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![]() | Mind Games with a Serial KillerBrian Alan Lane ISBN: Year of publication: 2015 Brian Alan Lane MIND GAMES WITH A SERIAL KILLER With thanks for the support of my friends, family, everyone at Dove Books, and that great editor and gifted writer, Lee Montgomery, who did the unthinkable and went out on a limb for me. B.A.L. About the Book When it was first released, Brian Alan Lanes genre-bending bestseller Mind Games With a Serial Killer was simultaneously hailed and reviled. Some readers wrote that the book was personally important and life-changing, others that it was the ... Keywords: cannibalism Crime & Criminals Criminal minds Criminology homicide Murder & Mayhem serial killer Social Sciences True Crime |
![]() | Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin ExpeditionOwen Beattie John Grigsby Geiger ISBN: 9781408840849 Year of publication: 2012 Owen Beattie and John Geiger FROZEN IN TIME THE FATE OF THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION For Shirley F. Keen.J.G. For my first grandchild, A kasha a.k.a. PumpyO.B. Map Introduction Frozen in time is one of those books that, having once entered our imaginations, refuse to go away. As Ive been writing this introduction, Ive described the project to several people. Frozen in Time, I say. They look blank. The one with the picture of the Frozen Franklin on the front, I say. Oh yes. That one, they say. I read ... Keywords: Archaeology Social Science |
![]() | Roots: The Saga of an American FamilyAlex Haley ISBN: 9781593154493 Year of publication: 2007 AlexHaley Roots: The Saga of an American Family Publishers Statement One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadnt been seen since the publication of Uncle Toms Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. ... Keywords: African American families African American Studies African Americans Alex Alex - Family Biography Biography & Autobiography Cultural Heritage Ethnic Studies Fiction General Haley Haley family Kinte family Romance Social Science |
![]() | What Soldiers DoMary Louise Roberts ISBN: 9780226923093 Year of publication: 2013 Mary Louise Roberts WHAT SOLDIERS DO Sex and the American GI in World War II France Dedicated in loving memory to my parents EMMIE ROBERTS AND JAMES H. ROBERTS Map of Normandy and Brittany Acknowledgments It gives me great pleasure to thank the many sources of funding I received to research and write this book. I am grateful to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for making possible a research leave during the academic year 20078. The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the ... Keywords: Counseling Europe France Gender Studies Medical Books Military Politics Psychology Sexuality Social History Social Sciences United States World War II |
![]() | The Soviet CenturyMoshe Lewin ISBN: 9781784780661 Year of publication: 2016 Moshe Lewin THE SOVIET CENTURY Edited by Gregory Elliott PREFACE The Soviet Union is no more. As some like to put it, Its history meaning Forget all that. Politicians, academics and the media elaborate on this formula in accordance with their specific interests and perspectives. But the term history is rich in meanings and the Soviet era is still recent history. Even if their numbers are declining, the majority of the populations of Russia and the other republics of the ex-Soviet Union were ... Keywords: 20th Century Communism Europe Ideologies and Doctrines International and World Politics Politics and Government Politics and Social Sciences Radicalism Russia Russian and Former Soviet Union Socialism |
![]() | White LiesWiti Ihimaera ISBN: 9781775533078 Year of publication: 2013 White Lies The Novella by Witi Ihimaera For John Barnett, who persists in putting New Zealand stories on screen. WITI IHIMAERA Introduction In 2007, I received a call from Rosa Bosch, a friend of mine in London. Rosa, an effervescent, incredibly well-connected film sales agent, had worked with us in bringing Whale Rider to the international market. Her expertise in the HispanicLatin American market is legendary. She knows every player and all the talent new and established. She told me that a ... Keywords: Arts & Photography Contemporary Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Health; Fitness & Dieting Historical Historical Fiction Humor & Entertainment Literature & Fiction Movies Performing Arts Personal Health Politics & Social Sciences Screenplays Women's Fiction Women's Health Women's Studies |
![]() | The Slave Soul of RussiaDaniel Rancour-Laferriere ISBN: 9780814774588 Year of publication: 1995 Daniel Rancour-Laferriere THE SLAVE SOUL OF RUSSIA MORAL MASOCHISM AND THE CULT OF SUFFERING Господи помилуй, как мучительно трудно быть русским Ибо ни один народ не чувствует столь глубоко тяги земной и нет на земле бльших рабов божьих, чем мы, Русь. Lord have mercy, how agonizingly difficult it is to be Russian For there is no other people which feels the earths pull so profoundly, and there are no greater slaves of God on this earth than we, Rus. Maksim Gorkii Acknowledgments This book owes ... Keywords: Ethnic Studies Europe History Psychology Psychopathology Russia and the Former Soviet Union Social Science World |
![]() | The Gender Creative ChildDiane Ehrensaft Norman Spack ISBN: 9781615193073 Year of publication: 2016 Diane Ehrensaft, PhD THE GENDER CREATIVE CHILD PATHWAYS FOR NURTURING AND SUPPORTING CHILDREN WHO LIVE OUTSIDE GENDER BOXES To my beloved parents, Edith Ehrensaft and Morris Ehrensaft, ninety-six and ninety-eight years old, and still going strong Foreword by Norman Spack, MD In 1985, WHEN I ran an adolescent medicine practice, a colleague asked me to provide testosterone treatment for a recent college graduate, my first transgender patient. Although the patient had been born anatomically female ... Keywords: Bisexual Child Psychology Demographics Gay Gender Studies Lesbian LGBT Studies Medical Books Parenting Pederasty Politics and Social Sciences Psychology and Counseling Transgender |
![]() | Russia at the BarricadesVictoria E Bonnell Terry L Cooper Gregory Freidin ISBN: 9781563242717 Year of publication: 2015 RUSSIA AT THE BARRICADES EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE AUGUST 1991 COUP Edited by Victoria E. Bonnell, Ann Cooper, and Gregory Freidin To our children, Anna Freidin and Tom Keller Map of Central Moscow List of Photographs Erecting a barricade near the White House Civilians rush to form a human chain against approaching tanks on Kalinin Prospect A civilian appeals to a soldier near the White House Tanks lined up on Kutuzov Prospect Women hauling debris to build a barricade as tanks approach the ... Keywords: Ethnic Studies Europe Political Science Social Science |
![]() | Crippled AmericaDonald J Trump ISBN: 9781501137969 Year of publication: 2015 Donald J. Trump CRIPPLED AMERICA How to Make America Great Again This book is dedicated to my parents, Mary and Fred C. Trump, and my brothers and sistersMaryanne, Robert, Elizabeth, and Fred. Also, my wonderful wife, Melania, and my incredibly supportive children, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany, and Barron. And importantly, to the people who are ready to Make America Great Again PREFACE YOU GOTTA BELIEVE SOME READERS MAY BE wondering why the picture we used on the cover of this book is so angry ... Keywords: Federal Government Ideologies and Doctrines Leaders and Notable People Politics and Social Sciences United States |
![]() | Winter Is ComingGarry Kasparov Mig Greengard ISBN: 9781610396202 Year of publication: 2015 Garry Kasparov WINTER IS COMING Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped To the memory of Boris Nemtsov and to every person in the world battling for freedom and democracy as he did every day. -GARRY KASPAROV To Zoe, who makes it all possible, and to Cleo and Rafa, who make it all worth it. -MIG GREENGARD INTRODUCTION On August 19, 1991, CNN was providing nonstop live coverage of an attempted coup against Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Allied with the KGB, ... Keywords: Europe Former Soviet Union Government History International and World Politics National and International Security Political Freedom Politics Russia Social Sciences |
![]() | The War Against PutinMarcus S King ISBN: 9781500316266 Year of publication: 2014 M. S. King THE WAR AGAINST PUTIN What the Government-Media Complex Isnt Telling You About Russia INTRODUCTION As of the date of this publication April 2014, a Google Search for the term Putin thug yields an astonishing 850,000 results about the same as for Putin murderer. Coming in at about 500,000 results is Putin tyrant. Even the whimsical Putin the Terrible is pushing 100,000. Most of these negative results source back to some bloviating American politician, commentator, editorial writer or ... Keywords: Europe European History International and World Politics Politics and Government Politics and Social Sciences |
![]() | The Reluctant FundamentalistMohsin Hamid ISBN: 9780156034029 Year of publication: 2007 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Chapter 1 EXCUSE ME, SIR, but may I be of assistance Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America. I noticed that you were looking for something more than looking, in fact you seemed to be on a mission, and since I am both a native of this city and a speaker of your language, I thought I might offer you my services. How did I know you were American No, not by the color of your skin we have a range of ... Keywords: & contemporary Discrimination Fiction General Historical Pakistani Americans Political Psychological Psychological Fiction Race Discrimination Race Relations Romance self-perception Social Science |
![]() | Battle Hymn of the Tiger MotherAmy Chua ISBN: 9781594202841 Year of publication: 2011 Battle hymn of the tiger mother by Amy Chua For Sophia and Louisa And for Katrin Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Part One Chapter 1 The Chinese Mother Chapter 2 Sophia Chapter 3 Louisa Chapter 4 The Chuas Chapter 5 On Generational Decline Chapter 6 The Virtuous Circle Chapter 7 Tiger Luck Chapter 8 Lulus Instrument Chapter 9 The Violin Chapter 10 Teeth Marks and Bubbles Chapter 11 The Little White Donkey Chapter 12 The Cadenza Part Two Chapter 13 Coco Chapter ... Keywords: !done! & Asian American Studies Autobiography Biography Biography China Chinese American women Chua; Amy Cultural Heritage Ethnic Studies General mothers Mothers - United States Mothers and Daughters Mothers and daughters - China Mothers and daughters - United States Personal Memoirs Social Science United States |