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(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization, Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself. Format:Paperback Pages:304

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours This ambitious volume, worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. In twelve chapters organized chronologically from the Bible to Freud, from exorcism to mesmerism, from Bedlam to Victorian asylums, from the theory of humours to modern pharmacology, Andrew Scull writes compellingly about madness, its meanings, its consequences and our attempts to understand and treat it. Features Summary Worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, this book examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. Author Andrew Scull Publisher Thames and Hudson Release date 20160825 Pages 448 ISBN 0-500-29254-X ISBN 13 978-0-500-29254-9

Book in fair condition. Just some minor scuffs to the dustjacket.  Has inscription by previous owner on inside of front cover.    Author(s): Tim Binding  Title: Island Madness  ISBN: 0 330 35046 3  Publisher: Picador  This Edition: 6th printing  Year of Publication: 1999  Place Of Publication: Great Britain  First Published: 1998  Binding: paperback  Dustjacket: n/a  Number of pages: 360  Weight: 241g     

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The first animal in the hilarious Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. The third Meerkat Madness book in the hilarious Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. The Really Mad Mob is expanding! With new faces joining familiar ones in Far Burrow, the thrill-seeking meerkat pups have more exciting adventures ahead of them. Join Uncle Fearless and the intrepid pups in a brand new, sky-high Kalahari escapade! More hilarious adventures from the creator of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. Features Summary The first animal in the hilarious Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. The third Meerkat Madness book in the hilarious Awesome Animals series - awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife. Author Ian Whybrow (Author), Sam Hearn (Illustrator) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20120202 Pages 188 ISBN 0-00-744161-4 ISBN 13 978-0-00-744161-7

      S PU D - THE MADNESS CONTINUES - JOHN VAN DE RUIT      "Witty, sharp  and thoroughly entertaining book" the year is now 1991 and Spud's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace" with a mother hellbent on emigrating, a father making a killing out of selling homemade moonshine - ... the year  seems to offer more madness and laughs ....    POST:  R45 FOR POST WITH TRACKING NUMBER OR R85 SPEED SERVICES TO COUNTER  items can be combined to 1kg          

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Michael Jackson - The Magic & the Madness - J. Randy Taraborrelli   Softcover.  I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number.  Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Petersbooks and Jessies. For Book Condition see images below. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment

341 pages Published: 2007 Genre: Young Adult Fiction Spud's nearly 15 and although he is no longer the youngest or the smallest in his dorm, his second year at boarding school is beset with women trouble, misguided late-night adventures and excruciating family visits. With his dreams of a stage career in tatters after a disastrous house play production of Noah's Ark, Spud, armed with only his wits and his diary, invites us to delve further into the mind of a boy who discovers that the long path to manhood is never easy... especially when all around him the madness continues... Book condition: Good - Moderate s igns of wear, and slightly shelf worn, bumped corners. Some pages may be dog eared and the cover may have some creases. No missing pages, writing on the first page and page 237 (underlining). Pages on the inside of the book are still in a very good condition.   Please note: I have 1000's of books available. If you are looking for something specific, please feel free to ask and I will let you know if I have it.     I WILL COMBINE ORDERS FOR POSTAGE/COURIER.  

 After only 8 years of marriage Gloria Burgess's beloved husband Bill, a painter, succumbs to leukemia, leaving Gloria with a son to raise alone in an adopted England. The madness of grief is a constant, overwhelming temptation she must withstand, for her child's sake, if not her own. To accomplish this Gloria looks back over her childhood in America and the lessons she can learn from the past. Between her father's clinging, drowning despair and her mother's emotional abandonment, there is a balance that she struggles to find. And meanwhile life goes inexorably on, in spite of Gloria's anguish. There must be ways to reinvent herself, to find happiness again, and to bring peace back to the tumult of her world. Hard cover, dust jacket has some scuffing to the edges. The book is in good condition. Rubber stamp marking on the first page.  Postage for this item is R45 via post office or R99 via Postnet.

Spud - John van de Ruit Softcover.  I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number.  Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Petersbooks      It's 1991, and John "Spud" Milton's journey to manhood is still creeping along at a snail's pace. Nearly fifteen, Spud's starting his second year at boarding school and, to his utter mortification, he's still a spud But life at school's about to get a whole lot worse, and even more insanity awaits him this time around, from unrequited love to the most catastrophic school play in history Join Spud as he takes another tentative step forward, while all around him the madness continues...    

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 9 working days This Epic Madness coloring book has puzzles, games, and activities. Ninja turtles show off their action poses and will be fun to color. Features Summary This Epic Madness coloring book has puzzles, games, and activities. Ninja turtles show off their action poses and will be fun to color. Publisher Bendon Publishing International Release date 20160502 ISBN 1-63346-746-5 ISBN 13 978-1-63346-746-0

When religion goes bad... When CHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and a wealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James Adams is sent to Australia on an infiltration mission. It's his toughest job so far. The Survivors' outback headquarters are completely isolated and the cult's brainwashing techniques put James under massive pressure to confirm. This time, James isn't just fighting terrorists. He's got to battle to keep control of his own mind. Postal Service - Counter to Counter R40.00 for the first book R5.00 each additional book

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Although there is widespread acknowledgment that the mainstream media is in crisis - a crisis underscored as much by declining authority as declining circulation and viewership - no one has explained the intellectual and moral causes of this crisis. This work provides a fast-paced anatomy of the mainstream media self-generated demise. James Bowman has written for the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Criterion and other publications. He was the American editor of the Times Literary Supplement and is currently a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Institute. Features Summary Presents an anatomy of the mainstream media self-generated demise. This book looks behind the headlines to examine media's governing myths. It shows how the media's embrace of a spurious notion of objectivity... Author James Bowman Publisher Encounter Books,USA Release date 20080201 Pages 133 ISBN 1-59403-212-2 ISBN 13 978-1-59403-212-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days They say the truth will set you free. That's what Princess Diana--the hero known to the world as Wonder Woman--believed. But she discovered a far darker truth, learning that her entire life and history had been transformed...and it has driven her to madness. Even as her life unravels, sinister forces threaten all she holds dear. No matter how great the trauma, she must continue to fight against the evil and lies that have destroyed her life. With the help of her closest allies--and her greatest enemy, the Cheetah--Diana will put the pieces of her broken mind back together and do battle against her fearsome new foes. Will she defy the will of the gods, save her Amazon sisters and solve the mystery of her own existence once and for all? Or is the cost of the truth too steep for even Wonder Woman to bear? Collects issues #15-25 and a selection from WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1. Features Summary The second two paperback volumes of New York Times best-selling author Greg Rucka s return to WONDER WOMAN as a part of DC Universe Rebirth are collected here in hardcover for the first time ever! Author Greg Rucka (Author), Liam Sharp (Author) Publisher DC Comics Release date 20180711 Pages 288 ISBN 1-4012-8093-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4012-8093-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The most comprehensive selection of Janet Frame's stories ever published, this exceptional collection has been chosen from the four different volumes released during her lifetime. Featuring the best of her stories, the book includes pieces that were written over four decades, including stories from her debut collection, The Lagoon and Other Stories. First published in 1951, those stories were written while Frame was confined in a mental hospital. When the collection won the Hubert Church Award, Frame was spared a controversial brain operation. The stories in this new book also include selections from You Are Now Entering the Human Heart, published in the 1980s after a hiatus from writing. As the last stories she published before her death, her writings from this time reveal Frame's unflinching ability to explore the drama of madness, isolation, and identity. This new book also includes five short stories that have not been collected before, completing a volume that testifies to the brilliance of Janet Frame's life and literary talent. Features Summary The most comprehensive selection of Janet Frame's stories ever published, this exceptional collection has been chosen from the four different volumes released during her lifetime... Author Janet Frame Publisher Counterpoint Release date 20101117 Pages 294 ISBN 1-58243-620-7 ISBN 13 978-1-58243-620-3

This book is a groundbreaking development in modern mental health because it recognizes the importance of the first hand experience and argues that hearing voices is not a sign of madness but a reaction to serious problems in life. Must-read book for all concerned with mental health issues. Soft cover in good condition.

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness; Markheim, the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet, a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla, a study of degeneration and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O' the Mill, a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and The Treasure of Franchard, a study of French bourgeois life. Format:Paperback Pages:256

Paperback. English. Quartet Books. 1998. ISBN: 9780704380646. 333pp. Good condition in paperback. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, leaving fifteen people dead. Viewed in the North as a saint of freedom and in the South as the devil incarnate, Brown was a visionary who not only foretold but made inevitable the bloody apocalypse of the Civil War. An intricate mosaic of alternating narrative voices, Bruce Old's Raising Holy Hell is an explosive, multitextured evocation of the prophetic madness of the man who saw an America damned by the sin of slavery. Book No: 4659553

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Toward the end of the twentieth century, the solution to mental illness seemed to be found. It lay in biological solutions, focusing on mental illness as a problem of the brain, to be managed or improved through drugs. We entered the "Prozac Age" and believed we had moved far beyond the time of frontal lobotomies to an age of good and successful mental healthcare. Biological psychiatry had triumphed. Except maybe it hadn't. Starting with surprising evidence from the World Health Organization that suggests that people recover better from mental illness in a developing country than in the first world, Doctoring the Mind asks the question: how good are our mental healthcare services, really? Richard P. Bentall picks apart the science that underlies our current psychiatric practice. He puts the patient back at the heart of treatment for mental illness, making the case that a good relationship between patients and their doctors is the most important indicator of whether someone will recover. Arguing passionately for a future of mental health treatment that focuses as much on patients as individuals as on the brain itself, this is a book set to redefine our understanding of the treatment of madness in the twenty-first century. Features Summary Toward the end of the twentieth century, the solution to mental illness seemed to be found. It lay in biological solutions, focusing on mental illness as a problem of the brain... Author Richard P. Bentall Publisher New York University Press Release date 20090930 Pages 388 ISBN 0-8147-9148-4 ISBN 13 978-0-8147-9148-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days ''When we said [in 2014] the ANC was falling, many people in the ANC thought we were suffering from the worst form of madness. But today those who said so then secretly approach us to ask: "How did you foresee all this?" By "this" they mean all the internal political mess the ANC has brought to itself since we wrote the first edition of this book. Indeed, a lot of "this" has taken place over the past three years. That is why the title of this second edition is The Fall of the ANC Continues." Political governance in South Africa continues to collapse. Scandals of corruption, evidence of nepotism, rampant maladministration in provinces, incompetence in public offices and a general decline in the quality of leadership are there for all to see. In the view of Prince Mashele and Mzukisi Qobo, this state of affairs has its origins in the messiness and collapse of the African National Congress. As helplessness deepens in our society, concerned citizens ask: "What will happen to South Africa?" The Fall of the ANC Continues seeks to answer this question of the fate that awaits the country. Features Summary Political governance in South Africa continues to collapse. Scandals of corruption, evidence of nepotism, rampant maladministration in provinces, incompetence in public offices and a general decline in the quality of leadership are there for all to see. Author Prince Mashele (Author), Mzukisi Qobo (Author) Publisher Pan Macmillan Release date 20170901 Pages 296 ISBN 1-77010-564-6 ISBN 13 978-1-77010-564-5

 Ghost Colonies (Lost and Found in History) - Ed Wright- 2009 - Paperback in nearly new condition. A litany of historical madness and disasters from the Vikings in Greenland and America to Friedrich Nietzsche’s Aryan supremacist sister in South America and finishing with the tragedy of Jim Jones and the Peoples’ Temple. The London Sunday Times wrote: “successful colonies are the stuff of schoolroom history: everyone knows about the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock and Captain Cook at Botany Bay. In this collection of 25 tales of colonies lost, burnt, abandoned or otherwise destroyed, Ed Wright proves that the murky history of colonial disaster is just as fascinating, and just as important.” The Brisbane Courier Mail wrote: “Ghost Colonies, written by established Pier 9 author Ed Wright, is the latest in a Lost and Found in History series to use the format, and is arguably the most interesting. From murderous Icelandic outcast Erik the Red’s Viking settlements in Greenland and his sons’ adventures in Arctic North America in 1000AD to the tragedy of Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978, this 320-page volume tells the story of 25 would-be utopias that failed to live up to the dream. They include a few of history’s better known colonial outpost failures, including the Scottish colony at Darien, Panama (1698-1700) and the failed utopian colonies of New Australia and Cosme in Paraguay at the end of the 19th century. For the most part, though, these are stories of more obscure colonial failures brought about by disease, ignorance, attacks by native people, political misfortune or other reasons. And Wright, who has researched his material thoroughly, tells them with a touch light enough to appeal to a wide readership. Australian readers will be interested in his detailed account of the rise and fall of the British colony at Victoria, Port Essington, on the north coast in what is now Arnhem Land. It fell prey to malaria and cyclones but not before explorer Ludwig Leichhardt stumbled into the settlement in late 1845 at the end of a 15-month overland journey from Moreton Bay that would make him famous. There’s mystery and tragedy in spades in this attractively designed book.  

The Sty's the Limit Paperback 'An amazing story of love, laughter and the challenges of living from the land... Simon's self-sufficient rural life is an inspiration to us all' - Ben Fogle Following a drunken misunderstanding Simon Dawson gave up his job in the city, moved to the wilds of Exmoor and became an accidental self-sufficient smallholder with an array of animals. But that was years ago now. Following up on his first book, PIGS IN CLOVER, this is the story of what happens when he suddenly realises that his life is changing all over again. He's not quite the spring chicken that he used to be: he is, horror of horrors, getting older. With a cast of best friends (some more helpful than others) including Ziggy, a panicked soon-to-be father desperate to grow up, Garth, an annoying teenager, and a rather handsome pig called The General, a plan is hatched to help each other mature (or immature). Heartfelt discoveries and hilarious endeavours ensue as they work through their age-related angsts, all with a fair dose of pigs, chickens, lambs and animal madness along the way. This is Exmoor's uplifting laugh-out-loud antidote to middle age in the mud; a place where you truly realise that the sty's the limit!