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Nancy Drew and her friend Bess Marvin travel into a world of fashion. But behind all the clothes, there is someone determained to see the death of famed fashion designer Kim Daley. When Nancy accidentally drinks a poison that was meant for Kim, she realizes she has only seventy-two hours to live. Can Nancy find the poisoner—and the antidote—before it’s too late?
Edward Bennett, a playwright, and his wife Sorel Bennett, an actress, flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unexpectedly - a conservative politician, a fiery socialist, a nearsighted ingenue, a zany modern dancer - each with a long-held secret. When one of the guests is murdered, it's left to Bridgit, the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide, to solve the crime.
How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another? In DEATH BY DESIGN, research psychologist Craig Haney argues that capital punishment, and particularly the sequence of events that lead to death sentencing itself, is maintained through a complex and elaborate social psychological system that distances and disengages us from the true nature of the task. Relying heavily on his own research and that of other social scientists, Haney suggests that these social psychological forces enable persons to engage in behavior from which many of them otherwise would refrain. However, by facilitating death sentencing in these ways, this inter-related set of social psychological forces also undermines the reliability and authenticity of the process, and compromises the fairness of its outcomes. Because these social psychological forces are systemic in nature - built into the very system of death sentencing itself - Haney concludes by suggesting a number of inter-locking reforms, derived directly from empirical research on capital punishment, that are needed to increase the fairness and reliability of the process. The historic and ongoing public debate over the death penalty takes place not only in courtrooms, but also in classrooms, offices, and living rooms. This timely book offers stimulating insights into capital punishment for professionals and students working in psychology, law, criminology, sociology, and cultural area studies. As capital punishment receives continued attention in the media, it is also a necessary and provocative guide that empowers all readers to come to their own conclusions about the death penalty.
Gotham City is undergoing one of the most expansive construction booms in its history. The most prestigious architects from across the globe have buildings in various phases of completion all over town. As chairman of the Gotham Landmarks Commission, Bruce Wayne has been a key part of this boom, which signals a golden age of architectural ingenuity for the city. And then, the explosions begin. All manner of design-related malfunctions--faulty crane calculations, sturdy materials suddently collapsing, software glitches, walkways giving way and much more--cause casualties across the city. This bizarre string of seemingly random, unconnected catastrophes threaten to bring the whole construction industry down. Fingers are pointed as Batman must somehow solve the problem and find whoever is behind it all.--From Amazon.
A mystery of obsession and murder exploring the heights and depths within the world of architecture: Who would you kill to satisfy your creative ego? On a fog enshrouded morning, a world-famous architect plunges to his death off a San Francisco cliff. Architects are being murdered as they compete for developer Magnar Jones's prized commission: a new museum at the notorious Alcatraz Island. Magnar's devious plan? Turn his design competition into a spectator sport, where architects soon find themselves prisoners. Tormented architect Parker A. Rand confronts the police as the prime suspect, and Magnar's alluring girlfriend, Celadonna Kimm, has her sights on this "friendly neighborhood" architect. With Parker's tortured ambition spiraling into darkness, can this beloved local hero win the commission without losing his mind and his soul? A tale of death and intrigue examines arrogance, ambition, and redemption. Who will succeed--and at what cost?
Emergencies—landing a malfunctioning plane, resuscitating a heart attack victim, or avoiding a head-on car crash—all require split-second decisions that can mean life or death. Fortunately, designers of life-saving products have leveraged research and brain science to help users reduce panic and harness their best instincts. Life and Death Design brings these techniques to everyday designers who want to help their users think clearly and act safely.
At the outbreak of war in 1939 British tank crews were ill-equipped, under trained and badly led. This book is a much-needed warning to governments and military planners: a nation must always be prepared to defend itself and ensure that its soldiers are equipped with the tools to do so.
In early May 1997, Lee Urness, an agent of the Minnesota FBI Fugitive Task Force, checked the daily police bulletins. He saw a notice about a Minneapolis murder and a missing red Jeep Cherokee; he took the case. Urness figured that within two weeks he?d capture the auto-thieving murderer, but those two weeks exploded into a blur of 79 intense days.That missing Jeep triggered an international manhunt for Andrew Cunanan, the cold-blooded, five-time murderer. And as law enforcement everywhere pursued Cunanan, news reporters worked feverishly to dig up the latest developments.Cunanan?s killing spree spawned terror in cities across America, and especially in gay communities, where men wondered if they might be his next victim. But no one knew where he had gone, as he continued to elude the manhunt.Then one violent day in South Beach, Florida, it all ended when he shot and killed international fashion designer Gianni Versace.Death by Design tells the inside story of the chase to capture Andrew Cunanan, the gay prostitute turned brutal killer.Here you will find details never before revealed, and pictures never before seen. Feel the victims? terror as the sadistic slayer worked his evil plots. Touch the frenzied faces of reporters fighting to scoop each other, feeding a world hungry for every sordid detail. See inside the world of law enforcement, thwarted at every step, while desperately working to collar a killer on the loose.
Everyone dies. For thousands of years, uncountable millions of corpses have been given funerals, and the living have always been faced with the problems of valedictory ceremonials for the dead and what to do with the corpses. Most of them have been buried, burnt, preserved, put in the sea, or exposed to the air. Quicklime, acids, eating and shrinking are more rare, and on the whole the overtly scientific methods go with unnatural death, so that earth, air, fire, and water are the most common agents of disposal.--pg. 9.
Tragic Design by Jonathan Shariat,Cynthia Savard Saucier Pdf
Bad design is everywhere, and its cost is much higher than we think. In this thought-provoking book, authors Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier explain how poorly designed products can anger, sadden, exclude, and even kill people who use them. The designers responsible certainly didn’t intend harm, so what can you do to avoid making similar mistakes? Tragic Design examines real case studies that show how certain design choices adversely affected users, and includes in-depth interviews with authorities in the design industry. Pick up this book and learn how you can be an agent of change in the design community and at your company. You’ll explore: Designs that can kill, including the bad interface that doomed a young cancer patient Designs that anger, through impolite technology and dark patterns How design can inadvertently cause emotional pain Designs that exclude people through lack of accessibility, diversity, and justice How to advocate for ethical design when it isn’t easy to do so Tools and techniques that can help you avoid harmful design decisions Inspiring professionals who use design to improve our world
Through a selection of primary and secondary sources, Death by Design examines the uses of technology during the Holocaust and the specific ways in which scientists, architects, medical professionals, businessmen, and engineers participated in the planning and operation of the concentration and extermination camps that were the foundation of the 'final solution'. The book discusses the overriding intellectual, ethical, and philosophical implications of the Nazi's use of science and technology in their killing operations.
The show must go on . . . When mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance is invited to stage a Mystery Night for the annual antebellum house tour of the Historical Preservation Society of Chastain, South Carolina, she instead finds herself the leading lady in a flesh-and-blood drama. The play's the thing wherein the curtain falls on mean-spirited grande dame Corinne Webster. While jeweled fingers point, accusing Annie of murder, the perpetrator lurks within the genteel cast of Murder-Most-Make-Believe . . . and the murder weapon is one of the props. In the tight-laced society of Chastain, Annie is guilty until proven innocent. With her fiance, Max Darling, Annie pieces together evidence to clear her name—until her chief witness is murdered. Now it will take all her sleuthing skills to discover the evil in the heart of Chastain's Beautiful People.
DIY Diva Laurel McMillan rejoices when her student Jennifer's peacock pillow wins a design contest; that is, until Jennifer's husband Matt is smothered with the very same pillow. When the police confiscate her prize-winning pillow, Jennifer freaks out, and Laurel fears that Jennifer may be more upset about losing the pillow than about Matt's death. But the police arrest disgraced nurse Edna Elkins, not Jennifer. Begging Laurel to find the real killer, Edna insists she's innocent, but Laurel's not so sure, and when Laurel encounters Jennifer while walking her lovable Labrador retriever, Bear, she's left with more questions than answers. Should the crafty DIY Diva play DIY Detective or does Edna really belong in jail? Includes recipes and pillow project instructions. This is the second book in the DIY Diva Mystery series.