Author: Ellie James
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857388258
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
It's Mardi Gras, but for sixteen-year-old Trinity, this is no time for celebration. Another girl has gone missing. And Trinity is seeing things - terrible things. Tormented by visions she can't explain, Trinity embarks on a dark journey to understand her abilities, convinced this is the only way to prevent the things she sees from coming true. But as the line between reality and illusion becomes blurred, everyone who loves Trinity begins to fear for her sanity, and, ultimately, for her life...
Broken Illusions
Author: Ellie James
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857388258
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
It's Mardi Gras, but for sixteen-year-old Trinity, this is no time for celebration. Another girl has gone missing. And Trinity is seeing things - terrible things. Tormented by visions she can't explain, Trinity embarks on a dark journey to understand her abilities, convinced this is the only way to prevent the things she sees from coming true. But as the line between reality and illusion becomes blurred, everyone who loves Trinity begins to fear for her sanity, and, ultimately, for her life...
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0857388258
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
It's Mardi Gras, but for sixteen-year-old Trinity, this is no time for celebration. Another girl has gone missing. And Trinity is seeing things - terrible things. Tormented by visions she can't explain, Trinity embarks on a dark journey to understand her abilities, convinced this is the only way to prevent the things she sees from coming true. But as the line between reality and illusion becomes blurred, everyone who loves Trinity begins to fear for her sanity, and, ultimately, for her life...
Illusion of Order
Author: Bernard E. Harcourt
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674038318
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This is the first book to challenge the broken-windows theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken-windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of law abiders and disorderly people and of order and disorder, which have no intrinsic reality, independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society. How did the new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice--a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens--come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674038318
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This is the first book to challenge the broken-windows theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken-windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of law abiders and disorderly people and of order and disorder, which have no intrinsic reality, independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society. How did the new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice--a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens--come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice.
Cruel Illusions
Author: Margie Fuston
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665902124
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
“The perfect sinisterly magical escape…full of longing, desperation, and betrayal.” —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval trilogy and Once Upon a Broken Heart Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother’s death. Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home. But it’s been ten years since anyone’s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she’ll ever find one…until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she’s hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can’t explain. But they’ve been waiting for her. The magicians reveal they’re part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there’s a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she’s worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665902124
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
“The perfect sinisterly magical escape…full of longing, desperation, and betrayal.” —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval trilogy and Once Upon a Broken Heart Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother’s death. Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home. But it’s been ten years since anyone’s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she’ll ever find one…until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she’s hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can’t explain. But they’ve been waiting for her. The magicians reveal they’re part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there’s a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she’s worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.
Complete Works
Author: Boris Kriger
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105721736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Complete works by Boris Kriger include: "The Joys of Common Sense", "A Future Beyond Imagination", "The Uncertain Universe", "Lilli-Bunny and the Secret of a Happy Life", Theological and Scientific Articles
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105721736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Complete works by Boris Kriger include: "The Joys of Common Sense", "A Future Beyond Imagination", "The Uncertain Universe", "Lilli-Bunny and the Secret of a Happy Life", Theological and Scientific Articles
Broken Illusions (His Agenda 3)
Author: Dori Lavelle
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517786809
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
*WARNING: Due to sexual situations and adult content, this dark and disturbing psychological thriller is not intended for readers under the age of 18, and anyone who is unable to read books containing the following issues: kidnapping, murder, graphic rape, and extreme violence.* Jude Macknight is gone forever, and I can finally start my new life with Dustin Brannon. But it's not so easy to move on. When I close my eyes at night, I still see Jude's face. And sometimes, I swear I feel his presence. When will he stop haunting me? And when will I stop waiting for the other shoe to drop? This is the breathtaking conclusion to the His Agenda serial.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781517786809
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
*WARNING: Due to sexual situations and adult content, this dark and disturbing psychological thriller is not intended for readers under the age of 18, and anyone who is unable to read books containing the following issues: kidnapping, murder, graphic rape, and extreme violence.* Jude Macknight is gone forever, and I can finally start my new life with Dustin Brannon. But it's not so easy to move on. When I close my eyes at night, I still see Jude's face. And sometimes, I swear I feel his presence. When will he stop haunting me? And when will I stop waiting for the other shoe to drop? This is the breathtaking conclusion to the His Agenda serial.
Othmar
Author: Ouida
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Company of Strangers
Author: Paul Seabright
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691118215
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This is a wonderful book, very well written and accessible to a wide audience.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691118215
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This is a wonderful book, very well written and accessible to a wide audience.
Works
Author: Ouida
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Othmar
Author: Ouida
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434464865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
From the author of "Under Two Flags," "Wanda," "Moths," "Tricotrin," Etc.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434464865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
From the author of "Under Two Flags," "Wanda," "Moths," "Tricotrin," Etc.
Voice-Overs
Author: Daniel Balderston
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791487873
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In Voice-Overs, an impressive collection of writers, translators, and critics of Latin American literature address the challenges and triumphs of translation in the publishing industry, in teaching, and in the writing culture of the Americas. Through personal anecdotes as well as critical analyses, they engage important, ongoing debates over issues of language, exile, cultural identity, and literary markets. Institutions and personalities in Latin American literary translation are highlighted to examine the genre's cultural politics and transnational impact.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791487873
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In Voice-Overs, an impressive collection of writers, translators, and critics of Latin American literature address the challenges and triumphs of translation in the publishing industry, in teaching, and in the writing culture of the Americas. Through personal anecdotes as well as critical analyses, they engage important, ongoing debates over issues of language, exile, cultural identity, and literary markets. Institutions and personalities in Latin American literary translation are highlighted to examine the genre's cultural politics and transnational impact.