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Some Call It Utopia

Fair, Thomas R
Some Call It Utopia
For some the quest for an idyllic life is more than a vision, it demands to be realized. Thomas Fair compares it to the monster in the film Forbidden Planet, arising in a perfect world created by intelligent beings, a destructive beast that is a product of their own hubris. Fair goes back to the French Revolution and its attempt to completely alter social structure and tradition. The Paris Commune and the writings of Marx and Engles pointed ut...

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LAST FLIGHT OUT

Eringer, Robert
LAST FLIGHT OUT
Is he hallucinating? Or is our hero actually travelling into vintage photographs? Robert Eringer takes you on a journey unlike any other, running into Mark Twain, and others from bygone eras--all the while paying homage to an iconic TV series, The Twilight Zone.

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The Radio

Sussman, Bernard
The Radio
We all lie. Whether it is a major deceit, a common whopper or a benign throw-away, these fabrications become part of the navigation of life. But when we lie to ourselves, what is the result? Are we in a state of denial or merely bending our memories to shape a new reality? Adam Merritt, a successful dermatologist awakens one morning feeling obliged to be, in all things, truthful. It doesn't matter if it concerns his friends, his wife or his pr...

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Adam's Big Bang

Sussman, Bernard
Adam's Big Bang
In hindsight, perhaps Adam Grossman should not have retired--at least not so soon. After all, he was a respected heart surgeon and certainly not of diminished skills. Adam, however, had let his ego get the best of him and when he is passed over for a department chairmanship, decides to take his generous pension and move on. Now a year later, he's adrift, although not always unpleasantly. For his wife Eva it's a different story. He is disruptin...

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Return of the Horla

Sussman, Bernard
Return of the Horla
Adam Carter has begun checking the locks on his doors again and again. Are they securely fastened? Is the alarm set properly? He's never quite satisfied that everything is in order. And so he feels compelled to check yet again. He feels for his wallet and then confirms that each and every piece of paper, credit card and cash is perfectly in order and safely in its place. He's had these obsessive thoughts before, but for Adam, a successful Wash...

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The Electroencephalographer Couldn't Cry

Sussman, Bernard
The Electroencephalographer Couldn't Cry
Welcome to the world of the Electroencepalographer. Adam Turner is a middle-aged, married, Washington-based physician. By all appearances, he is a conventional and well-organized neurologist, devoted to the routine, clinical interpretations of EEGs (brain waves) at a university hospital. In truth, he is a fearful man, depressed and tormented by the idea of his death, obsessed by recurring and somewhat paranoid philosophical ruminations of his ...

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Old Age Ain't for Wimps: Comedic Laments from an Aging Sage

Rubinstein, Marvin
Old Age Ain't for Wimps: Comedic Laments from an Aging Sage
What you will read here is based on fact, not idle speculation. The author, Marvin Rubinstein should know. He started writing Old Age Ain't for Wimps at the age of 86 and finished nearing 88. If you are over 65, or maybe just over 50, it's easy to be pessimistic about each ache and pain you feel--to face the sensation of aging with trepidation However, whether you age gracefully or disgracefully, you may find aging a little troubling, but with...

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