Hiding Man

In the 1960s Donald Barthelme came to prominence as the leader of the Postmodern movement. He was a fixture at the New Yorker, publishing more than 100 short stories, including such masterpieces as "Me and Miss Mandible," the tale of a thirty-five-year-old sent to elementary school by clerical error, and "A Shower of Gold," in which a sculptor agrees to appear on the existentialist game show Who Am I? He had a dynamic relationship with his father that influenced much of his fiction. He worked as an editor, a designer, a curator, a news reporter, and a teacher. He was at the forefront of literary Greenwich Village which saw him develop lasting friendships with Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe, Grace Paley, and Norman Mailer. Married four times, he had a volatile private life. He died of cancer in 1989. The recipient of many prestigious literary awards, he is best remembered for the classic novels Snow White, The Dead Father, and many short stories, all of which remain in print today. Hiding Man is the first biography of Donald Barthelme, and it is nothing short of a masterpiece.

We learn in childhood to hide from pain, and often continue hiding our hurt from God and others in adulthood. Here Townsend presents a scriptural approach to help us identify these unhealthy withdrawal patterns and find healing, freedom and security in connected, grace-filled relationships. Includes discussion guide.

"Hiding in Plain Sight tells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. Beginning with the flight of an estimated thirty thousand Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, then moving on to the question of justice following the recent Balkan wars and the Rwandan genocide, and ending with the establishment of the International Criminal Court and America's pursuit of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of 9/11, the book explores the range of diplomatic and military strategies--both successful and unsuccessful--that states and international courts have adopted to pursue and capture war crimes suspects. It is a story fraught with broken promises, backroom politics, ethical dilemmas, and daring escapades--all in the name of international justice and human rights. In this exhaustively researched and compelling written work of political and judicial history, the authors argue that while the legal and operational regimes needed to apprehend and deliver suspected war criminals to justice are largely in place, the political will on the part of states to make arrests happen in a consistent and apolitical manner remains elusive. And until this situation is rectified, murderers will get away with murder, and torturers will retire with pensions"--Provided by publisher.

Originally published in 1934. A fascinating and detailed history of the best of English secret hiding places and passages. The illustrated contents include: Tradition and Truths - Priest Hunting Days - Warwickshire - Staffordshire - Leicestershire - Northamptonshire - Worcestershire - Harvington Hall - Nottinghamshire - Derbyshire - Lincolnshire - Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - Oxfordshire - Gloucestershire - Yorkshire - The North - Lancashire - Cheshire - Shropshire - Herefordshire - Monmouthshire - Wales - Norfolk - Suffolk - Essex - Cambridge - Herts - Hunts - Beds - Dorset - Devon - Cornwall - Sussex - Surrey - Kent - Hints for Searchers. Many of the earliest history books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

“Here’s some pidgin, Mick,” and Garrick spoke rapidly. “Who been dat pella? Where him been prom? You been subby him? Him been talk punny way, ay? Him been kardiya bloke.” “What?” Mick shook his head quickly. “I said, ‘who is that man? Where is he from? Do you know him? Doesn’t he talk in a strange way? He’s a stranger in this place’.” It’s 2017. Mick Wilson’s wife has taken off from Adelaide with a long-haul truck-driver and Mick’s two little kids. In an attempt to find his family, Mick, a brick-layer and former top-level Australian Rules footballer, blindly heads for Alice Springs. In Central Australia, where many people go to hide from their past, Mick finds a different and challenging world. He stumbles into work on a remote cattle station, with an Aboriginal community close by. He also finds three very different women who shape his destiny. Racial tensions, tangled personal relationships, a mysterious mountain range and a struggling Aboriginal community and football team force Mick to become part of a strange new world and way of being. Across a cultural divide, new understandings emerge in the most unlikely ways. Through it all, Mick searches and aches for his kids, but because of the people he comes to know, he’s never alone.

God, why are you hiding? You created me in this beautiful world and gave me five senses to explore it with, but I can’t find you with any of the five senses you gave me. Trying to communicate with you is like using a sixth sense that I don’t know how to use. One day I just popped into this world and I can’t see how it began and I can’t see beyond death, but I still believe someone beyond comprehension had to create this amazing world and me. You must want me to find you; please show me how. I want your love more than I want anyone or anything else.

A former MI6 agent must return to his deadly talents when his quiet English village is overtaken by killers in this nonstop action thriller. When armed men infiltrate the tiny Peak District hamlet of Barkelow, Emil Torrance thinks they’ve cone to kill him because of his past. Escaping is easy enough for a man like him, but when he learns that all of Berkelow has been overtaken, he realises his son is in grave danger. Believing that calling the police will cost lives, he decides to deal with the problem alone. But Emil isn’t far from the target, and the threat he’s facing is far greater than he realises. Who are these killers? What do they want? And how far are they willing to go to get it? If Emil and his son are going to survive, he will have to become the man he has been trying to hide from . . .

Emily Rochester rebuilds her life after being on the run. Her husband is gone. Her daughter is safe. The nightmare is behind her... except someone is watching. Mateo Garza is everything she doesn't want. Wealthy. Famous. Gorgeous. He's also the only man she trusts. HIDING PLACES is a spin-off full-length novel with Emily and Mateo from the Rochester trilogy--as well as plenty of scenes featuring Beau and Jane as they build their life together.