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The Man Who Lost Himself A Tale Of Doppelgangers
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Book Synopsis The Man Who Lost Himself - A Tale of Doppelgangers by : Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Download or read book The Man Who Lost Himself - A Tale of Doppelgangers written by Henry De Vere Stacpoole and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor Jones, of Philadelphia, has been in London now for 3 weeks. It should have only taken one week to secure the contract for his fledging business, but a different company won the bid. Victor has less than ten pounds in his pocket, he owes money to the hotel and he has no idea how he will pay for his return passage to the United States. Desperate and clueless he accidently meets his double in a crowded Hotel lounge. His lookalike, Mr. Rochester, gets him drunk and the next thing he knows is waking up in a posh bedroom and being called the Earl of Rochester. At first he thinks it is a practical joke and he plays along. But when the morning newspaper arrives, and he learns that the real Mr. Rochester has found dead under the name Victor Jones, things become interesting.
Book Synopsis Some Possible Solutions by : Helen Phillips
Download or read book Some Possible Solutions written by Helen Phillips and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories that "offers an idiosyncratic series of 'what-ifs' about our fragile human condition ... What if your perfect hermaphrodite match existed on another planet? What if you could suddenly see through everybody's skin to their organs? What if you knew the exact date of your death? What if your city was filled with doppelgangers of you? Forced to navigate these bizarre scenarios, Phillips' characters search for solutions to the problem of how to survive in an irrational, infinitely strange world"--
Download or read book The Need written by Helen Phillips and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION*** “An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers” (Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel). The Need, which finds a mother of two young children grappling with the dualities of motherhood after confronting a masked intruder in her home, is “like nothing you’ve ever read before…in a good way” (People). When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it’s the sleep deprivation. She’s been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It’s what mothers do, she knows. But then the footsteps come again, and she catches a glimpse of movement. Suddenly Molly finds herself face-to-face with an intruder who knows far too much about her and her family. As she attempts to protect those she loves most, Molly must also acknowledge her own frailty. Molly slips down an existential rabbit hole where she must confront the dualities of motherhood: the ecstasy and the dread; the languor and the ferocity; the banality and the transcendence as the book hurtles toward a mind-bending conclusion. In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. “Brilliant” (Entertainment Weekly), “grotesque and lovely” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice), and “wildly captivating” (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives and “showcases an extraordinary writer at her electrifying best” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Book Synopsis The Ghost of One's Self by : Paul Meehan
Download or read book The Ghost of One's Self written by Paul Meehan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For millennia people have held folk beliefs about the existence of the doppelganger--"double walker" in German--a look-alike second self that is often the antithesis of one's identity and is usually considered an omen of misfortune or death. The theme of the double has inspired works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Poe, de Maupassant, Dostoevsky and others, and has been the basis for many classic mystery, horror and science fiction movies. This critical survey examines the double in more than 100 films by such acclaimed directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Mario Bava, Roger Corman, David Cronenberg, George Romero, Fritz Lang, James Cameron, Robert Siodmak, Don Siegel, John Frankenheimer, Terry Gilliam, Brian De Palma and Roman Polanski.
Book Synopsis The Complete Kay Francis Career Record by : Lynn Kear
Download or read book The Complete Kay Francis Career Record written by Lynn Kear and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive guide to the film, stage, radio and television career of Kay Francis, one of the most glamorous stars from the golden age of Hollywood. For each film, the authors provide a thorough synopsis plus cast and crew information (including biographies), opening dates, production notes, behind-the-scenes details, and reviews. In addition, information is provided on her stage, radio, and television appearances, and a section is devoted to collecting Kay Francis memorabilia, including such items as cigarette cards, sheet music and soundtracks. Also covered is the stage and vaudeville career of Kay Francis' mother, Katherine Clinton. A brief biography of Kay Francis is provided, along with an insightful foreword by film scholar James Robert Parish. Truly a treasure trove for Kay Francis fans and anyone interested in classic filmmaking in the 1930s and 1940s, the book includes more than 130 illustrations, many of them rare.
Download or read book Doppelganger written by Naomi Klein and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTELLER • Shortlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction • Finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism • Shortlisted for the 2024 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize • A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 • Vulture’s #1 Book of 2023 •A Guardian Best Ideas Book of 2023 What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self—a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? “If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one.” ―Katie Roiphe, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Not long ago, Naomi Klein had just such an experience—she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent but whose name and public persona were similar enough to her own that many people confused her for the other. For a vertiginous moment, she lost her bearings. And then she got interested, in a reality that seems to be warping and doubling like a digital hall of mirrors. It’s happening in our politics as New Age wellness entrepreneurs turned anti-vaxxers find common cause with fire-breathing far right propagandists (all in the name of protecting “the children”). It’s happening in our culture as AI gobbles up music, paintings, fiction and everything in between and spits out imitations that threaten to overtake the originals. And it’s happening to many of us as individuals as we create digital doubles of ourselves, filtered and curated just so for all the other duplicates to see. An award-winning journalist, bestselling author, public intellectual and activist, Naomi Klein writes books that orient us in our time. She has offered essential accounts of what branding, austerity, and climate profiteering have done to our societies and souls. Now, as liberal democracies teeter on the edge, Klein takes aim at absurdist authoritarianism, using a keen sense of the ridiculous to face the doubles that haunt us. Part tragicomic memoir, part chilling reportage and cobweb-clearing analysis, Doppelganger invites readers on a wild ride, smashing through the mirror world, charting a path beyond despair towards true solidarity.
Book Synopsis The Book of Doppelgangers by : Robert Sterling
Download or read book The Book of Doppelgangers written by Robert Sterling and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight outre tales of the doubly weird by J. Sheridan LeFanu, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Algernon Blackwood, Guy de Maupassant, Honore de Balzac, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry James, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. . . . The face in the mirror is yours, but ever so slightly different. A shadow haunts your house, but it walks in places you've never gone. You grew up with a boy who had your face and your name, except he always did everything right, while you never could. Evil twins, double images: these are the tales of the Doppelganger.
Book Synopsis The Boy who Lost His Face by : Louis Sachar
Download or read book The Boy who Lost His Face written by Louis Sachar and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed, humorous tale from mega-selling Louis Sachar, author of HOLES.
Download or read book Look-Alike-Man written by T. F. Huene and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read, then, to see a greater God than you now see. Read to see truth that will take you closer to God. Read to gain your own personal joy and peace. Read to see more clearly the incredible relationship you most certainly have with an even more incredible, loving God. The most original Christian writing since Augustine and Aquinas, author Tom Huene's Look-Alike-Man answers long-standing questions about God and Satan, yet in an easy-to-read style. In this book, you will see why God could not possibly have created Satan and how the Bible does not say that He did. Huene's purpose is the following: 1) To magnify and put into its proper and lofty perspective the powerful and loving nature of the one and only God. 2) To show the 'Images of God' why they all—100 percent of them—can be absolutely certain of spending eternity with their magnificent Creator in heaven. He addresses age-old assumptions about God, Satan, and man that need to be freshly reviewed with an open mind as well as with an open Bible. If you have as many questions about your Christian faith as Huene had, this is a must-read. Have you ever felt like there are actually two of you inside that body of yours? Well, you are correct. Read Look-Alike-Man to see who you really are.
Book Synopsis The Master Key Keepers and the Doppelganger by : VL Levy
Download or read book The Master Key Keepers and the Doppelganger written by VL Levy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-01-08 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over two thousand years ago, the sacred Ark of the Covenant mysteriously disappeared without a trace- prophesized to return to the people and be opened at some undisclosed date; symbolizing that the coming of the messiah is near. That time has now passed. Is the prophecy about to be fulfilled? If so, why is the Ark still missing? What will happen if the Ark is found and opened? More importantly, who among us in the modern day world, has God chosen to open it? Consider if you will, what you would do if Jesus, flanked by twelve great masters, mysteriously appeared before you, relaying that you were responsible for guarding and mastering the keys to the Ark of the Covenant? Armed with the knowledge that humanitys fate depended on their awareness that the prophecy was about to be fulfilled, would you have the courage to tell them why you were here? What if no one believed you? Every few hundred years or so, a messiah, messenger, or sage is sent to walk among the masses; assigned to fulfill a sacred mission that will alter the course of humanity forever. This time, a team was sent in to open the most sought after historical biblical artifact the world has ever known- the Ark of the Covenant! The Master Key Keepers and the Doppelganger is a compelling true story of one familys journey as they experience magic and miracles beyond their wildest imaginations! Find out how their mission will affect your future in this amazing book filled with page turning adventures! The time is much closer than you may think!
Book Synopsis Craving Supernatural Creatures by : Claudia Schwabe
Download or read book Craving Supernatural Creatures written by Claudia Schwabe and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the portrayal of German fairy-tale figures in contemporary North American media adaptations. Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture analyzes supernatural creatures in order to demonstrate how German fairy tales treat difference, alterity, and Otherness with terror, distance, and negativity, whereas contemporary North American popular culture adaptations navigate diversity by humanizing and redeeming such figures. This trend of transformation reflects a greater tolerance of other marginalized groups (in regard to race, ethnicity, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion, etc.) and acceptance of diversity in society today. The fairy-tale adaptations examined here are more than just twists on old stories—they serve as the looking glasses of significant cultural trends, customs, and social challenges. Whereas the fairy-tale adaptations that Claudia Schwabe analyzes suggest that Otherness can and should be fully embraced, they also highlight the gap that still exists between the representation and the reality of embracing diversity wholeheartedly in twenty-first-century America. The book's four chapters are structured around different supernatural creatures, beginning in chapter 1 with Schwabe's examination of the automaton, the golem, and the doppelganger, which emerged as popular figures in Germany in the early nineteenth century, and how media, such as Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow, dramatize, humanize, and infantilize these "uncanny" characters in multifaceted ways. Chapter 2 foregrounds the popular figures of the evil queen and witch in contemporary retellings of the Grimms' fairy tale "Snow White." Chapter 3 deconstructs the concept of the monstrous Other in fairy tales by scrutinizing the figure of the Big Bad Wolf in popular culture, including Once Upon a Timeand the Fables comic book series. In chapter 4, Schwabe explores the fairy-tale dwarf, claiming that adaptations today emphasize the diversity of dwarves' personalities and celebrate the potency of their physicality. Craving Supernatural Creaturesis a unique contribution to the field of fairy-tale studies and is essential reading for students, scholars, and pop-culture aficionados alike.
Book Synopsis The Bradys and "Dr-Doo-Da-Day;" Or, The Man Who Was Lost on Mott Street by :
Download or read book The Bradys and "Dr-Doo-Da-Day;" Or, The Man Who Was Lost on Mott Street written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tales of Bellerophon -on the Banks of the Shalimar by : Tony Ashenden
Download or read book Tales of Bellerophon -on the Banks of the Shalimar written by Tony Ashenden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2005 Tony Ashenden sat down after lunch and ... disappeared. When he reappeared 20 minutes later his entire world had changed. During the next nine months a series of extraordinary experiences led him to question his sanity and the very meaning of life. Tales of Bellerophon -On the Banks of the Shalimar is the tale of one man's soul journey, a perilous adventure into unknown worlds beyond our form and time; in which he struggles both to understand these experiences and to reconcile his own identity with the different person he becomes. How events of childhood and youth are revealed for their true meaning and life's purpose expands beyond comprehension. Are we one or many? How did Man evolve? These and other fundamental questions are answered in this life changing account. This book is a revelation of human nature beyond the grave, of a continuity that sobers the most expectant and will shock those secure in their belief that death is the end.
Download or read book Doppelganger written by David Finchley and published by Hybrid Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Arnold Rosen is celebrating his 70th birthday with his family aboard a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. By coincidence, on the same cruise ship, the American Gus Smith and his family are also celebrating his 70th. The two men meet. They are identical in appearance but clearly not related. Arnold is the son of Jewish Holocaust survivors, while Gus' parents were German - indeed, his father was a rabid anti-Semite. It seems they are doppelgangers, or 'doubles'. However, it may be more complicated than that. Not only were the two men born on the same day, it turns out that they were both born in the same small town, in post-war Germany. The two men's backgrounds are so different that despite their similarities, there is surely no possibility that they could be related... What will they uncover when they travel to Waiblingen, the small town in Germany where they were both born, to seek the truth?
Download or read book Look-Alike Lawman written by Glynna Kaye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inspirational romance, an urban police officer discovers a twin brother he never knew—and falls for a single mom—in a small Texas town. When big-city cop Grayson Wallace visits an elementary school for career day, he finds his heartstrings unexpectedly tugged by a six-year-old fatherless boy. Gray offers to mentor the child, but widowed mother Elise Lopez wants nothing to do with men in uniform. Now he can't get the struggling Lopezes off his mind. All he can think about is what family means—especially after discovering the identical twin brother he hadn't known he had in Grasslands. Maybe a trip to ranch country is just what he, Elise and little Cory need.
Download or read book Nebraska Doppelganger written by and published by Tom. This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Halliwell's Film Guide by : Leslie Halliwell
Download or read book Halliwell's Film Guide written by Leslie Halliwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
