Author : Michael J. Apter
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Why do many people enjoy risky activities--skydiving, bullfighting, or fast driving--that cause fear in others? Every normal human being seems to need excitement at times, yet for years this need remained largely unstudied. Now a professor of psychology explains why we experience the need for excitement at various times and what happens when excitement-seeking goes wrong.
Author : Judith Adamson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1349207705
Since the war Graham Greene has travelled habitually to the world's trouble-spots and has provided leading newspapers and journals with articles about what he saw. While contending that a writer must be free of political affiliations he has commmitted himself to many countries and causes, and while insisting that literature must never be used for political ends he has written novels informed by a political urgency. The Dangerous Edge is about his political reportage and how the observations that formed it were transformed into literature. It is about how a novelist who struggled to record public issues dispassionately became in the process an important political conscience.
Author : Gavin Lambert
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
An essay in collective biography, studying turning points in the lives of mystery writers which he feels determined their later styles and approaches. Wilkie Collins, Conan Doyle, Chesterton, Buchan, Graham Greene, Ambler, Simenon, Chandler, Hitchcock.--Misha Schutt.
Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736854573
"Describes in countdown format 10 of the most dangerous stunts ever attempted"--Provided by publisher.
Author : John Brockman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0061844802
The world's leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our lives—for better . . . or for worse . . . From Copernicus to Darwin, to current-day thinkers, scientists have always promoted theories and unveiled discoveries that challenge everything society holds dear; ideas with both positive and dire consequences. Many thoughts that resonate today are dangerous not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might turn out to be true. What do the world's leading scientists and thinkers consider to be their most dangerous idea? Through the leading online forum Edge (www.edge.org), the call went out, and this compelling and easily digestible volume collects the answers. From using medication to permanently alter our personalities to contemplating a universe in which we are utterly alone, to the idea that the universe might be fundamentally inexplicable, What Is Your Dangerous Idea? takes an unflinching look at the daring, breathtaking, sometimes terrifying thoughts that could forever alter our world and the way we live in it. Contributors include Daniel C. Dennett • Jared Diamond • Brian Greene • Matt Ridley • Howard Gardner and Freeman Dyson, among others
Author : Christopher Priest
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 9781560971597
Author : Charles Remsberg
Publisher : Calibre Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 093587805X
Extensive, advanced text of realistic tactical options for defeating violent offenders in life-threatening situations, including vehicle stops, domestic disturbances, armed robberies, building searches, barricaded subjects, and hostage officer crises. Addresses mental conditioning, tactical thinking and a host of special problems, whether you respond to dangerous calls alone, with a partner or as part of a tactical team. Used as a foundation for much training and for promotional exams.
Author : Dermot Gilvary
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1441164162
Author : Tim O'Shei
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736864398
"Describes 10 of the world's most dangerous machines in a countdown format"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Irene Hannon
Publisher : Revell
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1493411012
Trish Bailey is on overload trying to deal with a demanding job, an ailing mother, and a healing heart. When a series of unsettling memory lapses leads to a tragic death--and puts Trish under police scrutiny--her world is once again thrown into turmoil. Detective Colin Flynn isn't certain what to think of the facts he uncovers during his investigation. Did Trish simply make a terrible mistake or is there more to the case than meets the eye? As he searches for answers, disturbing information begins to emerge--and if the forces at work are as evil as he suspects, the situation isn't just dangerous . . . it's deadly. Bestselling and award-winning author Irene Hannon captures readers with a mind-bending story that will have them doubling back to retrace their steps--and figure out what they missed!
