Author: Marzio Barbagli
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745680429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
What drives a person to take his or her own life? Why would an individual be willing to strap a bomb to himself and walk into a crowded marketplace, blowing himself up at the same time as he kills and maims the people around him? Does suicide or ‘voluntary death’ have the same meaning today as it had in earlier centuries, and does it have the same significance in China, India and the Middle East as it has in the West? How should we understand this distressing, often puzzling phenomenon and how can we explain its patterns and variations over time? In this wide-ranging comparative study, Barbagli examines suicide as a socio-cultural, religious and political phenomenon, exploring the reasons that underlie it and the meanings it has acquired in different cultures throughout the world. Drawing on a vast body of research carried out by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and psychologists, Barbagli shows that a satisfactory theory of suicide cannot limit itself to considering the two causes that were highlighted by the great French sociologist Émile Durkheim – namely, social integration and regulation. Barbagli proposes a new account of suicide that links the motives for and significance attributed to individual actions with the people for whom and against whom individuals take their lives. This new study of suicide sheds fresh light on the cultural differences between East and West and greatly increases our understanding of an often-misunderstood act. It will be the definitive history of suicide for many years to come.
Luke’s (Lucifer's) Sin
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
His mother called him Lucas. His brothers in the military and Walker Security call him Lucifer for his wild side. She called him the man she loved, she called him Luke. But then he proved he really is worthy of his nickname. Or so she thought. Nothing is as it seemed back then. A man with a past. The only woman he has ever loved. Someone wants her dead. That someone is about to find out that yes, he is Lucifer when you dare to threaten his woman. Even if she doesn't call herself that now. He does. But all he ever really wanted to be was Luke—the man worthy of her love. Book one in the Lucifer Trilogy.
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
His mother called him Lucas. His brothers in the military and Walker Security call him Lucifer for his wild side. She called him the man she loved, she called him Luke. But then he proved he really is worthy of his nickname. Or so she thought. Nothing is as it seemed back then. A man with a past. The only woman he has ever loved. Someone wants her dead. That someone is about to find out that yes, he is Lucifer when you dare to threaten his woman. Even if she doesn't call herself that now. He does. But all he ever really wanted to be was Luke—the man worthy of her love. Book one in the Lucifer Trilogy.
Luke's Touch
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The second book in the Walker Security: Lucifer (Luke) Trilogy... She loved him. He betrayed her. Nothing is what it seems. One touch can change everything though, and it did. The minute he showed back up in her life, all deals were off. He touched her and she melted. He promised her everything, and she wanted everything. The question is: is he her salvation or her destruction? Love. Hate. Passion. Danger. It's about to get hot in here...
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The second book in the Walker Security: Lucifer (Luke) Trilogy... She loved him. He betrayed her. Nothing is what it seems. One touch can change everything though, and it did. The minute he showed back up in her life, all deals were off. He touched her and she melted. He promised her everything, and she wanted everything. The question is: is he her salvation or her destruction? Love. Hate. Passion. Danger. It's about to get hot in here...
Luke's Beginning
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
She believes he betrayed her. To him, her lack of trust is her betrayal. But now someone wants her dead. He won't ever let anything happen to her. Now he plans to show her enemies he can live up to his name, he is the devil. She already believes it. They will, too. A sexy eight-chapter sneak peek into Luke's Sin, book one in the Lucifer Trilogy.
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
She believes he betrayed her. To him, her lack of trust is her betrayal. But now someone wants her dead. He won't ever let anything happen to her. Now he plans to show her enemies he can live up to his name, he is the devil. She already believes it. They will, too. A sexy eight-chapter sneak peek into Luke's Sin, book one in the Lucifer Trilogy.
Rock Chick Revenge
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986105941
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another one again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second. Too late. Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles without the Hot Bunch stepping in. He's having none of it. She's having none of him. The clash of the Rock Chick and Hot Guy begins, but Luke's got the advantage. He has handcuffs and he's not afraid to use them.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986105941
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another one again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second. Too late. Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles without the Hot Bunch stepping in. He's having none of it. She's having none of him. The clash of the Rock Chick and Hot Guy begins, but Luke's got the advantage. He has handcuffs and he's not afraid to use them.
The Legend of Luke
Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158427
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The twelfth book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie! Martin the Warrior leaves Redwall Abbey on a journey to discover the truth about Luke, the father he barely knew. His voyage takes him home to the northland shore where, from a dusty old book, he learns of Luke's dramatic pursuit of the evil pirate stoat, Vilu Daskar.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448158427
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The twelfth book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie! Martin the Warrior leaves Redwall Abbey on a journey to discover the truth about Luke, the father he barely knew. His voyage takes him home to the northland shore where, from a dusty old book, he learns of Luke's dramatic pursuit of the evil pirate stoat, Vilu Daskar.
Farewell to the World
Author: Marzio Barbagli
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745680429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
What drives a person to take his or her own life? Why would an individual be willing to strap a bomb to himself and walk into a crowded marketplace, blowing himself up at the same time as he kills and maims the people around him? Does suicide or ‘voluntary death’ have the same meaning today as it had in earlier centuries, and does it have the same significance in China, India and the Middle East as it has in the West? How should we understand this distressing, often puzzling phenomenon and how can we explain its patterns and variations over time? In this wide-ranging comparative study, Barbagli examines suicide as a socio-cultural, religious and political phenomenon, exploring the reasons that underlie it and the meanings it has acquired in different cultures throughout the world. Drawing on a vast body of research carried out by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and psychologists, Barbagli shows that a satisfactory theory of suicide cannot limit itself to considering the two causes that were highlighted by the great French sociologist Émile Durkheim – namely, social integration and regulation. Barbagli proposes a new account of suicide that links the motives for and significance attributed to individual actions with the people for whom and against whom individuals take their lives. This new study of suicide sheds fresh light on the cultural differences between East and West and greatly increases our understanding of an often-misunderstood act. It will be the definitive history of suicide for many years to come.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745680429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
What drives a person to take his or her own life? Why would an individual be willing to strap a bomb to himself and walk into a crowded marketplace, blowing himself up at the same time as he kills and maims the people around him? Does suicide or ‘voluntary death’ have the same meaning today as it had in earlier centuries, and does it have the same significance in China, India and the Middle East as it has in the West? How should we understand this distressing, often puzzling phenomenon and how can we explain its patterns and variations over time? In this wide-ranging comparative study, Barbagli examines suicide as a socio-cultural, religious and political phenomenon, exploring the reasons that underlie it and the meanings it has acquired in different cultures throughout the world. Drawing on a vast body of research carried out by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and psychologists, Barbagli shows that a satisfactory theory of suicide cannot limit itself to considering the two causes that were highlighted by the great French sociologist Émile Durkheim – namely, social integration and regulation. Barbagli proposes a new account of suicide that links the motives for and significance attributed to individual actions with the people for whom and against whom individuals take their lives. This new study of suicide sheds fresh light on the cultural differences between East and West and greatly increases our understanding of an often-misunderstood act. It will be the definitive history of suicide for many years to come.
The Minor Drama
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Naked Truth
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Jax North. He's handsome, brutally so, and wealthy. Our first encounter is intense and sex is my escape. I go with it. I go with him and what a ride it is. And then, I say goodbye. Only you don't say goodbye to a man like Jax if he doesn't want you to. I've challenged him without meaning to. He wants me. I don't want to want him, and yet, I crave him. And he tears me down, my resistance, my walls. But those walls protect me. They seal my secrets inside. And I forget that being alone is safe. Before long, my secrets begin to be revealed, and I trust him so deeply that I think maybe he can handle them. Maybe I dare to believe that alone isn't better. Until I discover that Jax was never an accident. He has secrets. He knew my secret. He came for me. Previously published as the Naked Trilogy.
Publisher: Julie Patra Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Jax North. He's handsome, brutally so, and wealthy. Our first encounter is intense and sex is my escape. I go with it. I go with him and what a ride it is. And then, I say goodbye. Only you don't say goodbye to a man like Jax if he doesn't want you to. I've challenged him without meaning to. He wants me. I don't want to want him, and yet, I crave him. And he tears me down, my resistance, my walls. But those walls protect me. They seal my secrets inside. And I forget that being alone is safe. Before long, my secrets begin to be revealed, and I trust him so deeply that I think maybe he can handle them. Maybe I dare to believe that alone isn't better. Until I discover that Jax was never an accident. He has secrets. He knew my secret. He came for me. Previously published as the Naked Trilogy.
The Long Way Home
Author: Jessica Blair
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 140551194X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Lydia Middleton faces a bright future, secure in the knowledge that her childhood sweetheart, David Drayton, will one day be her husband. Their parents heartily approve of a match between Whitby's foremost ship-owning families. But then Mr Middleton loses his fortune and later his life, and the Draytons reconsider. Lydia's uncle repossesses the family home and she is forced to leave Whitby. Her brother Luke finds a job in the new town of Middlesbrough and Lydia decides to accompany him and make her own way in life. But she vows that when her fortunes have changed she will return to her beloved home and exact a fitting revenge on her uncle. Driven by this desire, Lydia prospers but risks losing the most precious thing of all: the love of David, who has stayed faithful to her throughout their enforced separation. Vengeance or the path of true love - which will Lydia choose?
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 140551194X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Lydia Middleton faces a bright future, secure in the knowledge that her childhood sweetheart, David Drayton, will one day be her husband. Their parents heartily approve of a match between Whitby's foremost ship-owning families. But then Mr Middleton loses his fortune and later his life, and the Draytons reconsider. Lydia's uncle repossesses the family home and she is forced to leave Whitby. Her brother Luke finds a job in the new town of Middlesbrough and Lydia decides to accompany him and make her own way in life. But she vows that when her fortunes have changed she will return to her beloved home and exact a fitting revenge on her uncle. Driven by this desire, Lydia prospers but risks losing the most precious thing of all: the love of David, who has stayed faithful to her throughout their enforced separation. Vengeance or the path of true love - which will Lydia choose?
What a Pirate Desires
Author: Michelle Beattie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440654921
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Set sail for adventure in this pirate romance from Michelle Beattie, as a woman in disguise meets her match... When her family was murdered by the brigand named Dervish, all that Samantha Fine cherished was swept away in the churning waters of the Caribbean. Driven by revenge, she masquerades as Sam Steele, the most cunning pirate of the seas, striking terror in the hearts of every merchant who dares to cross her path. If only they knew the legendary buccaneer’s extraordinary secret… One man has discovered that a fiery female spirit wrestles beneath Sam’s fearsome exterior: the pirate, Luke Bradley. He once sailed with the vile Dervish, and now has a score of his own to settle. But as he joins Sam on her journey across the unpredictable Caribbean Sea, Luke is drawn to her loyal heart and courageous strength. Now, making Dervish pay for his sins is second to the quest to win Sam’s heart…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440654921
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Set sail for adventure in this pirate romance from Michelle Beattie, as a woman in disguise meets her match... When her family was murdered by the brigand named Dervish, all that Samantha Fine cherished was swept away in the churning waters of the Caribbean. Driven by revenge, she masquerades as Sam Steele, the most cunning pirate of the seas, striking terror in the hearts of every merchant who dares to cross her path. If only they knew the legendary buccaneer’s extraordinary secret… One man has discovered that a fiery female spirit wrestles beneath Sam’s fearsome exterior: the pirate, Luke Bradley. He once sailed with the vile Dervish, and now has a score of his own to settle. But as he joins Sam on her journey across the unpredictable Caribbean Sea, Luke is drawn to her loyal heart and courageous strength. Now, making Dervish pay for his sins is second to the quest to win Sam’s heart…