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River runners of the Grand Canyon
By David Sievert Lavender. 1985
A lively history of the first men and women to run the wild Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in…
crude wooden boats, rafts, kayaks, pontoons and motorboats. Some strong language. 1985.Revolution song: a story of American freedom
By Russell Shorto. 2017
With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those…
principles were forged. Drawing on new sources, he weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. While some of the protagonists--a Native American warrior, a British aristocrat, George Washington--play major roles on the field of battle, others--a woman, a slave, and a laborer--struggle no less valiantly to realize freedom for themselves. Through these lives we understand that the Revolution was, indeed, fought over the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a force for violent change. 2017.Rediscovering God in America: reflections on the role of faith in our nation's history and future
By Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich. 2016
In this updated and redesigned edition, the authors invite you on a walking tour of America's capital city: Washington, DC.…
As a reminder of God's role in the history and future of America, they give listeners a look into the architecture and beauty of the nation's Capitol. Listeners will take a walk through Washington, DC to view the nation's monuments and memorials, including the National Archives, where Thomas Jefferson's immortal words jump off the page. It is a tour of American history--of great men and women, events, documents, institutions, and ideas--all shaped decisively by the genuine belief that America is a nation founded under God. 2016.Federal homicide prosecutor chronicles the investigation of the 1993 murder of African American mother-of-six Diane Hawkins and her teenaged daughter…
Katrina Harris in their Washington, D.C., home. Details the prosecutor's efforts and those of police and forensic specialists to bring Diane's ex-boyfriend Norman Harrell to justice. Violence and some strong language. 2007.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
By Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.Real justice: sentenced to life at seventeen : the story of David Milgaard (Real justice)
By Cynthia J Faryon. 2009
David Milgaard was a kid who got into lots of trouble. Unfortunately, that made it easy for the Saskatoon police…
to brand him as a murderer. At seventeen, David was arrested, jailed, and convicted for the rape and murder of a young nursing assistant, Gail Miller. Throughout his twenty-three years in prison, David maintained that he was innocent and refused to admit to the crime, even though it meant he was never granted parole. Finally, through the incredible determination of his mother and new lawyers who believed in him, David was released and proven not guilty. This is the true story of how bad decisions, tunnel vision, poor representation, and outright lying and coercion by those within the justice system caused a tragic miscarriage of justice. For junior high and older readers. 2009.Ready for the people: my most chilling cases as a prosecutor
By Marissa N Batt. 2005
L.A. deputy district attorney Batt draws on more than 25 years of experience in recalling her most challenging cases, also…
describing those involved, including biased judges, hardworking police, sleazy lawyers and expert witnesses. Batt's compassion toward crime victims and good case preparation are contrasted with rulings that reflect the fragility of the US criminal justice system. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2004.Real justice: guilty of being weird : the story of Guy Paul Morin (Real justice)
By Cynthia J Faryon. 2012
The story of Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongly convicted of a little girl's murder. It took ten years and…
the just-developed science of DNA testing to finally clear his name. This book tells his story, showing how the justice system not only failed to help an innocent young man, but conspired to convict him. For junior high readers and older. 2013, c2012.Reagan and Gorbachev: how the Cold War ended
By Jack F Matlock. 2004
Matlock details how, from the start of his term, Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations, while still rebuilding America's military.…
When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a potential partner in the enterprise of peace. Describes the meetings, initial views the two leaders had of each other, the gradual trust which emerged, and the politically risky steps Gorbachev took that bore long-term benefits. 2004.Qui n'a pas tué John Kennedy ?
By Vincent Quivy. 2013
"Elle court, elle court, la légende. Elle ne semble pas près de disparaître. Cinquante ans après l'assassinat de John F.…
Kennedy, le 22 novembre 1963 à Dallas, qui peut dire ce que l'on sait avec certitude ? Magistrats, journalistes, cinéastes : tous y vont de leur théorie, remettant sans cesse en question la culpabilité de Lee Harvey Oswald. Bien des supposées anomalies ont pourtant été expliquées : celles de l'homme au parapluie ouvert, des clochards de Dealey Plaza trop bien habillés ou encore la fameuse piste française de l'OAS, du Milieu corse ou marseillais, évoquée par un quotidien basque et qui alimente, depuis, les spéculations... Comme bien d'autres, elle montre surtout l'étrange facilité avec laquelle une hypothèse devient, au fil du temps, indiscutable. Vincent Quivy décortique les théories et démêle la réalité des fantasmes. Toutes les recherches, toutes les analyses techniques, sont ici passées au crible. Une brillante démonstration, un vrai thriller, et un récit passionnant. " -- 4e de couv.Putting trials on trial: sexual assault and the failure of the legal profession
By Elaine Craig. 2018
In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent in sexual assault litigation, the author provides an…
even-handed account of the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily--and sometimes unlawfully--contributes to the trauma and re-victimization experienced by those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Gathering conclusive evidence from interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, recent trial transcripts, and defence lawyers' public statements and commercial advertisements, the book demonstrates that--despite prominent contestations--complainants are regularly subjected to abusive, humiliating, and discriminatory treatment when they turn to the law to respond to violations of their sexual integrity, and further examines how the legal profession can better respond to, and remedy, some of the factors that make sexual assault proceedings distressing for complainants. 2018.1871. A police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling on a muddy…
road - gashes were cloven into her skull, her left cheek was slashed open and smashed in, her right eye was destroyed, and above it a chunk of the temporal bone had been bashed out. The policeman gaped in horror as the woman held out her hand before collapsing into the mud, muttering “let me die” and slipping into a coma. Five days later, she died, her identity still unknown. Within hours of her discovery on Kidbrooke Lane, scores of the officers of the Greenwich Division were involved in the investigation, and Scotland Yard had sent one of its top detectives, John Mulvany, to lead it. After five days of gathering evidence, the police discovered the girl’s identity: Jane Maria Clouson, a maid in the house of the renowned Pook family… and she was two months’ pregnant with Edmund Pook’s child when she died. Murphy carefully reviews the evidence in the light of twenty-first-century forensic science in order to identify Jane’s killer. 2016." Ce livre s'adresse aux victimes directes ou indirectes de violences. Pour la victime, ce sera un outil d'aide indispensable.…
Si vous êtes en position d'agresseur, il pourra vous aider à mettre fin à cette spirale infernale. La violence est partout et ne fait aucune discrimination chez l'être humain. Elle commence de manière insidieuse en provoquant un déséquilibre sur les plans émotif, psychologique, psychique, spirituel et sexuel. Le stress intense et continu cause des symptômes physiques et des maladies. L'absence d'interventions aboutit souvent à la mort physique des victimes et agresseurs. Ce livre est une source d'informations, d'éducation, de sensibilisation et de prévention pour apprendre à la détecter et la comprendre. C'est l'ignorance des stratégies des agresseurs, les peurs et le silence qui en sont ses principaux atouts. " -- 4e de couv.Les pirates de Somalie: au coeur de leur univers secret
By Jay Bahadur, Richard Dubois. 2011
Ils règnent en maîtres et sèment la terreur dans le golfe d’Aden et très loin au-delà des côtes de la…
Somalie. Pourtant, il y a quelques années encore, les pirates somaliens n’étaient rien de plus que des pêcheurs qui avaient échangé leurs filets contre des fusils d’assaut et des lance-roquettes. Jay Bahadur a enquêté durant trois mois dans le Puntland, la terre d’élection des redoutables flibustiers somaliens. Les pirates lui ont raconté leur histoire. Livre comportant de la violence. c2011. Titre uniforme: Deadly waters.Portrait of a monster: Joran van der Sloot, a murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway mystery
By Cole Thompson, Lisa Beth Pulitzer. 2011
Profiles the suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba and the 2010 murder of twenty-one-year-old…
Stephany Flores in Peru. Details van der Sloot's time in Aruba, Thailand, and Peru, and his attempt to extort money from Holloway's mother. 2011.Les crimes cachés des présidents: une autre histoire de l'Amérique
By Oliver Stone, Jean Rosenthal, Peter J Kuznick. 2014
Responsable du lancement de la bombe atomique sur Hiroshima (60 000 morts) et Nagasaki (80 000 morts), Harry S. Truman…
se vantait de ne jamais avoir éprouvé le moindre remords. À un journaliste qui lui demandait si la décision avait été moralement difficile à prendre, il répondit en claquant des doigts : Je l'ai fait comme ça. Trente ans plus tard, l'offensive du Vietcong pulvérisa l'armée sud-vietnamienne. Richard Nixon envisagea de faire sauter les digues et les centrales électriques. Au risque de noyer deux cent mille personnes ?, objecta Henry Kissinger. Réponse de Nixon : Non, je préférerais utiliser la bombe atomique. Je crois que ce serait quand même un peu excessif , répondit Kissinger. La bombe, ça vous gêne ? Allons Henry, un peu de largeur de vue, bon sang ! , rétorqua Nixon. Ces confessions donnent la mesure de la responsabilité historique des présidents américains. Inconscients, parfois criminels par procuration, souvent sous influence de faucons , comme l'a encore montré la dernière guerre d'Irak, avec ses 200 000 morts. Démystificatrice, provocatrice, cette vaste fresque de l'histoire contemporaine de l'Amérique, qui remet en cause sa légitimité sur la scène internationale, a déclenché une importante controverse. Les auteurs, pour le livre comme pour la série TV, ont analysé dans leurs moindres détails les archives américaines, russes, anglaises, allemandes et japonaises. 2014. Titre uniforme: The untold history of the United States.Pillar of fire: America in the King years, 1963-65 (America in the King years ; #2)
By Taylor Branch. 1998
This second volume continues the narrative history of the civil rights movement in the United States begun in "Parting the…
Waters". Covers the pivotal years of 1963-1965, including the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Portrays Martin Luther King Jr. upholding the nonviolent movement. Bestseller. Followed by "At Canaan's edge" (DC31096). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1998. (America in the King years ; 2) If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Picking up the pieces
By Paul W Britton. 2001
Forensic psychologist Paul Britton can walk through the minds of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can…
see the world through their eyes. This book reveals the psychological and forensic foundations upon which he has based his expertise. 2001.Perfect murder, perfect town
By Lawrence Schiller. 1999
Describes the murder investigation of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, who was killed at home on Christmas Day 1996. Portrays the role…
of the FBI and the antagonism between the Boulder, Colorado, police department and the district attorney's office. Examines newspaper articles, interviews with suspects, and the role of tabloids. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c1999.Les homicides: criminologie historique de la violence et de la non-violence
By Maurice Cusson. 2015
L'acte de tuer volontairement son prochain occupe le sommet de l'échelle de gravité des crimes. C'est sans doute pourquoi cet…
acte a été abondamment étudié par les criminologues, les historiens, les psychologues et plusieurs autres chercheurs. Il restait à proposer une vue d'ensemble de ces connaissances et à les articuler dans une théorie cohérente, but visé par le présent ouvrage. 2015.