Download or read book Under Arrest written by Bob Tarantino and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that Canada's Criminal Code still has provisions outlawing the practice of witchcraft and "crafty sciences"? Did you know that blasphemy is a crime in Canada? And did you know that putting a picture of a red poppy on your website could get you in trouble with the Royal Canadian Legion? Lawyer and author Bob Tarantino takes readers on an entertaining and informative romp through Canada's legal labyrinths in a book that spotlights the country's past and present strange-but-true laws and legal history. He examines odd statutes and arcane jurisprudence across the spectrum of Canadian endeavours, from war and religion to sex and culture to politics and business. Frequently, he demonstrates the parallels between yesterday's prohibitions and today's trends such as the edict against duelling and the legalities of twenty-first-century hockey slugfests, or the confiscation of so-called crime comics in the 1950s and the controversy surrounding violence in contemporary video games.
Download or read book Paradise Crime Mysteries Books 1 9 written by Toby Neal and published by Neal Enterprises INC. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 4798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *****Nine for the cost of four!***** Detective Lei Texeira flees hazy memories of a dark past, but nothing gets in the way of solving her cases in Hawaii! Binge read this box set of USA Today bestselling books and discover you can't read just one! BLOOD ORCHIDS: Black sand beaches and steaming volcanoes are backdrops for murder as patrolwoman Lei Texeira discovers the bodies of two drowned girls and attracts the attention of a killer. TORCH GINGER: Stunning Kauai has drawn Lei to a new island, but can she untangle a mystery of missing persons with madness at its heart? BLACK JASMINE: Cruise ships and art galleries hide cruel secrets as Lei and her partner, Stevens, move to Maui to build a life together; but trouble soon follows them to Maui. BROKEN FERNS: Lei’s first FBI case on the island of Oahu involves the stolen airplane of a mogul and a teenaged “Robin Hood” who steals from the rich to give to the poor. An anarchy movement is sparked that has deadly consequences. TWISTED VINE: A bizarre series of suicides hint at a sinister online ring at work on Oahu. Lei and her friend Sophie must track down the truth before more lives are lost. SHATTERED PALMS: Endangered native birds on Maui attract a poaching ring whose members meet a deadly opponent hidden in plain view. Lei’s so busy tracking the murderer she might miss her own wedding. DARK LAVA: Desecrated Hawaiian sites and a terrible murder close to home threaten Lei and Stevens’ future as they solve crime on Maui. FIRE BEACH: An arsonist with a chip on his shoulder meets a killer who leaves a shroud as a calling card. Both must be stopped before they murder Lei and her family. RIP TIDES: A surf star dies tragically on Maui, and Lei pursues justice to the prestigious Triple Crown of Surfing contest on Oahu. Grab these fast-paced mysteries and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold more than a million books! “Neal’s writing is persistently riveting...Masterly.” Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Paradise Crime Mysteries Books 4 6 written by Toby Neal and published by Neal Enterprises INC. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“Persistently riveting. Masterful.”~KIRKUS REVIEWS⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Detective Lei Texeira flees hazy memories of a dark past, but nothing gets in the way of solving her cases in Hawaii! Binge read this box set of USA Today bestselling books and discover you can't read just one! Broken Ferns: Lei accepts an offer to join the FBI. Her first case on the island of Oahu draws media attention, and involves the stolen airplane of a mogul and a young burglar with a cause. Twisted Vine: Mai tais and stunning beaches hide evil as FBI Agent Lei Texeira works closely with MMA-fighting tech agent Sophie Ang to uncover the hidden face behind an online suicide ring. Shattered Palms: Maui’s pristine rainforest is the setting for a bizarre murder involving the poaching of rare native Hawaiian birds. Lei is so caught up in catching a killer that she may not make it to her own wedding. “Neal’s writing is persistently riveting...Masterly.” Kirkus Reviews Grab this fast paced box set with a twist of romance, and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold more than a million copies!
Download or read book Crime Deviance and Popular Culture written by Dimitris Akrivos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the links between crime, deviance and popular culture in our highly-mediatised era, offering an insight into the cultural processes through which particular practices acquire a criminal or deviant status, and come to be seen as social problems. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the edited collection brings together international scholars across various areas of specialisation to provide an up-to-date analysis of some important and topical issues in 21st-century popular culture. The chapters look at different aspects of popular culture, including fictional detective narratives and the true crime genre, popular media constructions of sexual deviance and Islamophobia, sports, graffiti and outlaw biker subcultures. The authors examine a wide range of relevant case studies through a number of crime and deviance-related theories. Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture will be of importance to scholars and students across several disciplines, including criminology, sociology of deviance, social anthropology, media studies, cultural studies, television studies and linguistics.
Download or read book PARADISE CRIME MYSTERIES COMPLETE BOX SET BOOKS 1 16 written by Toby Neal and published by Neal Enterprises INC. This book was released on with total page 5988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Eve Dallas and Harry Bosch had a love child, she would be Lei Texeira! ✅ Damaged but heroic female cop with more baggage than a 747 ✅ Awesome failed police dog sidekick (who never dies) ✅ Colorful characters and gritty scenarios that take you away ✅ Escape to the dark side of Hawaii, NOW! "Thank God there are so many books in this series cuz I can't stop reading!" ~Goodreads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️16 BOOKS For a LIMITED TIME⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Detective Lei Texeira flees hazy memories of a dark past, but nothing gets in the way of solving her cases in paradise. Binge read this limited-time box set with sixteen USA Today bestselling full lenght books combined into a one-volume immersive reading experience. You can’t read just one! INCLUDED: Blood Orchids Torch Ginger Black Jasmine Broken Ferns Twisted Vine Shattered Palms Dark Lava Fire Beach Rip Tides Bone Hook Red Rain Bitter Feast Razor Rocks Wrong Turn Shark Cove Hidden Falls
Download or read book Criminal Investigation Detachment 3 Bamboo Battleground written by Don Bendell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Download or read book Stalking Crime written by V.G. Kumar Das and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent to investigate an international security alert, Inspector Zain, the protagonist investigator, unearths plans and conspiracies that intertwine to spell ethnic and religious discord in multiracial Malaysia, and create the environment for radicalized groups to assert their presence. In the dense greenery of the ancient Belum rainforest, Inspector Zain unravels clandestine efforts to bring in Muslim Rohingya refugees illegally into the country, a terror cell training camp, and a gun manufacturing facility manned by mercenaries, while elsewhere he stumbles upon an illicit drug manufacturing hideout and several illegal human trafficking networks engaged in forced labour and sexual slavery. However, it turns out that they are all threads interwoven in a complex plot to destabilize and change the political course of the country, involving not only foreign instigators, but also disloyal local officials. The setting of the novel and the strong, topical overtones of the narrative make for a compelling read.
Download or read book The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 written by Jeffrey Toobin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s senior legal analyst and New York Times bestselling author of The Nine, The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is a must-have for the true crime reader, complete with the most gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant stories of the year by the masters of crime reporting. Featuring stories of fraud, murder, theft, and madness, the Best American Crime Reporting series has been hailed as “arresting reading” (People) and the best mix of “the political, the macabre, and the downright brilliant” (Entertainment Weekly).
Download or read book Red Alert written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NYPD's most elite task force must protect the city from a shadowy killer with a vendetta in this New York Times bestselling mystery. The richest of New York's rich gather at The Pierre's Cotillion Room to raise money for those less fortunate. A fatal blast rocks the room, stirring up horrifying memories of 9/11. Is the explosion an act of terrorism . . . or a homicide? A big-name female filmmaker is the next to die, in a desolate corner of New York City. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald investigate. But the crimes keep escalating as a shadowy killer masterfully plays out his vendetta -- and threatens to take down NYPD Red in the bargain.
Download or read book How Not to Get Hit written by Nathaniel Cooke and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average person isn't looking to be in a situation where fists are going to fly, but many of us have found ourselves there anyway. At that moment, it's probably too late to do anything about it. But how do we change circumstances, so those situations don't happen? How Not to Get Hit is a book on personal safety for people who don't want to learn to fight, but do want to learn how to avoid those situations where a fight is likely to develop. Told in a lighthearted, irreverent style, How Not to Get Hit takes you on a journey through the funny side of violence, its roots in our evolutionary past and where it fits into modern society. Self-defense isn't a series of techniques or moves; it's an attitude, a strategy and a life skill. This martial arts philosophy book will give you an understanding of why people want to use violence and how to manage situations in order to create a better outcome.
Download or read book Black Belt written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
Download or read book Martial Arts of the World 2 volumes written by Thomas A. Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference ever published on the wide range of martial arts disciplines practiced in cultures around the world. ABC-CLIO's Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation is the most authoritative reference ever published on combat disciplines from around the world and across history. Coverage includes Shaolin monks, jousting knights, Roman gladiators, Westerner gunfighters, samurai warriors, and heavyweight boxers. These iconic figures and many more are featured in this title, as well as representatives of less well known but no less fascinating systems, all vividly characterized by expert contributors from around the world who are themselves martial arts practitioners. Martial Arts of the World comprises 120 entries in two volumes. The first volume is organized geographically to explore the historic development of martial arts styles in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The second volume looks at martial arts thematically, with coverage of belief systems, modern martial arts competitions, and a wide range of such topics as folklore, women in martial arts, martial arts and the military, and martial arts and the media.
Download or read book Superheroes on World Screens written by Rayna Denison and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superheroes such as Superman and Spider-Man have spread all over the world. As this edited volume shows, many national cultures have created or reimagined the idea of the superhero, while the realm of superheroes now contains many icons whose histories borrow from local folklore and legends. Consequently, the superhero needs reconsideration, to be regarded as part of both local and global culture as well as examined for the rich meanings that such broad origins and re-workings create. This collection stands out as the first concentrated attempt to think through the meanings and significance of the superhero, not only as a product of culture in the United States, but as a series of local, transnational, and global exchanges in popular media. Through analysis of mainly film, television, and computer screens, contributors offer three challenges to the idea of the "American" superhero: transnational reimagining of superhero culture, emerging local superheroes, and the use of local superheroes to undermine dominant political ideologies. The essays explore the shifting transnational meanings of Doctor Who, Thor, and the Phantom, as these characters are reimagined in world culture. Other chapters chart the rise of local superheroes from India, the Middle East, Thailand, and South Korea. These explorations demonstrate how far superheroes have traveled to inspire audiences worldwide.
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Download or read book Thailand at Random written by and published by Editions Didier Millet. This book was released on 2012 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who invented the dish Phad Thai and why? What is the prime minister's monthy salary? What are the most common nicknames in Thailand? What is the average IQ of a Thai? How many Thai women smoke tobacco? What will you be fined for the unlawful possession of an elephant? An illustrated collection of Thailand trivia, Thailand at Random is filled with anecdotes, statistics, quotes, idioms, cultural explanations, historical asides, facts, folklore and other unusual and useful tidbits. This veritable treasure trove of information on Thailand is arranged, as the title suggests, randomly, so that readers will come to expect the unexpected on each and every page. Designed in a charmingly classic style, and peppered with original illustrations, Thailand at Random is a quirky and irresistible celebration of everything you didn't know you wanted to know about this diverse and captivating country. ,
Download or read book The Martial Arts Studies Reader written by Paul Bowman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, the question was ‘could martial arts ever be studied academically?’ Today we are witnessing the global emergence and rapid proliferation of Martial Arts Studies – an exciting and dynamic new field that studies all aspects of martial arts in culture, history, and society. In recent years there have been a proliferation of studies of martial arts and race, gender, class, nation, ethnicity, identity, culture, politics, history, economics, film, media, art, philosophy, gaming, education, embodiment, performance, technology and many other matters. Given the diversity of topics and approaches, the question for new students and researchers is one of how to orientate oneself and gain awareness of the richness and diversity of the field, make sense of different styles of academic approach, and organise one’s own study, research and writing. The Martial Arts Studies Reader answers this need, by bringing together pioneers of the field and scholars at its cutting edges to offer authoritative and accessible insights into its key concerns and areas. Each chapter introduces and sets out an approach to and a route through a key issue in a specific area of martial arts studies. Taken together or in isolation, the chapters offer stimulating and exciting insights into this fascinating research area. In this way, The Martial Arts Studies Reader offers the first authoritative field-defining overview of the global and multidisciplinary phenomena of martial arts and martial arts studies.
