Author: Peter C. Mancall Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0786747870 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition. In the winter of 1610, after navigating dangerous fields of icebergs near the northern tip of Labrador, Hudson's small ship became trapped in winter ice. Provisions grew scarce and tensions mounted amongst the crew. Within months, the men mutinied, forcing Hudson, his teenage son, and seven other men into a skiff, which they left floating in the Hudson Bay. A story of exploration, desperation, and icebound tragedy, Fatal Journey vividly chronicles the undoing of the great explorer, not by an angry ocean, but at the hands of his own men.
Author: International Organization for Migration Publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM) ISBN: 9789290687214 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 104
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The second volume in IOM's series on migrant deaths, Fatal Journeys has two main objectives. First, it provides an update of global trends in migrant fatalities since 2014. Data on the number and profile of dead and missing migrants are presented for different regions of the world, drawing upon the data collected through IOM's Missing Migrants Project. Second, the report examines the challenges facing families and authorities seeking to identify and trace missing migrants. The study compares practices in different parts of the world, and identifies a number of innovative measures that could potentially be replicated elsewhere.
Author: Eroline O'Keeffe Publisher: O'Brien Press ISBN: 9780862789138 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 219
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A mother's story of her extraordinary efforts to get justice for her murdered son. On 8 August 1987, the body of nineteen-year old Trevor O'Keeffe was discovered in France. The young hitchhiker had unwittingly strayed into the hunting ground of a serial killer. Since 1980, seven young men had disappeared in the 'Triangle of Death' around Mourmelon military camp. A year after Trevor's murder, chief adjutant Pierre Chanal was stopped by police, who found a Hungarian hitchhiker bound and gagged in the back of his van. In 1990 Chanal was convicted of abduction and rape. He was released from prison in 1995. What about her son, Eroline O'Keeffe wanted to know, and those other sons who had disappeared? Although everything pointed to Chanal as the perpetrator, the French justice system and the military seemed uninterested in pursuing the cases. She set about a relentless, sixteen-year-pursuit of Chanal. She harried the authorities and overcame deliberate obstruction, language barriers and judicial bungling, until, finally, in October 2003, she sat in the courtroom in Marnes for the start of the trial of Chanal for the murder of Trevor. Would she get justice so long denied her?
Author: Brian Schrauger Publisher: Monarch Books ISBN: 9781854248862 Category : Cancer in children Languages : en Pages : 0
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An intensely moving account of the courageous life and death of eleven year old Taylor Schrauger, and his father's search for meaning.
Author: Jack Gieck Publisher: Pinnacle Books ISBN: 9780786015788 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 372
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The chilling true story of an Oregon trucker who brutally raped and murdered his 20-year-old secretary and the forensic investigation which led to his arrest. This case was featured on The Discovery Channel's "The New Detectives." of photos. Original.
Author: David Mariant Publisher: Mariant Enterprises ISBN: 9780977685905 Category : Bipolar disorder Languages : en Pages : 0
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Despite medical advances, bipolar disorder continues to plague the world with one of the most challenging and disabling conditions, often with significant misconceptions. Detection, treatment and recovery are possible but the journey is tough and many feel they face it alone. Affecting millions of people worldwide, bipolar disorder causes a person to experience the wildest of euphoria's and the deepest of depressions, sometimes even simultaneously. This tragically leads to a 20% suicide rate, a statistic that David and Diane Mariant are desperately working at lowering. This book offers its readers a powerful account and leaves them with a vivid appreciation of the world of a person suffering with bipolar disorder. This compelling and intriguing combination of personal narrative and cutting-edge research is a unique approach that offers the reader new understandings while de-stigmatizing the disorder and breaking down psychological barriers. It will be of significant value to bipolar sufferers and their loved ones.
Author: Rosemary Daniell Publisher: Hill Street Classics ISBN: 9781892514264 Category : Southern States Languages : en Pages : 0
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The disturbing chronicle of Daniell's transition from a passive young girl to a modern woman explores the myths of white male supremacy and the pampered Southern belle.
Author: Hussein Fatal Publisher: ISBN: 9781688255029 Category : Languages : en Pages : 185
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Hussein Fatal, AKA Bruce Washington, tells the story of his THUG life as one of Tupac Shakur's OUTLAWZ on Death Row Records. Fatal takes you on his journey from his childhood in Montclair, New Jersey to his exploits in Hollywood, CA as a famous Hip-Hop Rap artist. He lays out the whole East Coast vs West Coast drama at the MTV Awards, BET Awards and how it touched so many lives with the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. He also shares the heartbreaking story of the death of his friend, Yafeu Akiyele Fula, AKA Yaki Kadafi and how it changed his life. The THUG LIFE (The Hate You Give) moniker is the life he actually lived. This is a front row seat to the drama and chaos of fortune and fame in the rap music game. So many people have a fixation with the world of rappers and hip-hop entertainers but do not have a clue to what really goes on in the industry. Fatal wanted to share the story of an inner city kid and the limited choices he had to survive in a harsh world even after making it big.
Author: Tara Brian Publisher: UN ISBN: 9789290686989 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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In October 2013, over 400 people lost their lives in two shipwrecks close to the Italian island of Lampedusa. While these two events were highly publicized, sadly they are not isolated incidents; the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that in 2013 and 2014 nearly 6,500 migrants lost their lives in border regions around the world. Because many deaths occur in remote areas and are never reported, counts of deaths fail to capture the full number of lives lost. Despite recognition that actions must be taken to stop more unnecessary deaths, as yet there remains very little information on the scale of the problem. The vast majority of governments do not publish numbers of deaths, and counting lives lost is largely left to civil society and the media. Drawing upon data from a wide range of sources from different regions of the world, Fatal Journeys: Tracking Lives Lost during Migration investigates how border-related deaths are documented, who is documenting them, and what can be done to improve the evidence base to encourage informed accountability, policy and practice. Regionally focused chapters present most recent statistics and address a number of key questions regarding how migrant border-related deaths are enumerated
Author: Peter C. Mancall
Author: International Organization for Migration
Author: Eroline O'Keeffe
Author: Brian Schrauger
Author: Jack Gieck
Author: David Mariant
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Author: Tara Brian