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Depths of Depravation
by Ray GordonShe'd defied him, lied to him... and had to be punished most severely.Belinda fears that her teenage daughter may be falling for Tony, her handsome but cruel new neighbour, and resolves to do everything in her power to keep the two apart. She believes that by giving her body to Tony she'll be able to preserve her daughter's innocence, but she soon finds herself hooked on debased and perverted sexual acts as she plunges deeper and deeper into the pit of depravity.
Depression And How To Survive It
by Professor Anthony Clare Spike Milligan'Anyone worried about a depressed friend or relative should read this book'DAILY TELEGRAPH_________________________________________________ In 1982, leading psychiatrist and TV presenter Anthony Clare interviewed Spike Milligan for the radio series In The Psychiatrist's Chair. He was so overwhelmed by Milligan's account of his forty years of depressive experiences that he knew he had found the right person to help him illuminate and explore the mysterious and sometimes terrifying condition that is clinical depression. Depression and How to Survive It charts the development of world-famous comedian Spike Milligan's clinical depression and the strategies he used in dealing with the often-misunderstood disorder.Drawing inspiration and advice from Spike's experience, this unique book from one of Britain's most successful psychiatrists, will take you to the depths of human unhappiness and show you the way towards leading a happy life.
The Deprat Affair
by Roger OsborneDetective story, social history, human drama, The Deprat Affair recreates the hothouse atmosphere of colonial Indochina in the early twentieth century. Among its cliques, its bitter rivalries, its nepotism and favours, how are we to disentangle the scientific, the moral and the legal 'truths' of the affair? Most of all, the story centres on one compelling individual - Jacques Deprat. En route to a golden future as one of France's greatest geologists, he is suddenly accused of fraud and plunged into a desperate fight to save his reputation. Convicted of placing European fossils among samples collected in Indochina, he is dismissed from his job, and expelled from the Société Géologique de France. Thrown out of the science to which he has given everything, he re-invents himself, changes his name, and begins not one, but two fascinating new lives - each as extraordinary and colourful as the one he left behind. And even in the manner of his premature death, Deprat proved his ability to shake the world. Eighty years on from his conviction, the truth of the Deprat affair is still in doubt - and is still passionately debated among French scientists. But innocent or guilty, Jacques Deprat is an astonishing figure, whose capacity to overcome the world's disgrace and the dissolution of his dreams makes an amazing and captivating story.
Demon's Dare
by Melissa MacnealIt's 1895. Traded as payment for her aunt's gambling debts, southern belle Vanita is whisked off to a decaying plantation house where Franklin Harte and his curious family are quite happy to receive her. She is to marry Franklin's son, Damon, whose bizarre hobbies and even more bizarre sister are enough to send Vanita's head spinning. Yet, their games of darkly weird and freaky eroticism intrigue her and certainly prove distracting. However, to reclaim her fortune, however, she has to figure a way to escape Franklin's obsessive humiliations...
Sing die Waarheid: Die storie van Miriam Makeba
by Claudia Tredoux Louwrisa BlaauwLeesboek: Hardop Lees
Demons
by Fyodor DostoyevskyPyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals – even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky’s sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs
Serapa se kgethehileng
by Ursula Nafula and Nina Orange –Translated by Tseliso MasolaneSesotho (South Africa) First paragraphs
Demonia
by Kendal GrahameDemonia and Sinitia are vampires and can only drink from sexually aroused young humans. When they meet Alex, a descendant of the man who destroyed their coven, they fear a battle. But, Alex is more enlightened and surrenders to their charms, providing them with a plentiful supply of victims.
A Demon In My View: a chilling portrayal of psychological violence from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell (Vintage Crime/black Lizard Ser.)
by Ruth RendellPerfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon, this haunting insight into the mind of a pathological criminal is one of multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell's most terrifying novels...'Rendell is unrivalled at depicting psychologically warped people and at creating unease through the simplest things. This is another triumph' -- Observer'Wonderful at exploring the dark corners of the human mind, and the way private fantasies can clash and explode into terrifying violence' -- Daily Mail'Brilliantly written' -- ***** Reader review'Absolutely fantastic!' -- ***** Reader review'Mesmerizing' -- ***** Reader review'Intensely absorbing' -- ***** Reader review**************************************************************************Arthur Johnson doesn't look like a murderous psychopath; he is a mild-mannered man who has never known how to talk to women.Years of loneliness has warped his mind, turning his desire for a woman's love and respect into a pathological need for carefully controlled violence. Locked in the cellar of his building is the perfect willing victim, a woman who can be murdered over and over again, a woman who waits for Arthur every night...a mannequin in the form of a female.But when a young scholar of psychopathic personalities moves in downstairs and Arthur's mannequin disappears, where will he turn to satisfy his urgent craving for violence?
Senqanqane se phonyoha lefu
by Selolo Nare Joyce TRANSLATED BY Nthabiseng TsatsiSesotho ( South Africa) – First Paragraphs
Demolition
by Neil RollinsonWith the frank, subversive, and very funny poems in his first two books, Neil Rollinson established himself as a deft cartographer of the sensual world. While a rich and tactile eroticism still courses through Demolition, there is a new seriousness here, as mortality starts to throw its long shadow. These poems occupy a more rueful, reflective space - provisional, mercurial and fragile - a darker place where disintegration and loss are the only certainties, and memory is the only solid ground. Central to this is the death of the father - whether the poet's own, or the lost fathers of Borges or Vallejo - and the theme is broadened through a number of moving examinations of the erosion of time and youth. Against this gathering darkness, Rollinson sets a spirited defence, blending the lyric and vernacular voice in a muscular celebration of food, sex, sport and the natural world that is unusually refreshing, and sophisticated enough to allow both humour and profundity.The poems in Demolition never give up hope; they exhibit a tenacious optimism - or at least a steely pragmatism - that says: we have what we are given, there is no alternative, and we all must find what joy we can in life, and in its living.
Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America
by Alexis TocquevilleOne of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracy In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's evolving politics. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the age. This edition, the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, includes the rarely translated 'Two Weeks in the Wilderness', an evocative account of Tocqueville's travels among the Iroquois and Chippeway, and 'Excursion to Lake Oneida'. Translated by Gerald Bevan with an Introduction and Notes by Isaac Kramnick
Segwagwa se falola leso
by Selolo Nare Joyce TRANSLATED BY Dineo MoatsheSetswana – First Paragraphs
Sebopiwa sa a mabedi
by Mlungisi Madlala and Ntombikayise Ngidi TRANSLATED BY Connie MakgaboSepedi – First Paragraphs