Overturned

Author : Lamar Giles
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545812518
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overturned written by Lamar Giles and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Especially murder. Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas: playing in illegal card games so she can save up enough money to get out come graduation day.Then her dad's murder conviction is overturned. The new evidence seems to come out of nowhere and Nikki's life becomes a mess when he's released from prison. Because the dad who comes home is not the dad she remembers. And he's desperately obsessed with finding out who framed him-and why.As her dad digs into the seedy underbelly of Vegas, the past threatens everything and Nikki is drawn into his deadly hunt for the truth. But in the city of sin, some sinners will do anything to keep their secrets, and Nikki soon finds herself playing for the biggest gamble ever-her life.

Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300240740
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Christians Were Jews written by Paula Fredriksen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling account of Christianity’s Jewish beginnings, from one of the world’s leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? Committed to Jesus’s prophecy—“The Kingdom of God is at hand!”—they were, in their own eyes, history's last generation. But in history's eyes, they became the first Christians. In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers this question by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community. As her account arcs from this group’s hopeful celebration of Passover with Jesus, through their bitter controversies that fragmented the movement’s midcentury missions, to the city’s fiery end in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, she brings this vibrant apostolic community to life. Fredriksen offers a vivid portrait both of this temple-centered messianic movement and of the bedrock convictions that animated and sustained it.

Author : Amar Annus
Publisher : State Archives of Assyria Studies
ISBN 13 : 9789521094910
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Overturned Boat written by Amar Annus and published by State Archives of Assyria Studies. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adapa myth is a literary work of ancient Mesopotamia with different versions in Sumerian and Akkadian. According to the Adapa myth, the sage and cook from Eridu goes fishing to the Persian Gulf, where the South Wind capsizes his boat. The sage's curse breaks the wing of the South Wind. Adapa lies seven days in the ocean, whence he is summoned to heaven, to be positively judged by the sky god Anu. The present book investigates the literary development of the Adapa myth and argues that it represents an exorcistic version of the flood story with the protagonist as priest. In the Adapa myth, the primordial sage survives the flood, which serves as ideological background for exorcism, ─ ┼ ip┼1/2tu. The exorcist, who used fire and water as sanitizing substances during the rituals, impersonated Adapa, who had gone through an extreme form of purification himself. Adapa's critical period in the sea was the symbolic etiology for illnesses, difficult births, witchcraft, bad omens, sin, and imprisonment, which the exorcist was able to counter. The deluge was a symbol of water ordeal and judgment, for which the exorcist's assistance was sought. Because Adapa was given rebirth from his disaster, the human exorcist as his embodiment possessed the powers of the flood in manipulating the purifying substances and incantations against all misfortune. The identity constituting narrative of ancient Mesopotamian exorcism is explored with a methodology combining the intertextual studies with cognitive neuroscience.

Author : Phan-Boi-Chau
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824818753
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overturned Chariot written by Phan-Boi-Chau and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name of Phan-Boi-Chau may not be readily recognized by many people outside Vietnam, but within his own country he is one of the most widely known and respected figures in recent history. Phan (1867-1940) was the most prominent leader of the Vietnamese independence movement during the first quarter of the twentieth century and a living link between the older generation who initiated the struggle against French rule in Vietnam and the younger generation who carried that struggle to its conclusion. In 1928, while under house arrest by the French authorities, Phan composed an account of his eventful life. His original text in literary Chinese has been used for this translation, which brings Phan's story into English for the first time. It is accompanied by an introduction and notes incorporating the most up-to-date information about Phan's life and setting his career in the panoramic context of modern Vietnamese history.

Author : Elizabeth A. Murray, PhD
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1467763071
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overturning Wrongful Convictions written by Elizabeth A. Murray, PhD and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit and spending years behind bars. Since 1989 more than 1,400 Americans who experienced this injustice have been exonerated. Some of the people who have won their freedom include Ronald Cotton, who was falsely convicted of raping a college student; Nicole Harris, who was unjustly imprisoned for the death of her son; and intellectually disabled Earl Washington Jr., who was unfairly sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a young mother. Wrongful convictions shatter lives and harm society by allowing real perpetrators to potentially commit additional crimes. How can such injustices happen? Overturning Wrongful Convictions recounts stories of individuals who served someone else's prison time due to mistaken eyewitness identification, police misconduct, faulty forensic science, poor legal representation, courtroom mistakes, and other factors. You'll learn about the legal processes that can lead to unjust convictions and about the Innocence Project and other organizations dedicated to righting these wrongs. The sciences—including psychology, criminology, police science, and forensic science—work hand in hand with the legal system to prosecute and punish those people whose actions break laws. Those same sciences can also be used to free people who have been wrongfully convicted. As a society, can we learn from past mistakes to avoid more unjust convictions?

Author : A. Raynor
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452557896
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overturned! written by A. Raynor and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2021, and abortion is illegal in the United States. A young, unidentified female is found dead from an alleged "termination" in an abandoned tenement. The girl is identified as the daughter of a conservative, right-wing senator. "Overturned!" takes an extremely controversial issue and wraps it in fiction. The novel attempts to answer the question, "What if?" and finds that we should be very careful what we ask for, as we may actually get it. "Overturned!" does not take a moral position but unravels the complicated emotions humans face when personally dealing with such issues. A senator who helped outlaw abortion is faced with the devastating news that his only daughter died from an illegal termination. As the case is investigated, we find that love is the ultimate factor in transcending all political, religious, and social opinions. "Overturned!" is a political thriller that combines the business of politics, social reform, and conspiracy into a story that brings us full circle on the issue of reproductive rights.

Author : Michael Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781743790175
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zombie Mccrombie written by Michael Ward and published by . This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of illustrated children's books for adults, such as Go the F**k to Sleep and We're Going on a Bar Hunt, Zombie McCrombie is a hilarious parody of the well-loved children's book Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, by Lynley Dodd. Dead yet alive and hungry for brains lurched Zombie McCrombie from an overturned Kombi... Zombie McCrombie (from an overturned Kombi) and his zombie dog pals, Montague Klutz (trailing his guts) and Benedict Wise (enshrouded by flies) roam the empty streets, sniffing the wind for bones they might gnaw ... with a gut-bustingly hilarious outcome! With perfectly gruesome illustrations by Gypsy Taylor, in the vein of Ralph Steadman, this tale of the undead Zombie Macrombie is perfect for anyone (with an appreciation for the wicked!) with fond memories of the children's classic Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. Firmly tongue in cheek and a perfect gift, this modern day classic will entertain parents, teenagers and grandparents for years to come.

Author : John Crowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republics Established and Thrones Overturned by the Bible written by John Crowell and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Nash (Methodist.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Windmill Overturned by the Barley Cake. Being a Reply to Parker's Friendly Hint, with Some Account of the Long-Acre Persecution, and a Faithful Narrative of the Dark Transactions of a Religious Society, Called Societas Evangelica written by Michael Nash (Methodist.) and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Karl
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 059318632X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Betrayal written by Jonathan Karl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***THE INSTANT New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and IndieBound BESTSELLER*** An NPR Book of the Day Picking up where the New York Times bestselling Front Row at the Trump Show left off, this is the explosive look at the aftermath of the election—and the events that followed Donald Trump’s leaving the White House all the way to January 6—from ABC News' chief Washington correspondent. Nobody is in a better position to tell the story of the shocking final chapter of the Trump show than Jonathan Karl. As the reporter who has known Donald Trump longer than any other White House correspondent, Karl told the story of Trump’s rise in the New York Times bestseller Front Row at the Trump Show. Now he tells the story of Trump’s downfall, complete with riveting behind-the-scenes accounts of some of the darkest days in the history of the American presidency and packed with original reporting and on-the-record interviews with central figures in this drama who are telling their stories for the first time. This is a definitive account of what was really going on during the final weeks and months of the Trump presidency and what it means for the future of the Republican Party, by a reporter who was there for it all. He has been taunted, praised, and vilified by Donald Trump, and now Jonathan Karl finds himself in a singular position to deliver the truth.