Petty Theft

Author : Pascal Girard
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1770461523

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Petty Theft by Pascal Girard Pdf

A hilarious romantic comedy about kleptomania and booklovers Pascal is in a bad place. He and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, he's got writer's block, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly that he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it. Petty Theft is a comedy of errors, a laugh-out-loud account of a man on a mission, and a testament to the addictiveness of book ownership. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book. From the award-winning author of Reunion, Petty Theft is a deftly told, finely drawn contemporary romance that will keep booklovers on the edge of their seats from the first page until the denouement.

Author : Geraldine DeRuiter
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781610397643

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All Over the Place by Geraldine DeRuiter Pdf

Some people are meant to travel the globe, to unwrap its secrets and share them with the world. And some people have no sense of direction, are terrified of pigeons, and get motion sickness from tying their shoes. These people are meant to stay home and eat nachos. Geraldine DeRuiter is the latter. But she won't let that stop her. Hilarious, irreverent, and heartfelt, All Over the Place chronicles the years Geraldine spent traveling the world after getting laid off from a job she loved. Those years taught her a great number of things, though the ability to read a map was not one of them. She has only a vague idea of where Russia is, but she now understands her Russian father better than ever before. She learned that what she thought was her mother's functional insanity was actually an equally incurable condition called "being Italian." She learned what it's like to travel the world with someone you already know and love -- how that person can help you make sense of things and make far-off places feel like home. She learned about unemployment and brain tumors, lost luggage and lost opportunities, and just getting lost in countless terminals and cabs and hotel lobbies across the globe. And she learned that sometimes you can find yourself exactly where you need to be -- even if you aren't quite sure where you are.

Author : Nicholas Friedman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1641770228

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Petty Theft by Nicholas Friedman Pdf

In Petty Theft, Nicholas Friedman cultivates the strangeness of daily life and turns an unsentimental eye to joy, catastrophe, and the myriad stations in between. The poems often set us wandering: to the busked streets of Assisi; to a burning circus tent in Hartford, Connecticut; to a stone circle in England; to the poet's native Upstate New York; and to his adoptive California, where a wealthy neighbor "lives behind a massive hedge, four-square/ like a curtain wall/ that keeps us here, him there." The "theft" of this collection's title lurks on every page, luring faith to doubt, love to loss, and appearance to illusion. Yet these poems never lapse into hopelessness. Even where failure and tragedy precede human understanding, Petty Theft suggests the possibility of sustenance and recompense. Both confident and questioning, this debut collection announces Friedman as an important new voice in American poetry. Petty Theft is the eighteenth winner of the annual New Criterion Poetry Prize. The New Criterion is recognized as one of the foremost contemporary venues for poetry that pays close attention to form. Building upon its commitment to serious poetry, The New Criterion established this annual prize in 2000.

Author : Anthony Walsh,Cody Jorgensen
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506372037

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Criminology by Anthony Walsh,Cody Jorgensen Pdf

Criminology: The Essentials, Third Edition, by Anthony Walsh and Cody Jorgensen, introduces students to major theoretical perspectives and criminology topics in a concise, easy-to-read format. This straightforward overview of the major subject areas in criminology still thoroughly covers the most up-to-date advances in theory and research. In the new full-color Third Edition, special features have been added to engage the reader in thinking critically about concepts in criminology.

Author : Lisa M. Storm
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781483433837

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Criminal Law By Storm by Lisa M. Storm Pdf

Criminal Law By Storm begins with the foundations of law and the legal system, then extensively explores criminal laws and defenses using general state and federal principles, the Constitution, and the Model Penal Code as guidelines. This engaging and interactive textbook will enhance your ability to be successful in academics or a career in law, criminal justice, or paralegal. Lisa M. Storm, Esq. has taught at the community college, four-year, and graduate levels since 1992. Currently, she is a tenured faculty member in Administration of Justice at Hartnell College, a California Community College. She is also an attorney and licensed member of the California State Bar.

Author : Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Police
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117320577

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Annual Report - LAPD. by Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Emigration Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078179904

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General Report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners by Great Britain. Emigration Commission Pdf

Author : United States U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045381246

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Deportation of Criminals, Preservation of Family Units, Permit Noncriminal Aliens to Legalize Their Status by United States U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Immigration Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Aliens
ISBN : CUB:U183034340092

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Administrative Decisions Under Immigration & Nationality Laws by United States. Department of Justice Pdf

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10553822

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Rationale of Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham Pdf

Author : California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County). Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Criminal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Criminal procedure
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060487134

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California Jury Instructions, Criminal (CALJIC) by California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County). Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Criminal Pdf

Author : Rachel Shteir
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101516287

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The Steal by Rachel Shteir Pdf

A history of shoplifting, revealing the roots of our modern dilemma. Rachel Shteir's The Steal is the first serious study of shoplifting, tracking the fascinating history of this ancient crime. Dismissed by academia and the mainstream media and largely misunderstood, shoplifting has become the territory of moralists, mischievous teenagers, tabloid television, and self-help gurus. But shoplifting incurs remarkable real-life costs for retailers and consumers. The "crime tax"-the amount every American family loses to shoplifting-related price inflation-is more than $400 a year. Shoplifting cost American retailers $11.7 billion in 2009. The theft of one $5.00 item from Whole Foods can require sales of hundreds of dollars to break even. The Steal begins when shoplifting entered the modern record as urbanization and consumerism made London into Europe's busiest mercantile capital. Crossing the channel to nineteenth-century Paris, Shteir tracks the rise of the department store and the pathologizing of shoplifting as kleptomania. In 1960s America, shoplifting becomes a symbol of resistance when the publication of Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book popularizes shoplifting as an antiestablishment act. Some contemporary analysts see our current epidemic as a response to a culture of hyper-consumerism; others question whether its upticks can be tied to economic downturns at all. Few provide convincing theories about why it goes up or down. Just as experts can't agree on why people shoplift, they can't agree on how to stop it. Shoplifting has been punished by death, discouraged by shame tactics, and protected against by high-tech surveillance. Shoplifters have been treated by psychoanalysis, medicated with pharmaceuticals, and enforced by law to attend rehabilitation groups. While a few individuals have abandoned their sticky-fingered habits, shoplifting shows no signs of slowing. In The Steal, Shteir guides us through a remarkable tour of all things shoplifting-we visit the Woodbury Commons Outlet Mall, where boosters run rampant, watch the surveillance footage from Winona Ryder's famed shopping trip, and learn the history of antitheft technology. A groundbreaking study, The Steal shows us that shoplifting in its many guises-crime, disease, protest-is best understood as a reflection of our society, ourselves.

Author : Mark L. Pollot
Publisher : Pacific Research Institute
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015020856459

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Grand Theft and Petit Larceny by Mark L. Pollot Pdf

Offers a strategy to restore integrity to the Constitution's Fifth Amendment Takings Clause.

Author : Melissa K. Stockdale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350037434

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Readings on the Russian Revolution by Melissa K. Stockdale Pdf

Readings on the Russian Revolution brings together 15 important post-Cold War writings on the history of the Russian Revolution. It is structured in such a way as to highlight key debates in the field and contrasting methodological approaches to the Revolution in order to help readers better understand the issues and interpretative fault lines that exist in this contested area of history. The book opens with an original introduction which provides essential background and vital context for the pieces that follow. The volume is then structured around four parts – 'Actors, Language, Symbols', 'War, Revolution, and the State', 'Revolutionary Dreams and Identities' and 'Outcomes and Impacts' – that explore the beginnings, events and outcomes of the Russian Revolution, as well as examinations of central figures, critical topics and major historiographical battlegrounds. Melissa Stockdale also provides translations of two crucial Russian-language works, published here in English for the first time, and includes useful pedagogical features such as a glossary, chronology, and thematic bibliography to further aid study. Readings on the Russian Revolution is an essential collection for anyone studying the Russian Revolution.

Author : Orville Vernon Burton,Armand Derfner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674258860

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Justice Deferred by Orville Vernon Burton,Armand Derfner Pdf

“[A] learned and thoughtful portrayal of the history of race relations in America...authoritative and highly readable...[An] impressive work.” —Randall Kennedy, The Nation “This comprehensive history...reminds us that the fight for justice requires our constant vigilance.” —Ibram X. Kendi “Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its historical and legal analysis...makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the US Supreme Court’s role in America’s difficult racial history.” —Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality From the Cherokee Trail of Tears to Brown v. Board of Education to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner shine a powerful light on the Supreme Court’s race record—uplifting, distressing, and even disgraceful. Justice Deferred is the first book that comprehensively charts the Supreme Court’s race jurisprudence, detailing the development of legal and constitutional doctrine, the justices’ reasoning, and the impact of individual rulings. In addressing such issues as the changing interpretations of the Reconstruction amendments, Japanese internment in World War II, the exclusion of Mexican Americans from juries, and affirmative action, the authors bring doctrine to life by introducing the people and events at the heart of the story of race in the United States. Much of the fragility of civil rights in America is due to the Supreme Court, but as this sweeping history reminds us, the justices still have the power to make good on the country’s promise of equal rights for all.