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The myth of evil : demonizing the enemy / by Cole, Phillip.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-250) and index.Terrorism, torture, and the problems of evil -- Diabolical evil, searching for Satan -- Philosophies of evil -- Communities of fear -- The enemy within -- Bad seeds -- The character of evil -- Facing the Holocaust -- Twenty-first-century mythologies."The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction: the belief that human beings cannot commit acts of pure evil, that they cannot inflict harm for its own sake, and the evidence that pure 'evil' truly is a human capacity. Acts of horror are committed not by inhuman 'monsters', but by ordinary human beings. This contradiction is clearest in the apparently 'extreme' acts of war criminals, terrorists, serial murderers, sex offenders and children who kill. Phillip Cole delves deep into our two, cosily established approaches to evil. There is the traditional approach where evil is a force which creates monsters in human shape. And there is the 'enlightened' perspective where evil is the consequence of the actions of misguided or mentally deranged agents. Cole rejects both approaches. Satan may have played a role in its evolution, but evil is really a myth we have created about ourselves. And to understand it fully, we must acknowledge this." "Drawing on the philosophical ideas of Nietzsche, Arendt, Kant, Mary Midgley and others, as well as theology, psychoanalysis, fictional representations and contemporary political events such as the global 'war on terror', Cole presents an account of evil that is thorough and thought-provoking, and which, more fundamentally, compels us to reassess our understanding of human nature."--Jacket.
Subjects: Good and evil.; Psychology.;
© 2006., Praeger,
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Prince Caspian : the return to Narnia / by Lewis, C. S.(Clive Staples),1898-1963.; Baynes, Pauline.;
The Pevensie siblings travel back to Narnia to help a prince denied his rightful throne as he gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world. Prince Caspian is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Fantasy.; Good and evil;
© c1979., HarperTrophy,
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The anatomy of evil / by Stone, Michael H.,1933-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Evil in peacetime -- Crimes of impulse : murders of jealousy and rage -- Other crimes of impulse : emphasis on antisocial persons -- Murder on purpose : the psychopathic schemers -- Spree and mass murder : evil by the numbers -- The psychopath hard at work -- Serial killers and torturers -- The family at its worst -- Science looks at evil -- Final thoughts.
Subjects: Criminal psychology.; Good and evil.;
© 2009., Prometheus Books,
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The city of mirrors : a novel / by Cronin, Justin.;
The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy, humanity's only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Epic fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Epic fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Survival; Good and evil;
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Midnight in the garden of good and evil / [electronic resource]. by Berendt, John.;
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else.Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2125 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; True Crime.;
© 2010., Vintage,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=339641 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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The Tommyknockers [sound recording] / by King, Stephen,1947-; Herrmann, Edward,1943-nrt; Penguin Audio (Firm);
Read by Edward Herrmann.Produced by Josh Stanton.Roberta Anderson, while searching for firewood in the forest, stumbles upon a burried ship and with the help of her onetime lover, Jim Gardener, excavates an artifact that changes the townspeople of Haven.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Audiobooks.; Good and evil;
© p 2010., Penguin Audio,
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Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other tales / by Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.; Luckhurst, Roger.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiv]-xxxvii).The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -- The body snatcher -- Markheim -- Olalla -- A gossip on romance -- A chapter on dreams.A collection of short stories and essays written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the 1880s, including the title work in which Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.
Subjects: Good and evil;
© 2008, c2006., Oxford University Press,
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The history of the Devil and the idea of evil / by Carus, Paul,1852-1919.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Devil; Good and evil.;
© c1996., Gramercy Books,
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The lion, the witch and the wardrobe / by Lewis, C. S.(Clive Staples),1898-1963.; Baynes, Pauline,ill.;
Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice. -- provided by author's website.
Subjects: Fantasy.; Good and evil; Children;
© 1994., Harper Collins,
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Doctor Sleep : a novel / by King, Stephen,1947-;
The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless; mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Psychic ability; Good and evil;
© 2013., Scribner,
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