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The Best Minds

A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

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The Best Minds

A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Slate, and People One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 “Brave and nuanced . . . an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” —The New York Times “Immensely emotional and unforgettably haunting.” —The Wall Street Journal Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price of self-delusion, The Best Minds explores the ways in which we understand—and fail to understand—mental illness. When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of college professors, the boys were best friends and keen competitors, and, when they both got into Yale University, seemed set to join the American meritocratic elite. Michael blazed through college in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job. But all wasn’t as it seemed. One day, Jonathan received the call: Michael had suffered a serious psychotic break and was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Michael was still battling delusions when he traded his halfway house for Yale Law School. Featured in The New York Times as a role model genius, he sold a memoir, with film rights to Ron Howard. But then Michael, in the grip of an unshakeable paranoid fantasy, stabbed his girlfriend Carrie to death and became a front-page story of an entirely different sort. Tender, funny, and harrowing by turns, The Best Minds is Jonathan Rosen’s magnificent and heartbreaking account of good intentions and tragic outcomes whose significance will echo widely.

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Penguin Group

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014313289X

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9780143132899

PC Worlds

Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of Hegemony

By: Jonathan Friedman

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PC Worlds

Political Correctness and Rising Elites at the End of Hegemony

By: Jonathan Friedman

This provocative work offers an anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of political correctness, both as a general phenomenon of communication, in which associations in space and time take precedence over the content of what is communicated, and at specific critical historical conjunctures at which new elites attempt to redefine social reality. Focusing on the crises over the last thirty years of immigration and multiculturalist politics in Sweden, the book examines cases, some in which the author was himself involved, but also comparative material from other countries.

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288

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Berghahn Books

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1785336738

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9781785336737

The Prison Minyan

By: Jonathan Stone

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The Prison Minyan

By: Jonathan Stone

Welcome to Otisville, America's only Jewish prison...where a new celebrity inmate is about to shatter the peace. &‘Erudite, trenchant and touching'- Michael Arditti 'Delectable... glorious... this most cherishably Jewish of books.' - Jewish Chronicle The scene is Otisville Prison, upstate New York. A crew of fraudsters, tax evaders, trigamists and forgers discuss matters of right and wrong in a Talmudic study and prayer group, or 'minyan', led by a rabbi who's a fellow convict. As the only prison in the federal system with a kosher deli, Otisville is the penitentiary of choice for white-collar Jewish offenders, many of whom secretly like the place. They've learned to game the system, so when the regime is toughened to punish a newly arrived celebrity convict who has upset the 45th president, they find devious ways to fight back. Shadowy forces up the ante by trying to 'Epstein' - ie assassinate - the newcomer, and visiting poetry professor Deborah Liston ends up in dire peril when she sees too much. She has helped the minyan look into their souls. Will they now step up to save her? Jonathan Stone brings the sensibility of Saul Bellow and Philip Roth to the post-truth era in a sharply comic novel that is also wise, profound, and deeply moral.

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283

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Eye Books (US&CA)

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1785632981

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9781785632983

Improve Your Copywriting: Teach Yourself

By: Jonathan Gabay

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Improve Your Copywriting: Teach Yourself

By: Jonathan Gabay

Fully revised for today's practical copywriting requirements, Improve your Copywriting, by one of the UK's leading copywriters, reveals some of advertising's greatest creative secrets. From planning to implementation, it will guide you step-by-step through copywriting skills for a range of disciplines, including: - the internet - radio and TV - business-to-business - public relations - recruitment - charities - ...and many more! Throughout the book you'll find quick tips and author insights summarizsng what you have read and exercises for you to do. A practical glossary with useful addresses will help you to build you skills even further. So if you are ready to have fun whilst learning how to succeed in one of the most exciting areas of marketing communications, read this book and explore your full copywriting potential. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of copywriting. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

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224

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Teach Yourself

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1444129465

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9781444129465

Real Wealth

A Spiritual Approach to Money and Work

By: Jonathan Robinson

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Real Wealth

A Spiritual Approach to Money and Work

By: Jonathan Robinson

The author of the bestselling book "The Little Book of Big Questions" now presents a step-by-step approach which shows readers how to make the Spirit their business and financial partner. Robinson shows readers how to discover the "still small voice" within and grow spirituality as they pursue their career goals.

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180

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Hay House

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1561704555

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9781561704552

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The Best Minds

The Best Minds

PC Worlds

PC Worlds

The Prison Minyan

The Prison Minyan

Improve Your Copywriting: Teach Yourself

Improve Your Copywriting: Teach Yourself

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Real Wealth

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