Download or read book The Innocent Pirate written by Barry Reed and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Innocent Pirate is set in rural Heard County, Georgia, during the late 1960s. The fictional characters in this book are written using local social color. The country was in civil turmoil as the Vietnam War raged on and many in our society called for the release of patients from mental institutions. During this period, the very social fabric of our country was falling apart as children were increasingly being born outside of marriage or became the victims of broken marriages. The main character, Dewey, is mildly retarded and a victim of social engineering called eugenics, where upon he was denied any hope of having children. At fifteen, he was thrust upon his widower grandfather, Al, who was a retired Navy Chief living on a farm. Dewey befriends a group of children who live in the nearby Robins Nest Trailer Park. Many adventures take place as Dewey spends his first summer on the farm with his grandfather. He becomes an unlikely hero, witness to horrible acts of human destruction, and an unexpected provider of justice. Everyone fourteen to one-hundred years old will enjoy this period classic as it stirs their imagination and old memories.
Download or read book Convicting the Innocent written by Brandon L. Garrett and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 20, 1984, Earl Washington—defended for all of forty minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case—was found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death. After nine years on death row, DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling in-depth analysis, Brandon Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 wrongfully convicted people to be exonerated by DNA testing. Based on trial transcripts, Garrett’s investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error. Evidence corrupted by suggestive eyewitness procedures, coercive interrogations, unsound and unreliable forensics, shoddy investigative practices, cognitive bias, and poor lawyering illustrates the weaknesses built into our current criminal justice system. Garrett proposes practical reforms that rely more on documented, recorded, and audited evidence, and less on fallible human memory. Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? Convicting the Innocent makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.
Download or read book Haunted by the Earl s Touch written by Ann Lethbridge and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No man has ever wanted her for herself When she arrives at Beresford Abbey, orphan Mary Wilder's hopes of finding a place to belong are dashed when she meets Bane Beresford, the enigmatic earl. He is as remote as the ghosts that supposedly haunt the Abbey…and, like its crumbling walls, her dreams fall apart. Occasionally she sees a different, more caring man behind the facade, so is she foolish to long for a happy home…and a family? His proposal is for a marriage of convenience, but his touch has awakened within her a fervent and forbidden longing….
Download or read book Lord Foul s Bane written by Stephen R. Donaldson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Covenant is [Stephen R.] Donaldson's genius!”—The Village Voice He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, because he dared not believe in this strange alternate world on which he suddenly found himself. Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah. Now he was regarded as a reincarnation of the Land's greatest hero—Berek Halfhand—armed with the mystic power of White Gold. That power alone could protect the Lords of the Land from the ancient evil of the Despiser, Lord Foul. Except that Covenant had no idea how to use that power. . . .
Download or read book Bane s Choice written by Alyssa Day and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampires are back for a reason! Meet the sexy, dark hero Bane in New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day’s smokin’-hot romance. Bane lost his humanity ages ago. Nothing is more important than protecting his Vampire Motorcycle Club from the death magic invading his territory. The most ancient of vampires, he seeks cold, unfeeling, bloody vengeance...until a frustratingly sexy human doctor is thrust into his path. She tempts Bane to distraction. And distraction is deadly in his world. Buttoned-up and meticulous Dr. Ryan St. Cloud never thought she’d find herself in the mix of a motorcycle club, let alone one full of terrifyingly badass vampires. Or how intrigued she is by their dark and enigmatic leader, who seems balanced on the knife’s edge of killing her...or claiming her. But Bane’s choice is harder than it seems, because when that danger hits too close to home, he’s forced to choose between her life and everyone else’s... The Vampire Motorcycle Club series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Bane's Choice Book #2 Hunter's Hope Book #3 Redemption's Edge
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Download or read book Dark Purity written by Aja James and published by Independent. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The finale to the best-selling Pure/ Dark Ones series... An unlikely hero… He was once known as the Creature. An indefinable “it.” His life had never been his own, used and abused by despicable beings. Worst of all, he never knew himself. Despite his tortured past, despite the darkness inside him, he has chosen a brighter path. He has a name—Erebu. His first stand was to defy the Master who created him to save his son. But instead of destroying the greatest enemy of all, he himself was destroyed… An unlikely love… From distant lands, across fathomless seas, someone heard the Creature’s cries. He gave Ere a second chance, a miraculous rebirth that came at a steep cost, remaking Ere with his own breath, body, blood and soul. This mysterious savior has a past of his own to face, and a future to define and embrace. Will Ere be able to find him in time? Will they forge their path together or pursue separate destinies? An end and a beginning… No matter their decision, one thing is certain: they must work together to unite all Kinds if they have a hope of defeating their ultimate nemesis. The end is near… And so is a brand new beginning. * M-M PNR-fantasy romance novel with explicit content. *
Download or read book Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri written by Missouri. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Star Wars Darth Bane Rule of Two written by Drew Karpyshyn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential Star Wars Legends novel, the second in the Darth Bane trilogy, the fearsome Sith lord takes on a deadly new apprentice. Darth Bane's twisted genius made him a natural leader among the Sith-until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two. Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it. Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action and thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.
Download or read book Supergods written by Grant Morrison and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Schuster and Seigel's adolescent creation of Superman in 1938, Grant Morrison charts the history of the superheroes to their modern, multiplex incarnations.
Download or read book Rumors of War written by Stefan Warren and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book written by Bryan Pedas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new evil has arisen in the far away kingdom of Despare, a nameless creature known only as the Jester, who is furious over the arrival of Max, a mysterious wanderer who's been befriending the cruel ruler's slaves. The slaves want him to liberate them, the Jester wants him dead, and all Max wants is to be rid of Despare so he can be back with his love, Rachel, who is waiting for him back in Aleria. With Rachel practicing for the lead role in Masquerade, Aleria's spring play, Max, along with two goofy friends, a monk wise beyond his years, and a mischievous sword, must chase after the Jester, who flees to Aleria to aide Furion, who has been committing murders behind the scenes. When the final curtain falls, can Max and his friends save Aleria from the Jester? Can Rachel stop any of the mysterious murders that seem to be leading toward her? Will Furion rise to power? Find out in the second installment of Venture to Midnight, a story that explores the mystery of human nature, sheds some light on a sorcerer's tormented mind, and shows what one man would do to be with his true love.
Download or read book Balorbane written by Andrew J. Skinner and published by HPD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the moors of Devon, England in the mid 1800's... "Here is a tale for the telling. As near to the telling of it as I can remember. A dark story of a black Mastiff and a Raven; in whose spirit or likeness did they roam the haunted moors? Bleak and very little populated, a small community of farming people managed to scratch a living from its barren face. Upon such a scene, the only thing anyone should have to deal with is the elements...but there were other events...strange events. Four brothers, Stickles by name, ravaged the countryside. Attempts to arrest them by human means failed. A supernatural force takes form in the shape of a black Mastiff, known as The Hound, and its companion, The Raven. Each had its own reason for being rid of the Stickles..."
Download or read book The Demon Hunter written by Kevin Emerson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s scary to know the fate of the world lies in your hands—but even scarier to learn that it might be in your brother’s It’s the last night of summer and Oliver is hoping to have some fun with his two best friends. Once school starts, he’ll be one step closer to receiving his demon . . . and fulfilling the prophecy to open the Nexia Gate. Meanwhile, a series of gruesome animal attacks on humans has threatened to expose the vampire world. The evidence points to Oliver’s brother, Bane, who has recently acquired Occupying power—the ability to inhabit animals. Yet Oliver, Emalie, and Dean suspect something else is going on—a sinister plot that involves Oliver’s destiny, and possibly the mystery surrounding his human parents. Bane may hold the key to Oliver uncovering his past and changing his future—if the Half-Light Consortium doesn’t get to him first.
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