Download or read book Louise Erdrich s Justice Trilogy written by Connie A. Jacobs and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louise Erdrich is one of the most important, prolific, and widely read contemporary Indigenous writers. Here leading scholars analyze the three critically acclaimed recent novels—The Plague of Doves (2008), The Round House (2012), and LaRose (2016)—that make up what has become known as Erdrich’s “justice trilogy.” Set in small towns and reservations of northern North Dakota, these three interwoven works bring together a vibrant cast of characters whose lives are shaped by history, identity, and community. Individually and collectively, the essays herein illuminate Erdrich’s storytelling abilities; the complex relations among crime, punishment, and forgiveness that characterize her work; and the Anishinaabe contexts that underlie her presentation of character, conflict, and community. The volume also includes a reader’s guide to each novel, a glossary, and an interview with Erdrich that will aid in readers’ navigation of the justice novels. These timely, original, and compelling readings make a valuable contribution to Erdrich scholarship and, subsequently, to the study of Native literature and women’s authorship as a whole.
Download or read book Justice and Her Brothers written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl and her twin brothers discover their special powers in the first of a fantasy series by the Newbery Medal–winning author of M.C. Higgins, the Great. For Justice and her identical twin brothers Levi and Thomas, the summer begins like any other. But as the slow days pass, Justice begins to notice a strange energy between her brothers, beyond their normal twin connection. Thomas becomes increasingly bossy and irritable, while Levi seems weak and absentminded. And there are changes happening within Justice, as well. Soon she discovers that she possesses a mysterious, extraordinary ability. Will Justice and her brothers uncover the secret behind their newfound powers? Justice and Her Brothers is the first book in Virginia Hamilton’s compelling dystopian fantasy series, the Justice Trilogy, comprised of Justice and Her Brothers, Dustland, and The Gathering. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Download or read book Justice written by Jeffrey Salane and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to LAWLESS - the criminally smart adventure thriller! M Freeman learned the hard way not to trust her new friendsat Lawless, an unusual school where she was training to follow in her parents'footsteps - as a master criminal. She managed to overturn Lawless's dangerousplans, but now her previous rivals - the Fulbright Academy - need M's help. Lawlessare after a weapon that could threaten all life on earth. But can she really trusther new allies? It's time for M to take the law into her ownhands.
Download or read book Ancillary Justice written by Ann Leckie and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards: This record-breaking novel follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren -- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.
Download or read book Liberty written by Dyanna Morrison White and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberty is the second of three plays in a thought-provoking trilogy, following the struggles and triumphs of Judge Grace Porter Haverhill. Few issues merit as much rancorous debate in the 21st century than Second Amendment rights and gun control versus gun rights issues in our homes, schools, communities, and in our bipartisan Congress. Liberty shines a spotlight on Second Amendment abuses/protections, with our founding fathers witnessing the hypothetical trial of the President of the NRA, through a one-way window in the courtroom, questioning its applicable use as a defense for the military assault style rifles commonly used in mass shootings and killings in our public spaces, that are so readily available for purchase. While the majority of Americans largely favor common sense gun control legislation, it has become a hotly debated partisan issue. Our founders established the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights as part of the framework that specifically spelled out where the Federal Government's power ended stating, "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right to bear arms shall not be infringed." Our founders were imperfect, aspirational idealists who fully recognized the necessity of our founding documents to be viewed as, "living documents," stating that, "Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind." None of the amendments in our Bill of Rights are an absolute and our framers are quick to remind us that there certainly was a fair measure of gun control intact when the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. As of May 2021, there had already been close to 200 mass shootings in the US. More than 15,000 of our citizens have lost their lives as a result of gun-related violence. Sensible gun control legislation does not equate to denying citizens of their Second Amendment rights. Compromise can be reached to pass largely favored gun control measures to help ensure the safety of our people and to once more restore domestic tranquility to our country, inherently guaranteed by our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Download or read book Justice Served written by Radclyffe and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth in the Justice Series. The hunt for an informant in the ranks draws Lieutenant Rebecca Frye, her lover Doctor Catherine Rawlings, and Officer Dellon Mitchell into a deadly game of hide and seek with an underworld kingpin who traffics in human souls. Newly promoted Detective Lieutenant Rebecca Frye once again assembles her unorthodox team of lovers and friends to bring the hunt for a deadly informant in the police department to justice. Aided by JT Sloan, a cyber sleuth with a personal score to settle, Rebecca soon discovers the conspiracy extends far beyond the police department into the underworld of those who trade in human souls. Pressured by her superiors, driven by the private need to avenge her murdered partner, and determined to succeed, she must put one officer’s life at risk and her own heart on the line.
Download or read book LaRose written by Louise Erdrich and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award In this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves, wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale of a tragic accident, a demand for justice, and a profound act of atonement with ancient roots in Native American culture. North Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence—but when the buck springs away, Landreaux realizes he’s hit something else, a blur he saw as he squeezed the trigger. When he staggers closer, he realizes he has killed his neighbor’s five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich. The youngest child of his friend and neighbor, Peter Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreaux’s five-year-old son, LaRose. The two families have always been close, sharing food, clothing, and rides into town; their children played together despite going to different schools; and Landreaux’s wife, Emmaline, is half sister to Dusty’s mother, Nola. Horrified at what he’s done, the recovered alcoholic turns to an Ojibwe tribe tradition—the sweat lodge—for guidance, and finds a way forward. Following an ancient means of retribution, he and Emmaline will give LaRose to the grieving Peter and Nola. “Our son will be your son now,” they tell them. LaRose is quickly absorbed into his new family. Plagued by thoughts of suicide, Nola dotes on him, keeping her darkness at bay. His fierce, rebellious new “sister,” Maggie, welcomes him as a coconspirator who can ease her volatile mother’s terrifying moods. Gradually he’s allowed shared visits with his birth family, whose sorrow mirrors the Raviches’ own. As the years pass, LaRose becomes the linchpin linking the Irons and the Raviches, and eventually their mutual pain begins to heal. But when a vengeful man with a long-standing grudge against Landreaux begins raising trouble, hurling accusations of a cover-up the day Dusty died, he threatens the tenuous peace that has kept these two fragile families whole. Inspiring and affecting, LaRose is a powerful exploration of loss, justice, and the reparation of the human heart, and an unforgettable, dazzling tour de force from one of America’s most distinguished literary masters.
Download or read book The Imperial Radch Boxed Trilogy written by Ann Leckie and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special boxed set contains all three novels in NYT bestselling author Ann Leckie's Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning space opera trilogy about a ship's AI who becomes trapped in a human body, and her quest for revenge. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Breq is both more than she seems and less than she was. Years ago, she was the Justice of Toren-- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of corpse soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. An act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with only one fragile human body. And only one purpose-- to revenge herself on Anaander Mianaai, many-bodied, near-immortal Lord of the Radch. Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy has become one of the new classics of science fiction. Beautifully written and forward thinking, it does what good science fiction does best, taking readers to bold new worlds with plenty explosions along the way. For more from Ann Leckie, check out:ProvenanceThe Raven Tower
Download or read book Son of Justice written by Steven L. Hawk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a dozen years, Eli has studied the art of war from some of the most skilled fighters on three planets. There's no question, he has what it takes to be a professional soldier. There's just one problem. His father is General Grant Justice, the most famous man in the galaxy and leader of a new governmental alliance that unites four alien races. When it comes time to enlist, the younger Justice has to make a choice. Rely on his last name and claim an automatic commission as an officer? Or enter basic training as a lowly private and earn his way to the top? For Eli, the decision is an easy one. He changes his name and enlists as an anonymous recruit. Unfortunately, not all of life's choices have such clear-cut answers. An alien-led rebellion is brewing in the ranks of the army he has just joined, and Eli is forced to choose sides. His actions will determine the fate of his father, the alliance, and the entire human race.
Download or read book The Justice Trilogy written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young people must master their powers in order to escape from a barren, dangerous land in these three novels by a Newbery Medal winner. The Justice Trilogy includes: Justice and Her Brothers: For Justice and her identical twin brothers Levi and Thomas, the summer begins like any other. But as the slow days pass, Justice begins to notice a strange energy between her brothers, beyond their normal twin connection. Thomas becomes increasingly bossy and irritable, while Levi seems weak and absentminded. And there are changes happening within Justice, as well. Soon she discovers that she possesses a mysterious, extraordinary ability—and she and her brothers must uncover the secrets behind their newfound powers. Dustland: Using their psychic abilities, four children have formed a unit: Justice, the Watcher; Dorian, the healer; Thomas, the magician; and Levi, the sufferer. Together, they mind-travel to a strange future world called Dustland. And together they can survive anything. But when tensions run high between Thomas and Justice, will Thomas leave them stranded in this desolate land? With the future of their unit uncertain, the children are threatened by an even greater danger: Mal, the evil entity that controls Dustland. The Gathering: Justice, Dorian, Thomas, and Levi have unfinished business in the future. Joining together once again and time-traveling to Dustland, they hope to guide the inhabitants out of the dangerous, barren place in the hopes of finding a safer home. But neither they nor the residents of Dustland are truly safe as long as the sinister Mal remains in power. This volume includes all three of these stories filled with fantasy and adventure, by an author who has won many awards, including the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and the Coretta Scott King Award, as well as the National Book Award for her novel M.C. Higgins, the Great.
Download or read book The Justice Trilogy written by Barry Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three books in one, all by author Barry Kelly: "Justice Beyond Law," "Justice Without Mercy," and "Shades of Justice. Travel across the nation and the globe with Jack Brandon and his team, including Bouviers Shadow and Gideon, as they take down KGB agents, terrorists, serial killers, human traffickers and protect the innocent, sometimes within the boundaries of the law, and sometimes now. The action never seems to end!
Download or read book The Western Justice Trilogy written by Gilbert Morris (Deceased) and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join bestselling and beloved author Gilbert Morris on three Old West adventures in which desperate women place their trust in the hands of unlikely heroes. Rosa’s land is overrun by a gang of bandits, but only Faye, a genteelly bred lawman-want-to-be, will answer her call for help. Sabrina can only find Waco to hire to go after the outlaws who kidnapped her sister, but he is an ex-criminal himself. Raina plans a daring escape that relies on following Ty out of town, but he has gotten locked up in jail. Includes: Rosa's Land, Sabrina's Man, and Raina's Choice
Download or read book Freedom written by Gale Pyke and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathaniel is an inmate locked away in a godforsaken prison submerged a mile beneath the ocean's surface without any idea of the day, week, or year. He has been abused, tortured, and left to rot with one of the cruelest prison directors he has ever met. But a man can only take so much before he decides he is done. He is certain he is no criminal, but he doesn't want to be a hero either. Nate wants freedom, and he is determined to get it one way or another. Alongside Raven, Grayson, Atlas, and others, Nate decides to escape The Gr�f. After he discerns that even the most secure prison has weaknesses, he begins formulating a strategy that will only be successful if the timing is perfect. But when he finally unfurls his plan, Nate discovers that freedom comes at a high cost. In this exciting thriller, an inmate locked in an underwater prison formulates an escape plan that leads him and others on a dangerous journey from hell into the unknown.
Download or read book Dark Justice written by William Bernhardt and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1999-12-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering from courtroom burnout, attorney Ben Kincaid heads to the picturesque Pacific Northwest for some much-needed R and R. But Ben's blissful getaway becomes a busman's holiday in the small town of Magic Valley, where a pitched battle between the local logging industry and crusading conservationists has led to brutal murder. Years earlier, professional activist George Zakin was successfully defended against a charge of murder by a fledgling attorney named Ben Kincaid. Now, accused of viciously killing a lumberjack, Zakin is counting on Ben to duplicate that long-ago courtroom coup. With the odds stacked against him, Ben walks into a war zone in the courtroom . . . and a potential killing field in Magic Valley, an explosive place where allies and enemies are hard to tell apart--and digging for the truth is as good as digging your grave.
Download or read book Achieving Justice written by T. L. Jessop and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad luck and trouble had dominated Kate Nelson's life, but she thought her luck had changed, or at least she hoped it had. The change began with the birth of her twin babies, James and Joseph. She found it amazing how two small infants could affect her so much. Still the issue of her killing on Cold Shivers Point hounded her, and the possibility of returning to prison loomed in the future. Motherly instinct made her realize she could not succumb to the power and dictates of her Parole Officer or the Sheriff who seemed determined to send her back to hell. Kate was a widow, an ex-con, a despised daughter-in-law and flat-out broke. There were many obstacles to overcome; she had to get a job, not easy for an ex-con, provide for her babies, stay clear of her mother-in law and find a way to prove her killing was justified and in defense of her own life as well as her unborn twins. The Irish blood in Kate refused allow self-pity to rule. With hard work and continued effort she had to overcome the obstacles and most importantly establish the truth and balance the unequal scales of justice.
Download or read book Cousins written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVCammy’s only trouble in life is a cousin named Patty Ann who overshadows her in every way—until suddenly, Patty Ann is no longer around/divDIV /div DIVCammy has a happy life and a great family, except for one little problem: a cousin who thinks she’s better than everyone else. It’s true that Patty Ann is beautiful, talented, and bright, but to Cammy she’s also vain, conceited, and mean-spirited. Sometimes Cammy wishes that Patty Ann would disappear, just vanish in a puff of smoke. But when the unthinkable happens and Patty Ann is lost forever, Cammy struggles to atone for her bad feelings toward someone so close./div
Download or read book American Revenge Narratives written by Kyle Wiggins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Revenge Narratives critically examines the nation’s vengeful storytelling tradition. With essays on late twentieth and twenty-first century fiction, film, and television, it maps the coordinates of the revenge genre’s contemporary reinvention across American culture. By surveying American revenge narratives, this book measures how contemporary payback plots appraise the nation’s political, social, and economic inequities. The volume’s essays collectively make the case that retribution is a defining theme of post-war American culture and an artistic vehicle for critique. In another sense, this book presents a scholarly coming to terms with the nation’s love for vengeance. By investigating recent iterations of an ancient genre, contributors explore how the revenge narrative evolves and thrives within American literary and filmic imagination. Taken together, the book’s diverse chapters attempt to understand American culture’s seemingly inexhaustible production of vengeful tales.
