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Author : R-S Products Corporation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (816 download)
Download or read book The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove written by R-S Products Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joann H. Jeffries
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617397482
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove written by Joann H. Jeffries and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lineville, Iowa, is your typical small town: box-lunch auctions, doors left unlocked, and plenty of gossip. So the last thing Lineville's inhabitants expect the summer of 1920 is murder. When snooty Sophia Vander Veen, part owner of the Mineral Springs Resort, is found murdered after the disastrous Fourth of July ball, not many people are upset. But Maude Lovett, a self-styled detective who prides herself in her shrewd observation abilities, vows to get to the bottom of the murder and the malicious pranks that led up to Sophia's death. Maude makes it her duty to determine if the pranks—a snake in Sophia's closet, a headless statue in her bed, and noxious gas in her suite of rooms—and the murder were committed by the same person. With suspects from bootleggers to close acquaintances to waiters at the Mineral Springs Resort, Maude has her work cut out for her and must quickly eliminate suspects in order to squelch rising fear. With help from her niece, Lilly, and her friends; her sister, Nell; and everyone in between, Maude labors to bring justice to her once-safe town. Upon questioning her final batch of suspects, Maude learns the killer's identity and then uses herself as bait in a dangerous trap to snare the murderous perpetrator. Surprising twists, a bit of romance, and humor laced throughout are sure to keep you turning the pages until you too discover the target of Maude's iron-willed persistence.
Author : Daniel Clowes
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron written by Daniel Clowes and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely redesigned issue of Daniel Clowes masterpiece of surrealistic and cinematic low-life drama which collects together all 10 chapters of Eightball's terrifying and fascinating journey into madness. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters. Clowes reputation as a graphic novel artist is renowned throughout the comic world, and he is set to reach a wider audience next year with the release of the film Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff.
Author : Christopher Snowdon
Publisher : Christopher J. Snowdon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Velvet Glove, Iron Fist written by Christopher Snowdon and published by Christopher J. Snowdon. This book was released on 2009 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain, 1493 - Europe's first smoker imprisioned by the Inquisition England, 1604 - Massive tax rise on tobacco in a bid to discourage smoking Canada, 1676 - Smoking is banned in the street United States, 1899 - Anti-smoking campaigners call for the eradication of tobacco Germany, 1944 - Smoking banned on public transport to protect workers from secondhand smoke In this revealing and meticulously researched account of an untold story, Christopher Snowdon traces the fortunes of those who have tried to stamp out tobacco through the ages. Velvet Glove, Iron Fist takes the reader on a journey from 15th century Cuba to 21st century California, via Revolutionary France, Victorian Britain, Prohibition Era America and Nazi Germany. Along the way, the author finds uncanny parallels between today's anti-smoking activists and those of the past. Today, as the same tactics begin to be used against those who enjoy alcohol, chocolate, fast food, gambling and perfume, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist provides a timely reminder that once politicians start regulating private behaviour, they find it very hard to quit.
Author : Dana Densmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Chivalry written by Dana Densmore and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Center for Research on Criminal Justice (Berkeley, Calif.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove written by Center for Research on Criminal Justice (Berkeley, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a concept of the role of police in society as basically repressive. The authors give a historical account of the rise of police from early slave patrols to the present to bolster their position that the police are a repressive force. Instances of police brutality and police control of demonstrators are examined. Technological advances and equipment to aid police departments are pointed to as examples in the police arsenal of repression. Police political surveillance is described, and private security police come under fire also for protecting corporate property and investments.
Author : J. Millard
Publisher :
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove written by J. Millard and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Pierre
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557474345
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Iron Fist, Velvet Glove written by James Pierre and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A homeless African-American teen named Quentin Brown is rescued off the streets by the black godfather of organized crime in New York, Lamond Garvey. Under Garvey's tutelage, Quentin learns the inner workings of the underworld, until, finally, he is ready to succeed Lamond Garvey as New York's reigning drug lord. Quentin also finds love, when Garvey introduces him to a caring and exotically beautiful Brazilian girl named Mary-Ann. But on the streets, power is never inherited. It must be taken. By force. So when a Mexican drug cartel moves into town and succeeds in killing Garvey, while kidnapping Quentin's beloved girlfriend, Mary-Ann, Quentin is forced to pit his newly-acquired wits against a formidable enemy in this action-packed, crime drama.
Author : Richard Hill
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (686 download)
Download or read book The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove written by Richard Hill and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mahesh Nair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789380151922
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Iron Fist, Velvet Glove written by Mahesh Nair and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William C. Harris
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 070062015X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Lincoln and the Border States written by William C. Harris and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a new approach to an American icon, an award-winning scholar reexamines the life of Abraham Lincoln to demonstrate how his remarkable political acumen and leadership skills evolved during the intense partisan conflict in pre-Civil War Illinois. By describing Lincoln's rise from obscurity to the presidency, William Harris shows that Lincoln's road to political success was far from easy-and that his reaction to events wasn't always wise or his racial attitudes free of prejudice. Although most scholars have labeled Lincoln a moderate, Harris reveals that he was by his own admission a conservative who revered the Founders and advocated "adherence to the old and tried." By emphasizing the conservative bent that guided Lincoln's political evolution-his background as a Henry Clay Whig, his rural ties, his cautious nature, and the racial and political realities of central Illinois-Harris provides fresh insight into Lincoln's political ideas and activities and portrays him as morally opposed to slavery but fundamentally conservative in his political strategy against it. Interweaving aspects of Lincoln's life and character that were an integral part of his rise to prominence, Harris provides in-depth coverage of Lincoln's controversial term in Congress, his re-emergence as the leader of the antislavery coalition in Illinois, and his Senate campaign against Stephen A.Douglas. He particularly describes how Lincoln organized the antislavery coalition into the Republican Party while retaining the support of its diverse elements, and sheds new light on Lincoln's ongoing efforts to bring Know Nothing nativists into the coalition without alienating ethnic groups. He also provides new information and analysis regarding Lincoln's nomination and election to the presidency, the selection of his cabinet, and his important role as president-elect during the secession crisis of 1860-1861. Challenging prevailing views, Harris portrays Lincoln as increasingly driven not so much by his own ambitions as by his antislavery sentiments and his fear for the republic in the hands of Douglas Democrats, and he shows how the unique political skills Lincoln developed in Illinois shaped his wartime leadership abilities. By doing so, he opens a window on his political ideas and influences and offers a fresh understanding of this complex figure.
Author : Sinclair Lewis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698152700
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book It Can't Happen Here written by Sinclair Lewis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today’s news. Includes an Introduction by Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst
Author : John Fischer
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585588342
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)
Download or read book 12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me) written by John Fischer and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Are We to Judge? We have met the Pharisees, and they are...us. That's because we are all slaves to self-righteousness and judgmentalism. It's built into human nature. We set "the standard"--the list of do's and don'ts--to which others must adhere. Then we associate this predetermined behavior with righteousness and declare, "A 'Christian' wouldn't do that." In this book, John Fischer points out that Jesus defined the truth in such a way as to leave no one righteous--not one. We cannot be made right before God by being "better" than anyone else. Instead, by recognizing and laying aside the Pharisee in all of us, we can embrace the grace, gratitude, and joy of the spirit-filled life.
Author : James F. Short
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (468 download)
Download or read book The Social Fabric written by James F. Short and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeff Schmidt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742516854
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Disciplined Minds written by Jeff Schmidt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book about the world of professional work, Jeff Schmidt demonstrates that the workplace is inherently political and is a battleground for the very identity of the individual, as is graduate school where professionals are trained.
Author : George B. Bryan
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820479477
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases, Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by George B. Bryan and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a unique collection of proverbial language found in literary contexts. It includes proverbial materials from a multitude of plays, (auto)biographies of well-known actors like Britain's Laurence Olivier, songs by William S. Gilbert or Lorenz Hart, and American crime stories by Leslie Charteris. Other authors represented in the dictionary are Horatio Alger, Margery Allingham, Samuel Beckett, Lewis Carroll, Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Eggleston, Hamlin Garland, Graham Greene, Thomas C. Haliburton, Bret Harte, Aldous Huxley, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, George Orwell, Eden Phillpotts, John B. Priestley, Carl Sandburg, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jesse Stuart, Oscar Wilde, and more. Many lesser-known dramatists, songwriters, and novelists are included as well, making the contextualized texts to a considerable degree representative of the proverbial language of the past two centuries. While the collection contains a proverbial treasure trove for paremiographers and paremiologists alike, it also presents general readers interested in folkloric, linguistic, cultural, and historical phenomena with an accessible and enjoyable selection of proverbs and proverbial phrases.
Author : Jared Davidson
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849351333
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Sewing Freedom written by Jared Davidson and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sewing Freedom is the first in-depth study of anarchism in New Zealand during the turbulent years of the early 20th century—a time of wildcat strikes, industrial warfare, and a radical working class counter-culture. Interweaving biography, cultural history, and an array of archival sources, this engaging account unravels the anarchist-cum-bomber stereotype by piecing together the life of Philip Josephs—a Latvian-born Jewish tailor, antimilitarist, and founder of the Wellington Freedom Group. Anarchists like Josephs not only existed in the ‘Workingman’s Paradise’ that was New Zealand, but were a lively part of its labour movement and the class struggle that swept through the country, imparting uncredited influence and ideas. Sewing Freedom places this neglected movement within the global anarchist upsurge, and unearths the colourful activities of New Zealand’s most radical advocates for social and economic change. Includes illustrations by Icky from Justseeds and a foreword by Barry Pateman (Kate Sharpley Library Archivist and Associate Editor at the Emma Goldman Papers). “Davidson has produced much more than a soundly researched and very engaging biography... this is an excellent, wide-ranging contribution to our knowledge of the international (and indeed transnational) anarchist movement, and sweeps us along in a fascinating story that takes us from the pogroms in Russian Latvia, to the working-class slums of Victorian Glasgow, to the early struggles of the nascent labour movement in New Zealand.”—Dr David Berry, author of A History of the French Anarchist Movement “Many millions of words have been written on New Zealand history. The labour movement does not feature prominently in this vast corpus; in fact, quite the contrary. And within this relatively sparse coverage, anarchism is almost invariably assigned at best a passing mention. We must be grateful for Davidson’s determination to restore an anarchist voice to the history of the outermost reach of the British Empire.”—Dr Richard Hill, Professor of New Zealand Studies & author of Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove “A ground breaking tale of a rebel life, skillfully unearthed by Jared Davidson. A must read.”—Lucien van der Walt, co-author of Black Flame
