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Book Strange Days  Dangerous Nights

Download or read book Strange Days Dangerous Nights written by Larry Millett and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Veteran journalist and mystery writer Larry Millett has unearthed over 200 such images from the archives of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the St. Paul Dispatch. He tells the stories behind the pictures and offers brief biographies of some of these pioneering photographers."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Murder Has a Public Face

Download or read book Murder Has a Public Face written by Larry Millett and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his popular "Strange Days, Dangerous Nights," Millett has delivered images of Midwestern noir from the photo files of the "St. Paul Pioneer Press." He returns with a focus on the "dangerous murder cases from the 1940s and 50s, memorialized in these telling photographs.

Book Strange Days

    Book Details:
  • Author : Constantine Singer
  • Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 1524740241
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book Strange Days written by Constantine Singer and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When inexplicable events begin to occur, Los Angeles native Alex Mata uses his special ability of time travel to save the world from alien invasion in this captivating debut novel that weaves sci-fi and contemporary fiction.

Book American Photojournalism

Download or read book American Photojournalism written by Claude Hubert Cookman and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional approach to studying American photojournalism explains the what and who of photojournalism -- what events and developments occurred, what notable images were taken, and who took them. Without neglecting those concerns, American Photojournalism emphasizes the why.

Book Dark of the Moon

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Sandford
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-10-02
  • ISBN : 1101147229
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Dark of the Moon written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Virgil Flowers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. “Virgil Flowers, introduced in bestseller Sandford’s Prey series, gets a chance to shine...The thrice-divorced, affable member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), who reports to Prey series hero Lucas Davenport, operates pretty much on his own..”* He’s been doing the hard stuff for three years, but he’s never seen anything like this. In the small rural town of Bluestem, an old man is bound in his basement, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Three weeks before, a doctor and his wife were murdered. Three homicides in Bluestem in just as many weeks is unheard of. It’s also no coincidence. And it’s far from over...

Book Famous Crimes of Minnesota

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Burgan
  • Publisher : Adventure Publications
  • Release : 2013-07-30
  • ISBN : 1591934850
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Famous Crimes of Minnesota written by Michael Burgan and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robberies, murders, kidnappings - Minnesota has been home to several notorious crimes. Some were committed by infamous lawbreakers: the James-Younger gang, John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde and others. But not all misdeeds have been done by career criminals. Take a closer look at more than two dozen unlawful acts that rocked Minnesota and often grabbed headlines across the country.

Book AIA Guide to Downtown St  Paul

Download or read book AIA Guide to Downtown St Paul written by Larry Millett and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2010 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let architecture critic Larry Millett be your guide to downtown St. Paul, whose architectural history displays the uniqueness of this far-from-identical "twin" city. AIA Guide to Downtown St. Paul offers up the central core, Rice Park, Lowertown, and capitol districts. Each tour is copiously illustrated with current and historic photographs and paired with detailed maps. This deeply informative guidebook is perfect for tourists discovering the Twin Cities and residents exploring what is right next door. Larry Millett has written extensively about Twin Cities architecture, notably in AIA Guide to the Twin Cities, Twin Cities Then and Now, and Lost Twin Cities.

Book Eyes on Labor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Quirke
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
  • Release : 2012-08-30
  • ISBN : 0199768226
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book Eyes on Labor written by Carol Quirke and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eyes on Labor narrates an essential chapter in American cultural history, offering a fascinating broad-stroke history of the relationship of photography to the complex and troubled history of 20th-century labor and unionization movements.

Book Courthouses of Minnesota

Download or read book Courthouses of Minnesota written by Mary Logue and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This showcase of Minnesota's county courthouses spotlights the superb photography by Doug Ohman and imaginative prose by mystery writer Mary Logue.

Book John Sandford  Virgil Flowers Novels 1 4

Download or read book John Sandford Virgil Flowers Novels 1 4 written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 1641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas Davenport’s colleague, Minneapolis investigator Virgil Flowers, takes center stage for the first time in Dark of the Moon, “an adrenaline rush peppered with laugh-out-loud moments” (Booklist)—and the rush continues through all four suspense-packed novels in this set from #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lucas Davenport novels John Sandford. Dark of the Moon Heat Lightning Rough Country Bad Blood

Book Twin Cities Noir

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julie Schaper
  • Publisher : Akashic Books
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1617751618
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Twin Cities Noir written by Julie Schaper and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Local editors Schaper and Horwitz have assembled a noteworthy collection of noir-infused stories mixed with laughter...The Akashic noir short-story anthologies are avidly sought and make ideal samplers for regional mystery collecting." --Library Journal "Crime fans who missed the first round will find this expanded version worthwhile." --Publishers Weekly "The best pieces in the collection turn the clich s of the genre on their head . . . and despite the unseemly subject matter, the stories are often surprisingly funny." --City Pages (Minneapolis) "If you've never read an Akashic Noir book, Twin Cities Noir is a fine place to start." --San Francisco Book Review/Sacramento Book Review "A fun...read...particularly ripe for picking by locals who'll delight in recognizing their stomping grounds in the stories, but with enough unexpected turns to make it worthwhile for those outside the Midwest, too." --KnightsArts Brand-new stories from John Jodzio, Tom Kaczynski, and Peter Schilling, Jr., in addition to the original volume's stories by David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zellar, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart. "St. Paul was originally called Pig's Eye's Landing and was named after Pig's Eye Parrant--trapper, moonshiner, and proprietor of the most popular drinking establishment on the Mississippi. Traders, river rats, missionaries, soldiers, land speculators, fur trappers, and Indian agents congregated in his establishment and made their deals. When Minnesota became a territory in 1849, the town leaders, realizing that a place called Pig's Eye might not inspire civic confidence, changed the name to St. Paul, after the largest church in the city . . . Across the river, Minneapolis has its own sordid story. By the turn of the twentieth century it was considered one of the most crooked cities in the nation. Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, with the assistance of the chief of police, his brother Fred, ran a city so corrupt that according to Lincoln Steffans its 'deliberateness, invention, and avarice has never been equaled.' As recently as the mid-'90s, Minneapolis was called 'Murderopolis' due to a rash of killings that occurred over a long hot summer . . . Every city has its share of crime, but what makes the Twin Cities unique may be that we have more than our share of good writers to chronicle it. They are homegrown and they know the territory--how the cities look from the inside, out . . ."

Book Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism

Download or read book Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism written by James Windle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, in the context of the War on Terror and globalization, there has been an increased interest in terrorism and organized crime in academia, yet historical research into such phenomena is relatively scarce. This book resets the balance and emphasizes the importance of historical research to understanding terrorism and organized crime. This book explores historical accounts of organized crime and terrorism, drawing on research from around the world in such areas as the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Colombia, Somalia, Burma, Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago. Combining key case studies with fresh conceptualizations of organized crime and terrorism, this book reinvigorates scholarship by comparing and contrasting different historical accounts and considering their overlaps. Critical ‘lessons learned’ are drawn out from each chapter, providing valuable insights for current policy, practice and scholarship. This book is an indispensable guide for understanding the wider history of terrorism and organized crime. It maps key historical changes and trends in this area and underlines the vital importance of history in understanding critical contemporary issues. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and written by leading criminologists, historians and political scientists, this book will be of particular interest to students of terrorism/counter-terrorism, organized crime, drug policy, criminology, security studies, politics, international relations, sociology and history.

Book Slow Journalism

Download or read book Slow Journalism written by Megan Le Masurier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Journalism has emerged in recent years to enact a critique of the limitations and dangers of the speed of much mainstream contemporary journalistic practice. There have been types of journalism produced and consumed slowly for centuries, of course. What is new is the context of hyper-acceleration and over-production of journalism, where quality has suffered, ethics are compromised and user attention has eroded. Many have been asking if there is another way to practice journalism. The emergence of Slow Journalism suggests that there is. Many international scholars and practitioners have been thinking critically about the problems wrought by speed, and are utilising the concept of "slow" to describe a new way of thinking about and producing journalism. This edited collection offers theoretical perspectives and case studies on the practice of slow journalism around the globe. Slow Journalism is a new practice for new times. This book was originally published as two special issues of Journalism Practice and Digital Journalism.

Book Daring Play

Download or read book Daring Play written by Michael Burgan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On and off the field, Jackie Robinson never backed down from a challenge. The baseball legend broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, changing the sport forever. It was eight years later that a photo of him stealing home during the 1955 World Series became one of the most famous images from his historic career. The iconic photo of his daring base running seemed to sum up the way Robinson lived his life. He acted on his own, doing what he thought was right. He took risks. He used his talents the best way he knew how. And he made baseballÜand the worldÜa better place.

Book Yesterday s Faces  Strange days

Download or read book Yesterday s Faces Strange days written by Robert Sampson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume within this series presents more than fifty series characters within pulp fiction, selected to represent four popular story types from the 1907-1939 pulps--scientific detectives, occult and psychic investigators, jungle men, and adventurers in interplanetary romance. Some characters--Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Craig Kennedy, Anthony (Buck) Rogers--became internationally known. Others are now almost forgotten, except by collectors and specialists.

Book Strange Angels

Download or read book Strange Angels written by Lili St. Crow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called the touch. When her dad turns up dead--but still walking--Dru knows she's next. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever is hunting her?

Book AIA Guide to the Twin Cities

Download or read book AIA Guide to the Twin Cities written by Larry Millett and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2007 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to discover the great architectural mecca that is Minneapolis and St. Paul. The first comprehensive, illustrated handbook of its kind, AIA Guide to the Twin Cities is the ultimate source to the architectural riches of the metropolitan area. Organized by neighborhood and featuring a wealth of sites--from the highest point on the Minneapolis skyline to the modest St. Paul bungalow vibrant with historical and architectural significance--this invaluable reference has it all: -Illuminating entries for more than 3,000 buildings -Behind-the-scenes details of the structures and their architects -Lively information about local history and regional styles -Highlights of important buildings nearly lost in time -Sixty easy-to-read maps that pinpoint the location of every structure -Dozens of planned walking and driving tours -Over 1,000 photos that illustrate significant buildings and features Retired Pioneer Press architecture critic Larry Millett has spent more than two decades researching and exploring the architectural heritage of the Twin Cities. Millett's AIA Guide to the Twin Cities is your ticket to the best tour in town. Sponsored in part by the American Institute of Architects Minnesota. Larry Millett has written extensively about Twin Cities architecture. His books include Lost Twin Cities, Twin Cities Then and Now, and Strange Days, Dangerous Nights (all MHS Press), as well as a series of mystery novels featuring Sherlock Holmes.