Death Of A Political Plant
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Death Of A Political Plant
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Author : Ann Ripley
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2009-09-16
Death Of A Political Plant written by Ann Ripley and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-16 with Fiction categories.
Ann Ripley's horticultural heroine, Louise Eldridge, enchanted mystery lovers of all varieties in Death of a Garden Pest and Mulch . Now she returns in a witty new tale of muckraking, murder, and deeply buried--and very dangerous--secrets. Louise's TV show, Gardening with Nature, has made her a celebrity, sweeping her from lawn-mower commercials all the way to the president's National Environmental Commission. Not that Louise is about to get her hands dirty in the mudslinging campaigns of an election year. As usual, her main concerns are right in her own backyard. Here, in Washington's suburban Sylvan Valley, she is subject to an unwelcome infestation of houseguests that threatens to crowd out her houseplants. Least welcome of all are three bossy busybodies in town for the Perennial Plant Society convention, who fete Louise as official "Plant Person of the Year" but press her to slash back the sweetgums and swamp oaks that give her beloved garden its pristine air. Her grin-and-bear-it mood is lightened, however, by the arrival of an old flame. Twenty years ago, in the first bloom of youth, Louise fell heavily for Jay McCormick's crooked smile and crusading charm. Now, he's an investigative journalist looking worriedly over his shoulder. Jay confides that he's come on two distinct undercover missions. One is to ensure that his ex-wife, a high-powered political lawyer, doesn't cheat on the rules for custody of their young daughter. Around the other, he raises an impenetrable thicket of secrecy. But Jay's cover is blown when he surfaces, a nibbled corpse, in a neighbor's ornamental fishpond. Who put him there? And what was the mysterious story he was investigating? Only Louise can unearth the trail that leads from a missing computer to a pistol-packing intruder trampling her purple-spotted toad lilies to evidence hidden where only a hardcore gardener could find it. Soon she's digging up enough dirt--social, marital, and political--to uproot some of Washington's top players...if she doesn't get herself nipped in the bud first. Ripening suspense, a thorny plot, and plenty of gardening tips make Death of a Political Plant a perfect bouquet of murder, mystery, and mayhem.
The Nature Of Life And Death
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Author : Patricia Wiltshire
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2019-09-03
The Nature Of Life And Death written by Patricia Wiltshire and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with True Crime categories.
A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative that explores the valuable but often shocking interface between crime and nature--and the secrets each can reveal about the other--from a pioneer in forensic ecology and a trailblazing female scientist. From mud tracks on a quiet country road to dirt specks on the soles of walking boots, forensic ecologist Patricia Wiltshire uses her decades of scientific expertise to find often-overlooked clues left behind by criminal activity. She detects evidence and eliminates hypotheses armed with little more than a microscope, eventually developing a compelling thesis of the who, what, how, and when of a crime. Wiltshire's remarkable accuracy has made her one of the most in-demand police consultants in the world, and her curiosity, humility, and passion for the truth have guided her every step of the way. A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative, The Nature of Life and Death details Wiltshire's unique journey from college professor to crime fighter: solving murders, locating corpses, and exonerating the falsely accused. Along the way, she introduces us to the unseen world all around us and underneath our feet: plants, animals, pollen, spores, fungi, and microbes that we move through every day. Her story is a testament to the power of persistence and reveals how our relationship with the vast natural world reaches far deeper than we might think.
Dead Labor
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Author : James Tyner
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2019-03-12
Dead Labor written by James Tyner and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-12 with Political Science categories.
A groundbreaking consideration of death from capitalism, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century From a 2013 Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed fifteen people and injured 252 to a 2017 chemical disaster in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, we are confronted all too often with industrial accidents that reflect the underlying attitude of corporations toward the lives of laborers and others who live and work in their companies’ shadows. Dead Labor takes seriously the myriad ways in which bodies are commodified and profits derived from premature death. In doing so it provides a unique perspective on our understanding how life and death drive the twenty-first-century global economy. James Tyner tracks a history from the 1600s through which premature death and mortality became something calculable, predictable, manageable, and even profitable. Drawing on a range of examples, including the criminalization of migrant labor, medical tourism, life insurance, and health care, he explores how today we can no longer presume that all bodies undergo the same processes of life, death, fertility, and mortality. He goes on to develop the concept of shared mortality among vulnerable populations and examines forms of capital exploitation that have emerged around death and the reproduction of labor. Positioned at the intersection of two fields—the political economy of labor and the philosophy of mortality—Dead Labor builds on Marx’s notion that death (and truncated life) is a constant factor in the processes of labor. Considering premature death also as a biopolitical and bioeconomic concept, Tyner shows how racialized and gendered bodies are exposed to it in unbalanced ways within capitalism, and how bodies are then commodified, made surplus and redundant, and even disassembled in order to accumulate capital.
The Global Politics Of Power Justice And Death
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Author : Peter Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-07-15
The Global Politics Of Power Justice And Death written by Peter Anderson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-15 with Political Science categories.
A challenging yet readily accessible introduction to current global change, which looks (inter alia) at: the future of the state; the environment; war and global rivalries; international political economy; international law and the UN.
A Washington Tragedy
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Author : Dan E. Moldea
language : en
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Release Date : 1998-04-01
A Washington Tragedy written by Dan E. Moldea and has been published by Regnery Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Using newly uncovered information and exclusive sources, award-winning crime reporter Dan Moldea offers the first non-partisan examination of former White House Counsel Vince Foster's controversial and mysterious death. In "A Washington Tragedy", Moldea offers a true crime drama in the most dramatic setting of all--the nation's capital. of photos.
The Politics Of Assassination
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Author : Murray Clark Havens
language : en
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
Release Date : 1970
The Politics Of Assassination written by Murray Clark Havens and has been published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with True Crime categories.
Revised edition was published in 1975 under title : Assassination and terrorism.
Death In The Garden
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Author : Michael Brown
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2018-03-30
Death In The Garden written by Michael Brown and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-30 with Nature categories.
“Readers who enjoy plants and offbeat tales will find Brown’s book a happy mix” (Publishers Weekly). Mankind has always had a morbid fascination with poisonous plants. Over the centuries, poisonous plants have been used to remove garden pests—as well as unwanted rivals and deceitful partners. They have also been used for their medicinal qualities, as rather dangerous cosmetics, and even to help seduce a lover when perceived as an aphrodisiac. Some of these and other uses originate in a medieval book that has not yet been translated into English. This book delves into the history of these plants, covering such topics as: How shamans and priests used these plants for their magical attributes, as a means to foretell the future or to commune with the gods How a pot of basil helped to conceal a savage murder The truth about the mysterious mandrake A conundrum written by Jane Austen to entertain her family—the answer to which is one of the plants in this book These stories and many more will enlighten you on these treacherous and peculiar plants, their defensive and deadly traits, the facts behind them, and the folklore that has grown around them.
Death Of The Liberal Class
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Author : Chris Hedges
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-10-19
Death Of The Liberal Class written by Chris Hedges and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-19 with Political Science categories.
For decades the liberal class was a defense against the worst excesses of power. But the pillars of the liberal class -- the press, universities, the labor movement, the Democratic Party, and liberal religious institutions -- have collapsed. In its absence, the poor, the working class, and even the middle class no longer have a champion. In this searing polemic Chris Hedges indicts liberal institutions, including his former employer, the New York Times, who have distorted their basic beliefs in order to support unfettered capitalism, the national security state, globalization, and staggering income inequalities. Hedges argues that the death of the liberal class created a profound vacuum at the heart of American political life. And now speculators, war profiteers, and demagogues -- from militias to the Tea Party -- are filling the void.
The Death Of Politics
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Author : Peter Wehner
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2019-06-04
The Death Of Politics written by Peter Wehner and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Political Science categories.
The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. “Any nation that elects Donald Trump to be its president has a remarkably low view of politics.” Frustrated and feeling betrayed, Americans have come to loathe politics with disastrous results, argues Peter Wehner. In this timely manifesto, the veteran of three Republican administrations and man of faith offers a reasoned and persuasive argument for restoring “politics” as a worthy calling to a cynical and disillusioned generation of Americans. Wehner has long been one of the leading conservative critics of Donald Trump and his effect on the Republican Party. In this impassioned book, he makes clear that unless we overcome the despair that has caused citizens to abandon hope in the primary means for improving our world—the political process—we will not only fall victim to despots but hasten the decline of what has truly made America great. Drawing on history and experience, he reminds us of the hard lessons we have learned about how we rule ourselves—why we have checks and balances, why no one is above the law, why we defend the rights of even those we disagree with. Wehner believes we can turn the country around, but only if we abandon our hatred and learn to appreciate and honor the unique and noble American tradition of doing “politics.” If we want the great American experiment to continue and to once again prosper, we must once more take up the responsibility each and every one of us as citizens share.
Death Of A Statesman
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Author : Ruth Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 1989
Death Of A Statesman written by Ruth Freeman and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.