Download or read book Becoming Evil written by James Waller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political or social groups wanting to commit mass murder on the basis of racial, ethnic or religious differences are never hindered by a lack of willing executioners. Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors which lead ordinary people to commit these acts of evil.

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Good and Evil written by David S. Oderberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metaphysics of Good and Evil is the first, full-length contemporary defence, from the perspective of analytic philosophy, of the Scholastic theory of good and evil – the theory of Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and most medieval and Thomistic philosophers. Goodness is analysed as obedience to nature. Evil is analysed as the privation of goodness. Goodness, surprisingly, is found in the non-living world, but in the living world it takes on a special character. The book analyses various kinds of goodness, showing how they fit into the Scholastic theory. The privation theory of evil is given its most comprehensive contemporary defence, including an account of truthmakers for truths of privation and an analysis of how causation by privation should be understood. In the end, all evil is deviance – a departure from the goodness prescribed by a thing’s essential nature. Key Features: Offers a comprehensive defence of a venerable metaphysical theory, conducted using the concepts and methods of analytic philosophy. Revives a much neglected approach to the question of good and evil in their most general nature. Shows how Aristotelian-Thomistic theory has more than historical relevance to a fundamental philosophical issue, but can be applied in a way that is both defensible and yet accessible to the modern philosopher. Provides what, for the Scholastic philosopher, is arguably the only solid metaphysical foundation for a separate treatment of the origins of morality.

Download or read book Pretty Evil New England written by Sue Coletta and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four centuries, New England has been a cradle of crime and murder—from the Salem witch trials to the modern-day mafia. Nineteenth century New England was the hunting ground of five female serial killers: Jane Toppan, Lydia Sherman, Nellie Webb, Harriet E. Nason, and Sarah Jane Robinson. Female killers are often portrayed as caricatures: Black Widows, Angels of Death, or Femme Fatales. But the real stories of these women are much more complex. In Pretty Evil New England, true crime author Sue Coletta tells the story of these five women, from broken childhoods, to first brushes with death, and she examines the overwhelming urges that propelled these women to take the lives of a combined total of more than one-hundred innocent victims. The murders, investigations, trials, and ultimate verdicts will stun and surprise readers as they live vicariously through the killers and the would-be victims that lived to tell their stories.

Download or read book A Necessary Evil written by Bobby Delgado and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a universe without laws. In heaven, Lucifer persuaded a third of the angels to join his rebellion by appealing to the wicked angelsaEUR(tm) desire to do evil. Ridding themselves of God and His laws that kept them from doing evil, they would be free to do what they wanted to do without fear of punishment. In the ensuring battle, Lucifer and his followers were cast down to earth. So where on earth are they? Demon spirits need a human body to do the devils work. aEURoeEven from your own numbers,aEUR Paul forewarned the church, aEURoemen will arise and distort the truth in order to draw disciples after themaEUR (Matthew 13:18). Though demonic spirits disguise their evil intent by masquerading under cloaks of respectability as Judas did, their false teachings and evil deeds expose them for who they really serve. Evil opposes everything God has established. SatanaEUR(tm)s intent to abolish GodaEUR(tm)s laws and his desire to be worshiped aEURoelike GodaEUR has never changed. What Satan failed to achieve in heaven, he today has achieved on earth. ThereaEUR(tm)s an abundance of ignorance because thereaEUR(tm)s a famine of the truth on the land. Under the banner of aEURoeChristianity,aEUR SatanaEUR(tm)s minions have spun a web of lies in the upper echelon of our government and in many books on religion and American history that obscures the truth and shapes peopleaEUR(tm)s thinking. Millions have been taken captive by lies, and the only lifesaving antidote for someone in a comatose state of ignorance is GodaEUR(tm)s truth. Evil is often necessary to draw a nation or an individual back to God (1 Corinthians 5:5). This book is a guide warning those, escaping the fire by GodaEUR(tm)s grace, about the devilaEUR(tm)s snares that want to snatch them back into the fire. ItaEUR(tm)s a guide for criminal justice reformers and a guide for dragon hunters in search of the truth. Tracking SatanaEUR(tm)s scent by following his signature traits will take you to where Satan has his throne today. The place where he is being worshiped aEURoelike GodaEUR and the churches and the government institutions from where his minions have been working to abolish GodaEUR(tm)s laws and Christian teachings that once governed the true Christian Church and the nation.

Download or read book Deliver Us from Evil written by John Terence Kane and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliver Us from Evil is the sweeping saga of one man's struggle to find his place in an ever-changing world. From its origins in London and ranging throughout the globe, Deliver Us from Evil tells a story from the past that was never more relevant than it is today. Born in Poland to Jewish and Muslim parents, Omar Josue Konrad and his mother are imprisoned by Nazis on his eighth birthday. Omar's Jewish father is summarily executed. As the grandson of an Arab prince, Omar has value as a hostage and survives the Holocaust. Faced with such evil, Omar questions how God can exist in this world. Omar wrestles with the conflict between his desire to rid the world of evil and the desire to be a good man. Having a quick mind and facility with languages, Omar finds himself at the newly formed United Nations. His royal grandfather and his United Nations position provide access to world leaders-and tough choices. Omar faces the hardest question of his life: How far will he go to make the world a better place? Both epic novel and geopolitical thriller, Deliver Us from Evil is one man's journey through life and his struggle with the questions that we must all answer about our existence.

Download or read book The Garden of Evil written by David Hewson and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Italian police detective Nic Costa's Rome: the side of the city the tourist board does not want you to see. "Hewson does more than provide a thrilling read. He saves you the airfare to Italy. When you turn the last page, you'll think you've been there" LINWOOD BARCLAY "David Hewson's Rome is dark and tantalizing, seductive and dangerous, a place where present-day crimes ring with the echoes of history" TESS GERRITSEN "David Hewson is one of the finest thriller writers working today" STEVE BERRY "No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me - nor made it seem so sinister" PETER JAMES _______________________ A grisly discovery in the heart of Rome. A desperate chase. An untouchable prime suspect . . . Inside a deserted studio, in a seedy area of Rome best known for prostitution, an art expert from the Louvre is found dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings that Detective Nic Costa has ever seen - an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. This death is just the start. Before long, tragedy strikes Costa far closer to home . . . and the hunt to find the killer becomes deeply personal. But while the main suspect's identity is known, he remains untouchable - protected in his grand palazzo by a fleet of lawyers and a sinister cult known as the Ekstasists. Teaming with an art expert, Costa follows clues hidden in the mysterious Caravaggio canvas. As he moves through a maze of history, he begins to make stunning connections to the present case. And each discovery brings him closer and closer to a terrifying conspiracy dating back four hundred years - and to men who will stop at nothing to protect their own private garden of evil. Fans of Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti, Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano and Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen, as well as Louise Penny, Jeffey Siger and Martin Walker, will love this thrilling mystery series - perfect for readers who enjoy dark and complex character-led mysteries with multiple twists. PRAISE FOR THE GARDEN OF EVIL: "Opens with a shocker that will have series fans reeling . . . Arturo Perez-Reverte has long set the gold standard for mixing history, mystery, and modern life into literary stews of mouthwatering flavor and incredible subtlety, but it's time to agree that Hewson now shares that position-and is on the verge of claiming it outright" Booklist Starred Review "A dark jewel of a thriller" Publishers Weekly Starred Review "A thought-provoking blend of art history and mystery . . .A treat for readers who like their entertainment literate" Richmond Times-Dispatch "This one took my breath away . . . Worth a read if you love art, history, the renaissance or police procedurals, especially if you love a mixture of all three" Kirsten, 5* GoodReads review "I could not recommend a book in this genre more highly. For me it is right up there with Donna Leon's wonderful series featuring Venetian Detective, Guido Brunetti" Blair, 5* GoodReads review "I've enjoyed all of Hewson's Nic Costa series but this one proved to be my favourite so far" Vivienne, 5* GoodReads review "One of the best crime series out there, and this volume, to date, is the best of the series" Linda, 5* GoodReads review THE NIC COSTA MYSTERIES, IN ORDER: 1. A Season for the Dead 2. The Villa of Mysteries 3. The Sacred Cut 4. The Lizard's Bite 5. The Seventh Sacrament 6. The Garden of Evil 7. Dante's Numbers (aka The Dante Killings) 8. City of Fear (aka The Blue Demon) 9. The Fallen Angel 10. The Savage Shore

Download or read book Literature and Evil written by Georges Bataille and published by Marion Boyars. This book was released on 1973 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss the work of Emily Bronte, Baudelaire, William Blake, Proust, Kafka, Genet, and de Sade, and examine the depiction of evil

Download or read book Hand of Evil written by J.A. Jance and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance returns with her “compelling…satisfying” (USA TODAY) third novel in the gripping suspense series featuring ex-television journalist Ali Reynolds. With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he’s dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix’s South Mountain Preserve. It’s the perfect place to drive a man to his grave—literally. Starting with a crime so gruesome even prowling coyotes keep their distance from the remains, a killer begins crisscrossing the Southwest on a spree of grisly murders. A hundred miles away, Ali Reynolds is grieving. The news-casting job she once delighted in is gone—and so is the philandering husband she loved and thought she knew. When a member of the family who gave Ali a generous scholarship decades earlier suddenly asks her for a meeting, Ali wonders what it can mean. Before she can satisfy her curiosity, though, Ali receives another startling call: a friend’s teenage daughter has disappeared. Ali offers to help. But in doing so, she unknowingly begins a quest that will reveal a deadly ring of secrets, at the center of which stand two undiscriminating killers. Hand of Evil is Jance at her best, weaving a masterful story of suspense that travels over generations, exposing two very different women with the same horrifying secret. Will Ali become a victim herself, or will she escape from a deadly deceit that no amount of security—financial or emotional—can cover up?

Download or read book Evil Thoughts Wicked Deeds written by Kris Mohandie Ph.D. ABPP and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the scariest and most interesting criminals are broken down and analyzed by Dr. Kris Mohandie, an expert police and forensic psychologist who has met—and evaluated—some of the most dangerous people who have walked among us. This book has numerous first-hand accounts of his work, and interviews for cases like the Angel of Death serial killer, racist serial assassin Joseph Paul Franklin, and even the O.J. Simpson case. Detailed case information, including excerpts of interviews he’s conducted with these offenders, provides a platform to learn shocking new information about hostage takers, serial killers, mass murderers, violent “true-believers,” terrorists, and some of the worst predators on the planet.

Download or read book The Evil Inside II written by Lee Maroney and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The green latex image of a rotting skull hung tightly to Frank Graham’s skin, his face a long since forgotten memory. A trickle of blood escaped from his dehydrated lips, a sign of organ failure and internal bleeding. There appeared no intake of oxygen, no rise and fall of inflating lungs. Inside the mask, two black pits hid demonic eyes, cold, merciless eyes, clamped shut. Until a flicker, a single twitch, steadily, gradually...

Download or read book Most Evil written by Steve Hodel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Dahlia Avenger Former LAPD detective Steve Hodel compiles never-before-seen evidence that reveals his father as a serial killer who may have been responsible for some of the most infamous murders of the last century- including the Zodiac killings.

Download or read book Talking with Psychopaths A Journey into the Evil Mind written by Christopher Berry-Dee and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, renowned criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee has interviewed imprisoned, infamous serial killers and now he peels back the curtain, engaging with the psychiatrists tasked to understand their deviant minds. As Berry-Dee dives deeper than ever before, he uncovers a disturbing pattern: the utter lack of remorse displayed by these individuals is often more horrifying than the crimes they’ve committed. Even more alarming, psychoanalysts admit that these murderers have an insidious ability to mask their true nature behind a facade of normalcy. Their behavior defies comprehension, even to the professionals who spend their livelihoods studying these aberrant minds. With gripping narrative and a wealth of research, Talking with Psychopaths: A Journey into the Evil Mind analyzes the darkest corners of the human brain. As Berry-Dee recounts his interviews, he exposes each layer of deception, seeking the best path to find the truth behind a psychopath’s mask.

Download or read book Sketching Evil written by Donna Anders and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do you go when nowhere is safe? From the author of Death Waits for You, which Ann Rule called "a suspense-filled exercise in terror," comes a new novel of a woman facing a menacing danger she cannot escape no matter where she runs. When an attempted rape in her city apartment leaves artist Abby Carter deeply shaken, she flees to the beautiful Victorian house she recently inherited in a tiny town on the upper Hhudson River. But rumors of ghosts from generations past, and an unsolved murder, are unsettling...while handsome local homicide detective Bud Williams investigates a brand-new rash of violent crime. Empathy with a terrified victim leads Abby to use her artistic skills to capture the face of a local serial rapist. But when the portrait leads to an arrest, Abby starts receiving threats and anonymous phone calls, and the house she believed to be a refuge becomes instead a place from her worst nightmare. Bud vows to protect her, but Abby knows she must look into the face of evil herself, because failure could mean her life.

Download or read book New Image of Religious Film written by John R. May and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from richly diverse backgrounds explore a wide range of current issues concerning the interrelationship of religion and film.

Download or read book Army of Evil written by Adrian Weale and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nazi Germany, they were called the Schutzstaffeln. The world would know them as the dreaded SS—the most loyal and ruthless enforcers of the Third Reich. It began as a small squad of political thugs. Yet by the end of 1935, the SS had taken control of all police and internal security duties in Germany—ranging from local village “gendarmes” all the way up to the secret political police and the Gestapo. Eventually, its ranks would grow to rival even Germany’s regular armed forces, the Wehrmacht. Going beyond the myths and characterizations, Army of Evil reveals the reality of the SS as a cadre of unwavering political fanatics and power-seeking opportunists who slavishly followed an ideology that disdained traditional morality—an ideology that they were prepared to implement to the utmost murderous extreme, which ultimately resulted in the Holocaust. This is a definitive historical narrative of the birth, legacy, and demise of one of the most feared political and military organizations ever known—and of those twisted, cruel men who were responsible for one of the most appalling crimes against humanity in history. INCLUDES RARE PHOTOGRAPHS

Download or read book P K Pinkerton and the Case of the Deadly Desperados written by Caroline Lawrence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clever, and very funny."--The New York Times The year is 1862, and twelve-year-old P.K. “Pinky” Pinkerton is on the run from Whittlin’ Walt and his gang of ruthless desperados. P.K. is determined to hold on to Ma’s last priceless possession: the deed to a large amount of land and silver mines in the Nevada Mountains. Problem is, that’s exactly what Whittlin’ Walt is after, and he’ll do just about anything to get his hands on it. P.K. will have to be both clever and cunning to evade the band of outlaws. But time is running out, and no one can run forever. After all, this is the Wild West, and there’s hardly a safe place to hide.

Download or read book Plant An Evil Seed written by Richard J. May and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the background of the calamitous and horrifying events of September 11, 2001, Plant an Evil Seed is a unique crime novel with a fresh and ingenious look at how the friends and relatives of a murder victim learn of the crime and seek justice. A cheating husband has murdered his young and vibrant wife and appears to have gotten away with the perfect crime. But in a new and totally diabolical form of street justice, the circle of avengers then brilliantly plot to see that the killer is finally made to answer for his evil acts. Plant an Evil Seed is a story of intrigue and deception that will cause readers to reminisce of the intricate plots and surprising turn of events that were the trademarks of the late great master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. 6