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  • Life At The Botom

    On the street, which was ankle-deep in discarded fast-food wrappings, I saw a woman who had pulled down her trousers and tied a pair of plastic breasts to her bare buttocks, while a man crawled after her on the sidewalk, licking them. At midnight along this street – with the sound of rock music pounding insistently out of club doors presided over by steroid-inflated bouncers, among men vomiting ... En savoir plus

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  • The Knife Went In

    Real-Life Murderers and Our Culture

    More than half a century ago, George Orwell wrote an essay about the decline of the English murder. Since the 1990s, Theodore Dalrymple has witnessed its modern variety in real life. For over a quarter of a century he has treated and examined many more murderers than most as a prison doctor, psychiatrist, and court expert in some of Britain's most deprived areas. Here, he delves deep into his life ... En savoir plus

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  • In Praise of Folly

    The Blind-spots of Our Mind

    Travelling to the hard-living Dylan Thomas's Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple considered along the way another foible – the folly of eminent people. Praised for their attainments in one area, high-achievers are more often than not prone to unexpected failings elsewhere. Enter a large cast of anti- and vivisectionists, surgeons, theologians, philosophers, admirals, ... En savoir plus

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  • Litter

    The Remains of Our Culture

    'What a book.' Clive Aslet, Country Life 'Characteristically brilliant.' Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times 'A little oasis of sanity.' Daily Mail. Driving the four hundred miles from Glasgow to London, Theodore Dalrymple found practically every yard of roadside to be littered with rubbish flapping in the wind like Buddhist prayer flags. What does it say about a culture when a country tips its rubbish ... En savoir plus

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  • Het mes ging erin

    Bespiegelingen van een gevangenisarts

    Traduit par Jos den Bekker ...
    In dit scherpzinnige boek vol droge humor dringt Theodore Dalrymple diep door in het gedachteleven van moordenaars om te ontdekken waarin ze verschillen van de rest van de mensheid. Als gevangenispsychiater en arts, eerst in Oost-Londen en later in het centrum van Birmingham, heeft hij meer Engelse moordenaars gekend en behandeld dan de meesten van ons ooit zullen zien, zelfs in tv-series. Aan de ... En savoir plus

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  • Door en door verwend

    Kritiek op de sentimentele samenleving

    Even genadeloze als geestige analyseIn dit scherpzinnige en geestige boek ontmaskert Theodore Dalrymple de verhulde sentimentaliteit die het publieke leven verstikt. We doen net of we onze kinderen goed opvoeden, zorgen voor de minder bedeelden, de kansarmen helpen en geweldige dingen presteren, maar intussen doen we precies het omgekeerde ¿ alleen maar omdat we een goed gevoel over onszelf willen ... En savoir plus

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  • Life at the Bottom

    The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

    A searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist. ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Pleasure of Thinking

    A Journey through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas

    What is the connection between God and East Sheen? How do you talk your way out of an Albanian jail? Why do dictators love to make comic books? How does a missed penalty-kick lead to a bloody war? Theodore Dalrymple, a psychiatrist who gives expert witness in murder cases, has a passion for sideways thinking. In The Pleasure of Thinking he takes us on a witty and erudite voyage along the hidden ... En savoir plus

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  • Our Culture, What's Left Of It

    In this incisive and beautifully-written collection of essays retired doctor Theodore Dalrymple writes about subjects as diverse as the legalisation of drugs, the death of Princess Diana and Marxism.Each of the twenty six essys are a gem and Dalrymple writes with an insight and clarity that make them individually enlightening and enjoyable to read. They address a variety of subjects — from art and ... En savoir plus

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  • Spoilt Rotten

    The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality

    Not since Christopher Hitchens assault on Mother Theresa have so many sacred cows been slaughtered in such a short volume.' Spectator 'One of our most celebrated essayists.' Toby Young, Mail on Sunday '[A] cultural highlight.' Observer 'Surgical demolition.' Guardian In this perceptive and witty book, Theodore Dalrymple unmasks the hidden sentimentality that is suffocating public life. Under the ... En savoir plus

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  • Neither Trumpets Nor Violins

    New English Review Press once again takes on the great ideas of our time in this sequel to The Terror of Existence by Theodore Dalrymple and Kenneth Francis. This volume adds another interesting mind to the mix: the philosopher Samuel Hux. Together these thinkers take on some of the most prominent philosophers influencing our age, pointing out strengths and weaknesses in their works, worldviews. ... En savoir plus

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  • Leven aan de onderkant

    het systeem dat de onderklasse in standhoudt

    Een vernieuwende en confronterende visie op het systeem dat de onderklasse instandhoudt. Leven aan de onderkant is het relaas van een psychiater over het leven in de onderklasse en een felle aanklacht tegen de mentaliteit die mensen daarin gevangen houdt. Dalrymple werkt in een gevangenis en een ziekenhuis in een grote achterstandswijk. Hij baseert zijn analyse op de duizenden gesprekken die hij ... En savoir plus

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