Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny . Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. And soon professional curiosity spirals into obsession... __________ 'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' - The Times 'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent 'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly

Chess champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay? Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win.

A revelatory, jaw-dropping portrait of Tucker Carlson’s career and a Zelig-like story of reinvention: from insider to populist, from respectability to insanity, the story of how the right-wing media lost its mind. New York Magazine writer Jason Zengerle’s eye-opening narrative follows Tucker Carlson's infamous journey from gifted young intern at The New Republic to the noxious talking head we've all witnessed on Fox News. In the tradition of Our Man and The Loudest Voice in the Room, Zengerle examines how Tucker Carlson’s career offers a unique lens into the confusing, myopic, and utterly shameless evolution of American conservatism, its media presence and punditry, from the 1990s to the present.

Professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio: Die Trainingsmatte hat eine Größe von 10 x 6 Fuß (3050 x 1830 mm) und ist für 3-4 Personen geeignet. Die Matte wird einfach ausgerollt und ausgebreitet und verwandelt jeden Raum zu Hause in ein professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio. Sie können Yoga, HIIT, Aerobic, Tanztraining einschließlich P90x, Insanity, T25, Zumba, TRX, Kettlebell-Übungen, Seilspringen und viele andere Übungen durchführen. Rutschfest & langlebig: Die Yogamatte besteht aus hochdichtem PVC-Material mit einem Gewicht von 2800 g/m². Ihre Oberfläche ist rutschfest und abriebfest, so dass sie auch nach längerem Gebrauch intakt bleibt. Die dichte, kreisförmige Struktur auf der Unterseite sorgt für außergewöhnliche Griffigkeit, verhindert ein Verrutschen der Matte und hilft, Stürze während des Trainings zu vermeiden. Schützt Ihren Boden & Ihre Gelenke: Die 0,28 Zoll (7 mm) dicke Trainingsmatte schützt Ihren Teppich- oder Hartholzboden effektiv vor Kratzern. Die dicke Matte mit hoher Dichte bietet eine hervorragende Polsteru

Professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio: Die Trainingsmatte hat eine Größe von 9 x 6 Fuß (2750 x 1830 mm) und ist für 2-3 Personen geeignet. Die Matte wird einfach ausgerollt und ausgebreitet und verwandelt jeden Raum zu Hause in ein professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio. Sie können Yoga, HIIT, Aerobic, Tanztraining einschließlich P90x, Insanity, T25, Zumba, TRX, Kettlebell-Übungen, Seilspringen und viele andere Übungen durchführen. Rutschfest & langlebig: Die Yogamatte besteht aus hochdichtem PVC-Material mit einem Gewicht von 2800 g/m². Ihre Oberfläche ist rutschfest und abriebfest, so dass sie auch nach längerem Gebrauch intakt bleibt. Die dichte, kreisförmige Struktur auf der Unterseite sorgt für außergewöhnliche Griffigkeit, verhindert ein Verrutschen der Matte und hilft, Stürze während des Trainings zu vermeiden. Schützt Ihren Boden & Ihre Gelenke: Die 0,28 Zoll (7 mm) dicke Trainingsmatte schützt Ihren Teppich- oder Hartholzboden effektiv vor Kratzern. Die dicke Matte mit hoher Dichte bietet eine hervorragende Polsterun

Professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio: Die Trainingsmatte hat eine Größe von 12 x 6 Fuß (3660 x 1830 mm) und ist für 3-4 Personen geeignet. Die Matte wird einfach ausgerollt und ausgebreitet und verwandelt jeden Raum zu Hause in ein professionelles Heim-Fitnessstudio. Sie können Yoga, HIIT, Aerobic, Tanztraining einschließlich P90x, Insanity, T25, Zumba, TRX, Kettlebell-Übungen, Seilspringen und viele andere Übungen durchführen. Rutschfest & langlebig: Die Yogamatte besteht aus hochdichtem PVC-Material mit einem Gewicht von 2800 g/m². Ihre Oberfläche ist rutschfest und abriebfest, sodass sie auch nach längerem Gebrauch intakt bleibt. Die dichte, kreisförmige Struktur auf der Unterseite sorgt für außergewöhnliche Griffigkeit, verhindert ein Verrutschen der Matte und hilft, Stürze während des Trainings zu vermeiden. Schützt Ihren Boden & Ihre Gelenke: Die 0,28 Zoll (7 mm) dicke Trainingsmatte schützt Ihren Teppich- oder Hartholzboden effektiv vor Kratzern. Die dicke Matte mit hoher Dichte bietet eine hervorragende Polsterun

The definitive edition of Darwin's classic - a brilliantly entertaining and accessible exploration of human and animal behaviour, reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth. Why do we bite people we feel affection towards? Why do dogs wag their tails? Or cats purr? Why do we get embarrassed, and why does embarrassment make us blush? These and many other questions about the emotional life of man and animals are answered in this remarkable book. Expression is the only book in which Darwin sketches out his revolutionary ideas about human behaviour in detail: he discusses childhood learning, insanity, painting and sculpture, animal behaviour and the differences in facial expression of the world's peoples.

A darkly funny meditation on creativity and family, Be Brief and Tell Them Everything tracks the life of a middle-aged author who is struggling to write his next novel while trying to come to grips with his son's disabilities, set against a backdrop of ecological catastrophe and escalating human insanity in contemporary Los Angeles. A beautiful, powerful, concise work of autofiction that is reminiscent of My Struggle and Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Be Brief documents the stops and starts of adulthood and marriage, and the joys and challenges of parenting, while defining what it means to be a good man, and a good writer.

A revelatory, jaw-dropping portrait of Tucker Carlson’s career and a Zelig-like story of reinvention: from insider to populist, from respectability to insanity, the story of how the right-wing media lost its mind. New York Magazine writer Jason Zengerle’s eye-opening narrative follows Tucker Carlson's infamous journey from gifted young intern at The New Republic to the noxious talking head we've all witnessed on Fox News. In the tradition of Our Man and The Loudest Voice in the Room, Zengerle examines how Tucker Carlson’s career offers a unique lens into the confusing, myopic, and utterly shameless evolution of American conservatism, its media presence and punditry, from the 1990s to the present.

In "The King in Yellow," Robert W. Chambers weaves a haunting tapestry of decadence and existential dread, skillfully melding elements of supernatural horror with themes of madness and artistic obsession. The book, originally published in 1895, comprises a collection of short stories linked by the enigmatic fictional play of the same name, which drives those who read it to despair and insanity. Chambers' innovative literary style reflects the fin-de-siècle preoccupation with the blurred boundaries between reality and illusion, inviting readers into a world where the macabre intertwines with beauty, echoing contemporary influences such as Symbolism and Decadent literature. Chambers, an American author and artist, was deeply enmeshed in the artistic movements of his time, which is evident in his atmospheric prose and exploration of psychological depths. His experiences among the literary circles of Paris and his fascination with the obscure and the occult undoubtedly influenced the thematic elements within this work. Chambers' background in visual arts also informs his vivid, impressionistic descriptions, making each narrative not just a story, but a sensorial experience. For readers seeking to explore the darker facets of human imagination and the fragile boundary between sanity and insanity, "The King in Yellow" is an indispensable read. Its eerie ambiance and profound philosophical undercurrents resonate with modern sensibilities, while its influence can be traced through subsequent literary traditions, from H.P. Lovecraft to contemporary horror.

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Abwechselnd bizarr, verstörend, gruselig und erhaben präsentiert "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" neun unvergleichliche Geschichten des Meisterzauberers Algernon Blackwood. Die unheimlichen spirituellen Kräfte der Natur heraufbeschwörend, bewegen sich Blackwoods Schriften an der nebulösen Grenze zwischen Fantasie, Ehrfurcht, Staunen und Horror. Hier zeigt Blackwood sein bestes und verstörendstes Werk, darunter "The Willows", das Lovecraft als "die beste unheimliche Erzählung der Literatur" bezeichnete, "The Wendigo", "The Insanity of Jones" und "Sand". Seit über siebzig Jahren ist Penguin der führende Verlag für klassische Literatur in der englischsprachigen Welt. Mit über 1.700 Titeln repräsentiert Penguin Classics ein globales Bücherregal der besten Werke aus der Geschichte und über verschiedene Genres und Disziplinen hinweg. Die Leser vertrauen der Reihe, autoritative Texte zu liefern, die durch Einführungen und Anmerkungen von angesehenen Gelehrten und zeitgenössischen Autoren sowie durch aktuelle Übersetzungen von preisgekrönten Übersetzern ergänzt werden.

Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials and lesbian vampires: In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous Green Tea and Carmilla, is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena—unlike our anxious protagonists… These traditional yet unfamiliar tales were revered upon release, with Bram Stoker writing his own vampire story some twenty years later, and Henry James once suggesting that this is 'the ideal reading… for the hours after midnight’.

This brilliantly illustrated tale of reason, insanity, love and truth recounts the story of Bertrand Russell's life. Raised by his paternal grandparents, young Russell was never told the whereabouts of his parents. Driven by a desire for knowledge of his own history, he attempted to force the world to yield to his yearnings: for truth, clarity and resolve. As he grew older, and increasingly sophisticated as a philosopher and mathematician, Russell strove to create an objective language with which to describe the world - one free of the biases and slippages of the written word. At the same time, he began courting his first wife, teasing her with riddles and leaning on her during the darker days, when his quest was bogged down by paradoxes, frustrations and the ghosts of his family's secrets. Ultimately, he found considerable success - but his career was stalled when he was outmatched by an intellectual rival: his young, strident, brilliantly original student, Ludwig Wittgenstein. An insightful and complexly layered narrative, Logicomix reveals both Russell's inner struggle and the quest for the foundations of logic. Narration by an older, wiser Russell, as well as asides from the author himself, make sense of the story's heady and powerful ideas. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between pure reason and the persistent flaws of reality, a narrative populated by great and august thinkers, young lovers, ghosts and insanity.

This brilliantly illustrated tale of reason, insanity, love and truth recounts the story of Bertrand Russell's life. Raised by his paternal grandparents, young Russell was never told the whereabouts of his parents. Driven by a desire for knowledge of his own history, he attempted to force the world to yield to his yearnings: for truth, clarity and resolve. As he grew older, and increasingly sophisticated as a philosopher and mathematician, Russell strove to create an objective language with which to describe the world - one free of the biases and slippages of the written word. At the same time, he began courting his first wife, teasing her with riddles and leaning on her during the darker days, when his quest was bogged down by paradoxes, frustrations and the ghosts of his family's secrets. Ultimately, he found considerable success - but his career was stalled when he was outmatched by an intellectual rival: his young, strident, brilliantly original student, Ludwig Wittgenstein. An insightful and complexly layered narrative, Logicomix reveals both Russell's inner struggle and the quest for the foundations of logic. Narration by an older, wiser Russell, as well as asides from the author himself, make sense of the story's heady and powerful ideas. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between pure reason and the persistent flaws of reality, a narrative populated by great and august thinkers, young lovers, ghosts and insanity.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.” — The Washington Post One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront. “A masterful satire and a ferocious, hilarious, ambitious, inspiring piece of writing.... An important book.” —Katherine Dunn, bestselling author of Geek Love

»Kennst du diesen Paul, Felicia?« »Nicht wirklich, ich habe mit ihm persönlich noch nie gesprochen. Ich glaube, meine Eltern haben ihn mal erwähnt. Er kommt nicht wirklich aus einer großen Familie, dennoch ist seine Familie recht einflussreich unter den Magiern, gerade im Vergleich zu ihrem eigentlichen Rang. Apropos Familie, ich habe dich nie nach deiner Familie gefragt.« Edward zog die Stühle zurück, damit die beiden Platz nehmen konnten, danach setze er sich ebenfalls und lauschte ihrem Gespräch. »Ich komme aus keiner mächtigen Familie wie Saito, du oder Viktor. Meine Eltern sind nicht mal Magier, weißt du. In meiner Jugend habe ich viel Zeit im Tempel verbracht, um meine heiligen Kräfte weiterzuentwickeln.« »Entschuldige die Frage, aber sind deine Eltern noch am Leben?«, fragte Felicia sie. »Ehrlich gesagt, weiß ich es nicht… Es ist schon so lange her, dass ich vom „Phantomkult“ verschleppt wurde. Gut möglich, dass sie noch leben. Sie waren nicht dabei, als es passierte…« »Und da hast du noch nicht versucht, nach ihnen zu suchen? Viktor und Professor Insanity könnten dir sicherlich dabei helfen!«

Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens' lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to the test, the existence of spirits. His natural inclinations toward drama and the macabre made him a brilliant teller of ghost tales, and in the twenty stories presented here, which include his celebrated A Christmas Carol, the full range of his gothic talents can be seen. Chilling as some of these stories are, Dickens has managed to inject characteristically grotesque comedy as he writes of revenge, insanity, pre-cognition and dream visions, he indulges also in some debunking of contemporary credulity.

Scaldingly sarcastic yet enduringly empathetic, THE ZAP GUN is Dick's remarkable novel depicting the insanity of the arms race. Lars Powderdry and Lilo Topchev are counterpart weapons fashion designers for a world divided into two factions - Wes-bloc and Peep-East. Since the Plowshare Protocols of 2002, their job has been to invent elaborate weapons that only seem massively lethal. But when alien satellites hostile to both sides appear in the sky, the two are brought together in the dire hope that they can create a weapon to save the world, a task made all the more difficult by Lars falling in love with Lilo, even as he knows she's trying to kill him.

This chilling tale of one man's descent into madness was published shortly before the author was institutionalized for insanity, and so The Horla has inevitably been seen as informed by Guy de Maupassant's mental illness. While such speculation is murky, it is clear that de Maupassant—hailed alongside Chekhov as father of the short story—was at the peak of his powers in this innovative precursor of first-person psychological fiction. Indeed, he worked for years on The Horla's themes and form, first drafting it as "Letter from a Madman," then telling it from a doctor's point of view, before finally releasing the terrified protagonist to speak for himself in its devastating final version.