Lies In The Shadows

Dirty, sexy liar. There is a difference between living and existing. Sometimes you need to walk with the nightmares to find your way back to the light. He lied to me. He lies to everyone, including himself. But I know a secret. He may want to break me, but he is healing us both. This is my truth.

Where the Shadows Lie takes the reader on a journey through Tolkien's Middle-earth, following the hobbits, their companions, and the characters they encounter on their quest. Along the way, Skogemann reveals the deep symbolic layers that are the source of joy and enchantment that many find in reading The Lord of the Rings. Aragorn, with the aid of Gandalf, Legolas, and Gimli, ascends to the throne and becomes the center of a great, unified kingdom--a symbol of the collective Self. The four hobbits, representing individual ego-consciousness, are transformed by the quest and acquire the psychological tools they need to renew the Shire--the small domain enfolded in the great. Jung's theories of the collective unconscious and the archetypes provide a key to understanding the forces of fantasy that are so powerful in Tolkien's masterpiece--and thereby a key to understanding ourselves and the events of the outside world in our modern times.

The pristine landscape of Evania has been scarred by the Leviathan, creatures called forth from Hell to wreak havoc. To protect the kingdom, the King must face the lies that have kept the people safe for three generations.

From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing. __________ "Michael Ridpath is on the war path, trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location." PETER JAMES __________ One thousand years ago: An Icelandic warrior returns from battle, bearing a ring cut from the right hand of his foe. Seventy years ago: An Oxford professor, working from a secret source, creates the twentieth century's most pervasive legend. The professor's name? John Ronald Reuel Tolkein. Six hours ago: An expert on Old Iceland literature, Agnar Haraldsson, is murdered. Everything is connected, but to discover how, Detective Magnus Jonson must venture where the shadows lie... __________ Praise for the A Magnus Iceland Mystery series: 'International thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location.' -- Peter James 'Ingenious and thrilling. Fascinating stuff.' -- Spectator 'A clever blend of murder mystery, myth and up-to-the-minute mayhem...' -- The Times 'Entertaining stuff.' -- Daily Telegraph 'Terrific! Great plot and splendid pacing...' -- Simon Brett 'A first class mystery.' -- Booklist

How do nations reinvent themselves after cataclysmic events? Who gets to decide what happened yesterday, then to propagate the tale, and what are the consequences of their choices? These are some of the questions author and historian Erna Paris carried with her through the United States, with its long-buried memory of slavery; to South Africa, to sit in on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's attempts to heal the divisions of apartheid; to Japan, France and Germany and the unresolved pain of Hiroshima and the Holocaust; and to the former Yugoslavia where she exposes the cynical shaping of historical memory, and the way the world community responded to the lethal outcome of that half-imagined history. Combining gripping storytelling with insight and sharp observation, Paris takes us to the places of reckoning—be they courtrooms or concentration camps—and finds hope in the way ordinary people grapple with the defining events of their lives. Evocatively written, her journey illuminates a crucial subject that straddles the 20th and 21st centuries.

In this original work James Duncan explores the transformation of Ceylon during the mid-nineteenth century into one of the most important coffee growing regions of the world and investigates the consequent ecological disaster which erased coffee from the island. Using this fascinating case study by way of illustration, In the Shadows of the Tropics reveals the spatial unevenness and fragmentation of modernity through a focus on modern governmentality and biopower. It argues that the practices of colonial power, and the differences that race and tropical climates were thought to make, were central to the working out of modern governmental rationalities. In this context, the usefulness of Foucault's notions of biopower, discipline and governmentality are examined. The work contributes an important rural focus to current work on studies of governmentality in geography and offers a welcome non-state dimension by considering the role of the plantation economy and individual capitalists in the lives and deaths of labourers, the destabilization of subsistence farming and the aggressive re-territorialization of populations from India to Ceylon.

Twelve years ago, Ryan Grey was cursed by a witch to hide a secret. He's lived with the curse of being unable to die permanently, and, he's slowly losing the memory of his past until almost nothing remains. But now, after a chance meeting with an elf named Zipporah, he discovers the key to unlocking the secret and breaking the curse once and for all...if he can survive the breaking.

Book #2 in the three-book saga of a woman on the run. (This ongoing story begins in “Who Hates Marigold Flowers”, Book #1, and concludes in “Bury Me in Paradise”, Book #3.) In Book #1, the former Marigold Flowers was booted out of WitSec when she was suspected of orchestrating the attempted murder of a US Marshal. Luckily, she found sanctuary with the two younger Cornwall brothers. Jackson and Lincoln kept her out of the hands of determined contract killers with the help of family and friends. Now in Book #2, it’s time for the oldest Cornwall brother to delve into her past and find out who murdered her fiancé. Having shed her old identity, the reborn Olivia Michaud is determined to prove her innocence. There's only one problem. All the available evidence seems to indicate her guilt. Forced to flee yet again, this time with a new team of protectors, she's still tormented by the death of the man she planned to marry. Was it her fault Jared Spears was brutally murdered? Did it have something to do with her secret past? Jefferson Cornwall, the prickly and demanding best-selling thriller author and TV producer, is hardly a pushover when it comes to taking on a woman with contract killers out to get her. But he can't make up his mind about her involvement in the crimes. Sparks fly between them, complicating the case, as they spar over the truth and their attraction to one another. Will he abandon her just when the mastermind of this convoluted plot gets close enough to destroy her?

They gave me one job--watch Chloe Olsen and remain in the shadows.I've spent so much time there, lurking along the outskirts of society, being no one, it shouldn't have been hard to return to them.It's the least I could do for the Van Doorns after they dragged me from the darkness of my old life. But from the moment I saw her, I knew I wanted her.I shouldn't have spoken to her. Messing with her means digging my own grave. Pursuing her puts my family at risk.Chloe is my light, but family is everything...

In The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, editors Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton present the definitive collection of black verse in the United States--200 years of vision, struggle, power, beauty, and triumph from 52 outstanding poets. From the neoclassical stylings of slave-born Phillis Wheatley to the wistful lyricism of Paul Lawrence Dunbar . . . the rigorous wisdom of Gwendolyn Brooks...the chiseled modernism of Robert Hayden...the extraordinary prosody of Sterling A. Brown...the breathtaking, expansive narratives of Rita Dove...the plaintive rhapsodies of an imprisoned Elderidge Knight . . . The postmodern artistry of Yusef Komunyaka. Here, too, is a landmark exploration of lesser-known artists whose efforts birthed the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movements--and changed forever our national literature and the course of America itself. Meticulously researched, thoughtfully structured, The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry is a collection of inestimable value to students, educators, and all those interested in the ever-evolving tradition that is American poetry.

Halloween. A time for tales of the supernatural, dressing up in costumes, and children going trick or treating. For some, Halloween is a time of watching scary movies that make you jump, while for others, it is a time for fall celebrations. For one woman and her family, Halloween is going to be more than what they had expected. Especially with a lone scarecrow standing watch over an abandoned farmhouse across the way from the woman's house. Will the days counting down towards Halloween be the last the woman and her family will ever see? Or, is there more than meets the eye to the foreboding, solitary figure that stares into the souls of those who gaze its way? From the author who brought you Soul Snatchers and Omega Sunrise comes the tale of a haunting that will make you wonder what indeed lives in the night of our imagination and what truly exists when we don't pay attention.

The Shadow Realm was not what I expected. With it came so many unexpected joys, but also, the worst kind of pain. Back in our Realm once more, new enemies make themselves known, and betrayal is around every corner. It stings the worst when it's from the ones you thought you could trust with your life. We've sacrificed too much and waited too long to let anything stand in our way now. The journey isn't over yet, but out of the shadows, light is born.

Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world’s first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world’s first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato’s philosophy of language and political theory Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011