J S Carol: 20 books

一本沒有速限的Live實境小說 親愛的讀者： 希望這本書讓你精神受創，或至少有那麼一點點嚇破了膽。 娛樂你們就是我的唯一目的。 ──作者J. S. 卡羅 小說以30分鐘為單位飆速進行，活命機會僅有七個章節。 坐滿好萊塢明星和電影圈內人的餐廳闖入一名炸彈客，在場的紀錄片導演被迫以手機拍攝實況上傳網路，媒體隨即陷入狂熱。炸彈客一邊折磨人質，一邊欣賞新聞報導。他以遊戲手法決定下一個殺害對象，並意外翻轉輿論風向，誘出媒體嗜血本色，讓觀眾開始以賭盤押注下一批死亡名單。 關乎人命的真實報導，竟成了荒謬的娛樂節目。這群受害者平時在大銀幕上呼風喚雨，然而當電影情節化為現實，身旁的人質陸續被一槍斃命，他們究竟要如何說服歹徒「下一個死的不該是我」？ 好萊塢公關高手置身人質當中，提供第一手現場實況；躲在洗手間的年輕演員成了無人知曉的「隱藏目擊者」；意外搶到獨家的小電視臺則面臨道德兩難。三線敘事緊湊交錯，每一段30分鐘的Live實況，都充滿驚人的詭譎翻轉。你準備好翻開下一頁了嗎？ 這是一場Live轉播的好萊塢殺人實境秀， 只不過，倒下的人在鏡頭移開以後，將不會再有呼吸。 【作者簡介】 J....

The importance of the global rural-urban matrix is often overlooked due to urban-normativity. But sometimes agrarian populism and a pastoral rural imaginary result in the equally fallacy of a rural-normativity, as in Jeffersonian nostalgia for a lost way of life that never existed. The nature of rurality...

"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014 Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog Included...

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are: AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes PEACEMAKER,...

Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects. The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation, revealed at the Nuremburg trials,...

Der englischsprachige Band Not Just a Mirror setzt sich mit grundlegenden Fragen des politischen Theaters in der Gegenwart auseinander und stellt künstlerisch-politische Strategien und Praktiken von Theatermachern aus aller Welt vor - u. a. Chto Delat, Milo Rau, Kretakör, Faustin Linyekula, Public...

**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly). Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...

The Church in the Modern World: Fifty Years after Gaudium et Spes commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes, 1965). Through the lens of this crucial document, this book examines contemporary social...

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...

From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...

In Edith Wharton’s works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which...

Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...

In Volume 5 of his innovative series on biodynamic and craniosacral therapy, Michael Shea presents invaluable information about therapeutic approaches to pre- and neonatal babies--in particular, low-birth-weight babies. In addition, more than 50 meditations on stillness are provided for the benefit...

This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions. This book was developed with a two-fold premise: one, that educators and parents understand the role they play in meeting the basic developmental needs of individual students during times of transition; and two, that school leaders...