Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment
Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment

Author: Mark Grossman

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780874368710

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Considers the history of state-sanctioned homicide from the 17th century BCE to the present. Most of the entries are people who were executed or had some impact on the debate or practice. Other topics include breaking on the wheel, court cases, the electric chair, the Molly Maquires, the Nuremberg war crimes defendants, purge trials, race, and theories of retribution and deterrence. Includes a general and entry-specific bibliographies, and a chronology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Book of Buried Treasure
The Book of Buried Treasure

Author: Ralph Delahaye Paine

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-21

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13:

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"The Book of Buried Treasure" by Ralph Delahaye Paine. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.