Download or read book Revenge Doesn t Pay written by Abigail Fucci and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Randall, a farm gal, and her soon to be husband, Joshua Owens, are police detectives that work alongside with Sergeant Richards. Emily is called to the scene regarding the suspicious death of a young woman. At first nothing seems to be amiss, but as they start investigating, other events unfold. While at the house, the lights suddenly go out. The death is later ruled as murder. To top all this, the elusive and vengeful Inspector Carol makes odd remarks, then altogether disappears from the scene. Emily's best friend and maid of honor, Rachel, is found murdered. The charming romance between Josh and Emily leads to marriage but their honeymoon is cut short and someone else is found dead. As more information comes to light, the mystery becomes more confusing and full of suspense until the first concrete clue is found. It's a race against time to find out who the cold-blooded killer is and to establish motive.
Download or read book Payback written by Thane Rosenbaum and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We call it justice—the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? We are told that revenge is uncivilized and immoral, an impulse that individuals and societies should actively repress and replace with the order and codes of courtroom justice. What, if anything, distinguishes punishment at the hands of the government from a victim’s individual desire for retribution? Are vengeance and justice really so very different? No, answers legal scholar and novelist Thane Rosenbaum in Payback: The Case for Revenge—revenge is, in fact, indistinguishable from justice. Revenge, Rosenbaum argues, is not the problem. It is, in fact, a perfectly healthy emotion. Instead, the problem is the inadequacy of lawful outlets through which to express it. He mounts a case for legal systems to punish the guilty commensurate with their crimes as part of a societal moral duty to satisfy the needs of victims to feel avenged. Indeed, the legal system would better serve the public if it gave victims the sense that vengeance was being done on their behalf. Drawing on a wide range of support, from recent studies in behavioral psychology and neuroeconomics, to stories of vengeance and justice denied, to revenge practices from around the world, to the way in which revenge tales have permeated popular culture—including Hamlet, The Godfather, and Braveheart—Rosenbaum demonstrates that vengeance needs to be more openly and honestly discussed and lawfully practiced. Fiercely argued and highly engaging, Payback is a provocative and eye-opening cultural tour of revenge and its rewards—from Shakespeare to The Sopranos. It liberates revenge from its social stigma and proves that vengeance is indeed ours, a perfectly human and acceptable response to moral injury. Rosenbaum deftly persuades us to reconsider a misunderstood subject and, along the way, reinvigorates the debate on the shape of justice in the modern world.
Download or read book Make Em Pay written by George Hayduke and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 1986-10-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of ultimate revenge techniques from a master trickster--over 130 topics arranged alphabetically to find the appropriate dirty trick, scheme, or stunt for any special target.
Download or read book Payback Time written by Phil Town and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t get mad, get even… Phil Town’s first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller Rule #1, was a guide to stock trading for people who believe they lack the knowledge to trade. But because many people aren’t ready to go from mutual funds directly into trading without understanding investing—for the long term – he created Payback Time. Too often, people see long-term investing as “mutual fund contributing” – otherwise known as “long-term hoping.” But the sad truth is that mutual fund investors are, to a stunning degree, pinning their hopes on an institution that is hopeless. It turns out that only 4% of fund managers consistently beat the S&P 500 index over the long term, which means that 96% of fund investors see a smaller return on their nest egg than a chimpanzee who simply buys stocks in the 500 biggest companies in America and watches what happens. But it’s worse than that. The net effect of hitching your wagon to mutual funds is that over a lifetime they’ll fritter away as much 60% of your nest egg in fees. Once you understand how funds engineer this, you’ll rush to invest on your own. Payback Time’s risk-free approach is called “stockpiling” and it’s how billionaires get rich in bad markets. It’s a set of rules for investing (not trading but investing) in the right businesses at the right time -- rules that will ensure you make the big money.
Download or read book Payback written by David P. Barash and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the child taunted by her playmates to the office worker who feels stifled in his daily routine, people frequently take out their pain and anger on others, even those who had nothing to do with the original stress. The bullied child may kick her puppy, the stifled worker yells at his children: Payback can be directed anywhere, sometimes at inanimate things, animals, or other people. In Payback, the husband-and wife team of evolutionary biologist David Barash and psychiatrist Judith Lipton offer an illuminating look at this phenomenon, showing how it has evolved, why it occurs, and what we can do about it. Retaliation and revenge are well known to most people. We all know what it is like to want to get even, get justice, or take revenge. What is new in this book is an extended discussion of redirected aggression, which occurs not only in people but other species as well. The authors reveal that it's not just a matter of yelling at your spouse "because" your boss yells at you. Indeed, the phenomenon of redirected aggression--so-called to differentiate it from retaliation and revenge, the other main forms of payback--haunts our criminal courts, our streets, our battlefields, our homes, and our hearts. It lurks behind some of the nastiest and seemingly inexplicable things that otherwise decent people do, from road rage to yelling at a crying baby. And it exists across boundaries of every kind--culture, time, geography, and even species. Indeed, it's not just a human phenomenon. Passing pain to others can be seen in birds and horses, fish and primates--in virtually all vertebrates. It turns out that there is robust neurobiological hardware and software promoting redirected aggression, as well as evolutionary underpinnings. Payback may be natural, the authors conclude, but we are capable of rising above it, without sacrificing self-esteem and social status. They show how the various human responses to pain and suffering can be managed--mindfully, carefully, and humanely.
Download or read book Beyond Revenge written by Michael McCullough and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, McCullough dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Michael E. McCullough (Miami, Florida), an internationally recognized expert on forgiveness and revenge, is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he directs the Laboratory for Social and Clinical Psychology.
Download or read book Vengeance Is Mine All Others Pay Cash written by Eka Kurniawan and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid, bawdy, comic, and arresting, the exciting new novel by the Indonesian phenomenon, Eka Kurniawan Told in short, cinematic bursts, Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is gloriously pulpy. Ajo Kawir, a lower-class Javanese teenage boy excited about sex, likes to spy on fellow villagers in flagrante, but one night he ends up witnessing the savage rape of a beautiful crazy woman by two policemen. Deeply traumatized, he becomes impotent. His efforts to get his virility back all fail, and Ajo Kawir turns to fighting as a way to vent his frustrations. He gets such a fearsome reputation as a brawler that he is hired to kill a thug named The Tiger, but instead Ajo Kawir falls in love with Iteung, a gorgeous female bodyguard who works for the local mafia. Alas, the course of true love never did run smooth… Fast-forward a decade. Now a truck driver, Ajo Kawir has reached a new equanimity, thinking that his penis may be trying to teach him a lesson and even consulting it in many situations as if it were his guru—love may yet triumph. Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash shows Eka Kurniawan in a gritty, comic, pungent mode that fans of Quentin Tarantino will appreciate. But even with its liberal peppering of fights, high-speed car chases, and ladies heaving with desire, the novel continues to explore Kurniawan’s familiar themes of female agency in a violent male world dominated by petty criminals and a corrupt police state.
Download or read book Government Without Taxes written by Donald Kirchinger and published by Gold Leaf Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE 35 Mystery Revenge Tales written by Robert Barr and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of some of the greatest murder mysteries and revenge thrillers, has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Face and the Mask Death Cometh Soon or Late The Woman of Stone The Chemistry of Anarchy The Fear of It The Metamorphoses of Johnson The Reclamation of Joe Hollends The Type-Written Letter The Doom of London The Predicament of De Plonville A New Explosive The Great Pegram Mystery High Stakes "Where Ignorance Is Bliss" The Departure of Cub Mclean Old Number Eighty-Six Playing With Marked Cards The Bruiser's Courtship The Raid On Mellish Striking Back Crandall's Choice The Failure of Bradley Ringamy's Convert A Slippery Customer The Sixth Bench Revenge! An Alpine Divorce Which Was The Murderer? A Dynamite Explosion An Electrical Slip The Vengeance of the Dead Over The Stelvio Pass The Hour and the Man "And the Rigour of the Game" The Bromley Gibberts Story Not According to the Code A Modern Samson A Deal on 'Change Transformation The Shadow of the Greenback The Understudy "Out Of Thun" A Dramatic Point Two Florentine Balconies The Exposure of Lord Stansford Purification Robert Barr (1849–1912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland. His famous detective character Eugéne Valmont, fashioned after Sherlock Holmes, is said to be the inspiration behind Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.
Download or read book Necessary Death written by R. Michael Markley and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve pressed the barrel of the gun to the back of Rhinos head. His arm twitched. He had never killed before. This would be his first. The fact that Rhino had been his mentor and had been like a father to him didnt make it any easier. It seemed impossible to pull the trigger. Did he really want to taint his life with murder? He pulled the trigger! In the Tradition of The Godfather, Necessary Death takes you inside the seedy and gritty world of Michael Marello, a world filled with corruption, blackmail, revenge, loyalty, deceit, and murder. Sometimes death is necessary in order for Michael Marellos business to move forward. Titan, Inc., also known as The Marello Empire to local authorities, is where Michael runs his operation. Power and control were his drug of choice. He craved them. Pine Bridge was in his grip, and business was dealt with the way he wanted. He had connections and favors owed by many. When death touches him personally, things begin to change. When loyalty and trust are questioned, Michael goes on the defensive. Forgiveness is sought and begged for. To Michael, forgiveness meant revenge! Was it corrupt? Sure. Was it illegal? Yes. Did they take care of people with violence or hush money? You bet they did! It kept his enterprise strong, with no cracks. He had solid contacts in all the right places, loyalty from the underlings, and unity in the leadership. Or so he thought.
Download or read book For Such a Time As This written by Don L. Bradley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us has a calling on his or her life. God has been at work since before we were born bringing about that calling. Some of us have had to go through some things; some of us have not. God will use both paths of life for His Kingdom. He is at work orchestrating both you and the mission field to which He's sending you. It doesn't matter what your background has been. It doesn't matter what you've done. All that matters is that God has a plan and a purpose for your life and He will bring you to it if you let Him.In For Such a Time as This, we will see how God is at work in your life preparing you to serve Him and His Kingdom. Don Bradley, an anointed teacher of the Gospel, will show you how you can make your life count for the Kingdom. Even if you are not a Christian, this book will show you how to begin a relationship with Christ and how to make your life count for eternity. There are dark, perilous, and terrible times coming; trouble that the world has never known. In Part One -Now is the Time- Don prepares you to be ready so you can miss those times. He encourages you to become heavenly minded yet be earthly grounded. When Jesus comes, He wants to find His people faithfully doing the work He gave them. Part One answers the question, "What does it mean to be found faithful." In Part Two -To the End of the Age- Don takes you on a journey through time and gives you a description of those terrifying days that lay ahead, as well as unveil the blessed hope of the Redeemed.
Download or read book The Boss written by Wensley Clarkson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boss is a man who commands respect: from his family, from his friends, and from hard men on both sides of the law. A bare-knuckle champion, he finds himself wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Now free from the constraints of the prison world, he must forge a new life for himself on the outside. As he tries to save his marriage and his tempestuous but loving relationship with his daughter, he embarks upon a bizarre journey through London's underworld, encountering a host of curious villains who stand between him and his efforts to rehabilitate himself.The Boss is a story of hard men and tough villains, a story of honour and respect; of a life on the street where your word is everything, and your fists do the talking.'I can't remember the last time I read such an exciting novel. The description of the criminal world is amazing' - Kate Kray
Download or read book Why Your Kids Misbehave and What to Do about It written by Dr. Kevin Leman and published by Revell. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tantrums. Talking back. Throwing toys or food. Meltdowns. Slamming doors. Kids know just how to push your buttons. You've tried all sorts of methods, but nothing seems to work. That's because you're not addressing the root reasons for why kids misbehave, says international parenting expert Dr. Kevin Leman. In this book, he reveals exactly why kids misbehave and how you can turn that behavior around with practical, no-nonsense strategies that really work . . . and are a long-term win for both of you. With his signature wit and wisdom, Dr. Leman helps you see through your child's eyes, revealing why they do what they do, who they learn their behaviors from, and why they continue behaving badly. He identifies the stages of misbehavior, where your child is on the spectrum, and how to not only avoid escalating bad behavior but get on the front end and turn it around for good. By the end of this book, you'll be smiling at the transformation in yourself, your child, and your home. Guaranteed.
Download or read book Retribution written by Sallie Cochren and published by Sallie Cochren. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 3 in the Check Mate series. (Warning: This book series contains violence and suicides. Recommended for adults only.) As the new president of San Tropolis, Henry Parsythe has a lot on his plate. There's still too much civil unrest in the township. Even though Check Mate has ended, the public still wants more. In a desperate attempt to get people on his side, Parsythe creates a time of Retribution. During this time, assassins will be allowed to go after former assailants who killed their loved ones on the cruel reality TV series. The leader of the rebellious group of plotters has a personal connection to the show. Years ago, Darren's sister, Becky, was a victim of Check Mate. The idea of going after her assailant appeals to him, but there may be something more important for him to do. It has been difficult to forget about his girlfriend's betrayal. He has been trying to make peace with Maria, but it hasn't been easy. Slowly but surely, it's beginning to feel more like old times. Still, can he resist the urge to go after his sister's murderer, or will he help Maria instead? Whatever he decides, there's sure to be danger. In a township with assassins seeking to avenge their loved ones, some innocent bystanders may get caught up in their acts of vengeance. Will Darren be one of them?
Download or read book The Little Book Of Life written by and published by alan macmillan orr. This book was released on with total page 1021 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Lifetime with Shakespeare written by Paul Barry and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the only American to direct and fight-choreograph all of Shakespeare's plays, this text represents an expert and practical guide to the Bard's oeuvre. From the Henry VI plays through The Tempest, each play is explored in its full theatrical complexity, with particular attention paid to directorial and acting challenges, character quirks and development, and the particularities of Shakespearean language. Directing successes are recounted, but the failures are not shied away from, making this work indispensable for anyone interested in producing plays by Shakespeare.
Download or read book King s Revoke written by Margaret Louisa Woods and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
