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        June 2019

        Fuck you very much

        Thriller

        by Aidan Truhen, Thomas Wörtche, Sven Koch, Andrea Stumpf

        Jack Price ist Drogengroßhändler, aber nicht irgendeiner, sondern der beste: cleverer, smarter und intelligenter als alle seine Konkurrenten zusammen. Mr. Cool himself. Und er hat sich bislang noch vor jeder unliebsamen Überraschung geschützt. Als man jedoch eine Nachbarin, die unter seinem Penthouse wohnt, ermordet auffindet, wird er nervös. Sie war zwar eine garstige alte Frau, mit der er nichts zu tun hatte. Was aber, wenn dieser anscheinend sinnlose Mord eine Botschaft seiner Gegenspieler an ihn war?Er zieht Erkundungen ein und erfährt, dass die »Seven Demons« auf ihn angesetzt sind – eine exklusive, hocheffiziente »Bruderschaft«, die bösartigsten, gnadenlosesten Hitmen überhaupt. Sieben absolut tödliche Spezialisten, die nie aufgeben und noch nie einen Auftrag vermasselt haben. Aber Price nimmt den Kampf an und setzt damit eine Kette unfassbarer Ereignisse in Gang ...

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2023

        The politics of male friendship in contemporary American fiction

        by Michael Kalisch

        How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines how contemporary American fiction has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. Bringing into dialogue the work of a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole - this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today.

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        November 2021

        Psycho-Trojans

        How parasites control us

        by Monika Niehaus, Andrea Pfuhl

        Parasites are everywhere, and there is hardly a creature on earth that isimmune from their unwanted attention. The sneakiest among them haveeven developed the ability to turn their host’s behaviour and mind totheir own advantage. Parasites can cause striking psychological changeseven in humans. Today a good dozen of pathogens are suspected of triggeringpsychiatric disorders, and there are probably many more. Some ofthese psycho-parasites and their incredible tricks are introduced here. Butthe book also covers the “standard” parasites that have ruled the destinyof mankind from the beginning of time – probably even more than thegenerals and kings that we thought were in charge.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2016

        The American bomb in Britain

        by Ken Young

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        January 1999

        Psycho-Sekten

        Die Praktiken der Seelenfänger

        by Nordhausen, Frank; Billerbeck, Liane von

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        Psycho-Diät

        Abnehmen durch Lust am Essen

        by Pearson, Leonard; Pearson, Lillian R

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2021

        Passing into the present

        Contemporary American fiction of racial and gender passing

        by Sinead Moynihan

        This book is the first full-length study of contemporary American fiction of passing. Its takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction. The book accounts for the return of tropes of passing in fiction by Phillip Roth, Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich, Danzy Senna, Jeffrey Eugenides and Paul Beatty, by arguing meta-critical and meta-fictional tool. These writers are attracted to the trope of passing because passing narratives have always foregrounded the notion of textuality in relation to the (il)legibility of "black" subjects passing as white. The central argument of this book, then, is that contemporary narratives of passing are concerned with articulating and unpacking an analogy between passing and authorship. The title promises to inaugurate dialogue on the relationships between passing, postmodernism and authorship in contemporary American fiction.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        October 2002

        American society today

        by Edward Ashbee, Bill Jones

        American society today provides a balanced introduction to the defining features of contemporary American society. Includes the ways in which the US can be considered 'exceptional' - the character of the 'American dream', the role of ethnicity and race, and the differences between the regions. Considers in depth a number of contemporary debates including the claim that the US economy has lost its capacity to generate wealth and stimulate mobility, that there has been a process of civic disengagement as voluntary organisations have lost members, and that the traditional family is in decline. Includes a thorough investigation of the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11 and their aftermath. Looks at the arguments put forward by those who assert that a common American identity has given way to a multitude of conflicting identities structured around factors such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. ;

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        March 1998

        Der Psycho-Cop

        Die wahre Geschichte eines Mannes, dessen Vorahnungen Verbrechen verhinderten

        by Robinson, Chris; Boot, Andy / Englisch Könnemann, Anneli

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        March 2001

        Beginning ethnic American literatures

        by Helena Grice, Peter Barry, Candida Hepworth, John McLeod, Maria Lauret, Martin Padget, Annete Musker

        Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions (rather than as exceptions or as individuals, or on a generic basis). The book highlights common themes in ethnic writing as well as specificities, and has extensive suggestions for further reading as well as a critical introduction regarding the concept of 'ethnic writing'. No competing titles - there are no textbooks, no beginners' books nor any systematised combination of ethnic fictions such as this - only edited collections on each area. ;

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        May 2024

        Mein Therapeut ist ein Psycho

        Erweiterte Fassung

        by Nicolas Mahler

        Gegen Zwangsvorstellungen, Irrsinn, Albträume, Bindungsangst kann eventuell Chaos-, Licht-, Glücks- und Aromatherapie helfen. Und wenn das alles versagt? Dann gibt es nur noch eins: Cartoons von Nicolas Mahler! Die sind garantiert billiger und einfacher in der Anwendung. Ein Versuch lohnt sich.

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