Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains c
ISBN10 : 1845403304 , ISBN13 : 9781845403300
Page Number : 262
Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner A Washington Post Best Book of 2015 A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter
ISBN10 : 080413748X , ISBN13 : 9780804137485
Page Number : 288
A selection of the History, Scientific American, and Quality Paperback Book Clubs For a very brief moment during the 1960s, America was moonstruck. Boys dreamt of being an astronaut; girls dreamed of
ISBN10 : 9780814721131 , ISBN13 : 0814721133
Page Number : 321
ISBN10 : 9780449136973 , ISBN13 : 0449136973
Page Number : 190
Cultural criticism meets poetry memoir—a contemporary master reflects on a life dedicated to poetry.
ISBN10 : 1933517573 , ISBN13 : 9781933517575
Page Number : 352
Celebrated for her tremendous talent and limitless imagination, Janelle Taylor has created more than two dozen breathtaking novels of romance and adventure. Here is her most spectacular tale of all, o
ISBN10 : 1420127527 , ISBN13 : 9781420127522
Page Number : 416
Why do some men become convinced—despite what doctors tell them—that their penises have, simply, disappeared. Why do people across the world become convinced that they are cursed to die on a parti
ISBN10 : 1612193730 , ISBN13 : 9781612193731
Page Number : 256
A bold call for the “insane” to reclaim their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural transformation • Explains how many of those diagnosed as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other forms
ISBN10 : 1594777039 , ISBN13 : 9781594777035
Page Number : 464
Introduction by China Miéville Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessent
ISBN10 : 1588364755 , ISBN13 : 9781588364753
Page Number : 224
A fascinating history of "madness" offers readers a sweeping history of mental illness and its treatment, from holes drilled in five-thousand-year-old skulls to the latest in modern psychotropic drugs
ISBN10 : , ISBN13 : UOM:39015054142552
Page Number : 241