Author : James B. Stewart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 2000-06-15
Category : Current Events
ISBN : 0684865637
The author of "Den of Thieves" traces the path of Michael Swango--who seemed a model young doctor until his patients began dying in suspicious circumstances. The doctor is thought by the FBI to be the most successful serial killer in the nation's history. Second serial to New York "Daily News".
Author : John Miglis
Publisher : Fawcett Books
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 1983-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780449126370
When Johnny Onnorato testifies against the mob to a grand jury, a brutal killer is sent to murder him
Author : Georges Bataille
Publisher : Random House
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 18,12 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141913673
Bataille’s first novel, published under the pseudonym ‘Lord Auch’, is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille’s obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.
Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 1896
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Theodore Nadelson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 2005-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801881664
"A triumph. Nadelson's legacy is a brilliant book that concisely lays out the unrelenting madness of war by examining the psychological carnage it inflicts on the men who survive." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
Author : Dave Grossman
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1497629209
A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers’ willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the detriment of contemporary civilian society. Psychologist and US Army Ranger Dave Grossman writes that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to pull the trigger in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The mental cost for members of the military, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The sociological cost for the rest of us is even worse: Contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army’s conditioning techniques and, Grossman argues, is responsible for the rising rate of murder and violence, especially among the young. Drawing from interviews, personal accounts, and academic studies, On Killing is an important look at the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects the soldier, and of the societal implications of escalating violence.
Author : Wonny Lea
Publisher : Headline Accent
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1783754575
A twisty and unputdownable detective crime novel perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross, Miss Marple and Midsummer Murders! 'Killing by Colours' is the fourth instalment in Wonny Lea's DCI Martin Phelps series, set in the thriving Welsh capital city of Cardiff. When the body of the killer's first victim is discovered at a popular Cardiff leisure attraction, key elements of the murder link her death to a macabre colour-themed poem recently sent to DCI Phelps. As the body count rises, the killer teases the team by giving possible clues to the whereabouts of victims and the venues of potential murders, in the form of more poems. Are the killings random acts by a deranged individual, or is there something that links the victims to one another - and even to the DCI himself? Meanwhile, Martin's sidekick, DS Matt Pryor, is worried about the safety of his boss. Are his fears warranted? Is Martin Phelps on the colour-coded list of potential victims - or is he just the sounding board for the killer's bizarre poetry? _________________________________________ Praise for Wonny Lea's INSANELY GRIPPING detective series: 'A brilliant plot and an excellent story... Well done, Wonny Lea' ***** Amazon review 'Brilliant. Full of local knowledge and twists in the plot. Definitely one that's hard to put down' ***** Amazon review '...I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone interested in crime fiction. The plot was unusual and there is an unexpected twist at the end' ***** Amazon review 'Again another brilliant story to carry on what should be a great series' ***** Amazon review 'I am loving Wonny Lea with every book she does, they just get better' ***** Amazon review
Author : Dorian Gray
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462052053
Alister Black has it all. As the heir to his family's fortune, the world is at his command. His seemingly ideal life, in an instant, is turned upside down, when he is knocked unconscious, having been bitten by a vampire. Upon awakening in excruciating pain, he finds a strange note in his coat pocket as his only possible clue to who might have bitten him. Everything he knows to be true is about to be challenged in ways he can't possibly imagine-he has become a vampire. While initially meeting his new fate with disdain, he soon comes to welcome this imposed reality-as it gives him certain powerful advantages over his human counterparts. He takes these strengths to form a newfound passion, to right certain injustices and atrocities routinely committed by humans. He embarks on a moral crusade to make the world a more just and ethical place, setting course to use his new powers to eradicate those he deems as immoral in the extreme. And through it all, he continues his quest for answers-searching for the elusive identity of the vampire who mysteriously attacked him.
Author : William Ernest Henley
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 1896
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan M. Steplyk
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0700631860
“War means fighting, and fighting means killing,” Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest famously declared. The Civil War was fundamentally a matter of Americans killing Americans. This undeniable reality is what Jonathan Steplyk explores in Fighting Means Killing, the first book-length study of Union and Confederate soldiers’ attitudes toward, and experiences of, killing in the Civil War. Drawing upon letters, diaries, and postwar reminiscences, Steplyk examines what soldiers and veterans thought about killing before, during, and after the war. How did these soldiers view sharpshooters? How about hand-to-hand combat? What language did they use to describe killing in combat? What cultural and societal factors influenced their attitudes? And what was the impact of race in battlefield atrocities and bitter clashes between white Confederates and black Federals? These are the questions that Steplyk seeks to answer in Fighting Means Killing, a work that bridges the gap between military and social history—and that shifts the focus on the tragedy of the Civil War from fighting and dying for cause and country to fighting and killing.
