The Arsonist S Song Has Nothing To Do With Fire

Author : Allison Titus
Publisher : Etruscan Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988692275

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The Arsonist's Song Has Nothing to Do With Fire by Allison Titus Pdf

The Doctor was looking for the blueprint. Drawer after drawer he lumbered his way around the office, a map of the ribcage in his head. Last night he’d dreamed the wings again and the dream gave him an idea. More of the rib, dismantled, would make the wing frame more flexible. In The Arsonist’s Song Has Nothing to Do with Fire, Vivian Foster connects with an arsonist and a radical plastic surgeon whose mission is to build human wings. Allison Titus is the author of a book of poems, Sum of Every Lost Ship, and the recipient of a fellowship from the NEA. This is her first novel..

Author : Diane Thiel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114244929

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The White Horse by Diane Thiel Pdf

What a beautiful book. I knew it was going to be poetic, but I was knocked over twice by its compelling narrative drive and quiet sense of humor.-Sherman AlexieDiane Thiel's The White Horse: A Colombian Journey takes us on a magically real journey into the Pacific coast rain forests of Colombia. Equal parts travel narrative, ecological essay, historical account, and memoir, this book allows us to experience a reality stranger than fiction.

Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1464 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 0520215214

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AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States by American Film Institute Pdf

Author : Rowland Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317907213

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Shades of Deviance by Rowland Atkinson Pdf

Written in a unique format, Shades of Deviance is a turbo-driven guide to crime and deviance, offering 56 politically engaged, thought-provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This book will be essential reading for undergraduate students in the fields of criminology and sociology and those preparing to embark on degree courses in these fields, as well as general readers. Written by field-leading experts from across the globe and designed for those who want a clear and exciting introduction to the complex areas of crime and deviance, this book provides a large number of short overviews of a wide range of social problems, harms and criminal acts. Offering a series of cutting-edge and critical treatments of issues such as war and murder, paedophilia, ecocide, human experimentation, stalking and sexting, this book also gives a guide to further readings and suggestions for other media to develop the reader’s understanding of these issues. Shades of Deviance requires readers to critically reconsider their ideas about what is right and wrong, about what is socially harmful and which problems we should focus our attention on. It also provides careful analysis and reasoned explanation of complex issues in a world in which sensationalist headlines, anxiety and fear about crime permeate our lives - read it to be prepared!

Author : David Monnery
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408844755

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Soldier S: The Samarkind Hijack by David Monnery Pdf

In 1994, in the newly independent state of Uzbekistan, a party of mostly British tourists was a day excursion from the fabled city of Samarkand when their bus was hijacked by Muslim fundamentalists. Unknown to the hijackers, this particular tourist group contained an ex-SAS sergeant the recently retired Jamie Doherty and the rebellious daughter of the British Foreign Minister, already a favourite of the tabloid press back home. Uncertain how to respond to the terrorists' demands, the Uzbekistan government accepted a British offer of assistance: two members of the SAS crack Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing were dispatched to Samarkand, with instructions to liase with the local ex-KGB unit commanded by Nurhan Ismatulayeva. AN Uzbek whose grandmother had been a pioneer fighter for women's rights in the 1920s, Nurhan feared that women like herself would swiftly become second-class citizens if an Islamic republic were ever declared. The negotiations dragged on, and in the mountain fortress prison Doherty had to call on all his formidable expertise and ingenuity to keep his fellow hostages alive, and to prepare them for a prospective rescue mission. The only force likely to have any chance of successfully penetrating the fortress and liberating the prisoners was a group led by men of the legendary Special Air Service the SAS!

Author : R. L. Stine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0671851314

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The Fire Game by R. L. Stine Pdf

Author : Chris Richardson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440854682

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Violence in American Society [2 volumes] by Chris Richardson Pdf

While many books explore such specific issues as gun violence, arson, murder, and crime prevention, this encyclopedia serves as a one-stop resource for exploring the history, societal factors, and current dimensions of violence in America in all its forms. This encyclopedia explores violence in the United States, from the nation's founding to modern-day trends, laws, viewpoints, and media depictions. Providing a nuanced lens through which to think about violence in America, including its underlying causes, its iterations, and possible solutions, this work offers broad and authoritative coverage that will be immensely helpful to users ranging from high school and undergraduate students to professionals in law enforcement and school administration. In addition to detailed and evenhanded summaries of the key events and issues relating to violence in America, contributors highlight important events, political debates, legal perspectives, modern dimensions, and critical approaches. This encyclopedia also features excerpts from such important primary source documents as legal rulings, presidential speeches, and congressional testimony from scholars and activists on aspects of violence in America. Together, these documents provide important insights into past and present patterns of violent crime in the United States, as well as proposed solutions to those problems.

Author : Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504041515

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Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh Pdf

The hunt forthe most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century—in this Edgar Award–winning true crime story that’s “stranger than fiction” (The New York Times). From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the “Pillow Pyro,” led by one ambitious firefighter. Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized law enforcement. However, after being rejected by both the LAPD and LAFD, he settled for a position with the Glendale Fire Department. There, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of Southern California’s best-known and most respected arson investigators. But Orr led another, unseen life, one that included womanizing and an insatiable thirst for recognition. While Orr busted a slew of petty arsonists, there was one serial criminal he could not track down. Nothing was safe from the so-called Pillow Pyro’s obsession. Homes, retail stores, and fields of dry brush all went up in flames. His handiwork led to millions of dollars worth of property damage and the deaths of four innocent bystanders. But after years of evading the police, he made a mistake—one that would turn Orr’s life upside down. The Washington Post raves, “When [Joseph Wambaugh] talks about the culture of cops versus the culture of firemen, we get no speculation, only hard-earned details.” Based on meticulous research, interviews, case records, and thousands of pages of court transcripts, Fire Lover is Wambaugh at his best.

Author : Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691168517

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The Golden Age Shtetl by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Pdf

Neither a comprehensive history of Eastern European Jewish life or the shtetl, Petrovsky-Shtern, professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University, focuses on three provinces Volhynia, Podolia, and Kiev of the then Russian Empire during what he deems the golden age period, 1790 - 1840, when the shtetl was "the unique habitat of some 80 percent of East European Jews."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1660 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Indexes
ISBN : UCD:31175033128144

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The New York Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : American literature
ISBN : CHI:74716086

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Peterson's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCD:31175000537053

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New Peterson Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131368684

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Portland Transcript by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119140601

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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chloe Hooper
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781644210017

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The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper Pdf

The true story of one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. On the scorching February day in 2009, a man lit two fires in the Australian state of Victoria, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. What came to be known as the Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people and injured hundreds more, making them among the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in Australian history. As communities reeling from unspeakable loss demanded answers, detectives scrambled to piece together what really happened. They soon began to suspect the fires had been deliverately set by an arsonist. The Arsonist takes readers on the hunt for this man, and inside the puzzle of his mind. But this book is also the story of fire in the Anthropocene. The command of fire has defined and sustained us as a species, and now, as climate change normalizes devastating wildfires worldwide, we must contend with the forces of inequality, and desperate yearning for power, that can lead to such destruction. Written with Chloe Hooper’s trademark lyric detail and nuance, The Arsonist is a reminder that in the age of fire, all of us are gatekeepers.