Download or read book Hostage to Circumstance written by Clayton Taylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An aging aviator with a troubled past is confronted with the greatest challenge of his career. With his best days long in the past, a group of hijackers attack his crew and disable his airplane, leaving him alone to navigate the vast Pacific Ocean from memory.
Download or read book Binding Circumstance written by Kelley Griffin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Costume designer, Leslie Carroll has mastered the art of flying under the radar. She's had to or risk being found by the psychopath who almost killed her. When she literally falls into Hollywood heartthrob Charlie Erickson's dressing room on her first day of employment, their mutual attraction is instant and undeniable. Despite his star status, Charlie is a sweet southern boy at heart, and for the first time in a long time, Leslie begins to think she has a chance at happiness. When her harrowing past catches up to her and targets Charlie, will she run to save herself or face her monster to save the man who is her future?
Download or read book The Procession to Tyburn written by William McAdoo and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murderers Robbers Highwaymen written by Stephen Brennan and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. Although these were punishable offenses, the crimes that made headlines in the local papers were much more serious.Men—and sometimes even women—in England were tried and executed every day for their roles in murders, robberies, kidnappings, and more. This collection features some of the most notorious and slightly disturbing stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned. Criminals who appear in this book include: Catherine Hayes, burnt alive for the murder of her husband Thomas Lympus, executed for robbing the mail Reverend Wheatley, sentenced to public penance for adultery John Everett, sentenced to death for highway robbery Francis Smith, condemned to death for the murder of a supposed ghost Richard Turpin, executed for horse theft And many, many more Many of these tales were first published in The Newgate Calendar, a popular publication that debuted in multiple volumes between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Historians believed that every household had a copy of at least one volume of the Calendar, which they stored alongside their copies of the Bible and The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Download or read book Who Needs Las Vegas written by Mikal J. Aasved and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the impact of legalized gambling on a central Minnesota community. Covers economic impacts, positive social impacts, negative social impacts, attitudes toward gambling, and recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Bronson 3 Up on the Roof written by Charles Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie has taken his 30 years of prison dwelling and condensed it into one handy and comprehensive volume. Moved around the prisons of the British Isles regularly, he has sampled all that prison life has to offer, taking in both the historic and the pre-historic buildings that comprise Britain's prison system. It's all in here - from the correct way to brew vintage prison 'hooch' and how to keep the screws from finding it; to prison food and its many alternative uses. Read about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats and cockroaches; creatures that may be your only friends on long streches in solitary. With over 70,000 people (and rising) currently residing at her Majesty's Pleasure, Charlie Bronson's Good Prison Guide is essential for young offenders and old lags alike. Don't go away without it!
Download or read book Hostages in the Middle Ages written by Adam J. Kosto and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the changing situations in which hostages were used in the Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries, touching on a wide range of topics in military, diplomatic, political, social, gender, economic, and legal history.
Download or read book Why Culture Matters Most written by David Charles Rose and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- The cultural commons -- Culture as moral beliefs -- Culture as instrument -- The rise of flourishing societies -- The free market democracy dilemma -- The fall of flourishing societies -- Family, religion, government, and civilization -- Conclusion
Download or read book A Long Walk Home written by Judith Tebbutt and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, I was torn away from the life I knew and loved, and dragged down to the depths of despair; of how I endured enforced isolation and near-starvation at the hands of Somali pirates; and of how I made a choice to survive by any and all means that I could muster.In September 2011 Judith Tebbutt and her husband David set out on an adventurous holiday to Kenya. A couple for thirty-three years, they had first met in Zambia: Africa had played a major part in their life together. After a joyous week on safari in the Masai Mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of Somalia. And there, in the early hours of 11 September, tragedy struck them.Judith was torn away from David by a band of armed pirates, dragged over sea and land to a village in the arid heart of lawless Somalia, and there held hostage in a squalid room, a ransom on her head. There, too, she learned the terrible truth that the responsibility of securing her release now rested with her son Ollie. But though she was isolated, intimidated and near-starved, Judith resolved to survive - walking endless circuits of her nine-foot prison, trying to make her captors see her as a human being, keeping her faith at all times in Ollie. Powerful, moving and at times quite devastating, this is Judith Tebbutt's story in her own words. It is a memoir of the life she shared with her beloved husband, an unflinching account of the ordeal that overturned her world, and a testament to the inner resilience and familial love that sustained her through captivity.There is nothing so bad in life as to have no hope - to believe you have been defeated, to give in to that. Now that I found myself in confinement, four thousand miles from home under a hostile sky, I would not accept that fate for myself.
Download or read book Unfinished Business written by Guy Olivier Faure and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in failure. The essays in Unfinished Business show that as much, if not more, can be learned from failed negotiations as from successful negotiations with mediocre outcomes. Failure in this study pertains to a set of negotiating sessions that were convened for the purpose of achieving an agreement but instead broke up in continued disagreement. Seven case studies compose the first part of this volume: the United Nations negotiations on Iraq, the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000, Iran-European Union negotiations, the Cyprus conflict, the Biological Weapons Convention, the London Conference of 1830–33 on the status of Belgium, and two hostage negotiations (Waco and the Munich Olympics). These case studies provide examples of different types of failed negotiations: bilateral, multilateral, and mediated (or trilateral). The second part of the book analyzes empirical findings from the case studies as causes of failure falling in four categories: actors, structure, strategy, and process. This is an analytical framework recommended by the Processes of International Negotiation, arguably the leading society dedicated to research in this area. The last section of Unfinished Business contains two summarizing chapters that provide broader conclusions—lessons for theory and lessons for practice.
Download or read book Individual s Guide for Understanding and Surviving Terrorism written by U.S. Marine Corps and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the most elite section of the United States military, the U.S. Marine Corps takes on the vital job of guarding American embassies around the planet, including those in the world's hotspots. In this concise guide, distributed to all Marines serving overseas, discover how this highly trained force deals with the constant threat of terrorism. Discover: . the types of attacks Marines can expect, from bombings and kidnappings to hijackings and cyberterrorism. who terrorists are and how they operate. tips for protecting oneself and reducing the likelihood of being targeted by terrorists. special precautions for children. how to harden your home and vehicles against attack. what to do when traveling to protect oneself. how to survive as a hostage. and much, much more.Military buffs, wargamers, readers of espionage thrillers, those seeking to protect themselves from terrorism, and anyone looking to understand how American armed services operate in the ever-changing arena of modern warfare will find this a fascinating and informative document.
Download or read book The Counterterrorism Handbook written by Frank Bolz, Jr. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorists constantly present new challenges to law enforcement, emergency response teams, security planners, and others involved in counterterrorism. Since the last edition of this volume was published, additional atrocities have occurred and new threats have surfaced. The fourth edition of The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques provides the latest developments and offers new insights on the War on Terror. Updated to reflect an increased focus on terrorism in public transportation, this volume provides an understanding of the strategies, tactics, and techniques required to tackle terrorism as it exists today. It illustrates essential topics such as the elements common to all terrorism, bomb threats, risk assessment, hostages, and weapons of mass destruction. It also presents case studies of some of the most notorious terrorist incidents, including both World Trade Center attacks, Oklahoma City, Centennial Olympic Park, the U.S. Embassy, the U.S.S. Cole, and attacks in Madrid, London, and Glasgow. The only way to effectively deal with terrorism is to have a thorough understanding of its present-day characteristics — who is involved and what weapons and tactics they are likely to use. In language friendly to first responders, this volume presents a comprehensive strategy of how to deal with a whole gamut of possible terrorist incidents. Covering everything from bombings and hostage-taking to nuclear terrorism, the book describes in specific detail what needs to be done before, during, and after an event. Armed with this information, those charged with protecting the public will be better equipped to face myriad threats.
Download or read book Behind Bars Britain s Most Notorious Prisoner Reveals What Life is Like Inside written by Charles Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie has taken his 24 years of experience of prison dwelling and condensed it into one handy and comprehensive volume. Moved regularly around the prisons of the British Isles he has sampled all that prison life has to offer, taking in both the historic and pre-historic buildings that comprise Britain's infamous prison system. It's all in here from the correct way to brew vintage prison 'hooch' and how to keep the screws from finding it, to the indispensable culinary methods required to make prison food edible. Read about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats and cockroaches, creatures that may be your only friends on long stretches in solitary. Also Charlie shows how to plan and prepare for marriage inside what can be seen as a less than romantic setting. With over 70,000 people (and rising) currently residing at Her Majesty's pleasure, Charlie Bronson's "Good Prison Guide" is essential for young offenders and 'old lags' alike. Make sure you don't get nicked without it.
Download or read book Field Marshal Kesselring written by Andrew Sangster and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postwar analyses of Germany’s last ever Field-Marshal, Albert Kesselring, have tended to be sympathetic and even adulatory in their appraisals. This book raises fundamental questions about their legitimacy, and challenges the widely held belief that he was one of the “greatest commanders to emerge” from the last World War. It illustrates that this reputation has been bolstered by the need to conceal the ineptitude and inexperience of Allied opposition. Often seen as a benign and good-natured patrician, the study shows that he was deeply implicated in the Nazi preparation for war, that he was guilty of serious war crimes, and that he committed perjury to save himself at the expense of a junior general. The book also highlights that the SS became a scapegoat for the whole Nazi regime, that he became a pawn in Cold War politics which assisted his release from execution and prison, that he survived the denazification process because it became a nonsense, that those who hoped he would assume a leadership in postwar Germany were disappointed by his inability to accept the new Europe, and that he died in ignominy. The book is a re-appraisal of Kesselring and demythologises many deeply held concepts of the period between 1930 and 1960.
Download or read book Criminal Law written by G. Larry Mays and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This author team had students in mind when they wrote the book on Criminal Law. Criminal Law: Core Concepts uses examples and case excerpts that are interesting and informative, along with logically organized, plain-English discussion of the Model Penal Code. This is the basis for developing a solid understanding of criminal law concepts. One look inside this book and you ll notice that every page promises unobstructed learning. You ll see an uncluttered page design, uncluttered coverage, writing uncluttered by legalese, and case excerpts uncluttered by extraneous detail Everything in this book serves a purpose. Criminal Law: Core Concepts features: A commitment to clarity, reflected in the writing style, organization, pedagogy, and design Shrewd case editing that hones in on salient themes and principles Engaging and informative examples throughout the text Plain English discussion of the Model Penal Code Timely coverage of contemporary topics, such as street crime
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-03-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Download or read book Writing the Lives of People and Things AD 500 1700 written by Robert F.W. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical biography has a mixed reputation: at its best it can reveal much not only about an individual, but the wider context of their life and society; at worst it can result in a narrowly focused work of hagiography or condemnation. Yet in spite of its sometimes inferior status amongst academics, biography has remained a popular genre, and in recent years has developed into new and intriguing areas. As the essays in this volume reveal, scholars from an array of different disciplines have embraced what biography can offer them, expanding the remit of biography from people to things, tracing the 'life' of their chosen object from creation to use to disposal to rediscovery. The increasing concern with the physicality of manuscripts and books has also meant an awareness of and interest in the 'lives' of these forms of material culture. Historians have also become increasingly interested in groups of individuals resulting in prosopographical studies. A book on the diversity of biography is therefore very timely, exploring the multi-disciplinary application of historical biography in the period 500-1700. It presents fourteen case studies offering new approaches to historical biography, written by early-career researchers from backgrounds in archaeology, English, art, architectural history and history, demonstrating different approaches and techniques. Overall, the collection is a strong and united statement by a group of early-career researchers who insist on the vitality of biography as a central concern of historians across the disciplines of the humanities. Contributors believe that the 'life' is a fundamental medium of study for the medieval and early modern periods, and thus . bolsters the move back towards biography as a primary tool of medieval and early modern scholars, as well as a tool for future research for humanities scholars interested in biography.
