Download or read book Irreparable written by Mark Gerardot and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the age-old tale of a straying husband, a woman scorned, and two dead bodies-or is it? By morning, the headlines and stories had circled the globe full of half-truths, misinformation and a potential coverup. The cheating husband who had driven his wife to such madness became the official account, forever etched into the annals of history.Yet the whole story of this brutal murder-suicide would lie hidden for months, only to be uncovered by Mark Gerardot himself in his aching quest to know what had led Jennair, his wife of 24 years, to such a violent act. In the process, he uncovers mounds of shocking proof of a wife's madness that was building for decades-one that had culminated in an unprecedented level of tracking and surveillance as she prepared to carry out her final act of revenge.Full of factual dialogue from hours of audio files, Irreparable recounts the intimate details of three people's lives, now forever linked, and seeks to move beyond labels, to equally honor the truth of all three souls impacted by the tragedy. More than an enthralling true-crime story, Irreparable is a memoir of a tumultuous marriage, a love affair, and one man's desperate efforts to reexamine the past as he recounts precious memories and early signs of trouble from the woman he knew and loved, but whose spiraling loss of control amid the high-tech surveillance she pursued took hold of her mind and life. Taking accountability for the choices he made, the signs he missed, and the better man he wishes to become Mark Gerardot reveals the truth and finds his way to a new life.
Download or read book Jake Riley written by Rebecca Fjelland Davis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gripping debut novel, author Davis takes a hard look at some of the most difficult issues facing teenagers today. Once readers know Jake's story, they'll never forget it . . . or him.
Download or read book Irreparable Harm written by Frank Snepp and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1999 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIA v Snepp was a constitutional train wreck--and you can't avert your eyes from Irreparable Harm, Frank Snepp's hypnotizing and heartbreaking account of his case." --Jeffrey Toobin He began his professional life as a lockstep secret warrior--and wound up an improbable battler for free speech. This is a searingly personal chronicle of the journey that carried Frank Snepp from the innermost circles of the CIA to the Supreme Court itself and forever changed the meaning of one of the most sacred liberties guaranteed to us by the United States Constitution. Irreparable Harm tells of terror and sacrifice, and of the obsessive determination of CIA officials to destroy a man who dared call them on their mistakes. Among the last CIA agents to be airlifted from Saigon in the closing moments of the Vietnam War, Snepp returned to Agency headquarters determined to force his colleagues to assist Vietnamese left behind. But this was the summer of 1975, when the CIA was under investigation by Congress and unwilling to admit to any more transgressions, least of all its final ones in Vietnam. Unable to prompt even an official summary of the disastrous evacuation, Snepp resigned to write his own account in the hope of generating help for those abandoned, and spent the next eighteen months like a fugitive on the run, dodging CIA agents out to silence him. His expose, Decent Interval, was published in total secrecy under conditions reminiscent of a classic espionage operation--the first time any American book had been brought out this way. But it ignited a firestorm of publicity that drove the CIA and Jimmy Carter's White House to launch a campaign of retaliation unparalleled in the annals of American law, a strategy of vengeance designed to leave Snepp impoverished and gagged for life. In struggling to survive, the onetime spy was forced to accept help from ACLU liberals, antiwar activists, and a fiery Harvard professor named Alan Dershowitz, whom he would previously have viewed as his ideological enemy. Snepp's harrowing firsthand account of his ordeals, from his shadowy trench battles with the Agency, to the destruction of his friends and family, to his historic showdown with the CIA in the courts, reads at times like Kafka's The Trial and at times like a John Grisham thriller, and recounts a tale of government persecution that will leave the reader wondering how any of this could have happened in America.
Download or read book Irreparable Harm written by Melissa F. Miller and published by Brown Street Books. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irreparable Harm is a heart-pounding legal thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page. Surprising twists, a brisk pace, and an unforgettable protagonist make this electrifying debut an unputdownable read and pave the way for a long-running series that has captivated over two million readers! Meet Attorney Sasha McCandless, a woman with one burning ambition: to make partner at the most prestigious law firm in town. Little does she know, her dreams of success are about to collide with a world of deceit and danger, thrusting her into a high-stakes battle she never expected. When a commercial airline flight crashes, leaving no survivors, Sasha is handpicked to defend the company in the inevitable litigation. It’s her big break—a chance to prove herself to an important client. But as she builds the defense, a sinister truth emerges, and the people connected to the case start mysteriously dying. With mounting evidence that the tragic crash was no accident but a deliberate act of evil, Sasha must navigate a treacherous landscape of lies, betrayal, and conspiracy. Desperate for answers and running out of time, she forms an unlikely alliance with a federal air marshal, embarking on a race against the clock to prevent another devastating airline disaster. Driven by her unwavering determination and fueled by the adrenaline of the chase, Sasha McCandless fights to stop a madman before he silences her forever. As the tension escalates and the stakes skyrocket, you'll find yourself immersed in a world where justice hangs in the balance, and one woman risks everything to expose the truth. USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller showcases her unparalleled storytelling skills in this first book in an addictive series that will leave you craving more. Download your copy today and buckle up for a white-knuckle ride of suspense, surprises, and a strong female protagonist who will capture your heart and leave you breathless.
Download or read book The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule written by Douglas Laycock and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-17 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irreparable injury rule says that courts will not grant an equitable remedy to prevent harm if it would be adequate to let the harm happen and grant the legal remedy of money damages. After surveying more than 1400 cases, Laycock concludes that this ancient rule is dead--that it almost never affects the results of cases. When a court denies equitable relief, its real reasons are derived from the interests of defendants or the legal system, and not from the adequacy of the plaintiff's legal remedy. Laycock seeks to complete the assimilation of equity, showing that the law-equity distinction survives only as a proxy for other, more functional distinctions. Analyzing the real rules for choosing remedies in terms of these functional distinctions, he clarifies the entire law of remedies, from grand theory down to the practical details of specific cases. He shows that there is no positive law support for the most important applications of the legal-economic theory of efficient breach of contract. Included are extensive notes and a detailed table of cases arranged by jurisdiction.
Download or read book Preventing Irreparable Harm written by Eva R. Rieter and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International human rights adjudicators, while facing urgent cases, have used provisional measures in order to prevent irreparable harm, e.g. to order States to halt an expulsion, the execution of a death sentence, the destruction of the natural habitat, as well as to ensure access to health care in detention or protection against death threats. In the practice of the various adjudicators, the traditional concept of provisional measures has undergone a process of humanization. Preventing Irreparable Harm addresses the question of how such provisional measures can be made as persuasive as possible. Apart from the Inter-American Court, none of the human rights adjudicators motivate or publish their provisional measures. Yet the book analyzes their best practices and obstacles, determines the underlying rationale for their use of provisional measures, and establishes the core of the concept of provisional measures that all adjudicators have in common. It argues that clarity - on what belongs to the core of the concept and on what does not belong to the concept at all - enhances the persuasive force of provisional measures. The practices of the international adjudicators that are made accessible in this book will prove useful in the ongoing cross-fertilization that occurs among these adjudicators. Moreover, the analysis provided allows individual victims, their counsel, NGOs, as well as international institutions, to address more effectively urgent human rights cases.
Download or read book Irreversible Damage written by Abigail Shrier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 BY THE TIMES AND THE SUNDAY TIMES "Irreversible Damage . . . has caused a storm. Abigail Shrier, a Wall Street Journal writer, does something simple yet devastating: she rigorously lays out the facts." —Janice Turner, The Times of London Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoria—severe discomfort in one’s biological sex—was vanishingly rare. It was typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerged in early childhood, and afflicted males almost exclusively. But today whole groups of female friends in colleges, high schools, and even middle schools across the country are coming out as “transgender.” These are girls who had never experienced any discomfort in their biological sex until they heard a coming-out story from a speaker at a school assembly or discovered the internet community of trans “influencers.” Unsuspecting parents are awakening to find their daughters in thrall to hip trans YouTube stars and “gender-affirming” educators and therapists who push life-changing interventions on young girls—including medically unnecessary double mastectomies and puberty blockers that can cause permanent infertility. Abigail Shrier, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, has dug deep into the trans epidemic, talking to the girls, their agonized parents, and the counselors and doctors who enable gender transitions, as well as to “detransitioners”—young women who bitterly regret what they have done to themselves. Coming out as transgender immediately boosts these girls’ social status, Shrier finds, but once they take the first steps of transition, it is not easy to walk back. She offers urgently needed advice about how parents can protect their daughters. A generation of girls is at risk. Abigail Shrier’s essential book will help you understand what the trans craze is and how you can inoculate your child against it—or how to retrieve her from this dangerous path.
Download or read book Irreparable Harm written by Renata Adler and published by Melville House Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happened in the 2000 presidential election - and can it happen again? It was the most tumultuous and uncertain transition of power in the history of the United States, and yet, to most Americans, what really happened in the 2000 presidential election remains unclear something went wrong in Florida, but the Supreme Court cleared it up and then, er, everyone was happy . . . right? But who actually won the Florida vote recount? What, exactly, did the Supreme Court decide? Was there truly no dissent? What role did the mass media play? In Irreparable Harm, Renata Adler, the long-time star of The New Yorker magazine who is also an attorney and a life-long Republican, takes a blistering look at the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, and uncovers numerous problems, including instances where the judges mis-cited their own previous decisions, or reversed them. Irreparable Harm is one of three hard-hitting books published by Melville House (The Road to Illegitimacy, Irreparable Harm and The Big Chill) that take a close look at the 2000 election - based on three pieces of investigative journalism originally filed at the time, by three of the country's top journalists. These three insightful books are riveting history. But more importantly, they may help troubled Americans with one of the most pressing questions we face: Can it happen again?
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Dispossession written by Pete Daniel and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He exposes the shameful fact that at the very moment civil rights laws promised to end discrimination, hundreds of thousands of black farmers lost their hold on the land as they were denied loans, information, and access to the programs essential to survival in a capital-intensive farm structure. More than a matter of neglect of these farmers and their rights, this "passive nullification" consisted of a blizzard of bureaucratic obfuscation, blatant acts of discrimination and cronyism, violence, and intimidation. Dispossession recovers a lost chapter of the black experience in the American South, presenting a counternarrative to the conventional story of the progress achieved by the civil rights movement.
Download or read book Irreparable Damage written by Joseph T. Klempner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a photograph of his young daughter is mistaken for something of sinister intentions by the photograph developer, a terrible series of events ensues that threatens Stephen Barrow with the loss of his daughter.
Download or read book The Heart Remembers written by Jan-Philipp Sendker and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated final book in the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats trilogy, a moving story about love’s power to transcend distances and heal seemingly irreparable wounds. Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. An unusually perceptive child, Bo Bo can read people’s emotions in their eyes. This acute sensitivity only makes his unconventional home life more difficult: His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother, who, for unclear reasons, keeps herself away from her son. Everything changes when Bo Bo discovers the story of his parents’ great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events, and of his mother’s mysterious sickness. Convinced that he can heal her and reunite their family, Bo Bo decides to set out in search of his parents. A gripping, heartwarming tale that takes the reader from Burma to New York and back, The Heart Remembers is a worthy conclusion to Jan-Philipp Sendker’s beloved series.
Download or read book Irreparable Harm written by Lee Gruenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamela Jacoby, a rookie cop, is desperately trying to overcome years of sexual abuse. When her therapist pairs her with Mac Graham, a neurotic, the treatment goes so well that they fall for each other. But when Mac is found murdered after a night with Pamela, it's up to her police captain, Amanda Grant, to prove Pamela's innocence--against unbelievable odds.
Download or read book Sight written by Romana Romanyshyn and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sight is a groundbreaking introduction to our vivid, sensory world. This nonfiction book is an immediately accessible, science-intensive illumination of an endlessly fascinating subject: sight. Packed with facts about all aspects of vision, this is a sensitive exploration of how sight essentially impacts our everyday lives. • At once instructional and inspirational • Features stunning visual sophistication • Filled with compelling infographics Sight is a stunning, multifaceted visual exploration of one of our critical senses. This gorgeous book goes beyond the facts—it encourages not only scientific exploration, but philosophical reflection on the very nature of vision. • Resonates year-round as a go-to gift for birthdays, holidays, and more • Perfect for curious children ages 8 to 12 years old • Equal parts educational and visual, this makes a great pick for schools, librarians, teachers, grandparents, and parents. • You'll love this book if you love books like Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural by Julia Rothman, Animalium: Welcome to the Museum by Jenny Broom, and Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkins.
Download or read book The Man Who Walked Away written by Maud Casey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a trance-like state, Albert walks-from Bordeaux to Poitiers, from Chaumont to Macon, and farther afield to Turkey, Austria, Russia-all over Europe. When he walks, he is called a vagrant, a mad man. He is chased out of towns and villages, ridiculed and imprisoned. When the reverie of his walking ends, he's left wondering where he is, with no memory of how he got there. His past exists only in fleeting images. Loosely based on the case history of Albert Dadas, a psychiatric patient in the hospital of St. André in Bordeaux in the nineteenth century, The Man Who Walked Away imagines Albert's wanderings and the anguish that caused him to seek treatment with a doctor who would create a diagnosis for him, a narrative for his pain. In a time when mental health diagnosis is still as much art as science, Maud Casey takes us back to its tentative beginnings and offers us an intimate relationship between one doctor and his patient as, together, they attempt to reassemble a lost life. Through Albert she gives us a portrait of a man untethered from place and time who, in spite of himself, kept setting out, again and again, in search of wonder and astonishment.
Download or read book Suffering Witness written by James D. Hatley and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, James Hatley uses the prose of Primo Levi and Tadeusz Borowski, as well as the poetry of Paul Celan, to question why witnessing the Shoah is so pressing a responsibility for anyone living in its aftermath. He argues that the witnessing of irreparable loss leaves one in an irresoluble quandary but that the attentiveness of that witness resists the destructive legacy of annihilation. "In this new and sensitive synthesis of scrupulous thinking about the Holocaust (beginning with scruples about the term Holocaust itself), James Hatley approaches all the major questions surrounding our overwhelming inadequacy in the aftermath of the irreparable. If there is anything unique (in a non-trivial sense) about the Holocaust, surely it is the imperious moral urgency that compels those who contemplate it to revise their view of what it means to be human, and to bear witness to such an event.
Download or read book Dying Declaration written by Randy Singer and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas and Theresa Hammonds believe in tough love and old-fashioned discipline. They do not believe in doctors. When their controversial beliefs lead to personal tragedy, the Hammonds face heartbreaking loss, a crisis of faith—and a charge of negligent homicide by a relentless prosecutor. Defending Thomas and Theresa is freewheeling lawyer Charles Arnold. He believes in grace and mercy, but nothing in his colorful past has prepared him for the challenges of this shocking case, or for the dangerous conspiracy at its heart.
