title: The Hand That Rocks the World: An Inquiry into Truth, Power and Gender
author: David Shackleton
description: David Shackleton is a thinker and writer on gender and psychological growth. He was editor and publisher of Canada's gender equalist magazine "Everyman; A Men's Journal" for ten years and organized annual conferences across Canada. His original models of gender codependence and psychological growth have formed the foundation of numerous self-discovery workshops and events.
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  Post Obsessions
  
  By Julia Talbot
  
  Copyright © 2005 Julia Talbot
  
  ISBN: 978-1-933389-08-7
  
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  ## Chapter One
  
  The letter came not by the post but by paid delivery. Urchin delivery, if his
  man was to be believed, and why should he not be? There were finger imprints
  upon the vellum, distinct, grubby marks, utterly out of place upon the fine
  fabric, folded tightly and sealed with a single, unstamped round of wax.
  
  It was addressed in a neat hand, yet the writing was strong and spraw