Author : Richard A. Posner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 0195304276
Many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparkedheated protests. Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant responseto these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with publicsafety in the face of grave national danger.
Author : Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307401936
First published in 1993, The Virgin Suicides announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters—beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys—commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family’s fatal melancholy, in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel of adolescent love, disquiet, and death. Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time. Adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is a modern classic, a lyrical and timeless tale of sex and suicide that transforms and mythologizes suburban middle-American life.
Author : Matthew Dexter
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2020-06
Category :
ISBN : 9789389690910
In this debut collection, Matthew Dexter embraces the madness of a mind lost in depravity. Throughout these thirteen stories and novelette, Dexter's lyrical prose exposes the chaos of the human condition. Consumed with depravity, disease, and turbulence, we enter a dying modern world where secrets shred souls into kaleidoscopic confetti. From cartels members escaping grisly fates, to fathers fighting for custody in clown cars, to children battling babysitters to protect hideous secrets from dismissive parents, jostling for freedom with fiendish desires, we see wounded hearts juggling demons.
Author : Stacie Ramey
Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781728297217
A suicide pact was supposed to keep them together, but a broken promise tore them apart. A powerful story of sisterhood, young adult depression, and love. Allie is devastated when her older sister commits suicide--and it's not just because she misses her. Allie feels betrayed. The two made a pact that they'd always be together, in life and in death, but Leah broke her promise and Allie needs to know why. Her divorced parents hover. Her friends try to support her. And Nick, sweet Nick, keeps calling and flirting. Their sympathy only intensifies her grief, her guilt. But the more she clings to Leah, the more secrets surface. Allie's not sure which is more distressing: discovering the truth behind her sister's death or facing her new reality without her. A great pick for: Fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Jodi Picoult Readers looking for young adult novels about depression, romance, sisterhood, and forgiveness Buyers of contemporary young adult Also by Stacie Ramie: It's My Life The Secrets We Bury The Homecoming Praise for The Sister Pact: "A powerful story of redemption, forgiveness, love, and the ability to persevere."--VOYA Magazine "The story reads like Go Ask Alice...As Allie learns the many sordid secrets of her sister's concealed life, she begins to understand the powerful influence her sister had on her and, a talented painter, struggles to find her own voice. "--Kirkus "A heavy but powerful read that tackles big topics without letting them drag the narrative down."--Booklist "The story is well written and will hold teens' interest."--School Library Connection
Author : David B. Lyons
Publisher :
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 12,74 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916051836
"This trilogy will blow you away" - RubinaReads "These books aren't just memorable. They're unforgettable" - BooksFromDuskTillDawn The Tick-Tock Trilogy is a series of psychological thrillers, all told in real time. Get inside the heads of four characters during the same morning (Midday), afternoon (Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake?) and night (The Suicide Pact) as clocks tick towards drastic deadlines. "Lyons is an outstanding craftsman in the thriller genre" - bestselling author Andrew Barrett MIDDAY Vincent Butler has five hours to steal eight million euro from the four bank branches he manages in Dublin's city centre. If he doesn't - his partner of ten years, who is being held captive, will be killed. Vincent doesn't have long. Only until midday. ...And the clock is ticking. ★★★★★ "Intense, addictive and incredibly clever" WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BETSY BLAKE? Private investigator Lenny Moon has five hours to find the answer to a question that has plagued grieving father Gordon Blake for decades: whatever happened to my daughter, Betsy? Lenny doesn't have long to investigate... only until Gordon is put under the knife for make-or-break heart surgery. ...And the clock is ticking. ★★★★★ "One of the most gripping reads ever" THE SUICIDE PACT Ex-detective Helen Brennan has five hours to stop two teenage girls from ending their own lives, just as her son Scot did twenty-two years ago. The problem is she doesn't know who the teenage girls are. Or where they are. She only knows she has until midnight to save them. ...And the clock is ticking. ★★★★★ "A heart-racing, palm-sweating, page turner" Each of the Tick-Tock Trilogy can be read as standalones, but do comprise cross-over characters and a unique race-against-time narrative. The Tick-Tock Trilogy is 900 pages of heart-thumping thriller drama. What the critics are saying about books in The Tick-Tock Trilogy "Gripping and high-octane" - Irish Mail on Sunday "Lyons' debut has a devastating twist in its tail" - Irish Independent "The best book of the year" - BooksFromDuskTillDawn "Really clever" - BookieWookie "My new favourite author" - RubinaReads "Lyons certainly knows how to nail a thriller" - Bestselling author Sharon Thompson "An outstanding craftsman in the thriller genre" - No. 1 Bestselling author Andrew Barrett "This year's must-read author" - Bestselling author Rob Enright.
Author : Donna Gaines
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 1998-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226278728
Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help "troubled" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. "A powerful book."—Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Book Review "[Gaines] sheds light on a poorly understood world and raises compelling questions about what society might do to help this alienated group of young people."—Ann Grimes, Washington Post Book World "There is no comparable study of teenage suburban culture . . . and very few ethnographic inquiries written with anything like Gaines's native gusto or her luminous eye for detail."—Andrew Ross, Transition "An outstanding case study. . . . Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions."—Richard Lachman, Contemporary Sociology "The best book on contemporary youth culture."—Rolling Stone
Author : Albert Borris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 30,95 MB
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416974350
Four suicidal teenagers go on a "celebrity suicide road trip," visiting the graves of famous people who have killed themselves, with the intention of ending their lives in Death Valley, California.
Author : Jodi Picoult
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061980242
“Engrossing...The Pact is compelling reading.”—People In this heart-rending tale of love and friendship, Jodi Picoult brings to life a familiar world, and in a single terrifying moment awakens every parent’s worst fear: We think we know our children . . . but do we ever really know them at all? The Golds and the Hartes, neighbors for eighteen years, have always been inseparable. So have their children—and it’s no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily’s friendship blossoms into something more. But the bonds of family, friendship, and passion—which had seemed so indestructible—suddenly threaten to unravel in the wake of unimaginable tragedy. When midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the truth. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There’s a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris pilfered from his father’s cabinet—a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris describes. This extraordinary, poignant novel paints an indelible portrait of two families in anguish . . . and creates an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama as Chris is put on trial for murder.
Author : Yasmin Rahman
Publisher : Lerner + ORM
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1728493900
Sixteen-year-old Mehreen is overwhelmed by her anxiety and depression, and she doesn't believe anyone in her life will understand if she tries to talk about it. She's been thinking about suicide for a while when she discovers a website called MementoMori.com. The site matches people with partners and assigns them a date on which to end their lives, together. Mehreen is partnered with Cara and Olivia, strangers dealing with their own struggles. But as the girls get to know one another in preparation for their "date of termination" they find themselves developing a strong bond—even becoming friends. For the first time, they're each able to share their darkest secrets with people who won't judge them. They realize that, with the right support systems, life is worth living after all. So they decide to abandon the suicide pact. Except the website won't let them stop. As their assigned "date of termination" draws nearer and MementoMori continues to manipulate them, the girls will have to rely on one another to survive. If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for free, confidential 24/7 support.
Author : Kay Redfield Jamison
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0307779890
Critical reading for parents, educators, and anyone wanting to understand the tragic epidemic of suicide—”a powerful book [that] will change people's lives—and, doubtless, save a few" (Newsday). The first major book in a quarter century on suicide—and its terrible pull on the young in particular—Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. From the author of the best-selling memoir, An Unquiet Mind—and an internationally acknowledged authority on depression—Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research to bear on this devastating problem. This is a book that helps us to understand the suicidal mind, to recognize and come to the aid of those at risk, and to comprehend the profound effects on those left behind.
