Amputation on request

Amputation on request

Alex Mensaert

18,06 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Ciencia: cuestiones generales
ISBN:
9781257929269
18,06 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

Did you know that there are people who want to have a disability? Most of them want an amputation. They are called wannabes. During the last years they had so many different names; Apotemnophile, BDD, BIID... Did you know that there are people attracted to disability & amputees. They are called devotees. Alex, the writer of this book explains more about his investigations and meetings with wannabes and admirers of amputees. Some people think that Alex is also a wannabe. Is he? -And what does he think about them?. Alex met a lot of devotees, mostly female admirers and tell his stories about relations he had with them. Some Chinese man even pay a woman to become an amputee. What is a wannabe, what is a need-to-be, why are some people pretenders? You all will find it out in this book, written by Alex who is a triple amputee (this is the POCKET version - also available in A5)

Artículos relacionados

  • Cases on Research-Based Teaching Methods in Science Education
    Eugene de Silva
    While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today’s schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. Cases on Research-Based Teaching Methods in Science Educ...
  • Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology
    Shalin Hai-Jew
    In light of the expensive nature of quantitative research, such as experiments, researchers must seek other methods of understanding the world around them. As such, new qualitative methods are gaining ground in the modern research community. Enhancing Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research with Technology explores the integration of new digital tools into the research process. ...
  • Emerging Research on Bioinspired Materials Engineering
    Mohamed Bououdina
    Bioinspired materials can be defined as the organic or inorganic materials that mimic naturally occurring substances. With applications in a number of fields such as biomedical, chemical, mechanical, and civil engineering, research on the development of biologically-inspired materials is essential to further advancement. Emerging Research on Bioinspired Materials Engineering pr...
  • Contemporary Knowledge and Systems Science
    As branches of research and knowledge continue to expand, platforms for gathering and understanding new information become important aspects of organizational improvement. Contemporary Knowledge and Systems Science provides emerging research on the methods and applications of knowledge systems in social science, economics, and technological developments. While highlighting topi...
  • BOUQUET OF DYSON, A
    BERNSTEIN JEREMY / Jeremy Bernstein
    University of Texas at Austin My friendship with Freeman Dyson goes back over a half century. My first contact with him goes back to the late 1950s, when I was at the Institute for Advanced Study, and then evolved when I was a consultant at General Atomics in La Jolla, California. Freeman was then trying to design a space ship — the Orion — which would be propelled by atomic bo...
    Disponible

    33,35 €

  • CLOUDS ARE NOT SPHERES
    LESMOIR-GORDON NIGEL / NIGEL LESMOIR-GORDON
     The time is right, following Benoît Mandelbrot's death in 2010, to publish this landmark book about the life and work of this maverick math genius.This compact book celebrates the life and achievements of Benoît Mandelbrot with the ideas of fractals presented in a way that can be understood by the interested lay-person. Mathematics is largely avoided. Instead, Mandelbrot&#...

Otros libros del autor

  • Around the world without legs and one arm
    Alex Mensaert
    As a legless amputee and only with one arm, Alex got invited by a friend to the USA. There he get married by a woman who is a big drunk and who love male amputees.But he get deported and end up in Brazil, where he lives in the dangerous Favela from Rio de Janeiro where he takes care of many street children. He goes out with local bandits, but after many crazy adventures he end ...
    Disponible

    19,44 €

  • Verboden Liefde
    Alex Mensaert
    Alex Mensaert, de schrijver van dit verhaal, en ook de hoofdrolspeler ervan, laat in dit hard non-fictie verhaal zien hoe ver liefde een mens kan drijven. Wanneer Alex verliefd word op een meisje van het Internet, en hij het gevoel krijgt dat zijn vrouw niet liever heeft dan dat hij met die ene vrouw verder gaat, gebeurd het ene na het andere. Hij neemt haar mee op vakantie, sa...
    Disponible

    22,53 €

  • Rijstpap met Gouden Lepeltjes
    Alex Mensaert
    Denk je dat het leven na de dood saai is? Fout hoor! In dit boek gaat het er anders aan toe. God de Vader is de heerser van de Hemel. Wanneer de Schepper oververmoeid is, vertrekt hij samen met zoon Jezus en zijn secretaresse naar het kuuroord Blutslulus. Ondertussen neemt zijn goede vriend Nostradamus de leiding tijdelijk over, maar alles lijkt in het honderd te lopen. God is ...
    Disponible

    16,59 €