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  Death, Time and Mortality in the Later Novels of Don DeLillo (eBook, PDF)

  This book offers the first systematic study of death in the later novels of Don DeLillo. It focusses on Underworld to The Silence along with his 1984 novel White Noise, in which the fear of death dominates the protagonists most hauntingly. The study covers eight novels which mark the development of one of the most philosophical and prestigious novelists writing in English. Death, in its close relation to time, temporality and transience, has been an ongoing subject or motif in Don DeLillo's oeuvre. His later work is shot through with the cultural and socio-psychological symptoms and responses death elicits. His 'reflection on dying' revolves around defensive mechanisms and destruction fantasies, around immortalism and cryonics, covert and overt surrogates, consumerism and media, the mortification of the body. His characters give themselves to mourning, are afflicted with psychosis, depression and the looming of emptiness. Yet writing about death also means facing the ambiguity and failing representability of 'death.' The book considers DeLillo's use of language in which temporality and something like 'death' may become manifest. It deals with the transfiguration of time and death into art, with apocalypse as a central and recurring subject, and, as a kind of antithesis, epiphany. The study eventually proposes some reflections on the meaning of death in an age fully contingent on media and technology and dominated by financial capitalism and consumerism. Despite all the distractions, death remains a sinister presence which has beset the minds not only of DeLillo's protagonists.

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  Breaking the Billionaire's Rules: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantic Comedy : Billionaires of Manhattan, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 483min

  Max Hilton is my high school nemesis turned billionaire. And tomorrow I deliver his lunch order. In a cat costume. You know he’s going to love it. He’ll smile that smirky smile, sitting there all superior in his gleaming tower, the wealthiest and most notorious playboy in all of New York, the king of everything. Turns out it wasn’t curiosity that killed the cat - it was mortification. I’m almost ready to quit my lunch delivery job, but then my roommate tosses me a copy of The Max Hilton Playbook: Ten Golden Rules for Picking up the Hottest Girl in the Room. It’s the book that catapulted him to stardom. And it’s my new bible. I’m going to use his own techniques against him. I’ll wrap him around my little finger, bring him to his knees, and crush his steely heart. Call it payback for all the single girls who had to endure legions of losers wielding his legendary tactics. But seeing Max every day, I’m discovering a side of him I didn’t even know existed - he’s not the jerky guy I thought he was. He has this smile he shows only to me, and it melts my heart. His touch sends shivers down my spine. And those forbidden kisses are driving me wild. Falling for him was not in my plan. Am I breaking his rules or will his rules break me first? A standalone romantic comedy from New York Times best-selling author Annika Martin! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Clarke, Neva Nevarre. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/211378/bk_acx0_211378_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Madness in Meryton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 808min

  When Jane and Elizabeth Bennet return home from Netherfield, two days of heavy rain confine them indoors with their unruly younger sisters, a mother in perpetual need of smelling salts, and the tedious Mr. Collins. When the rain clears, the ladies from Longbourn and the gentlemen from Netherfield are drawn to Meryton by the excitement of Market Day, setting in motion a series of significant events. That night, Mrs. Phillips hosts a card party for officers of the local militia, where the charming Mr. Wickham tells Elizabeth his shocking history with Mr. Darcy, a man who has only given Elizabeth offense since coming to stay with his friend Mr. Bingley at Netherfield. The next day, the same thing happens again. And again, the day after that - and so on, for what begins to feel like an eternity. Elizabeth takes increasingly drastic measures to further the budding romance between her beloved sister Jane and their handsome neighbor Mr. Bingley. Along the way, she arranges improvements in the lives of all of her family, in a effort to end the relentless redundancy that only she seems aware of. As Elizabeth’s frustration turns to madness, she soon realizes that her inexplicable dilemma is somehow connected to a certain officer and a certain gentleman of her acquaintance....Elizabeth must forge unlikely alliances and devote her considerable wit to the task of achieving a perfect day for those she holds dear, while facing familiar Fitzwilliam friends and foes, as well as all the mortification and delight of falling in love.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda S. Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/234061/bk_acx0_234061_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Secret Society Opus Dei: Catholicism's Secret Sect: Secret Societies, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 181min

  Secretive, controversial, radical...Opus Dei. Shedding lights onto Catholicism most secret society! Of the billion or so Catholics in the world, the members of Opus Dei constitute almost a hundredth of one percent. Though their numbers might be relatively minuscule, their reputation is many orders of magnitude greater. While the guiding lights of the Church have taken a more genial, modern approach to religion in the last century, the members of Opus Dei have stuck rigidly to the traditions of old. In doing so, they have become known as the hardcore. The fiercely devoted. The stringently religious. Unmoving, distant, and utterly compelling. In an age when the Vatican is reaching out to many millions of people worldwide, Opus Dei seems to be shrouded in secrecy, a secret sect that adheres to the ancient practices of Christianity. Perhaps because of this adherence to the older models of Christianity, the group has come to represent the most devoted and most controversial of all Catholic arms. Its practices are said to include ancient languages, self-flagellation, corporal mortification, aggressive recruiting, controlling the free will of members, cult-like behavior, misogynistic policies, support of fascists, and many more secrets hidden away within the organization's walls. In this book, we will attempt to look deeply into the hidden history of Catholicism's most radical and divisive sect. Using ancient texts, accounts of former members, extensive research, and secret documents, we will discover the truth behind Opus Dei. If you would like to learn more about this zealous, sometimes terrifying organization, then listen. For the truth behind Catholicism's secret sect, this book is all you will ever need. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles D. Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064896/bk_acx0_064896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Neanderthal Seeks Human BoxSet: A Workplace Romance, 2020 Revised and Expanded Edition: Knitting in the City, Book 1 & 1.5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1704min

  2020 revised and expanded edition of Neanderthal Seeks Human and Neanderthal Marries Human from the Knitting in the City SeriesNeanderthal Seeks Human, Book 1 in the Knitting in the City SeriesThere are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn't know how to knit.After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store.To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan - aka Sir McHotpants - witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn to make her an offer she can't refuse.New York Times best-selling author Penny Reid’s debut novel!Neanderthal Seeks Human is book 1 one in the Knitting in the City series. Each book is a standalone, contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the misadventures and exploits of seven friends in Chicago, all members of the same knitting group.Neanderthal Marries Human, Book 1.5 in the Knitting in the City Series There are three things you should know about Quinn Sullivan: 1) He is madly in love with Janie Morris, 2) He’s not above playing dirty to get what (or who) he wants, and 3) He doesn’t know how to knit.After just five months of dating Janie, Quinn - former Wendell and unapologetic autocrat - is ready to propose marriage. In fact, he’s more than ready. If it were up to Quinn, he would efficiently propose, marry, and beget Janie with child all in the same day - thereby avoiding the drama and angst that accompanies the four stages of pre-matrimony: Engagement, meeting the parents, bachelor/bachelorette party, and overblown, superfl ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer Grace, Sebastian York. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/184793/bk_acx0_184793_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Opus Dei and the Jesuits: The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church's Most Famous Orders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 142min

  Thanks to Dan Brown's best-selling novel turned blockbuster mega-hit, The Da Vinci Code, in which audiences were introduced to Silas, the villainous, self-whipping monk, corporal mortification is now a term most often associated with Opus Dei. A creepy, deranged, and blood-thirsty albino monk, Silas is most remembered for viciously whipping himself with a nail-embedded cilice. For added suspense, various falsehoods of the real-life order have been propagated by the literary masterpiece; in fact, the character of Silas contains one of the foremost bloopers, as there were never any monks in the order. Hollywood magic aside, the Opus Dei describes itself as a Catholic-based organization composed of “ordinary” Christian laymen and a small fraction of priests who have dedicated their lives to spreading the word and love of God. Its founder, Josemaría Escrivá, has since been inducted into the sainthood.  Though some have taken the sinister portrayals of the Opus Dei in good humor, much the way similar conspiracy theories hound the Freemasons, the depiction of the order has left a bad taste in the mouths of many, including the Opus Dei themselves. Members of the powerful Catholic organization have risen to their own defense. Having said that, while there are indeed a trove of glittering claims that can be quickly disproven, some of the scandals the group has found itself involved in have left plenty of people stroking their chins. On top of allegations of connections and unfair favoritism from the Vatican, chronicles of stories from former members have continuously surfaced over the years.  Of all of the important Catholic men and women who have been venerated over the last 2,000 years, one of the faith’s most popular and influential men also lived one of the most unique lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100761/bk_acx0_100761_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  True Crime: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre of Ronald Gene Simmons , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min

  True Crime portrays the disturbing story of Ronald Gene Simmons, who murdered his whole family in cold blood in the United States. This all took place in one week in 1987. He systematically murdered 14 members of his family, an estranged co-worker, and an innocent bystander.In 1979, Simmons resigned as an Air Force Master Sergeant following 20 years of administration. The insecurity that pursued his military days exacerbated his longing for authority over his family. Simmons utilized terror, mortification, and savagery to declare dominance over everything, except one of his relatives. He enabled a gentler side to surface for his most beloved girl, Shelia, whom he forced into a forbidden relationship and, in the end, fathered her baby.His desire to control and use force and fear caused his family to despise him. He became more isolated, even losing his job. His dissatisfaction with himself developed to untold dimensions when Sheila left the family home and wedded another man. With his plans to demolish and his hold softening, Simmons shockingly supported his family's longing for a major Christmas festivity. The stage was set for an inspiring gathering, yet he had an altogether different arrangement of plans.True Crime will take you deep inside the mind of a deranged, psychopathic killer who murdered his family in what has been know to be called the "Mockingbird Hill Massacre". This chilling, true story will shock you and question just how someone can get to the point of violence and become a serial killer.If you are sensitive to hearing about extreme violence and the torture of children, you may not want to listen to this book.If you want to understand the true nature of how a serial killer operates and face it, then this is just the book you are looking for.Scroll up, and click on the Buy button now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Candy Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139689/bk_acx0_139689_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Australian fringe and underground culture

  Australian fringe and underground culture ab 23.99 € als Taschenbuch: Australian heavy metal musical groups AC/DC Sydney Push Imperial British Conservative Party Cryogenic Wolfmother Rose Tattoo Mortification Bra Boys Parkway Drive Full Scale Blood Duster Airbourne Sadistik Exekution. Aus dem Bereich: Musik, Noten & Musiktheorie,

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  Saint Angela Merici: Journey to Sainthood , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 26min

  The 15th century is here; the Church needs a saint!We are in the north of Italy, in a little village called Desenzano, east of "Brescia". The quiet little town lies peacefully on picturesque Lake Garda, on the outskirts of the "Lombardy" region. If your eye travels northward on the map, you will see the village of Trent where the Council of "Council of Trent" was held in the 16th century, in 1545, five years after our Saint Angela Merici died.We never know what our actions are going to bring about; but one thing we can be sure: They will either be life-giving or life-ending. This is the story of a woman who will contribute to the life of her Church - the Church which Jesus founded, our beloved Roman Catholic Church."I want to become a Saint because I love Jesus!" (Saint Angela Merici)One chilly, damp spring morning on March 21, 1474 to be exact, a child was born - a girl to a farmer named Giovanni and his wife Signora Merici, who was of the noble family - the Biancosi of Salo. From the very beginning, the child Saint Angela Merici was wrapped in a robe of piety and holiness, her parents having one focus: to bring her up to love and serve Jesus. And they did, first by who they were, then by word and deed. Angela asked her father to read to her so that she could learn about the saints and virgin martyrs of the past.Together, they delved into the Bible, and other spiritual books, poring over stories of those who shaped the Church. Each evening, after chores were over, they would sit by the fire and travel with those who lived and died for Mother Church.Soon, this child, all of five years old, began living a contemplative life, fasting and performing acts of mortification. She was not, however a sad, somber girl; everyone in the village loved her and looked forward to this little bundle of energy and joy stopping to say hello to them.They would always send a little something home with her which she wou ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Lord, Penny Lord. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224582/bk_acx0_224582_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Darcy & Desire (eBook, ePUB)

  My Dearest Darcy... What do you do after Happily Ever After? Lizzy and Darcy are married. They're ecstatically happy newlyweds. But a journey to London separates them. Whatever will they do? Write letters, of course! In this sequel to Jane Austen's masterpiece, read the witty, passionate correspondence between her most beloved pair as they survive separation, sisters, and surprise guests. The giddy newlyweds keep the flame alight the old-fashioned way... All while reminding each other - and us - just what a perfectly matched couple they are. "Clever and charming, snarky and steamy, meticulously researched with welcome appearances from real-world historical figures. Can't wait for Volume II!" - Heather Albano, Keeping Time trilogy (Novel-length, steamy Regency romance. Some four-letter words - used impeccably, of course.) My dearest Darcy I have ruined fully eighteen of these beautiful, creamy linen sheets to get even this far. You will laugh at me, I know, but I am in this my mother's daughter, and such prodigal waste of paper offends my sense of thrift and of propriety. And for what? Because I wish to write you, but do not know how to call you. Dearest Husband? Too formal. Dear Fitzwilliam? Too familiar. Beloved lover? Far too familiar, though very true, and I am still close enough to what little maidenly modesty I ever possessed not to wish you to open this letter in public upon such a greeting. (And I do warn you that I cannot promise that pages to come will not venture into territory that might destroy both your modesty and what little remains of mine, and so I hope that you will save the rest of this letter for perusal in some private place; you may take that for a promise or for a threat, as you will!) My own Billy? Well, I think I can imagine the mask of mortification that that salutation would provoke; I will keep that one for special, private moments, I think, when you have become too much the forbidding, proud Mr. Darcy of old and I simply wish to laugh at you. And so My dearest Darcy it is-not only because it strikes me as particularly euphonious, but because it is true, in whole and in parts. I love your sister-my new sister-dearly, but I can say without any compunction that you are indeed the dearest Darcy to me, dearer even than myself. You are Darcy, first and foremost-I can scarcely think of you by any other name, even though it is now my own. It is the name by which I first knew you, by which I truly came to know you, and by which I have come to love you with all of my foolish, conceited heart. Too, you are mine. Pride is a sin, as we both know to our misfortune, but I think that this is one of the things of which I am proudest: that you, virtuous, accomplished, intelligent, upright-occasionally to a fault-belong to me. And that I, vain, silly, homely and venal, belong to you, soul, mind and body. Of your possession of my soul you must trust. Of my mind you have this evidence-that you have been gone from our bed and from our home for but four hours, and I have had scarcely a thought but of you. [...] (Here, good my lord, is the point at which I must ask you to remember that I warned you to read this in a private place. If you failed to heed my warning, on your head be it!) As for my body, sir, you have ample evidence of your possession of that: it has been yours to do with as it has pleased you for these past weeks and, oh, Darcy, I hope it has pleased you to take ownership so completely. It has pleased me, and pleased me again, to the point where now, having felt you within me and against me only this morning, my body weeps at your absence, desiring only to be taken-and to take-again.

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