Showdown In Desperation

Author : J.R. Roberts
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1645408760
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown in Desperation written by J.R. Roberts and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ACE IN THE HOLE Clint Adams finds himself in El Legado, New Mexico, for what he intends to be a laid-back stopover—a few drinks, a fine woman, and some poker. But when a respected gambler ends up with a bullet in his chest, Clint stands accused of holding the gun that shot him. To clear his name, the Gunsmith must outrun the sheriff's posse and hunt down the culprit. Clint suspects a sore loser and the son of a notorious backshooter, Johnny Creed, and when Johnny skips town, the Gunsmith takes to his trail seeking justice . . .

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848940939
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desperation written by Stephen King and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway. The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .

Author : Wil Haygood
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307947378
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown written by Wil Haygood and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of his forty-year career, Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this galvanizing biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood uses the framework of the dramatic, contentious five-day Senate hearing to confirm Marshall as the first African-American Supreme Court justice, to weave a provocative and moving look at Marshall’s life as well as at the politicians, lawyers, activists, and others who shaped—or desperately tried to stop—the civil rights movement. An authoritative account of one of the most transformative justices of the twentieth century, Showdown makes clear that it is impossible to overestimate Thurgood Marshall’s lasting influence on the racial politics of our nation.

Author : Fu Su
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648468640
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desperate Game written by Fu Su and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the snatching of red packets, all the students in the class died one by one. This is a desperate game. Maybe the next one to die will be me.

Author : Kris Maher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501187368
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desperate written by Kris Maher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Appalachian coal country, this “superb” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) legal drama follows one determined lawyer as he faces a coal industry giant in a seven-year battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community. For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn’t look, smell, or taste right. Could the water be the root of the health problems—from kidney stones to cancer—in this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, Thompson waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia’s most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Massey’s lawyers worked out of a gray glass office tower in Charleston known as “the Death Star,” Thompson set up shop in a ramshackle hotel in the fading coal town of Williamson. Working with fellow lawyers and a crew of young activists, Thompson would eventually uncover the ruthless shortcuts that put the community’s drinking water at risk. Retired coal miners, women whose families had lived in the area’s coal camps for generations, a respected preacher and his brother, all put their trust in Thompson when they had nowhere else to turn. Desperate is a masterful work of investigative reporting about greed and denial, “both a case study in exploitation of the little guy and a playbook for confronting it” (Kirkus Reviews). Maher crafts a revealing portrait of a town besieged by hardship and heartbreak, and an inspiring account of one tenacious environmental lawyer’s mission to expose the truth and demand justice.

Author : Orissa Arend
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1610753801
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown in Desire written by Orissa Arend and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showdown in Desire portrays the Black Panther Party in New Orleans in 1970, a year that included a shootout with the police on Piety Street, the creation of survival programs, and the daylong standoff between the Panthers and the police in the Desire housing development. Through interviews with Malik Rahim, the Panther; Robert H. King, Panther and member of the Angola 3; Larry Preston Williams, the black policeman; Moon Landrieu, the mayor; Henry Faggen, the Desire resident; Robert Glass, the white lawyer; Jerome LeDoux, the black priest; William Barnwell, the white priest; and many others, Orissa Arend tells a nuanced story that unfolds amid guns, tear gas, desperate poverty, oppression, and inflammatory rhetoric to capture the palpable spirit of rebellion, resistance, and revolution of an incendiary summer in New Orleans.

Author : Eddie Paterson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351014269
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Pixel written by Eddie Paterson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Upon a Pixel examines the increasing sophistication of storytelling and worldbuilding in modern video games. Drawing on some of gaming’s most popular titles, including Red Dead Redemption 2, The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, and the long-running Metal Gear Solid series, it is a pioneering exploration into narrative in games from the perspective of the creative writer. With interviews and insights from across the industry, it provides a complete account of how Triple-A, independent, and even virtual reality games are changing the way we tell stories. Key Features A fresh perspective on video games as a whole new form of creative writing. Interviews with a range of leading industry figures, from critics to creators. Professional analysis of modern video game script excerpts. Insights into emerging technologies and the future of interactive storytelling.

Author : John H. Lenihan
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252012549
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown, Confronting Modern America in the Western Film written by John H. Lenihan and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showdown is a study of America's oldest, most representative film genre, the Western movie from the perspective of social allegory. It assesses scores of major and minor films to show how Westerns function as vehicles for contemporary social and political critiques of American life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Author : SM Reine
Publisher : Red Iris Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Showdown written by SM Reine and published by Red Iris Books. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty heroes have been stolen. Removed from their times, their worlds, and their lives, they're put in front of a bloodthirsty audience to fight. Every one of these people has fought to save the world. They've killed and died. And now they must become enemies in order to meet the monster behind it all. Showdown is a 30,000-word novella that was originally serialized online as an interactive reader event. It's not intended to be read unless you're a fan of The Descentverse (such as The Descent Series, The Ascension Series, or Seasons of the Moon).