On Violence. A Reader, Paperback - ***

Aims to bring together classic perspectives on violence, putting into productive conversation the thought of theorists and activists, including Han...

Reducere. Twenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney's in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich...

Reducere. Our understanding of lycanthropy is limited by our association of it with contemporary portrayals of werewolves in horror films and gothic fiction....

As both women take steps to discover the truth, their lives come together through a dramatic series of events, taking the reader through the street...

Reducere. In this collections of papers, the reader will find exciting and innovative group work practices with a range of populations, including group work ...

Don't be deceived by the title of this book. The Suburban Bitch doesn't detail the delights and woes of suburban living. On the contrary, this book...

Reducere. DescriptionIn her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima: : Lim n ...

Reducere. PHILADELPHIA, the 1840s: a corrupt banker disowns his dissolute son, who then reappears as a hardened smuggler in the contraband slave trade. Anoth...

Reducere. In a unique narrative approach, Sprinkle begins by looking at how the story of God as a whole portrays violence and war, drawing conclusions that g...

Reducere. What starts like a haunted house novel as written by the Marquis de Sade develops into a meta-deconstruction of hardcore horror and why we love sex...

This volume presents five of Cicero's most famous defence speeches: of Roscius, accused of murder; of Murena, accused of bribery; of Archias, on a ...

Bold, genre-defying and heartfelt, Youth hits a reader like the meteor in its own pages; an angry, wondrous and transformative book -- Scott Snyder...

DescriptionWhy is liberalism so obsessed with waste? Is there a drone above you now? Are you living in a no-fly zone? What is the role of masculini...

Reducere. This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, viole...

Reducere. DescriptionCop vs. Killer Detective Jack Murphy never met a cold case he couldn't crack. This one's been on ice for 37 years. The prime suspect in ...

DescriptionA shocking act of violence... The looming threat of another attack spurs the Moon's chief security officer, Noelle DeRicci, to uncover t...

Reducere. Policing Saigon isn't Platoon or Apocalypse Now, but the story of Loren W. Christensen's experience as a military policeman (MP) in a city of milli...

Reducere. The study of comparative religious ethics is at a critical juncture, given the growing awareness of non-Christian ethical beliefs and practices and...

This practical commentary on Revelation is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological n...

Reducere. A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Floren...

This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philip...

Reducere. 24 Tales of Madmen, Monsters, and Misery.A tantalizing blend of horror, suspense, and crime stories; each unique but all dark, disturbing, and viol...

Reducere. DescriptionPoetry. Latinx Studies. Edited and translated by Urayo n Noel. "This book is an event, a monumental work of translation and poetry that ...

Reducere. DescriptionNow available in paperback, the most comprehensive--and only author-authorized--Wendell Berry reader. "America's greatest philosopher on...

Reducere. Envisioning cruciform community built on resurrection hope After Paul's encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he turned from coe...

Reducere. This story is a personal reflection on the life of Pepper Martin, professional wrestler, football player, actor, producer, writer, husband, father,...

Reducere. Pati Navalta Poblete's world is shattered when her 23-year-old son, Robby, is violently killed. She blames God, gun violence and the town where he ...

Speaking to both a personal and collective loss, in Brother Bullet Casandra L pez confronts her relationships with violence, grief, guilt, and ulti...

Reducere. For two hundred years, the Terror has haunted the imagination of the West. The descent of the French Revolution from rapturous liberation into an o...

Reducere. Rising from the banks of the Cape Fear River like a spectral stage, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains one of America s most haunted cities. Its b...

This revised and expanded Third Edition of the internationally acclaimed Criminological Perspectives is the most comprehensive reader available in ...

The Intolerant Middle Ages is a collection of primary sources on the history of persecution. The goal of the book is to highlight instances of pers...

Reducere. In this series of deeply meditative retreat conferences, Christopher Pramuk leads the reader through a sustained meditation on Wisdom-Sophia, the f...

Reducere. Constantly surprising, these personal essays explore the attractions and dangers of intimacy and the violence that often arises in close relationsh...

America is still the land of immigrants. Not all of them arrive with a visa. Undocumented tells a story of an immigrant in America. From the hazard...

Reducere. From an award-winning historian, a "vivid" (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern worldThe French Revolution's pri...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rayne HallLearn step-by-step how to create fictional fights which leave the reader breathless with excitement. The book giv...

Reducere. This harrowing true story of Solomon Northup was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. In it, he takes the reader on an un...

Reducere. A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of o...

Reducere. DescriptionIn an exciting blend of action, adventure, and fantasy author Rivera Sun boldly takes the reader in a new direction . . . that of waging...

As part of the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the "anci...

Reducere. Unlike any other collection of Goldman's work, Red Emma Speaks presents in a single, handy volume the full sweep of her opinions and personality. I...

Reducere. Trauma Magic is a love letter to our bodies and minds. It is a hero's journey disguised as a collection of essays. It begins with the enchanted lan...

Reducere. DescriptionDashiell Hammett is the innovative master and inventor of hard-boiled fiction, an unsentimental style of American crime writing in which...

DescriptionIn this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do y...

Reducere. LEADERS LIKE US: In this illustrated biography, elementary-aged readers will learn about the early life and greatest accomplishments of an importan...

Reducere. Almost 200 million human beings, mostly civilians, have died in wars over the last century, and there is no end of slaughter in sight.The Most Dang...

Reducere. "A thought-provoking piece of scholarship that sheds light on the complex history of slave breeding in America. Smithers's book will be hotly debat...

Reducere. "Neither as Christians or Jews, nor simply as intellectually responsible individuals, " says Hixon, "have members of Western civilization been sens...

Reducere. The story of an aboriginal woman born on the trap line near Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, 1935. See life on the land through Terry's young e...

Reducere. The poems in this collection speak in many voices and touch on many themes: COVID-19, love and loss, uncertainty, well-being, migration, power, vio...

Reducere. Taken from his unwed mother immediately after his birth and sent to a New York Children's Asylum, Franky never questioned his life of sterile walls...

Reducere. All my life, I've dreamed of the sea.Mermaids, stormy skies, daring adventures, pirates...it was little wonder I sprinted to the docks the moment I...

The Snowman: rising from the lowest ranks of drug dealing, Faustino Carbona builds his cartel with unimaginable violence. Hank: unable to walk or t...

Reducere. The first book in English to synthesize the remarkable work of Henry Corbin, the great French philosopher, Christian theologian, and scholar of Isl...

Reducere. The dark, forbidding alleys of our ruined cityscapes; the hopeless lives of brutalized whores, amoral hit-men, and vengeful victims of violence-the...

Leaving Dorian is a story about finding hope and embracing the unknown, as recounted by domestic violence survivor Linda Dynel. This fast paced, ri...

Reducere. DescriptionThreadbare has not had a very good time of it, recently. His little girl has been taken from him, and he must travel the kingdom, findin...