Author: Bertram Clive Beardsley
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532016670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
There are not many people alive who can testify to the remarkable twentieth century. Bertram Clive Beardsley, age ninety-one, can—from firsthand experience. Born in 1924, Kansas City, Beardsley grew up during the depression, served in World War II and Korea, earned a master’s degree on the GI Bill, and worked in countries where Cold War hostilities bubbled under the surface. He married a woman from Belize and raised two biracial children at a time when such a family turned heads and caused comments. Along the way, Beardsley played baseball and jazz, took his family around the world, and strove to be a man in full.
Hindseeing
Author: Bertram Clive Beardsley
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532016670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
There are not many people alive who can testify to the remarkable twentieth century. Bertram Clive Beardsley, age ninety-one, can—from firsthand experience. Born in 1924, Kansas City, Beardsley grew up during the depression, served in World War II and Korea, earned a master’s degree on the GI Bill, and worked in countries where Cold War hostilities bubbled under the surface. He married a woman from Belize and raised two biracial children at a time when such a family turned heads and caused comments. Along the way, Beardsley played baseball and jazz, took his family around the world, and strove to be a man in full.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532016670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
There are not many people alive who can testify to the remarkable twentieth century. Bertram Clive Beardsley, age ninety-one, can—from firsthand experience. Born in 1924, Kansas City, Beardsley grew up during the depression, served in World War II and Korea, earned a master’s degree on the GI Bill, and worked in countries where Cold War hostilities bubbled under the surface. He married a woman from Belize and raised two biracial children at a time when such a family turned heads and caused comments. Along the way, Beardsley played baseball and jazz, took his family around the world, and strove to be a man in full.
Street Crime
Author: Simon Hallsworth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134044313
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Street crime remains high on the public and political agenda, and is frequently the subject of media attention and concern. This book aims to provide a detailed and accessible account of the phenomenon, placing the subject in its theoretical, historical and political context. It addresses the question of how serious a problem street crime really is, and why it has become such a hot political issue. The book draws upon contemporary debates about the supposed presence of an emerging underclass, and in particular the 'criminalisation' and 'racialisation' of black communities with whom it has come to be particular associated in the public mind. The author then develops a framework of analysis which focuses upon the relationship of three key variables: the production of motivated offenders, the availability and suitability of victims, and a study of the limits inherent in current control strategies. Finally, the book concludes that a successful prevention strategy requires an agenda for revitalising the public sphere in inner city areas --rather than reliance policies of situational crime prevention, zero tolerance policing and increased punishment.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134044313
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Street crime remains high on the public and political agenda, and is frequently the subject of media attention and concern. This book aims to provide a detailed and accessible account of the phenomenon, placing the subject in its theoretical, historical and political context. It addresses the question of how serious a problem street crime really is, and why it has become such a hot political issue. The book draws upon contemporary debates about the supposed presence of an emerging underclass, and in particular the 'criminalisation' and 'racialisation' of black communities with whom it has come to be particular associated in the public mind. The author then develops a framework of analysis which focuses upon the relationship of three key variables: the production of motivated offenders, the availability and suitability of victims, and a study of the limits inherent in current control strategies. Finally, the book concludes that a successful prevention strategy requires an agenda for revitalising the public sphere in inner city areas --rather than reliance policies of situational crime prevention, zero tolerance policing and increased punishment.
The Common Touch
Author: Adrian Roscoe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144389348X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Beginning where volume one of The Common Touch leaves off, selections of English popular literature from the Restoration to the mid-years of the eighteenth century are offered in this second and final volume. However, while interest in such traditional literary types as the ballad and chapbook continued unabated in this period, new forms began to emerge, with the popularity of journals and novels reflecting not only a more diversified readership, but also the rise of prose as a medium for public debate and entertainment. With increasing middle-class literacy filtering down to servants and apprentices, moreover, the voices of the destitute and the social outcast could be increasingly heard, marking a shift from high-born to low-born, from town to country and from men to women (and children) – culminating in the Romantic movement at the end of the century.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144389348X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Beginning where volume one of The Common Touch leaves off, selections of English popular literature from the Restoration to the mid-years of the eighteenth century are offered in this second and final volume. However, while interest in such traditional literary types as the ballad and chapbook continued unabated in this period, new forms began to emerge, with the popularity of journals and novels reflecting not only a more diversified readership, but also the rise of prose as a medium for public debate and entertainment. With increasing middle-class literacy filtering down to servants and apprentices, moreover, the voices of the destitute and the social outcast could be increasingly heard, marking a shift from high-born to low-born, from town to country and from men to women (and children) – culminating in the Romantic movement at the end of the century.
Con Men and Cutpurses
Author: Lucy Moore
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141906030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An enthralling anthology of 18th-century writings that gives a fascinating insight into the dreadful misdeeds of - and the horrible punishments meeted out to - an array of rogues and criminals, from murderers and swindlers to prostitutes and pirates. Captured in memoirs, letters, ballads and court transcripts are some of the most colourful villains ever to take their last gasp at the hangman's noose, including daring thief Jack Sheppherd, highwayman Dick Turpin and ingenious pickpocket Jenny Diver. Taking us from the backstreets and brothels to Newgate prison and the gallows at Tyburn, this anthology reveals London's murky underworld in all its squalor and exuberance.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141906030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An enthralling anthology of 18th-century writings that gives a fascinating insight into the dreadful misdeeds of - and the horrible punishments meeted out to - an array of rogues and criminals, from murderers and swindlers to prostitutes and pirates. Captured in memoirs, letters, ballads and court transcripts are some of the most colourful villains ever to take their last gasp at the hangman's noose, including daring thief Jack Sheppherd, highwayman Dick Turpin and ingenious pickpocket Jenny Diver. Taking us from the backstreets and brothels to Newgate prison and the gallows at Tyburn, this anthology reveals London's murky underworld in all its squalor and exuberance.
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars
Author: Ian Watson
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780335466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens. All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way. It includes 24 stories with highlights such as: The Pyre of the New Day' - Catherine Asaro. The Rhine's World Incident' - Neal Asher. Caught in the Crossfire' - David Drake. Politics' - Elizabeth Moon. The Traitor' - David Weber. And others from: Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Fredric Brown, Algis Budrys, Simon R. Green, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, John Lambshead, Paul McAuley, Andy Remic, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith, Allen Steele, William Tenn, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Z. Williamson, Gene Wolfe.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780335466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens. All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way. It includes 24 stories with highlights such as: The Pyre of the New Day' - Catherine Asaro. The Rhine's World Incident' - Neal Asher. Caught in the Crossfire' - David Drake. Politics' - Elizabeth Moon. The Traitor' - David Weber. And others from: Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Fredric Brown, Algis Budrys, Simon R. Green, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, John Lambshead, Paul McAuley, Andy Remic, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith, Allen Steele, William Tenn, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Z. Williamson, Gene Wolfe.
No Jest Like a True Jest:
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Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Pages : 26
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Smeeton's Tracts
Author: George Smeeton
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Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Languages : en
Pages : 118
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An historical account of the heroick life and magnanimous actions of ... James, duke of Monmouth ... 1683. Reprinted 1820. [Vicars, J.] England's worthies ... 1647. Reprinted, 1819. [Harris, W.] An historical and critical account of Hugh Peters. After the manner of Mr. Bayle ... 1751. Reprinted, 1818. [Cotton, Sir r. B. A short view of the long life and reign of Henry the Third ... 1627. Reprinted, 1820. [Defoe, D.] The dumb philosopher ... 1719. Reprinted, 1818. No jest like a true jest ... 1674. Rerprinted, 1817. Second Captian Hind. [n.d.] Reprinted, 1817
Author: George Smeeton
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World
Author: John Pinkerton
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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A general collection of ... voyages and travels, digested by J. Pinkerton
Author: John Pinkerton
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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