckless, a recurring sidekick, Anna, and a recurring setting of Los Angeles in the 1980s, centered around an old movie house as a base of operations for the tough-guy antics of the protagonist.īrubaker has stated that his inspiration for the Reckless series are the lurid crime paperback covers of the 1960s and 1970s with all the seedy, violent, sexy promise those covers held for readers. Here we are with the third installment of the Reckless series by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips within this past year. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare`s life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Romeo and Juliet, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. A play that has inspired films as diverse as Leonard Bernstein`s West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann`s Romeo+Juliet, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy. Meeting in secret, the two lovers gradually spiral towards disaster as their respective families edge closer towards open warfare. But for the young Montague Romeo, and his lover, the Capulet Juliet, the enmity of their families is immaterial. `What`s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet` The city of Verona, torn apart by the violent feud between the families of Montague and Capulet, is a powder keg waiting to explode the Prince of Verona, seeking to restore order, has declared any breach of the peace punishable by death. Spencer, and an introduction by Adrian Poole. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited with notes by T.J.B. About The Book:- The greatest love story in English, William Shakespeare`s Romeo and Juliet is a play of star-crossed lovers who take a valiant stand against social convention, with tragic consequences. A threatening medical diagnosis for the P.I. (There are quite a few in that number, to be honest.)īrady is a dangerous pain, but Hodges happens to be in a world of hurt that has nothing to do with the madman. Mercedes). Brady’s been in a slobbering vegetative state for five years.Īfter putting his own spin on the detective genre in the first novel and last year’s sequel Finder Keepers, King breaks out his familiar gift for the otherworldly in End of Watch. Brady has developed some extraordinary abilities sitting in a hospital room for half a decade, finds pawns to control without lifting a finger, and turns them on Hodges and anyone else who’s done him wrong. Dubbed the Mercedes Killer after he mowed down a group of job-fair hopefuls, he was brained by Holly with a sock full of ball bearings before he could blow up an arena full of music-loving kids (see 2014’s Mr. Out to stop Brady one last time is retired cop Bill Hodges, a private eye who teamed with young partners Jerome and Holly to take down Hartsfield the first time. The hypnotic game is the final act of revenge for murderous Brady Hartsfield, who’s proven over three books to be one of the author’s creepiest weirdos this side of Pennywise and Jack Torrance. And now, gaming devices.Ī mind-numbing tablet app with cute colorful fish becomes a killer plot device in End of Watch (Scribner, 429 pp., **** out of four stars), the deliciously savory conclusion to King’s phenomenal hard-boiled Mr. Stephen King has a storied and sinister history of turning our beloved things against us, from cars to dogs. And while it sounds like salvation-even for the vampires themselves-the truth is far more sinister and deadly. It seems that an organization called the Daylight Foundation has offered the population of Morganville something they’ve never hope of a vampire-free future. The town looks cleaner and happier than they’ve ever seen it before, but when their incoming group is arrested and separated-vampires from humans-they realize that the changes definitely aren’t for the better. Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know it’s become a different place-a deadly one… Read 1,012 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers. While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. Daylighters (The Morganville Vampires, 15) by Rachel Caine Daylighters book. Carol is an inspiring and passionate speaker who is frequently invited to address children and adults alike across North America.Ĭarol writes contemporary and historical fiction, as well as science fiction and fantasy. Her teaching experience includes Artists in the School, Manitoba Arts Council visiting professor at Bemidji State University, Minnesota and a Creative Writing instructor, Continuing Education Division, The University of Winnipeg. (English) from The University of Western Ontario. Her best-selling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Taiwanese, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, German, French, Indonesian and Russian.Ī graduate of the Actor's Lab, in London England, Carol first earned a B.A. Carol Matas is an internationally acclaimed author of over thirty-five novels for children and young adults. As an avid Buffy viewer, anyone who places her on the same tier as Tony Soprano has my full attention. The book begins with an introduction by Nussman explaining how Buffy the Vampire Slayer turned her away from her doctoral studies in literature in pursuit of TV a pursuit that, in 2016, earned her the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Now this, a mere three pages in, was about the place in the book where I was hooked. Nussbaum’s anthology, a personally curated selection of work from New York and The New Yorker, explores the revolution in how we view TV from “it will rot your brain” all the way to “binge-worthy”. In a collection of her own criticism, author and TV critic Emily Nussbaum reflects on her work from 2007 to the present. I’m not sure if anyone else spent the end of summer comparing the lengths of their summer reading list to that of their Netflix watch history… but for me the latter is headed for a sweeping victory. In a last ditch effort to slightly even the scales, while not venturing too far from my comfort zone, I picked up I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution (also available as an eBook and an eAudiobook). After the initial introduction, some families grant the prospective groom and bride a chance to meet in private, under supervision others allow them to get to know each other on the telephone, via text or email. The traditional period of courtship is relative from culture to culture, family to family. Before any potential candidates are considered, families as a unit decide the values and characteristics that potential spouses should have so the couple have a satisfying life together. The expectation is that the seed for love is planted and will continue to bloom after the marriage. Since, generally, Muslims do not “date” in the popular Western cultural sense, many couples look to arranged marriages as a means to wedded bliss. Men and women who are ready to get married may meet their future spouse through family or friends. Arranged marriages are the cultural norm for (many) Muslims across the world. |