The Victim

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623730192

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The Victim by Saul Bellow Pdf

It's sweltering summer in New York City, and Asa Leventhal is alone. His co-workers ignore or condescend to him, his wife is away with her mother, and his estranged brother has run off, abandoning his wife and two sons. One night, Leventhal is confronted by a stranger--'one of those guys who want you to think they can see to the bottom of your soul'--who reveals himself to be a marginal figure from his distant past. Leventhal, accused of ruining the man's life, becomes shocked and dismissive, vehemently denying any part in the man's unhappy lot. But as time passes, he is increasingly unable to separate his own good fortune from the bad luck of this down-and-out stranger, who will not leave him be. A brief, haunting rumination on the vagaries of fate and responsibility, The Victim is, in the words of Norman Rush, Saul Bellow's "purest creation."

Author : Mark Mike
Publisher : Thomas & Black
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : History
ISBN : 096879159X

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The Victim Cult by Mark Mike Pdf

The Victim Cult tackles the worldwide grievance culture and from ancient Rome to the White House today and on to campuses where some think themselves victims of "micro-aggressions." The book also looks at how corrosive victim thinking fuels movements as diverse as violent Antifa anarchists, Black Lives Matter protesters, and Donald Trump's "Capitol Hill" demonstrators.

Author : Francois Proulx
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487532185

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Victims of the Book by Francois Proulx Pdf

Victims of the Book uncovers a long-neglected but once widespread subgenre: the fin-de-siècle novel of formation in France. In the final decades of the nineteenth century, social commentators insistently characterized excessive reading as an emasculating illness that afflicted French youth. Novels about and geared toward adolescent male readers were imbued with a deep worry over young Frenchmen’s masculinity, as evidenced by titles like Crise de jeunesse (Youth in Crisis, 1897), La Crise virile (Crisis of Virility, 1898), La Vie stérile (A Sterile Life, 1892), and La Mortelle Impuissance (Deadly Impotence, 1903). In this book, François Proulx examines a wide panorama of these novels, as well as polemical essays, pedagogical articles, and medical treatises on the perceived threats posed by young Frenchmen’s reading habits. Fin-de-siècle writers responded to this pathologization of reading with a profusion of novels addressed to young male readers, paradoxically proposing their own novels as potential cures. In the early twentieth century, this corpus was critically revisited by a new generation of writers. Victims of the Book shows how André Gide and Marcel Proust in particular reworked the fin-de-siècle paradox to subvert cultural norms about literature and masculinity, proposing instead a queer pact between writer and reader.

Author : William Ryan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307760357

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Blaming the Victim by William Ryan Pdf

The classic work that refutes the lies we tell ourselves about race, poverty and the poor. Here are three myths about poverty in America: – Minority children perform poorly in school because they are “culturally deprived.” – African-Americans are handicapped by a family structure that is typically unstable and matriarchal. – Poor people suffer from bad health because of ignorance and lack of interest in proper health care. Blaming the Victim was the first book to identify these truisms as part of the system of denial that even the best-intentioned Americans have constructed around the unpalatable realities of race and class. Originally published in 1970, William Ryan's groundbreaking and exhaustively researched work challenges both liberal and conservative assumptions, serving up a devastating critique of the mindset that causes us to blame the poor for their poverty and the powerless for their powerlessness. More than twenty years later, it is even more meaningful for its diagnosis of the psychic underpinnings of racial and social injustice.

Author : Max Manning
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781492667025

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The Victim by Max Manning Pdf

From the author of Don't Look Now comes a propulsive psychological thriller in which a single choice can be the difference between surviving a serial killer or becoming his next victim. Gem Golding only has two choices. A stranger holds a knife to her skin, his demands terrifying in the deserted parking garage. Should she surrender? Or should she fight back? This attacker is no ordinary criminal. This night, like so many of them, is all a game to him. He makes the rules, the rules that determine whether his victims live or die. Rules that will set Gem's fate in motion. He's waiting for her to decide. But how can you win the game when the rules are a mystery? What if surrendering is the worst thing you can do? What if fighting back will kill you? Two choices. Two outcomes. And only one way for Gem to survive. Following both possibilities to their hair-raising conclusions, The Victim is the perfect book for any fan of psychological thrillers.

Author : Kimberley Chambers
Publisher : Random House
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409051282

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The Victim by Kimberley Chambers Pdf

The final instalment in the thrilling trilogy which began with The Feud and The Traitor - from the No.1 bestselling author of Tainted Love. Life is looking bleak for Frankie Mitchell - not only has she lost custody of her two children to their sadistic, gypsy-bred father, Jed O'Hara, she is also pregnant and banged up in Holloway awaiting trial for attempted murder. In Frankie's absence, her father, underworld boss Eddie Mitchell, is determined to get his own back. He wants revenge not only for his daughter's imprisonment, but also for the death of his beloved wife, Jessica. Determined to get his grandchildren back home where they belong, Eddie plans the O'Haras demise slowly and precisely. But then he finds out a secret and learns the real reason why his daughter is in the slammer and all hell breaks loose. Essex had never seen anything like the bloodbath that followed, but were either family actually capable of winning this long running feud, or would they all become the victims of their own past mistakes?

Author : William Ryan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0394717627

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Blaming the Victim by William Ryan Pdf

Includes material on education, illegitimacy, health care, housing, criminal justice, repression, and reform.

Author : Rick Ludwig
Publisher : Babylon Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781954871793

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Voice of the Victim by Rick Ludwig Pdf

A beloved husband scientist is shot in Maui’s peaceful ‘Iao Valley. Olympic athletes are killed on luxury cruises around the world. Can two of Maui’s finest stop the violence? Detective Sergeant Keone Boyd travels to the Mediterranean with his new bride, while in Maui, his boss Tony Alcala investigates a horrific shooting in the normally peaceful ‘Iao Valley. Since the victim is a former neighbor of his protégé, Sgt. Angela Beyers, Alcala gives her the case. During her investigation, Angela discovers a file on the victim’s computer with clues to the shooting. But the file was saved while the victim was in a coma and no one else had access. So who left the clues? And how? As Angela investigates, Keone honeymoons on a luxury cruise but is soon recruited by Europol to investigate a serial killer methodically eliminating Olympic athletes. The killer, who claims to be the Greek god of death, has targeted a group of Canadian Olympic medalists on the ship. Does the computer file contain actual memories or a vivid fantasy? Is a mythical god sending athletes to Elysium, or is a deranged maniac murdering them? Are the investigations related or are the lines between reality and fantasy dissolving both on Maui and twelve time zones away? Join Maui’s finest as they investigate the most controversial—and dangerous—cases of their careers. "Rick Ludwig has done it again! With Voice of the Victim, Ludwig expands his universe of clever detectives and intriguing mysteries with a hard-hitting examination of the past and how it shapes us into who we become. A beautiful, fast-paced novel you should pick up today!” RJ Johnson, author of The Twelve Stones “An auto accident destroys Detective Sergeant Keone Boyd’s roadster, plunging him into and unexpected realm as he grapples with a suspect’s alternate reality and unexpected plot twists. this is not your typical investigation. Eyes of the Beholder is a gripping read that leaves you wondering what comes next.” Kenneth Andrus, author of Arctic Menace

Author : Sereena Nightshade
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493154371

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A Victim’S Guide to Surviving a Narcissist/Sociopath by Sereena Nightshade Pdf

Pretty is as pretty does, and while its true that money makes the world go round, nice is what makes it habitable. The Victims Guide to Surviving the Narcissist/Sociopath is a quick guide book describing what a typical narcissist/sociopath is and what his/her typical victim is. While the common wisdom dictates that the sociopath/sociopath type predator goes after only those who are of little or no worth, the stupid, the uneducated and perhaps the hopelessly poor/ignorant the reality is oftentimes the polar opposite. The average in-home/family man/family woman sociopath predator goes after someone who is not a predator while that someone does have a lot to offer the sociopath/sociopath type. The predator wants a partner or spouse that offers a great deal of value to strip-mine away. An uneducated moron frequently does not appeal to a sociopath predator that is looking at more than an extremely short-term quick gain. This book provides readers with a fast get-down-to-it look at what a narcissist/sociopath is, what one of these predators does and it gives readers some basic nutshell advice that is surprisingly hard to come by. A must read for victims and prospective victims alike whether not yet captured by a narcissist/sociopath or already captured and beginning to figure out, perhaps, that as a victim or prospective victim you may be in trouble. This book tells all, for its brevity, starting with the warning signs to the final war plan with all most of the ugly details included. Photos herein are taken from more than one city location. Names of individuals in all of this authors books are fictitious names. Real names are not revealed. By Sereena Nightshade

Author : Jairo Lugo-Ocando
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745334415

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Blaming the Victim by Jairo Lugo-Ocando Pdf

Poverty, it seems, is a constant in today's news, usually the result of famine, exclusion or conflict. In Blaming the Victim, Jairo Lugo-Ocando sets out to deconstruct and reconsider the variety of ways in which the global news media misrepresent and decontextualise the causes and consequences of poverty worldwide. The result is that the fundamental determinant of poverty - inequality - is removed from their accounts. The books asks many biting questions. When - and how - does poverty become newsworthy? How does ideology come into play when determining the ways in which 'poverty' is constructed in newsrooms - and how do the resulting narratives frame the issue? And why do so many journalists and news editors tend to obscure the structural causes of poverty? In analysing the processes of news production and presentation around the world, Lugo-Ocando reveals that the news-makers' agendas are often as problematic as the geopolitics they seek to represent. This groundbreaking study reframes the ways in which we can think and write about the enduring global injustice of poverty.

Author : Gillian Jackson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504073684

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The Victim by Gillian Jackson Pdf

She’s killed her husband—and now she must convince the police that she is not the villain but the victim . . . Caron Rivers appeared to have it all. Lovely home. Loving spouse. Happy marriage. But behind closed doors, things were not what they seemed. Why did Caron snap and kill Bill? Now she finds herself at the police station, facing questions about exactly what happened and what led to the shocking event. With Bill dead, she is free to tell her story. But the police may not believe it, in this gripping novel of emotional and psychological suspense from the author of Abduction and The Accident.

Author : Lisa Barnes Lampman,Michelle D. Shattuck
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802845460

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God and the Victim by Lisa Barnes Lampman,Michelle D. Shattuck Pdf

Written by teachers, theologians, and practitioners well known for their expertise in the field, God and the Victim probes and examines issues of evil, justice, victimization, and forgiveness. Working from the view that crime is primarily a spiritual issue, the authors look at examples of victimization in the Bible for guidance about how we can better minister to victims today. --from publisher description.

Author : U. S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Fire Administration
Publisher : FEMA
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Arson Victims: Suggestions for a System Response by U. S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Fire Administration Pdf

This booklet seeks to link or reinforce the efforts of those who investigate and prosecute arson cases with the needs and rights of those who are the victims of arson--particularly victims of residential arson. It is addressed to police, fire officials, prosecutors, and victim/witness coordinators who are in frequent contact with arson victims, but who may not recognize fully the potential implications of that contact for either the victim or the system.

Author : Patte Wheat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Child abuse
ISBN : 0931328020

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By Sanction of the Victim by Patte Wheat Pdf

Author : Diane Zimberoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Adult children of dysfunctional families
ISBN : 0962272809

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Breaking Free from the Victim Trap by Diane Zimberoff Pdf

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.