Download or read book The Ticking Heart written by Andrew Kaufman and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Expansive and imaginative.” —Kirkus Reviews “Irreverent and bursting prose... Fans of Mark Leyner will enjoy Kaufman’s messy string of outrageous scenarios.” —Publishers Weekly Part modern fable, part detective novel, a journey through grief in the imaginary world of Metaphoria. One cold winter night, Charlie shares a cab with a stranger in a purple hat. As they talk, a cloud of purple smoke overwhelms him and he wakes up to find himself behind the only desk in the Epiphany Detective Agency. Charlie, as it turns out, is trapped in Metaphoria, an otherworldly place that reality has forgotten, a place where everything means something else. His first client is Shirley Miller, who insists on hiring Charlie to find her husband's missing heart. In fact, she's so insistent that she replaces Charlie's heart with a bomb. He has twenty-four hours to find Twiggy Miller's heart - and its meaning - or his own will explode. Tender and brutal, optimistic and despairing, this modern fable by the author of the cult hit All My Friends Are Superheroes takes a fresh look at what it means to fall into, and out of, love.
Download or read book The Ticking Is the Bomb A Memoir written by Nick Flynn and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A beautiful, intelligent book that renders pain both ordinary and extraordinary into art."—Susanna Sonnenberg, San Francisco Chronicle In 2007, during the months before Nick Flynn’s daughter’s birth, his growing outrage and obsession with torture, exacerbated by the Abu Ghraib photographs, led him to Istanbul to meet some of the Iraqi men depicted in those photos. Haunted by a history of addiction, a relationship with his unsteady father, and a longing to connect with his mother who committed suicide, Flynn artfully interweaves in this memoir passages from his childhood, his relationships with women, and his growing obsession—a questioning of terror, torture, and the political crimes we can neither see nor understand in post-9/11 American life. The time bomb of the title becomes an unlikely metaphor and vehicle for exploring the fears and joys of becoming a father. Here is a memoir of profound self-discovery—of being lost and found, of painful family memories and losses, of the need to run from love, and of the ability to embrace it again.
Download or read book Torture and the Ticking Bomb written by Bob Brecher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation. Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered Takes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds Timely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series
Download or read book The Ticking Tenure Clock written by Blaire French and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-09-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lydia Martin begins her fifth year as an assistant professor of political science at Patrick Henry University with every reason to think she will be granted tenure. She has met her department's publication standards and has avoided offending any of her senior colleagues. She has also shunned much of a personal life, which only strengthens her suit, or so she thinks. It is with disbelief, therefore, that Lydia learns that a colleague with a scholarly record almost identical to her own has been denied tenure. The standards have been raised; one book is no longer enough! Suddenly Lydia finds herself with less than a year to begin and complete a new research project. In her scramble for ideas she discovers a local animal rights group and sets about dissecting the organization as a case study in political extremism. But when she meets Charlie, a former group member, her research methods lose their objectivity. Only after they are lovers does she realize how much a boon to her project the study of him in particular would be. Lydia's temptation to use Charlie for her own gain sets into motion a sequence of events that places her in the same situation she has so often blithely put others. What will she do when she discovers that her new project's success demands she expose something essential of herself?
Download or read book THE TICKING LANCES written by SONIA SHARMA and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin, a bartender in a cafe is deeply smitten with his co-worker Jennie. Before they draw something effectual out of the mute consents on both sides, their budding love witnesses unexpected cut and thrust. With the sudden showing up of that mysterious blue lady, lot many uncertainties creep into the smooth sailing lives of both. Who is she? What does she want? Despite Jennie's repetitive warnings, Kevin follows the blue lady in the endless ocean where the death is the only awaiting destination for an onlooker. Why Kevin overlooks his beloved's concern...? What is going on in his head...? Where is he being led to...? HAPPY READING......
Download or read book Viviana Valentine and the Ticking Clock written by Emily J. Edwards and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Ashley Weaver and Rhys Bowen, when Viviana Valentine and Tommy Fortuna head to Times Square for New Year’s Eve, they didn’t expect their resolution to involve catching a killer. New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine and Tommy Fortuna have a lot of resolutions for the new year—whether it’s continuing to build up their detective agency or planning their wedding, the two are looking forward to the future. On their way to Times Square to celebrate, the two witness a brutal stabbing. When Tommy tries to chase down the culprit, Viviana tries her best to save the man. She’s unsuccessful, but Viviana hears his final words: a whispered apology to an unknown friend. Clues are hard to come by, with the only leads being the fraught last words and a few nondescript matchbooks in the victim’s overcoat. Their investigation is halted when Detective Jack Lawson of the New York Police Department arrives, immediately ruffling Viviana’s feathers and bumping chests with Tommy, who he nearly arrested for murder just months earlier. The two know there’s more to the story, but there are other pressing matters at hand. Clients are clamoring to get the detectives to work on their cases: a man is being blackmailed by a criminal who only writes in code, Tommy’s old friend needs his fiancée tailed, and an investment banker has mysteriously vanished. To add to their workload, Viviana knows something strange is happening at her boarding house. Will all of this—plus planning for a wedding—be too much for one Girl Friday?
Download or read book Ticking Clock written by Ira Rosen and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer reveals the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's most iconic news show.
Download or read book The Ticking Time Bomb written by Ph. D. Michael J. Woulas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides insightful information based on years of clinical experience to bring the causes of today's rage and violence into public awareness. This straight forward presentation will clarify the reasons for much of the domestic violence, abuse, mass murders and suicides plaguing our world. In addition to revealing the true causes of uncontrolled anger and rage, The Ticking Time Bomb directs the reader towards appropriate treatment and reduces the risk of catastrophic and life threatening behavior associated with Type II, Bipolar Disorder.
Download or read book How to Justify Torture written by Alex Adams and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Batman Begins to Tom Clancy, How to Justify Torture shows how contemporary culture creates simplified narratives about good guy torturers and bad guy victims, how dangerous this is politically, and what we can do to challenge it. If there was a bomb hidden somewhere in a major city, and you had the person responsible in your custody, would you torture them to get the information needed to stop the bomb exploding, preventing a devastating terrorist attack and saving thousands of lives? This is the ticking bomb scenario -- a thought experiment designed to demonstrate that torture can be justified. In How to Justify Torture, cultural critic Alex Adams examines the ticking bomb scenario in-depth, looking at the ways it is presented in films, novels, and TV shows -- from Batman Begins and Dirty Harry to French military thrillers and home invasion narratives. By critiquing its argument step by step, this short, provocative book reminds us that, despite what the ticking bomb scenario will have us believe, torture can never be justified.
Download or read book The Ticking Clock written by Tina Ramirez and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was inspired from a memory about the author's grandfather who was her hero and best friend growing up. He was always very calm and always saw things in a different view that would make you see how special we truly are. He taught the author a lot about life and how bless we are even when things may not be the best because we can make the best out of the small things. My grandfather spent a lot of time on this earth making everyone feel special in their own ways and was very clear that time is very important, this book explains how important time is and how time can pass us very quickly if we take it for granted. The presence of the clock is a reminder that we should enjoy the small things in this life before our clocks stop ticking, make it memorable and make an impact because even if it's a small one for you, it can be big for others.
Download or read book The Ticking written by Renée French and published by Top Shelf Productions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graphic novel about budding artist Edison Steelhead, born grotesquely deformed, who sets out to the big city to seek his fortune after he refuses his father's pleas to have radical plastic surgery.
Download or read book Terrorism Ticking Time Bombs and Torture written by Fritz Allhoff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative philosophical investigation into the ethics of torture, The War on Terror, and making tough choices in exceptional circumstances. The general consensus among philosophers is that the use of torture is never justified. In Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, Fritz Allhoff demonstrates the weakness of the case against torture; while allowing that torture constitutes a moral wrong, he nevertheless argues that, in exceptional cases, it represents the lesser of two evils. Allhoff does not take this position lightly. He begins by examining the way terrorism challenges traditional norms, discussing the morality of various practices of torture, and critically exploring the infamous ticking time-bomb scenario. After carefully considering these issues from a purely philosophical perspective, he turns to the empirical ramifications of his arguments, addressing criticisms of torture and analyzing the impact its adoption could have on democracy, institutional structures, and foreign policy. The crucial questions of how to justly authorize torture and how to set limits on its use make up the final section of this timely, provocative, and carefully argued book.
Download or read book The Ticking Heart written by Dolores Hitchens and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Mayhew of the Breakers Beach, California police department investigates murder in the old house of the eccentric Reyburne family.
Download or read book Ticking Bombs written by Michael R. Mantell and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a unique, 7-step benchmark model for dealing with workplace violence, covering every issue from prevention and protection, to coping with the chilling aftermath of these crimes.
Download or read book The Tick of the Clock written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tick Tock Man written by Kersten Hamilton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the Gadgets and Gears series: “Fast paced and funny . . . carries hints of both Lemony Snicket’s wordplay and the absurdity of M. T. Anderson’s Pals in Peril.” —Booklist Wally and Noodles are back to the business of scientific innovation—and fun. In London, they meet a young pickpocket named Dobbin who works for a mysterious criminal called the Tick-Tock Man. Soon they are racing through secret tunnels in a bid to help Dobbin’s little sister. Can the brave boy-scientist and his loyal sidekick find the one person who can save her before it’s too late? History and technology collide in this humorous series brimming with mad science.
Download or read book Cosmic Colin Ticking Time Bomb written by Tim Collins and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Harry discovers that the most evil villain in the galaxy, Galactic Gary, has escaped from prison, it's not just humankind that is in danger, but time itself.
