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Author : Rupert Matthews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780749558888
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)
Download or read book Heroes Rascals & Rogues written by Rupert Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rupert Matthews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780749558666
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)
Download or read book Heroes Rascals & Rogues written by Rupert Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by expert authors Rupert Matthews and John Birdsall, this highly illustrated guide, with photos and memorabilia of people who have made their mark on history, includes key entries on each individual, with boxes and biographies about competitors or co- conspirators. With more than 400 extraordinary people in total it is a fascinating look at some of the most colourful characters in history - from ancient times right up-to the present day. Discover why Caligula was mad, what made Napoleon seek to conquer, and who was really was the most outlawed cowboy in the West. But, on the flip side of 'the coin of fame', meet the people who have made their name by heroic acts or astonishing feats of human endeavour. Find out who first broke the four- minute mile, and what drove him on; which astronauts have been lucky enough to view the Earth from space; and who is the youngest war hero ever to be decorated. Heroes, Rascals and Rogues takes a look at some of the most unconventional people to have lived among us, in an easy- to-read, illustrated format with interesting facts and figures that will make this book hard to put down.
Author : Ruth Millar
Publisher : Coteau Books
ISBN 13 : 9781550502893
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Saskatchewan Heroes and Rogues written by Ruth Millar and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about twelve amazing Saskatchewan natives. Includes "Two-Gun" Cohen, who became an advisor to Sun Yat-sen; Kathleen Rice, daring lady prospector; and Richard St. Barbe Baker, internationally famous "Man of the Trees". Some descriptions of sex. 2004
Author : David Hume, III
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Heroines & Heroes, Rascals & Rogues written by David Hume, III and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The village of Pedregal, located southwest of the meandering Rio Grande--no more than a microdot on the map--was purposefully bypassed by government projects and destined to become another hardscrabble village on the Mexican side of the Texas border. However, with the chance arrival of a parish priest and a female teacher, the inhabitants of Pedregal began a struggle against the barriers of ignorance, corruption, and neglect. In the process, the villagers discovered ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.
Author : Richard S. Winslow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Rogues, Rascals, & Heroes written by Richard S. Winslow and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0804179603
Total Pages : 837 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Rogues written by George R. R. Martin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Neil Gaiman • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin! Praise for Rogues “Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal
Author : Robert F. Turpin
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781456368968
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (689 download)
Download or read book Rascals, Rogues and Scalawags of the Old West written by Robert F. Turpin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of the bad men in this book did terrible damage to other people. Some were sneaking, low-life cowards. Most of them had nerve to spare. And what did they get out of this behavior? Constant fear, never-ending suspicion, prison, and in many cases death by a bullet or at the end of a hangman's rope. None of them died rich no matter how much property they stole. None of them were heroes, although romantic legends sprung up about some of them. Such was the case with Cockeyed Frank Loving. He would have been forgotten to western history if it had not been for Bat Masterson who did a series of stories about Loving that were published in 1907. Masterson stated that to be an excellent gunfighter you had to have three important qualities, outstanding courage, skill with firearms, and above all, cold, unflinching nerve. Frank Loving had more than enough of all three. About some of the characters in this book: Prairie Dog Dave Morrow made it big selling prairie dogs. He carried a couple of the furry little creatures in his pockets. After a run in with a couple of bandits and from the results of a sharp Bowie knife, many folks swore Dave looked like one of his little friends. Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce Michael O'Rourke felt if he had some deuces showing in his hand he would be a sure winner. A party of angry miners, a rope, and a tree put an end to his rise to fame. Montana Bill's real name was never known but how he loved to con the best of con men. His stringer was always filled with sucker-fish from all avenues of the trade. Custer City, South Dakota, and the Nebraska territory in 1880 breathed a sigh of relief over the grave of Fly Specked Billy Fowler, stagecoach bandit and all around hard case. Leadville, Colorado, had never seen the likes of William Lovell alias Chicken Bill. He was a miner and prospector and above all a great opportunist. He gave his utmost attention to every sucker that stepped off the stagecoach or train. His only problem was his own bad luck. Folks around Elizabeth Town and Cimarron, New Mexico, referred to James Buckley as "Coal Oil Jimmy." He was a stagecoach bandit and cold-blooded killer. His luck ran out when a couple of Texas bounty hunters decided that he was worth more dead than alive. As for Persimmon Bill Chambers and Hurricane Bill Martin, they were a combination of all the above--heartless, wild, mean, and cold-blooded human beings. I would venture to say there were very few fellows who came close to being true heroes: Sam Owls, Pistol Pete, Montana Bill, Bronco Charlie, and a few more. The rest walked with the devil in death and tragedy, and in most cases, it was of their own choosing. As a result of their blood-thirsty and cruel deeds, most ended up in a lost and forgotten grave somewhere on the lonely plains with only the wind to moan them.
Author : Arnold J. Heidenheimer
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412813891
Total Pages : 987 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Political Corruption written by Arnold J. Heidenheimer and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 987 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is once again high on the international policy agenda as a result of globalization, the spread of democracy, and major scandals and reform initiatives. But the concept itself has been a focus for social scientists for many years, and new findings and data take on richer meanings when viewed in the context of long-term developments and enduring conceptual debates. This compendium, a much-enriched version of a work that has been a standard reference in the field since 1970, offers concepts, cases, and fresh evidence for comparative analysis. Building on a nucleus of classic studies laying out the nature and development of the concept of corruption, the book also incorporates recent work on economic, cultural, and linguistic dimensions of the problem, as well as critical analyses of several approaches to reform. While many authors are political scientists, work by historians, economists, and sociologists are strongly represented. Two-thirds of the nearly fifty articles are based either on studies especially written or translated for this volume, or on selected journal literature published in the 1990s. The tendency to treat corruption as merely a synonym for bribery is illuminated by analyses of the diverse terminology and linguistic techniques that help distinguish corruption problems in the major languages. Recent attempts to measure corruption, and to analyze its causes and effects quantitatively are also critically examined. New contributions emphasize especially: corruption phenomena in Asia and Africa; contrasts among region and regime types; comparing U.S. state corruption incidence; European Party finance and corruption; assessments of international corruption rating project; analyses of international corruption control treaties; unintended consequences of anti-corruption efforts. Cumulatively, the book combines description richness, analytical thrust, conceptual awareness, and contextual articulation.
Author : Jim Haynes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 176118797X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia written by Jim Haynes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. 'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades' —Courier-Mail In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women who forged the nation we would one day become. There's Joseph Banks, the true founder of the colony; Surgeon John White, the saviour of the First Fleet; Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal freedom fighter; Mary Reiby, the horse thief who made good; Sapy Lovell, the Eora gypsy convict; John Donohue, the wild colonial boy; Lady Jane Franklin, the true leader of Van Diemen's Land – and many more! Why did transportation occur, why did it end, and what was it like living in Australia from 1788 to 1870? Skilfully researched and told in Jim's warm and witty style, Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia answers these questions and brings to life well-known and unknown figures from Australia's history as a penal settlement. This is the true story of the colonisation of Australia. 'In a year when we could all use a different perspective Jim Haynes came to the rescue with his latest sojourn into history . . . a cast of colourful characters.' —Spectator
Author : Patrick Radden Keefe
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385548524
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Rogues written by Patrick Radden Keefe and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue "An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing." —NPR “Fast-paced...Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller." —The Washington Post Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface “They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the “worst of the worst,” among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.
Author : Jack D'Antignac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780805957884
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (578 download)
Download or read book Rascals and Rogues written by Jack D'Antignac and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Aydelotte
Publisher : Oxford Clarendon Press 1913.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds written by Frank Aydelotte and published by Oxford Clarendon Press 1913.. This book was released on 1913 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis Fisher Browne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Dial written by Francis Fisher Browne and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Anechiarico
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226020518
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity written by Frank Anechiarico and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-12-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using anticorruption efforts in New York City to illustrate their argument, Anechiarico and Jacobs demonstrate the costly inefficiencies of pursuing absolute integrity. By proliferating dysfunctions, constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control - no less than corruption itself - has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public administration.
Author : Wilna Wigginton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.P/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Three Rogues and a Rascal written by Wilna Wigginton and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Byrnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780944593165
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Rascals and Rogues of Long Ago written by Thomas Byrnes and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Orrin E. Klapp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351515829
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Heroes, Villains, and Fools written by Orrin E. Klapp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents three major social types in American society-heroes, villains, and fools-as models for American behaviour. Approaching these models primarily through language, Orrin E. Klapp explores what they may suggest about Americans as a people. Rather than study people, the author describes abstract types named and embedded in popular language. These social types are important symbols; and a way to attack a symbol is by identifying its meaning in various contexts. He further argues that the language surrounding heroes, villains, and fools reveals a social structure. We may not escape being ascribed a type, but we do have a choice of type. Known more commonly as "finding oneself," we can manipulate cues-with dress, facial expressions, style of life, or conspicuous public roles-to build an identity. This classic study has serious contemporary implications. For a public figure, an inevitable result of the typing process is the development of at least two selves, the public and the private. When the book originally appeared in 1962, the struggle to balance two images generally only plagued celebrities and politicians. Today, social media offers everyone the opportunity to develop an online persona. This volume will be of interest to sociologists as well as anyone who has a Facebook account.
