Deep within the imperial palace at Timbuktu, Amie has suffered a devastating loss. Once the daughter of a prosperous salt merchant Amie's life was cruelly overturned in a matter of months. At sixteen, Amie now finds herself disinherited, framed for a scandalous crime, and forced to serve Princess Mariama of Mali . Her father, Emperor Sulyeman, has created a series of impossible trials for his daughter's suitors. When they fail, he publicly boils them alive, littering Mariama's path to marriage with ninety-nine corpses.

At first, Amie's life at court is drudgery-the chores are difficult, the servants despise her, and Princess Mariama is prone to mood swings-but the more she learns about the princess's circumstances, the closer the two girls become. Amie and her intended, Kader, plan to escape Timbuktu and make a new life far away from the shadow of death that has fallen upon the emperor's court, but she finds herself increasingly drawn to the princess in ways she doesn't understand.

When a mysterious discovery forces her hand, she must choose between fleeing with the boy she loves or helping the princess to end the trials forever. Amie will need to draw on all of her strength and courage to make the perilous journey through the desert to seek the aid of an exiled god in a final, desperate attempt to take charge of her own destiny.

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WATCH OUT] THIS AINT GONNA BE PRETTY] Meet Moth: hes half his namesake and half social misfit. Moths been pretty ticked off. A year ago sciencey people locked him in a lab, stuck needles in him and shone lights in his eyes. He wasnt very happy about this, so now him and his mate Ozzy (a quite unpleasant chap of green skin, yellow eyes and lots of teeth) are out for good ol fashioned retribution. Meet Nina. Shes a barmaid and wants to work with animals. Ninas been roped into helping some friends with their amateur Moth-man documentary. Of course, she doesnt believe in such silly myths, but she needs something to take her mind off her ex-boyfriend. Unluckily for Nina, her world is about to be blown apart by the ugly-as-sin truth] Looks like Moth and Nina have got enough on their plates] and thats not including the gas-mask wearing cult, the ticking, blade-fingered robot or the old man with the crows flying around him] 'A MACABRE MYTH OF A MOTH-MAN' is the debut novel of author Brad Fear: a union of urban fantasy and noir, chronicling the tale of a seemingly clueless insect detective.

This book focuses upon theories of the Oedipus complex beginning with the theory that Freud gradually developed, starting with his recognition that it is "an integral constituent of the neuroses". It explores the main theories of the Oedipus complex in accessible languages.

A Psychoanalytic Study of the Wounded Healer uses qualitative research to examine the popular myth that therapists are 'wounded healers'. Rhona M. Fear presents the life stories of seven well-known psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, including Sigmund Freud, John Bowlby and Patrick Casement. Fear uses grounded theory to analyse her research and categorise her results, focusing closely on experiences including trauma in early life, attachment problems, mental disturbance and resistance to authority figures. The book identifies patterns and common themes in the life stories of these leading figures and explains what this research can tell us about the enduring myth of the wounded healer. Accessibly written, A Psychoanalytic Study of the Wounded Healer will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors, and others in the helping professions.

Late Antiquity witnessed a major transformation in the authority and power of the Episcopate within the Church, with the result that bishops came to embody the essence of Christianity and increasingly overshadow the leading Christian laity. The rise of Episcopal power came in a period in which drastic political changes produced long and significant conflicts both within and outside the Church. This book examines these problems in depth, looking at bishops' varied roles in both causing and resolving these disputes, including those internal to the church, those which began within the church but had major effects on wider society, and those of a secular nature.

AND YOU THOUGHT A MOTH-MAN WAS MACABRE... Two months have passed since Dante Eclipse unleashed his Revelation': a swarm of parasitic wasps with a nasty habit of devouring their human hosts from within. The city's about to ring in the New Year and, if Eclipse's grim ultimatum isn't met, it could be for the last time. Allied with agents of the Anomaly Interception and Deterrence Agency (AIDA), Moth (the legendary moth-man') is on the hunt for the elusive mastermind. His mission: bring Eclipse in alive and well enough for a grilling. But is that easier said than done when there's still the small matter of revenge to attend to...? Worse still, with Nina (the love of his life) and Jack Daw (the old coot with the crows) seeking refuge in a derelict church and his big, green buddy Ozzy risking life and limb to save one little girl, the countdown could be until more than just midnight. And that's failing to mention that the parasites have started to find other uses for their human vessels... 'A SIREN SONG FOR THE STRICKEN' is the second book in Brad Fear's Moth-Man Saga'; a twisted tale of heroes, villains and all the freaks in between.

Mithras explores the history and practices of Mithraism, examining literary and material evidence for Mithras and the reception of his mysteries today. It offers the latest research on the figure of Mithras and provides a comprehensive overview of Mithraism.

Uprooted meets The Lion King in this dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale, about a disgraced girl who must serve a princess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome and impossible trials to win her hand

The working of the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act was the subject of much debate in the 1970s. Discussion had been strong on opinion and short on facts; this book, originally published in 1977, supplied some much-needed evidence, based on the results of a research project funded by the Home Office Research Unit. It also discusses the origins of the Act and its consequences for children and their families. The authors describe the way in which two groups of children were dealt with by the police, social workers, probation officers and juvenile courts during the first three months of 1972. Their findings depict a system which decides what to do with ‘children in trouble’ mainly on the basis of their offence behaviour rather than on assessments of their personal needs – a ‘judicial’ rather than ‘welfare’ system of the kind envisaged in the legislation. As a result of these observations, the authors conclude that ‘the idea of the juvenile court has been tried and found wanting, and that it suffers from the congenital defects which fresh applications of money or manpower will fail to cure.’ They recommend the abolition of the juvenile court and the raising of the age of criminal responsibility, proposing a number of controversial alternatives based on principles of non-intervention.