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Final Moments

Author : Deborah Witt Sherman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607142694
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Final Moments written by Deborah Witt Sherman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was it like the first time a nurse witnessed death? How do nurses cope with death when it becomes almost routine? What lessons can we learn from their experiences? Twenty-five nurses—from hospitals, private practices, and in home health care—tell about their experiences with death. Hear from people new to the field as well as those who have been in nursing for decades about how they deal with grief, the controversies about end-of-life decisions, the challenges of caring for people as they die, and the harrowing experience of telling their family members. Edited and introduced by a registered nurse, the book is a resource for both nurses and anyone who wants to better understands death and dying.

Duchamp's Last Day

Author : Donald Shambroom
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
ISBN 13 : 1941701876
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Duchamp's Last Day written by Donald Shambroom and published by David Zwirner Books. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the fiftieth anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s death, Duchamp’s Last Day offers a radical reading of the artist’s final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend Man Ray took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom begins to examine the surrounding context—the dinner with Man Ray and another friend, Robert Lebel, the night Duchamp died, the conversations about his own death at that dinner and elsewhere, and the larger question of whether this radical artist’s death can be read as an extension of his work. Shambroom’s in-depth research into this final night, and his analysis of the photograph, feeds into larger questions about the very nature of artworks and authorship which Duchamp raised in his lifetime. In the case of this mysterious and once long-lost photograph, who is the author? Man Ray or Duchamp? Is it an artwork or merely a record? Has the artist himself turned into one of his own readymades? A fascinating essay that is both intimate and steeped in art history, Duchamp’s Last Day is filled with intricate details from decades of research into this peculiar encounter between art, life, and death. Shambroom’s book is a wonderful study of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.

The Last Night of Alton Webber

Author : Robin Parrish
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414374933
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Last Night of Alton Webber written by Robin Parrish and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In each installment of 7 Hours, a character is visited by the enigmatic Thomas Constant, who makes a heart-stopping statement: “You are about to die. But you may choose from one of three options: Live seven more hours, travel back in time and relive seven hours, or accept the inevitable and die now.” Thomas Constant ventures to a mansion on a remote island, where a powerful criminal empire is gathering to witness the final moments of one of their own and readying their latest dark and dangerous plot. They weren’t always this way. They were once ordinary people like anyone else. But a lifetime of complicated circumstances and difficult choices slowly molded them into this shadowy organization. Can their long, complex history be changed by seven hours? The end has come, but this last leg of Thomas’s experiment may be the most challenging task of his remarkable life. The clock is ticking. What will you do with the time you have left?

The Last Night on the Titanic

Author : Veronica Hinke
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 163758931X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Last Night on the Titanic written by Veronica Hinke and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing—and making history—on the cusp of Prohibition, the Titanic defined drinking and dining styles of the Edwardian era. Societal lines were distinctly drawn as never before. Laden with never-before-experienced luxuries in all three classes, the Titanic set an unprecedented standard and created a time capsule that continues to draw intense interest even 110 years later. Veronica Hinke has curated a culinary narrative that informs and provides new and thrilling insights on what passengers and crew experienced. The Last Night on the Titanic is based on carefully researched and studied historic news articles, menus, and books, as well as dozens of intimate interviews with experts and family members of passengers and crew. Recipes related to moving stories of tragedy and survival are interspersed throughout and easy for readers to make at home, including: · Recipes for English spring pea soufflé, apple meringue, and more mouthwatering Titanic foods · Drink recipes from the hotels that first class passenger John Jacob Astor IV established that still carry on today—including the original martini · True and accurate accounts of the real Margaret “Unsinkable Molly” Brown · Letters from passengers that were received days after the sinking, including one to legendary journalist HV Kaltenborn. · True stories from his family members about what really happened to Chief Baker Charles Joughin “We all think about what our last meal would be. On her maiden voyage, guests on the world’s most famous passenger ship, the RMS Titanic, were dining on the finest foods prepared by the best French chefs and toasting with the best champagne, not knowing that it would be their last meal. Veronica Hinke has taken a story that we all know so well and interwoven delicious recipes that, while historic and old, are classic and worthy of any modern-day table. She has unearthed a vibrant culinary subtext that often left me breathless and dreamy-eyed. She skillfully captures the magical flavor of a fascinating era in our history. Two spatulas raised in adulation.” —Chef Art Smith, former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey “A rich and fascinating addition to Titanic literature. If a book can be compared to a soft, warm sweater, that’s exactly how I’d describe Veronica Hinke’s The Last Night on the Titanic. The reader will find the text on each page purled with anecdotes and personal details about the luxury liner’s passengers and crew and want to snuggle deeper into each story and recipe.” —Rick Archbold and Dana McCauley, co-authors, Last Dinner on the Titanic “Congratulations on a well-researched book!” —Yvonne Hume, Great-niece of Titanic First Violinist John (“Jock”) Hume

Roy Ward Baker

Author : Geoff Mayer
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719063541
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Roy Ward Baker written by Geoff Mayer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the career of Roy Ward Baker, one of the great survivors of the British film and television industry. He directed the landmark British film Morning Departure (1949), worked at Twentieth Century Fox in Hollywood in the early 1950s where he directed Marilyn Monroe, and the best version of the Titanic disaster, A Night to Remember in 1958. He then moved to television series such as The Avengers, The Saint and Minder. Later Baker re-emerged as a major director of science-fiction (Quatermass and The Pit) and horror films (Asylum). Geoff Mayer provides an industrial and aesthetic context in which to understand the interrelationship between a skilled classical director and the transformation of the British film industry in the 1950s.

The Last Night of The Proms

Author : James Calum Campbell
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1805143115
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Last Night of The Proms written by James Calum Campbell and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you want to understand Whetstone, ask Sir Roger Hollis what Palimpsest is.” Just when the National Medical Advisor to the Security Services is on the point of retrieving an injured patient from a hijacked 747 on the tarmac at Heathrow, the authorities pull the plug on a protracted negotiation, with resultant loss of life. Primum non nocere. First do no harm. At the subsequent inquiry, it is the N-MASS, Dr Alastair Cameron-Strange, who is scapegoated, and hung out to dry. Why? Who authorised the storming of Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 301? First minded to quit medicine and get out, sheer bloody-mindedness drives Cameron-Strange to open a file on a high ranking government minister, the Enterprise Czar, erstwhile Managing Director of The Conglomerate, Sir Roger Hollis. His researches take him from London to Edinburgh, thence to the north-west tip of Scotland, where, accompanied by the mysteriously intangible Kathryn Hathaway, he discovers The Conglomerates’s dreadful secret, Palimpsest, and solves the riddle of AA Flight 301. But there’s no way back to London from Cape Wrath. Is there?

The Night of Decision

Author : Steven Popper
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1456778501
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book The Night of Decision written by Steven Popper and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange prophet announces the End of Everything... Twelve elite assassins stalk their prey... A foul apparition pollutes the sky above... A two-thousand-year-old conspiracy is discovered... A child of destiny is born... A long-awaited revenge is carried out... Something sacred is destroyed forever... Friends are forced to turn against each other... ...and there may not be a way out this time. Sanctifier Shenaria Calvert, her Truth-Extractor Matthias, and her Assassin Modesty could never have imagined that they might end up fighting on different sides. Will they prevent or cause the End of Everything? 'The Night of Decision' is the second volume of a gripping sci-fi trilogy about the cataclysmic struggle between Good and Evil. Catch up with previous events in 'The Day of Transformation', and don't miss the devastating conclusion to the story in 'The Hour of Revelation' - coming soon!

All Night, All Day: Life, Death & Angels

Author : Susan Cushman
Publisher : Madville Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1956440461
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book All Night, All Day: Life, Death & Angels written by Susan Cushman and published by Madville Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something mystical about holding the hand of a person who is “crossing over.” It can be heartbreaking, of course, but also very holy and beautiful. Some of the pieces in this collection share the experience of personal loss when a loved one dies. Often the presence of an angel or another mystical experience is shared. But not only in death—there are also stories here of the way the mystical world interacts with us in daily life. And not only angels, but also mothers, fathers, sisters, grandfathers, friends, and even a homeless man and a dog. Contributors: Cassandra King – Suzanne Henley – River Jordan – Sally Palmer Thomason – Natasha Trethewey – Sonja Livingston – Johnnie Bernhard – Frederica Mathewes-Green – Angela Jackson-Brown – Christa Allan – Renea Winchester – Jacqueline Allen Trimble – Mandy Haynes – Wendy Reed – Lisa Gornick – Jennifer Horne – Ann Fisher-Wirth – Averyell Kessler – Lauren Camp – Cathy Smith Bowers – Nancy Dorman-Hickson – Joanna Siebert – Susan Cushman – Claire Fullerton – Julie Cantrell

One Summer's Night

Author : Kiley Dunbar
Publisher : Hera books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1912973022
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book One Summer's Night written by Kiley Dunbar and published by Hera books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The path of true love never did run smooth...did it? Kelsey Anderson is stuck in a rut so big, she’ll need a 4-wheel drive to get out. She’s just been made redundant from her dead-end job, and boyfriend Fran is so busy climbing up the career ladder that he’s forgotten how to have fun. She needs to change her life – and fast. Stumbling across an advert for tour guides in Stratford-Upon-Avon seems like the perfect way to bring the sunshine back. In an impulsive move, she moves from her small Scottish village to Shakespeare’s birthplace, armed only with a suitcase and her battered copy of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Kelsey quickly falls in love with the place, her job as a tourist guide allowing her to explore every inch of the picture-perfect town, from cosy cafes to the picturesque banks of the river. But it’s not just the town that captures her heart, as she finds herself torn between the actors Will and Jonathan who both vie for her affections. But will beautiful Peony, the lead actress at the Oklahoma theatre company where Jonathan is playing Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, play a role in keeping Kelsey and Jonathan apart? Or will flirtatious, charming Will, the fellow tour guide who has set his sights on Kelsey, keep the star-crossed lovers from finding their happy ending? A gorgeously uplifting, feel good romance that will captivate readers of Holly Martin, Cathy Bramley and Milly Johnson. Readers are loving One Summer’s Night: 'I absolutely loved this debut novel from Kiley Dunbar...I haven't enjoyed a book in this genre as much as this for a long time...I defy anyone not to be rooting for Kelsey and booking a mini-break to Stratford when they finish this book! (5 stars) Netgalley reviewer

The Secret of the Night

Author : Gaston Leroux
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387011962
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of the Night written by Gaston Leroux and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Not This Night (A Rachel Blackwood Suspense Thriller—Book Six)

Author : Blake Pierce
Publisher : Blake Pierce
ISBN 13 : 1094385182
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Not This Night (A Rachel Blackwood Suspense Thriller—Book Six) written by Blake Pierce and published by Blake Pierce. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the scorched expanse of the Texan desert, victims are uncovered from shallow graves eerily echoing ancient Native American burial traditions. Amongst the parched sands, Texas Ranger Rachel Blackwood finds a tantalizing clue—a series of small turquoise stones inscribed with cryptic symbols. Can she decode whispers from the past to catch the killer before another victim is buried? “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.” —Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NOT THIS NIGHT (A Rachel Blackwood Suspense Thriller—Book 6) is the sixth book in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller The Perfect Wife (a free download) has received over 20,000 five star reviews. As a child, Rachel felt a connection to her Native American heritage, learning traditional customs and survival skills from the aunt who raised her. Haunted for years by her parents’ mysterious and unsolved deaths, Rachel vowed to find their killer—and protect all other innocent lives from the same fate. A page-turning and harrowing suspense thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured protagonist, the RACHEL BLACKWOOD series is a riveting mystery, packed with suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Future books in the series are also available. “An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists, turns and red herrings… I can't wait to see what happens next.” —Reader review (Her Last Wish) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A strong, complex story about two FBI agents trying to stop a serial killer. If you want an author to capture your attention and have you guessing, yet trying to put the pieces together, Pierce is your author!” —Reader review (Her Last Wish) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A typical Blake Pierce twisting, turning, roller coaster ride suspense thriller. Will have you turning the pages to the last sentence of the last chapter!!!” —Reader review (City of Prey) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Right from the start we have an unusual protagonist that I haven't seen done in this genre before. The action is nonstop… A very atmospheric novel that will keep you turning pages well into the wee hours.” —Reader review (City of Prey) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Everything that I look for in a book… a great plot, interesting characters, and grabs your interest right away. The book moves along at a breakneck pace and stays that way until the end. Now on go I to book two!” —Reader review (Girl, Alone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Exciting, heart pounding, edge of your seat book… a must read for mystery and suspense readers!” —Reader review (Girl, Alone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jewish Pastoral Care, 2nd Edition

Author : Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580234275
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Pastoral Care, 2nd Edition written by Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the Jewish tradition--and a vital resource for counselors and caregivers of other faith traditions. The essential reference for rabbis, cantors and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow and change--now in paperback. This groundbreaking volume draws upon both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of pastoral care to provide invaluable guidance. Offering insight on pastoral care technique, theory and theological implications, the contributors to Jewish Pastoral Care are innovators in their fields, and represent all four contemporary Jewish movements. This comprehensive resource provides you with the latest theological perspectives and tools, along with basic theory and skills for assisting the ill and those who care for them, the aging and dying, those with dementia and other mental disorders, engaged couples, and others, and for responding to issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse and disasters. Contributors: Barbara Eve Breitman, MSW, LSW * Anne Brener, MAJCS, MA, LCSW * Rabbi Amy Eilberg, MSW * Rabbi Nancy Flam, MA * Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MAJCS, BCC * Gus Kaufman, Jr., PhD * Rabbi Myriam Klotz, MA * Rabbi Yaacov Kravitz, EdD * Rabbi Ellen Jay Lewis, NCPsyA * Wendy Lipshutz, LMSW * Rabbi Sheldon Marder * Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski, DMin * Simcha Paull Raphael, PhD * Rabbi Stephen Roberts, BCC * Rabbi Rochelle Robins * Rabbi Drorah Setel, MTS * Rabbi Jeffery M. Silberman, DMin * Marcia Cohn Spiegel, MAJCS * Rabbi Karen Sussan * Rabbi Bonita E. Taylor, MA, BCC * Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, CSW * Rabbi David J. Zucker, PhD, BCC

The Oxford Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0192834150
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Or What You Will written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1998-04-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in performance, and this edition emphasizes its theatrical qualities in both the introduction and the full and detailed commentary. Where the original music has not survived, James Walker has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals, freshly edited, so that this edition, uniquely, offers all the music required to perform the play. - ;Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy. The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties. Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night, and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the music required in a performance. James Walker has re-edited the existing music from the original sources, and where noe exists has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals. -

Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192655914
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy. The introduction analyses its many views of love and the juxtaposition of joy and melancholy, while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties. Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night, and this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the music required in a performance. James Walker has re-edited the existing music from the original sources, and where noe exists has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Sexuality in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author : Gary Wiener
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 0737770643
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book Sexuality in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream written by Gary Wiener and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative volume explores William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream through the lens of sexuality. The book examines Shakespeare's life and influences and offers readers a series of essays for consideration on topics related to sexuality, such as the notions of the war between the sexes, taboo sexuality, and the marginalization of women's sexuality. The text also offers readers contemporary perspectives on topics related to sexuality, such as adolescent sexuality, the categorizing of people into sexual classifications, and sex education.

Surrender to the Night

Author : Evelyn Rogers
Publisher : Evelyn Rogers
ISBN 13 : 082173444X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Surrender to the Night written by Evelyn Rogers and published by Evelyn Rogers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Night of Serious Drinking

Author : René Daumal
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468304844
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book A Night of Serious Drinking written by René Daumal and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French poet and author of Mount Analogue shares a satirical allegory of the absurdities of intellectual society. As in Rene Daumal’s cult classic Mount Analogue, A Night of Serious Drinking concerns an autobiographical protagonist on a mind-expanding journey. But rather than seeking enlightenment, the anonymous narrator recounts an evening getting drunk with a group of friends. As the party becomes intoxicated and exuberant, the narrator’s wandering lead him from seeming paradises to the depths of pure hell. The characters our hero encounters go by absurd titles, such as Anthographers, Fabricators of useless objects, Scienters, Nibblists, and Clarificators. Yet the inhabitants of these strange realms are only too familiar: scientists dissecting an animal in their laboratory, a wise man surrounded by his devotees, politicians angling for influence, and poets expounding their rhetoric. Their hilarious antics and intellectual games reveal incisive social commentary that combines poetic imagination and philosophical depth.