Civilization and its discontents
ISBN : 9780141182360
In his final years, Freud devoted most of his energies to a series of highly ambitious works on the broadest issues of religion and society. As early as 1908, he produced a powerful paper on the repressive hypocrisy of " civilized sexual morality ", and its role in " modern nervous illness ". Deepening this analysis in Civilization and Its Discontents, he argues that civilized values - and the impossible ideals of Christianity-inevitably distort our natural aggression and impose a terrible burden of guilt. It is also here that Freud developed his last great theoretical innovation: the strange and haunting notion of an innate death drive, locked in a constant struggle with the forces of Eros.
Seize the Day
ISBN : 9780141184852
Fading charmer Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, lie still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos : he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career (a Hollywood agent once placed him as "the type that loses the girl") and in a financial mess. In the course of one climactic day lie reviews his past mistakes and spiritual malaise, until a mysterious, philosophizing con man grants him a glorious, illuminating moment of truth and understanding, and offers him one last hope... "Saul Bellow is one of the grants of the twentieth-century novel. Read Seize the Day and see why" Irish Times
The Burning Maze - The Trials of Apollo Book 3
ISBN : 9780141364018
I was a god, once. Until I was out by my father, Zeus. Now I'm an awkward mortal teenager called Lester. Thanks a lot, dad. My way out ? A series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For my latest mission, I must journey through the Labyrinth to free an Oracle who only speaks in puzzles and defeat a third vicious bloodthirsty Roman emperor. And I have to do everything without any of my godly powers. Wonderful. Looks like I'll be needing help — from new friends and old ...
THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS - MISS PEREGRINE''S PECULIAR CHILDREN
ISBN : 9780241320914
Return to the extraordinary world of Miss Peregrine''s Peculiar Children . . .A fragile peace.br>An apocryphal warning.br>Chaos waiting in the heart of the storm.With his dying words, H - Jacob''s final connection to his grandfather Abe''s secret life - entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V.Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor, save the future of all peculiardom. With only a few bewildering clues to follow, time is running out.With enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman''s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds, the newest
PEPPA PIG ; abc
Learn your ABC with Peppa in this colourful board book. A first concept book perfect for the very youngest Peppa Pig fan! With simple text and pictures this chunky board book is perfect for little hands.
