Shot in the Heart

Shot in the Heart
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9780307423641
ISBN-13 : 0307423646
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Shot in the Heart by : Mikal Gilmore

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged. Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977. Writer Mikal Gilmore is his younger brother. In Shot in the Heart, he tells the stunning story of their wildly dysfunctional family: their mother, a black sheep daughter of unforgiving Mormon farmers; their father, a drunk, thief, and con man. It was a family destroyed by a multigenerational history of child abuse, alcoholism, crime, adultery, and murder. Mikal, burdened with the guilt of being his father's favorite and the shame of being Gary's brother, gracefully and painfully relates a murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born... a house that, in some ways, [he has] never been able to leave." Shot in the Heart is the history of an American family inextricably tied up with violence, and the story of how the children of this family committed murder and murdered themselves in payment for a long lineage of ruin.

The Needle in the Heart Murder

The Needle in the Heart Murder
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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 1741153417
ISBN-13 : 9781741153415
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Needle in the Heart Murder by : Candace Sutton

On a hot September night in 1960, Dr James Yeates was beaten about the face and head and stabbed through the heart with a hypodermic syringe. The unsolved Yeates Case has been one the most enduringly mysterious murders in the annals of Australian crime.

The Heart Of The Murder

The Heart Of The Murder
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Publisher : 99 Cent Press
Total Pages : 54
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Heart Of The Murder by : P Bodi

This book is a clean Cozy Mystery short story that does not contain any foul language, sexual situations, witches, or paranormal events. The winter snow has now faded into cold rain. Violet and Carly are busy decorating the store with organic chocolates in those adorable heart shaped boxes. Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and love is in the air. Carly thinks it might be time to help Violet find a date for Valentine’s Day, even though Violet seems to be more interested in replacing the dated flooring in the store. Will Valentine's Day be murder?

Change of Heart

Change of Heart
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781611645569
ISBN-13 : 1611645565
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Change of Heart by : Jeanne Bishop

This powerful, true story of faith and forgiveness shows that all of us are capable of experiencing the healing and renewal that comes with truly forgiving another. Change of Heart follows the transformative journey undertaken by Jeanne Bishop after the murders of her sister and brother-in-law, a journey that challenged Jeanne's belief in the message of Jesus on the cross and eventually moved her beyond simple forgiveness to the deeper waters of redemption and grace. Jeanne's authentic story will guide readers past the temptation of anger and revenge, and help them navigate the path of truly forgiving someone whose actions have hardened their heart. From once wishing that her sister's killer languished in a cell for the rest of his life, Jeanne now visits him regularly in prison and publicly advocates for his release. "It's not okay what you did, but I am not going to hate you. I am not going to wish evil on you," writes Bishop of the murderer. "I am going to wish the opposite. I am going to wish that you will be redeemed." “The criminal justice system in the United States, which deems some people unworthy of redemptionâ€"even children who commit serious crimesâ€"urgently needs to hear voices that speak for mercy and restoration. Jeanne Bishop's is such a voice†writes Sr. Helen Prejean, activist and author of Dead Man Walking. Change of Heart confronts these serious and pressing issues of restorative justice, juvenile life sentences, and incarceration in the criminal justice system. Ultimately, Jeanne is writing more than a memoir of finding faith through extraordinary obstacles. Her compelling story offers a better understanding of what it truly means to be a person of faith. It is a call to action that is a “must-read for pastors, social workers, caregivers, and all who seek to build community with people relegated to the margins†(Greg Ellison, Emory University).

Murder in the Heart

Murder in the Heart
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105060907016
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder in the Heart by : Alexandra Artley

A Fever In The Heart

A Fever In The Heart
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 476
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780671793555
ISBN-13 : 0671793551
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis A Fever In The Heart by : Ann Rule

Ann Rule dissects a case centered around an alluring young wife and the two men desperate for her love.

The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget

The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 0805079653
ISBN-13 : 9780805079654
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget by : Andrew Rice

From Rwanda to Sierra Leone, African countries recovering from tyranny and war are facing an impossible dilemma: to overlook past atrocities for the sake of peace or to seek catharsis through tribunals and truth commissions. In this work, Rice reports on Idi Amin's legacy and the limits of reconciliation.

Restless Valley

Restless Valley
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9780300185980
ISBN-13 : 0300185987
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Restless Valley by : Philip Shishkin

This award-winning foreign correspondent’s vivid account of Central Asia’s recent history “reads like a novel but is the stuff of hard-won journalism” (Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan). Here are the stories of two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil war, a drug-smuggling highway, brazen corruption schemes, contract hits, and larger-than-life characters who may be villains, heroes, or possibly both. Restless Valley is a gripping, contemporary chronicle of Central Asia from a veteran journalist with extensive experience in the region. Both Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have struggled with the challenges of post-Soviet, independent statehood, and both became entangled in America’s Afghan campaign when the United States built military bases within their borders. Meanwhile, the region was becoming a key smuggling hub for Afghanistan’s booming heroin trade. Through the eyes of local participants—the powerful and the powerless—Shishkin reconstructs how Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have ricocheted between extreme repression and democratic strivings; how alliances with the United States and Russia have brought mixed blessings; and how Stalin’s legacy of ethnic gerrymandering continues to incite conflict today. “The weird, the strange, the corrupt, and the grand are all evident . . . [Shishkin] relentlessly pursues and then tells the stories of the most corrupt and powerful and also the most sincere and admirable characters who inhabit these mountains.” —Ahmed Rashid, The New York Review of Books

The Dark Heart

The Dark Heart
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Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1503904806
ISBN-13 : 9781503904804
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dark Heart by : Joakim Palmkvist

A chilling true crime story of poisonous family secrets, love gone wrong, and a cold case that refused to stay buried... In late summer of 2012, millionaire landowner Göran Lundblad went missing from his farm in Sweden. When a search yielded nothing, and all physical evidence had seemingly disappeared, authorities had little to go on--except a disturbing phone call five weeks later from Göran's daughter Maria. She was sure that her sister, Sara, was somehow involved. At the heart of the alleged crime: Sara's greed, her father's land holdings, and his bitter feud with Sara's idler boyfriend. With no body, there was no crime--and the case went as cold and dark as the forests of southern Sweden. But not for Therese Tang. For two years, this case was her obsession. A hard-working ex-model, mother of three, and Missing People investigator, Therese was willing to put her own safety at risk in order to uncover the truth. What she found was a nest of depraved secrets, lies, and betrayal. All she had to do now, in her relentless and dangerous pursuit of justice, was prove that it led to murder.

Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart
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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages : 116
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0822202506
ISBN-13 : 9780822202509
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Crimes of the Heart by : Beth Henley

THE STORY: The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried