A Good Hanging
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Hangwoman
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Author : K R Meera
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-07-27
Hangwoman written by K R Meera and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-27 with Fiction categories.
The Grddha Mullick family bursts with marvellous tales of hangmen and hangings in which they figure as eyewitnesses to the momentous events that have shaped the history of the subcontinent. When twenty-two-year-old Chetna Grddha Mullick is appointed the first woman executioner in India, assistant and successor to her father, her life explodes under the harsh lights of television cameras. When the day of the execution arrives, will she bring herself to take a life? Meera’s spectacular imagination turns the story of Chetna’s life into an epic and perverse coming-of-age tale. The lurid pleasures of voyeurism and the punishing ironies of violence are kept in agile balance as the drama hurtles to its inevitable climax.
A Good Hanging
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Author : Ian Rankin
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 2008-09-18
A Good Hanging written by Ian Rankin and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-18 with Fiction categories.
Edinburgh is a city steeped in history and tradition, a seat of learning, of elegant living, known as the 'Athens of the North'. But that isn't all. The city's flip-side is a city of grudges, blackmail, violence, greed and fear - where past and present clash and old wounds fester. In any year Detective Inspector John Rebus can expect gang warfare, murder, assault and battery at the very least. In this collection he investigates the hanging of a student actor during the Festival, an arson attack on a bird watcher and the witnessing of an apparent miracle...
A Fine Day For A Hanging
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Author : Carol Ann Lee
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-06
A Fine Day For A Hanging written by Carol Ann Lee and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-06 with Social Science categories.
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES, A CRUEL LOVE, STARRING LUCY BOYNTON - COMING SOON TO ITV. Ruth Ellis was hanged for the murder of her lover, despite huge public outcry, and became the last woman to be executed in Britain. Against the backdrop of the glamorous 1950s club scene, this is the real Ruth Ellis story: a tragic true tale of murder, class, love and betrayal. "A forensically researched book that casts a haunting new light on the last woman to be hanged in Britain" Daily Mail In 1955, former nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. She became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and her execution is the most notorious of hangman Albert Pierrepoint's 'duties'. Despite Ruth's infamy, the story of her life has never been fully told. Often wilfully misinterpreted, the reality behind the headlines was buried by an avalanche of hearsay. But now, through new interviews and comprehensive research into previously unpublished sources, Carol Ann Lee examines the facts without agenda or sensation. A portrait of the era and an evocation of 1950s club life in all its seedy glamour, A Fine Day for a Hanging sets Ruth's gripping story firmly in its historical context in order to tell the truth about both her timeless crime and a punishment that was very much of its time.
The Hanging Garden
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Author : Ian Rankin
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2010-01-05
The Hanging Garden written by Ian Rankin and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-05 with Fiction categories.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon... The hanging of four French villagers in World War II... The hanging of an old man in a Scottish cemetery... Seemingly random facts linked to one man... Detective Inspector John Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal, and his immediate supervisors are more than happy to have him tucked away in a quiet backwater for several months. However, the escalating dispute between upstart Tommy Telford and Big Ger Cafferty's gang soon gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close ties to a man nicknamed Mr. Pink Eyes, a brutal gangster running a lucrative business bringing Chechen refugees into Britain to work as prostitutes. And when Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl, it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford takes the high road out of town. Within days, Rebus's daughter is the victim of an all-too-professional hit-and-run, and Rebus knows that there's nothing he won't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford--even if it means cutting a deal with the devil. A chilling glimpse into the darkest extremes of human cruelty, a page-turning literary thriller, The Hanging Garden, the ninth entry in Ian Rankin's award-winning series confirms his reputation as a writer of rare and lasting gifts.
A Handbook On Hanging
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Author : Charles Duff
language : en
Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2006-04-30
A Handbook On Hanging written by Charles Duff and has been published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-30 with Capital punishment categories.
Handbook on Hanging
A Hanging In Detroit
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Author : David Gardner Chardavoyne
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2003-07-16
A Hanging In Detroit written by David Gardner Chardavoyne and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-16 with History categories.
The first historical study—and a riveting account—of the last execution in Michigan. On September 24, 1830, Stephen G. Simmons, a fifty-year-old tavern keeper and farmer, was hanged in Detroit for murdering his wife, Levana Simmons, in a drunken, jealous rage. Michigan executed only two people during the fifty-year period, from 1796 to 1846, when the death penalty was legal within its boundaries. Simmons was the second and last person to be executed under Michigan law. In A Hanging in DetroitDavid G. Chardavoyne vividly evokes not only the crime, trial, and execution of Simmons, but also the setting and players of the drama, social and legal customs of the times, and the controversy that arose because of the affair. Chardavoyne illuminates his account of this important moment in Michigan's history with many little-known facts, creating a study that is at once an engrossing story and the first historical examination of the event that helped bring about the abolition of the death penalty in Michigan. Simmons execution came at a time when Michigan had begun to change from a sparsely populated wilderness to a thriving agricultural center, and Detroit from a small military outpost to a metropolis founded on trade, manufacturing, and an influx of immigrants and other settlers. The hanging was a defining moment during this period of dramatic social change. Thousands of spectators crowded into Detroit expecting to see a thrilling public execution. Many of those spectators, however, left deeply disturbed by the spectacle they had witnessed. Chardavoyne, a lawyer, probes the unsettling incident which sparked a profound shift in attitudes toward capital punishment in Michigan, examining along the way such mysteries as why Simmons was hanged for his crime when other contemporary killers were hardly punished at all. A Hanging in Detroit will fascinate legal historians and lay readers alike with its incisive look into Great Lakes regional history and crime and punishment in Michigan.
The Hanging Garden
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Author : Patrick White
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-04-05
The Hanging Garden written by Patrick White and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Fiction categories.
Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz. The girl is the daughter of a Sydney woman and a Communist executed in a Greek prison. In wartime Australia, these two children form an extraordinary bond as they negotiate the dangers of life as strangers abandoned on the far side of the world. Patrick White died before his novel could be completed, leaving behind a masterpiece in the making.
The Hanging Game
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Author : Helen Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date : 2013-03-13
The Hanging Game written by Helen Marshall and has been published by Tor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-13 with Fiction categories.
Sometimes a game, even a sacred game, can have far-reaching consequences. In bear country young Skye learns just how far she is willing to go to play the game properly in order carry on the traditions that came before her and will most likely continue long after she is gone. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Hanging Baskets Window Boxes And Other Container Gardens
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Author : David Joyce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Hanging Baskets Window Boxes And Other Container Gardens written by David Joyce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Container Gardening-Pictorial Works categories.
Joyce presents simple instructions for designing container gardens, finding the perfect locations for them, choosing the best plants for any season, and providing proper care. Includes hundreds of ideas for complementary flower selections to create eye-pleasing mixes. 100 full-color photographs.
Hanging Up
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Author : Delia Ephron
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2000
Hanging Up written by Delia Ephron and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
Destined for a Christmas film release from Columbia Pictures, this heartfelt novel by the co-screenwriter of "Sleepless in Seattle" is about a woman trying to keep her life and her loose-cannon family in order. "Delia Ephron is blessed with the driest of wits, the tenderest of hearts, and an uncanny ear for the way people talk."--Armistead Maupin. The movie will star Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton.