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Prometheus Publishers is a Dutch publisher that publishes a wide variety of quality fiction and non-fiction titles. Prometheus’s catalogue balances established talents with new voices that we introduce into the literary market. Amongst our fiction authors are renowned Dutch-language authors such as Connie Palmen, Griet Op de Beeck, Tom Lanoye, Tim Krabbé, and Esther Verhoef. Prometheus also publishes the Dutch translations of great international voices like Umberto Eco, Sandro Veronesi, Margaret Atwood, and Zadie Smith. Our non-fiction catalogue is filled with experts from across the scientific spectrum. Ranging from history to psychology and from physics to literary studies, Prometheus offers exciting new insights into a wide range of disciplines. Prometheus also publishes a philosophical series with musings on subjects that are relevant to our society today.
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Famed reporter Russell Blaze is dead. It may have been an accident, but then again, it may have been murder. Russ' son Cody finds Russ's unfinished memoir for clues as to what may have happened. The opening words are: On the night of October 16, 1968, I uttered a sentence that would haunt me for the rest of my life. The sentence was, "Someone should kill that motherf***er.As Cody delves into the memoir, a window opens into a tragic past and thrusts the still-burning embers of another time's radical violence into the political reality of the present. History that once seemed far away becomes a deeply personal immersion for Cody into the storied heyday of Haight-Ashbury: drugs, sex, war protesters, right-wing militias, ground-breaking journalism-and the mysterious Gloria, who wanders into Russ' pad one day just to "crash here for a while until things calm down."Cody discovers aspects of his father's life he never knew, and slowly begins to understand the significance of those words his father spoke in 1968.Words Kill is a story of loss, violence, and racism; love, hate, and discovery. It is a story of then . . . and now.
During the turbulent 1960s perhaps no place in America mimicked the rise and fall of Camelot like the University of California, Berkeley. Camelot was a mythical kingdom associated with the legendary King Arthur. According to a 1960 musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and a subsequent hit movie, you couldn’t find a “more congenial spot for happily ever-aftering than the kingdom of Camelot.” For a period of about ten years, beginning in 1964, students and rights protestors at Cal (as it was known) captured the imagination of an American public seeking a life of happily ever-aftering, insisting that might did not make right; that war was only justifiable to prevent others from going to war; and contemporary human governments and powerful people exemplified the worst aspects of the rule of Might, squelching freedom of speech, the right of lawful assembly and equal opportunities for all. The erection of People’s Park, built in 1969 on property owned by UC Berkeley, was an attempt to keep the spirit of Camelot alive in America. But the hope of happily ever-aftering in a magical kingdom does not often come to fruition – it didn’t in Camelot and it didn’t in Berkeley. As a young police officer in 1969, Paul Morris witnessed and was caught up in the destructive and uncontrollable hurricane forces of human dissent that brought Berkeley’s Camelot down. Falling in love with a young female student only made matters worse.
A daring novel on the political turmoil in Egypt during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and onwards. The protagonist is a middle-aged Coptic Christian woman who aspires to retrieve her family’s properties in the heart of Cairo. She marries a well-known religious clerk and converts to Islam, only to find that her husband is involved in the kidnapping of Coptic girls and forcing them to convert. This is the first and only novel to courageously discuss the political state of Egypt in detail, taking the revolution as its starting point. It then moves to when the Muslim Brotherhood took power, and up until the Egyptian security forces and army raided the camps of the protestors in Rabaa Square and al-Nahda Square. It also gives the reader a glimpse of the divisions between and within factions in the society, as well as the state of puzzlement in the national sentiment of the people. A bold novel that tells of sensitive aspects of the post-revolution era.
Domburg, 2032. The sound of a gunshot echoes in Dark Rivers, a notorious ghetto neighbourhood. Thirteen-year-old Rashad is hit by a bullet that was actually intended for a gang member. He urgently needs help, but Dark Rivers was recently declared a no-go zone, where aid workers and police officers are no longer allowed. Sixteen-year-old Tamara immediately revolts. She organizes a demonstration that culminates in a fierce clash between supporters and opponents of the new law. Nikkie, a popular influencer, uses her platform to inform young people, but soon finds herself in a predicament due to the many protests. Derek, a doctor-in-training, risks his life to save Rashad, but escalating gang violence and the approaching protestors quickly spiral out of control. Will it be possible to save Rashad, or will the boy be the first victim of the new law? Dark Rivers is a socially critical Young Adult set in the near future.
THE TRUTH WON'T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and where once they were abhorred, they are now championed as our greatest ally and our only possible savior. Logan and Sadie have been separated, and the longer he is gone, the more their love is tested by duty, doubts, and deception. Sadie and Jarod have infiltrated the highest levels of government, but they are playing a dangerous game. Surrounded by people with conflicting agendas—hell-bent on using her for their own aim—Sadie is confused when the lines between good and evil are blurred. It’s impossible to tell friend from foe, and no one can be trusted. When the full extent of the experiments taking place in Sector Twenty is disclosed, Sadie can no longer sit back and watch as the lower classes face a horrific fate. Racing to save her loved ones and mankind, she risks her own safety and the love she’s waited a lifetime for to do the right thing. But no one thought to save her from herself.
Londinyia: a Capital in Crisis. Gripped by a species of perversion without parallel in the long, sordid annals of the Alpha Male. As the Decency Tax extends across all districts and zones, the Emancipation Party declares war on the deviant insurgency. Amid the vast armoury of weapons employed, the Proctallator, irSpex and the notorious Schnuffler, stand primed to unleash an avalanche of moral fury. Meanwhile, the Spectre of Deceit looms over the Party HQ, the Pyramex, rocked by dysfunctional mandroids, a Steering Committee mired in scandal and mutiny among the D-Squad ranks. Only Corporal Lillian Scarpello and her loyal beta-adjutant, Sir Lucien Picene, it seems, stand between Londinyia – and the Abyss. The explanation: The Second Penis is a satire on the City of London and its assumptions about behaviour, and supposed patterns of normality, taken to an absurd level. The author: (location unknown) lives in a shed in Myrddin’s Precinct where he communes with drunken spirits and entities, and launches vitriolic assaults against the Satanic Inertias of the Capital, soon to be revisited in The Gnat. A series of endless night-shifts in the Ancient City of London drives him to the terrifying conclusion that its entire existence is a Hoax – a bankrupt Government, media and economy imprisoned in a Tower of Babble. But can a man certified as insane – twice – complete his mission to rescue the intellectual heritage of his Nation? Who knows. For now, he sleeps amid the empty quarts and flasks, waiting to spring forth from his chrysalis...
He's much more than a bad habit. As a Vegas singer and volunteer counselor, Kate Callender has experienced life on both sides of Sin City's bright lights. The thrill of performing, and gambling's devastating effect on the addicts' families. Liam Doyle is just the kind of man she despises—a handsome, enigmatic businessman with a knack for seducing customers into his casino hotels. Determined to put a lid on his growing influence, she prepares to picket the opening of his newest casino, Vice. When Liam spots the lone protestor hassling his customers, annoyance wars with instant attraction. And he quickly discovers the leggy redhead not only can't be bought, she tempts him the way the sound of a roulette wheel lures a gambler. They are natural enemies, but when a vile attack sparks Liam's protective instincts, they begin a sexual odyssey that dances on the edge of addiction. Dangerously close to losing control...and losing themselves.
Actor. Director. Musician. Heartthrob. Feminist icon (sort of). There’s only one Ryan Gosling. Women want him. Men want to be him. Most Tumblr blogs are about him. No mere Hollywood pretty boy, he’s a model of sensitive masculinity. Filled with edgy humour and photos that graphically illustrate his physical perfection, 100 Reasons to Love Ryan Gosling provides scientific evidence of exactly why Ryan is so damn loveable.
Los asquerosos (The Loathsome)A novel by Santiago LorenzoBlackie Books, Barcelona, 2018 - 220 ppLanguage: SpanishRights Sold: French (Seuil), Italian (Blackie), German (Heyne Hardcore), Portuguese, excl Brazil (Gradiva), Chinese complex (ACME Publishing). The novel is about Manuel, a young man in his early 20s who lives (or survives) in Madrid during the worst years of the crisis. He has recently left his parents’ home and rents a microscopic space, without even an actual contract. He gets very bad, and poorly paid, temporal jobs and is worried about his lack of success in making friends. In fact he has none, except an uncle of him who is in his late forties and also a lonely man. But Manuel has always been very good at doing things with his hands and always carries a screw driver with him. After an unexpected incident in which he harms a police officer in the neck with the screw driver (he believes he has killed the policeman and fears he will end up in jail), he runs to his uncle’s home and they decide he will take his car and quickly escape from the city. He needs to disappear completely. After hours driving he finds an abandoned little village in the middle of nowhere. It’s a very rural area, and it looks like the village has been abandoned for decades. He picks up one of the houses and takes shelter there. The house has no electricity, no water, nothing...At the village, he only receives help from his uncle in Madrid (who is the narrator of the book). They are in touch only via an old (non-smart) phone and they devise a plan so that he receives food from a supermarket once a month. The uncle is also very short of money and they will have to ration Manuel's (very) little savings. The deliverer is instructed to leave the bags in front of the house and leave, they tell the supermarket that someone will pick up the bags later. While Manuel is learning to live by his own and adapt to his new circumstances, he reads paperback books that were left in the house. He starts to enjoy this life of isolation, being without documents, no job, no bosses and just paying attention to he passing of time. He knows nothing about nature and can’t distinguish a pine from an oak tree. At this point, the novel might bring memories of Thoreau or of Robinson Crusoe but what makes the novel exceptional is the brilliant prose of the author and the irony that the guy lands in the middle of nature not because of his choice (he is not a modern lover of rural life) but because of the accident with the police. Despite this forced isolation, little by little he starts enjoying being on his own, with no human contact at all. He does things, recollects wood, repairs stuff, takes long walks and ultimately realizes that he never really wanted to make friends, that he shouldn’t have fought his life-long instincts of being alone because now, for the first time, he starts feeling well with himself. He starts to eat plants he has at hand. He discovers a plum tree, a vine that gives him grapes… And the months pass by happily. He has stopped to need things and doesn’t even think about being hunted by the police. Manuel discovers his true self, and in the process he also discovers that he needs almost nothing of what enslaves the rest of us, caught between frustration, hypnosis and fraud. But one day a woman arrives and rents the adjacent house. She will use it as a weekend house for her family. Fortunately, she doesn’t see him. This breaks all the fragile balance and harmony but, so far, he only needs to hide from the newcomers during weekends. However, as weeks pass by he starts feeling very upset by the presence of these people, even if only for a couple of days. They don’t understand anything about being in the nature, they are noisy and walk around with their phones, their city clothes… they become The Nasties. And, ironically, the nasties here become ourselves. Readers realize how, probably, they would act exactly as the newcomers do. People who instead of looking at the sky to see if it’s cloudy will look at their phones to check the weather. People who will install a little gym at home to keep fit, instead of doing physical activities in the woods. People who will do whatever to prevent nature entering into their country home… Manuel devises a plan to get rid of them and, in a few very funny scenes, breaks into the house during the week and sabotages many of the house’s comodities in a somehow childish hope that they will not come again. The novel, here, gets very intriguing (almost thriller like as we fear Manuel will be found out). And the inevitable happens and for some reason, the nasties come back to the village during the week, on the wrong day, and Manuel does not realize they are there. They hear noise in Manuel’s house (he’s chopping wood) and are curious about it. They open one door and find him here, so completely unprepared that he chops his own leg with the axe. He can’t run away, he has been caught. Manuel’s idyllic life abruptly comes to an end and he is taken to hospital, where he is sure that sooner or later police will break into his room and arrest him… but to our surprise none of this happens. After some days he feels confident and pays a visit to Madrid. He goes into a bank, into a government office, identifies himself but nothing happens either… It looks like no one cares about his identity. After some research, the uncle finds out that the cop wasn´t killed at the incident with the screw driver, but that he was killed some time afterwards by another cop and that the police stopped looking for the guy who had harmed him with the screw driver as they never had any clues to follow. Ironically, Manuel was never looked for by the police. He might have stayed in Madrid, he didn’t need to escape in a hurry. But in the meantime the house of the nasties has been burned to the grounds because of one of his sabotages, and as he was away from the village no one suspects him. The nasties see it as a tragedy caused by themselves (they might have forgotten to switch off a boiler) and decide to abandon the house forever… After this unexpected twist, Manuel realizes he can go back to the village and that he will be there alone again… He can go back to his life away from the mainstream, away from the need of buying and possessing things. In fact he has no desire at all to go back to his life before the incident with the police officer.
American travel journalist Sophie Matthews is searching for that elusive place called home. Working for Constar Communications has allowed her to see the world and experience different cultures, but the nomadic lifestyle has not enabled her to have much of a personal life. As she approaches her fortieth birthday, Sophie's priorities shift and she decides to quit her job to pursue a different dream--meeting a man, settling down, and starting a family. Her boss, Greg Sullivan, has one request--that Sophie complete her last assignment featuring the life of artist/writer Marina Suarez.During World War II, Marina's entire village was captured by Japanese soldiers leaving Marina as the sole survivor. How she was able to survive the slaughter of her village and family remains a mystery. Sophie is intrigued by the assignment, but hesitant to return to the Philippines, which left her with a broken heart ten years ago at the hands of Eric Santiago, the only man she has ever loved. As fate would have it, Sophie soon finds herself in the busy streets of Manila and crosses paths with Eric Santiago once again. As Sophie tries to unravel the mystery of Marina's life, she learns that Eric is the only one who can help her put the pieces together. But when she discovers Marina's deep, dark secret, little does Sophie know that it will change her life forever.
Misty Shadows Of Hope is the 14th book in the Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series. As of today, there are 14 books in the series. Make sure you start reading with # 1 – Storm Clouds Rolling In. It's readers like you who have turned the series into a world-wide best-seller. Thank you! Book Description: Is Reconstruction healing America, or is it really a covering for a new war? America continues the struggle to become a country for everyone… Carrie and Abby, hoping for a peaceful visit to the plantation find themselves pulled into a violent conflict in Richmond as struggle for control of the city boils over. Rose and Moses are happy on the plantation, enjoying a respite from all the violence, while Susan travels north to expand the plantation breeding operation. Matthew finds himself embroiled in another type of southern war as KKK violence spills into North Carolina. What he discovers will change things for Janie. Jeremy and Marietta are forging through challenges to create a new life in Philadelphia, but wonder if Jeremy’s new passion for baseball will be the tipping point for the violence they hoped to avoid when they left Richmond. Bregdan Women comes to life with an astounding array of women fighting to change America for the better. When everyone really just wants a simple, clear future, each person finds they have to discover misty shadows of hope in the midst of the life they are living. ***** Volume # 14 of the Bregdan Chronicles continues the sweeping historical saga that now encompasses 1870. How many books will be in the Bregdan Chronicles? No one knows yet… Ginny intends to write these character's stories, one year at a time, for as long as she is able to write. She is passionate about bringing history to life through historical fiction. Since she is amazingly healthy, that could be for a very long time! She doesn’t like stories to end any more than you do. This one won't end for a very long time!
Curated and written by leading authorities on art and art history, The Art of Feminism is a comprehensive survey of the ways in which feminists have shaped art and visual culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Featuring more than 350 works of art, illustration, photography, performance, graphic design and public protest, this stunning volume showcases the vibrancy and daring of the feminist aesthetics over the last 150 years. The book has helped redefine the very canon of art history - a landmark publication. https://shop.tate.org.uk/the-art-of-feminism-images-that-shaped-the-fight-for-equality/22015.html
DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, DEROS Vietnam (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol—and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, DEROS Vietnam distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America.
INITIATION Adrian Kincaid undergoes a life or death initiation to join an elite group of warriors BLOOD PREY Melissa Greene's initiation into the ranks of the undead. DEATH BY SUNRISE A serial killer preys on Strigoi GUILTY Maxine Clifford gets the ultimate opportunity for revenge after being convicted of a crime that she did not commit THE PENANGGALAN A mysterious creature terrorises a small village RUNAWAY Cynthia Anderson runs away from her mother's abusive boyfriend and enters a world of darkness and nightmares TERROR GIRLS A teenage girl's indoctrination into a violent street gang
An in-depth consideration of the relationship between music and violence
A work that has served as a literary cornerstone for the Vietnam generation, The 13th Valley follows the strange and terrifying Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems installer who finds himself an infantryman in territory controlled by the North Vietnamese Army. Spiraling deeper and deeper into a world of conflict and darkness, this harrowing account of Chelini's plunge and immersion into jungle warfare traces his evolution from a semipacifist to an all-out warmonger. The seminal novel on the Vietnam experience, The 13th Valley is a classic that illuminates the war in Southeast Asia like no other book.
From award winning criminologist R. Barri Flowers and the bestselling author of The Sex Slave Murders 1 & 2, Serial Killer Couples, and Murder of the Banker’s Daughter comes Murder Chronicles, a gripping collection of true crime tales. The collection includes ten compelling stories of murder, madness, and mayhem that span more than a century of American history and homicidal criminality that will keep you reading from beginning to end. 1. Murder at the Pencil Factory: The Killing of Mary Phagan - 100 Years Later, the brutal murder of a young girl turn locals into vigilantes out for justice. 2. The "Gold Special" Train Robbery: Deadly Crimes of the D'Autremont Brothers, a daring train robbery by a trio of brother bandits goes wrong and turns deadly. 3. Murder of the Banker's Daughter: The Killing of Marion Parker, a brazen abduction of a schoolgirl turns tragic as authorities hunt for the killer. 4. Mass Murder in the Sky: The Bombing of Flight 629, a mother’s Christmas gift turns deadly, exploding in an airliner above Denver, with a domestic terrorist on loose. 5. The Amityville Massacre: The DeFeo Family's Nightmare, family is shot to death by a killer too close to home. Inspiration for The Amityville Horror movies. 6. The Pickaxe Killers: Karla Faye Tucker & Daniel Garrett, pair of killers seek revenge and pay the price themselves. 7. Murderous Tandem: James Gregory Marlow and Cynthia Coffman, two killers pick off victims one by one till brought to justice. 8. Murder in Mission Hill: The Disturbing Tale of Carol Stuart & Charles Stuart, a wife’s murder draws national attention with an unlikely killer on the loose. 9. Murder in Bellevue: The Killing of Alan and Diane Johnson, in a case of parricide, a teenage girl’s obsession turns deadly. 10. Murder of a Star Quarterback: The Tragic Tale of Steve McNair & Sahel Kazemi, adultery, jealousy, fame, and fortune turn deadly for a well-known ex-football great. Bonus material includes excerpts from bestselling true crime books by R. Barri Flowers, The Sex Slave Murders and Serial Killer Couples.
