Download or read book Bane of the Innocent written by Oliver Phipps and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's no reason for them to shoot us; we ain't anyone" - Sammy, Bane of the Innocent. Two young boys become unlikely companions during the fall of Atlanta. Sammy and Ben somehow find themselves, and each other, in the rapidly changing and chaotic environment of the war torn Georgia City. As the siege ends and the fall begins in late August and early September of 1864, the Confederate troops begin to move out and Union forces cautiously move into the city. Ben and Sammy simply struggle to survive, but in the process they develop a friendship that will prove more important than either one could imagine.
Download or read book The Innocent Pirate written by Barry Reed and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Innocent Pirate is set in rural Heard County, Georgia, during the late 1960's. 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 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
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 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 Ethics in Medicine written by Jennifer Jackson and published by Polity. This book was released on 2006 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How, in a secular world, should we resolve ethically controversial and troubling issues relating to health care? Should we, as some argue, make a clean sweep, getting rid of the Hippocratic ethic, such vestiges of it as remain? Jennifer Jackson seeks to answer these significant questions, establishing new foundations for a traditional and secular ethic which would not require a radical and problematic overhaul of the old. These new foundations rest on familiar observations of human nature and human needs. Jackson presents morality as a loose anatomy of constituent virtues that are related in different ways to how we fare in life, and suggests that in order to address problems in medical ethics, a virtues-based approach is needed. Throughout, attention is paid to the role of philosophy in medical ethics, and how it can be used to clarify key notions and distinctions that underlie current debates and controversial issues. By reinstating such concepts as justice, cardinal virtue, and moral duty, Jackson lays the groundwork for an ethics of health care that makes headway toward resolving seeming dilemmas in medical ethics today. This penetrating and accessible book will be invaluable to students of sociology and health care, as well as those who are interested in the ethical uncertainties faced by the medical world.
Download or read book The Diversity and Strength of American Families written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Shadow and Ice written by Gena Showalter and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times bestseller, a “satisfying” first book in “an epic fantasy romance series [that] beautifully blends seduction and suspense” (Publishers Weekly). Gena Showalter, the New York Times–bestselling author who brought you the Lords of the Underworld, introduces a scorching new paranormal romance series . . . Gods of War Knox of Iviland, the most ruthless warrior in All War history, has spent his life fighting others to the death, winning new realms for his king. Now the stakes are higher than ever. If he prevails in the battle for Earth, his slave bands will be removed. Victory is his sole focus . . . until he meets her. On an arctic getaway with her foster sister, street tough but vulnerable Vale London is shocked to stumble upon a cave filled with ancient gods waging epic combat. When she is inadvertently drawn into their war, she is forced to team up with an unlikely ally—the sexy god who makes her burn with desire. Though Vale is his enemy, Knox is consumed with lust and a fierce need to protect her. But only one combatant can triumph, and he will have to choose: live for freedom, or die for love. “I love this world . . . this is Gena Showalter at her best!” —J.R. Ward, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Children of the Gods series “The Gods of War series is my new obsession.” —Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Leopard series
Download or read book Bane s Heart written by Michelle Howard and published by Michelle Howard. This book was released on with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bane Hardusho is one of the famed Jutak Warriors from Team Three fighting for justice. When a potential career ending injury sidelines him, his position within the elite group is jeopardized. A military rehab center holds the only hope of helping him to get back on his feet. He should be concentrating on regaining his ability to walk, not the beautiful medic assistant assigned to help him. Dharma Volgi’s time at a military rehab center is almost over and she’s close to gaining her freedom. Complete the assignment and get out. It’s all she can think about in order to survive. Until him. She’s helped soldier after soldier during their time at CV-8 but none caught her attention like the Jutak warrior from Enotia. Now she has a new mission—don’t fall in love. With danger looming on the horizon and betrayal around the corner, will their hearts survive the aftermath?
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 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 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.
Download or read book Gender Born Gender Made Raising Healthy Gender Nonconforming Children written by Diane Ehrensaft and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking guide to caring for children who live outside binary gender boxes We are only beginning to understand gender. Is it inborn or learned? Can it be chosen—or even changed? Does it have to be one or the other? These questions may seem abstract—but for parents whose children live outside of gender “norms,” they are very real. No two children who bend the “rules” of gender do so in quite the same way. Felicia threw away her frilly dresses at age three. Sam hid his interest in dolls and “girl things” until high school—when he finally confided his desire to become Sammi. And seven-year-old Maggie, who sports a boys’ basketball uniform and a long blond braid, identifies as “a boy in the front, and a girl in the back.” But all gender-nonconforming children have one thing in common—they need support to thrive in a society that still subscribes to a binary system of gender. Dr. Diane Ehrensaft has worked with children like Felicia, Sam, and Maggie for over 30 years. In Gender Born, Gender Made, she offers parents, clinicians, and educators guidance on both the philosophical dilemmas and the practical, daily concerns of working with children who don’t fit a “typical” gender mold. She debunks outmoded approaches to gender nonconformity that may actually do children harm. And she offers a new framework for helping each child become his or her own unique, most gender-authentic person.
Download or read book Batman s Villains and Villainesses written by Justin F. Martin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, the essays in this collection highlight how the villains’ multifaceted backgrounds, experiences, motivations, and behaviors allow for in-depth character analysis across varying levels of social life. Through investigating their cultural and scholarly relevance across the humanities and social sciences, the volume encourages both thoughtful reflection on the relationship between individuals and their social contexts and the use of villains (inside and outside of Gotham) as subjects of pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.
