Download or read book The Darker Side to Dr Carter written by S. J. Groves and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark tale of hidden betrayal, lies and secrets, A man determined to keep his darker interests out of sight. No matter the cost, that ends with terrible consequences as this demon of man shows himself, as the darkness of this evil deep inside comes forth to those closest to him, like his dearly beloved wife Helena and daughter Anna and those who dare cross this devil of a man!
Download or read book What It Means to Be Human written by O. Carter Snead and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year A First Things Books for Christmas Selection Winner of the Expanded Reason Award “This important work of moral philosophy argues that we are, first and foremost, embodied beings, and that public policy must recognize the limits and gifts that this entails.” —Wall Street Journal The natural limits of the human body make us vulnerable and dependent on others. Yet law and policy concerning biomedical research and the practice of medicine frequently disregard these stubborn facts. What It Means to Be Human makes the case for a new paradigm, one that better reflects the gifts and challenges of being human. O. Carter Snead proposes a framework for public bioethics rooted in a vision of human identity and flourishing that supports those who are profoundly vulnerable and dependent—children, the disabled, and the elderly. He addresses three complex public matters: abortion, assisted reproductive technology, and end-of-life decisions. Avoiding typical dichotomies of conservative-liberal and secular-religious, Snead recasts debates within his framework of embodiment and dependence. He concludes that if the law is built on premises that reflect our lived experience, it will provide support for the vulnerable. “This remarkable and insightful account of contemporary public bioethics and its individualist assumptions is indispensable reading for anyone with bioethical concerns.” —Alasdair MacIntyre, author of After Virtue “A brilliantly insightful book about how American law has enshrined individual autonomy as the highest moral good...Highly thought-provoking.” —Francis Fukuyama, author of Identity
Download or read book The Untold written by S. J. Groves and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third book a sequel to the first book 'the ghost of Anna', also ties in with the second book 'The darker side to Dr Carter'. Susan and her daughter Sarah move away to a flat, not too far from the family home, where the ghosts of Anna and her father Edward Carter had haunted the old house. This story is about Sarah and her possible connection with Anna and her father. This we see, Sarah attempts to figure out some answers to her questions about the haunting experiences and her horrible nightmares along with other strange feelings from her past that she had in the old home. The haunting you would think would stop as Sarah moves away from the house. Un fortunately, it starts once again this time more terrifying as ever, as Sarah uncovers the truth. Nevertheless, she finds a gift and strength of her own to fight back. This story is based on once again true, strange and haunting events that Sarah has from the age of 10 to 38 years of age set in 1985 to 2012. It was going to be from when Sarah was 10 to 18 but felt it would be better to continue on through so the book would come full circle when the haunting finally stopped and truth behind the story's accepted by one of the main characters of Sarah Jones.
Download or read book Shining Light on the Dark Side of Personality written by Peter Karl Jonason and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn which dark side of personality assessment to use and when Introduces different assessment tools Highlights the nuances between tests Presents the relevant psychometric properties Explores findings about human nature More about the book We encounter people who possess undesirable dark sides of personality at low levels in our day to day lives, whether it is the boss who acts like a jerk, a cheating partner, or a friend who rubs everyone up the wrong way. This volume explores the latest research on the assessment of the dark personality traits, including the dark triad of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, and more. The internationally renowned group of contributors provide a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of the personality traits currently being explored. Each chapter reviews two main topics. First, a particular measure used to study such traits is discussed. This section is geared to help the reader to understand how researchers in this area capture data on these traits and to best decide which instrument they want to use and when. Second, each chapter then details what the psychometric data on the test reveals about human nature, including topics such as sex differences, workplace behaviors, sexuality, and value systems. In this way, the contributors highlight how the convergence of research from various measures can provide a broad mosaic of information about people colloquially called psychopaths, narcissists, spiteful, Machiavellian, and sadists. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in test development and practitioners interested in the dark side personality traits.
Download or read book Dark Side of the Street written by Jack Higgins and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British agent goes behind bars to trap an elusive enemy in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed. As an experienced operative of the British Intelligence organization known as “The Bureau,” Paul Chavasse is used to working behind enemy lines. So when he’s approached with a mission that will land him in prison, he’s certain it will be an easy stretch. He’s wrong. For some time, a clandestine organization headed by an enigmatic leader called the Baron has been breaking prisoners out of confinement with military precision, only to disappear into the darkness once again. The next convict to be freed is most likely Harry Youngblood, a disgruntled associate of the Baron’s who could be the key to the case. All Chavasse has to do is get in good with Youngblood, tag along when his boss busts him out, and unmask the Baron. Then all he has to do is stay alive . . . With millions of fans and dozens of bestsellers including the series featuring Liam Devlin and Sean Dillon, Jack Higgins is truly one of the original masters of the international thriller.
Download or read book The Crucifix Killer written by Chris Carter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST CHILLING NOVEL IN THE ACCLAIMED ROBERT HUNTER SERIES When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in Los Angeles, Robert Hunter is thrown into a nightmare case. The victim suffered a terrible death, and on the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross: the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer. But that's impossible. Because two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true? Is the real killer still out there, ready to embark once again on a vicious and violent killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him? Hunter and his rookie partner, Garcia, need to solve this case and fast. PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER 'Gripping . . . Not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page turner' Express
Download or read book The Dark Side of Twilight written by Jean Lasell and published by Sundown Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working on the basis of an old bad dream and suspicion of murder, the author and another sister set out to find their missing sister, only to finally discover the location of her body six week later.
Download or read book The Music of Elliott Carter written by David Schiff and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words from the Composer -- Introduction: The International Theme -- I. Chamber Music. 1. String Quartets. 2. Chamber Music for Wind Instruments. 3. Chamber Music for Piano and other Mixed Ensembles. 4. Short Instrumental Works -- II. Vocal Music. 5. Choral Works. 6. Songs with Piano (or Guitar). 7. Works for Solo Voices and Instruments -- III. Piano Music -- IV. Orchestral Music. 8. Ballets. 9. Concertos. 10. Symphonic Works -- App. A. Carter's Listing of Three- to Six-Note Chords: 'Link' Chords -- App. B. Carter's Note on Voyage / Edited by John F. Link and John F. Link.
Download or read book Dark Side of the Moose written by Nicholas Sicard and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-09-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an infant boy is left for dead after his parents are killed in an attack by the evil Sharmarkyans, a magical spirit moose comes to his aid and saves his life. Taken in by a kind couple passing by, the child is raised as their own son and nicknamed “Moosinella.” On the autism spectrum, he faces many challenges but soon becomes a courageous and strong vigilante. Years later, Moosinella befriends a man who is sent to assassinate him but has a change of heart. Together they set out on a dangerous quest to kill the ruthless leader of the Sharmarkyans, King Kodiak, who threatens to destroy everything they care about in their homeland of Songerlondia.
Download or read book The Dark Side of New York Life and Its Criminal Classes Etc written by New York (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Crescent Moon written by Georgy Gounev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark Side of the Crescent Moon constitutes a historical and political analysis of the growth of radical Islam throughout the world. It shows how the spread of radical Islam in Europe drove the United States and Russia to become allies of necessity, in order to confront a shared danger. Georgy Gounev provides readers with a detailed assessment of the people, countries, and global movements that factor into Islam's mounting threat. From the evolution and history of radical Islam to the role of the United States and Russia in the rise of Islam, the author lays out the factors contributing to this global phenomenon. Taking the reader from Chechnya and Kosovo, to Sudan and Somalia, to Afghanistan and Iraq, Gounev explores the motivations that lurk beneath the surface of active conflict, and extend the threat to the shores of Britain, Russia, and even the United States. He illuminates the vast network that is actively transmitting the political and religious dogma of radical Islam. Casting a cold eye on the theocratic fundamentalism emanating from Iran and Saudi Arabia, Gounev sounds an alarm about a growing threat both outside and inside our borders.
Download or read book Dark Secrets written by Vicki L. Kidwell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you were a seventeen year old boy, on the eve of graduation, when you’re told that wealthy ‘uncle’ who placed you in boarding schools since the age of five is actually your father? Finding out that you’re a bastard is something so shameful that you can’t even tell your best friend and room mate. And worst of all, that your father now wants to get to know you as an adult. This is the turmoil that Alexander Chase Kingsley must deal with. On arriving in Fredericksburg, Virginia, hoping to help his mother, whom he’s only seen a handful of times with her saloon business, he finds out that she actually runs a whorehouse. And there’s still the nagging problem of his father. He inherits the brothel, but closes it, to open a grand hotel, and enlisting his best friend Jem to help manage it. He finds a woman...a preening peacock....that coldly and calculatingly snares Alex into marriage. In time he finds out that she used to be a river boat harlot, she’s pregnant with his child. What to do? Kick her out, pregnancy and all? No, Alex wants a child to make up for the unconventional childhood that he himself had endured. So he comes up with a plan... After his divorce, Alex is very bitter and cold, even taking to carrying a side arm, which later saves his son, Joshua, who is his entire life and the only person besides Jem that keeps him sane, not realizing that the love he needs is right under his nose. Dark Secrets is filled with every emotion within the realm of human life. It has loyalty, love, confrontation and many cliff-hangers. Thank you for reading, and I always welcome feedback.
Download or read book Film Television and the Psychology of the Social Dream written by Robert W. Rieber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how social distress or anxiety is reflected, modified, and evolves through the medium of the motion picture. Tracing cinema from its earliest forms, the authors show how film is a perfect medium for generating and projecting dreams, fantasies, and nightmares, on the individual as well as the societal level. Arising at the same time as Freud’s influential ideas, cinema has been intertwined with the wishes and fears of the greater culture and has served as a means of experiencing those feelings in a communal and taming environment. From Munsterberg’s original pronouncements in the early 20th century about the psychology of cinema, through the pioneering films of Melies, the works of the German expressionists, to James Bond and today’s superheroes this book weaves a narrative highlighting the importance of the social dream. It develops the idea that no art form goes beyond the ordinary process of consciousness in the same way as film, reflecting, as it does, the cognitive, emotional, and volitional aspects of human nature.
Download or read book Dark Work written by Christy Clark-Pujara and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of one state in particular whose role in the slave trade was outsized: Rhode Island Historians have written expansively about the slave economy and its vital role in early American economic life. Like their northern neighbors, Rhode Islanders bought and sold slaves and supplies that sustained plantations throughout the Americas; however, nowhere else was this business so important. During the colonial period trade with West Indian planters provided Rhode Islanders with molasses, the key ingredient for their number one export: rum. More than 60 percent of all the slave ships that left North America left from Rhode Island. During the antebellum period Rhode Islanders were the leading producers of “negro cloth,” a coarse wool-cotton material made especially for enslaved blacks in the American South. Clark-Pujara draws on the documents of the state, the business, organizational, and personal records of their enslavers, and the few first-hand accounts left by enslaved and free black Rhode Islanders to reconstruct their lived experiences. The business of slavery encouraged slaveholding, slowed emancipation and led to circumscribed black freedom. Enslaved and free black people pushed back against their bondage and the restrictions placed on their freedom. It is convenient, especially for northerners, to think of slavery as southern institution. The erasure or marginalization of the northern black experience and the centrality of the business of slavery to the northern economy allows for a dangerous fiction—that North has no history of racism to overcome. But we cannot afford such a delusion if we are to truly reconcile with our past.
Download or read book Unlocking the Universe written by Stephen Hawking and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered how our universe began? Or what it takes to put humans on the moon? Do you know what happens in the microscopic world of a life-saving vaccine? What would you do if you could travel through space and time? Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this beautiful collection of up-to-the-minute essays, mind-blowing facts and out-of-this-world colour photographs, by the world's leading scientists including Professor Stephen Hawking himself. This edition features brand-new content from Dr Mary Dobson: Plagues, Pandemics and Planetary Health. This unmissable volume was curated by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, whose series of children's books George's Secret Key was a global hit. George's stories are punctuated with fascinating real-life facts and insights from leading scientists and now this incredible non-fiction has been collected into one bumper volume, with new content from key scientific figures and up-to-the-minute facts and figures for readers in 2021. READERS LOVE UNLOCKING THE UNIVERSE: "Despite its scientific content the essays are written in a very accessible style and the many topics investigated which range from the physical explanations of the universe to earth science to robotics and future predictions. Highly recommended for curious minds from around 10 years upwards" - Sue Warren, Blogger "My 9 y.o. loves this book. We've previously discussed a lot of the concepts, but this seems to answer questions I hadn't thought of, but my son wanted to know"
Download or read book The Dark Triad of Personality in Personnel Selection written by Dominik Schwarzinger and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use the dark triad in personnel selection Presents the latest research and theories Highlights the gains and risks of these traits Provides concrete recommendations for use in selection processes Summarizes legal and professional guidelines More about the book This book explores the theoretical basis and state of the art of research on narcissism, Machiavellianism, and subclinical psychopathy. It also answers complex questions on the structure of the dark triad and its measurement for practical applications. Learn about how people high in these characteristics can, on the one hand, experience individual career success and high work performance and, on other hand, present risks in the workplace with abusive and destructive leadership and counterproductive behavior. In addition, the author summarizes the legal and professional guidelines when assessing the dark personality characteristics of job applicants, examines the acceptance and social validity of such assessments, evaluates the available instruments, and makes recommendations for practical applications and further research. With the focus on practical applications, the book presents the development, quality, and application of a test designed for use in organizations to capture the dark triad in the workplace. Concrete recommendations are given on how to use the characteristics narcissism, Machiavellianism, and subclinical psychopathy in personnel selection. Researchers and practitioners interested in applying the dark triad in personnel work will find this book full of valuable information on how to undertake legally compliant processes and how to utilize the great potential these personality characteristics have in making decisions on aptitude.
Download or read book The Dark Side of G K Chesterton written by John C. Tibbetts and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a critical study of the great British man of letters G.K. Chesterton, devoted to the novels, stories and essays that explore the darker fringes of his wild imagination. "Everything is different in the dark," wrote Chesterton; "perhaps you don't know how terrible a truth that is." Chesterton's use of the theme of "gargoyles" provides the thematic structure of the book. It covers the detective stories of Father Brown and others, the locked rooms and miracle crimes in his writing, his status as a science fiction writer, and the riddles and paradoxes of three works--Job, The Man Who Was Thursday, and the play The Surprise. This volume also includes an interlude about Chesterton and Jorge Luis Borges and a robust appendix including interviews about the formation of Ignatius Press's Collected Chesterton.
