Author: Peter Robb
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466861290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and archeology--has seduced travelers for centuries. But at the heart of the island's rare beauty is a network of violence and corruption that reaches into every corner of Sicilian life: Cosa Nostra, the Mafia. Peter Robb lived in southern Italy for over fourteen years and recounts its sensuous pleasures, its literature, politics, art, and crimes.
Midnight In Sicily
Author: Peter Robb
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466861290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and archeology--has seduced travelers for centuries. But at the heart of the island's rare beauty is a network of violence and corruption that reaches into every corner of Sicilian life: Cosa Nostra, the Mafia. Peter Robb lived in southern Italy for over fourteen years and recounts its sensuous pleasures, its literature, politics, art, and crimes.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466861290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and archeology--has seduced travelers for centuries. But at the heart of the island's rare beauty is a network of violence and corruption that reaches into every corner of Sicilian life: Cosa Nostra, the Mafia. Peter Robb lived in southern Italy for over fourteen years and recounts its sensuous pleasures, its literature, politics, art, and crimes.
La Cosa Nostra, This Thing of Ours
Author: Amie Nichols
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781500123000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This is a standalone book meant for mature readers. Harper Troy, like most students, was working her way through college barely making it by. She hears about an opening at a well known gentlemen's club, The Guardian, ran by a very well known Chicago Family, the Tarseta's. Even though the uniform is very revealing and the other waitresses are catty bitches, the money is worth it. Until she meets the youngest Tarseta, Liam. He's Chicago's most eligible bachelor and drop dead gorgeous. She feels an instant attraction. Being a known playboy, Harper fights the attraction and his advances. Liam has his eyes on Harper the moment he sees her. Being different and not falling for his charms, he is determined to break her down. But Harper refuses to be another notch on his bed post.Just when Liam is breaking down Harper's barriers, he learns some shocking news that changes everything. Can he make her see they are meant to be together, or will he lose her forever?
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781500123000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This is a standalone book meant for mature readers. Harper Troy, like most students, was working her way through college barely making it by. She hears about an opening at a well known gentlemen's club, The Guardian, ran by a very well known Chicago Family, the Tarseta's. Even though the uniform is very revealing and the other waitresses are catty bitches, the money is worth it. Until she meets the youngest Tarseta, Liam. He's Chicago's most eligible bachelor and drop dead gorgeous. She feels an instant attraction. Being a known playboy, Harper fights the attraction and his advances. Liam has his eyes on Harper the moment he sees her. Being different and not falling for his charms, he is determined to break her down. But Harper refuses to be another notch on his bed post.Just when Liam is breaking down Harper's barriers, he learns some shocking news that changes everything. Can he make her see they are meant to be together, or will he lose her forever?
The Literary Garland
Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability
Author: Helen Elliott
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319748238
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This book offers a collection of original contributions to current research available on Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) by engaging with current literature and unpublished research in the field. The book explores the role of narrative identity in desistance from sexual crime and how CoSA maps onto this, as well as a history of CoSA across the world. The text then moves into an empirical section, reporting on some unpublished findings, including an evaluation of a new prison-based CoSA in the UK. Lastly, the experiences of service users and the influence of media perceptions are explored, offering a space for the ‘unheard voices’ as well as consideration of future directions for practitioners. The book is relevant not just to psychologists, criminologists, social workers and students, but to practitioners and the general public with an interest in learning about CoSA. The editors of this volume have all been involved in the setting up of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity formed in 2014 to reduce and prevent sexual offending.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319748238
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This book offers a collection of original contributions to current research available on Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) by engaging with current literature and unpublished research in the field. The book explores the role of narrative identity in desistance from sexual crime and how CoSA maps onto this, as well as a history of CoSA across the world. The text then moves into an empirical section, reporting on some unpublished findings, including an evaluation of a new prison-based CoSA in the UK. Lastly, the experiences of service users and the influence of media perceptions are explored, offering a space for the ‘unheard voices’ as well as consideration of future directions for practitioners. The book is relevant not just to psychologists, criminologists, social workers and students, but to practitioners and the general public with an interest in learning about CoSA. The editors of this volume have all been involved in the setting up of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity formed in 2014 to reduce and prevent sexual offending.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
The Literary Works of L. Da Vinci
Pedro de Torreros and the Voyage of Destiny
Author: Peter Marshall
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780805443967
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An opportunity to serve on board the Santa Maria on Columbus's voyage to locate the Indies begins a life of danger and self-discovery for fifteen-year-old Pedro, who has always dreamed of going to sea.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780805443967
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An opportunity to serve on board the Santa Maria on Columbus's voyage to locate the Indies begins a life of danger and self-discovery for fifteen-year-old Pedro, who has always dreamed of going to sea.
Means and ends: a concluding commentary on the Council on Social Action
Author: COUNCIL ON SOCIAL ACTION.
Publisher: Community Links
ISBN: 0955288991
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher: Community Links
ISBN: 0955288991
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
American Literature and Science
Author: Robert Scholnick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Literature and science are two disciplines are two disciplines often thought to be unrelated, if not actually antagonistic. But Robert J. Scholnick points out that these areas of learning, up through the beginning of the nineteenth century, "were understood as parts of a unitary endeavor." By mid-century they had diverged, but literature and science have continued to interact, conflict, and illuminate each other. In this innovative work, twelve leaders in this emerging interdisciplinary field explore the long engagement of American writers with science and uncover science's conflicting meanings as a central dimension of the nation's conception of itself. Reaching back to the Puritan poet-minister-physician Edward Taylor, who wrote at the beginning of the scientific revolution, and forward to Thomas Pynchon, novelist of the cybernetic age, this collection of original essays contains essential work on major writers, including Franklin, Jefferson, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Twain, Hart Crane, Dos Passos, and Charles Olson. Through its exploration of the ways that American writers have found in science and technology a vital imaginative stimulus, even while resisting their destructive applications, this book points towards a reconciliation and integration within culture. An innovative look at a neglected dimension of our literary tradition, American Literature and Science stands as both a definition of the field and an invitation to others to continue and extend new modes of inquiry.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Literature and science are two disciplines are two disciplines often thought to be unrelated, if not actually antagonistic. But Robert J. Scholnick points out that these areas of learning, up through the beginning of the nineteenth century, "were understood as parts of a unitary endeavor." By mid-century they had diverged, but literature and science have continued to interact, conflict, and illuminate each other. In this innovative work, twelve leaders in this emerging interdisciplinary field explore the long engagement of American writers with science and uncover science's conflicting meanings as a central dimension of the nation's conception of itself. Reaching back to the Puritan poet-minister-physician Edward Taylor, who wrote at the beginning of the scientific revolution, and forward to Thomas Pynchon, novelist of the cybernetic age, this collection of original essays contains essential work on major writers, including Franklin, Jefferson, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Twain, Hart Crane, Dos Passos, and Charles Olson. Through its exploration of the ways that American writers have found in science and technology a vital imaginative stimulus, even while resisting their destructive applications, this book points towards a reconciliation and integration within culture. An innovative look at a neglected dimension of our literary tradition, American Literature and Science stands as both a definition of the field and an invitation to others to continue and extend new modes of inquiry.
The Mafia Encyclopedia
Author: Carl Sifakis
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816069891
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
More than 500 alphabetical entries provide information on the people, places and events associated with the Mafia.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816069891
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
More than 500 alphabetical entries provide information on the people, places and events associated with the Mafia.