Old Bones And Shallow Graves

Author : T. J. English
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Gangsters
ISBN : 1840189959

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Old Bones and Shallow Graves by T. J. English Pdf

Here is the shocking, true saga of the Irish-American mob, from the mid-nineteenth century all the way to the present day. History shows that the heritage of the Irish-American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely portrayed Italian American Mafioso and has held strong through the modern age. In fact, the highest-ranking organised crime figure on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List - alongside Osama bin Laden - is an old-style Irish-American mob boss from South Boston. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organised crime expert T.J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish-American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike 'King Mike' McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader from Hell's Kitchen; and James 'Whitey' Bulger, the ruthless and untouchable Southie legend. This is an epic story of corrupt politics, wanton murders, gambling empires, notorious brothels, tough women and hard-drinking pugilists from the underbelly of America's most dangerous cities. never-before-published material, English presents a riveting, seamless cultural history of the Irish-American underworld. He offers a brilliant portrait of a people who fought tooth and nail for a better life from the moment they arrived in America, whether it meant taking charge within the realms of law enforcement and politics or capitalising on what opportunities they could in the darker world beyond the law. Paddy Whacked is an irresistible tour of the undercarriage of American history - a ride that stretches from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams, union strikes, gang wars and FBI investigations... and along the way deepens our understanding of the American experience.

Author : Russell Banks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 837 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307367532

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Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks Pdf

A triumph of the imagination, rich in incident and beautiful in its detail, Cloudsplitter brings to life one of history's legendary figures--John Brown, whose passion to abolish slavery lit the fires of the American Civil War in a conflagration that changed civilization.

Author : C.E. Lukather
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557837069

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The Writing Disorder Anthology by C.E. Lukather Pdf

Author : Robert L. Winzeler
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780824864590

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The Architecture of Life and Death in Borneo by Robert L. Winzeler Pdf

Among Borneo's spectacular indigenous buildings, the longhouses, mortuary monuments, and other architectural forms of the interior are some of the most outstanding, and much of the renewed interest in indigenous architecture has focused on the rapidly vanishing or now extinct traditional forms of a small number of surviving examples or recreations. Drawing on the author's extensive research and travel in Borneo, this impressive and original study offers a more comprehensive account of this architecture than any previous work. Organized into two sections, the book first documents and explains traditional built forms in terms of tools and materials, the environmental context, village organization, and social arrangements. This section includes a full discussion of architecture designs and symbolism, especially those dealing with life and death. The author next looks at the destruction or transformation of traditional architecture based on a number of interrelated developments, including religious conversion, Western influence, internal migration, and logging, as well as governmental attitudes and efforts. The book concludes with a discussion of recent efforts to document and preserve traditional structures and turn indigenous as well as colonial architecture into history and heritage.

Author : Lindsey Davis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446455258

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Nemesis by Lindsey Davis Pdf

One of the Roman novels from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series. In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus. The Claudii, nptorious freedmen who live rough in the pestilential Pontine Marshes, are the prime suspects. Falco, beset by personal problems, finds it a relief to consider someone else's misfortunes. When a mutilated corpse turns up near Rome, Falco and his vigiles friend Petronius investigate, only for the Chief Spy, Anacrites, to snatch their case away from them just as they are making progress.As his rivalry with Falco escalates, it emerges that the violent Claudii have acquired corrupt protection at the highest level. Making further enquiries after they have been warned off can only be dangerous - but will this stop Falco and Petronius? Egged on by the slippery bureaucrats who hate Anacrites, the dogged friends dig deeper while a psychotic killer keeps taking more victims, and the shocking truth creeps closer and closer to home...

Author : Kathy Reichs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501105616

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Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs Pdf

Struggling with a lackluster teaching position at an archeology field school in South Carolina, Tempe Brennan discovers a fresh skeleton among ancient bones and traces leads to a free street clinic where patients are going missing.

Author : Ron Chudley
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926741475

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Old Bones by Ron Chudley Pdf

Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity . . . In a remote British Columbia lake, an ancient auto wreck is discovered. Inside are the half-century-old remains of a traveler long lost and long forgotten. While there are few clues to the identity of the corpse, the discovery sets in motion a singular chain of events that dramatically affects a small and disparate group of people, each unknown to the other, but connected by history to the dead driver. Old agonies, unresolved quarrels, and desperate, dangerous secrets come to light, leading to a strange and surprising conclusion. Old Bones is the story of how a single circumstance can bring about huge changes in the lives of many people. “If we could only know,” observes one of the characters, “just how many lost souls are stashed beneath the earth, some likely as near as our neighbour’s yard, we would never sleep at night. Old Bones is the tale of what happens when some small-town stashing comes badly undone.

Author : Rachel Bozek
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534500990

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Political Correctness by Rachel Bozek Pdf

Political correctness, better known as “PC,” flourished in institutions of higher learning in the 1990s. With the rise of social media, a second wave of PC culture has emerged that is more aggressive than the first. It seems to many that nearly everyone is a target, at risk of being labeled a racist or misogynist based on one short tweet. The movement, though intended to be inclusive and pluralistic, has its detractors. Is political correctness protective or is it an attack on freedom? Do knee-jerk reactions cancel out the opportunity for thoughtful discourse? And what does this culture mean for our future?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091209043

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Old Bones by Anonim Pdf

Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity . . . In a remote British Columbia lake, an ancient auto wreck is discovered. Inside are the half-century-old remains of a traveler long lost and long forgotten. While there are few clues to the identity of the corpse, the discovery sets in motion a singular chain of events that dramatically affects a small and disparate group of people, each unknown to the other, but connected by history to the dead driver. Old agonies, unresolved quarrels, and desperate, dangerous secrets come to light, leading to a strange and surprising conclusion.Old Bones is the story of how a single circumstance can bring about huge changes in the lives of many people. “If we could only know,” observes one of the characters, “just how many lost souls are stashed beneath the earth, some likely as near as our neighbour’s yard, we would never sleep at night. Old Bones is the tale of what happens when some small-town stashing comes badly undone.

Author : Sara E. Johnson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781464211249

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Molten Mud Murder by Sara E. Johnson Pdf

First book in the Alexa Glock Mystery series! For a normal tourist, finding a body in a geothermal pool in New Zealand might ruin a vacation. Forensic specialist Alexa Glock, however, sees a chance to help local law enforcement with a baffling case. But as she finds herself embroiled in the tense investigation, she can't help but wonder: is the past better left undisturbed, or unearthed? These thrilling New Zealand mysteries are: Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs and Nevada Barr For readers of international mysteries and forensic investigation mysteries When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua's famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have... melted away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa finds herself sleuthing out more than teeth. She soon discovers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an island sacred to the Maori. The ancient punishment for such a transgression is disaster, demonic possession, or death... and when she visits the island to investigate, the same outcome is promised for her. Alexa is fascinated by New Zealand culture but doesn't quite believe in ancient spirits returning to exact revenge, so when another victim turns up dead, she begins to wonder whether the real threat is something—or someone—much closer to home. A fast-paced forensic mystery set in New Zealand, Molten Mud Murder introduces Alexa Glock, an investigator with a knack for gleaning the truth from bones and teeth. Full of enough forensics and action for fans of Kathy Reichs or the tv series Bones, Sara E. Johnson presents a page-turning story about facing the past and cracking the door open to an unexpected future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : English literature
ISBN : UVA:X000610571

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The Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary E. Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521836026

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The Bioarchaeology of Children by Mary E. Lewis Pdf

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Author : Bryan Faussett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590355152

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Inventorium sepulchrale: an account of some antiquities... in the county of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773, ed., with notes and intr. by C.R. Smith by Bryan Faussett Pdf

Author : Judy Bentley,Craig Romano
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780295748535

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Hiking Washington's History by Judy Bentley,Craig Romano Pdf

For thousands of years people have traveled across Washington’s spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities. In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state’s historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include: • 44 hikes, including 12 new additions • Full-color trail maps • A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events • Updated trail descriptions • Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives • Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state • Contemporary and historical photographs Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state’s most fascinating places.

Author : Bryan Faussett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : OXFORD:303322946

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Inventorium Sepulchrale: an Account of Some Antiquities Dug Up at Gilton, Kingston, Sibertswold, Barfriston, Beakesbourne, Chartham, and Crundale, in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773 by Bryan Faussett Pdf