The Oldest Trick in the Book

The Oldest Trick in the Book
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 415
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789811555695
ISBN-13 : 9811555699
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oldest Trick in the Book by : Ben M. Debney

This book investigates the normalisation of blame-shifting within ideological discourse as a broad feature of history, working from Churchill’s truism that history is written by the victors. To that end, it explores historical episodes of political persecution carried out under cover of moral panic, highlighting the process of ‘Othering’ common to each and theorising a historical model of panic-driven scapegoating from the results. Building this model from case studies in witch panic, communist panic and terrorist panic respectively, The Oldest Trick in the Book builds an argument that features common to each case study reflect broader historical patterning consistent with Churchill’s maxim. On this basis it argues that the periodic construction of bogeymen or ‘folk demons’ is a useful device for enabling the kind of victim-playing and victim-blaming critical to protecting elite privilege during periods of crisis and that in being a recurring theme historically, panic-driven scapegoating retains great ongoing value to the privileged and powerful, and thus conspicuously remains an ongoing feature of world politics.

Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains

Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains
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Publisher : Piatkus Books
Total Pages : 216
Release :
ISBN-10 : NWU:35556027275551
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains by : Yuan Gao

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781448121472
ISBN-13 : 1448121477
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You by : Mitchell Symons

EVER WONDERED . . . Why we have tonsils? Is there any cream in cream crackers? Why is the sea blue? And if kangaroos keep their babies in their pouches, what happens to all the poo?! Mitch Symons answers all these crazy questions and plenty more in this wonderfully funny and addictive book for children from 8 to 80! And yes, eating bogeys is good for you . . . but only your own!

Confessions of a Video Vixen

Confessions of a Video Vixen
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780061747847
ISBN-13 : 006174784X
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Confessions of a Video Vixen by : Karrine Steffans

Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling. Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life. Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.

The Best Beginner Drum Book

The Best Beginner Drum Book
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Publisher : Drumeo
Total Pages : 229
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781999151911
ISBN-13 : 1999151917
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Best Beginner Drum Book by : Jared Falk

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

David P. Abbott's Book of Mysteries

David P. Abbott's Book of Mysteries
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : LCCN:77154879
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis David P. Abbott's Book of Mysteries by : David Phelps Abbott

100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do

100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do
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Publisher : Trinity University Press
Total Pages : 217
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781595341372
ISBN-13 : 1595341374
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do by : Kim Stafford

Bret and Kim Stafford, the oldest children of the poet and pacifist William Stafford, were pals. Bret was the good son, the obedient public servant, Kim the itinerant wanderer. In this family of two parent teachers, with its intermittent celebration of “talking recklessly,” there was a code of silence about hard things: “Why tell what hurts?” As childhood pleasures ebbed, this reticence took its toll on Bret, unable to reveal his troubles. Against a backdrop of the 1960s — puritan in the summer of love, pacifist in the Vietnam era — Bret became a casualty of his interior war and took his life in 1988. 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do casts spells in search of the lost brother: climbing the water tower to stand naked under the moon, cowboys and Indians with real bullets, breaking into church to play a serenade for God, struggling for love, and making bail. In this book, through a brother’s devotions, the lost saint teaches us about depression, the tender ancestry of violence, the quest for harmonious relations, and finally the trick of joy.

Oldest Trick in the Book

Oldest Trick in the Book
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Publisher : Independently Published
Total Pages : 294
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9798535249315
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Oldest Trick in the Book by : J V James

Justice for the orphan child - time to find out the Truth. Lyle Frakes here again, and this time we sure got some trouble. After almost getting robbed by the world's youngest gang of train robbers, we arrive in Cheyenne to hunt down the skunks who killed Mary's parents. Seems like half the dang town's in cahoots - and with the big horse race in town, and my old friend Wally Davis being targeted too, we got backshooters coming at us from every direction. As usual, there's no shortage of men who can't wait to throw themselves at my fists, or test out my guns against theirs. And then there's these threatening letters I keep having to hide from my wife to keep her from worrying. Well, you know what they say - when you bite off more than you can chew, you best keep right on chewing!

The Iron Ring

The Iron Ring
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062369154
ISBN-13 : 0062369156
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Iron Ring by : Auston Habershaw

Tyvian Reldamar—criminal mastermind, rogue mage, and smuggler of sorcerous goods—has just been betrayed by his longtime partner and left for dead in a freezing river. To add insult to injury, his mysterious rescuer took it upon himself to affix Tyvian with an iron ring that prevents the wearer from any evildoing. Revenge just got complicated. On his quest to get even, Tyvian navigates dark international conspiracies, dodges midnight assassins, and uncovers the plans of the ruthless warlord Banric Sahand—all while running from a Mage-Defender determined to lock him up. Tyvian will need to use every dirty trick in the book to avoid a painful and ignominious end, even as he discovers that sometimes even the world's most devious man needs a shoulder to lean on.