Although Bram Stoker wrote many novels, essays and short stories, the Irish writer is inextricably linked with his infamous vampire novel - Dracula. Many of his writings, like this adapted version of The Judge’s House, are eerie accounts between the human world and horrid beings from beyond the grave. The Judge’s House recounts the tale of a young student, looking for a remote location to study for his college exams. But the house he rents in the quiet town of Benchurch, delivers much more excitement than he ever could have imagined.
This Thing of Darkness: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
Written across the disciplines of art history, literature, philosophy, sociology, and theology, the ten essays comprising the collection all insist on multidimensional definitions of evil. Taking its title from a moment in Shakespeare’s Tempest when Prospero acknowledges his responsibility for Caliban, this collection explores the necessarily ambivalent relationship between humanity and evil. To what extent are a given society’s definitions of evil self-serving?
Clear and accessible, Analysing Architecture opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique ‘notebook’ of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author’s original drawings, examples are drawn from across the world and many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical themes and to show how drawing can be used to study architecture.
Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 4 August 2010
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The book of poems was written by Charles Bukowski from 1974-1977. His poems talk about his endless consumption of alcohol, mostly beer. In some of his poems he does say he has to give up his voluptuary ways and find a nice woman and stop drinking. His poems are visceral and very blunt and honest. He’s also an artist, a painter. He doesn’t live in affluence. In fact through his poems you imagine he lives close to squalor. He talks about the cockroaches that permeate his place. It’s about the harsh realities of living in near squalor and poverty in a rough part of Los Angeles ...
This book introduces the reader to basic marketing concepts and provides an attractive alternative to the traditional ‘heavy-weight’ marketing text. Equally applicable to students and industry practitioners, it focuses on the essential elements of marketing. The book cuts through much of the complexity and jargon surrounding the subject. The authors aim to provide a concise, but comprehensive text that is tightly written to accommodate the reading time pressures on students/practitioners. While ‘reader-friendly’ in nature, the book also aims to challenge the reader ...
