The Maddening

The Maddening
Author: Andrew Neiderman
Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1626817855

“An expert weaver of suspense” (Fresh Fiction) crafts this terrifying novel that is “scary from first to last page” (Dean Koontz). Stacey Oberman made the worst mistake of her life when she followed the garage mechanic’s advice and turned off the main highway. When her car breaks down in a rainstorm, she and her five-year-old daughter seek refuge in a nearby farmhouse—only to become “playmates” in a violent whirlpool of unrelenting terror. “Neiderman’s forte has always been his intricate, suspenseful stories.” —Booklist on Duplicates Originally published under the name Playmates.

THE MADDENING MODEL

THE MADDENING MODEL
Author: Suzanne Simms
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2012-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145928660X

Hazardous Duty Mountain guide Simon Hazard couldn't believe Sunday Harrington was his latest client. She'd probably never hiked one day of her privileged life! But it was Simon who had sweaty palms and palpitations. And they had nothing to do with roughing it in the jungle, and everything to do with Sunday's long, long legs…. Dangerous Curves Sunday wasn't about to give Simon the satisfaction of proving she was all body and no brains. Men like him were all alike—uncivilized and very dangerous. And if she wasn't careful, they'd wind up exploring a lot more than their lush little paradise!

The Maddening

The Maddening
Author: Andrew Neiderman
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1987
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425098981

A woman driving upstate with her five-year-old daughter takes a shortcut that leads to disaster when her car breaks down in a rainstorm. When they seek refuge in a nearby farmhouse, she and her daughter become "playmates" in a violent whirlpool of unrelenting terror. Now a major motion picture, starring Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, and Mia Sara.

Far from the Maddening Girls

Far from the Maddening Girls
Author: Guy Wetmore Carryl
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Far From the Maddening Girls by Guy Wettmore Carryl is the humorous tale about Uncle Ezra, a matchmaker, and potential young wives. Excerpt: "I was on the threshold, so to speak, of thirty when my Uncle Ezra gave his first evidence of being aware of my existence by leaving me a competency. He had never seen me, nor I him, and he misspelled my very name several times in the course of his will; but nevertheless, he contrived, in this manner, to awaken in me what I may call a posthumous affection for him..."

Garner's Modern English Usage

Garner's Modern English Usage
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1113
Release: 2016
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0190491485

The authority on grammar, usage, and style.

The Myth of the Madding Crowd

The Myth of the Madding Crowd
Author: Clark McPhail
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351479075

Crowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with implications for social movement analysis.McPhail's critical assessment of the major theories of crowd behavior establishes that, whatever their particular limitations and strengths, all share a general and serious flaw: their explanations were developed without prior examination of the behaviors to be explained. Drawing on a wide range of empirical studies that include his own careful field work, the author offers a new characterization of temporary gatherings. He presents a life cycle of gatherings and a taxonomy of forms of collective behavior within gatherings, as well as combinations of these forms and gatherings into larger events, campaigns and waves. McPhail also develops a new explanation for various ways in which purposive actors construct collective actions.

Garner's Modern American Usage

Garner's Modern American Usage
Author: Bryan Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1007
Release: 2009-07-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 019987462X

Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, GMAU authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. An exciting new feature of this third edition is Garner's Language-Change Index, which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability, giving the book a consistent standard throughout. GMAU is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index. The judgments are based both on Garner's own original research in linguistic corpora and on his analysis of hundreds of earlier studies. Another first in this edition is the panel of critical readers: 120-plus commentators who have helped Garner reassess and update the text, so that every page has been improved. Bryan A. Garner is a writer, grammarian, lexicographer, teacher, and lawyer. He has written professionally about English usage for more than 28 years, and his work has achieved widespread renown. David Foster Wallace proclaimed that Bryan Garner is a genius and William Safire called the book excellent. In fact, due to the strength of his work on GMAU, Garner was the grammarian asked to write the grammar-and-usage chapter for the venerable Chicago Manual of Style. His advice on language matters is second to none.

Memories of a Lost War

Memories of a Lost War
Author: Subarno Chattarji
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2001
Genre: American poetry
ISBN: 019818767X

In this unique and significant addition to Vietnam studies, Memories of a Lost War analyzes the poems written by American veterans, protest poets, and Vietnamese, within political, aesthetic, and cultural contexts. Drawing on a wealth of material often published in small presses and journals, the book highlights the horrors of war and the continuing traumas of veterans in post-Vietnam America. In its inclusion of Vietnamese perspectives, the book marks a departure from earlier works that have largely concentrated on Vietnam as a war rather than a country.

The Rover

The Rover
Author: Seba Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1844
Genre:
ISBN: