Vindicate Me


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Violet Valentine has always been the kind of girl in the background, the insecure, quiet, shy tomboy. You would think that being best friends with her polar opposite was tough but they stuck up for each other. When her best friend, Olivia, got engaged to Violet's long time crush, she decided that she had to find someone for herself, even if her insecurities held her back. Rex Hunter is a sexy as hell, bad boy front man for the most famous rock band in America, Vast Vindication. But when he meets Violet, his whole life is spun around before his eyes. All his life, he wanted to be loved and he thinks he can with Violet. Heads up; this instalove story will have you in your feels. Grab your wine and hang on for the rollercoaster ride. Don't say I didn't warn you before.




Vindicated


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In 2005, Jose Canseco blew the lid off Major League Baseball's steroid scandal--and no one believed him. His New York Times bestselling memoir Juiced met a firestorm of criticism and outrage from the media, coaches, clubs, and players, many of whom Canseco had personally introduced to steroids--with a needle in the ass. Baseball's former golden boy, Rookie of the Year, onetime Most Valuable Player, and owner of two World Series rings was called a liar. In Vindicated, Canseco picks up where Juiced left off, revealing details even more shocking than in his controversial first book. He spills never-before-implicated names--arguably the biggest in the game of baseball--and explores the mystery of one celebrated player about whom key information was suddenly excised from Juiced at the last minute. He talks candidly about what the Mitchell Report did--and didn't--get right, why steroid use became so rampant, and how his life has changed since he tore the lid off Pandora's box.--From publisher description.




A Vindication of Political Virtue


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Nearly two hundred years ago, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote what is considered to be the first major work of feminist political theory: A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Much has been written about this work, and about Wollstonecraft as the intellectual pioneer of feminism, but the actual substance and coherence of her political thought have been virtually ignored. Virginia Sapiro here provides the first full-length treatment of Wollstonecraft's political theory. Drawing on all of Wollstonecraft's works and treating them thematically rather than sequentially, Sapiro shows that Wollstonecraft's ideas about women's rights, feminism, and gender are elements of a broad and fully developed philosophy, one with significant implications for contemporary democratic and liberal theory. The issues raised speak to many current debates in theory, including those surrounding interpretation of the history of feminism, the relationship between liberalism and republicanism in the development of political philosophy, and the debate over the canon. For political scientists, most of whom know little about Wollstonecraft's thought, Sapiro's book is an excellent, nuanced introduction which will cause a reconsideration of her work and her significance both for her time and for today's concerns. For feminist scholars, Sapiro's book offers a rounded and unconventional analysis of Wollstonecraft's thought. Written with considerable charm and verve, this book will be the starting point for understanding this important writer for years to come.




Vindicatory Justice


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This volume offers a new theoretical approach to the analysis of the law/revenge binary, and attempts to dismantle the common idea of revenge as lacking any legal, moral or rational dimension. In contrast, the book puts forward a model of a complex system of justice—which it terms 'vindicatory'—wherein vendetta constitutes an authorized action, the core of which does not (just) lie in vengeance but also in settlement procedures for peace—or 'composition.' The first part of the book ("Vindicatory Justice: Conceptual Analyses and Forerunners") seeks to identify the nature of vindicatory justice and to shed light on the structure of so-called vindicatory systems. In turn, the second part ("Mapping Vindicatory Justice") illustrates, using examples gathered from a range of sociolegal contexts, the dynamic relationship between composition and authorized revenge in vindicatory systems. Taken as a whole, the volume shows that applying a longue durée historical perspective to the study of revenge systems allows us to clearly recognize composition and authorized revenge as features of the same legal system, even though one of them may seem predominant (or more eye-catching) than the other in certain cultural settings.




The Vindication of Nothingness


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The philosophical question of nothingness has often been controversial. The main core of the question is the use of ‘nothing’ or ‘nothingness’ as a noun phrase rather than a quantifier phrase. This work deals with the question of nothingness and metaphysical nihilism in analytic philosophy. After evaluating an account of nothingness based on the notion of an empty possible world, the present work proposes two original arguments for metaphysical nihilism. With a preface by Graham Priest. “Simionato’s book delivers a welcome deepening of our understanding of nothing.” Graham Priest




Vindicating the Founders


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This controversial, convincing, and highly original book is important reading for everyone concerned about the origins, present, and future of the American experiment in self-government.




Rev. Sbj Oshoffa Vindicated


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The first lesson you will learn from this book is that it is important to record all the revelations given to you by God whether through dreams, visions, trances, audible voices or prophecies. It is also essential to record all critical events or divine encounters in your life as they unfold. Without such thorough records, it would have been impossible to write this book. The content of this book was written in less than three months, but the record keeping was from 1976 to present, with the majority of the original scripts still very much intact. That is over forty-two years of information. If you had any doubt about whether the words of Papa SBJ Oshoffa concerning his successor will ever come to pass, look no further. This book is the answer that most Celestians have been praying about for thirty three years. The evidence is overwhelming and as bright as a burst of sunshine on a hot summer day. No private interpretation is needed to understand the contents. We have the Holy Bible today because the scribes cared enough to write down, what they saw, felt, touched and experienced. Prophet Habakkuk was right: "Then the LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end, it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not wait." (Habakkuk 2:2-3 NKJV).The appointed time to present the whole truth to the world concerning Papa SBJO'S successor has finally arrived after thirty-three years of absolute silence. This book is not just about dreams but the FULFILLMENT of dreams, visions, and prophecies. The content of this book completely VINDICATE'S the prophetic message of the Pastor Founder. The number 38 will become very evident to you as you read this book. Papa Oshoffa started his ministry when he was thirty-eight years. He ministered to the world for thirty-eight years. He laid hands on his successor like Moses did to Joshua in the year the Church turned 38 years. On September 29th, 1985 exactly 38 years after the Church was descended, the voice of the Holy Spirit spoke to me: "The Lord is choosing you to be the head of his Church." This book is written 38 years after the initial series of revelations to me about succession to Papa SBJO: 1980 to 2018.Settle down, grab a cup of coffee, say your prayers, as we explore the contents of this amazing write-up. It is my prayer that the Holy Spirit will grant you divine illumination as you spend time with Him reading this book. Hallelujah! Hosanna! Ebenezer!




Vindication of Absolute Idealism


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When Timothy Sprigge's The Vindication of Absolute Idealism appeared in 1983 it ran very much against the grain of the dominant linguistic and analytic traditions of philosophy in Britain. The very title of this work was a challenge to those who believed that Absolute Idealism fell with the critiques of Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore at the beginning of the 20th century. Sprigge, however, saw himself as providing an underrepresented position in the philosophical spectrum rather than as advocating an abandoned view. For him, idealism did not fall at any determinate point in the history of philosophy. The truth of any philosophical thesis cannot depend on what happens to be currently fashionable, but rather must stand on the soundness of philosophical argument. To this end, The Vindication of Absolute Idealism is a bold statement of his conclusions, a synthesis of panpsychism and absolute idealism, which he contends is the most satisfactory solution to the question of the nature of consciousness and the mind-body problem. Sprigge's view of consciousness remains a challenge to mainstream physicalism and a viable option that addresses pressing contemporary concerns not only in metaphysics and philosophy of mind but also in environmental ethics and animal rights.




Belabored


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In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will "make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next" (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy have warped the way we treat pregnant people: when our representatives enact laws criminalizing abortion and miscarriage, when doctors prioritize the health of the fetus over the life of the pregnant patient in front of them, when baristas refuse to serve visibly pregnant women caffeine. She also reflects on her own experiences of carrying her two children and seeing how the sacrifices demanded during pregnancy carry over seamlessly into the cult of motherhood, where women are expected to play the narrowly defined roles of "wife" and "mother" rather than be themselves. Belabored is an urgent call for us to trust women and let them choose what happens to their own bodies, from a writer who "is on a roll" (Bitch Magazine).




Ethics Vindicated


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This is a short monograph on Kant, specifically his ideas about freedom and morality, but with important relevance to questions at the heart of philosophy.