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1) Fair Cruelty
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A rogue. A gambler. A count. And not at all what he seems.Freddie Sayer, the rich and desirable Count of Aucony has a secret. The true count died in his cradle and was replaced by his twin sister. Freddie's carefully honed persona is put to the test when she attends a lavish party and attracts the attention of an intense man and his ambitious cousin.Aided by an entourage that includes her valet, a stubborn researcher, and a group of cranky ghosts...
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The accepted definition of animal cruelty may differ between cultures and even between individual people. Some people may not mind eating meat, no matter where it came from, but think keeping animals in zoos in cruel. Others may abstain from eating meat or using animal products altogether. In addition, many animal-focused businesses make people a lot of money. How should young people decide what they believe? This book presents ideas about animal...
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Patty Fielding, a USO entertainer, escapes after her camp in Vietnam is attacked during the Tet Offensive ceasefire in 1968. “You can lose who you are here,” her brother Christopher, stationed at Da Nang, wrote in a letter to her. Struggling to find the person he used to be, Chris got himself killed.
On the run from the North Vietnamese, Patty meets a group of American soldiers and relies on army regulations to save her. She soon realizes these...
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A story of three different characters that somehow find themselves together. Yuzuki, a vicious vampire with barely a care for anyone's life, even her own. Sole, an immortal that finds himself as Yuzuki's pet... and likes it. Miranda, a vampire hunter that is too broke to afford... well anything. Hunting vampires doesn't pay the bills.
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When an unconscious raven-haired beauty appears on King's doorstep, he's furious to find her on his territory. Who would leave her with a killer like him? He left the mercenary world. But it's rude to return a gift. Dark eyes watch her from the shadows when she awakes. Ember Bellamy wants answers King doesn't have, but she knows he's a dangerous man. Discovering the man she shouldn't trust is the one she does. King never should have retired, but now...
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A memoir of a young Englishman arriving in Nassau Bahamas in the 1970s to take up the post of chief inspector of the Bahamas Humane Society unaware of the frustrations, dangers and horrors he is to confront. Initially shocked by the scale of animal cruelty, and despite death threats and brushes with voodoo, he continues undaunted to help the suffering iconic surrey horses, the roaming dogs known locally as potcakes, and the shocking cruelty of the...
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In her arresting collection, urgently relevant for our times, poet Emily Jungmin Yoon confronts the histories of sexual violence against women, focusing in particular on Korean so-called “comfort women,” women who were forced into sexual labor in Japanese-occupied territories during World War II. In wrenching language, A Cruelty Special to Our Species unforgettably describes the brutalities of war and the fear and sorrow of those whose lives and...
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Tormented by a curse and his own misdeeds, can a fallen knight claim redemption by saving a realm on the verge of ruin? Orjan Varega suffocates under a crisis of faith. Trapped in the form of a fearsome lizard man by an ancient Elven spell, the once-renowned knight sleeps rough, drinks hard, and struggles to survive as a bounty hunter. But after a boy who offers him food falls prey to ruthless thugs, the protective fighter comes to the child's aid...
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The issue of zoos is not about treatment, but use; not about reform, but abolition. Zoos often pay lip-service to "education," "enrichment," and "conservation," but the cruelty is systemic and follows from the idea of animals as commodities. As long as they are property, animals will continue to be treated as things, with no rights, who can be caged, bred, abused, or killed for a zoo's profit and the public's entertainment. In Zooicide, Sue Coe applies...
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Torture. According to Henry Shue, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Oxford in England, "No other practice except slavery is so universally condemned in law and human convention. Yet, unlike slavery…torture is widespread and growing." Why is torture so common? Is it an unavoidable component of human psychology? Exposing Torture tackles these complex questions, delving into the history of torture around the world,...
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#1 In 2014, Sharnalle Mitchell was arrested and brought to court because she owed the city of Montgomery money for traffic tickets. The judge ordered her to pay or stay in jail. She decided to stay in jail to protect her children.
#2 There are 2. 2 million people confined in prison and jail cells in the United States today. About 500,000 of those people are presumptively...
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Get the Summary of Roseanne Montillo's Deliberate Cruelty in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Ann Woodward, a Kansas farm girl turned New York socialite, and her husband Billy, heir to a banking dynasty, return from a party to their luxurious Playhouse estate. Despite her intelligence, Ann feels out of place among the wealthy elite. The couple, known for their public arguments, had discussed recent burglaries in...
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What if fallen angels got a second chance?In The Saga of Terminal City they do, freed from prison to walk the earth, doing good -- if they can.When a new Satan arises, the Poor Shepherds and their allies must race to prevent his reign. Will mourning or celebration be in store? Find out in City of Cruelty (No. 5).30 chapters, 2400 lines of poetry, all written in modern epic verse.SynopsisWhen avatars of evil, of acts willed,and those which of gene...
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Ditmarsh Penitentiary holds many secrets within its walls. A maximum-security prison, it contains every breed of hatred, self-destruction, greed, and regret. Its inmates aren't the only ones who grapple with these emotions. Under constant threat yet given absolute authority, the guards routinely cross the divide between law enforcement and criminality.
Corrections Officer Kali Williams takes pains to avoid the complicated traps of inmates and guards...
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Cruelty has long been a feature of states' domestic and foreign policies but is seldom acknowledged. Governments mouth respect for human rights yet promote discrimination, violence and suppression of critics. Documenting case studies from around the world, distinguished academic and human rights activist Stuart Rees exposes politicians' cruel motives and the resulting outcomes. Using his first-hand observations and insights from international poets,...
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Have you ever noticed a bunny on the label of a bar of soap or any other item? This means these products are free from animal testing! In this book, you'll hear from the little guy himself and meet his other friends. Brooks the Bunny is here to guide the next generation to shop consciously, and compassionately, with educational facts and fun tips! These brands not only save animals' lives but many of them are also eco-friendly, free of chemicals and...
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The madness, delirium and insanity of two serial killers with the same goal and different methods.
Go inside two disturbed minds and you will understand their motives.
When you feel rejected by others and look for a way out to change everything, you act. Is murder the best way to do it? Ian and Daniel thought so. But when remorse and doubt come, everything changes.
Alberto Aranda goes into the darkest thoughts of a sick mind.
Join to this journey...
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Arguing that cruelty acquires a new meaning in modernity, The Entrapments of Form follows its evolution through exchanges between French and American literature over the contradictions of Enlightenment (slavery, genocide, libertine aristocratic privilege). Catherine Toal traces Edgar Allan Poe's influence on the Sadean legacy, Melville's fictional dramatization of Tocqueville, and Henry James's response to the aesthetic of his French contemporaries,...
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For everyone looking to find a little extra magic in a life with little to celebrate, Happy Cruelty Day! Is here. Beginning on January 1, this book features 365 new holidays, each accompanied by a strange, dark and humorous short story explaining the day you woke up in and how to celebrate it. These 365 daily doses of delight, perversion, and nonsense include "Hire Someone Attractive To Pretend To Love You Day," "Hang on to Your Wide-Eyed Innocence...