Download or read book The Last Gasp written by Scott Christianson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, Christianson overturns this mythology for good. He exposes the sinister links between corporations looking for profit, the military, and the first uses of the gas chamber after World War I. He explores little-known connections between the gas chamber and the eugenics movement. Perhaps most controversially, he has unearthed new evidence about American and German collaboration in the production and lethal use of hydrogen cyanide and about Hitler’s adoption of gas chamber technology developed in the United States. More than a book about the death penalty, this compelling history ultimately reveals much about America’s values and power structures in the twentieth century.
Download or read book LAST GASP written by Robert F Barker and published by Robert F Barker. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last time DCI Jamie Carver let a would be victim act as bait for a serial-killer, it ended badly - very badly. Now they want him to do it again, and this time the ‘victim’ is a Dominatrix... As if he hasn’t got enough on his plate… - A brutal killer, poised to strike again any time - Shadows of the past that still haunt his dreams - An investigation under mounting pressure to succeed - A beautiful woman whose bizarre lifestyle may be key to finding the killer No wonder Carver feels exposed – and that’s not counting the young girl whose life he’s trying to save from ruin, or the ambitious colleague scheming to bring him down. As the kill-count mounts, signs emerge that seem to link the ‘Worshipper Killings’, with Carver’s last, ‘big case’. And when the killer strikes at the heart of the investigation, Carver knows that to protect those close to him, he must confront what he most fears – his own shortcomings. Written by someone who knows all about the pressures that come with running murder investigations, LAST GASP is a suspense-filled novel of intrigue, danger - and human weakness. It is a story about one man’s struggle to put the past behind him, and save those he loves.
Download or read book One Last Gasp written by Andrew C. Piazza and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My first thought was, "That house is insane." Not just a house for the insane, but that the building itself was insane, as if the layout of the walls themselves belied a shattered psyche dwelling within the stone...." (page 177) Near the end of World War II, during the Battle of The Bulge, a US Army unit pursues a renegade SS panzer battalion into the secluded Ardennes forest. There, hidden deep in the snow-covered pines, they find an ancient manor house containing an inhuman evil that defies any sense of reality. Confronted with a supernatural evil inside the manor, and surrounded by enemy troops outside, the soldiers will have to unravel the mysteries of the creature called The Geist and face a nightmarish battle for body and soul if they are to survive. Part war story, part Lovecraftian horror story, One Last Gasp will hold you in its haunting grip from its explosive beginning to its mindbending conclusion.
Download or read book Slow Death Zero written by Jon B. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hey, gang! Slow Death, Last Gasp's ultimate horror comix anthology from the hippie days of the underground, is back with a furious vengeance! IN this all-new 50th anniverary collection, a stellar crew of contributors -- some cartoonists from the original eco-funnies days, including Rich Corben, William Stout, Tim Boxell, and Errol McCarthy -- share macabre tales of ecological terror of today's horrifying times!
Download or read book Russia s Last Gasp written by Prit Buttar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916. After the success of the 1915 Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, which had driven Russia out of Galicia and Poland, Germany was free to renew its efforts in the west. Austria-Hungary, meanwhile, turned its attention to defeating Italy. In an attempt to relieve pressure on their British and French allies at the Somme and Verdun, Russia launched one of the bloodiest campaigns in the history of warfare. General Brusilov's June advance was quickly characterised by innovative tactics, including the use of shock troops – a tactic that German armies would later adapt to great effect. The momentum continued with Romania's entry into the war and the declaration by the Central Powers of a Kingdom of Poland – two events which would radically transform the borders of post-war Europe. Drawing on first-hand accounts and archival research, internationally renowned historian Prit Buttar presents a dramatic account of an explosive year on the Eastern Front, one that gave Russia its greatest success on the battlefield but plunged the nation into revolution at home.
Download or read book Caesar s Last Breath written by Sam Kean and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guardian's Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it. With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds on the Senate floor, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding; in fact, you're probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might well bear traces of Cleopatra's perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe's creation. Tracing the origins and ingredients of our atmosphere, Kean reveals how the alchemy of air reshaped our continents, steered human progress, powered revolutions, and continues to influence everything we do. Along the way, we'll swim with radioactive pigs, witness the most important chemical reactions humans have discovered, and join the crowd at the Moulin Rouge for some of the crudest performance art of all time. Lively, witty, and filled with the astounding science of ordinary life, Caesar's Last Breath illuminates the science stories swirling around us every second.
Download or read book Last Gasp written by S.C. Wynne and published by S.C. Wynne. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LGBT Cozy Mystery Kip O’Connor lives a simple life in the little seaside town of Pearl Bay. Unless it’s tourist season, things tend to be pretty peaceful. There is, however, one never-ending source of irritation in the form of Police Chief Merrick Dawson. Merrick is Kip’s older brother’s BFF, and nothing seems to bring Merrick more joy than nagging Kip about silly things. You’d think a Police Chief would have more important things to do than lecture Kip on parking tickets and picking up pet waste, but somehow Merrick always finds the time. When Kip decides to take an art class at the local community college, he’s annoyed to find Merrick has also enrolled in the course. The instructor takes a shine to Kip, and soon they become friends outside of class. Merrick warns Kip of the dangers of blurring those lines and befriending his teacher, but Kip is flattered by the attention. When his art teacher is found stabbed through the forehead with a palette knife, Kip is determined to figure out who killed his new friend. Merrick naturally thinks Kip getting involved in the investigation is a horrible idea, but when has Kip ever listened to that irksome, pig-headed Merrick Dawson?
Download or read book The Last Gasp written by Scott Christianson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the gas chamber, beginning with its first construction in Nevada in 1924 as a humane method of execution, and describes the political, corporate, and military uses for the technology through the twentieth century.
Download or read book Heaven s Door written by Keiichi Koike and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sci-fi manga collection of psychedelic short stories by Keiichi Koike. A drug in paper form! This is his first full-length book published in English. Contains these stories: KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother Lazarus Franco's 4 A.M. The Ronin and the Sea Looper Kenbo's Diary Sponge Generation Airway Stereo Scope Horizon Landed
Download or read book Last Gasp Verses written by Jim Plumstead and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As it says on the cover, these verses may be regarded as notes in short lines, with rhymes. Some may say they are poems (I certainly hope a few will) but many others may simply find most of the collection entertaining. It's the kind of book you might give as a present, when you are becoming desperate! Most of the items are about themes which were current at the time of writing
Download or read book One Last Breath written by Laura Griffin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's an ex-cop. She's an ex-wife. And they're both out for revenge on the same man.... When pampered former cheerleader Feenie Malone takes a job writing fluff pieces for her South Texas paper, she has no idea she's about to stumble into a juicy news story that could launch her career -- if it doesn't get her killed first. Almost as soon as she breaks out her press pass, she crosses paths with Marco Juarez, the macho PI obsessed with solving his sister's murder. The information he has might be the perfect lead -- but his dangerously sexy looks could be a deadly distraction. Juarez has zero patience for reporters, especially mouthy blond ones. But with the evidence pointing to Feenie's ex-husband, Marco thinks she could be useful. Confident he can keep her on a tight leash, he lets her in on his investigation. He quickly discovers he's underestimated his new partner, as well as the danger they both face. Now he must protect her -- to the very last breath....
Download or read book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary written by Justin Green and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Last-Gasp Eco-Funnies, 1972.
Download or read book Inner City Romance written by Guy Colwell and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2015-02-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy Colwell’s 1970s underground comic book series Inner City Romance tread new territory: it was filled with stories about prison, black culture, ghetto life, the sex trade, and radical activism. It portrayed the unpleasant realities of life in the inner city, where opportunities were limited and being on the lowest end of the economic ladder meant that one’s vision of the American dream was more about survival than lifestyle choices. Every issue of Inner City Romance is included in this collection, as well as many of the highly detailed paintings Colwell created at the time. In an accompanying text piece, Colwell provides context for the material.
Download or read book Status Factory written by Ron English and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STATUS FACTORY is a hardcover art book presenting new paintings from street art legend Ron English. In his paintings, English perverts and subverts the establishment, poking fun at religion, consumerism, and blind obedience to popular culture. He uses humor as a wake-up call, and renders it with meticulous brush strokes. Ron English populates alternate versions of "The Last Supper" and "Guernica" with cartoon characters, drops camouflaged clowns on dinosaurs, and births incredible creatures from his fertile imagination. Among reinterpretations of familiar characters like Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse, you'll find three-eyed rabbits, udderly delicious cowgirls, grinning skulls, and many more. In addition to over 180 images from his paintings, Status Factory includes over 100 photographs of English's street art installations, subverted billboards, and other public art. An afterword by the artist delves into his creative process, explaining how source materials are transformed into his riveting images. Luxuriously printed on heavy art paper, this large-format coffee table book showcases Ron English's art beautifully. A great addition to any art library focused on street art, pop surrealism, graffiti, and painting.
Download or read book R Crumb Draws the Blues written by R. Crumb and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of comic strips by Robert Crumb that were inspired by his love of blues music. 'Contains adult content.
Download or read book Jolene s Last Gasp written by Roberto de Haro and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeous, young, adult-film star Jolene Alexis is dead, her limp and naked body discovered in her upscale beachfront condominium. Sergeant Dale Lipinski, a detective with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is assigned to the case. Though all obvious signs point to suicide, Lipinski investigates contradictory details and very quickly opens a Pandora's box of disturbing proportions. In the world of pornography, nothing is as it appears. Alexis's presumed suicide points to the seedy-and oftentimes dangerous-underworld of the pornography industry. Is Jolene's death truly a suicide, or is she the victim of the elusive Hollywood dream, seduced into behavior she would never have undertaken if she had a choice? Lipinski, methodical and determined, emerges as a fascinating character. Haunted by Jolene's story, he is determined to discover the truth surrounding her death. His hunt moves from professional assignment to personal mission-and soon the detective is caught up in deception and intrigue beyond the line of duty, Blood for blood. -Michael A. Olivas William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law University of Houston Law Center Jolene's Last Gasp is a thrilling, fast-paced mystery that will keep the reader guessing until the very last pages. -Colleen Rae, author of Nearly Naked, and Correspondent, Local Observer, Saugatuck, MI
Download or read book Hitler s Last Gasp written by Manfred Krutein and published by Amador Pub. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
