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- Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva (6)
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By Ann Heberlein -
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- The Wu-Tang Manual (7)
- Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One
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By The Rza, Chris Norris -
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- Walter Mosley Omnibus (2)
- "Devil in a Blue Dress", "Red Death", "White Butterfly"
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By Walter Mosley -
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- Take it Like a Man (11)
- The Autobiography of Boy George
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By Boy George -
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- Straight (7)
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By Boy George -
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- The Smiths (16)
- Songs That Saved Your Life
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By Simon Goddard -
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- A Small Killing (38)
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By Alan Moore, Oscar Zarate -
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- Slasher Movies (1)
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By Mark Whitehead -
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- The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer (9)
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By Brian Masters -
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- Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung (35)
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By Lester Bangs -
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- Porno (339)
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By Irvine Welsh -
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- Pete Doherty My Prodigal Son (2)
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By Jacqueline Doherty -
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- What's the Story?
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By Ian Robertson -
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- The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (243)
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By Arthur Conan Doyle -
Finished on Apr 20, 2010
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
Brilliant despite old, insane values -
Finally. Finished.
The annotations are worth the price as a whole, totally. Despite the original writings being filled with racistic, nationalistic, anti-feministic and insane values, The Canon is still enjoyable, if one is able to see past these things. It's a brilliant collection, and I firmly re ... (
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Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva
This is a jump into the world of Ann Heberlein, author, diagnosed as bipolar. She writes of her life and I think this book can be divided into two parts:
The first, where she writes of her everyday circumstance as it rolls by; her everyday life, caring for her kids and breaking down completely, al ... (continue)
This is a jump into the world of Ann Heberlein, author, diagnosed as bipolar. She writes of her life and I think this book can be divided into two parts:
The first, where she writes of her everyday circumstance as it rolls by; her everyday life, caring for her kids and breaking down completely, all written very stream-of-consciously. There is an obvious difference between her lucid state and the manic, where the latter not only expresses her emotions but displays how she describes the passing of time.
The second, where she uses her intellectual side more and tries to sort out and understand the very nature of breaking down, of being ill, also reading into the meaning of life, turning things very philosophical and ethical. Heberlein is, after all, very well-versed in Ethics.
At the same time, wearing her Doctorate hat, she does point out that "doing well in life" is hogwash: every person who requires help against their bad mental state has their own cross to carry, and might as well earn millions per day or be millions in debt.
It's a heart-felt book and I recommend it to everyone. Heberlein's language and trains of thought are immensely roller-coasting and highly interesting, hopefully grabbing the reader's interest psychologically rather than just being an entertaining read, which I cannot see it as. Entertainment, it is not. The fabric of life, it does touch upon by being so everyday. I salute this.