Soon to be a an FX series starring and produced by Matthew McConaugheyA LitHub Most Anticipated Book of Summer"The Churchgoer is a wonderful debut novel from a writer with more than a few tricks up his sleeve.”--Los Angeles TimesA haunting debut literary noir about a former pastor’s search to find a missing woman in the toxic, contradictory underbelly of southern California.“He was finished with church, wit...

In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? We cannot return to a simpler time, but measuring the costs of progress may help us to imagine ...

'For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act.' With his first glimpse of Madame Arnoux, Frédéric Moreau is convinced he has found his romantic destiny, but when he pursues her to Paris the young student is unable to translate his passion into decisive action. He also finds himself distracted by the equally romantic appeal of political action in the turbulent years leading up to the revolution of 1848, and by the attractions of three other wom...

'No one can write a man's life except himself.' In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the world of modern civilization. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau a...

'Who possesses me will possess all things, But his life will belong to me...' Raphael de Valentin, a young aristocrat, has lost all his money in the gaming parlours of the Palais Royal in Paris, and contemplates ending his life by throwing himself into the Seine. He is distracted by the bizarre array of objects in a chaotic antique shop, among them a strange animal skin, a piece of shagreen with magical properties. It will grant its possessor his every wish, but each time ...

With origins in the powerful earldoms of the Saxon period, the aristocracy is woven into the fabric of England. Going from Tudor and Stuart courtiers to Georgian and Victorian magnates, the noble families more recently suffered a decline before their rise from the ashes as guardians of heritage. In Dynasties, Patrick Coleman provides a history of sixteen noble families, including the Wellesleys of Stratfield Saye, the Cavendishes of Chatsworth, the Churchills of Blenheim Palace, the Grosve...

Do you feel lost as a man — disconnected from your strength, your purpose, or the core of who you are? Have modern ideas about masculinity left you confused, ashamed, or unfulfilled? You are not alone. Across the world, men are waking up to a deep truth: the masculine spirit has been buried beneath decades of conditioning, guilt, and spiritual amnesia. Introduction To Masculine Restoration Through Shamanism is a spiritual and psychological primer for men ready to rebuild themselves from th...

The Daily Shaman offers a year-long journey of spiritual awakening, blending ancient wisdom with the practical insights of Concrete Shamanism. Through monthly themes, you’ll explore truths about yourself, embrace healing and growth, and gently clear away beliefs that no longer serve you. Each day provides a reflection designed to connect you with spirit, offering guidance and grounding as you move through life’s natural cycles of growth, release, and renewal. Working with a shaman can be b...

The Machinations of Ego is not just another spiritual self-help book. It’s a war cry. A sacred exposé. A torch in the night. If you’ve ever: had uncontrollable reactions, obsessed over things that don’t matter, sabotaged your peace for the illusion of control, drowned in anxiety, shame, guilt, or rage, and tried everything to heal but kept ending up back at square one. Then you’ve already met the ego. And it’s been running the show long enough. This book delivers a ruthless, irreverent, an...

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'What holds sway over this country without morals, beliefs, or feelings? Gold and pleasure.' Sexual attraction, artistic insight, and the often ironic relationship between them is the dominant theme in the three short works collected in this volume. In Sarrasine an impetuous young sculptor falls in love with a diva of the Roman stage, but rapture turns to rage when he discovers the reality behind the seductiveness of the singer's voice. The ageing artist in Th...

The study of Montreal as a specific location in French and English writings has long been subordinated to the demands of linguistically divided and politically contentious narratives about national development. In this cross-linguistic study, Patrick Coleman models an inclusive and post-national literary history of the city itself.Tracing a sequence of moments in the emergence of the Montreal novel from World War II to the turbulent 1960s, Equivocal City offers close readi...