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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2008States of suspense
The nuclear age, postmodernism and United States fiction and prose
by Daniel Cordle
When the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, it precipitated a nuclear age that shaped the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. States of suspense is about the representation of this nuclear age in United States literature from 1945-2005. The profound psychological and cultural impact of living in anticipation of the Bomb is apparent not only in end-of-the-world fantasies, but also in mainstream and postmodern literature. This book traces the ways in which key motifs - the fragility of reality; the fear of closure; the inadequacies of language to represent the world - move between nuclear and postmodern cultures of the Cold War era. Taking three symbolically threatened environments - the home, the city, the planet - the book explores their recasting as 'nuclear places' in literature, and shows how these nuclear concerns resonate with those of other cultures. States of suspense will be of interest to students and scholars of American literature, and postmodern and technological culture. It will also be interest to those more generally intrigued by the cultural fallout of the nuclear age. ;
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Three Nights Three Days
by Eros Atalia (author) / David Ong (translator to English)
In this riveting story told from a journalist's perspective, the village of Barangay Magapok faces impending doom from an approaching super typhoon. The narrative unfolds like an investigative report, building suspense as it reveals the horrors the villagers are about to endure. However, the shocking twist lies in the source of their tragedy—the deforested mountains that encircle the village, which ultimately trigger a deadly avalanche. The villagers' fear and torment are tragically misplaced, for they have already perished, their lives extinguished over three days and nights. This gripping tale explores the consequences of environmental devastation and the unsettling question of whether we unknowingly bring about our own destruction.
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Children's & YAAugust 2020Cryptos
by Poznanski, Ursula
Where do we go when Nowhere is the only destination left? Kerrybrook is Jana‘s favourite virtual escape. An idyllic fishing village with beautiful nature and, every now and then, a breeze of fresh air from the nearby sea. Jana, is this world‘s designer and person in power, she’s satisfied with her masterpiece. Best job so far. Until one day, a dead body is found, in both, ’Virtual Reality‘ and the real world. In times of climate change, VR is the only safe place for humankind. That‘s why Jana needs to solve the crime, she’s responsible for stopping the destruction. • CliFi Thriller (Climate Fiction): Climate change & virtual reality • For fans of Black Mirror (Netflix) • All age readers • Strong, female protagonist • Highly relevant topic WHITE RAVENS recommendation (2021): "In the not too distant future, the world is an inhospitable place: droughts, storms, floods. That’s why world designers construct »alternative realities«, such as landscapes populated by dinosaurs, life at court in the Middle Ages, and surfing and chilling out on a beach. People can switch between these worlds at will and, when they die there, they are not truly dead; instead, they merely return to the »real world« – same as at night when they sleep. Then they are reunited with their body, which is lying inside a capsule. In »Cryptos«, Ursula Poznanski pulls out all the stops of storytelling: She embeds numerous references to human and intellectual history in an action-packed and extremely suspenseful thriller plot. In the process, she raises central existential and ontological questions that result from the interplay between the real and the virtual worlds. This complex dystopian novel is narrated in such an enjoyable way that readers will hardly notice their brains going into overdrive as they devour it."
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Myth & legend told as fictionJanuary 2023An act of love
by Tania Tinajero
American supermodel Lena Miles go to a paradise Mexican beach resort to celebrate her birthday along with her rockstar boyfriend and some friends, but she disappears all of a sudden. Now it's the turn for police detective Erendira Sandoval to solve the mystery. But just when the FBI gets involved to hurry up procedures, Erendira finds out the amount of Mexican anonymous women who have also vanished and tries to solve their cases as well.
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MusicDecember 2016Partners in suspense
Critical essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock
by Edited by Steven Rawle, Kevin J. Donnelly
This volume of new, spellbinding essays explores the tense relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, featuring new perspectives on their collaboration. Featuring essays by leading scholars of Hitchcock's work, including Richard Allen, Charles Barr, Murray Pomerance, Sidney Gottlieb and Jack Sullivan, the collection examines the working relationship between the pair and the contribution that Herrmann's work brings to Hitchcock's idiom. Examining key works, including The Man Who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Marnie and Vertigo, the essays explore approaches to sound, music, collaborative authorship and the distinctive contribution that Herrmann's work with Hitchcock brought to this body of films, examining the significance, meanings, histories and enduring legacies of one of film history's most important partnerships. By engaging with the collaborative work of Hitchcock and Herrmann, the book explores the ways in which film directors and composers collaborate, how this collaboration is experienced in the film text, and the ways in which such partnerships inspire later work.
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October 2020Tropical Deception
by David Robinson
With some $200 million sunk into a real estate development on Kauai, the investment partners have a lot to lose if Peter Roosevelt succeeds in stopping the project for the sake of preserving Hawaii's rich and exotic environment. When Roosevelt is found dead in his home, his neighbor, Wayne Takei, is quickly arrested―and becomes the latest, and possibly the most difficult, challenge for Honolulu's top criminal defense attorney, Pancho McMartin.The obstacles to proving Takei's innocence are daunting. His gun was the murder weapon. He has no alibi. And his affair with Roosevelt's wife provides ample motive. Lies and deception quickly plague the proceedings as Pancho and his team wade through a slew of suspicious characters, all of whom have alibis. Suspense is high as time is running out for Pancho to save his client from a lifetime in prison.This is David Myles Robinson's fourth novel in the increasingly popular Pancho McMartin legal thriller series.
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2023The White Falcon
by Salud Ochoa
Helena Terreros is a renowned police woman detective especialized in crimes against women.Faced with the kidndapping of Paloma, an 11-year-old girl, Paloma deals with forgotten episodes of her childhood as well as with the broken social fabric in Mexico that allows terrible crimes to happen and to go unpunished.
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Crime & mystery2020Banana Street
by Macaria España
Isabel Tierra Frías is still a young woman who has gone through all kinds of humiliations, until one day that she decides to set scores straight. Then she becomes what: a vigilante, a heroin, just a killer? Taking a comedy stand closer to comic-book stories, Macaria España deals with some of the most dramatic situations for women in Mexico with a good pinch of humour, which has brought her protagonist, Isabel Tierra Frías, as one of the deares characters in Mexican literature today
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February 2021Layers
by Poznanski, U.
Can You Believe Your Eyes? Dorian has been living on the streets since running away from home, and has always managed to fend for himself pretty well. But when he wakes up one morning beside a dead homeless man who has evidently been murdered, Dorian panics – he can’t remember anything of what happened the previous night. Is he responsible for the man’s murder? Then a stranger appears with an unexpected offer of help, and Dorian seizes the opportunity with both hands – this is his chance to hide from the police. The stranger works with young people in need, and he takes Dorian to a villa where he is given food, new clothes and even schooling.But Dorian soon learns that you get nothing for free in this life. In return for being looked after at the villa, Dorian is expected to distribute mysterious free gifts – gifts which are very carefully sealed. And when an unexpected turn of events results in him keeping one of the gifts, he finds himself being hunted by merciless pursuers. After the international YA-bestseller Erebos, Saeculum and The Eleria-Trilogy Ursula Poznanski now presents her new thriller: Layers Awarded with the Hans-Jörg-Martin Prize 2016 for the best YA-Thriller! More information also available under: www.layers-buch.de
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June 2022The Kingdom
Das Erwachen der Seele
by Jess Rothenberg, Reiner Pfleiderer
Jess Rothenbergs "The Kingdom" entführt Leser in einen atemberaubenden Erlebnispark der Zukunft, in dem Träume scheinbar Wirklichkeit werden. Im Zentrum steht der Vergnügungspark "The Kingdom", eine Welt voller Wunder und Magie, in der biomechanische Lebewesen – die sieben Prinzessinnen – die Hauptattraktionen sind. Diese Wesen, an der Grenze zwischen Technologie und Menschlichkeit, sind programmiert, um den Besuchern jeden Wunsch zu erfüllen. Doch die perfekte Fassade beginnt zu bröckeln, als Prinzessin Ana, eine der Prinzessinnen, vor Gericht steht, angeklagt, einen Parkangestellten aus Liebe ermordet zu haben. Diese Anklage wirft grundlegende Fragen auf: Kann eine künstliche Intelligenz Gefühle wie Liebe empfinden? Und ist sie fähig, aus Liebe zu töten? Die Geschichte ist nicht nur ein spannender Thriller, sondern berührt auch tiefgründige Themen wie die Natur der Liebe, die Grenzen künstlicher Intelligenz und die ethischen Implikationen menschlichen Schaffens. Leser werden in eine Welt gezogen, die zugleich faszinierend und beunruhigend ist, und dazu angeregt, über die Konsequenzen nachzudenken, die unser Streben nach Perfektion und Kontrolle mit sich bringt. Atemberaubender Fantasy-Erlebnispark: Tauche ein in eine Welt, in der Träume Wirklichkeit werden, mit biomechanischen Wesen, die jeden Wunsch erfüllen. Spannender Thriller mit Tiefgang: Folge der packenden Geschichte von Prinzessin Ana, die vor Gericht steht, angeklagt einen Mord aus Liebe begangen zu haben. Aktuelle Themen in einer faszinierenden Welt: Erforsche Fragen um künstliche Intelligenz, Ethik, und die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Technologie. Einzigartige Charaktere und Wendungen: Begegne den sieben Prinzessinnen und entdecke eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, Liebe und Verrat. Zum Nachdenken anregende Fragen: Was bedeutet es, Mensch zu sein? Kann eine Maschine Gefühle haben und moralische Entscheidungen treffen? Für Fans von Black Mirror und Westworld: Ideal für Leser, die fesselnde Geschichten über die Schattenseiten technologischer Fortschritte lieben. Romantik trifft auf Wissenschaft: Eine ungewöhnliche Liebesgeschichte in einem Setting, das Romantikfans und Technikbegeisterte gleichermaßen fesselt. Moralische Dilemmata und ethische Fragen: Ein Buch, das zum Diskutieren über Perfektion, Kontrolle und die Konsequenzen unseres Handelns einlädt.
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Nature, the natural world (Children's/YA)March 2020Earth Takes a Break
by House, Emily
From children's book author Emily House comes a wonderful story that re-connects us with our planet. A modern fable inspired by recent events, Earth Takes a Break is a touching picture book jam-packed with fun illustrations and woven together with a message of hope. When Earth feels unwell, she goes to the doctor to ask for help. What the doctor prescribes seems impossible to Earth, until she wakes the next day to find a surprising change!
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July 2014Mystery Girl
Roman
by David Gordon, Stefanie Jacobs
Sam Kornberg liebt Trash-Filme, Hochliteratur und seine Frau Lala. Als die ihn verlässt, bricht für Sam eine Welt zusammen. Um sie wiederzugewinnen, ist er zum Äußersten bereit – er sucht sich einen Job. Den erstbesten, den er kriegen kann: Assistent eines Privatdetektivs. Sein Chef ist Solar Lonsky, ein kränkliches, fettleibiges Genie, das sein Haus nicht verlassen kann. Sams erster Auftrag ist die Beschattung einer mysteriösen Frau. Eigentlich muss er nichts weiter tun, als ihr durch Los Angeles zu folgen, doch schon bald verfällt er ihr hoffnungslos und wird in einen Mordfall verwickelt, in dem Satanisten, Succubi, Untergrundfilmer, Hollywoodstars und mexikanische Gangster eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle spielen. Mystery Girl ist ein Thriller über die Gefahren von Kunst und Liebe, ein Schnellkurs in »Verfall der westlichen Zivilisation« und ein durchgeknallter Trip durch L.A. Und, ach ja, es ist eine irre spannende, wahnsinnig gewiefte und brutal komische Geschichte.
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The ArtsJune 2017Terence Fisher
by Peter Hutchings
Terence Fisher is best known as the director who made most of the classic Hammer horrors - including The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Devil Rides Out. But there is more to Terence Fisher than Hammer horror. In a busy twenty-five-year career, he directed fifty films, not just horrors but also thrillers, comedies, melodramas and science-fiction. This book offers an appreciation of all of Fisher's films and also gives a sense of his place in British film history. Looking at Fisher's career as a whole not only underlines his importance as a film-maker but also casts a new, interesting light on the areas in which he worked - Gainsborough melodrama, the 1950s B film, 1960s science-fiction and, of course, Hammer, one of the most successful independent film companies in the history of British cinema.
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Children's & YATerra (4). Afterglow
by Jennifer Alice Jager
Humankind’s battle against Nature is entering its decisive stage. Once more the explosive showdown of the apocalyptic TERRA series keeps the reader in breathless suspense. Humanity appears to be on the brink of destruction. Vast areas of land have been wiped off the face of the Earth, vegetation has reconquered its living space, but Terra Mater has by no means finished with the human bacillus. The hate-filled spirit of Nature that is claiming Younes’ body for itself, and wants to see all humans destroyed, gives him undreamt-of powers, but it also threatens to set him, his little sister and Chloe against one another. But there is even more at stake: if Younes and the other children from his visions (he had dreams about the other kids) do not stop Terra Mater soon from fulfilling her plans, every single human being will disappear from the planet. In order to prevent that from happening, they must come face to face with raging Mother Earth, and must not only conquer their fear but must also look Death in the eye.
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October 2016Dreams of Moonlight
by Tao JIN
This book include 3 pieces of science fictions.They are not only focus on future techonology, but also aim at exploring human nature.There contains rich sci-fi elements in this book,and the author uses suspense techniques to attract the readers to enter the sci-fi world to think about human nature.
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The ArtsMarch 2005French cinema in the 1970s
The echoes of May
by Alison Smith
This book re-examines French cinema of the 1970s. It focuses on the debates which shook French cinema, and the calls for film-makers to rethink their manner of filming, subject matter and ideals in the immediate aftermath of the student revolution of May 1968. Alison Smith examines the effect of this re-thinking across the spectrum of French production, the rise of new genres and re-formulation of older ones. Chapters investigate political thrillers, historical films, new naturalism and Utopian fantasies, dealing with a wide variety of films. A particular concern is the extent to which film-makers' ideas and intentions are contained in or contradicted by their finished work, and the gradual change in these ideas over the decade. The final chapter is a detailed study of two directors who were deeply involved in the debates and events of the 70s, William Klein and Alain Tanner, here taken as exemplary spokesmen for those changing debates as their echoes reached the cinema. ;
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2019Harmed Not Cured
Major medical and pharmaceutical scandals in Germany
by Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt
Botched medications, malpractice, the transplant business: when doctors or pharmaceutical companies make mistakes or cross ethical boundaries, this often has serious consequences for patients. One example is thalidomide. Despite inadequate testing, the sleeping pill was marketed from 1957 to 1961, and caused a large number of pregnant women to give birth to children with severe deformities. Less well known, but no less scandalous, is the “Anti-D” affair in the former GDR, where, during 1978 and 1979, thousands of women and many children were infected with hepatitis C through contaminated immunoglobulins. This was not revealed until years later. This book presents 16 such cases – often the stuff of thrillers, but tragic at the same time. People who reach out for help, are instead deceived and harmed. All the more important are courageous and persistent patients and journalists, who have uncovered medical scandals, publicised them and taken the perpetrators to court. Without this, no-one would be learning from the mistakes.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019French cinema in the 1970s
The echoes of May
by Alison Smith
This book re-examines French cinema of the 1970s. It focuses on the debates which shook French cinema, and the calls for film-makers to rethink their manner of filming, subject matter and ideals in the immediate aftermath of the student revolution of May 1968. Alison Smith examines the effect of this re-thinking across the spectrum of French production, the rise of new genres and re-formulation of older ones. Chapters investigate political thrillers, historical films, new naturalism and Utopian fantasies, dealing with a wide variety of films. A particular concern is the extent to which film-makers' ideas and intentions are contained in or contradicted by their finished work, and the gradual change in these ideas over the decade. The final chapter is a detailed study of two directors who were deeply involved in the debates and events of the 70s, William Klein and Alain Tanner, here taken as exemplary spokesmen for those changing debates as their echoes reached the cinema.
