Silent Partner (Alex Delaware)

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The bestselling author of When The Bough Breaks, Blood Test, and Over The Edge delivers the most stunning novel yet and featuring psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past--Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that he desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she is dead, an apparent suicide. Driven by guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of Sharon's life--a journey that will take him through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, into the dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.

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The bestselling author of The Murder Book and A Cold Heart delivers the most stunning novel yet and featuring psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware.

At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past -- Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that she desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she is dead, an apparent suicide.

Driven by guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of Sharon's life -- a journey that will take him through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, into the dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.

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A psychological study............2006-10-04

This was a terriffic book - which highlights the confusion and craziness of the borderline personality.
Truly Alex, at times seemed borderline -
When treating a borderline personality, this is indeed how you feel - crazy.
Kellerman took us into the borderline's world - the confusion of reality/unreality, identity shifts, fragmented world and fragmented childhood.
Kellerman was brave to take on a storyline like this - combining borderline, at times what seemed like multiple personality (because of the three disturbed twins), the world of treatment and psychotherapy, as well as the fallout - as it affected others in the borderlines' worlds.

This was quite a feat!
Yes, at times it was confusing - and that's how working with borderlines is.
I had to reread parts of the book with a few of the twists and turns.
Great book!

Good, but Implausable.......2006-07-23

Jonathan Kellerman is a fine writer with a very compelling sense of style. This book, like all of his Alex Delaware books, was fun to read and I recommend it overall.

However, I found the storyline of this book to be incredibly complicated and ultimately quite implausable. Indeed, the last 100 pages of the book are solely devoted to explaining the incredibly convoluted plot! What I like about Kellerman is that his stories are pretty realistic -- but SILENT PARTNER is about as believable as the plotline of a daytime soap opera.

This novel also features quite a bit of sex. Alex Delaware is a good looking man, but is it necessary for four separate women to make a sexual pass at him? He politely turns all of them down, but how believable is that? Even James Bond doesn't get that many opportunites in the course of one book.

Overall, I give this book a mild recommendation. Don't make this your first Delaware novel, you should instead read WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, which I found far superior.

WOW!.......2006-06-02

This one is scary! The climax is scarier than that of Bad Love - and
that one is SCARY! Even though Alex ... well, I don't want to give
anything away, so I'll just leave it at that. Alex sure does get himself
into spooky situations. And he can't keep his mouth shut! Who would have
thought Alex would be such as smartalec?

In this one Alex and Robin are seperated and she's off finding herself
or something. In his boredom and despair, he agrees to attend a faculty
party celebrating the appointment of a new department head. Alex and his
friend Larry attend just to make snide remarks about Paul Kruse, the man
of honor. At the party, Alex spots an old flame and that's when all the
trouble starts.

Sharon corners him and all his conflicting emotions flood to the
surface. She says she is not doing so well and wants to get together
with him - just to talk. He agrees, but later, he regrets it and calls
to cancel, leaves a message on her machine. The next day, she is dead -
an apparent suicide - and Alex blames himself. He flashes back to their
relationship in Grad School - which is pretty darned steamy - and then
starts digging - into her past as well as into his own soul and what he
finds isn't all that pretty.

At the start, Milo and Rick are off on a fishing trip and Milo's
description of this trip is pretty darned funny. Alex gets his friend
involved in all the mess, though, and then goes off on his own, leaving
poor Milo out in the cold. I hope he makes it up to Milo in the next
book.

Another book I couldn't put down - another sleepless night - I should
charge the author for my sleep deprivation therapy.

Silent but Deadly.......2005-10-23

I have read all of the Alex Delaware books and am eagerly awaiting his next, it made me want more of this interesting character! I have since read all his fiction novels, and love them all, but still think "Silent Partner" the best. So many odd twists and turns, not even the best arm chair detective can anticipate the plot. It held my attention from first word to the last, and I hated to see it end. It was the book that hooked me on Jonathan Kellerman novels. The type of book you can read in one sitting.

ok, but.............2005-10-10

i enjoy the kellerman novels, but this one was a slight disappointment. a bit meandering, a little overwritten, several flashbacks, and with the most exciting interpersonal dynamics and scenes involving the antagonists being revealed, barely, in retrospective conversation. and finally, are they twins?, triplets?, multiple personalities?, borderlines verging on psychotic?, on and on and on. who knows? after 450 pages, one doesn't much care. with a *who's on first??* narrative that was not very enjoyable, but kind of irritating. what little psychological suspense there is, is eclipsed by the extended series of closing scenes. i hope the next one is tighter. by the way, the length of the novel, for a mystery was not a problem at all, it was a content issue.

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Silent Partner
Must make Dina feel better to get her story out, but.......
Great story
She was deceptive too
Silent Waters Run Deep

SILENT PARTNER: A MEMOIR OF MY MARRIAGE
Dina Matos Mcgreevey
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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ASIN: 1401303641
Release Date: 2007-05-01

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The truth behind the lies.It was an unforgettable scene. Dina Matos McGreevey, an attractive woman in her mid-thirties, wife, mother, and First Lady of the state of New Jersey, watched silently as her husband, then New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, resigned his office with the revelation that he was a "gay American." The picture of grace and loyalty, perfectly composed in her pale blue suit, Dina Matos McGreevey gave no sign of the tangled mixture of fear, sorrow, and anger she felt that day, no hint of the devastation that was to come. Since then she has been asked repeatedly about the nature of her marriage, about what she knew and when she knew it. Since then, she has remained silent. Until now. Speaking up at last, Dina Matos McGreevey here recounts the details of her marriage to Jim McGreevey. What emerges is a tale of love and betrayal, of heartbreak and scandal . . . and ultimately, hope.It all began with so much promise. Dina Matos was a responsible and civic-minded young woman who fell in love with the passion of political action. When Jim McGreevey walked into her life, he appeared to be a kind and loving man, someone with whom she could build a life based on shared ideals, a strong spiritual commitment, and a desire to make a difference in the world.Beyond their initial chemistry, Dina Matos was attracted by Jim McGreevey's principles and his unwavering devotion to his work. She didn't know that his life, and thus their marriage, were built on a foundation of lies; that his past was littered with casual sexual encounters in seedy bookstores and public parks; or that, by his own admission, he began an adulterous affair with another man while she was in the hospital awaiting the birth of their child. "Could I have known," she asks?"How could I have known?"With scalding honesty, she tells of her life with the former governor, of the politics and public service that brought them together, and the lies that tore them apart. Here is a story of a marriage that was anything but happily-ever-after, told by a strong and resilient woman who can, and finally will, speak for herself.

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Silent Partner.......2007-09-21

I bought the book because I was interested to hear Dina's story. How could she be totally blindsided by Jim McGreevy's coming out? The book never really cleared that up for me. No real new relevations. However, it was an interesting look inside politics. A very quick read.

Must make Dina feel better to get her story out, but..............2007-09-21

If you read this book you must read her Ex's book to get the whole picture. Two people who found each other but probably should have never gotten married in the first place. Dina must feel vindicated by telling her side and I don't blame her, but there really are 2 sides to every story.
A tragedy for the little child being in the middle of all this, but how blessed Jim & Dina were to have this one positive thing come out of this unusual marriage.

Great story.......2007-09-05

Growing up in Woodbridge, NJ, Jim McGreevey was my mayor. So I automatically wanted to see her side of the story. It was very interesting to see what was going through her head when he announced he was a gay American. But why didn't she ever question Kari, his first wife. It seemed Dina was numb to what was surrounded by her at the time and just accepted it. Other then that she told an interesting story of how she become NJ's first lady. I'm now reading Jim McGreevey's book to see his side. Overall, I honestly think she had no clue and I'm sorry that it had to happen to a sweet person.

She was deceptive too.......2007-08-25

The wedding itself was deceptive . Jim had been married before so they couldn't be married by a Catholic priest. Instead of admitting that to her family they ask an Episcopal priest to do an official and private ceremony the day before the wedding in the priest's study. The next day they have a public ceremony. Most people at the wedding, including Dina's parents, assumed the ceremony they were at was the real thing and know nothing of the legal ceremony the day before. Presumably they thought the Episcopal priest was Catholic. Dina seems to have no problem with this lie then when Jim turns out to have his own lies she's devastated.

Silent Waters Run Deep.......2007-08-14

I'm glad that Dina McGreevey decided not to remain silent. She is a brave woman who is on the path to greater things. I watched her on Oprah and thought how well spoken, kind, and loving she was even though she had undergone a gut-wrenching ordeal with ex-husband, and potential presidential candidate Jim McGreevey. We don't need to worry about McGreevey, she is a wonderful example of survival. What goes around comes around and I daresay she may not yet have gotten a husband that she can wholly love, trust, etc. but I'll bet she doesn't get involved with losers such as Jim again. And, Jim, oh yeah... His day is coming too. It hasn't even begun to arrive yet. But he'll get his and it won't be pretty. It's the simple laws of physics! Hang in there Dina, you're a great role model. Few women would have responded so lovingly to the terrible way in which you were treated.

At times, the novel was repetitious, but I did not feel that this detracted from the storyline, as some of the most outrageous conduct of Jim deserved repetition. It totally blew my mind that a husband would keep his present wife away from his ex-wife and his child, who is Dina's step-child, and one with whom she desperately wanted to have a relationship. This should have been huge a red flag! There were definitely times I wondered how Dina could be so naive, but after all is said and done, I prefer to think of her as trusting, loving,and therefore unquestioning and susceptible.

Jim's treatment of Dina reaches an all time low when, after deciding to come out, he spends his time with staff spinning his tale, instead of with Dina making certain that she's going to survive. Jim cares so little for his wife that he doesn't even spend time, after he delivers the bomb to his adoring voting public (with her by his side because he demanded her allegiance and wanted to keep the lie alive), helping her find a way through the black haze that he has created. He's so self-involved that only his issues matter and thus we watch as Dina struggles with her life (as she hoped it would be and as it turns out to be) and then she blossoms and grows into a mature, forgiving, woman with a bright future.

This story isn't about being gay or homophobic. It's about being human, or in Jim's case, inhumane. It's about using people to further your own goals and aims and how that always backfires. Jim is a boorish prig that deserves to be vilified because he has chosen to be the villain.

Good luck to Dina, I hope great things happen for you. Jim, you give guys a bad name and you can go to heck, but I suspect you're already there! I can't see how anyone could read this book without getting emotionally involved---I know it vividly touched my inner feelings of frustration, helplessness, hopelessness, despair, grief, and then all the emotions on the flip side--hope, love, forgiveness, happiness, and power!

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Excellent
An excellent start to the series of DM books
Solid entertainment in the DM tradition
Every bit as entertaining as an episode of the show...
A Good Start to this Book Series

Diagnosis Murder: The Silent Partner
Lee Goldberg
Manufacturer: Signet
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ASIN: 0451209591
Release Date: 2003-09-02

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Dr. Mark Sloan is assigned to LAPD's "unsolved homicide" files. As he reopens one case on the murder of a woman whose killer currently sits on Death Row, Sloan learns that the wrong man was charged. And that the real killer is still at large...

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Excellent.......2006-02-25

After looking at Diagnosis Murder for many years on television, I wanted to read the first book written under the title, The Silent Partner. I found it to be a very interesting and entertaining. My daughter loves looking at the television shows and reading the first book published. We are looking forward in reading the rest of the books that I ordered. Keep up the good work. Love your books and T.V. shows, Dolly Tatum

An excellent start to the series of DM books.......2005-10-12

I found the beginning of the book quite chilling. Lee goldberg can really set a scene and he does it in a way that gets the reader to 'see' it with own eyes.

Solid entertainment in the DM tradition.......2005-01-21

Lee Goldberg's "The Silent Partner" is the debut novel based on the "Diagnosis Murder" TV series, which Goldberg produced, which means that a) the DM world is accurately drawn, b) Goldberg can put the characters into situations that the show couldn't, and c) there's a potential fan base who would buy the books.

Given all that, Goldberg still has to d) deliver a good story that'll keep the fans coming back, and he does that here. Dr. Mark Sloan's reputation for solving crimes lands him on a cold-case squad, but he learns that its only going to be used as a PR screen. Nevertheless, his curiosity gets him involved in what appears to be a solved murder, only to deduce that it's not.

"The Silent Partner" delivers an interesting story, letting you spend some time with familiar, likeable characters. Sloan and his friends and co-workers come across as idealized, but real characters. While they're all decent people, they get upset, make mistakes, and Dr. Sloan can be a real pain in the tuchus. In one scene, he's trying to prove that a bottle cap found at the scene of several murders is a vital clue, and you can understand the chief of police's point of view: "Uh huh, right, don't you have any house calls, doctor?"

It may be faint praise to call "The Silent Partner" a competent mystery that appears to have been dashed off, but it takes a lot of work and experience to make something look so effortless.

Every bit as entertaining as an episode of the show..........2004-10-02

Lee Goldberg was the perfect choice to write the first in what now appears to be a successful series of whodunnits inspired by the long running television show Diagnosis Murder, which starred Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan. Goldberg served as both writer and producer of the show for several years, so his ear for dialogue and the visual rhythm of the series is spot on. The Silent Partner offers the reader two mysteries, one involving a serial killer (and which provides the book's title), the other a patient death at Community General. Fans of the show will enjoy it and hopefully it will become a mystery section standard, like Murder, She Wrote.

A Good Start to this Book Series.......2004-09-19

This is the first book in the new line of Diagnosis Murder mysteries; it isn't as good as the second and third books are, but gives a great introduction to the series and the characters. If you watched the show it is easy to imagine each of the characters coming to life and to see the workings of Dr. Sloan as he solves yet another case. The humor from the series is here, as is the same light mystery. I read the first three books out of order and was very impressed by the second and third books too. I think this series has potential and hope to read many more.

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Incognito
Rubbish
How do I get the "Welcome Mat" tatoo off my forehead?
SAVE YOUR MONEY
the pages drip with 2nd rate sex

Silent Partner
Stephen Frey
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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ASIN: 0345443276
Release Date: 2004-02-03

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Financial chicanery is Stephen Frey's forte, and in his newest thriller (following The Insider and The Day Trader), he sets up one of the world's richest men and a young bank executive, who's trying to wrest custody of her son from her well-connected ex-husband, in a sting operation to expose blatant racism in the mortgage practices of a big Virginia financial institution. Angela Day, whose African American college roommate died in her arms after a racially motivated attack, is a gutsy and appealing woman whose life is turned upside down when she gets involved with Jake Lawrence, a billionaire with his own reasons for wanting to expose the corruption at the core of the bank that employs her. When he offers her the chance to get her son back, she plunges into a world of double-dealing where nothing and no one are what they seem and everyone's motives are suspect. Some of the coincidences strain credulity, and the characters are too one-dimensional to care about, but Frey makes the most of his convoluted plot and wraps up the details with an unexpected love story. --Jane Adams

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Summoned under mysterious circumstances to meet Jake Lawrence, one of the world’s richest entrepreneurs, Angela Day may be on the threshold of a brighter future. The reclusive multibillionaire is planning a takeover of a hot, new company—and he wants Angela to apply her considerable skills in banking to make sure it all goes smoothly . . . and secretly. In exchange, Lawrence promises to use his formidable influence to permanently reunite Angela with her son, whom she lost in a custody battle to her adulterous, connected ex-husband. It’s the one reward for which Angela would risk everything. But with enormous wealth and power comes the ultimate price tag. For enemies everywhere have marked the man for death. And anyone close to him—namely, Angela Day—is fair game.

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In the world of high finance, it’s all about risk and return. With big risks come big rewards... and even bigger dangers. And no one knows this better than Stephen Frey. From the New York Times bestselling author of Trust Fund and The Day Trader comes an electrifying new thriller of money, mayhem, and murder.

Angela Day has survived a rough past–from a hard-scrabble childhood scarred by the tragic deaths of her father and best friend, to losing custody of her only child to her adulterous ex-husband and his powerful family. But despite it all, at thirty-one, she’s carved out a good career with Sumter Bank one of Richmond, Virginia’s most venerable institutions. And now, summoned under mysterious circumstances to meet one of the world’s richest entrepreneurs, it looks as if Angela may be on the threshold of a brighter future.

“If you help me, I’ll help you.” This is Jake Lawrence’s offer to Angela. A stock-holder in Sumter Bank, the reclusive multibillionaire is planning a takeover of a hot, new company–and he wants Angela to apply her considerable skills and charms to make sure it all goes smoothly... and secretly. In exchange, Lawrence promises to use his formidable influence to permanently reunite Angela with her son.

For Angela, it’s the one reward for which she would risk everything. And accepting Jake Lawrence’s deal will mean doing just that, as his mind-boggling wealth and power come with the ultimate price tag: enemies everywhere have marked him for death. And anyone close to him is fair game.

Now, as Angela prepares to broker the deal of her career, she’s stalked by foes on every front. Then, after stumbling on evidence of an insidious conspiracy within her own company, she becomes a target for termination. Armed with the most volatile kind of inside information, Angela has the power to bring the dirtiest players down from the highest places. But they have the power to strike first–at the one thing most precious to Angela.

Silent Partner reaffirms Stephen Frey’s reputation as a master of page-turning suspense in the world of big-money movers and shakers–where everyone has a price, and there’s more than one way to make a killing.

“Harrowing... Frey enlivens finance the way Patricia Cornwell does forensic science and the way Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) does medieval studies.”
   FORBES

“Fast-moving, zestful, stirring... Full of twists and surprises... Compelling characters.”
   LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Danger and deception dominate... A worthy counterpart to Frey’s previous bestselling novels.”
   NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

“Springs plenty of surprises... In Silent Partner, the villains are seldom what they seem—nor are the heroes.”
   ORLANDO SENTINEL

“Plenty of sexual intrigue, violence, and villainy ... [Frey is] to be lauded for spotlighting the prickly issue of corporate racism. Silent Partner is a solid piece of work that hits all its marks right on cue.”
   BOOKSTREET USA

“A briskly written, suspense-filled novel that Grisham-lovers are bound to enjoy.”
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Customer Reviews:

Incognito.......2006-06-12

I love reading these reviews after I've finished a book and find I agree with so many other reader/reviewers. The revelation of who was really whom in this crazy story was really hard to swallow. Everyone out trying to trip up the other guy and Angela like a puppet on a string. It's amazing how much time she could spend running around the country and still keep her full time job. How do authors dream up this stuff, following Howard Hughes around? Getting from the lodge to the mountain cabin was totally out of reason, in the dead of winter? With bad guys lurking everywhere? Forgeddaboutit.

Rubbish.......2006-05-01

I am glad that I only paid thrift shop price for this book. Even then it was overpriced and I am sorry that I wasted the time I did on it. I bought it because I have enjoyed the author in the past. What happened? This book was bad writing, unbelievable characters and a ridiculous plot. I would expect more from a grammar school student. Mr Frey owes us all an apology. I won't be buying another one of his books.

How do I get the "Welcome Mat" tatoo off my forehead?.......2006-03-13

Let me tell you what's good about this book. I believed the physical background. I believed Angela Day was frightened of flying. I believed Jake Lawrence was a very wealthy man. I liked John Tucker.

And, contrary to some of my co-reviewers, I thought the dialogue, at least minus the subject(s), believable. Here's where I faltered and they were big major shorcomings.

I don't know anyone like Angela Day. Luckily, I know women who are strong, opinionated, grounded, smart. I don't know any woman who would let some client put his hand on her thigh. I don't know any woman who would abandon her best friend at a drunken frat party. I don't know any woman who would permit some boss to tell her she was trailer trash and she better make her new client "happy" to get the contract. I don't know any women like this and as a result, I wonder how Ms. Day survived living to thirty without harming herself by accident. What a complete moron!

And then, you have the good ole boys at Sumter Bank spending one millon dollars on software to keep minorities out of the wealthy and we must assume white neighborhoods. So, ultimately, why would banks do this? The Banks, I think since the time of the Old Testament, are there to make money. That's their goal. What would prompt these guys to do this. THE PLOT HAS TO MAKE SENSE.

So that's it. No lead character. No plot. 3 stars. Larry Scantlebury

SAVE YOUR MONEY.......2006-01-11

this my first time reading this author and my last. this a story about a billonaire seeking help from a women because of incident in her past. of course, we are not sure who or what he is, or why he really needs her help when he has all the money in the world and she is a nobody. this story only becomes more absurd at the conclusion. SAVE YOU MONEY!

the pages drip with 2nd rate sex.......2005-12-27

The prose here is increadibly choppy. It breaks and starts like a second graders first story. In many ways this is some of the worst writing that I have encountered in some time. One of the other reviewers here said that "the first nine pages were gripping and that its all down-hill from there." But I disagree. I think that from the outset, the plot is tortured in its absurdity. The death that Angela witnesses is contrived and sets up a very idiotic racism bent that seems to prevail throughout this book. I think that if you are going to touch on a subject like racism these days you are going to have to treat it with a little more respect than as a 3rd rate plot device.

Beyond the campy racisim, you have strong figures that are as 2 dimensional as can be. I mean, these figures here are straight out of every bad book you have ever read. It is like the author has combed old books and bad movies searching for the prototypical bad guy.

Avoid this book like the plauge. It is very very bad.

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roots and background of influential philosopher Lacan's thinking

Lacan: The Silent Partners (Wo Es War)

Manufacturer: Verso
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ASIN: 1844675491

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The giant of Ljubljana marshals some of the greatest thinkers of our age in support of a dazzling re-evaluation of Jacques Lacan.

It is well known that Jacques Lacan developed his ideas in dialogue with major European thought and art, past and present. Yet what if there is another frame of reference, rarely or never mentioned by Lacan, which influenced his thinking, and is crucial to its proper understanding? Zizek focuses on Lacan's "silent partners," those who provide a key to Lacanian theory, discussing his work in relation to the Pre-Socratics, Diderot, Hegel, Nietzsche, Hölderlin, Wagner, Turgenev, Kafka, Henry James, Artaud and Kiarostami.

As Zizek says, "The ultimate aim of the present volume is to instigate a new wave of Lacanian paranoia: to push readers to engage in the work of their own and start to discern Lacanian motifs everywhere, from politics to trash culture, from obscure ancient philosophers to contemporary Iranian filmmakers."

Contributors include Alain Badiou, Bruno Bosteels, Joan Copjec, Mladen Dolar, Fredric Jameson, Silvia Ons, and Alenka Zupancic.

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roots and background of influential philosopher Lacan's thinking.......2006-05-02

The aim of the idiosyncratic philosopher and critic Zizek--Co-Director of the International Centre for Humanities at Birbeck College, U. of London--in bringing together these 16 essays by an international group of thinkers is "not to enable readers to approach Lacan in a new way but, rather, to [begin italics in original] instigate a new wave of Lacanian paranoia [end italics in original]: to push readers to engage in work of their own, and start to discern Lacanian themes everywhere." Jacques Lacan's ideas and perceptions have been a major influence on psychology, epistemology, semiology, and identity in the era of postmodernism. They have become so absorbed into postmodern thinking that they are only rarely attributed to him any longer. These essays do not so much work to give credit to Lacan, for this isn't necessary with those to whom this would mean anything; nor work to expound his ideas and perceptions for those unfamiliar with them. The essays put Lacan in the context of the broad philosophical tradition of Western philosophy, and in so doing relate him to many and varied specific philosophers, Nietzsche, Plato, Descartes, and Heidegger among them. This is what the subtitle "silent partners" denotes. Zizek has four of the essays. Many American readers will recognize the name Frederic Jameson as author of one of the essays. Other authors are from Europe and Asia. Lacan is woven into the fabric of Western philosophy in such as way that his distinctive, seminal ideas and interests are identified so that readers can "discern Lacanian themes everywhere" in the world around them.

The Silent Partner a Novel, and the Tenth of January, a Short Story

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The Silent Partner a Novel, and the Tenth of January, a Short Story
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Manufacturer: Feminist Press
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ASIN: 0935312080

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Â Â Â The Silent Partner(1871) and "The Tenth of January" (1868) were among the earliest realistic portrayals of industrial life - and social injustice - in the United States. The novel focuses on Sip, a mill worker, and Miss Kelso, the silent partner in the mill after her father's death. The lives of these two women intersect as worker and owner as they both reject marriage proposals in favor of new vocations - underscoring Phelps's vision that, regardless of class, women can be united around their right to work.

The Case of the Rolling Bones/ The Case of the Silent Partner (Two in One)

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A Murder Mystery with False Identities
The Most Splendid Court Tactics

The Case of the Rolling Bones/ The Case of the Silent Partner (Two in One)
Erle stanley gardner
Manufacturer: Pocket
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ASIN: 0671805835

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A Murder Mystery with False Identities.......2005-08-30

The Case of the Rolling Bones, by Erle Stanley Gardner

One morning Perry Mason is visited by three people. Phyllis Leeds is the niece and secretary of Alden Leeds. Emily Milicant is the girlfriend of Alden Leeds. Ned Barkler is a friend and fellow Klondike prospector. Phyllis Leeds thinks Uncle Alden wrote out a big check, and this could be used to have Alden declared incompetent by the other relatives who want to get their hands on his fortune. They want Perry Mason to investigate this financial transaction. Paul Drake found the name of the girl who cashed that check, but she left town in a hurry. Drake traced Maria Whittaker to L. C. Conway, who also moved away. But Phyllis Leeds calls with a crisis: one relative has taken Uncle Alden for a ride and put him in a sanitarium! Perry will serve a writ of habeas corpus on Jason Carrel, the nephew. Perry and Drake talk to Marcia Whittaker, who was used to cash that big check.

Chapter 4 has the habeas corpus hearing. The other side of the family has their lawyer. Alden Leeds was hospitalized against his will. Judge Treadwell goes to make a personal examination, but they find Alden Leeds has fled! When Perry is stopped for speeding, he tells the cops he's going to a fire - in his office! It's true (Chapter 5). They learn that Emily Milicant had been a Klondike dance hall girl 30 years earlier. Alden Leeds isn't at home, but knows how to take care of himself. In Chapter 7 Drake's operatives are watching L. C. Conway's apartment, and they note who showed up, and the time they left. Perry gets a call from Marcia Whittaker, and the identity of L. C. Conway is revealed. Her boyfriend, John Milicant, will never be angry again.

Chapter 8 presents the facts and clues behind the murder. [I noticed the innocuous statement that seemed to point to the guilty person here.] Other facts are given about the backgrounds of the people involved. A handwriting expert gives his opinion about two samples. Perry's conversation with Guy T. Serle brings out facts about L. C. Conway and the events of that night (Chapter 9). Chapter 10 has the Klondike history of Alden Leeds, and Bill Hogarty. Perry moves fast to guard his client and obtain more information.

Chapter 11 has the preliminary hearing, where all the witnesses testify and are examined. This is where Perry Mason demonstrates his knowledge, and where his client is usually freed after the testimony and evidence point to the guilty person. There is a recess, and Perry Mason gathers more information about the murder, and the events that occurred decades earlier in the Klondike. But the police quickly find the missing witnesses, as they are wire-tapping Paul Drake's telephone as well as Perry Mason's!

When court resumes the next morning, Perry cross-examines a prosecution witness to reveal the truth. Perry says any iron-clad alibi in a murder case should be inspected closely since they should never be taken at their face value (Chapter 14). The loose ends of this story are connected in Chapter 15. Some of the things mentioned in this story stick out because of changes in style and culture from over seventy years ago. [Does the existence of great fortunes point to great crimes?]

The Most Splendid Court Tactics.......2000-07-13

You may be able to guess the truth (what really happened and who the real murderer is) without much difficulty. However, guessing is one thing, proving it is another,especially when the one-track-minded authorities (police and prosecution) firmly believe that they are absolutely right. Mason uses a risky, but very splendid court tactics to prove the truth. It is one of THE MOST SPLENDID tactics in all Mason stories. Highly recommended.

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SICK SICK SICK, WONDERFULLY SICK!
"Silent Partners": Eccentrically Hilarious Comedy
From a civilized and contented reader!
silent partners
Dead Men Talking

Silent Partners
Geoffery Bent
Manufacturer: Florida Literary Foundation
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 189185545X

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SILENT PARTNERS is a comedy about a man who makes love to dead people. His secret ambition in life is to have sex with the Unknown Soldier...which he does. He also has relations with the remains of Washington and Lenin, a dinosaur skeleton, and a side of beef. This may be the most outrageous novel ever written. It is also one with a highly serious side: imagine NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND rewritten by Richard Pryor.

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SICK SICK SICK, WONDERFULLY SICK!.......2004-03-31

This book is beyond sick and distrubing (especially the detailed descriptions of the main character's post mortem [nec]romances). It is also one of the funniest, sharpest, wittiest books I have ever read. Love him or hate him, the main character's observation of the living is just as detailed and on the money as those of the dead. This book is not for the week-stomached. If you like the dark humor of "Six Feet Under", you'll dig this novel. Cannot recommend it enough!

"Silent Partners": Eccentrically Hilarious Comedy.......2004-03-20

Don't let the cover of this book fool you! This COMEDIC novel is the "bizarrest-of-the-bizarre" and is the only book I have ever read that has actually made me LAUGH OUTLOUD. With Warren Piece (pun intended) as the Protagonist, "Silent Partners" is a guaranteed escape from the fast-paced world of our everyday life. Put your nose in it and read it.

From a civilized and contented reader!.......2004-01-26

It is difficult to describe all the reasons one might be taken in by this story about necrophilia, but it is a wonderful read indeed. Insightful and hilarious, creepy and serious all at the same time. The protagonist, Warren Piece (pun intended, like many of the other names, puns and pranks in this book), pushes and pulls the reader in his quest for loving the dead. Imagine a cross between Ignatius O'Reilly from Confederacy of the Dunces, Ben Flesh from The Franchiser, a dash of Dorothy Parker and a frolic through Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents. I love this book!

silent partners.......2003-12-31

Excellent! I couldn't put this book down until it's done. With its dark humor about human nature and their tastes for oddities.
Mr. Bent has hit the spot about a person's shocking love of dead people.

Dead Men Talking.......2003-10-24

Wow! As wild as I thought, but funnier than I expected. This book is like nothing else. I tell my friends I really enjoyed reading about a guy who makes love to dead people, and they think I'm crazy. You have to read it to understand what I mean.

My Silent Partner: a young entrepreneur, a seasoned businessman; and the greatest lesson in business

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My Silent Partner: a young entrepreneur, a seasoned businessman; and the greatest lesson in business
John Roland
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Entrepreneurship | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1419658549
Release Date: 2007-02-12

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Written as a fictional narrative, My Silent Partner: A Young Entrepreneur, a Seasoned Businessman, and the Greatest Lesson in Business by John C. Roland is a contemporary fable that demonstrates that modern corporate leadership isn't about having all the answers. Rather, it is about unlocking the power of motivated and engaged employees and creating a context for success using enduring, age-old principles.

The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library)

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A Distinctive New Voice in Poetry
Great Poetry That Rhymes and Makes Sense!
Clever, sophisticated and funny

The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library)
Greg Williamson
Manufacturer: Story Line Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Poetry | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Errors in the Script: Sewanee Writers Conference Series (Sewanee Writers' Series)

ASIN: 1885266111

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A Distinctive New Voice in Poetry.......2002-09-15

The poems in this volume are rare in contemporary poetry in that they manage to be both clever and moving at the same time. Williamson writes adeptly in regular meter and rhyme, and his take on the world is fresh and often surprising.

Great Poetry That Rhymes and Makes Sense!.......2000-12-15

Following in the grand tradition of New Formalist poets, the author brings his unique contribution to the forefront of poetry that should be read and re-read today. Harking back to Thomas Hardy, W.B.Yeats, Robert Frost,Walter de la Mare, John Masefield, W.H.Auden, A.E.Housman and carrying forward in the footsteps of modern greats like Richard Wilbur, Gjertrud Schnackenburg, Elizabeth Jennings,A.E.Stallings, Dana Gioia,and John Hollander, Mr. Williamson shows he is a poet that is to reckoned with. Although technical prowess is only a necessary, not a sufficient condition to be counted with the masters, Greg is well on his way with the poems selected here. Favorites include Counterfeit and Winter. It would be an even greater tribute to his skill to see some villanelles and sonnets in his next collection. A must have addition to the poetic repertoire of what Yeats called 'words set to life's music'.

Clever, sophisticated and funny.......1998-11-04

These make me think of snow globes, delightful little worlds in miniature. The topics are clever - the unrecognized artistry of a counterfeiter; the abstract beauty of the world as seen through someone who needs glasses; the historic significance of junkyards full of cars. Because the poems are personal this book would make a nice gift.

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