Oneira - Volume 1 - Blood Mother

Oneira - Volume 1 - Blood Mother
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Publisher : Europe Comics
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9791032813836
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Oneira - Volume 1 - Blood Mother by : Cab

In an obscure world gripped by terror, nightmares have come to life. Driven by the sole desire to eliminate their hosts, these monsters have become a plague to be eradicated. The Ordo-Sancti, a powerful religious group, has put the Weaver corps in charge of slaying the beasts. Arane Heos is a renowned member of the Weavers. As she battles the nightmares, she will have to deal with the growing turmoil within the Church and her caste, which now threatens the secret that involves her child.

Started Early, Took My Dog

Started Early, Took My Dog
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Publisher : Reagan Arthur Books
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780316122863
ISBN-13 : 0316122866
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Started Early, Took My Dog by : Kate Atkinson

Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other -- or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different sort of rescue: that of an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished.

Say Nothing

Say Nothing
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 561
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ISBN-10 : 9780307279286
ISBN-13 : 0307279286
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Say Nothing by : Patrick Radden Keefe

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times’s 20 Best Books of the 21st Century "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book—as finely paced as a novel—Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." —New York Times Book Review "Reads like a novel ... Keefe is ... a master of narrative nonfiction. . .An incredible story."—Rolling Stone A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, and more! Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

Mark Twain's Autobiography

Mark Twain's Autobiography
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015013337814
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Mark Twain's Autobiography by : Mark Twain

Catalog

Catalog
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 896
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105012157066
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Catalog by : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Vols. for 1951-53 include "Authors" and "Subjects."

The Pacific Reporter

The Pacific Reporter
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1282
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3501219
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Pacific Reporter by :

Humanitarian Reason

Humanitarian Reason
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9780520271166
ISBN-13 : 0520271165
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Humanitarian Reason by : Didier Fassin

Studies primarily France with shorter sections on South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine.

Our Enemies in Blue

Our Enemies in Blue
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Publisher : AK Press
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 9781849352154
ISBN-13 : 1849352151
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Our Enemies in Blue by : Kristian Williams

Let's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the citizenry. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. Like the possibility of arrest, the threat of violence is implicit in every police encounter. Violence, as well as the law, is what they represent. Using media reports alone, the Cato Institute's last annual study listed nearly seven thousand victims of police "misconduct" in the United States. But such stories of police brutality only scratch the surface of a national epidemic. Every year, tens of thousands are framed, blackmailed, beaten, sexually assaulted, or killed by cops. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on civil judgments and settlements annually. Individual lives, families, and communities are destroyed. In this extensively revised and updated edition of his seminal study of policing in the United States, Kristian Williams shows that police brutality isn't an anomaly, but is built into the very meaning of law enforcement in the United States. From antebellum slave patrols to today's unarmed youth being gunned down in the streets, "peace keepers" have always used force to shape behavior, repress dissent, and defend the powerful. Our Enemies in Blue is a well-researched page-turner that both makes historical sense of this legalized social pathology and maps out possible alternatives.

Umbra

Umbra
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Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1565040767
ISBN-13 : 9781565040762
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Umbra by : Daniel Greenberg

"A Song of an Older Time. A Memory Yet to Come. Long ago, the world was One. Everything lived in harmony. All creatures revered the great mother, Gaia. Then the fabric of the world was rent. Spirit was torn from matter by the claws of the Wyrm and the webs of the Weaver. From one world, two were born: the Earth and the Umbra. Werewolves still live between the two worlds. They have one foot in each, yet their home is neither. Great adventures await in the Umbra -- but so does death; the Wyrm has infiltrated the Shadow. The Apocalypse is coming, even in the spirit world. Umbra: The Velvet Shadow is a Werewolf sourcebook detailing the places, spirits and cosmology of the Garou spirit world".

The Quiet Is Loud

The Quiet Is Loud
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 1988784719
ISBN-13 : 9781988784717
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Quiet Is Loud by : Samantha Garner

The perfect marriage of literary and speculative fiction for readers of Kazuo Ishiguro and NK Jemisin. When Freya Tanangco was ten, she dreamed of her mother's death right before it happened. That's when she realized she was a veker, someone with enhanced mental abilities and who is scorned as a result. Freya's adult life has been spent in hiding: from the troubled literary legacy created by her author father, and from the scrutiny of a society in which vekers often meet with violence. When her prophetic dreams take a dangerous turn, Freya finds herself increasingly forced to sacrifice her own anonymity--and the fragile safety that comes with it--in order to protect those around her. Interwoven with themes of Filipino Canadian and mixed-race identity, fantastical elements from Norse and Filipino mythology, and tarot card symbolism, The Quiet Is Loud is an intergenerational tale of familial love and betrayal, and what happens when we refuse to let others tell our stories for us.