Just Another Innocent Life

Author : Kang Zhengguo
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393069761

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Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China by Kang Zhengguo Pdf

“A mesmerizing read.... A literary work of high distinction.” —William Grimes, New York Times This “gripping and poignant memoir” (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of “Liberation” in 1949 through the post-Mao era. The son of a professional family, Kang Zhengguo is a free spirit, drawn to literature. In Mao’s China, these innocuous circumstances expose him at age twenty to a fierce struggle session, expulsion from university, and a four-year term of hard labor. So begins his long stay in the prison-camp system. He finally escapes the Chinese gulag by forfeiting his identity: at age twenty-eight he is adopted by an aging bachelor in a peasant village, which enables him to start a new life.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PSU:000021866838

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Innocence and the Death Penalty by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : Algernon
Publisher : Undefined Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0997071206

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Just Another Innocent Life by Algernon Pdf

The death of a police detective's young daughter rocks a town and creates a scandal, which exposes many dark secrets as the lover of the cop's wife is charged in the unthinkable crime. - BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS

Author : James P. Sterba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-05-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521627397

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Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba Pdf

James Sterba develops a new conception of justice deriving from libertarianism and then applies it to a wide range of issues: duties to the poor, obligations to future generations, feminist concepts of justice, racism and sexism, sexual morality, environmental ethics, and just war theory. This is a highly original and potentially controversial book that would be ideal for courses in applied ethics, political philosophy, environmental studies, women's studies, and peace studies.

Author : D. Kelly
Publisher : Dee Kelly
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781684199204

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Just an Illusion - Side A by D. Kelly Pdf

One night changed her life… Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities. However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. Double trouble… Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD. They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin. When they hear the author of The O Factor is in their green room, they’re intrigued. She’s just the person they need to write their farewell story. The brothers offer Amelia the opportunity of a lifetime, which she reluctantly accepts. Three hearts… Noah is sweet and considerate, working hard to make Amelia feel at home on the road. Unfortunately, the closer they get, the more obnoxious Sawyer becomes. Sawyer is arrogant and distant and he wants Amelia, even though she’s not his for the taking. Only during stolen moments does Sawyer show her who he really is. Can Amelia maintain a safe distance from Sawyer and keep her heart intact? Or will she shatter Noah’s heart by giving hers to his brother instead? Just an Illusion – Side A is the first book in The Illusion Series

Author : Thom Brooks
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004228504

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Just War Theory by Thom Brooks Pdf

Just War Theory raises some of the most pressing and important philosophical issues of our day. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area written by leading scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand just war theory.

Author : Kim Alexis
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781418561703

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Model for a Better Future by Kim Alexis Pdf

Before achieving international fame as the world's most photographed supermodel, Kim Alexis was a small-town girl with small-town aspirations. Her Cinderella-like discovery by a New York talent scout whisked her into the glittering but high-pressure world of professional modeling at age eighteen. Kim scarcely had time to catch her breath in the fast-lane life of supermodel, surrounded by superstars, the super-rich, and the super-powerful. The things she witnessed sent her small-town sensibilities reeling: a supermodel friend ho destroyed her life with heroin hairdressers and makeup artists dying of a strange new plague called AIDS casual drug use and immorality at New York's infamous Studio 54 In this deeply personal and powerful book, famed supermodel, actress, athlete, spokesperson, wife, and mother Kim Alexis tells how she escaped the snares and temptations that destroyed many of her peers. With frankness and conviction, warmth and humor, she brings you in close for a one on one conversation on how to build a stable home, how to be an effective parent, and how to combat the moral population that threatens families, communities, and the nation. If you've ever wondered what one person can do to change the world, then this book is for you. "God works through little people like you and me," writes Kim Alexis-and in A Model for a Better Future she shows how you can make a difference for a better tomorrow.

Author : Chirasree Bose
Publisher : Author's Ink Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788195342457

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There's Blood On Your Heart by Chirasree Bose Pdf

The emotional yet spine-chilling tale of an abandoned daughter and her quest for truth. “I want to have nothing to do with my mother. Memories of her are so very obscure that I cannot even tell if she existed after all...but then...20 years have passed and she still comes to me every night in my nightmare as though only to tell me there’s blood on my heart.” 8-year-old Nihar lost both her parents to a crime that after all these years remains elusive to her still. She remembers nothing about her dead mother and sentenced father. Upon receiving an email that leaves her gasping with disbelief at a strange revelation about the crime, Nihar comes back to India. To unravel the past that threatens the very foundation of her existence. With series of deaths taking place around her, one after another, and a hundred different versions of the crime floating about in every nook and cranny of her past, would Nihar finally get to the truth? Would she know why her mother had to die, who killed her, and why all these years, like a red phantomic silhouette, she kept following her everywhere? Why - what was it that she wished her only daughter to know?

Author : James P. Sterba
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134602452

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Social and Political Philosophy by James P. Sterba Pdf

Social and Political Philosophy introduces some of the most important topics in contemporary political philosophy and questions whether these can be accommodated within the framework of liberal theory. It consists of specially written essays by prominent figures in social and political philosophy. Each essay carefully considers both the theoretical and practical problems of a major topic. Traditional perspectives are balanced with new challenges. Topics include: * Moral Methodology * Libertarianism * Socialism * Lesbian and Gay Perspectives * Feminism * Racial and Multicultural Perspectives * Rationality * Welfare Liberalism * Environmentalism * Virtue Ethics and Community * Just War Theory and Pacifism * Civil Disobedience.

Author : Teresa Carpenter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780373743261

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A Pregnancy, a Party & a Proposal by Teresa Carpenter Pdf

When Lauren Randall discovers her fling with Ray Donovan has left her pregnant, she tries to break the news to him, only to be mistaken for Ray's fiancée by his family.

Author : Robert Victor Williams
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644163672

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My Hometown by Robert Victor Williams Pdf

Born November 17, 1958, I grew up in Kansas City (north), in a middle-income family of six kids""four older brothers and one younger sister. The area was called Northtown, and most were proud to be living there. Mostly I spent my childhood days in "the woods"""a large wooded area next to our house on Main Street. I went to the woods for the most part to have a great time with my friends, but it was also an escape from my home life. By the time I came along, my parents were pretty much strapped for cash and would drink their time away usually with one argument after another concerning finances. My bedroom was usually right next to the living room, so I got to enjoy all the misgivings of their anger at life. I could always tell they were once fun-loving people; but I can never recall a fun time that did not end up in a disappointment. I often wondered why I was being subjected to all this""perhaps it was a preparation. This writing is a journey through faith, mental illness and, most substantially, mental ignorance that was triggered by social and occupational dysfunction of my environment. How could I combat prophesies and revelations of the past and minimize disturbing people's beliefs and livelihoods? It came to me to write a book that people are free to either accept or reject on their own terms, in their own time frame. The title My Hometown just came to me (I believe by God and the Holy Spirit) as I was writing my open house speech. I had no idea at the time what I was going to experience, but I did believe an incarnation had taken place, and I wanted to share the experiences with as many witnesses as possible in the most painless way.

Author : Keith Bodner,Benjamin J.M. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567700513

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Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges by Keith Bodner,Benjamin J.M. Johnson Pdf

In the Book of Judges, why, if we view Samson as a heroic Übermensch, do we read his story one way, yet if we read him as a buffoonish and violent oaf, we read the story another way? How does our assessment of the characters of a story, our empathy with them or suspicion of them, shape the way we read it? This book addresses these questions by analyzing the complex characterization in the Book of Judges, paying attention to an often neglected but important area of study in the Hebrew Bible. Its international group of contributors explore the implications of characterization on storytelling, situating their contributions within the context of literary studies of the Hebrew Bible, and offering multiple perspectives on the many and various characters one encounters in the Book of Judges. Chapters examine a range of topics, including the relationship between humor, characterization and theology in Judges; the intersection of characterization and ethics through the story of the story of Jephthah's daughter; why the 'trickster hero' Ehud disturbs interpreters; and the ways in which Abimelech's characterization affects the key narrative themes of succession and kingship in his story.

Author : K. M. Ryan
Publisher : K. M. Ryan
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dying To Exist by K. M. Ryan Pdf

"Dying To Exist" offers 104 uplifting stories of women and men who planned on aborting their babies when they found out they were pregnant but changed their minds and had them. These true, heartwarming and inspiring stories share how the abortions had been planned but were not carried through; all had considered abortions but changed their minds. Some women decided on abortions quickly due to an unplanned teenage pregnancy while others thought about it for a while or were pressured into it. Some told close friends and families about their pregnancies when they first discovered they were pregnant; others didn't tell anyone or told only one person - the father, a parent or friend. Some agonized over whether to go through with an abortion due to their beliefs while others considered abortion because they did not have the financial resources to raise a child. Still others weighed both physical and psychological effects of abortion as they struggled with thoughts of terminating their pregnancies. You'll read stories of mothers and fathers who live with the regret, shame and guilt of considering abortion. Some parents who chose not to abort say their babies are gifts from God or that having their babies was something that was meant to be. All look at their babies today and say how they have turned into the biggest blessings of their lives. They all knew their lives would change if they had an abortion - and if they did not have an abortion. You'll read touching stories from women who had support from their families and the fathers, and others who did not. While most of the mothers and fathers chose to raise their babies, some decided on giving up baby for adoption. These moving and poignant real-life stories are comforting and encouraging. They speak of women and men who do not regret having their babies and who feel they could never have lived with themselves if they had gone through with the abortions. All feel that having their babies has given them a new life's purpose and that their lives are forever changed by their children's births. We know you'll be filled with inspiration, comfort and hope as you read about mothers and fathers who now have a new outlook on pregnancy and abortion; who now believe that life and babies are beautiful gifts. "Dying To Exist" is good for crisis pregnancy centers, abortion alternative centers, counselors, psychologists, pastors, family and friends of women and men facing unexpected pregnancies, and anyone who finds themselves with an unplanned pregnancy and isn't sure what to do or where to turn.

Author : Robert F. Schopp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521622110

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Justification Defenses and Just Convictions by Robert F. Schopp Pdf

This major study advances an interpretation of criminal justification defences that views them as an integral component of the structure of the criminal law. A definition of criminal law is included in this book.

Author : James J. Walter,Thomas Anthony Shannon
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0809131919

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Quality of Life by James J. Walter,Thomas Anthony Shannon Pdf

For the first time this book brings together many of the important essays that have shaped the debate on the quality of life.