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Gone Girl |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Crown | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 432 | |
| Isbn | : 0307588386 | |
| Release | : 2012-06-05 | |
Book Summary:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time). NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times • People • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • Slate • Kansas City Star • USA Today • Christian Science Monitor On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy’s diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • St. Louis Post Dispatch • Chicago Tribune • HuffPost • Newsday “Absorbing . . . In masterly fashion, Flynn depicts the unraveling of a marriage—and of a recession-hit Midwest—by interweaving the wife’s diary entries with the husband’s first-person account.”—New Yorker “Ms. Flynn writes dark suspense novels that anatomize violence without splashing barrels of blood around the pages . . . Ms. Flynn has much more up her sleeve than a simple missing-person case. As Nick and Amy alternately tell their stories, marriage has never looked so menacing, narrators so unreliable.”—The Wall Street Journal “The story unfolds in precise and riveting prose . . . even while you know you’re being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale.”—O: The Oprah Magazine |
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The Grownup |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Crown | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 64 | |
| Isbn | : 080418898X | |
| Release | : 2015-11-03 | |
Book Summary:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone. A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the “psychic” visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan’s terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan’s teenage stepson, doesn’t help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it. “The Grownup,” which originally appeared as “What Do You Do?” in George R. R. Martin’s Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world’s most original and skilled voices in fiction. |
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Book Analysis) |
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Author | : Bright Summaries |
| Publisher | : BrightSummaries.com | |
| Category | : Literary Criticism | |
| Number of Pages | : 58 | |
| Isbn | : 2808017421 | |
| Release | : 2019-04-03 | |
Book Summary:Unlock the more straightforward side of Gone Girl with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a high-tension novel about Nick Dunne and his wife Amy, who disappears in suspicious circumstances on their fifth wedding anniversary. As the story moves between Nick’s perspective and Amy’s increasingly fearful diary entries in the lead-up to the day she disappeared, the evidence all seems to point toward Nick being guilty, and he is quickly caught up in a veritable media storm. However, all is not as it seems, and it eventually becomes clear that the true culprit is the last person anyone would ever have suspected… Gone Girl was one of the top-selling novels of 2012, and was adapted into a film of the same name starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck two years later. Find out everything you need to know about Gone Girl in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com! |
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So Far Gone, Girl: A Gone Girl Parody |
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Author | : Luke Young |
| Publisher | : Luke Young | |
| Category | : Humor | |
| Number of Pages | : 200 | |
| Isbn | : 1311254064 | |
| Release | : 2015-07-23 | |
Book Summary:What do you get when you take the amazing GONE GIRL story, replace the lame anniversary treasure hunts with deadly SAW movie-esque traps and have all the craziness investigated by lunatic detectives channeling the ones from the television show THE KILLING? You get an unputdownable and hilarious parody of EPIC proportions. Don’t miss it! Marriage can be a real nightmare; especially when your wife is a sociopath, who’s either trying to kill you, frame you for her disappearance or maybe even both. Supported by his sister whose own behavior is inappropriate at best, a pair of lunatic detectives and in-laws with questionable motives, Rick Dunce tries to navigate the tricky waters of exactly how one should act when the woman he absolutely can’t stand disappears without a trace. If this Husband-of-the-Year is truly responsible, did he act in self-defense or did one too many bizarre quiz questions or inane treasure hunt clues finally push him over the edge? Whether Winnie is missing, dead or just hiding out, the only thing that’s certain is she’s so far gone that it’s not even funny— except that it is. A parody of, Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s acclaimed and runaway bestselling masterpiece, So Far Gone, Girl, will leave you doubled over with laughter, gasping for breath and checking to see if your own ottoman can really balance on its side like that. What readers are saying… “… there are some great one-liners… And that ending was great. I think it’s the ending a lot of us hoped for, but didn’t get, in GONE GIRL” – Nenia Campbell (The Armchair Librarian) “… kept me glued to the pages in elated hilarity. From the first line, I was cracking up, and that didn’t relent almost the entire time.” – Hayden Casey (The Teen Bookworm) “… I started laughing the first page and never stopped. I’ve read the original and let me tell you, while I was shocked and couldn’t stop reading about that crazy wife and the insane thing she did, nothing compares to Luke Young’s version. I really enjoyed this story. A great read!” |
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Gone Girl: by Gillian Flynn | Summary & Analysis |
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Author | : Elite Summaries |
| Publisher | : Elite Summaries | |
| Category | : Reference | |
| Number of Pages | : N.a | |
| Isbn | : N.a | |
| Release | : 2018-05-08 | |
Book Summary:Nick Dunne is the main character of Gone Girl, a popular book written by Gillian Flynn. On the day of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne returns to his home in North Carthage, Missouri only to find his wife Amy missing. Presents have already been wrapped and reservations have already been made. But Nick was the suspect of her own wife’s disappearance, since there are signs of struggle in the house. Nick unexpectedly lies, keeps secrets, and acts inappropriately, but he tries hard to maintain his innocence. A very popular book with a movie title of the same name, Gone Girl is full of suspense from the beginning until the end. It haunts the readers with very dark and murky characters, presented through their scary thoughts. At the end, it punches the readers in the gut. Gone Girl is definitely an irresistible thriller with plot twists here and there that will make it hard to put down. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.0px ‘Trebuchet MS’; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} A People Magazine Best Book of the Year and New York Times Janet Maslin’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012, Gone Girl is definitely a must have. It is terrifying, moving, and sometimes funny at the same time. The Gone Girl is offered in Kindle and Paperback version with free shipping. Read this exciting thriller and I hope you will be energized! |
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – 15-minute Instaread Summary |
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Author | : Instaread Summaries |
| Publisher | : Instaread Summaries | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : N.a | |
| Isbn | : N.a | |
| Release | : 2014-10-02 | |
Book Summary:PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – 15-minute Instaread Summary Inside this Instaread Summary: • Overview of the entire book • Introduction to the important people in the book • Summary and analysis of all the chapters in the book • Key Takeaways of the book • A Reader’s Perspective Preview of this summary: Chapters 1-6 Nick and Amy Dunne have both lost their jobs. Nick’s mother is dying of cancer, so they move from New York to Missouri to help Nick’s sister, Go, care for her. Some time later, Nick is at the bar he owns with his sister when he gets a call from a concerned neighbor. Nick goes home and finds evidence of a struggle in his living room. His wife, Amy, is missing. Detectives Rhonda Boney and Jim Gilpin arrive at the Dunne home. They take Nick’s statement and search the house. They find a small present for Nick. This is his fifth wedding anniversary. Amy creates a treasure hunt of clues for Nick every year on their anniversary. From Amy’s diary: January 8, 2005. Amy Elliott went to a party and met a boy named Nick. He walked her home and kissed her. September 18, 2005. Amy runs into Nick again. They seem to click. July 5, 2008. It is Amy and Nick’s one year wedding anniversary. Amy writes about how in love they are. She creates a treasure hunt of clues for him to follow… |
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Unnatural Magic |
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Author | : C. M. Waggoner |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 400 | |
| Isbn | : 1984805851 | |
| Release | : 2019-11-05 | |
Book Summary:A “brilliant and terrifically fun”* debut novel brings an enchanting new voice to fantasy. Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she’s denied a place at the nation’s premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don’t think there’s anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. But as soon as Onna arrives, she’s drawn into the mysterious murder of four trolls. Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader’s daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow. As she slowly nurses him back to health, an unlikely bond forms between them, one that is tested when an unknown mage makes an attempt on Tsira’s life. Soon, unbeknownst to each other, Onna and Tsira both begin devoting their considerable talents to finding out who is targeting trolls, before their homeland is torn apart… *Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians |
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The Novels of Gillian Flynn |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Crown | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 640 | |
| Isbn | : 0307953688 | |
| Release | : 2012-07-31 | |
Book Summary:“Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.” —Stephen King This collection, available exclusively as an ebook, brings together the first two novels of Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl. In Sharp Objects, Flynn’s debut novel, a young journalist returns home to cover a dark assignment—and to face her own damaged family history. With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable. Flynn’s second novel, Dark Places, is an intricately orchestrated thriller that ravages a family’s past to unearth the truth behind a horrifying crime. A New York Times bestseller and Weekend Today Top Summer Read, Dark Places solidified Flynn’s status as one of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time. |
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David Fincher: Mind Games |
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Author | : Adam Nayman |
| Publisher | : Abrams | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 304 | |
| Isbn | : 1647002443 | |
| Release | : 2021-11-23 | |
Book Summary:David Fincher: Mind Games is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–nominated works of director David Fincher. From feature films Alien 3, Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, and Mank through his MTV clips for Madonna and the Rolling Stones and the Netflix series House of Cards and Mindhunter, each chapter weaves production history with original critical analysis, as well as with behind the scenes photography, still-frames, and original illustrations from Little White Lies’ international team of artists and graphic designers. Mind Games also features interviews with Fincher’s frequent collaborators, including Jeff Cronenweth, Angus Wall, Laray Mayfield, Holt McCallany, Howard Shore and Erik Messerschmidt. Grouping Fincher’s work around themes of procedure, imprisonment, paranoia, prestige and relationship dynamics, Mind Games is styled as an investigation into a filmmaker obsessed with investigation, and the design will shift to echo case files within a larger psychological profile. |
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Gone Girl – 101 Amazing Facts & Trivia King! |
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Author | : G Whiz |
| Publisher | : GWhizBooks.com | |
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| Number of Pages | : N.a | |
| Isbn | : 1498916678 | |
| Release | : 2014-05-21 | |
Book Summary:Get the bundle package of your favorite G Whiz titles and save! Did you know Flynn says that she was inspired by the success of her own marriage in writing the novel? Or, did you know the adaptation rights of the novel were sold to 20th Century Fox in a summer auction for 1.5 million dollars? What are the amazing facts of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn? Do you know the answers to the questions above? Laugh and learn with 101 Amazing Facts and take the True or False? or Trivia King Quiz Game Books to challenge yourself to a round of trivia ! For the first time, G Whiz Books is now available in bundle packages, bringing you FUN and EDUCATION simultaneously that is safe for the whole family. Tips & Tricks to Enhance Reading Experience • Enter “G Whiz” after your favorite title to see if publication exists! ie) Book Name G Whiz • Enter “G Whiz Books” to search for entire catalogue! • Look for the bundle packages and trilogy sets for deals and save! • Submit a review to join G Whiz Crew and the Wall of Contributors! “Get ready for fun, down-to-earth, and amazing facts that keep you laughing & learning!” – G Whiz DISCLAIMER: This work is a derivative work not to be confused with the original title. It is a collection of facts from reputable sources generally known to the public with source URLs for further reading and enjoyment. It is unofficial and unaffiliated with respective parties of the original title in any way. Due to the nature of research, no content shall be deemed authoritative nor used for citation purposes. Refined and tested for quality, we provide a 100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back. |
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Gone Girl – 101 Amazing Facts & True or False? |
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Author | : G Whiz |
| Publisher | : GWhizBooks.com | |
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| Number of Pages | : N.a | |
| Isbn | : 1498954456 | |
| Release | : 2014-05-21 | |
Book Summary:Get the bundle package of your favorite G Whiz titles and save! Did you know Flynn says that she was inspired by the success of her own marriage in writing the novel? Or, did you know the adaptation rights of the novel were sold to 20th Century Fox in a summer auction for 1.5 million dollars? What are the amazing facts of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn? Do you know the answers to the questions above? Laugh and learn with 101 Amazing Facts and take the True or False? or Trivia King Quiz Game Books to challenge yourself to a round of trivia ! For the first time, G Whiz Books is now available in bundle packages, bringing you FUN and EDUCATION simultaneously that is safe for the whole family. Tips & Tricks to Enhance Reading Experience • Enter “G Whiz” after your favorite title to see if publication exists! ie) Book Name G Whiz • Enter “G Whiz Books” to search for entire catalogue! • Look for the bundle packages and trilogy sets for deals and save! • Submit a review to join G Whiz Crew and the Wall of Contributors! “Get ready for fun, down-to-earth, and amazing facts that keep you laughing & learning!” – G Whiz DISCLAIMER: This work is a derivative work not to be confused with the original title. It is a collection of facts from reputable sources generally known to the public with source URLs for further reading and enjoyment. It is unofficial and unaffiliated with respective parties of the original title in any way. Due to the nature of research, no content shall be deemed authoritative nor used for citation purposes. Refined and tested for quality, we provide a 100% satisfaction guarantee or your money back. |
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Rogues |
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Author | : George R. R. Martin,Gardner Dozois |
| Publisher | : Bantam | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 832 | |
| Isbn | : 0804179603 | |
| Release | : 2014-06-17 | |
Book Summary:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Neil Gaiman • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin! Praise for Rogues “Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal |
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Where the Crawdads Sing |
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Author | : Delia Owens |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 384 | |
| Isbn | : 0735219117 | |
| Release | : 2018-08-14 | |
Book Summary:SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies sold, “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature”(The New York Times Book Review), now in paperback for the first time. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps. |
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The Poison Bed |
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Author | : E C Fremantle |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 416 | |
| Isbn | : 1405920092 | |
| Release | : 2018-06-14 | |
Book Summary:‘Warning: this book may well take over your summer. Think Gillian Flynn meets The Miniaturist’ Waterstones ______________ London, 1615. Robert and Frances Carr are imprisoned, accused of murder. Their friend and confidante Thomas Overbury is dead. And they both have a motive for killing him . . . Frances, rescued from an abusive marriage, is determined to make a new life for herself . . . and will stop at nothing and no one to make sure she does. Robert is now one of the most powerful men in the land. But to get to the top he couldn’t help but make enemies. One of them did it. But who? Because one of them will pay with their life. ______________ ‘A Jacobean GONE GIRL. Dark and deeply satisfying, a tale of monstrous intrigue and murder’ M. J. Carter ‘A twisting psychological thriller based on a real Jacobean murder. Unputdownable’ The Times |
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Girl Gone Viral |
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Author | : Arvin Ahmadi |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : Young Adult Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 416 | |
| Isbn | : 0425289923 | |
| Release | : 2019-05-21 | |
Book Summary:“Smart, timely and riveting.”–The New York Times Book Review Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder’s catapult to stardom. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can’t code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget. Until now. Because WAVE, the world’s biggest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest where the winner gets to meet its billionaire founder. The same billionaire who worked closely with Opal’s dad. The one she always believed might know where he went. The one who maybe even murdered him. What begins as a small data hack to win the contest spirals out of control when Opal goes viral, digging her deeper into a hole of lies, hacks, and manipulation. How far will Opal go for the answers–or is it the attention–she’s wanted for years? |
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Gone, Baby, Gone |
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Author | : Dennis Lehane |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 560 | |
| Isbn | : 0061802735 | |
| Release | : 2009-10-13 | |
Book Summary:“Powerful and raw, harrowing, and unsentimental.” —Washington Post Book World “Chilling, completely credible….[An] absolutely gripping story.” —Chicago Tribune “Mr. Lehane delivers big time.” —Wall Street Journal In Gone, Baby, Gone, the master of the new noir, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island), vividly captures the complex beauty and darkness of working-class Boston. A gripping, deeply evocative thriller about the devastating secrets surrounding a little girl lost, featuring the popular detective team of Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, Gone, Baby, Gone was the basis for the critically acclaimed motion picture directed by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman. |
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Gone Girl (Movie Tie-In Edition) |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Modernista | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 490 | |
| Isbn | : 9176459063 | |
| Release | : 2015-10-01 | |
Book Summary:1:a åtta veckor i rad på New York Times bestsellerlista! »Gone Girl är baske mig ett mästerverk. Ska ni läsa en enda bok i år, välj den här. Årets bästa deckare, utan konkurrens.« LOTTA OLSSON, DN »En alldeles enastående bra thriller.« YUKIKO DUKE, GOMORRON SVERIGE, SVT »Gone Girl är en läsfest.« SVENSKA DAGBLADET »Det bästa jag läst i spänningsväg på många år.« JENS LILJESTRAND, EXPRESSEN »Sedan kommer vi kanske återigen att ha sex. Och en hamburgare sent på kvällen. Och ännu mer whisky. Voilà, det lyckligaste paret i kvarteret! Och så säger man att det ska vara så jobbigt att vara gift.« Nick och Amy Dunne är paret som har allt. De är charmiga, smarta och framgångsrika. Efter några hektiska år i New York slår de sig ner i en liten småstad i Missouri. Men den nya tillvaron blir inte som de tänkt sig och snart avlöser grälen varandra. På morgonen till deras femte bröllopsdag är Amy plötsligt försvunnen. I parets villa finns tydliga spår av våldsam strid. Misstankar faller snabbt på Nick, som bedyrar sin oskuld och gör vad han kan för att få polis och media på andra spår. Amys dagbok ger dock en bild av Nick som är allt annat än sympatisk. Men är han verkligen en mördare? Å andra sidan: Om han är oskyldig, var är Amy? # Över 9 miljoner sålda exemplar! # Nominerad till: Womens Prize for Fiction. # Årets bästa bok av Amazon och Barnes & Noble. # Årets mest recenserade bok på Good Reads, över 50.000 recensioner! # Översatt till 30 språk. »En superbt välskriven thriller.« JAN GRADVALL, DI WEEKEND »Gillian Flynn måste vara en av deckarvärldens skickligaste manipulatörer.« ULRIKA STAHRE, AFTONBLADET »Årets thriller.« THE GUARDIAN GILLIAN FLYNN är en av världens just nu mest hyllade kriminalförfattare, och hennes tredje roman Gone Girl hör till det senaste årets allra största succéer. Mörka platser, som kom på svenska 2012, fick även den lysande recensioner och utnämndes av Yukiko Duke i SVT:sGomorron Sverige till »Höstens absolut bästa deckare!« med betyget »en klar 5:a«. Gillian Flynn är bosatt i Chicago. |
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Contemporary Crime Fiction |
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Author | : Charlotte Beyer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing | |
| Category | : Literary Criticism | |
| Number of Pages | : 225 | |
| Isbn | : 1527566862 | |
| Release | : 2021-03-01 | |
Book Summary:This unique and timely book presents nine compelling essays on contemporary crime fiction, bringing innovative and fresh perspectives to the analysis of this most popular and vibrant literary genre. Investigating contemporary crime fiction and the critical debates surrounding its reception and production, the introductory chapter sets the scene for the subsequent analyses of distinct crime fiction topics, themes and authors. The topics include the experimental detective narrative, race and ethnicity, historical crime fiction, domestic noir, feminism and crime, environmental crime, and the poetics of place. Authors examined here range from Ian Rankin, Gillian Flynn, Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Robert Galbraith, Nancy Bilyeau, and Martha Grimes, to Tana French, Dale Furutani, and J.G. Ballard, and more. Informed by the latest critical debates and theoretical perspectives in the field, this volume presents an invaluable source of information and criticism on crime fiction for students, researchers and academics alike. |
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Ready Player One |
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Author | : Ernest Cline |
| Publisher | : Ballantine Books | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 384 | |
| Isbn | : 0307887456 | |
| Release | : 2011-08-16 | |
Book Summary:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9 |
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The Illusion |
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Author | : Pierre Corneille |
| Publisher | : Theatre Communications Group | |
| Category | : Drama | |
| Number of Pages | : 96 | |
| Isbn | : 1559366974 | |
| Release | : 1994-10-01 | |
Book Summary:An enchanting argument for the power of theatrical imagination over reality, The Illusion weaves obsession and caprice, romance and murder, fact and fiction, into an enticing exploration of the greatest illusion of all – love. |
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Domestic Noir |
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Author | : Laura Joyce,Henry Sutton |
| Publisher | : Springer | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 292 | |
| Isbn | : 3319693387 | |
| Release | : 2018-04-23 | |
Book Summary:This book represents the first serious consideration of the ‘domestic noir’ phenomenon and, by extension, the psychological thriller. The only such landmark collection since Lee Horsley’s The Noir Thriller, it extends the argument for serious, academic study of crime fiction, particularly in relation to gender, domestic violence, social and political awareness, psychological acuity, and structural and narratological inventiveness. As well as this, it shifts the debate around the sub-genre firmly up to date and brings together a range of global voices to dissect and situate the notion of ‘domestic noir’. This book is essential reading for students, scholars, and fans of the psychological thriller. |
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Victim F |
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Author | : Denise Huskins,Aaron Quinn,Nicole Weisensee Egan |
| Publisher | : Penguin | |
| Category | : True Crime | |
| Number of Pages | : 400 | |
| Isbn | : 0593099974 | |
| Release | : 2021-06-08 | |
Book Summary:The shocking true story of a bizarre kidnapping and the victims’ re-victimization by the justice system. In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn awoke from a sound sleep into a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise. Warned not to call the police or Denise would be killed. Aaron agonized about what to do. Finally he put his trust in law enforcement and dialed 911. But instead of searching for Denise, the police accused Aaron of her murder. His story, they told him, was just unbelievable. When Denise was released alive, the police turned their fire on her, dubbing her the “real-life ‘Gone Girl’” who had faked her own kidnapping. In Victim F, Aaron and Denise recount the horrific ordeal that almost cost them everything. Like too many victims of sexual violence, they were dismissed, disbelieved, and dragged through the mud. With no one to rely on except each other, they took on the victim blaming, harassment, misogyny, and abuse of power running rife in the criminal justice system. Their story is, in the end, a love story, but one that sheds necessary light on sexual assault and the abuse by law enforcement that all too frequently compounds crime victims’ suffering. |
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Family Relationships in Contemporary Crime Fiction |
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Author | : Bill Phillips |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing | |
| Category | : Literary Criticism | |
| Number of Pages | : 178 | |
| Isbn | : 152753359X | |
| Release | : 2019-04-23 | |
Book Summary:Behind every crime novel there is a family. The author’s, the hero’s (or the heroine’s), and that of the villains themselves. Some families organise themselves into crime syndicates, controlling drugs, prostitution and illegal gambling. Others are simply dysfunctional, tearing themselves apart, fathers against sons, mothers against daughters, sisters against brothers, husbands against wives. Not everyone escapes alive. However, families do not exist in a vacuum. They are an important part of our society—for many, one of its most essential building blocks. That being said, society itself can impinge disastrously on personal relationships. War, that greatest of crimes, leaves children bereft of parents. Generations of children are stolen by cynical, racist administrators in supposedly civilised countries. Religion requires its followers to flourish and multiply, while abandoning all—including family—for their faith. All of these issues and more are explored in this collection of essays about crime fiction and the family. |
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The Complete Gillian Flynn |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Crown | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 1072 | |
| Isbn | : 0553419897 | |
| Release | : 2014-05-13 | |
Book Summary:“Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.” —Stephen King This exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author Gillian Flynn. A #1 New York Times bestseller, Gone Girl is an unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that Flynn’s work “draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.” Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. Flynn’s second novel, Dark Places, is an intricately orchestrated thriller that ravages a family’s past to unearth the truth behind a horrifying crime. A New York Times bestseller and Weekend Today Top Summer Read, Dark Places solidified Flynn’s status as one of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time. In Sharp Objects, Flynn’s debut novel, a young journalist returns home to cover a dark assignment—and to face her own damaged family history. With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable. |
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Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture |
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Author | : Dimitris Akrivos,Alexandros K. Antoniou |
| Publisher | : Springer | |
| Category | : Social Science | |
| Number of Pages | : 343 | |
| Isbn | : 3030049124 | |
| Release | : 2019-01-28 | |
Book Summary:This book explores the links between crime, deviance and popular culture in our highly-mediatised era, offering an insight into the cultural processes through which particular practices acquire a criminal or deviant status, and come to be seen as social problems. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the edited collection brings together international scholars across various areas of specialisation to provide an up-to-date analysis of some important and topical issues in 21st-century popular culture. The chapters look at different aspects of popular culture, including fictional detective narratives and the true crime genre, popular media constructions of sexual deviance and Islamophobia, sports, graffiti and outlaw biker subcultures. The authors examine a wide range of relevant case studies through a number of crime and deviance-related theories. Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture will be of importance to scholars and students across several disciplines, including criminology, sociology of deviance, social anthropology, media studies, cultural studies, television studies and linguistics. |
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Gone Girl – Yang Hilang |
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Author | : Gillian Flynn |
| Publisher | : Gramedia Pustaka Utama | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 616 | |
| Isbn | : 6020310728 | |
| Release | : 2014-11-18 | |
Book Summary:Nick Dunne Istriku menghilang. Tepat pada hari ulang tahun pernikahan kami yang kelima. Ketika pulang hari itu, aku mendapati sisa-sisa pergumulan di ruang duduk. Polisi mencurigaiku. Banyak kejanggalan muncul dari hasil penyelidikan. Parahnya, semua bukti mengarah kepadaku. Apa yang istriku lakukan terhadapku? Amy Dunne Dalam buku harian, aku menulis dia mungkin akan membunuhku. Kalau suatu hari aku ditemukan mati… yah, itu bukan lelucon yang lucu. Setahun belakangan aku sudah mempersiapkan diri. Agar suamiku tak macam-macam denganku. Nick harus mengerahkan segala upaya untuk lepas dari penghukuman media dan publik, menghindar dari penjara dan bahkan hukuman mati. Menyelami isi kepala istrinya yang rumit dan perfeksionis, hanya itu satu-satunya cara. |
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Girl Gone Viral |
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Author | : Alisha Rai |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 400 | |
| Isbn | : 0062877887 | |
| Release | : 2020-04-21 | |
Book Summary:In Alisha Rai’s second novel in her Modern Love series, a reclusive investor goes viral, shoving her into the world’s spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’s been pining for… OMG! Wouldn’t it be adorable if he’s her soulmate??? I don’t see any wedding rings Breaking: #CafeBae and #CuteCafeGirl went to the bathroom AT THE SAME TIME!!! One minute, Katrina King’s enjoying an innocent conversation with a random guy at a coffee shop; the next, a stranger has live-tweeted the entire encounter with a romantic meet-cute spin and #CafeBae has the world swooning. Going viral isn’t easy for anyone, but Katrina has painstakingly built a private world for herself, far from her traumatic past. Besides, everyone has it all wrong…that #CafeBae bro? He isn’t the man she’s hungry for. He’s got a to die for. With the internet on the hunt for the identity of #CuteCafeGirl, Jas Singh, bodyguard and possessor of the most beautiful eyebrows Katrina’s ever seen, offers his family’s farm as a refuge. Alone with her unrequited crush feels like a recipe for hopeless longing, but Katrina craves the escape. She’s resigned to being just friends with Jas–until they share a single electrifying kiss. Now she can’t help but wonder if her crush may not be so unrequited after all… |
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Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy |
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Author | : Martins, Constantino,Damásio, Manuel |
| Publisher | : IGI Global | |
| Category | : Psychology | |
| Number of Pages | : 332 | |
| Isbn | : 1522505261 | |
| Release | : 2016-08-15 | |
Book Summary:Seduction is a complicated concept that is a part of the general human experience. Despite the prevalence of seduction in our personal lives as well as within popular culture, the concept has not been widely discussed and researched as an academic field. Seduction in Popular Culture, Psychology, and Philosophy explores the concept of seduction and the many ways it can be understood, either as a social and individual practice, a psychological trait, or a schema for manipulation. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, this publication features research-based chapters relevant to sociologists, media professionals, psychologists, philosophers, advertising professionals, researchers, and graduate level students studying in related areas. |
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Long Lost |
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Author | : Jacqueline West |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins | |
| Category | : Juvenile Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 288 | |
| Isbn | : 0062691775 | |
| Release | : 2021-05-18 | |
Book Summary:“Perfect to be read late into the night.”—Stefan Bachmann, internationally bestselling author of The Peculiar “A spooky sisterhood mystery that is sure to be a hit with readers.”—School Library Journal (starred review) “Grab a flashlight and stay up late with this one.”—Kirkus Reviews Once there were two sisters who did everything together. But only one of them disappeared. New York Times–bestselling author Jacqueline West’s Long Lost is an atmospheric, eerie mystery brimming with suspense. Fans of Katherine Arden’s Small Spaces and Victoria Schwab’s City of Ghosts series will lose themselves in this mesmerizing and century-spanning tale. Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to a new town to be closer to her older sister’s figure skating club—and far from Fiona’s close-knit group of friends—nobody seems to notice Fiona’s unhappiness. Alone and out of place, Fiona ventures to the town’s library, a rambling mansion donated by a long-dead heiress. And there she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance. Soon Fiona begins to notice strange similarities that blur the lines between the novel and her new town. With a little help from a few odd Lost Lake locals, Fiona uncovers the book’s strange history. Lost Lake is a town of restless spirits, and Fiona will learn that both help and danger come from unexpected places—maybe even from the sister she thinks doesn’t care about her anymore. New York Times–bestselling and acclaimed author Jacqueline West weaves a heart-pounding, intense, and imaginative mystery that builds anticipation on every page, while centering on the strong and often tumultuous bond between sisters. Laced with suspense, Long Lost will fascinate readers of Trenton Lee Stewart’s The Secret Keepers and fans of ghost stories. |
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A Cultural History of Marriage in the Modern Age |
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Author | : Christina Simmons |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing | |
| Category | : History | |
| Number of Pages | : 232 | |
| Isbn | : 1350179787 | |
| Release | : 2021-11-18 | |
Book Summary:Spanning cultures across the 20th century, this volume explores how marriage, especially in the West, was disestablished as the primary institution organizing social life. In the developing world, the economic, social, and legal foundations of traditional marriage are stronger but also weakening. Marriage changed because an industrial wage economy reduced familial patriarchal control of youth and women and spurred demands and possibilities for greater autonomy and choice in love. After the Second World War, when more married women pursued education and employment, and gays and lesbians gained visibility, feminism and gay liberation also challenged patriarchal and restrictive gender roles and helped to reshape marriage. In 1920 most people married for life; in the twenty-first century fewer marry, and serial monogamy prevails. Marriage is more diverse and flexible in form but also more fragile and optional than it once was. Over the century control of courtship shifted from parents to youth, and friends, as opposed to kin, became more important in sustaining marriages. Dual-wage-earner families replaced the male breadwinner. Social and political liberalism assailed conservative laws and religious regimes, expanding access to divorce and birth control. Although norms of masculinity and femininity retain huge power in most cultures, visions of more egalitarian and romantic love as the basis of marriage have gained traction-made appealing by the global spread of capitalist social relations and also broadcast by culture industries in the developed world. The legalization of same-sex marriage-in over twenty-five nations by 2020-epitomizes a century of change toward a less gender-defined ideal that includes a continued desire for social recognition and permanence. A Cultural History of Marriage in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on Courtship and Ritual; Religion, State and Law; Kinship and Social Networks; the Family Economy; Love and Sex; the Breaking of Vows; and Representations of Marriage. |
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Girl in Pieces |
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Author | : Kathleen Glasgow |
| Publisher | : Delacorte Press | |
| Category | : Young Adult Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 416 | |
| Isbn | : 1101934727 | |
| Release | : 2016-08-30 | |
Book Summary:Fans of Girl, Interrupted, Thirteen Reasons Why, and All the Bright Places will love this New York Times bestseller. “A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book that will stay with you long after you’ve read the last page.”—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow’s debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you won’t be able to look away from. “Girl, Interrupted meets Speak.”—Refinery29 “A dark yet powerful read.”—Paste Magazine “One of the most affecting novels we have read.”—Goop “Breathtaking and beautifully written.”—Bustle “Intimate and gritty.”—The Irish Times And don’t miss Kathleen Glasgow’s newest novel How to Make Friends with the Dark, which Karen M. McManus, the New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, calls “rare and powerful.” |
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A Kiss for You! |
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Author | : Dianne Powell-Eddings |
| Publisher | : iUniverse | |
| Category | : Poetry | |
| Number of Pages | : 92 | |
| Isbn | : 1491725710 | |
| Release | : 2014-03-04 | |
Book Summary:Dianne Powell Eddings is a retired teacher with Detroit Public Schools and an advocate with Donor Alliance Colorado. She has won poetry contest, spoken numerous times, weddings, conferences, funerals and other special events throughout Colorado, Detroit and Florida. Her ministries are registered with the State of Colorado under the name Poetic Ministries. She enjoys baking and Zumba. |
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Queenie |
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Author | : Candice Carty-Williams |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 336 | |
| Isbn | : 1501196030 | |
| Release | : 2019-03-19 | |
Book Summary:ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2019 BY WOMAN’S DAY, NEWSDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BUSTLE, AND BOOK RIOT! “[B]rilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking.” —Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You For fans of Luster and I May Destroy You, a disarmingly honest, unapologetically black, and undeniably witty debut novel that will speak to those who have gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her. With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world. |
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Dedicated to You |
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Author | : Gustavo Guzman |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation | |
| Category | : Poetry | |
| Number of Pages | : 90 | |
| Isbn | : 1796024597 | |
| Release | : 2019-07-25 | |
Book Summary:This book is dedicated to my number 1: Jennifer Lopez. She may not be my only one. I got other ones, but she is my number 1. It’s been many years since this woman captured my attention. There’s no denying that she’s a true beauty with a fabulous body. For many years, I’ve been passing time drawing her, escaping reality and the solitude of my prison cell—jailbird! I’ve always wondered if she ever saw any of the artwork I tagged her on social media. So this year, I decided to kind of dedicate a book of poetry and songs I wrote for her, along with all the artwork I’ve done of her. A few have been stolen by C/Os. Hopefully someday she does come across it and, if anything, at least put a smile on that pretty little face. Yeah, this is what lovebirds do, although Mama didn’t raise no fools. Love your life, baby girl. —Gustavo Guzman GustavoGuzmanArtwork/FB |
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Noir Affect |
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Author | : Christopher Breu,Elizabeth A. Hatmaker |
| Publisher | : Fordham University Press | |
| Category | : Literary Criticism | |
| Number of Pages | : 304 | |
| Isbn | : 0823287785 | |
| Release | : 2020-06-02 | |
Book Summary:Noir Affect proposes a new understanding of noir as defined by negative affect. This new understanding emphasizes that noir is, first and foremost, an affective disposition rather than a specific cycle of films or novels associated with a given time period or national tradition. Instead, the essays in Noir Affect trace noir’s negativity as it manifests in different national contexts from the United States to Mexico, France, and Japan and in a range of different media, including films, novels, video games, and manga. The forms of affect associated with noir are resolutely negative: These are narratives centered on loss, sadness, rage, shame, guilt, regret, anxiety, humiliation, resentment, resistance, and refusal. Moreover, noir often asks us to identify with those on the losing end of cultural narratives, especially the criminal, the lost, the compromised, the haunted, the unlucky, the cast-aside, and the erotically “perverse,” including those whose greatest erotic attachment is to death. Drawing on contemporary work in affect theory, while also re-orienting some of its core assumptions to address the resolutely negative affects narrated by noir, Noir Affect is invested in thinking through the material, bodily, social, and political–economic impact of the various forms noir affect takes. If much affect theory asks us to consider affect as a space of possibility and becoming, Noir Affect asks us to consider affect as also a site of repetition, dissolution, redundancy, unmaking, and decay. It also asks us to consider the way in which the affective dimensions of noir enable the staging of various forms of social antagonism, including those associated with racial, gendered, sexual, and economic inequality. Featuring an Afterword by the celebrated noir scholar Paula Rabinowitz and essays by an array of leading scholars, Noir Affect aims to fundamentally re-orient our understanding of noir. Contributors: Alexander Dunst, Sean Grattan, Peter Hitchcock, Justus Nieland, Andrew Pepper, Ignacio Sánchez Prado, Brian Rejack, Pamela Thoma, Kirin Wachter-Grene |
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The Wife Who Knew Too Much |
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Author | : Michele Campbell |
| Publisher | : St. Martin’s Press | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 352 | |
| Isbn | : 1250202566 | |
| Release | : 2020-07-28 | |
Book Summary:From Michele Campbell, the bestselling author of It’s Always the Husband comes a new blockbuster thriller in The Wife Who Knew Too Much. Meet the first Mrs. Ford Beautiful. Accomplished. Wealthy beyond imagination. Married to a much younger man. And now, she’s dead. Meet the second Mrs. Ford. Waitress. Small-town girl. Married to a man she never forgot, From a summer romance ten years before. And now, she’s wealthy beyond imagination. Who is Connor Ford? Two women loved him. And knew him as only wives can know. Set amongst the glittering mansions of the Hamptons, The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a decadent summer thriller about the lives of those who will do anything for love and money. Who is the victim? Who is the villain? And who will be next to die? |
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The Arrangement |
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Author | : Sylvia Day,Minerva Spencer,Kristin Vayden |
| Publisher | : Kensington Books | |
| Category | : Fiction | |
| Number of Pages | : 336 | |
| Isbn | : 1496731042 | |
| Release | : 2020-01-28 | |
Book Summary:“A well-curated selection of sexy, short, captivating romances from big-name authors investigating the unexpected twists of arranged marriages.” —Library Journal A trio of sizzling historical romances that prove passion is timeless . . . Mischief and the Marquess by Sylvia Day Justin, the Marquess of Fontaine, and Lady Sophie Milton-Riley are completely ill-suited to one another. But they will have to prove it in order to end their mothers’ insistence that they should marry. Yet the more they attempt to demonstrate how wrong their union would be, the more surprisingly, irresistibly right things feel . . . THE DUKE’S TREASURE by Minerva Spencer Plain, prickly Josephine Loman has loved Beaumont Halliwell, the Fifth Duke of Wroxton, since the first time she saw him. But the most beautiful man she’s ever met had eyes only for Jo’s erstwhile friend, who betrayed Beau’s trust by marrying his brother. Beau hasn’t been home in years, but when his brother dies in an accident, he must marry to save the impoverished dukedom. And Jo is the overlooked heiress who will turn his world upside down . . . THE INCONVENIENT COUNTESS by Kristin Vayden As the eldest in a poverty-stricken family of daughters, Miss Diana Katherine Lambson’s only option is a marriage of convenience. Her only prospect is a rogue with a miserable reputation. Her only true desire: freedom. And that is exactly what Charles Brook, Earl of Barrington, is willing to offer, in return for the respectability their union will give him. He will even provide Diana with a contract. But does she dare entrust her future to a scoundrel? Does she dare not to? |
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David Fincher: Mind Games |
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Author | : Adam Nayman |
| Publisher | : Abrams | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 304 | |
| Isbn | : 1647002443 | |
| Release | : 2021-11-23 | |
Book Summary:David Fincher: Mind Games is the definitive critical and visual survey of the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–nominated works of director David Fincher. From feature films Alien 3, Se7en, The Game, Fight Club, Panic Room, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, and Mank through his MTV clips for Madonna and the Rolling Stones and the Netflix series House of Cards and Mindhunter, each chapter weaves production history with original critical analysis, as well as with behind the scenes photography, still-frames, and original illustrations from Little White Lies’ international team of artists and graphic designers. Mind Games also features interviews with Fincher’s frequent collaborators, including Jeff Cronenweth, Angus Wall, Laray Mayfield, Holt McCallany, Howard Shore and Erik Messerschmidt. Grouping Fincher’s work around themes of procedure, imprisonment, paranoia, prestige and relationship dynamics, Mind Games is styled as an investigation into a filmmaker obsessed with investigation, and the design will shift to echo case files within a larger psychological profile. |
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The World Only Spins Forward |
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Author | : Isaac Butler,Dan Kois |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA | |
| Category | : Performing Arts | |
| Number of Pages | : 448 | |
| Isbn | : 1635571774 | |
| Release | : 2018-02-13 | |
Book Summary:“Marvelous . . . A vital book about how to make political art that offers lasting solace in times of great trouble, and wisdom to audiences in the years that follow.”- Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR A STONEWALL BOOK AWARDS HONOR BOOK The oral history of Angels in America, as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it–a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and an exuberant backstage tale. When Tony Kushner’s Angels in America hit Broadway in 1993, it won the Pulitzer Prize, swept the Tonys, launched a score of major careers, and changed the way gay lives were represented in popular culture. Mike Nichols’s 2003 HBO adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, and Mary-Louise Parker was itself a tour de force, winning Golden Globes and eleven Emmys, and introducing the play to an even wider public. This generation-defining classic continues to shock, move, and inspire viewers worldwide. Now, on the 25th anniversary of that Broadway premiere, Isaac Butler and Dan Kois offer the definitive account of Angels in America in the most fitting way possible: through oral history, the vibrant conversation and debate of actors (including Streep, Parker, Nathan Lane, and Jeffrey Wright), directors, producers, crew, and Kushner himself. Their intimate storytelling reveals the on- and offstage turmoil of the play’s birth–a hard-won miracle beset by artistic roadblocks, technical disasters, and disputes both legal and creative. And historians and critics help to situate the play in the arc of American culture, from the staunch activism of the AIDS crisis through civil rights triumphs to our current era, whose politics are a dark echo of the Reagan ’80s. Expanded from a popular Slate cover story and built from nearly 250 interviews, The World Only Spins Forward is both a rollicking theater saga and an uplifting testament to one of the great works of American art of the past century, from its gritty San Francisco premiere to its starry, much-anticipated Broadway revival in 2018. |
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The Nasty Woman and The Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema |
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Author | : Agnieszka Piotrowska |
| Publisher | : Routledge | |
| Category | : Social Science | |
| Number of Pages | : 122 | |
| Isbn | : 0429997337 | |
| Release | : 2018-11-27 | |
Book Summary:The Nasty Woman and the Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema puts forward the theoretical notion of the ‘nasty woman’ as a means of examining female protagonists in contemporary culture and cinema, particularly films directed by women. The phrase is taken from an insult thrown at Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential election debates and reclaimed by the feminists worldwide. The volume also draws from the figure of the femme fatale in film noir. Piotrowska presents ‘the nasty woman’ across cultural and mythical landscape as a figure fighting against the entitlement of the patriarchy. The writer argues that in films such as Zero Dark Thirty, Red Road, Stories We Tell, and even Gone Girl the ‘nastiness’ of female characters creates a new space for reflection on contemporary society and its struggles against patriarchal systems. The nasty woman or neo femme fatale is a figure who disrupts stable situations and norms; she is pro-active and self-determining, and at times unafraid to use dubious means to achieve her goals. She is often single, but when married she subverts and undermines the fundamental principles of this patriarchal institution. For students and researchers in Cultural Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Film Studies and Psychoanalysis in Film Studies, The Nasty Woman and the Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema offers an original way of thinking about female creativity and subjectivity. It is also a proud celebration of feminist and female authorship in contemporary Hollywood. |
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