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Author : Ariella Azoulay
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262511339
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Death's Showcase written by Ariella Azoulay and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary exploration of the visual presence of death in contemporary culture.
Author : Corinne May Botz
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580931456
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death written by Corinne May Botz and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In the 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully. Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee.
Author : James Ker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199959692
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Deaths of Seneca written by James Ker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here, James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's death scene, situating it in the Roman imagination and tracing its many subsequent interpretations.
Author : Dr. Vidhu P. Nair
Publisher : OrangeBooks Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Whispers of Wisdom written by Dr. Vidhu P. Nair and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first book, he's inviting you to join him on a unique journey, as he spills the beans (or should we say, coffee beans? - well, literally too.) on the vital principles that have steered his course – a voyage that began with a spark of curiosity in technology and led him to the creation of soul-stirring content that has touched lives across continents.
Author : Barbara Krasner
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534503390
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Civilian Casualties in War written by Barbara Krasner and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to UNICEF, the number of civilian casualties in war climbed from 5 percent at the turn of the twentieth century to more than 90 percent at the end of that century. Additionally, the current war against ISIS has racked up a staggering number of civilian deaths, including children. The days when professional armies fought in contained areas are long gone, having been replaced by drone strikes, neighbors shooting at neighbors from apartment windows, and massacres in rural villages. The viewpoints in this resource examine this byproduct of modern war and explore strategies for reducing civilian casualties.
Author : Dan-Åke Mattsson
Publisher : Vetus Forlag
ISBN 13 : 8283281100
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Museum guide to the Bible British museum & British Library written by Dan-Åke Mattsson and published by Vetus Forlag. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone interested in Bible history, a visit to the British Museum will be a truly unforgettable experience. You will find historical evidence which both supports Bible record and confirms the existence of many Bible characters. You will become familiar with many of the peoples and the customs that influenced the Israelites in Bible times. This guide will help you to find these items.
Author : Monty
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532050674
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Faces of Death written by Monty and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plot thickens as Jill and her friends must collect evidence in order to reveal the true concept behind the mystery of the Faces of Death murders, which will put a spin on things as the mystery unfolds.
Author : Jack Gantos
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 142996250X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Dead End in Norvelt written by Jack Gantos and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels . . . and possibly murder. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
Author : Stefan Timmermans
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226803996
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Postmortem written by Stefan Timmermans and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As elected coroners were replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations showcased on highly rated television shows like CSI to the bestselling mysteries that revolve around forensic science, medical examiners have never been so visible--or compelling. They, and they alone, solve the riddle of suspicious death and the existential questions that come with it. Why did someone die? Could it have been prevented? Should someone be held accountable? What are the implications of ruling a death a suicide, a homicide, or an accident? Can medical examiners unmask the perfect crime? Postmortem goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. Stefan Timmermans spent years in a medical examiner's office following cases, interviewing examiners, and watching autopsies. While he relates fascinating cases here, he is also more broadly interested in the cultural authority and responsibilities that come with being a medical examiner. How medical examiners speak to the living on behalf of the dead is Timmermans's subject, revealed here in the day-to-day lives of the examiners themselves. "Postmortem is a wake-up call to forensic pathology. . . .This book should be viewed as provocative, rather than threatening, and should be a stimulus for important discussions and action by the forensic pathology community."--Journal of the American Medical Association
Author : Dina Temple-Raston
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466818794
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book A Death in Texas written by Dina Temple-Raston and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2003-01-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary account of how a small Texas town struggled to come to grips with its racist past in the aftermath of the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr. On June 7, 1998, a forty-nine-year-old black man named James Byrd, Jr., was chained to the bumper of a truck and dragged three miles down a country road by a trio of young white men. It didn't take long for the residents of Jasper, Texas, to learn about the murder or to worry that the name of their town would become the nation's shorthand for hate crimes. From the initial investigation through the trials and their aftermath, A Death in Texas tells the story of the infamous Byrd murder as seen through the eyes of enlightened Sheriff Billy Rowles. What he sees is a community forced to confront not only a grisly crime but also antebellum traditions about race. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players, journalist Dina Temple-Raston introduces a remarkable cast of characters, from the baby-faced killer, Bill King, to Joe Tonahill, Jasper's white patriarch who can't understand the furor over the killing. There's also James Byrd, the hard-drinking victim with his own dark past; the prosecutor and defense attorneys; and Bill King's father, who is dying of a broken heart as he awaits his son's execution. Just as Bernard Lefkowitz pulled back the curtain on Glenridge, New Jersey, in his classic work Our Guys, Temple-Raston goes behind the scenes in Jasper, Texas, to tell the story of a town where racism and evil made itself at home
Author : Sandra Martin
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770890491
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Working the Dead Beat written by Sandra Martin and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize and selected as a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book and an iTunes Store Best Book Globe and Mail columnist Sandra Martin honours the lives of Canada's famous, infamous, and unsung heroes in this unique collection of obituaries of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Here are Canadian icons such as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, social activist June Callwood, and urban theorist Jane Jacobs. Here are builders such as feminist and editor Doris Anderson, and businessman and famed art collector Ken Thomson. Here are our rogues, rascals, and romantics; our service men and women; and here are those private citizens whose lives have had an undeniable public impact. Finally, Martin interweaves these elegant and eloquent biographies with the autobiography of the obit writer, offering an exclusive and intimate view of life on the dead beat. Beautifully written, compelling, and vivid, Working the Dead Beat is a tribute to those individuals who, each on their own and as a collective, tell the story of our country, and to the life of the obit writer who chronicles their extraordinary lives.
Author : Michelangelo Delfino
Publisher : MoBeta Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0972514120
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Death Penalty USA 2005 - 2006 written by Michelangelo Delfino and published by MoBeta Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Penalty USA 2005 -2006 is the first of a series of books providing the history of 21st century capital-punishment cases in the United States. Based on public record this treatise reports in graphic detail the horrific capital crimes for which the death penalty was imposed in the United States between January 2005 and December 2006. Intended as a reference work for criminologists this highly-referenced book will appeal to anyone with an interest in how capital punishment is metered out in the United States.
Author : Marisol LeBrón
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520971671
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Policing Life and Death written by Marisol LeBrón and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her exciting new book, Marisol LeBrón traces the rise of punitive governance in Puerto Rico over the course of the twentieth century and up to the present. Punitive governance emerged as a way for the Puerto Rican state to manage the deep and ongoing crises stemming from the archipelago’s incorporation into the United States as a colonial territory. A structuring component of everyday life for many Puerto Ricans, police power has reinforced social inequality and worsened conditions of vulnerability in marginalized communities. This book provides powerful examples of how Puerto Ricans negotiate and resist their subjection to increased levels of segregation, criminalization, discrimination, and harm. Policing Life and Death shows how Puerto Ricans are actively rejecting punitive solutions and working toward alternative understandings of safety and a more just future.
Author : Richard Deming
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440541531
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Death of a Pusher written by Richard Deming and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One surprise deserves another. “Think you’ll need any help, Sergeant?” Lieutenant Wynn asked Matt Rudd. “I don’t think so, sir,” Rudd said. “Kuzniki is a dangerous, but he doesn’t know I’m here.” “O.K.,” Wynn said. “I’m going to lunch.” With his back to the door, Rudd hadn’t seen Kuzniki enter the hotel lobby. As he turned around, Kuzniki’s hand darted to a shoulder holster and he swept out a .38 automatic. Rudd froze in position, then slowly raised his hands. “You must be slowing down, Matt,” Kuzniki said. “First time I’ve been able to take you.” “It’ll be the last, too,” Rudd said angrily. “That’s right, Matt—I’ll see to that.”
Author : Steven Casey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199890390
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book When Soldiers Fall written by Steven Casey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call it the Vietnam Syndrome or Black Hawk Down blowback. It's the standard assumption that Americans won't tolerate combat casualties, that a rising body count lowers support for war. But that's not true, argues historian Steven Casey; even worse, this assumption damages democracy. Fearing a backlash, the military has routinely distorted its casualty reports in order to hide the true cost of war. When Soldiers Fall takes a new look at the way Americans have dealt with the toll of armed conflict. Drawing on a vast array of sources, from George Patton's command papers to previously untapped New York Times archives, Casey ranges from World War I (when the U.S. government first began to report casualties) to the War on Terror, examining official policy, the press, and the public reaction. Not surprisingly, leaders from Douglas MacArthur to Donald Rumsfeld have played down casualties. But the reverse has sometimes been true. At a crucial moment in World War II, the military actually exaggerated casualties to counter the public's complacency about ultimate victory. More often, though, official announcements have been unclear, out of date, or deliberately misleading--resulting in media challenges. In World War I, reporters had to rely on figures published by the enemy; in World War II, the armed forces went for an entire year without releasing casualty tallies. Casey discusses the impact of changing presidential administrations, the role of technology, the dispersal of correspondents to cover multiple conflicts, and the enormous improvements in our ability to identify bodies. Recreating the controversies that have surrounded key battles, from the Meuse-Argonne to the Tet Offensive to Fallujah, the author challenges the formula that higher losses lower support for war. Integrating military, political, and media history, When Soldiers Fall provides the first in-depth account of the impact of battlefield losses in America.
Author : Rafael A. Fissore
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832540104
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Editors' Showcase 2022: Insights in Molecular and Cellular Reproduction written by Rafael A. Fissore and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Natalie J. Purcell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786484063
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Death Metal Music written by Natalie J. Purcell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Metal is among the most despised forms of violently themed entertainment. Many politicians, conservative groups and typical Americans attribute youth violence and the destruction of social values to such entertainment. The usual assumptions about the Death Metal scene and its fans have rarely been challenged. This book investigates the demographic trends, attitudes, philosophical beliefs, ethical systems, and behavioral patterns within the scene, seeking to situate death metal in the larger social order. The Death Metal community proves to be a useful microcosm for much of American subculture and lends insight into the psychological and social functions of many forbidden or illicit entertainment forms. The author's analysis, rich in interviews with rock stars, radio hosts, and average adolescent fans, provides a key to comprehending deviant tendencies in modern American culture.
