Brings together the final two books of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy--The Sword of the Lictor, which chronicles the odyssey of a wandering pilgrim called Severian, and The Citadel of the Autarch, in which Severian fulfills an ancient prophe...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Apr-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: New York University Press, ISBN-13: 9781479832965)
Lethal injection is nothing like what people think. This is its untold story.In the popular imagination, lethal injection is a slight pinch and a swift nodding off to forever-sleep. It is performed by well-qualified medical professi...Daugiau...
This study examines the development of anti-capital punishment sentiment in antebellum American Literature. Drawing on republican criminal reform theories, prominent American authors and social reformers advocated for the abolition of the gallows, j...Daugiau...
The rivalry between Charles-Henri and his sister has hit a peak. With Charles-Henri accepting his position as head of House Sanson and Marie-Joseph rejecting all convention, the conflict threatens to shatter the family legacy. Meanwhile, Charles mee...Daugiau...
During his years as executioner between 1901 and 1924, John Ellis hanged over 200 men and women. Among them were some of the most infamous killers of the 20th century including Dr Crippen, John Dickman The Railway Murderer, George Smith The Brides...Daugiau...
Menou and her group press deeper into the City of Ruins to reach the Astrologer who controls the Starhusk, the key to defeating Hakua. Instead, they find a Lost One who shouldve died a thousand years ago. During the confusion, Genom attacks. Will Me...Daugiau...
The Tudors as a dynasty executed many people, both high and low. But the nobility were the ones consistently involved in treason, either deliberately or unconsciously. Exploring the long sixteenth century under each of the Tudor monarchs gives a sens...Daugiau...
Unflinching poise in the face of mortal justicea world free of execution will be sought at the cost of further death.In this omnibus edition collecting volumes 4-6 of the original manga series, Shinichi Sakamoto masterfully fictionalizes...Daugiau...
In the port city of Libelle, where one of the Four Major Human Errors is sealed, Menou and company are tasked with finding the origin of the drug monstrine. They each begin their undercover operations, but nothing goes quite according to planMenou i...Daugiau...
A fictionalized story of the real life of the Royal Executioner of Paris, Charles-Henri Sanson, who performed over 3000 executions-- Blood, death, and dutythe title bequeathed to the heir of the royal executioner becomes a burden too he...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Oct-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009392150)
This book provides the first comprehensive account of execution practices in England and their extraordinary transformation from 1660 to 1900. Agonizing execution rituals were once common. Male traitors were hanged, disembowelled while still alive, t...Daugiau...
Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania. Dark History of Penns Woods is the perfect book to keep you up all night Its ghostly, its ghastly, and we guarantee some of the included photos...Daugiau...
The ritual to kill Akari has begun, and everything is going smoothly. Menou believes this will finally be the end of the Otherworlderuntil she receives word from Momo about Orwells betrayal. In the face of the archbishops intricately woven plan an...Daugiau...
Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues that it does; that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently and, thus, vio...Daugiau...
On the train to Garm, the ancient capital where Akari is to be sent home, a terrorist attack and a foe conjured via taboo magic block her and Menous path. And if that wasnt bad enough, the train is sent careening out of control, headed for an inevi...Daugiau...
As If Fire Could Hide Us by Melanie Rae Thon is a work of fiction composed as a love song in three movements: Orelia, in hiding; The 7th Man; and The Bodies of Birds. Each movement explores the interconnectedness of humanity from a unique vantage po...Daugiau...
The duel with Master Flare in the land of salt continues. Menou should have the upper hand now that shes linked with Akari and her immense supply of Guiding Force, yet reality suggests otherwise. Master Flare still has a few secrets up her sleeve, a...Daugiau...
This book describes the men who were executed for crimes committed in the European Theater of Operations during and just after the Second World War....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 02-Feb-2023, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781803992419)
An insightful and gripping account that will take you into the dark but fascinating world of a Victorian executioner. Stewart P. EvansBetween 1884 and 1905 James Billington and his three sons, Thomas, William and John, were resp...Daugiau...
According to Voltaire, Admiral John Byng was executed to encourage the others. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in...Daugiau...
