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Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes
originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include
works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget,
Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan
Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed
mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A
brochure listing each title in the "International Library of
Psychology" series is available upon request.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The Shaping of Water is a character-driven story, following the
different but overlapping lives of those who are connected to a
ramshackle cottage by a man-made lake in Central Africa during the
Liberation wars across its region. The characters are connected in
ways they can't imagine by past secrets and future tragedies. Will
these connections remain hidden or be uncovered by the characters'
decisions and actions? From Patrick the Jesuit, to Andy the Selous
Scout; from Marielise, lover of revolutionaries Jo and Luke, to
Margaret the banker's wife; from Natombi and Milimo whose home is
drowned by the lake, to Manda, a young woman trying to make her
marriage work; the characters are shaped by the rising lake and
increasing violence in Africa. The dramatic plot is about damage
and survival, passion and uncertainty, adaptation and love, set
against a background of escalating war. It tells the story of a
world turned upside-down by cynical politicians and reinvented by
the courage of ordinary people. Enriched by a detailed knowledge of
the history, geography and environment of the region and the
variety of its fully realised characters, this book has wide
appeal. The novel is imbued with the light, colour and flavour of
the landscape, of the lake and of the cottage. The reader will
discover new worlds through this riveting novel and remember them
long afterwards. The author has spent most of her life in Africa
and lived through the events described in this book. Unique in its
context, breadth and depth of insight into a particular period of
time, in a little-explored place, this book is economic in style,
evocative and well written. The Shaping of Water is a good read
with characters and a plot that will affect your heart, challenge
your ideas, and remain in your memory. It will appeal to
intelligent and thoughtful lovers of good fiction, travellers and
explorers - both actual and armchair.
Heart of Darkness and Lust for Life collide as the Cold War in
Africa gets hot. Lara, the artist, loves both Oscar, a suave, older
entrepreneur, and owner of the Tin Heart Gold Mine and Tim, a
journalist seeking truth. This is a dramatic story, about vibrant,
intriguing characters passionate about art, love, the making of
money and the African bush, whose lives become entangled in war and
politics. How well do we ever know the people we love? The Tin
Heart Gold Mine opens in 1985 with Lara and Oscar, lovers in the
wilderness of Chambeshi, surrounded by beauty and hidden danger. It
immediately switches to London in 1988, where Lara's past love for
Oscar is threatening her marriage to Tim. He leaves for Africa on a
journalistic assignment, furious because Oscar has left Lara
valuable paintings. It is possible that Oscar, not Tim, may be the
father of Lara's son - but Tim wants to be his sole provider. A
traumatized Lara starts therapy. How has her passionate commitment
to art trapped her in this situation? Lara began her career as a
wildlife artist in Chambeshi where she met Tim and Oscar at her art
exhibition. Tim and Lara become friends, whilst Oscar commissions
art from her and promises employment at the Tin Heart Gold Mine.
Lara is fascinated and curious about Oscar. They become lovers.
Lara finds first-hand how colonialism and the Cold War are causing
civil war in Chambeshi. Tim's investigations into Oscar's work make
him distrust the man and his political ambitions, and he tries to
warn Lara. Neither knows how dark and deep Oscar's plan for his
survival is, where it will lead or the violence that Lara will have
to physically endure at Oscar's hands... The Tin Heart Gold Mine is
a fast-moving novel, providing an intense portrayal of an artist's
life in London and painting the landscape and politics of an
African country in colourful and truthful detail. It will appeal to
fans of contemporary fiction, as well as those who enjoyed Ruth's
first novel, The Shaping of Water.
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