My Tool For Revenge

Author : Thane Rosenbaum
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226726614
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Payback written by Thane Rosenbaum and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We call it justice—the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? We are told that revenge is uncivilized and immoral, an impulse that individuals and societies should actively repress and replace with the order and codes of courtroom justice. What, if anything, distinguishes punishment at the hands of the government from a victim’s individual desire for retribution? Are vengeance and justice really so very different? No, answers legal scholar and novelist Thane Rosenbaum in Payback: The Case for Revenge—revenge is, in fact, indistinguishable from justice. Revenge, Rosenbaum argues, is not the problem. It is, in fact, a perfectly healthy emotion. Instead, the problem is the inadequacy of lawful outlets through which to express it. He mounts a case for legal systems to punish the guilty commensurate with their crimes as part of a societal moral duty to satisfy the needs of victims to feel avenged. Indeed, the legal system would better serve the public if it gave victims the sense that vengeance was being done on their behalf. Drawing on a wide range of support, from recent studies in behavioral psychology and neuroeconomics, to stories of vengeance and justice denied, to revenge practices from around the world, to the way in which revenge tales have permeated popular culture—including Hamlet, The Godfather, and Braveheart—Rosenbaum demonstrates that vengeance needs to be more openly and honestly discussed and lawfully practiced. Fiercely argued and highly engaging, Payback is a provocative and eye-opening cultural tour of revenge and its rewards—from Shakespeare to The Sopranos. It liberates revenge from its social stigma and proves that vengeance is indeed ours, a perfectly human and acceptable response to moral injury. Rosenbaum deftly persuades us to reconsider a misunderstood subject and, along the way, reinvigorates the debate on the shape of justice in the modern world.

Author : Baby Nûella
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Tool For Revenge written by Baby Nûella and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning!!! Rated. 18+"I'M sorry, but I beg of you don't sell me out like the others please, remember I'm your family right?", she cried."How many times am I gonna tell you that you are not in any way related to me Gianna? I found you in the orphanage and took pity on you, the fact that I nursed you up till this moment does not make you my family. I only took good care of you because I know one day you gonna bring me so much money and that day is today so go get ready. You have already been bought my dear Gianna", she nulled with a wicked grin on her face.Seventeen and still bubbling, already blessed with all womanly features endowed in the right places, Gianna was adopted by an Aunt Christa, when she clocked two.Aunt Christa was a restaurant owner, more like a delivery slut restaurant, and in there, Gianna served her diligently and faithfully.Then, the time came when she needed to fulfill that which had been on her mind for like fifteen years, and what was that? To sell her off, to make up money to cover up expenses spent, ... and to make more money.Guess who bought her Greg Starr, a 24 year old young entrepreneur, and a Mafia King under cover, very ruthless and heartless.She was bought to be his tool for revenge, purchased to get back at Clemson, the brother she never knew she had, and his enemy from the past.After purchase, she became his property, his thing, and then along the line, things turned out the other way they weren't expecting, his enemies arose and plotted against him, trying to hurt him by getting a hold of this asset of his.How about Yakuza? The ruthless lord whom tore her family apart, the step father she never knew she had, he tried all means to get back Gianna from Greg.How about Gabby? Greg's arch enemy who hated the fact that he was always lucky, always the one to get such a beautiful fragile girl despite his being ruthless and heartless.And then Gilchrist, Greg's worst arch enemy! An old drug lord! He abducted her and used her as a bait to get to Greg.And then what about his female friends? Cassandra Mayor and Beverly Kingstown? Are they all going to just fold their arms and watch this little fragile beauty take their man away?The worst of it all, she got pregnant for him; got pregnant for a beast in human form.Was he happy when he got to hear the news? Did he agree to keep the baby? What about her? Was she happy to keep the baby of a ruthless Mafia King? Another intriguing one from Baby Nûella.

Author : Carolyn Spring
Publisher : Pods Trauma Training Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780992961930
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recovery is My Best Revenge written by Carolyn Spring and published by Pods Trauma Training Limited. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to live with dissociative identity disorder? How does the brain respond to chronic, extreme trauma? Is recovery possible from such suffering? In this combined first and second volumes of her collected essays, Carolyn Spring writes candidly from a number of perspectives about her experiences of living with trauma-related dissociation, and her journey of recovery over ten years. Topics covered include such as shame, denial, child sexual abuse, the complex meanings of 'madness' and the multi-layered subjective experience of a dissociative mind. It is a series of standalone chapters or essays which build on one another to provide not only a unique insight into trauma, attachment and dissociation, but also the long and arduous - but ultimately fulfilling - recovery journey. REVIEWS "A powerful, insightful read. Carolyn's honest, brave, intelligent and poetically written essays about living with and recovering from DID are a real gift. I read it from cover to cover, and then began all over again." "Superbly helpful. This book is excellent both as a resource for professionals and a helpful aid to accompany those recovering from trauma, from someone who has pieced their life back together. It's been one of the most helpful books for myself as someone recovering with DID to see so much of my confusion mirrored and explained and then reassured with options and working strategies." "Inspires hope. Beautifully and intelligently written, giving hope and optimism for the future for all trauma survivors, and a must read for therapists." "Inspiring. This book was both interesting and inspirational in both content and subject matter. Having heard the author teach, I can vouch for her eloquence as much in writing now as in her spoken word. Her message is one to be spread. Her experiences and journey of self-awareness and acceptance give others hope and therapists a unique insight into trauma work." "Beautiful. Such poignancy and elegantly written, an inspiration to recovery, its journey and what that can look like. Thank you - it's great to feel connected and seen." "Excellent. This is an amazing account and glimpse into the world of someone who suffers with dissociative identity disorder as a result of extreme childhood trauma and the recovery process. Excellently written, poignant, challenging at times. Wonderful insight into the therapeutic process from the client's perspective. I have gained so much from reading this. Highly recommended."

Author : Duan ChiDeGeZi
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649552009
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contract Lover written by Duan ChiDeGeZi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day of her birthday, no matter how difficult her family was, her parents ran away, her fiance was abandoned, and she was violated by a mysterious person ...

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Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gift written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gan Yuan
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1647872057
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flirting CEO and Spoiled Wife written by Gan Yuan and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ugly duckling who had transformed into a swan would never forget the gloomy memories of before. Those who had hurt her in the memories, in order to gain more benefits, appeared before her again and again.Luckily she still had him, as the only person she could trust, but she didn't even know where he came from, and treated him as "Xiao Bai's face." She had long ago discovered that he was actually not simple, but she didn't know that being with him meant that she was about to face even more dangers.When his life was threatened, the memories he didn't want to bring up were flipped open again and again. When he tried his best to protect something, it actually didn't exist. When he thought he could trust someone, it was actually the biggest lie.Where would she go?Fortunately, no matter what happened, he would always stay by her side.When she finally let go of all her defenses and put the world in front of him, how could he be so disdainful and so heartless as to abandon her?

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Total Pages : 606 pages
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Download or read book Edge-tools of Speech written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eliza PEAKE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jealousy and Revenge. Tales written by Eliza PEAKE and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael McCullough
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470262153
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Revenge written by Michael McCullough and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, McCullough dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Michael E. McCullough (Miami, Florida), an internationally recognized expert on forgiveness and revenge, is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he directs the Laboratory for Social and Clinical Psychology.

Author : Sir Walter Scott
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: