Download or read book Trial Unhinged written by John Alan Pearson and published by John Alan Pearson. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graham Gowan is a new lawyer, starting in a prestigious, criminal defence firm. His first client is Edward Boyd, a rounder for a powerful organized crime family. Boyd tells Graham that he is being held in separate custody and labelled mentally unfit, to keep Boyd from exposing a conspiracy involving rogue police officers and international human traffickers. Graham follows the evidence to confirm Boyd's story, but Graham feels suppressed by his sister, a tax lawyer who falls in love with another junior lawyer at Graham's firm, and by his mother, who is worried that Graham is out of control. Graham must make a choice - either listen to Boyd and follow the evidence, or play it safe and dismiss the client as too crazy to be believed.
Download or read book Unhinged written by Daniel Carlat and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stirring and beautifully written wake-up call, psychiatrist Daniel Carlat writes with bracing honesty about how psychiatry has so largely forsaken the practice of talk therapy for the seductive—and more lucrative—practice of simply prescribing drugs, with a host of deeply troubling consequences. Psychiatrist Daniel Carlat has noticed a pattern plaguing his profession. Psychiatrists have settled for treating symptoms rather than causes, embracing the apparent medical rigor of DSM diagnoses and prescription in place of learning the more challenging craft of therapeutic counseling, gaining only limited understanding of their patients’ lives. Talk therapy takes time, whereas the fifteen-minute "med check" allows for more patients and more insurance company reimbursement. Yet, DSM diagnoses, he shows, are premised on a good deal less science than we would think. Writing from an insider’s perspective, with refreshing forthrightness about his own daily struggles as a practitioner, Dr. Carlat shares a wealth of stories from his own practice and those of others that demonstrate the glaring shortcomings of the standard fifteen-minute patient visit. He also reveals the dangers of rampant diagnoses of bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other "popular" psychiatric disorders, and exposes the risks of the cocktails of medications so many patients are put on. Especially disturbing are the terrible consequences of overprescription of drugs to children of ever younger ages. Taking us on a tour of the world of pharmaceutical marketing, he also reveals the inner workings of collusion between psychiatrists and drug companies. Concluding with a road map for exactly how the profession should be reformed, Unhinged is vital reading for all those in treatment or considering it, as well as a stirring call to action for the large community of psychiatrists themselves. As physicians and drug companies continue to work together in disquieting and harmful ways, and as diagnoses—and misdiagnoses—of mental disorders skyrocket, it’s essential that Dr. Carlat’s bold call for reform is heeded.
Download or read book The Doors Unhinged Jim Morrison s Legacy Goes on Trial written by John Densmore and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary drummer and founding member of The Doors, John Densmore, unpacks the intersection of art and commerce in this deeply principled middle finger to greed "The Doors drummer Densmore rockets through his tumultuous six-year lawsuit against former bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger in this no-holds-barred account . . . Throughout, the author's initial question—at what point does money cheapen art's original message?—remains salient, even if he hammers it home a bit repetitively. Devoted fans will be eager to get their hands on this deep dive." —Publishers Weekly "Densmore's concerns about his band's legacy and its meaning in today's society are thought-provoking and worth pondering. Also impressive is his continued respect for his former bandmates' creativity and musicianship, despite the in-fighting, philosophical differences, and court battles. Not a typical rock memoir, but something more interesting to those who want to look past the hit songs and off-stage antics." —Kirkus Reviews "Part courtroom drama, part morality tale, The Doors Unhinged reminds us what happens when greed and deception get in the way of teamwork and the creative process." —Booklist IN THE DOORS UNHINGED, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the "greed gene"—that part of the human psyche that propels us toward the accumulation of more and more wealth, even at the expense of our principles, friendships, and the well-being of society. This is the gripping account of the legal battle to control The Doors's artistic destiny. In it, Densmore looks at his conflict with his bandmates over the right to use The Doors's name, revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrors and reflects a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people. The Doors continue to attract new generations of fans, with more than one hundred million albums sold worldwide and counting, and nearly twenty million followers to the band's social media accounts. As such, Densmore occupies a rarefied space in popular culture. He's beloved by artists across the decades for his fierce, uncompromising dedication to art. His writing consistently earns accolades and has appeared in a range of publications, such as the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. As his friend and American novelist Tom Robbins recently said to him, "If you keep writing like this, I'll have to get a drum set." This is an incredibly timely and important volume in a contemporary world that is increasingly consumed by an insatiable profit motive. John Densmore has given us a blueprint for an approach to life and culture that is not driven by greed.
Download or read book Unhinged written by Onley James and published by Onley James Books. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Mulvaney lives a double life. By day, he’s the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire. By night, he’s an unrepentant killer, one of seven psychopaths raised to right the wrongs of a justice system that keeps failing. Noah Holt has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape. His father was a monster. Unable to ignore his own surfacing memories, Noah embarks on a quest to find the truth about his childhood with the help of an unlikely ally: the very person who murdered his father. Since their confrontation, Adam is obsessed with Noah, and he wants to help him uncover the answers he seeks, however dark they may be. The two share a mutual attraction, but, deep down, Noah knows Adam’s not like other boys. Adam can’t love. He wasn’t born that way. But he refuses to let Noah go, and Noah’s not sure he wants him to. Can Adam prove to Noah that passion, power, and protection are just as good as love? Unhinged is a fast-paced, roller coaster ride of a romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a dirty-talking, possessive psychopath and a sweet cinnamon roll of a boy with Daddy issues and a core of steel. There’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, enough steam to fog up a hundred car windows, and something a lot like love. This is book one in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.
Download or read book Batman Arkham Unhinged Vol 3 written by Derek Fridolfs and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BEST-SELLING VIDEO GAME CONTINUES WITH MORE STORIES FROM THE WORLD OF BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY! All of Gotham City’s criminals have been walled up in a city-sized prison known as Arkham City and left entirely to their own devices. Its streets are packed with Arkham’s most dangerous patients, without anyone to keep them in check. Just when Batman thought things couldn’t get any more explosive...he may be dead wrong! The Joker is put on trial by his fellow Rogues, and the only thing that can save him is working side-by-side with Batman! And as Wayne Manor comes under attack with only Nightwing and Robin to protect it, Dr. Hugo Strange prepares his final solution for Gotham's evil. But will Batman be caught in the conflagration? you didn’t get to see in the hit game Batman: Arkham City in BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED VOLUME 3, from writer Derek Fridolfs (JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED) and artists including Mico Suayan (INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US), Eric Nguyen (ARROW) and Federico Dallocchio (SUICIDE SQUAD). This graphic novel collects stories from the hit digital series, including BATMAN - ARKHAM CITY: END GAME, the acclaimed storyline taking place after the events of the video game! Collects BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED #11-15 and BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED END GAME #1.
Download or read book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump written by Bandy X. Lee and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers wanted to know: What is wrong with him? That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the center of it all remains a cipher. Constrained by the APA’s “Goldwater rule,” which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump argue that their moral and civic "duty to warn" supersedes professional neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays (about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state. It’s not all in our heads. It’s in his.
Download or read book Batman Arkham Unhinged written by Derek Fridolfs and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve played the bestselling game…now dig deeper into Batman: Arkham City‘s gritty streets of Gotham. The mysterious Dr. Hugo Strange has turned an entire Gotham City neighborhood into the new Arkham Asylum, with the worst of the city’s scum and psychopaths are trapped inside. Only two criminals remain at large — Catwoman and Two-Face — and Strange will stop at nothing to bring them in. To discover the truth of this new villain’s rise to power, the Dark Knight has no choice but to go inside the walls of Arkham City. But will he unravel this deadly mystery before a gang war between Penguin and the Joker destroys Gotham? Or in time to save Catwoman…from herself? BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED stars Batman’s entire rogues gallery with a supporting cast from the hit game Batman: Arkham City, including Nightwing and Robin, Bane, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc and many more. Writer Derek Fridolfs (JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND) is joined by some of the hottest collaborators in comics, including Pete Woods (LEGION LOST), Brian Ching (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic), Simon Coleby (2000AD) and Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series)!
Download or read book Daughter of the Mountain written by Vella Munn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessie, part of the ill-fated Donner party trapped while trying to cross a high mountain pass, is near death when she is rescued by an Indian and gruff mountain man Daniel Bear. Jessie falls in love with Daniel, and is stunned to learn he's wanted for murder. Now she must do all in her power to keep him from being hanged.
Download or read book France on Trial written by Julian Jackson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1945, France's disgraced former head of state was on trial. As head of the Vichy regime, Philippe Pétain was a lightning rod for collective guilt and retribution. But he has also been a conservative icon ever since. Julian Jackson blends courtroom drama and brilliant narrative history to examine one of history's great moral dilemmas.
Download or read book Corporatocracy written by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Corporatocracy looks at the January 6th, 2021 insurrection through the lens of money in politics. It discusses past and present campaign finance scandals that illustrate the risk of corporate political spending and dark money. It encourages average Americans to use their vote and their pocketbooks to incentivize pro-democracy behavior by politicians and corporations"--
Download or read book In the Supreme Court of the State of New York written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Bell The Real Story written by Luke Armitage and published by epubli. This book was released on 2024-10-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Britain, eleven year-old Mary Bell murdered two boys and seemed to take a disturbing delight at what she had done. Who is Mary Bell and why did she turn out this way? And what happened to this notorious young killer after the tragic events of 1968? Find out more about this notorious murder case with this book.
Download or read book Goodbye Judge Lynch written by John W. Davis and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the fascinating story of how lawlessness finally came to an end in the Big Horn Basin of northern Wyoming--one of the last frontiers in the continental United States.
Download or read book A Place Outside the Law written by Peter Jan Honigsberg and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firsthand testimonies from Guantánamo Bay, inspiring future generations to never repeat the human rights violations of the detention center. Law scholar and Witness to Guantánamo founder Peter Jan Honigsberg uncovers a haunting portrait of life at the military prison and its toll, not only on the detainees and their loved ones but also on its military and civilian personnel and the journalists who reported on it. Honigsberg conducted 158 interviews across 20 countries so that the people who lived and worked there could tell their heartbreaking and inspirational stories. In each one, we face the reality that the healing process cannot begin until we start the conversation about what was done in the name of protecting our country. These are a few of them. Many alleged operatives in Guantánamo were purchased by the United States for ransom from Afghan and Pakistani soldiers. Brandon Neely, a prison guard who processed the first group of suspected operatives to arrive in Cuba, flew to London to embrace the detainees he guarded after leaving the military. Navy whistleblower Matt Diaz covertly released the names of 500 detainees by sending them in a greeting card to a lawyer in New York. Journalist Carol Rosenberg committed the past 17 years of her career to documenting life at Guantánamo. And Damien Corsetti, an interrogator who came to be known as the “King of Torture,” received ribbons and awards for the same cruel actions for which he was later prosecuted. In startling, aching prose, A Place Outside the Law shines a light on these unheard voices, and through them, encourages the global community to embrace humanity as our greatest tool to make the world a safer place.
Download or read book All India Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria s Courts written by Tom Zaniello and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family's fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.
Download or read book Forensic Science and the Administration of Justice written by Kevin J. Strom and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniting forensics, law, and social science in meaningful and relevant ways, Forensic Science and the Administration of Justice, by Kevin J. Strom and Matthew J. Hickman, is structured around current research on how forensic evidence is being used and how it is impacting the justice system. This unique book—written by nationally known scholars in the field—includes five sections that explore the demand for forensic services, the quality of forensic services, the utility of forensic services, post-conviction forensic issues, and the future role of forensic science in the administration of justice. The authors offer policy-relevant directions for both the criminal justice and forensic fields and demonstrate how the role of the crime laboratory in the American justice system is evolving in concert with technological advances as well as changing demands and competing pressures for laboratory resources.
