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Book Synopsis The Jailer's Reckoning by : Kevin B. Smith
Download or read book The Jailer's Reckoning written by Kevin B. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a Black man in Austin get sent to prison on a 70-year sentence for stealing a tuna sandwich, likely costing Texas taxpayers roughly a million dollars? In America, your liberty—or even your life—may be forfeit not simply because of what you do, but where you do it. If the same man had run off with a lobster roll from a lunch counter in Maine it’s unlikely that he’d be spending the rest of his life behind bars. The U.S. incarcerates more people than any other industrial democracy in the world. We have more ex-prisoners than the entire population of Ireland, and more people with a felony record than the populations of Denmark, Norway, New Zealand and Liberia combined. Why did the United States become the world’s biggest jailer? And, just as importantly, what has it done to us? What are the costs—socially, economically, and politically—of having the world’s largest population of ex-prisoners? And what can we do about it? In this landmark book, Kevin B. Smith explains that the United States became the world’s biggest jailer because politicians wanted to do something about a very real problem with violent crime. That effort was accelerated by a variety of partisan and socio-demographic trends that started to significantly reshape the political environment in the 1980s and 1990s. The force of those trends varied from state to state, but ultimately led to not just historically unprecedented levels of incarceration, but equally unprecedented numbers of ex-prisoners. Serving time behind bars is now a normalized social experience—it affects a majority of Americans directly or indirectly. There is a clear price, the jailer’s reckoning, to be paid for this. As Smith shows, it is a society with declining levels of civic cohesion, reduced economic prospects, and less political engagement. Mass incarceration turns out to be something of a hidden bomb, a social explosion that inflicts enormous civic collateral damage on the entire country, and we must all do something about it.
Book Synopsis Sensational Novels: The jailer's pretty wife by : Fortuné Du Boisgobey
Download or read book Sensational Novels: The jailer's pretty wife written by Fortuné Du Boisgobey and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis William Shakespeare Complete Works Second Edition by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book William Shakespeare Complete Works Second Edition written by William Shakespeare and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 2549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly revised, wonderfully authoritative First Folio of William Shakespeare’s Complete Works, edited by acclaimed Shakespearean scholars and endorsed by the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare’s fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works—arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations. The second edition of the Complete Works features annotations and commentary from Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen—two of today’s preeminent Shakespeare scholars—as well as cutting-edge textual design, on-page glossaries for contemporary readers, stage directions from RSC directors, a sixteen-page insert of photographs from RSC production shorts, a timeline of the plays and poems, and family trees for the Histories. Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition is indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
Book Synopsis Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island by : Rhode Island. Supreme Court
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island written by Rhode Island. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island by : Rhode Island. Supreme Court
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island written by Rhode Island. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxford Shakespeare: Cymbeline by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book The Oxford Shakespeare: Cymbeline written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-scale edition of Cymbeline for 37 years. During that time, there has been considerable interest in Shakespeare's late work in the theatre, and several notable productions have demonstrated the powerful impact of Cymbeline. Based firmly on Roger Warren's extensive experience of the play in rehearsal and performance, this edition shows how Shakespeare draws upon a wide range of sources to create a self-sufficient dramatic universe, combining virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to present a story of a marriage imperilled by mistrust and painfully rebuilt through the physical and spiritual journeys undertaken by the heroine and hero, set in a context of international conflict. A full and detailed commentary pays close attention to the play's complex, evocative language. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare and Religion: Global Tapestry, Dramatic Perspectives by : Margie Burns
Download or read book Shakespeare and Religion: Global Tapestry, Dramatic Perspectives written by Margie Burns and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve research articles deal with aspects of religion in the plays of William Shakespeare, from early in the dramatist’s career to the end. Ordered by chronology, two chapters focus on history plays; three chapters focus on comedies and three on tragedies; one deals with "Troilus and Cressida," and three chapters deal with the late romances. The anthology does not cover all of Shakespeare’s plays and collaborations or the lyric poems. The collection is ecumenical and transnational. While the contributors all recognize that Shakespeare wrote in a Renaissance Christian universe, Christianity is not the only world religion dealt with. Approaches involve history and philosophy as well as theology, and individual perspectives vary. One thing the collection makes clear is that religion, in some sense, operates in every Shakespearean work, and its large spectrum ranges through plot and character from shallow to deep, self-interested to elevated, bloody to harmonious. Religion and religious differences were also part of the fabric and history of the playwright’s world, manifesting in the plays in situation, language, and iconography. From various perspectives, a common denominator is that the authors approach aspects of religion as one element in an informed analysis of the works.
Book Synopsis Report on the Jails of the Central Provinces ... by : Central Provinces and Berar (India). Jail Dept
Download or read book Report on the Jails of the Central Provinces ... written by Central Provinces and Berar (India). Jail Dept and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Complete Works by : William Shakespeare
Download or read book Complete Works written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, modernized edition of the complete works of the great Elizabethan dramatist offers the complete texts of every comedy, tragedy, and history play, along with key facts about each work, a plot summary, major roles, sources, textual history, glossaries, and other helpful textual notes.
Book Synopsis The Complete Cymbeline by : Donald Richardson
Download or read book The Complete Cymbeline written by Donald Richardson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cymbeline repeats many of Shakespeares plot devices: villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, the appearance of Jupiter in a vision, and final repentance, forgiveness, and reunion (Mowat, xiii), all of which result in an improbable story (Mowat, xv). As a romance, the play calls to mind the need for Coleridges willing suspension of disbelief (Biographia Literaria, quoted in Greenblatt, 478). Yet it is still Shakespeare.
Book Synopsis The Magical Parallel by : Ray Metcalfe
Download or read book The Magical Parallel written by Ray Metcalfe and published by Raymond Metcalfe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated) by : Alexandre Dumas
Download or read book The Count of Monte Cristo (Illustrated) written by Alexandre Dumas and published by coolaij. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
Book Synopsis The Count of Monte Cristo by : Alexandre Dumas
Download or read book The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 1083 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains one of Alexandre Dumas's most famous works, 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Set in early 19th century France during the time of the Bourbon Restoration, it tells the story one man's escape and retribution after being wrongfully imprisoned. It is a wonderfully rich work of romance full of selfishness and betrayal that explores the effects the protagonist's quest for revenge has on those around him. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villers-Cotterts, France in 1802. He became a famous and much-loved author of romantic and adventuring sagas, including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Dumas made a lot of money from his writing, but he was almost constantly penniless as a result of his extravagant lifestyle and love of women. His fiction has been translated into almost a hundred languages and has formed the basis for more than 200 motion pictures. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Book Synopsis Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors by : Stephen Wade
Download or read book Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors written by Stephen Wade and published by Pen and Sword Family History. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “excellent book . . . a great introduction to legal terms, offences, procedures, sentences, and much more besides” trom the author of Writing True Crime (Ripperologist). The history of the British prison system only had systematic records from the middle of the nineteenth century. Before that, material on prisoners in local jails and houses of correction was patchy and minimal. In more recent times, many prison records have been destroyed. In Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors, crime historian Stephen Wade attempts to provide information and guidance to family and social history researchers in this difficult area of criminal records. His book covers the span of time from medieval to modern, and includes some Scottish and Irish sources. The sources explained range broadly from central calendars of prisoners, court records and jail returns, through to memoirs and periodicals. The chapters also include case studies and short biographies of some individuals who experienced our prisons and left some records. “All in all, it is a fascinating read, even if you don’t have prisoner ancestors! Wade has managed to explain the complexities of the criminal system, its records and how they affected our ancestors with his well-researched and illuminating guide.” —Family and Community Historical Research Society Newsletter “Overall, it provides an excellent starting point for family historians to investigate their relations who ended up behind bars.” —WDYTYA? Magazine
Book Synopsis Underground Protestantism in Sixteenth Century Spain by : Frances Luttikhuizen
Download or read book Underground Protestantism in Sixteenth Century Spain written by Frances Luttikhuizen and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Luttikhuizen chronicles the arrival, reception, and suppression of Protestant thought in sixteenth century Spain—referred to at that time as 'Lutheranism'. It opens with several chapters describing the socio-political-religious context that prevailed in Spain at the beginning of the sixteenth century and the growing trend to use the vernacular for parts of the Mass, as well as for catechizing the populace. Special attention is given to the forerunners, that is, the early alumbrado-deixados, the role of Cardinal Cisneros, and the impact of Erasmus and Juan de Valdes, etc. The use of archival material provides new details regarding the historical framework and the spread of evangelical thought in sixteenth century Spain. These dispatches and trial records greatly enrich the main body of the work, which deals with the arrival and confiscation of evangelical literature, the attitude of Charles V and Philip II towards religious dissidents, and the severe persecution of the underground evangelical circles at Seville and Valladolid. Special attention is given to the many women involved in the movement. The recurrent mention of the discovery and confiscation of prohibited literature shows how books played an important role in the development of the movements. The final chapters focus on the exiles and their contributions, the persecution of foreigners, and the years up to the abolition of the Inquisition. The work concludes with the efforts made in the nineteenth century to rediscover the history of the persecuted sixteenth century Spanish Protestants and their writings.
Book Synopsis The Works of Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte-Cristo by : Alexandre Dumas
Download or read book The Works of Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte-Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
