Our perception of the world we enter through illness-including too often a world of pain-is shaped by desire. Emotions, dreams, and stories-even romance and eroticism-shape our experiences as patients and as caregivers. Desire in its many guises plays a crucial part in illness, David Morris shows. When we face down illness, something beyond biomedicine’s extremely valuable advances in treatment and prevention is sorely needed. By exploring the role of desire in illness, Eros and Illness offers an alternative: an unconventional, deeply human exploration of what it means to live with, and live through, disease. The modern regime of hyper-logical biomedicine offers little solace when it comes to the effects of ill health on our inner lives. Susan Sontag once described illness as “the night-side of life.” When we or our loved ones fall ill, our world is thrown into darkness and disarray, our routines are interrupted, our deepest beliefs shaken.
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Mulle see idee meeldis ja tulnukate tsivilisatsiooni üheaegselt patsifistlik ning "raisakotkalik" olemus koos sellega kaasneva eetikakonfliktiga oli väga hästi edasi antud. Pean taaskord tõdema et kui see lugu oli mõeldud naljaloona, siis mu huumorimeel Asimovi huumoriga väga ei sobitu. Lühem ja vähemtüütu kui "Surelik öö", ent erilist vaimustust minus tekitada ei suutnud. Kriminulli ja kuiva inseneriulme kombinatsioon on üsna tüütu-mida väljendab ka hinne. Kui tegu on humoreskiga, siis ilmselt ei sobitu see humoresk mu huumorisoonega. Sarnaselt eelarvustajale pean kaht ulmekriminulli kogumiku kõige viletsamaks osaks, ehkki ilmselt mängib siin oma rolli ka mu suhtumine krimižanrisse tervikuna. Üsna kõikuva tasemega kogumik, mis sisaldab nii väga häid ("Amet", "Hellad raisakotkad", "Viimane küsimus"), keskpäraseid kui ka päris halbu lugusid ("Surelik öö" oli minu jaoks kogumiku absoluutne põhi). “US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man” (Penguin Press) “Work and Other Sins: Life in New York City and Thereabouts” (Penguin Press) There, he encounters Nazi youth, a porno director, a Christian housewife, the town good-time girl, the angry Mexican gardener and other all-stars of American life. LeDuff also hosted and co-produced “United Gates of America” for the BBC in 2006 where he moved into a gated city at the edge of the Los Angeles sprawl. Among other things he brawled at a fight party held by an Oakland motorcycle gang, rode a bull at a gay rodeo, became a trapeze clown in a traveling circus of immigrants. In 2005 LeDuff was host and writer of “Only In America” – a 10-part television show of participatory journalism for the Discovery Times Channel. 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In this volume, two substantial novellas are presented. In recent years Donald Tyson has emerged as a leading author of Lovecraftian fiction, his novels and tales drawing upon his deep knowledge of esoteric and occult philosophy and infused with his powerful imagination. Q&A With the Fussy Librarian (Nov 2018).Interview with the Hanging With Web Show (Jan 2019).Building Rich Characters and Worlds (Mar 2019).Interview with The Reading Fairy (May 2019).Interview with Lynn’s Book Blog (Jul 2019).Interview with The Mortal Jessica (Nov 2019).Indie Author Lifestyle Podcast ep.13 – Book Marketing Strategies.InD’Tale Magazine – Featured Interview on Background and Process (June 2021).InD’Tale Magazine – World Building Basics.Good Story Live Interview (October 2021).Interviews Elise has done (audio/video interviews are bold): Signings and AppearancesĬLICK HERE to see all digital and in person upcoming signings and appearances. You can reach out to Elise via her contact page. She lives in Florida and, when not writing, can be found playing video games, drawing, chatting with readers on social media, or daydreaming about her next story. She enjoys telling stories of fantasy worlds filled with magic and deep emotions. ELISE KOVA is a USA Today bestselling author. in Theology from University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He continued his education receiving a Bachelor's in Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. Thomas Fetzer Clark, or just Tom Clark, a native of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, graduated from Davidson College in 1949 with a degree in English. Clark added a personal touch to each gnome by giving it a name and a story, and also included a hidden coin somewhere on the statue.ĭr. These fans were known to collect multiples of the same gnomes, but with different paint schemes. The gnomes gained popularity among a wide range of people including former first lady Barbara Bush, actor Bob Newhart, and best-selling author Stephen King. 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