William Siegel

With Kennedy in the Land of the Dead begins on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Gilbert Stone, a Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Ethiopia returns home shattered and lost in the shadow of his hero. The intervening years tell the story of Stone's struggle integrating his experience of the Peace Corps and the trauma of Kennedy's death. His new life as a graduate student in San Francisco explodes into the 1960's hippie movement. Stone finds himself losing his identity as a member of a commune, alienated from his former life and finally living on the streets of the Haight Ashbury. His battle with drugs, insanity and the anti-Vietnam war protests casts light on the "baby boomer" transformation into hippies and flower children. From the first dances at the Fillmore to the Human Be-in at Golden Gate Park, Stone's struggle reflects cultural changes for generations to come. The novel ends on the day Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

""The Woman and the Puppet"" is a novel written by Pierre Louys, originally published in French in 1898. The story follows the life of Don Mateo, a wealthy Spanish aristocrat who is infatuated with a beautiful woman named Conchita. Despite her initial resistance, Conchita eventually gives in to Don Mateo's advances, but their relationship is complicated by her manipulative and unpredictable behavior. As Don Mateo becomes increasingly obsessed with Conchita, he begins to lose control over his own life and actions. The novel explores themes of love, desire, power, and the destructive nature of obsession. It is a classic work of erotic literature and has been adapted into numerous films and plays over the years. This is a new release of the original 1930 edition. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.