A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian circles. Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves is an account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit, capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and wealth of illustration Cioffi was able to bring to bear on life's biggest problems when he was, as it were, off-duty.
Tackling subjects such as the unruly body, the challenge of art, dealing with...
A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a considerable pu...
A THRILLING NEW STANDALONE FROM THE WORLD'S #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime? Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives, there's nothing Billy won't give up for the job - including his life. Left for dead alongside his tempestuous former partner and a hard-charging assistant district attorney out for blood, Billy miraculously survives. But he remembers nothing about the events leading up to the shootout. Charged with double murder and desperate to clear his name, Billy retraces his...
A THRILLING NEW STANDALONE FROM THE WORLD'S #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime? B...
"What to make of the British?" is a question that puzzled Stendhal throughout his whole life. In this new work, which is both a biography and an exercise in cultural history, David Ellis brings to bear on the issues it raises much new and unfamiliar information. Italy is the foreign country with which Stendhal is most commonly associated. The multiplicity of his Italian connections makes it less surprising that so much has been written about them, and so comparatively little about his consuming interest in British culture. Yet this book makes a strong case for believing that Britain mattered...
"What to make of the British?" is a question that puzzled Stendhal throughout his whole life. In this new work, which is both a biography and an exerc...
From the authors of "The Murder House" comes an ingenious, inventive thriller--a multiple #1 bestseller--about corruption and the power of secrets to scandalize a cityEand possibly destroy a family. Tall Premium Edition.ral Publishing.
From the authors of "The Murder House" comes an ingenious, inventive thriller--a multiple #1 bestseller--about corruption and the power of secrets to ...