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The Woman in the Window By:Russell Scott Valentino Published on 2014 by In The Woman in the Window: Commerce, Consensual Fantasy, and the Quest for Masculine Virtue in the Russian Novel, Russell Scott Valentino offers pioneering new insights into the historical construction of virtue and its relation to the rapidly shifting economic context in modern Russia. This study illustrates how the traditional virtue ethic, grounded in property-based conceptions of masculine heroism, was eventually displaced by a new commercial ethic that rested upon consensual fantasy. The new economic world destabilized traditional Russian notions of virtue and posed a central question that Russian authors have struggled to answer since the early nineteenth century: How could a self-interested commercial man be incorporated into the Russian context as a socially valuable masculine character? With chapters on Gogol, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky as well as Pasternak and Nabokov, The Woman in the Window argues that Ru...

Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats By:Iain McIntyre,Andrew Nette,Peter Doyle Published on 2017-09-21 by PM Press The first comprehensive account of how the rise of postwar youth culture was depicted in mass-market pulp fiction. As the young created new styles in music, fashion, and culture, pulp fiction shadowed their every move, hyping and exploiting their behavior, dress, and language for mass consumption and cheap thrills. With their lurid covers and wild, action-packed plots, these books reveal as much about society's deepest desires and fears as they do about the subcultures themselves. Featuring approximately 400 full-color covers, many of them never before reprinted, along with 70 in-depth author interviews, illustrated biographies, and previously unpublished articles, the book goes behind the scenes to look at the authors and publishers, how they worked, where they drew their inspiration and—often overlooked—the actual words they wrote. It is a must read for anyone ...

Saving April By:Sarah A. Denzil Published on 2016-03-29 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform A family broken by lies. A woman traumatized by a dark past. A child caught in the crossfire. Who will save April? Hannah Abbott is afraid of the world. Plagued by anxiety, she lives an isolated, uneventful life in suburban Yorkshire. She rarely leaves her house, and her only friend is Edith, her elderly neighbor. But when the Mason family moves in across the street, Hannah's quiet life is changed forever. The Masons pull Hannah into their tangled web of secrets. She must decide what to believe and who to trust as she attempts to rescue their teenage daughter, April, from harm. Hannah knows only one thing for certain: she can't be afraid anymore. This Book was ranked at 14 by Google Books for keyword The Woman in the Window. Book ID of Saving April's Books is DtnnjwEACAAJ, Book which was written bySarah A. Denzil Book which was published by Createspace Independent Publis...

The Bankers' Magazine By: Published on 1899 by This Book was ranked at 32 by Google Books for keyword The Outsider. Book ID of The Bankers' Magazine's Books is tQ8kAQAAIAAJ, Book which was written by Book which was published by since 1899 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Book which have " Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryBanks and banking This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is false Book Preview

Advocate and Family Guardian By: Published on 1862 by This Book was ranked at 36 by Google Books for keyword The Woman in the Window. Book ID of Advocate and Family Guardian's Books is vnMXAAAAYAAJ, Book which was written by Book which was published by since 1862 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Book which have " Pages" is Printed at BOOK under Category This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is false Book Preview

The Mind Parasites By:Colin Wilson Published on 2013-05-15 by Monkfish Book Publishing Wilson has blended H.P. Lovecraft's dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200 years, mind parasites have been lurking in the deepest layers of human consciousness, feeding on human life force and steadily gaining a foothold on the planet. Now they threaten humanity's extinction. They can be fought with one weapon only: the mind, pushed to--and beyond--its limits. Pushed so far that humans can read each other's thoughts, that the moon can be shifted from its orbit by thought alone. Pushed so that man can at last join battle with the loathsome parasites on equal terms. This Book was ranked at 33 by Google Books for keyword The Outsider. Book ID of The Mind Parasites's Books is 9PgT3...