Beyond the Execution
Author: Tom Mbeke-Ekanem
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2020-09-02
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1642982792
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Notes on an Execution
Author: Danya Kukafka
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-01-25
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 006305275X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2023 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR “Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.” —Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice) "A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." –BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times • Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • USA Today • Buzzfeed • Goodreads • Real Simple • Marie Claire • Rolling Stone • Business Insider • Bustle • PopSugar • The Millions • The Guardian • and many more! In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life—from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women—a mother, a sister, a homicide detective—we learn the story of Ansel’s life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake. Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men. "Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope." —USA TODAY “A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."—ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push
Beyond the Execution
Author: Tom Mbeke-Ekanem
Publisher: Page Publishing, Incorporated
Published: 2018-06-14
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781642982787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr. Tom Mbeke-Ekanem was born in Ituk Mbang, Uruan, in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. He attended Government Secondary School at Afaha Eket between 1971 and 1975. In 1978 he left Nigeria for the United States, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1984. He returned to Nigeria and enlisted in National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1987. In 1989 he returned back to the United States, where in 1991 he earned a master of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Oklahoma. In 2009, he earned a doctorate degree in public administration from the University of La Verne in California. He is presently working as a regulatory engineer with the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA) with expertise in water resources and quality control. This book is primarily about the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian environmentalist. It also looks into the ethnic politics that pervades Nigeria since gaining independence in 1960. The politics of Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, can only be understood in terms of her over 250 ethnic groups. The complexities are explained in the circumstances surrounding the deaths of MKO Abiola, a president-elect, and Ken Saro-Wiwa, an accomplished author, a playwright, and environmentalist. Ethnic politics has pervaded Nigeria since the British colonial era when the northern Muslims and the southern Christians were amalgamated in 1914. The ensuing turmoil after independence in 1960 led to the Ibo-led military coup d'état in 1966. The reprisal massacre of the Ibos triggered the Nigeria-Biafra civil war. Following the war, the battle for ethnic dominance took a center stage with the seizure of the petroleum resources that belong to the minority ethnic groups and the subsequent annulment of presidential election result in June 1993. Ken Saro-Wiwa, a fearless minority activist, had in 1990 emerged from the oil-producing region of Ogoni and set up organization to agitate for a safe environment and economic justice for his people.When his pleas were ignored, he took his message to the United Nations in New York and drew worldwide attention to the world's most polluted environment. To eliminate him, Saro-Wiwa and eight activists were falsely accused, arrested, and charged with murder and consequently executed by General Abacha's military tribunal. The book gives in detail the minute-by-minute trial and the gruesome judicial murder that was heard around the world. To maintain ethnic hegemony, General Abacha devised schemes to succeed himself as a civilian president. His political opponents were either in prison, dead, or in exile. Two months to his scheduled election, General Abacha suddenly died at night in the midst of Indian prostitutes. A month later, MKO Abiola, the president-elect who was jailed by General Abacha, also died mysteriously in jail. Corruption of epic proportion and ethnic militias take over the nation.
Execution
Author: Larry Bossidy
Publisher: Crown Currency
Published: 2009-11-10
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0307591468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than two million copies in print! The premier resource for how to deliver results in an uncertain world, whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job. “A must-read for anyone who cares about business.”—The New York Times When Execution was first published, it changed the way we did our jobs by focusing on the critical importance of “the discipline of execution”: the ability to make the final leap to success by actually getting things done. Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan now reframe their empowering message for a world in which the old rules have been shattered, radical change is becoming routine, and the ability to execute is more important than ever. Now and for the foreseeable future: • Growth will be slower. But the company that executes well will have the confidence, speed, and resources to move fast as new opportunities emerge. • Competition will be fiercer, with companies searching for any possible advantage in every area from products and technologies to location and management. • Governments will take on new roles in their national economies, some as partners to business, others imposing constraints. Companies that execute well will be more attractive to government entities as partners and suppliers and better prepared to adapt to a new wave of regulation. • Risk management will become a top priority for every leader. Execution gives you an edge in detecting new internal and external threats and in weathering crises that can never be fully predicted. Execution shows how to link together people, strategy, and operations, the three core processes of every business. Leading these processes is the real job of running a business, not formulating a “vision” and leaving the work of carrying it out to others. Bossidy and Charan show the importance of being deeply and passionately engaged in an organization and why robust dialogues about people, strategy, and operations result in a business based on intellectual honesty and realism. With paradigmatic case histories from the real world—including examples like the diverging paths taken by Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase and Charles Prince at Citigroup—Execution provides the realistic and hard-nosed approach to business success that could come only from authors as accomplished and insightful as Bossidy and Charan.
Execution's Doorstep
Author: Leslie Lytle
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781555536787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stories of five men unfairly condemned to death
Beyond Repair?
Author: Stephen P. Garvey
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2002-11-22
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0822384035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan the death penalty be administered in a just way—without executing the innocent, without regard to race, and without arbitrariness? How does capital punishment in the United States fit with international human rights law? These are among the questions that leading legal scholars and journalists explore in Beyond Repair? All new, the essays in this collection focus on the period since 1976, when the Supreme Court held that capital punishment, in and of itself, does not violate the Constitution. In addition to reflecting on the most recent developments in the law, the contributors draw on empirical research to consider connections between newly available data and modern American death penalty procedures. A number of the essays scrutinize thinking about capital punishment. They examine why, following almost two decades of strong public support for the death penalty, public opinion in favor of it has recently begun to decline. Beyond Repair? presents some of the findings of the Capital Jury Project, a nationwide research initiative that has interviewed over one thousand people who served as jurors in capital trials. It looks at what goes through the minds of jurors asked to consider imposing the death penalty, how qualified they are to make such an important decision, and how well they understand the judge’s instructions. Contributors also investigate the risk of executing the innocent, the role that race plays in determining which defendants are sentenced to death, and the effect of expanded restrictions on access to federal appellate relief. The postscript contemplates the peculiarities of our contemporary system of capital punishment, including the alarming variance in execution rates from state to state. Filled with current insights and analysis, Beyond Repair? will provide valuable information to attorneys, political scientists, criminologists, and all those wanting to participate knowledgeably in the debates about the death penalty in America. Contributors. Ken Armstrong, John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Stephen P. Garvey, Samuel R. Gross, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Steve Mills, William A. Schabas, Larry W. Yackle, Franklin E. Zimring
Beyond the Execution
Author: Tom E Mbeke-Ekanem
Publisher:
Published: 1998-10-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781552564066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Death Penalty
Author: Sanjeev P. Sahni
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-03-14
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9811531293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a broad overview of public attitudes to the death penalty in India. It examines in detail the progress made by international organizations worldwide in their efforts to abolish the death penalty and provides statistics from various countries that have already abolished it. The book focuses on four main aspects: the excessive cost and poor use of funds; wrongful executions of innocent people; the death penalty’s failure as an efficient deterrent; and the alternative sentence of life imprisonment without parole. In closing, the book analyses the current debates on capital punishment around the globe and in the Indian context. Based on public opinion surveys, the book is essential reading for all those interested in India, its government, criminal justice system, and policies on the death penalty and human rights.
Beyond Reason
Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation" is a March 2001 document of Human Rights Watch that focuses on the execution of people with mental retardation in the United States. Human Rights Watch notes that 25 U.S. states permit capital punishment for offenders who are mentally retarded. The agency recommends that until capital punishment is completely abolished in the United States, offenders with mental retardation should be exempted from a sentence of death or execution.
When Execution Isn't Enough
Author: Claudio Feser
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-09-19
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 111930265X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definition of great leadership, backed by ground-breaking research When Execution Isn't Enough examines the essential leadership skills that go beyond simply executing strategies well. It examines the leadership skills that inspire excellence and drive growth. Great leaders think differently, but their secrets, values, and behaviors can't be bottled—or can they? Is leadership so contextual that it defies standardization? In this book, McKinsey's global head of leadership development draws on ground-breaking McKinsey research to uncover 20 distinct leadership traits. All are important, but some make all the difference in inspiring organizations to exceptional results and growth—and a select few create the vast chasm between strong and weak organizations in terms of leadership effectiveness. Structured as a business parable, this book employs a rich cast of corporate characters to illustrate the critical behaviors of inspirational leadership and the outcomes that become possible. Attempting to nail down exactly what makes a leader inspirational is like trying to capture lighting in a bottle, but new McKinsey research has identified the behavioral leadership catalysts that inspire greatness. This book describes the behaviors to inspire that can be learned—to turn a good leader into a great leader. Understand the neuroscience of inspiration Tailor your inspirational approach to different leadership scenarios Initiate an inspiration cascade to influence people at scale The picture of leadership has changed over time. Today's great leaders are authentic, enthusiastic decision-makers with engaging visions, who are quick to communicate and take action. Less than half of all CEOs believe that their training investments will pay off, yet everyone agrees that leadership drives performance—where is the disconnect? It's in the belief that simple leadership behaviors equal results, forgetting that exceptional results only come from inspiration. When Execution Isn't Enough shows you how to attain the missing link of great leadership to bring exceptional results of your organization.
