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Author: Victoria Grossack Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781492791409 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 220
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The Guest of Honor Is Dead! Dr. Carl Warding, the prominent origins-of-life biologist, dined at the Martin house the night only hours before someone shot him. A difficult man, plenty of people seemed to want him out of the way. Was he killed by one of his academic foes, from the present or the past? By his widow? By one of his students? Or by one of the creationists following him around from one lecture to the next, proclaiming that his teaching comes from the devil?Join Zofia Martin and the rest of her family as they – driven by curiosity and a desire to stop the danger that menaces them - do all they can to solve the murder.
Author: Victoria Grossack Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781492791409 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 220
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The Guest of Honor Is Dead! Dr. Carl Warding, the prominent origins-of-life biologist, dined at the Martin house the night only hours before someone shot him. A difficult man, plenty of people seemed to want him out of the way. Was he killed by one of his academic foes, from the present or the past? By his widow? By one of his students? Or by one of the creationists following him around from one lecture to the next, proclaiming that his teaching comes from the devil?Join Zofia Martin and the rest of her family as they – driven by curiosity and a desire to stop the danger that menaces them - do all they can to solve the murder.
Author: Robert Perinba Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1490724230 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 197
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This work tells the story of two murders that occurred in a college that are finally solved by a professor of philosophy using his training in his subject. It is set in New York City and uses the ambiance to good effect.
Author: James Publisher: Open Court ISBN: 0812698649 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 483
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If you have ever been tempted to believe that President Kennedy was killed by a lone,demented gunman named Lee Harvey Oswald, then Assassination Science is the one book which will convince you, beyond any reasonable doubt, that there was indeed a conspiracy and a cover-up. Completely lacking the wild speculation that have marred some books on the shooting of JFK, Assassination Science sticks to the hard facts, interpreted by medical and scientific expertise.
Author: Patricia L. Bryan Publisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 1587296055 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 297
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On the night of December 1,1900, Iowa farmer John Hossack was attacked and killed while he slept at home beside his wife, Margaret. On April 11, 1901, after five days of testimony before an all-male jury, Margaret Hossack was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life in prison. One year later, she was released on bail to await a retrial; jurors at this second trial could not reach a decision, and she was freed. She died August 25, 1916, leaving the mystery of her husband's death unsolved. The Hossack tragedy is a compelling one and the issues surrounding their domestic problems are still relevant today, Margaret's composure and stoicism, developed during years of spousal abuse, were seen as evidence of unfeminine behavior, while John Hossack--known to be a cruel and dangerous man--was hailed as a respectable husband and father. Midnight Assassin also introduces us to Susan Glaspell, a journalist who reported on the Hossack murder for the Des Moines Daily, who used these events as the basis for her classic short story, " A Jury of Her Peers", and the famous play Trifles. Based on almost a decade of research, Midnight Assassin is a riveting story of loneliness, fear, and suffering in the rural Midwest.
Author: Luca Trenta Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 1399519514 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 401
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From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations and assassination attempts against foreign leaders and officials. The President's Kill List reveals how the US government has relied on a variety of methods, from the use of poison to the delivery of sniper rifles, and from employing hitmen to simply laying the groundwork for local actors to do the deed themselves. It shows not only how policymakers decided on assassination but also the level of Presidential control over these decisions. Tracing the history of the US government's approach to assassination, the book analyses the evolution of assassination policies and, for the first time, reveals how successive administrations - through private justifications and public legitimations - ensured assassination remained an available tool.
Author: Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316265969 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 272
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The author of the 400,000-copy bestseller On Killing reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide--and what we must do about it. Paducah, Kentucky, 1997: a 14-year-old boy shoots eight students in a prayer circle at his school. Littleton, Colorado, 1999: two high school seniors kill a teacher, twelve other students, and then themselves. Utoya, Norway, 2011: a political extremist shoots and kills sixty-nine participants in a youth summer camp. Newtown, Connecticut, 2012: a troubled 20-year-old man kills 20 children and six adults at the elementary school he once attended. What links these and other horrific acts of mass murder? A young person's obsession with video games that teach to kill. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, who in his perennial bestseller On Killing revealed that most of us are not "natural born killers" -- and who has spent decades training soldiers, police, and others who keep us secure to overcome the intrinsic human resistance to harming others and to use firearms responsibly when necessary -- turns a laser focus on the threat posed to our society by violent video games. Drawing on crime statistics, cutting-edge social research, and scientific studies of the teenage brain, Col. Grossman shows how video games that depict antisocial, misanthropic, casually savage behavior can warp the mind -- with potentially deadly results. His book will become the focus of a new national conversation about video games and the epidemic of mass murders that they have unleashed.
Author: Susan Williams Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190231408 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 372
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It has been 50 years since the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold mysteriously died in a plane crash in Africa. Williams uncovers new evidence to demonstrate conclusively that the horrific conflict in the Congo was driven not so much by internal divisions as by the Cold War and the West's determination to control post-colonial Africa.
Author: Jason Jay Smart Publisher: Kindle Books ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 175
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In the contemporary world that is ever more complex and interdependent, international relations take place within the permanent confrontation of states; we are witnessing the more frequent use of character assassination as a common tactic of international politics. After examining how character assassination has been used in the historic context, and continues to be used in daily life (especially in politics), this book delves into how international actors have used diverse tools to defame political leaders in different countries. Of the many current examples are the numerous attacks on US President Donald Trump, those against Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other political leaders in France, Great Britain, etc. As today's news shows that the increasingly popular and effective mechanism for defamation is via electronic media resources, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. through which hearty attacks on individuals are commonly conducted transnationally. It is worth noting that though the instruments of character assassination may differ as time passes, some tropes have existed for many generations. Today there is an entire industry built around finding humor in attacks, or the multitude of video materials that have the purpose of attacking and destroying the reputation of political leaders in the international arena. Importantly, this book thoroughly reviews common character assassination tactics and strategies which can be applied in a variety of contexts outside of international politics. By understanding the genesis of character attacks, and how the target of an attack should best react in defending themselves, the reader will be able to apply these lessons to a wide variety of settings outside of politics, expanding to the realms of business, academia, or in day-to-day life. This is the first in-depth research book ever written on character assassination with a focused study of cases in international politics.
Author: Clay McLeod Chapman Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1423154851 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 265
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Once the Tribe laid siege to Camp New Leaf, Spencer was left with no choice but to call in the reinforcements: their parents. But when he sees that his own mom and dad have left him high and dry, Spencer runs into the woods and never looks back. After months of hiding away, he is found and sentenced to spend time at the Kesey Reclamation Center, where kids are placed under strict surveillance. He knows he has to escape, but where can he go? If Spencer isn???t careful he might be punished and sent to the ???Black Hole,??? and it only takes one visit to change you???for better, or worse.
Author: Gayle K. Brunelle Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487588380 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 327
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During the night of 25 July 1941, assassins planted a time bomb in the bed of the former French Interior Minister, Marx Dormoy. The explosion on the following morning launched a two-year investigation that traced Dormoy’s murder to the highest echelons of the Vichy regime. Dormoy, who had led a 1937 investigation into the “Cagoule,” a violent right-wing terrorist organization, was the victim of a captivating revenge plot. Based on the meticulous examination of thousands of documents, Assassination in Vichy tells the story of Dormoy’s murder and the investigation that followed. At the heart of this book lies a true crime that was sensational in its day. A microhistory that tells a larger and more significant story about the development of far-right political movements, domestic terrorism, and the importance of courage, Assassination in Vichy explores the impact of France’s deep political divisions, wartime choices, and post-war memory.
Author: Victoria Grossack
Author: Victoria Grossack
Author: Robert Perinba
Author: James
Author: Patricia L. Bryan
Author: Luca Trenta
Author: Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman
Author: Susan Williams
Author: Jason Jay Smart
Author: Clay McLeod Chapman
Author: Gayle K. Brunelle