| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (non illustrated)
| Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student from St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. This murder he also commits to test Raskolnikov's hypothesis that some people are naturally able to and also...More
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| The Federalist Papers
| Paperback edition of the classic Federalist Papers.
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| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
| "Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole."As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of...More
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| Leaves Of Grass (1884)
| This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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| The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates (Kaplan Classics of Law)
| Logic is a lawyer's best weapon. To this day, Socrates is the master of rhetoric. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon recorded the great philosopher's dialogues, which are read to this day as a guide for finding weakness in arguments and uncovering hidden truths. Law students have been reading Socrates as long as there have been lawyers. Like an attorney in a courtroom, Socrates used questions of his followers to teach them to think and reason. In The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates, ...More
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| Die Trying (Jack Reacher, No. 2)
| In a Chicago suburb, a dentist is met in his office parking lot by three men and ordered into the trunk of his Lexus. On a downtown sidewalk, Jack Reacher and an unknown woman are abducted in broad daylight by two men - practiced and confident - who stop them at gunpoint and hustle them into the same sedan. Then Reacher and the woman are switched into a second vehicle and hauled away, leaving the dentist bound and gagged inside his car with the woman's abandoned possessions, two gallons of gas...More
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| The Laws (Penguin Classics)
| In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal state - from education, sport and religion to sexual behaviour, marriage and drinking parties. Plato sets out a plan for the day-to-day rule of Magnesia, administered by citizens and elected officials, with supreme power held by a Council. Altho...More
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| Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
| This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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| Little Dorrit
| The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Inheritance and succession; Debt, Imprisonment for; Fathers and daughters; Children of prisoners; London (England); Domestic fiction;
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| J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012: For Preparing Your 2011 Tax Return
| America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usabilityFor over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2012 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide. It covers some of the most i...More
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| On Liberty
| The Origin of Liberalism. Influenced by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Mill adopted a modified laissez-faire position, believing in the efficiency of free enterprise, but aware of the frequent failure of the market to maximize utility. Later refining this stance, he argued that the promotion of happiness is a moral duty (though he made a clear distinction between desirable and undesirable forms of pleasure). These ideas had a decisive influence on Mill's classic 1859 essay, perhaps ...More
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| THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE (non illustrated)
| Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.Upon arriving, Watson finds Holmes in his bed looking very ill and gaunt indeed, and Holmes proceeds to make several odd demands of Watson. He is not to come near Holmes, for the illness is highly c...More
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| The Innocent Man
| In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered...More
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| Declaration Of Independence, Constitution Of The United States Of America, Bill Of Rights And Constitutional Amendments
| A compilation of important American government documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States of America, the Bill of Rights and all amendments to the United States Constitution. An excellent educational reference tool to have on hand.This is a DRM FREE digital edition (NO Digital Rights Management!), with linked Table of Contents.
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| The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011
| The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn how to write and edit with the clarity and professionalism for which they are famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries—including more than 200 new ones—detailing the AP’s rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and word and numeral usage. You’ll find answers to such wide-ranging que...More
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| Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Lubbock County- Texas (Last Statments)
| This Book contains the Final Last Statements of Death Row Inmates before they were Executed. This information was researched from the records of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This non fiction murder and criminal justice book includes information and facts on inmates found guilty and executed for crimes committed from Lubbock County and in the State of Texas. Inside this Booklet you will get a brief summary of each case. You will learn the crimes that the inmate was found guilty of and...More
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| National Electrical Code 2011 (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code)
| Safe, efficient, code-compliant electrical installations are made simple with the latest publication of this widely popular resource. Like its highly successful previous editions, the National Electrical Code 2011 softcover version combines solid, thorough, research-based content with the tools you need to build an in-depth understanding of the most important topics. New to the 2011 edition are articles including first-time Article 399 on Outdoor, Overhead Conductors with over 600 volts, first-...More
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| THE RUSTLERS OF PECOS COUNTY (non illustrated)
| Although they were outnumbered a thousand to one, the Rangers fought a holding action against the complete breakdown of law and order, often paying for peace with their lives. But one county held out against attack after attack, a place so mean a saint would have turned bad. Into this valley of death rode Ranger Vaughn Steele, hungering for revenge and determined to wipe out....the Rustlers of Pecos County! (non illustrated)
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| PUBLIC consumer ENEMY: A-Z of how to complain and win!
| Complain your way to better a service. Get refunds for rubbish goods. Secure replacement and upgraded items. Get free gifts by way of apology for junked goods and products. This book started out as being a guide to the league table of the best and the worst of food and drinks companies for fairness, honesty, speed of response and friendliness. This soon changed, though, when police were called in by some of the companies being researched by the author and his team. Fear of what could be unearthe...More
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| The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
| For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don’t care about the national interest”or even their subjectsunless they have to. This clever and accessible book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but ...More
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