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The Killing Compartments


The Killing Compartments
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Author : Abram de Swaan
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01

The Killing Compartments written by Abram de Swaan and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Political Science categories.


An incisive exploration of why acts of mass annihilation take place and how people become mass killers By historical standards, the early years of the twenty-first century have been remarkably peaceful. Only rarely are people killed by their own kind, and only very, very rarely are they killed by other animals, microorganisms excepted. Nevertheless, even though the statistics should reassure, many people worry about lone killers, murderous gangs, and terrorist bands. At the same time, most people are vaguely aware that even in this relatively calm era, wars have made countless victims. Yet mass violence against unarmed civilians has claimed three to four times as many lives in the past century as war: one hundred million at least, and possibly many more. These large-scale killings have required the efforts of hundreds of thousands of perpetrators. Such men (and almost all were males) were ready to kill, indiscriminately, for many hours a day, for days and weeks at a stretch, and sometimes for months or even years. Unlike common criminals who work outside the mainstream of society, in secret, on their own or with a few accomplices, mass murderers almost always worked in large teams, with full knowledge of the authorities and on their orders. Without exception, they operated within a supportive social context, most often firmly embedded in the institutions of the ruling regime. Unlike terrorists, the mass murderers usually did not want their deeds to be widely known. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that lies at the heart of this trenchant book. The subject here is mass annihilation--that is, massive, asymmetric violence at close range, where killers and victims are in direct confrontation. Abram de Swaan offers a taxonomy of mass violence that focuses on the rank-and-file perpetrators, examining how murderous regimes recruit them and create what De Swaan calls the "killing compartments" that make possible the worst abominations without apparent moral misgiving, without a sense of personal responsibility, and, above all, without pity. De Swaan wonders where extreme violence comes from and where it goes--seemingly without a trace--when the wild and barbaric gore is over. And what about the perpetrators themselves? Are they merely and only the product of external circumstance? Or is there something in their makeup that helps them become mass murderers? Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and psychology, De Swaan sheds light on an urgent and seemingly intractable pathology that continues to poison peoples all over the world.



Killing Faith A Gabriel De Sade Thriller


Killing Faith A Gabriel De Sade Thriller
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Author : Eric Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Swordworks
Release Date : 2011-09-21

Killing Faith A Gabriel De Sade Thriller written by Eric Meyer and has been published by Swordworks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-21 with Fiction categories.


When dismembered bodies start to appear in New York City, the search for a serial killer begins. Leading the hunt is Gabriel de Sade, a tough Manhattan detective. What should be a straightforward murder investigation escalates when yet more dismembered bodies are found. A very sick, psychotic murderer is loose on the streets of the city. Yet the case is to become more complicated than he could imagine. The nightmare is just beginning for de Sade, a Delta Force veteran of Afghanistan. The FBI are also hunting for the serial killer and their evidence points to a Russian Mafiya baron, Grigory Gordieva. The pursuit leads Gabriel to Moscow with an FBI partner, Special Agent Faith Ward. They find themselves pitted against political interference from both American and Russian governments. Yet when they ask for help from the Moscow Militia de Sade finds them both corrupt and on the Mafiya payroll. Their only assistance comes from an unexpected quarter, a Russian Orthodox Bishop. With his help, de Sade reaches the heart of the Gordieva's Mafiya operations. The Russian retaliates by kidnapping Faith Ward. With only a discredited Militia detective to help him, he takes on the Moscow Mafiya. De Sade adapts his Delta Force tactics to wage a secret war on the Moscow streets. The action builds to a climax that is shattering and extraordinary.



Murder


Murder
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Author : Thomas De Quincey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-25

Murder written by Thomas De Quincey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with categories.


Murder by Thomas de Quincey In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quincey's innovative, idiosyncratic artistic vision found space for gruesome reportage, satire, literary criticism, and aesthetic judgments, in a work strewn with examples ranging from antiquity to his own time, including the urban serial-killer John Williams. In addition to this essay's Swiftian exercise in irony, he investigated the Williams case further in a postscript, resulting in a dramatic suspense-filled narrative that prefigures Capote's In Cold Blood and the modern true-crime genre. Specifically, On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts centers on the notorious career of the murderer John Williams, who in 1811 brutally killed seven people in London's East End. De Quincey's response to Williams's attacks turns morality on its head, celebrating and coolly dissecting the act of murder as performance art; a perverse cause de celebration creeping out of the dank London fog. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.



On Murder


On Murder
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Author : Thomas De Quincey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-12

On Murder written by Thomas De Quincey and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-12 with Literary Collections categories.


'For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination'Thomas De Quincey's three essays 'On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts' centre on the notorious career of the murderer John Williams, who in 1811 brutally killed seven people in London's East End. De Quincey's response to Williams's attacks turns morality on its head, celebrating and coolly dissecting the art of murder and its perfections. Ranging from gruesomely vivid reportage and brilliantly funny satiric high jinks to penetrating literary and aesthetic criticism, the essays had aremarkable impact on crime, terror, and detective fiction, as well as on the rise of nineteenth-century decadence.The volume also contains De Quincey's best-known piece of literary criticism, 'On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth', and his finest tale of terror, 'The Avenger', a disturbing exploration of violence, vigilantism, and religious persecution.



The Fleur De Sel Murders


The Fleur De Sel Murders
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Author : Jean-Luc Bannalec
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2018-04-24

The Fleur De Sel Murders written by Jean-Luc Bannalec and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with Fiction categories.


Commissaire Dupin is back in The Fleur de Sel Murders, this Brittany mystery from international bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec. The old salt farmers have always said that the violet scent of the Fleur de Sel at harvest time on the salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula has been known to cause hallucinations. Commissaire Dupin also starts to believe this when he’s attacked out of the blue in the salt works. He had actually been looking forward to escaping his endless paperwork and taking a trip to the “white country” between the raging Atlantic Ocean and idyllic rivers. But when he starts snooping around mysterious barrels on behalf of Lilou Breval, a journalist friend, he finds himself unexpectedly under attack. The offender remains a mystery, and a short time later, Breval disappears without a trace. It is thanks to his secretary Nolwenn and the ambition of the prefect that Dupin is assigned to the case. But he won’t be working alone because Sylvaine Rose is the investigator responsible for the department—and she lives up to her name... What’s going on in the salt works? Dupin and Rose search feverishly for clues and stumble upon false alibis, massive conflicts of interest, personal feuds—and ancient Breton legends.



On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts


On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts
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Author : Thomas de Quincey
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29

On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts written by Thomas de Quincey and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with Fiction categories.


On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts is an essay by Thomas De Quincey. A fictional account of a report made to a gentleman's club regarding the visual appreciation of murder. For friends of satire!



Making A Killing


Making A Killing
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Author : Alicia Gaspar de Alba
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01

Making A Killing written by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with True Crime categories.


Since 1993, more than five hundred women and girls have been murdered in Ciudad Juárez across the border from El Paso, Texas. At least a third have been sexually violated and mutilated as well. Thousands more have been reported missing and remain unaccounted for. The crimes have been poorly investigated and have gone unpunished and unresolved by Mexican authorities, thus creating an epidemic of misogynist violence on an increasingly globalized U.S.-Mexico border. This book, the first anthology to focus exclusively on the Juárez femicides, as the crimes have come to be known, compiles several different scholarly "interventions" from diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis. Editor Alicia Gaspar de Alba shapes a multidisciplinary analytical framework for considering the interconnections between gender, violence, and the U.S.-Mexico border. The essays examine the social and cultural conditions that have led to the heinous victimization of women on the border—from globalization, free trade agreements, exploitative maquiladora working conditions, and border politics, to the sexist attitudes that pervade the social discourse about the victims. The book also explores the evolving social movement that has been created by NGOs, mothers' organizing efforts, and other grassroots forms of activism related to the crimes. Contributors include U.S. and Mexican scholars and activists, as well as personal testimonies of two mothers of femicide victims.



Murder On The Champ De Mars


Murder On The Champ De Mars
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Author : Cara Black
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2015-03-03

Murder On The Champ De Mars written by Cara Black and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-03 with Fiction categories.


A dying woman has secret about the unsolved murder of Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc’s father, but is kidnapped before she can reveal it Paris, April 1999: Aimée Leduc has her work cut out for her—running her detective agency and fighting off sleep deprivation as she tries to be a good single mother to her new bébé. The last thing she has time for now is to take on a personal investigation for a poor manouche (Gypsy) boy. But he insists his dying mother has an important secret she needs to tell Aimée, something to do with Aimée’s father’s unsolved murder a decade ago. How can she say no? The dying woman’s secret is even more dangerous than her son realized. When Aimée arrives at the hospital, the boy’s mother has disappeared. She was far too sick to leave on her own—she must have been abducted. What does she know that’s so important it’s worth killing for? And will Aimée be able to find her before it’s too late and the medication keeping her alive runs out?



The Killing


The Killing
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Author : David Hewson
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Editora Record
Release Date : 2021-09-06

The Killing written by David Hewson and has been published by Editora Record this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-06 with Fiction categories.


O primeiro volume da adaptação da premiada série The Killing. "Para aqueles que perderam a série policial mais comentada dos últimos anos, este livro será diversão garantida."- The Times É o último dia de Sarah Lund como investigadora da polícia de Copenhague. Além de aproximá-la do namorado, a mudança para a Suécia pretende acabar com a rotina estressante no trabalho e, quem sabe, melhorar um pouco o relacionamento da investigadora com Mark, seu filho do primeiro casamento. Contudo, quando o corpo da estudante de 19 anos Nanna Birk Larsen, brutalmente estuprada e assassinada, é encontrado em uma floresta nos arredores da cidade, Sarah precisa mudar seus planos e adiar sua viagem para comandar a investigação ao lado do recém-chegado Jan Meyer. Enquanto a família da estudante tenta superar os últimos acontecimentos, o político Troels Hartmann está em campanha para a prefeitura de Copenhague. A batalha torna-se mais vil a cada dia, já que Poul Bremer, homem que ocupa o cargo atualmente, não medirá esforços para continuar no poder. Quando conexões entre os candidatos e o assassinato de Nanna subitamente vêm à tona, o caso toma novas direções. Os Birk Larsen lutam para sobreviver à terrível perda. Quem poderia ter cometido um crime tão cruel? Nanna era uma jovem bonita, popular e inteligente. Porém, nada é perfeito, e segredos da vida da menina, assim como da de seus pais, acabam sendo revelados. Num período de vinte dias, uma sucessão de suspeitos é investigada enquanto a violência e as intrigas políticas desviam o foco da busca pelo culpado. A determinada Sarah Lund, com o apoio do relutante Jan Meyer, deverá lutar para descobrir novas pistas, muitas vezes esbarrando em problemas hierárquicos e jogos de poder. Apenas uma coisa é certa: um assassino está à solta. "Sarah Lund é uma das melhores personagens femininas já criadas." - The Daily "A nova The Wire." - The Sunday Times "Um excelente romance, que é mais uma reimaginação da história original do que uma cópia - e com o bônus de uma nova reviravolta no fim" - Daily Mail "A maior conquista de Hewson é fazer do livro uma leitura compulsiva" - Observer "Hewson é por si só um autor conceituado de livros policiais; ele passou muito tempo com os criadores do roteiro original para se assegurar de que não ofenderia seu espírito e sua atmosfera e forneceu sua própria solução para o mistério central do assassinato" - Marcel Berlins, The Times



Murder Will Out


Murder Will Out
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Author : William L. De Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867

Murder Will Out written by William L. De Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with Crime categories.