Stranger Than The Bullet

Author : John Higgs
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781593766269

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Stranger Than We Can Imagine by John Higgs Pdf

“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen). “An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agriculture, and democracy. The twentieth century, in contrast, gave us relativity, cubism, quantum mechanics, the id, existentialism, Stalin, psychedelics, chaos mathematics, climate change and postmodernism. In order to understand such a disorienting barrage of unfamiliar and knotty ideas, Higgs shows us, we need to shift the framework of our interpretation and view these concepts within the context of a new kind of historical narrative. Instead of looking at it as another step forward in a stable path, we need to look at the twentieth century as a chaotic seismic shift, upending all linear narratives. Higgs invites us along as he journeys across a century “about which we know too much” in order to grant us a new perspective on it. He brings a refreshingly non-academic, eclectic and infectiously energetic approach to his subjects as well as a unique ability to explain how complex ideas connect and intersect—whether he’s discussing Einstein’s theories of relativity, the Beat poets' interest in Eastern thought or the bright spots and pitfalls of the American Dream.

Author : Jonathan Snelling
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ballot
ISBN : 1861054688

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Stranger Than the Bullet by Jonathan Snelling Pdf

Author : George J. Mauro
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781438918730

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Stranger Than Fantasy by George J. Mauro Pdf

Fantasy is a phenomenon that affects all of us more than we consciously recognize. Are we not constantly daydreaming or dreaming of the future pondering our wishes and desires? Or, do too many people accept things as they are-readily to concede all appearances as gospel? Stranger Than Fantasy is a collection of forty fantasy short stories. Each story should be taken for what it is-for the most part, an entertaining excursion of fiction that challenges one's thoughts, one's acceptance of reality. Hopefully, after reading my stories, the readers will look at their lives, their life situations a little differently and finally stand up and exclaim, "That which is, is not and that which is not , is! And if that happens, then I think the world will be a little bit better off today than it was yesterday. George Mauro

Author : Marc D. Feldman,Jacqueline M. Feldman,Roxenne Smith
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0880489308

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Stranger Than Fiction by Marc D. Feldman,Jacqueline M. Feldman,Roxenne Smith Pdf

Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us is a spellbinding invitation into the world of the human mind that will change our perceptions of mental illness forever. Despite the growing body of scientific discoveries into the nature of the human mind, the stigma attached to mental illness remains deeply entrenched in the general public's consciousness, the product of inaccurate information and centuries of mystery. In a simple conversational style, two distinguished clinicians, Drs. Marc and Jacqueline Feldman, discuss the complexities of mental disorders and their treatment. Using the metaphor of the lie of the mind, a disorder in which a person's thinking becomes unintentionally distorted, the authors approach mental illness from the perspective that these disorders are merely extreme variations of universally shared thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Stranger Than Fiction removes the artificial division separating the mentally ill from the general public and demystifies symptoms that often seem bizarre. On this journey through the human psyche, the Feldmans use vivid, enlightening, and often poignant cases from their own professional experience that dramatically illustrate how psychiatrists help patients liberate themselves from the mental conditions that imprison them. The reader is invited into therapy sessions and hospital rooms and receives an insider's view of the difficulties that each therapist confronts when treating disturbed patients. The authors show how clinical decisions often rely more on educated hunches than medical certainties and reveal that the practice of psychiatry is as much an art as it is a science. After finishing this unforgettable book, readers will better understand the true nature of mental illness and witness the joy that even the smallest triumph produces in patients and caregivers alike.

Author : Richard Siracusa, Esq.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480954496

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Stranger Than Fiction by Richard Siracusa, Esq. Pdf

Stranger Than Fiction By: Richard Siracusa, Esq. When young students dream of becoming lawyers their imaginations conjure up thoughts of defending society’s least fortunate and the unjustly accused. Author Richard Siracusa has lived that dream, for better or worse, as a sole practitioner with the freedom to make his own mistakes. A rare occurrence in today’s institutionalized world, lawyers like Siracusa are a dead and dying breed—dinosaurs roaming the halls of justice, moving toward inevitable extinction. Stranger Than Fiction: A Criminal Defense Attorney’s Memoir, New York, New York is an anthology of the murder and mayhem that existed in the streets of New York City over the last thirty-five years of the twentieth century. His career features a series of strange and compelling stories, mostly taken from the twenty-six murder trials which he has tried to verdict. Why did he do it? Follow along as Richard Siracusa recounts his adventures.

Author : Nick Cave
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781838852252

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Stranger Than Kindness by Nick Cave Pdf

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectable book invites the reader into the innermost core of the creative process and paves the way for an entirely new and intimate meeting with the artist, presenting Cave’s life, work and inspiration and exploring his many real and imagined universes. It features full colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs and collected personal artefacts along with commentary and meditations from Nick Cave, Janine Barrand and Darcey Steinke. Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit. The book has been developed and curated by Nick Cave in collaboration with Christina Back. The images were selected from ‘Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition’, opening at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen in June 2020.

Author : Harish Venugopalan
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798888054031

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Stranger than Fiction: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination by Harish Venugopalan Pdf

Rajiv Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India, was assassinated on May 21st 1991 in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. A special investigation team was formed by the CBI to investigate the case. The SIT version is that the conspiracy was hatched by Prabhakaran in connivance with Pottu Amman and Akila. Hence the whole act was committed by the LTTE alone. However, both the Verma Commission, which was set up to probe the security lapses leading to the assassination, and the Jain Commission, which was set up to probe the wider conspiracy, have raised enough questions to warrant a suspicion that there is a wider conspiracy and many of the culprits have been left untouched. This book investigates whether the LTTE did it alone. Who could have been involved in the conspiracy other than the LTTE? It asks questions that have been asked and questions that have not been asked too. The author has also provided answers but only based on evidence, circumstantial and otherwise. Based on the evidence, the dots can be connected and the question of who the larger culprits are in the assassination can be ascertained.

Author : Franklin W. Mann
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Bullet's Flight From Powder To Target by Franklin W. Mann Pdf

Franklin Weston Mann (1856–1916) was an American physician and inventor best remembered for this pioneering small-arms ballistics text. This classic is organized as follows: Part I. The Old .44 Muzzle-loading Rifle The F. Wesson .32, Rim-fire Rifle The Stevens Taper-chamber Rifle Some Experimental Ballets Incidental Questions Winchester Ballard, 36-inch Barrel Winchester Ballard, 30-inch Barrel Winchester-Ballard, 20-inch Barrel Pope-cut Special .38-Caliber Auxiliary Chamber, .33-Caliber Rifle Shooting Braces Pope Ballard, 28-Caliber A Woodchuck Experience Reflections The Personal Element vs. Mechanical Rifle Shooting Boss-Pope .32-Caliber, Second Hand Testing Muzzle Blast A “Shooting Gibraltar.” Bullet Press or Nutcracker Testing Bullets. Snow Shooting Recovering Bullets from Oiled Sawdust Short-barrel Shooting Short Barrels become Interesting Short-barrel Experiments Continued Where the Upset Occurs Boss-Pope .32-Caliber Continued The Pope Breech Loader, .25-Caliber Muzzle Loader, Pope .32-caliber Letter to Dr. Skinner Pope 1902 .32 Rifle. Compliments for Mr. Pope Pope Muzzle Loading System The Five-Shot Group The “Lucky” Group Dr. Skinner’s Shooting Range, and a Disappointment 12-inch Barrel Experiments Smooth Bore, .32-Caliber Vented Barrel, Pope Utility of Vented Barrels The Whizzer Reflections upon Black Powder and Cast Bullets Telescope Mounts; an Invention Accurate Fixed Ammunition Difficult Trouble with Smokeless and Rifle Bores Burned Rifle Bores vs. Smokeless vs. Primers A .28-9 Barrel, 1904 Discarding Two .28-8, 1905 Barrels Remodeling a Rifle. Experimental Shells Reflections; Pipestem Rifles and Jacketed Ballets Ammonia vs. Primer Acid Figures 8 and 9 shot with 28 grains powder Figure 10, unshot bullet similar to 7 24-inch 7 mm. Barrel Metal Jackets, Short Barrels, .25-caliber Figures 4 and 5 from an 8-inch one Figures 6 and 7 from an inch barrel Special .25-36 Marlin, 14-inch Pitch Mirage vs Telescope Space covered by Cross Hairs of Telescope Distance Measuring with Scope Conveniences Superiority of Bore-diameter Bullet Discussed Flight of Bullets; Screen Shooting Comparative 100 vs. 200 Yard Butts Plank and Screens Unbalanced or Mutilated Bullets Gyration and Oscillation A Spinning Bullet Tipping Bullets Deceptive Bullet Tip Correcting Measurements Flight of a Bullet Measuring Wind Drift Motions executed by Normal Flying Bullets Trajectory Deflection More Reflections Cause of x-Error Located Cause of y-Error Located x + y = 80%. The Rifleman’s Rainbow x and y Epitomized Unbalanced Bullets; how Produced Difficulties with Rifle Twists Part II. Verification y-error disclosed by Plank Shooting Cause of y Illustrated Cause of x and y Disclosed at Muzzle Success comes; y-error stands alone Bullets Oscillate about Center of Gravity y-error stands alone Cylinder Bullets do Stunts Driving Tacks with Bullets Illustrated x-error Jacketed Ballets throw Melted Lead Plank Shooting, Service Rifle Paper Plank Experiments. Tube Shooting Determining Rifle Twist Plank Shooting, Spherical Bullets Cause of Excessive Tips Disclosed Part III. Mathematics of x and y Heavy Ordnance The Spitzer Metal-cased Bullet The Spitzer Bullet Straightens Up Kinetics of Spin Stripping the Grooves

Author : Jonathan Rowe
Publisher : Nelson Publishing&Marketing
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0978507509

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A Question of Identity by Jonathan Rowe Pdf

Tabloid reporter David Fisher, an overeducated, underachieving scofflaw, is wasting his talent and wallowing in a mid-life crisis. That is, until the day he stumbles upon the story of a fugitive radical hiding in his hometown. Fisher becomes obsessed with uncovering her true identity. At the same time, he becomes hopelessly bewitched by the sexy and mysterious Janet Fickle. Fisher desperately pursues these women and soon the question of identity takes on a more mysterious and pressing relevance. This is a clever, funny and gritty book!

Author : Vera Caspary
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504029032

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Stranger Than Truth by Vera Caspary Pdf

Vera Caspary, the famed author of Laura, gives us another gripping crime drama, told through shifting points of view. John Ansell, young and idealistic editor of Truth and Crime magazine, wants to breathe new life into the stale and formulaic publication. Instead of rehashing a story that’s already been proven popular elsewhere, he finds a fresh one: the murder of Warren G. Wilson, famed figurehead of a correspondence course. The murder itself isn’t too remarkable—just a bullet in the back—but the victim is another case, as it becomes apparent that despite having a household name, nothing is known about him. Perhaps even more peculiar is how Ansell’s boss absolutely refuses to run the story and, soon thereafter, Ansell is poisoned. Caspary masterfully allows the truth to slowly untangle in this incredibly woven mystery, finally available as an ebook.

Author : Adriana Pausenwein
Publisher : Adriana Pausenwein
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781738214204

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The Second Chronicles of Caer Norren by Adriana Pausenwein Pdf

A collection of short stories set in the witcher universe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595291571

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Stranger Than Nonfiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Féval
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MSU:31293031316577

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The Black Mendicant by Paul Féval Pdf

Author : Maria Susanna Cummins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015043595175

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Haunted Hearts by Maria Susanna Cummins Pdf

Set against the backdrop of the War of 1812, Angie Cousins, "the belle of the district," is ostracized from her New Jersey community when residents believe her thoughtless flirtation with a suitor led him to commit murder and suicide.

Author : John Walter
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784386306

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Voices of Snipers by John Walter Pdf

Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II. John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat and its aftermath to reveal a surprising commonality of experience, even across nationalities. Laying bare the triumphs and brutalities of sniping, the personalities and psychologies of those who found themselves doing it and considering the immediate implications on both the sniper and the wider theatre of war, this is a fascinating, detailed insight into frontline combat and the experience of sharpshooting in its historical context. The book is appended with the complete diary of Russian sniper Roza Shanina, who is still celebrated today for her remarkable shooting accuracy and astonishing bravery. Her diary offers a rare insight into the complexities of what it was to be both a sniper and a woman on the frontline.