The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies
The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies

Author: Douglas J. Wilson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781591281870

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"This book makes discovering informal fallacies (fallacies of content, rather than form) fairly simple...book is modeled after medieval bestiaries. Each fallacy is drawn as a caricature of a mythical beast.The beast is described, as well as its appeal. Then, the authors use anecdotes to show how each beast behaves "in the wild." Each "adorable fallacy" is discussed in a matter of just a few pages....Each fallacy is followed up with a few short discussion questions, and an opportunity to identify these beasts in the field"--Web review.

Ransoms to Time
Ransoms to Time

Author: Antōnēs Dekavalles

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780838631805

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This volume includes sixty-two poems from four of Andonis Decavalles's collections of Greek verse: Nimule-Gondokoro (1949), Akis (1950), Oceanids (1970), and Joints, Ships, Ransoms (1976). The poems presented here in English illustrate the growth of Decavalles's poetry from its elusive, elliptical, and densely enigmatic early forms, to its present lucidly simple and balanced lyricism.

Ransom
Ransom

Author: David Malouf

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2010-01-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0307378934

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In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer’s Iliad—one of the most famous passages in all of literature. This is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and woeful Priam, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. A moving tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, Ransom is incandescent in its delicate and powerful lyricism and its unstated imperative that we imagine our lives in the glow of fellow feeling.

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary
John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

Author: John L. Ransom

Publisher: Berkley

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780425141465

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John Ransom was a 20-year-old Union soldier when he became a prisoner of war in 1863. In his unforgettable diary, Ransom reveals the true story of his day-to-day struggle in the worst of Confederate prison camps--where hundreds of prisoners died daily. Ransom's story of survival is, according to Publishers Weekly, a great adventure . . . observant, eloquent, and moving.

The Eighth Ransom
The Eighth Ransom

Author: Given Hoffman

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2018-11-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781543944044

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When Trent Soris is kidnapped with seven others, he's the only one without a ransom. He must either escape or find a way to make himself important to their kidnappers, otherwise he may be the only one not going home.

The Ransom Drop
The Ransom Drop

Author: Rob Phayre

Publisher: Rob Phayre Ltd

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13:

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When an oil tanker is hijacked by a novice band of Somali pirates, It's a near impossible problem to solve in one of the most remote and dangerous places on earth. A team of experts are called in with one job to do, save the lives of the crew. Can this 'A-team' do so? Can they prevent a massive environmental disaster, rescue the ship and its hundred million dollar cargo? There are reputations to be made, or lost... Winner of the AudioBookReviewer.Com 'Reviewers Choice' award and 'Best New Author 2021' Indies Today 5 star recommended! Multiple professional 5 star reviews from Readers Favourite, Prairies Book Review and BookView The Ransom Drop, a true to real life, military suspense thriller, that reveals the secrets behind the resolution of Somali piracy. It's factually correct, fictionally fantastic, and written by the guy who delivered some of the largest ransoms ever paid at sea.

Robin Hood 5: Ransoms, Raids and Revenge (Robert Muchamore's Robin Hood)
Robin Hood 5: Ransoms, Raids and Revenge (Robert Muchamore's Robin Hood)

Author: Robert Muchamore

Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

Published: 2022-07-07

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1471412326

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Robin and the rebels resume their fight against corrupt and brutal rule with more high-energy action in Robert Muchamore's latest brilliant series. 'Intensely readable, outrageously enjoyable action.' - Guardian Robin and Will Scarlock's band of rebels are enduring a bitterly cold winter in the derelict Sherwood Castle Resort. But when the boss of a major delivery company - the world's second richest man - asks for help to track down the kidnappers of his beloved dogs and offers to pay, Robin finds himself at the centre of the biggest hacking operation of his life. The fifth epic adventure in this super-cool modern reimagining of Robin Hood.

Kidnap
Kidnap

Author: Anja Shortland

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0192547518

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Kidnap for ransom is a lucrative but tricky business. Millions of people live, travel, and work in areas with significant kidnap risks, yet kidnaps of foreign workers, local VIPs, and tourists are surprisingly rare and the vast majority of abductions are peacefully resolved - often for remarkably low ransoms. In fact, the market for hostages is so well ordered that the crime is insurable. This is a puzzle: ransoming a hostage is the world's most precarious trade. What would be the "right" price for your loved one - and can you avoid putting others at risk by paying it? What prevents criminals from maltreating hostages? How do you (safely) pay a ransom? And why would kidnappers release a potential future witness after receiving their money? Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business uncovers how a group of insurers at Lloyd's of London have solved these thorny problems for their customers. Based on interviews with industry insiders (from both sides), as well as hostage stakeholders, it uncovers an intricate and powerful private governance system ordering transactions between the legal and the criminal economies.

Ransom's Mark
Ransom's Mark

Author: Wendy Lawton

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2003-06-01

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1575678497

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When 13-year-old Olive Oatman's wagon train is raided by outlaw Yavapai Indians, she and her sister are captured. After enduring harsh treatment, they are ransomed by a band of Mohaves. Olive struggles to adjust to her new life, but finds comfort in her faith and in an unexpected friendship. When the time comes for her to return to the white world, she is afraid she will never fit in. But she learns to see the Mohave design tattooed on her chin as a sign of God's love and deliverence, a mark of ransom.