Böcker av Robert Pope

"Robert Pope's latest collection offers a beautifully rendered selection of short stories in which reality and dreams overlap in a most captivating way. Pope is an accomplished author whose love of language is clear. He uses it with precision and poise to create fiction which may be funny, dark, often wild, and always original. Be ready to meet some quirky protagonists facing challenging moments in their lives. Compelling enough, one might say, but then you'll be taken to some surprising and quite unexpected places-every time. An impressive book I wholeheartedly recommend."Laura BlackEditor, Fictive DreamThese stories are mindscapes where the ancient past overlaps the present future, where ghosts co-exist with the living, where dream has encroached upon reality. The results are funny if you tilt your head one way or the other. Otherwise, they are somber reminders of ourselves.

Are people really as kind as we think?How dark, cruel, and contemptible is human nature?Why are so many things beyond our control? Controlled by others?Do you want to start speed reading people, detect deception, and defend yourself from toxic people?This book will solve the mystery for you.Dark Psychology is the technique of introducing a person into a state in which he cannot or does not want to resist our influences. Dark Psychology is becoming more and more used by those who want to control your actions, to get what they want. So, it is quite clear that the knowledge of mental manipulation techniques is necessary for daily survival.Fortunately, there are methods to detect manipulators and beat them at their game! This book will help you understand dark psychology, understand the dark side of human nature, and master the skills and methods to persuade and influence others. And to help you avoid being controlled by others.

A study of Welsh Nonconformist attempts to come to terms with the demands and challenges of an industrialized society.

This book discusses how Welsh Nonconformists responded to the challenges of the labour movement in early twentieth-century Wales.

Focuses on religious matters in their contemporary context. This book offers an analysis of areas such as religion and the cinema and the global increase in fundamentalist religions. It contains chapters such as What is theology? What is the contemporary role of theology? Semper Reformanda - The nature and purpose of the church today; and others.

In this fresh edition of his tried-and-tested guide, Rob Pope continues to help students get to grips with Chaucer - all the way through from the first tentative encounters with the language to sophisticated critical and historical engagement with Chaucer's narrative art in context.