Download or read book Vengeance in Reverse written by Mark R. Anspach and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do humans stop fighting? Where do the gods of myth come from? What does it mean to go mad? Mark R. Anspach tackles these and other conundrums as he draws on ethnography, literature, psychotherapy, and the theory of René Girard to explore some of the fundamental mechanisms of human interaction. Likening gift exchange to vengeance in reverse, the first part of the book outlines a fresh approach to reciprocity, while the second part traces the emergence of transcendence in collective myths and individual delusions. From the peacemaking rituals of prestate societies to the paradoxical structure of consciousness, Anspach takes the reader on an intellectual journey that begins with the problem of how to deceive violence and ends with the riddle of how one can deceive oneself.
Download or read book Vengeance in Reverse written by Mark Rogin Anspach and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the return: vengeance in reverse -- Violence deceived -- Trying to stop the Trojan War -- Return to the beginning: the making of a meta-god -- Madness in the making, or unanimity minus one -- No exit? Madness and the divided self
Download or read book Vengeance written by Crystal North and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you're about to witness comes from a dark place. It's taken a lot of planning, but you should know that every single thing I'm about to do is deserved. More than deserved, it's owed, tenfold. Nothing I could do to these people will ever be enough to get even.***Charlotte McLintock has a new identity and a new look as Raven Deighton. She needs it so that she can infiltrate the elite private school that's covering up her twin's death. They claimed it was suicide, but she knows better. Her plan's been almost two years in the making. What started off as a desire to know the truth has turned into a burning compulsion for vengeance. However, she soon finds that life at Westchester Preparatory Academy's not what she expected and that everyone's hiding secrets - even the four hot guys she's rapidly falling for. Her one mission is to uncover the truth about what happened to Lizzie so that she can make everyone involved pay, and she's not about to let anyone or anything - even her own torturous heart- stop her from burning them all to the ground.***Vengeance is a contemporary New Adult reverse harem bully romance, with dark themes and a twist. It works as a savage standalone piece (if you love a cliffhanger) but will actually form part of a trilogy with closure at the end of the series.***WARNING***This book carries an 18+ warning. Vengeance is a medium to fast burn dark romance. It contains hot guys, foul language and sexual scenes, including some graphic physical bullying, and potential suicide, depression and sexual assault triggers.I would love for you to read this book, but please be aware that it comes with a warning.
Download or read book Third Comes Vengeance written by Lilith Vincent and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From purest pain comes sweetest vengeance. The city of Coldlake, where everything appears bright and sunny but beneath the surface is blood and darkness. A city where killers hide in plain sight and the ones you trust can turn on you in a heartbeat. My heart has endured pain, but in the arms of the Coldlake Syndicate, I've known only sweetness. Their kisses are my joy and their love is my salvation. When their pasts collide with our present, nothing will ever be the same. My four men have suffered at the hands of an unknown killer, and I'll do whatever it takes to heal their broken hearts. I see him, and he will tremble at my coming. Vengeance will be mine. Author's note: Third Comes Vengeance is the final book in the Promised in Blood series. These books contain dark themes, violence, and a Why Choose romance with ruthlessly possessive men. The story is dark, dirty, and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
Download or read book Savages written by M. Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I had been found feral, and despite their beautiful home... they were the same. Savages. Feral Savages. So I would treat them accordingly. I would live accordingly. I would kill accordingly." I have a secret. Okay, probably more than one. I live a delicate balance, living with the evil I know than the one I don't. I accepted that. Until they showed up. Until they brought my secret and past into the light. Until I had no choice but to accept my true fate.Sh*t. This is why you punch first and ask questions later.*Fantasy RH* Our bad*ss heroine and guardians swear a lot. As well, please be advised that the book contains darker themes including assault, PTSD, and violence. Additionally, sexual themes are suitable for mature audiences +18.
Download or read book Atonement written by Crystal North and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly four years after running from the scene of not one, but two crimes, Charlotte McLintock is barely managing to survive and keep a roof over her head. With her daughter to look after, a degree to finish, and several jobs to juggle, life is hard. But they're not the only battles she's facing: guilt, secrets, and a broken heart still haunt her every waking moment, and stalk her dreams. When shadows from her past resurface and threaten to unravel everything she's worked so hard for, Charlotte must decide if it's time to come clean or run once more. Will she be able to earn the atonement she so desperately craves, or will those hunting her demand their own special kind of vengeance?***WARNING***Atonement is a contemporary New Adult reverse harem second-chance romance, with some dark themes. It is told from multiple points of view and is a medium burn with a cliffhanger. It contains hot guys, bad language and sexual scenes. I would love for you to read this book, but please be aware that it comes with triggers, a warning of 18+, and you really need to have read Vengeance first.
Download or read book The Oedipus Casebook written by Mark R. Anspach and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did. At the play’s end, he stands convicted of murdering his father, marrying his mother, and triggering a deadly plague. With selections from a stellar assortment of critics including Walter Burkert, Terry Eagleton, Michel Foucault, René Girard, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, this book reopens the Oedipus case and lets readers judge for themselves. The Greek word for tragedy means “goat song.” Is Oedipus the goat? Helene Peet Foley calls him “the kind of leader a democracy would both love and desire to ostracize.” The Oedipus Casebook readings weigh the evidence against Oedipus, place the play in the context of Greek scapegoat rites, and explore the origins of tragedy in the festival of Dionysus. This unique critical edition includes a new translation of the play by distinguished classics scholar Wm. Blake Tyrrell and the authoritative Greek text established by H. Lloyd-Jones and N. G. Wilson.
Download or read book Vengeance Road written by Christine Feehan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine Feehan takes romance full throttle in the second gripping novel in her #1 New York Times bestselling Torpedo Ink series. Breezy Simmons was born into a ruthless motorcycle club—and now that she’s out, she’s never going to be that girl again. But when her past catches up with her, Breezy must go to Sea Haven to seek out the man who almost destroyed her. The man who chose his club over her and left her feeling used and alone. As vice president of Torpedo Ink, Steele is ride or die for the brothers he lived through hell with. He never thought he’d find something as pure as his feelings for Breezy, or that keeping her safe would mean driving her away with cruel words that turned her love for him to ash. Now, Steele won’t let her walk away twice. He’ll do whatever it takes to make Breezy his woman again—especially when he learns the real reason she came to him for help, and that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined…
Download or read book Trick Or Revenge A Dark Standalone Reverse Harem written by Cassie Hargrove and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm not the sweet, quiet girl they remember. That's what happens when tragedy strikes where you least expect it. I thought I would be okay. That I could handle anything. I was wrong. Revenge is the name the game now. If you're not with me, you're against me. Get ready to enter Hell. *** She's different. Angry and dark. Something happened and we won't stop until we figure it out. She's our girl, even if she doesn't know it. And NO ONE hurts her. When we find out what happened, the person(s) responsible better run. We aren't nearly as golden as everyone thinks we are. *This is a reverse harem romance with bully elements. If you don't like dark themes and the main character ending up with more than one character, this may not be the book for you. Please take this warning seriously because there WILL be triggers inside these pages.*
Download or read book Kings of Disaster written by Simon Simonse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the rainmakers of the Nilotic Sudan means a breakthrough in anthropological thinking on African political systems. Taking his inspiration from Rene Girard's theory of consensual scapegoating the author shows that the long standing distinction of states and stateless societies as two fundamentally different political types does not hold. Centralized and segmentary systems only differ in the relative emphasis put on the victimary role of the king as compared with that of enemy victims. Kings of Disaster so proposes an uninvolved solution to the vexed problem of regicide. Recent cases occurring during the great drought of the mid-1980's are discribed and analyzed. Making simultaneous use of first-hand field data and archival sources, the book offers the first presentation of five Nilotic communities on the East Bank of the Nile. This study offers a new perspective on the role of violence in the structuring of society.
Download or read book RETURN TO SENDER written by J.E Charles and published by Upper Room Fire Prayer Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to sender can also be described as a divine law, which God has established, to address all the forms of diabolical arts of witchcraft manipulations against innocent souls. (Joel 3:4,7; Ps 7:16, Ps.79:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:6) If someone mailed a suspicious package to you, what would you do? Return to Sender! If you do not return those packages, then you are accepting the consequences. The author has outline biblical truths in this book on spiritual warfare to help us pray effectively against the works of darkness. Vengeance is mine, I will Repay." Says the Lord, It's only the will of God to determine the choice of action on the senders, as we stand in prayer by putting on the full armor of Christ. Our experience shows that He DOES take action.(br) In this book, you will learn how to: . reverse and return witchcraft curses back to the sender . apply the biblical principles and the law of boomerang . obtain victory over terrible dreams, black magic, voodoo, and ritualistic curses . overcome the strongholds of mental and physical fatigue, confusion, emptiness, accidents, disorientation, affliction, the demonic cage of poverty, material adversity, DNA bondage, soul ties, jealousy, the loss of self-control, reputation, and break free from all limitations binding your thoughts. . reclaim your freedom and receive breakthroughs in many areas of your life, such as healing, finances, career, unhealthy dependencies, and family relationships. Get ready to wage the good warfare.
Download or read book Brutal Lies written by R. A. Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was not part of my plan. Enrolling at Pacific Prep was supposed to gain me freedom and a feeling of control over my life. Buried truths are being revealed, and my goals are becoming less clear by the day. My entire life, I've wanted a family; wanted to know if I had one out there. I've craved answers and now that I'm getting them, I don't know if I'm ready. I have a brother, a family. Sadly, the knowledge of that isn't comforting, because I can't trust them. The same distrust extends to the guys that are invading every aspect of my life. Suddenly, they're everywhere, demanding the truth from my lips and tugging at a heart that's been cold for far too long. Will the truth set me free, or rip me apart? ***This book is a reverse harem, meaning the FMC will have three or more love interests. The book also has trigger warnings for bullying, violent and/or graphic scenes, dubcon, vulgar language and graphic scenes and references to self harm and past trauma.
Download or read book Second Comes War written by Lilith Vincent and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First I bled. Then I fought. Now, it's war. Fate turned on me, chewed me up and spat me out. I've been dragged down into the depths of hell until my lungs are burning and the light of day has turned blood red. But I'm still breathing. Fate turned on them, as well. The devil princes who rule this city, and who dare try and rule me. I might not have their muscle or brutality, but I possess the ultimate power. Their hearts. Why settle for pieces of shattered souls when I can have everything? I'm the Princess of Coldlake, and when war is declared and the battle lines are drawn, this city is going to burn. This city will be ours. Author's note: Second Comes War is the second book in the Promised in Blood series and ends on a cliffhanger. These books contain dark themes, violence, and a Why Choose romance with ruthlessly possessive men. The story is dark, dirty, and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
Download or read book Vengeance Can Wait written by Yukiko Motoya and published by Samuel French, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A kinky comedy about love, submission, and sweet revenge ... Vengeance Can Wait navigates Japanese sub-culture as it charts a different kind of love story. A couple has the ideal domestic relationship: he spends his days planning the perfect revenge, while she awaits her perfect punishment. Dark, twisted and touching, the couple comes to understand the 'kinks' in their relationship--and embrace them"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Revenge of the Translator written by Brice Matthieussent and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of a novelist and translator collide in this visionary and hilarious debut from acclaimed French writer Brice Matthieussent. Revenge of the Translator follows Trad, who is translating a mysterious author’s book, Translator’s Revenge, from English to French. The book opens as a series of footnotes from Trad, as he justifies changes he makes. As the novel progresses, Trad begins to take over the writing, methodically breaking down the work of the original writer and changing the course of the text. The lines between reality and fiction start to blur as Trad’s world overlaps with the characters in Translator’s Revenge, who seem to grow more and more independent of Trad’s increasingly deranged struggle to control the plot. Revenge of the Translator is a brilliant, rule-defying exploration of literature, the act of writing and translating, and the often complicated relationship between authors and their translators.
Download or read book Change Forces With A Vengeance written by Michael Fullan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change Forces With a Vengeance is the third in the chaos theory trilogy (now called complexity theory). The first two books focused on understanding the real complexity of educational reform in action. This book pushes even deeper by providing new insights and lessons of change concerning moral purpose, and what is called tri-level reform - the school and community, the local district and the state. It draws on reform initiatives across many levels and countries so that the ideas are grounded in the reality of actual projects and findings. Change Forces With a Vengeance is different from the previous two books in one major respect. Instead of being content with understanding complex system dynamics, it takes up the more daunting question of how systems can be changed for the better. How can we achieve large-scale reform and do it in a way that the conditions for sustainability are enhanced? What policy levers are needed, and what is the smallest number of sets of policies that will maximise impact? What is the role of new leadership in accomplishing sustainable, comprehensive reform? These questions and more are addressed in ways that are both deeply theoretical, and powerfully practical.
Download or read book Third Comes Vengeance written by Lilith Vincent and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From purest pain comes sweetest vengeance. The city of Coldlake, where everything appears bright and sunny but beneath the surface is blood and darkness. A city where killers hide in plain sight and the ones you trust can turn on you in a heartbeat. My heart has endured pain, but in the arms of the Coldlake Syndicate, I've known only sweetness. Their kisses are my joy and their love is my salvation. When their pasts collide with our present, nothing will ever be the same. My four men have suffered at the hands of an unknown killer, and I'll do whatever it takes to heal their broken hearts. I see him, and he will tremble at my coming. Vengeance will be mine. Author's note: Third Comes Vengeance is the final book in the Promised in Blood series. These books contain dark themes, violence, and a Why Choose romance with ruthlessly possessive men. The story is dark, dirty, and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
