Author: E. RadfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Crime Pays No Dividend
Author: E. RadfordThe White Sheep of the Family
Author: Lawrence du Garde PeachPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573617850
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This impious comedy is about a family of well-to-do crooks who are shocked when the son, an excellent forger, quits the fold to go straight. The reason is not long hidden: he has met a girl. He takes a job in a bank (his forged references are excellent). The family makes every eff ort to get him back into his ancestral profession, to no avail, until it is discovered that his fiancée, the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector, is a first-class safe-breaker. The white sheep is happy to reenter th
The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century
Author: Beatrix HessePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113746304X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.
Crime Pays No Dividends
Author: Edwin RadfordWhen Crime Pays
Author: Milan VaishnavPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300216203
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics In India, the world's largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and fair democratic processes exist alongside rampant criminality? Why do political parties recruit candidates with reputations for wrongdoing? Why are one-third of state and national legislators elected--and often re-elected--in spite of criminal charges pending against them? In this eye-opening study, political scientist Milan Vaishnav mines a rich array of sources, including fieldwork on political campaigns and interviews with candidates, party workers, and voters, large surveys, and an original database on politicians' backgrounds to offer the first comprehensive study of an issue that has implications for the study of democracy both within and beyond India's borders.
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions - A History of Superstition
Author: M. A. RadfordPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447496108
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The first complete encyclopaedia to feature the history and source of superstitions around the world. First published in 1947, this encyclopaedia presents over 2,300 superstitions and lists them either individually or collectively under clear headings. Discover the many superstitions that have existed throughout history in this fascinating volume.
The Bulletin
Author: Who Done It?
Author: Ordean A. HagenPublisher: New York : Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Third Interim Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Crime Fiction, 1749-1980
Author: Allen J. HubinPublisher: New York : Garland Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description