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1) Victims
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Not since Jack the Ripper terrorized the London slums has there been such a gruesome crime scene. By all accounts, acid-tongued Vita Berlin hadn't a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware.
2) Victims
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After the catastrophic world-event known as The Fallout, society regresses into city-states and mobs of marauders. Dust covers the now lifeless world. A thick haze stretches above skyscrapers, transcending into an abyss of smoke.
Since The Fallout, a systematized group known as Congress has begun to take over. They enforce strict curfews, oppressive regimes, and strike down any groups, which dare stand in the way of their perverted nationalism. They...
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After the catastrophic world-event known as The Fallout, society regresses into city-states and mobs of marauders. Dust covers the now lifeless world. A thick haze stretches above skyscrapers, transcending into an abyss of smoke. Cities that were heavily destroyed are known as Forlorns, while ones more flourishing are called Prospects.
Since The Fallout, a powerful and systematized group known as Congress has risen to power, enforcing strict...
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"When Jamison Vaughn --Virginia real estate mogul, vineyard owner, and failed US presidential candidate --drives his gold SUV into a stone pillar at the entrance to Montgomery Estate Vineyard, Lucie Montgomery is certain the crash was deliberate. But everyone else in town is equally sure that Jamie must have lost control of the SUV on a rain-slicked country road. In spite of being saddled with massive campaign debts from the election, Jamie is seemingly...
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DCI Hanlon faces the toughest decision of her career as a string of political murders lead to a deadly confrontation.
A controversial, right-wing German politician is due to speak at the Oxford Union. Following a series of murders linked to a violent anarchist group, the city is on high alert. DCI Hanlon has been partnered with DI Huss to ensure the speech goes smoothly and that there will be no more killing.
Meanwhile, as Hanlon traces the person...
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Chickenfeed: Based on a true story, this novella follows the tempestuous relationship of Elsie and Norman, Elise's death, and Norman's conviction for murder. But did he really commit this heinous crime? Readers are left to decide for themselves.
The tinder box: When Patrick O'Riordan is arrested for murder, fellow villagers turn against him--except for his neighbor Siobhan Lavenham. But as the truth unravels, Siobhan begins to question everything...
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A shipwreck on a jagged reef is a major disaster for the surrounding area. Toxic oil and waste from the damaged hull spill out into the ocean, contaminating the environment, and destroying the local wildlife. There is no way to help the fish, seals, crustaceans and shellfish, but the lives of many seabirds can be saved if they are rescued promptly to undergo expert treatment.
10) Nobody's Victims
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A woman oddly eager to rent a haunted apartment... a girl with poetic and prophetic movies in her head... an urban road warrior with psychic talent... an oppressed poet with an unusually wise dog... a betrayed cave-climber harrows hell... an old widow defeats an army... a primitive hunter's view of a grim ancient tale... weird stories of women who are nobody's victims -- by filksinger Leslie Fish.
11) Helping Victims
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Are you interested in a job that allows you to truly make a difference? If so, a career helping victims of crime might be the right fit for you. People who help victims work hard every day to assist those who have been subject to terrible crimes work through their trauma and get justice. From volunteering at a hotline to becoming a trained, paid advocate, there are many different avenues that you can take to make a difference to people who have been...
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Polly is the victim of an assault. The man she accused is arrested, and she is asked to be a witness at his trial. Polly has intellectual disabilities. Supporting Victims shows how the police help her to choose the special measures she needs to give her best evidence in court. All the special measures which are now available to vulnerable people are explained in this book. For Polly, as with many people, the most important thing is that she has a...
13) Amnesia Victims
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Arthur Burke woke up this morning in a strange office with a lump on his head and he has no idea where he's been for the last three weeks. Burke has read the story of the murder of George Digby in the morning paper and is afraid that he had something to do with it. Burke calls Blackie to help him find out.
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Why are there so many heroes attached to the sinking of the Titanic? Why do we accord impossible glory to the miserable, misbegotten drowning of the equivalent of a small town? Who were the real heroes, and how were they, overlooked? What did society, and the press, do with its overriding need for blame? The creation of heroes where they did not exist offers us insights, in throwing off the blanket of boasting a century later, that bring history's...
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Volunteering in her metro area provided Melisa Mel many opportunities to meet interesting people with stories to tell. She found that the characters leaned on others for assistance and safety while trying to regain some sort of balance in their lives. These characters have felt violated, cheated, confused, scared, insecure, ashamed, guilty, impotent and many times numb with shock. Melisa Mel has recorded their stories here. As the characters lives...
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"Victims and Executioners" sketches the tale of two generations that witnessed the inexorable change of Italy and the World.
Starting from the end of World War II and the Resistance movement, the Borgonovo family participates in the post-war reconstruction, the economic boom, and the turbulent and wonderful events of the 1960s, until their conclusion in the following decade, increasingly sharpening the clash between the different generations and the...
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Staci Meadows is a single parent forced to choose between money and her morals when it comes to paying for her daughter's school tuition. Her friends Joanna Parker and Dave Latrelle propositions her to strip or smuggle drugs for the money. Which option will Staci choose?
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To a passing stranger, Carrie is just an ordinary woman living an ordinary life... and that's exactly the way she wants to keep it. In a sleepy little seaside town, she occupies herself day-to-day without incidents or drama, until someone comes along who threatens her private world of sorrow and regret.
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This work by Bartolomeo Vanzetti, edited and with a detailed introduction by Jon Curley, features a never-before-published short story by this famous anarchist and victim of legal persecution, xenophobia, and condemnation for his radical politics. That fact that Vanzetti, an Italian immigrant, learned to write in English while jailed for a capital crime is remarkable enough. What is even more astonishing is that he chose to use his new language skills...
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