The innovative cinematography, the unsettling music score, and the stabbing scene in the shower at the Bates Motel, have established "psycho" as an enduring classic. Filled with Janet Leigh's memories, some well-known and some never-before-published photographs, and new interviews with key players, this book takes a revealing look at one of the most famous films ever made.

    In pictures and in text, noted philosopher and Jungian Sam Keen delves beneath legitimate grievances and questions of right and wrong to get at the psychological mechanism of enmity itself.

    Essays, poems, photographs, and letters explore the link between Buddhism and the Beats--with previously unpublished material from several beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Diane diPrima.

    Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English. By examining the causes and symptoms of American Verbal Inferiority Complex and its flipside, British Verbal Superiority Complex, Murphy unravels the prejudices, stereotypes and insecurities that shape our attitudes to our own language.With great humo(u)r and new insights, Lynne Murphy looks at the social, political and linguistic forces that have driven American and British English in different directions: how Americans got from centre to center, why British accents are growing away from American ones, and what different things we mean when we say estate, frown, or middle class. Is anyone winning this war of the words? Will Yanks and Brits ever really understand each other?

    Written in an easy-to-read style by distinguished social historian Charles Tilly, the book explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give.Tilly examines a number of different types of reason giving. For example, he shows how an air traffic controller would explain the near miss of two aircraft in several different ways, depending upon the intended audience: for an acquaintance at a cocktail party, he might shrug it off by saying This happens all the time, or offer a chatty, colloquial rendition of what transpired; for a colleague at work, he would venture a longer, more technical explanation, and for a formal report for his division head he would provide an exhaustive, detailed account.Tilly demonstrates that reasons fall into four different categories: Convention: I'm sorry I spilled my coffee; I'm such a klutz. Narratives: My friend betrayed me because she was jealous of my sister. Technical cause-effect accounts: A short circuit in the ignition system caused the engine rotors to fail. Codes or workplace jargon: We can't turn over the records. We're bound by statute 369. Tilly illustrates his topic by showing how a variety of people gave reasons for the 9/11 attacks. He also demonstrates how those who work with one sort of reason frequently convert it into another sort. For example, a doctor might understand an illness using the technical language of biochemistry, but explain it to his patient, who knows nothing of biochemistry, by using conventions and stories.Replete with sparkling anecdotes about everyday social experiences (including the author's own), Why? makes the case for stories as one of the great human inventions.

     Over the last three decades, Michiko Kakutani has been thinking and writing about the demise of objective truth in popular culture, academia, and contemporary politics. In The Death of Truth, she connects the dots to reveal the slow march of untruth up to our present moment, when Red State and Blue State America have little common ground, proven science is once more up for debate, and all opinions are held to be equally valid. (And, more often than not, rudely declared online.) The wisdom of the crowd has diminished the power of research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the "facts" that best confirm our biases.With wit, erudition, and remarkable insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and presents a path forward for our truth-challenged times.

    

    The final battle. And Prom. The sword of Arthur returns only when the land needs it the most.This bundle includes the following three novels:My Boyfriend Merlin, Book 1. He was a little older than he was letting on. By a few eons...Seventeen-year-old Arriane Dulac, aka Ryan, gets more than she can handle when a young Merlin goes to high school to recruit candidates to pull Excalibur from the stone. Life and love gets complicated when Merlin ends up battling his brother, Vane, for control the sword. (Length: 308 pages)My Merlin Awakening, Book 2. Excalibur has been pulled, but what does it mean? On the trail of the Fisher King, the past meets the present as the rift between the brothers intensifies and we must decide whose side to be on--the brother who struggles to do right or the brother who dares to break the rules. One wrong decision and Ryan loses. One wrong decision and the world. No pressure. (Length: 340 pages)Ever My Merlin, Book 3. The conclusion. He was the right one, the fated one, but was he right for her? Two wizard brothers. One girl. One Healing Cup. One chance to save the world. With every scrap of life hanging in the balance, can a teenage girl reconcile a fifteen-hundred-year rivalry between two brothers and make it to Prom? Which choice leads to doom and which one to salvation? (Length: 412 pages)Set in today's time, enjoy action/adventure and romance in this mix of Arthurian and Greek mythologies. This bundle of the My Merlin Series consists of three full-length novels. The total series is over a 1,000 pages in length. Prologue Excerpt"My eyes sought the girl. She looked broken; golden-brown hair splayed around her still face like a torn halo. She wasn't, though. She was strong, surprisingly so. Her name was Ryan. Odd name. A man's name. Yet, I liked it. I liked the way she laughed, freely yet with a hint of yearning. The way the light caressed her profile when she stared off into space, almost as if she could sense me in the shadows. For weeks, I watched her. I shouldn't have. Then why did I linger? Why did just looking at her make me want to forget every purpose and every vow? Why did I feel as if I waited more than a thousand years for a chance to know her?" Book Excerpt"I noticed him right away. No, it wasn't his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn't the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging trim shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn't saunter. He didn't amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure. He could have ruled the world."

    Now with a built-in Resource Manual and Study Guide, Language, Culture, and Society is the teaching text for the linguistic anthropology course.

    The book also analyzes the complex and problematic films of Brian De Palma, attacks the 1980s fantasy cinema of Lucas and Spielberg, examines the work of women directors, and celebrates the films of Scorcese and Michael Cimino.

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    Pregnant and married at the age of 11 to cover-up this horrible tragedy she shares how she overcame it all to be a successful business woman, mother and friend. This is a must read for anyone who suffer with forgiven people who have abused you as well as stopping the cycle of abuse in your life.

    This book also reveals the biblical solution that will lead to the complete liberation of a people. All those who have descended from slaves, and consider themselves to be "Negro", "Black", or "African American" should have the audacity to read this book.

    This ideology, Professor Lipset observes, defines the limits of political debate in the United States and shapes our society.American Exceptionalism explains why socialism has never taken hold in the United States, why Americans are resistant to absolute quotas as a way to integrate blacks and other minorities, and why American religion and foreign policy have a moralistic, crusading streak.

    I'm sure you'll enjoy my presentation of these peoples terrifying Bigfoot experiences, as I poured my heart and soul into each and every word, something I'm sure you'll feel by the time you turn the last page.I took great care for this book to feel like a journey, not just across space but time as well. From ghost towns in the Wild West that hold dark secrets, to the deep woods of Khairup and the coldness of the Antarctic, one message rings true; No matter where you are, there's always a chance. Always a chance...Now let's head to Cold War Russia.