Download or read book Cheat the Hangman written by Gloria Ferris and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheating the Hangman written by Judith Cutler and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is Easter Day, and a body hangs crucified on a tree. Unlike the Master whom Tobias serves, it will not rise from the dead. Naked except for a loincloth and a crown of thorns, the victim is unrecognisable, his face bludgeoned to a pulp.
Download or read book Hangman s Brae written by Colin Duncan and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hangman's Brae is a vividly written account of the blood-curdling crimes and brutal forms of punishment of north-east Scotland. The book explores the area's underworld and features the grave-robbers, jail-breakers, rioters and other lawbreakers whose crimes led them to premature deaths at the end of a rope or at the not so delicate hands of The Maiden, a gruesome decapitating device predating the French guillotine. The stories of the men who enforced the law and meted out sentences to the ne'er-do-wells who broke it can be just as interesting and memorable as those of the criminals and Norman Adams introduces the reader to some of them. Here you'll find some real characters such as the Aberdeenshire sheriff and criminal officer who always got his man - once spending two chilling nights chained to a brutal murderer and rapist. And it wasn't just hangings that these men had to perform - their grisly work also involved execution by beheading and drowning, often with some witch-burning for good measure. The many true-crime cases in this book shed new light on just how violent and bloody the north-east of Scotland's past was.
Download or read book American Hangman written by Tobin T. Buhk and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals in the Wild West to their deaths. A former police chief who became the hangman of San Quentin due to an unfortunate turn of events, Lunt stood on the gallows alongside bank robbers, desperadoes and assassins for five years. This book follows Lunt's trail from the Santa Cruz police department to the State Prison. Covering his interesting friendship with a series of death row inmates and the gradual deterioration of his sanity, it is a one-of-a-kind biography that details an American executioner. Also profiled are his subjects--20 of the West's most heinous criminals--as well as Lunt's preparations for their hangings and their final moments on the gallows.
Download or read book Death Walks Through Collection written by Lisa Williamson and published by Lisa Williamson. This book was released on 2014-07-13 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture has some type of figure of Death. The Grim Reaper who collects souls as they lie dying. For some he is the cruel face of an end come too soon, for others a gentle healer of life lived too long. But there is another face to this spectural figure. Death walks through the world, helping those souls that linger between this world and the next, those trapped by circumstance, wish, desire or loss. So many souls linger needing but a gentle voice and hand to help them move past the final moments of their lives. This collection contains 15 tales of beings who either know not that they are dead or just how to move on. This book collects together 14 previous published short stories and includes one totally new story.
Download or read book Killers Lovers and Saints written by Enzo Monteiro and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-23 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killers, Lovers, and Saints is a born-again Christian’s journey to salvation told through poetic short stories about death, love, and God. Inside are fables, visions, and impressionistic tales that attempt to complete the mosaic of the author’s aimless and somber years spent in sin and away from God until God revealed himself.
Download or read book The Riss Gamble written by C R Daems and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl dreams of seeing the stars and meeting aliens. Her chance comes in the form of a project offering a college education, commissioning in the SAS Fleet, and a partnership with an alien. She successfully qualifies and wins one of the coveted ten positions. Of course everything comes with a price—the alien is a parasite that inhabits the body and mind, and is there for life. Is it a dream or nightmare come true—or maybe both?
Download or read book Can America Survive written by John Hagee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback version of Pastor John Hagee's newest book has ripped-from-the-headlines updates. New material has been added regarding the death of the dollar, a nuclear Iran, and the rejection of Israel. Further, this New York Times best-selling author says the United States is heading into a “Perfect Storm.” Titanic. John F. Kennedy’s assassination. 9/11. John Hagee maintains that these American tragedies all have one element in common: they were unthinkable. And in the opening pages of his newest book, Can America Survive? Hagee uses these tragedies to prove two points: that the unthinkable can happen and, given the right conditions, the unthinkable can quickly become the inevitable. In Can America Survive? Hagee asserts that the seeds for tragedy are once again being sown, evidenced by the disturbing economic, geopolitical, and religious trends that now threaten to dismantle the very nation itself. “Think it can’t happen?” Hagee asks in a theme repeated throughout the book. “Think again.” Indeed, Hagee presents alarming examples of recent events, current research, scientific evidence, and biblical prophecy that are gathering to create a “perfect storm” that could bring down the “unsinkable” United States of America including: The U.S.’s negligent handling of Israel, and history’s evidence of the danger to any nation that challenges Israel’s God-mandated right to exist The dangerous belittling of Iran’s nuclear threat by careless spy agencies—and the super-weapon that could stop the U.S. in its tracks instantly The chilling biblical prophecy that confirms Iran as one of six countries that will form an Islamic military force “as a cloud to cover the land” The real $2.5 trillion price tag of healthcare reform, the international currency shifts, and the national economic trends that are poised to bring about the death of the American dollar The criminalization of Christianity around the world; Can America Survive? is not just a warning. It is a wake-up call and a rallying cry to Christian citizens everywhere to prevent the next unthinkable American disaster. After all, as Hagee points out, “those who do not remember the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them in the future.” Think it can’t happen? Think again.
Download or read book Dead Calm Bone Dry written by Eddie Jones and published by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were forced to sail with pirates . . . captured and tried for piracy . . . and sentenced to hang . . . would you trade your body to the crew of the "Flying Dutchman" in order to save your soul? Ricky did. Some dead men DO tell tales. And there is stolen treasure in this pirate story. ★ Directors' Choice Award Winner Finalist ★ Last winter Ricky Bradshaw was another gangly freshman hoping to fit in -- or at least not get picked on -- and maybe catch the attention of Becky Nance, a girl in his biology class. Except sometimes Ricky "zones out" in class because he has absence seizures. If you've never heard of absence seizures, that's okay. A lot of people haven't. Ricky's teachers are a lot of those people. And that's what happened to Ricky last Christmas Eve: he had an episode and ended up in pirate land. When Dead Calm, Bone Dry begins, Ricky is on his way to be tried for piracy. In the ship's brig he is about to learn that some things are worse than being unpopular in high school. MUCH worse. Like sailing to . . . Well, we best let Ricky tell the account. It is his story, after all. Parents can trust the Caribbean Chronicles Series. There is no sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language, only positive moral values and a wee little bit of humor. :) We hope you enjoy these pirate books for young adults, teens, and older kids.
Download or read book The Western Western written by James Camerote and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-07-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American is what the reader wants. They want to know our history and stand proud. Many tales of the west have been written in the past, but none that equal the uniqueness of “The Western Western.” This 90,000-word epic takes the reader through the days of Wyatt Earp, Dodge City and taming the west. Every tale that thrilled most of us growing up is in this one book Federal Marshal Bill Elliot travels to Dodge City to assist Wyatt Earp in a town takeover of the corrupt saloon keeper who threatens to take land from the local cattle ranchers, oil wells and other business establishments throughout Ford County. Wyatt’s many friends come to his aid to help capture the election and rid Dodge of these famous villains. From bronco busting, train robberies, General Custer and Big Horn, a barn raising, a medicine show, shootings rustlers, gold mining, and even a little romance. This book will leave the reader wanting to learn
Download or read book Sword of Waters written by Hilari Bell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fourteen-year-old Arisa, aided by Prince Edoran and Weasel, tries to find the long-lost sword, she faces betrayal of the worst kind.
Download or read book You Write Really Well for a Bowler written by michael p. halwe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime humorous, sometimes reflective, but always thought-provoking, the collection of poems in You Write Really Well...for a Bowler! reflect that the stereotype of "dumb jocks" is merely that....a stereotype. Part autobiographical, part imagination, Michael P. Halwe experiences the highs and low of daily life and those moments that make us who we are. Halwe was called a "renaissance man" by those who knew him. He performed on stage in plays and as a solo vocalist in classical music, played in rock cover bands in the '70s, became a professional bowler at age 25 and spent seven years bowling in the PBA, received his B.A. in Psychology at age 38, and worked in the bowling industry for 30 years. He started writing poetry his "first time" in college because he had trouble passing English Composition; "I can't write a paragraph, and I think in sentence fragments." He lived in St. Charles, Missouri, until his death in 2008. This volume contains the poetry that was known to exist before his death.
Download or read book Classical Museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Classical Museum written by Leonhard Schmitz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short-lived journal (1844-50), edited by Leonhard Schmitz (1807-90), illuminates the development of Classics as a specialist discipline.
Download or read book Confessions of a Caddie written by Mitchell Mesko and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome readers, I would like to personally introduce you to Confessions of a Caddie. First and foremost, this is a book about the most wonderful sport ever invented. The game of golf. It can be rewarding, joyous, raise your aspirations and self-esteem with one swing!! Then turn on you the next. Like a monster, leaving you shamed, embarrassed, frustrated, ready to quit. As if somehow you had miraculously turned into the notorious Greek statue by Alexandros Venus Di Milo. Golf is a
Download or read book Think Like a Programmer written by V. Anton Spraul and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2012-08-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real challenge of programming isn't learning a language's syntax—it's learning to creatively solve problems so you can build something great. In this one-of-a-kind text, author V. Anton Spraul breaks down the ways that programmers solve problems and teaches you what other introductory books often ignore: how to Think Like a Programmer. Each chapter tackles a single programming concept, like classes, pointers, and recursion, and open-ended exercises throughout challenge you to apply your knowledge. You'll also learn how to: –Split problems into discrete components to make them easier to solve –Make the most of code reuse with functions, classes, and libraries –Pick the perfect data structure for a particular job –Master more advanced programming tools like recursion and dynamic memory –Organize your thoughts and develop strategies to tackle particular types of problems Although the book's examples are written in C++, the creative problem-solving concepts they illustrate go beyond any particular language; in fact, they often reach outside the realm of computer science. As the most skillful programmers know, writing great code is a creative art—and the first step in creating your masterpiece is learning to Think Like a Programmer.
