Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secretTaking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.For more than seventy years, Penguin has b...

An ambitious and vast family history by the nephew of Soledad Brother author George Jackson and son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, whose famous act of defiance redefined Black Power and American dissent in the early 1970s."In his quest for the truth about his iconic father and uncle and how the struggle that took their lives shaped his own, Jonathan Peter Jackson, Jr. has produced an epic story of family, race, enigmatic literary and political w...

Anthology of Longing is a compilation of mystical poetry, written over the course of two decades. The anthology contains 151 poems divided into three parts: Part One Book of Solace and Madness. Part Two Book of Silence and the Subconscious Awe. Part Three: Book of Sorrows and the Blood of Dreams. The poems draw on the ancient tradition of the Psalms and Eastern Christianity. They contain a longing in the spirit of modern man to reconnect with silence, prayer and transcendence.

The Eternal Poet and The Cosmic Drama is an exploration of how the Art of Story relates to the Person of Jesus Christ and the Salvation of the world. By drawing upon the nature of poetry throughout history, the substance and construction of story— from Aristotle's Poetics to Shakespearean Tragedy—the Prophets and Saints of Holy Scriptures, and Pagan Mythology and Philosophy, the author seeks to marvel at the Incarnation of Christ as the central reality of the Cosmic Drama, for all peoples ...

Emmy Award-winning actor and musician Jonathan Jackson explores the profound implications of human creativity in the image of God, along with the process of becoming an artist (of any sort) dedicated to practicing his or her art from the context of a deep relationship with God. The true Christian artist is not necessarily one who treats religious themes, but one who creates through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.

What does it mean to trust the police? What makes the police legitimate in the eyes of the policed? What builds trust, legitimacy and cooperation, and what undermines the bond between police and the public? These questions are central to current debates concerning the relationship between the British police and the public it serves. Yet, in the context of British policing they are seldom asked explicitly, still less examined in depth.Drawing on psychological and sociological explan...

In a world where different is dangerous, only the truth can set them free.Oscar's orderly paranoid world has been turned upside down by the Red Fist Army and he now lives in exile. With the help of Penelope, Jim, and Mr. Hodge the hedgehog, he must free their hostage town, take on the Red Fist, and discover the truth about Dr. Boggs' sinister war against those who don't fit in."A great series. ... and you won't think twice about staying up waaaay past your ...

Amid growing public concern about the negative effect cross-examination has on vulnerable witnesses, this book examines the effect of recent reforms to the practice across the different jurisdictions of the UK and Ireland.Drawing on observations and transcripts of trials and interviews with judges, advocates and intermediaries, the book provides an evaluation of cross-examination in trials involving vulnerable witnesses and the extent to which reforms are producing meaningful chang...

The town of Midnight sits on a veil between the living and hell and this supernatural thriller takes a journey into that remote Texas town where nothing is what it seems.Take a trip to the small Texas town where only outsiders fit in with the first dramatized audiobook in #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’ paranormal mystery series.Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Wi...

A glimpse into the mind of the bestselling science fiction author through a collection of his personal, metaphysical, religious, visionary writings.Based on thousands of pages of typed and handwritten notes, journal entries, letters, and story sketches, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is the magnificent and imaginative final work of an author who dedicated his life to questioning the nature of reality and perception, the malleability of space and time, and ...

An ambitious and vast family history by the nephew of Soledad Brother author George Jackson and son of Black Panther martyr Jonathan Jackson, whose famous act of defiance redefined Black Power and American dissent in the early 1970s.In thirty-six minutes on a sweltering day in August 1970, there occurred one of the most tragic days in American history. Jonathan Jackson, then a seventeen-year-old boy, attempted to free the ...

One man. One woman. One can of tuna.Charles has his life organized just the way he wants it, until a natural disaster destroys all electronic and mechanical devices and his city collapses into anarchy. So together with his boss, Janet, who he's terrified of, he must trek to a distant town where things are hopefully simpler and safer. Along the way they meet friends, enemies, and cannibals, along with one very angry possum, all while civilization rapidly descends in...