SHADOW PEOPLE : INSIDE HISTORY’S MOST NOTORIOUS SECRET SOCIETIES
Book ID/图书代码： 07500006B08210
English Summary/英文概要： Roving from the parched wadis of the Middle East, to an isolated farmhouse in rural Quebec, to the crowed boutiques of Beverly Hills, master storyteller and award-winning writer John Lawrence Reynolds explores the most notorious secret societies in history, probing their origins and activities, and revealing secrets maintained and distorted over hundred of years. Reynolds peels away the layers of speculation, paranoia and fear, and shines a brilliant light on individuals and organizations that have generated suspicion and terror over several centuries. He treats the reader to a behind-the-scenes look at rituals and initiations, artifacts and secret signs, influences and dangers. And in the telling, he uncovers a rogues gallery of assassins, con artists, thieves, racists, drug smugglers, adulterers, pranksters and crooks. But where does the truth lie? Does global power actually control the election of world leaders? Has an ancient mystical religion really been reduced to a length of red string selling for a dollar an inch? Are some secret societies little more than a group of boys playing at secret handshakes? From the Assassins to the Yakuza, from Freemasons to Bonesmen, shadow people and their secrets have flourished throughout history. Some fear them, some dismiss them, but everyone is fascinated by them. Secret societies fuel our imagination, and their shadows continue to fall across our daily lives.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一本不可不看的优秀读物，专为痴迷阴谋论及对喜好了解历史误区的读者打造！
探寻全世界最知名（臭名昭著）、却又让人少知甚少的秘密组织及其独一无二的人物，事件，影响……
从中东干涸、炙热的河床漂泊至魁北克孤立的农舍，经过贝弗利山人潮涌动的装饰品小店，短篇小说大师、获奖作者约翰•劳伦斯•雷诺兹（JOHN LAWRENCE REYNOLDS
）撩开思绪、偏执、恐惧的神秘面纱，探寻历史上最声名狼藉的秘密组织，调查其源头和活动，揭露数百年来依然留存并被扭曲的谜团。作者将几个世纪中某些令人怀疑、惧怕的个人与组织暴露在公众的目光之下，从幕后纵观千变万化的宗教仪式、万物创始、暗号假象、影响危险……罗列出一系列有关暗杀、惯骗、小偷、种族主义者、毒贩、奸夫、流氓以及无赖的生动片段。有人无视，有人害怕，更多的则是被深深吸引，这些秘密组织的阴影宛如过客般行进在日常生活中，说不定哪天会与你不期而遇！（ZY）
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About the Author/作者介绍： The author of sixteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, JOHN LAWRENCE REYNOLDS has probed murder mysteries (Mad Notions), investment fraud (Free Rider) and the inner workings of the financial industry (The Naked Investor). He has won a National Business Book Award and two Arthur Ellis awards for Best Mystery Novel. He served as President of Crime Writers of Canada and has been recognized by The Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters. Reynolds lives with his wife Judy in a small Canadian city whose location he prefers to keep secret.
约翰•劳伦斯•雷诺兹（JOHN LAWRENCE REYNOLDS）至今为止共创作了16部包括小说与非小说的畅销作品——描写有关神秘谋杀的《Mad Notions》，关于投资骗局的《Free Rider》，涉及金融工业内部经营的《The Naked Investor》。荣获“国家商业图书奖”，两次夺得阿瑟埃利斯——最佳神秘小说奖。雷诺兹与妻子现居加拿大某个小城市，具体位置由于其本人想保留神秘色彩尚不得知！
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