Shades of Grey
Shades of Grey

Author: Jasper Fforde

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-12-29

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1101159650

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Booklist, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world. “A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.”—The Washington Post Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see. Eddie Russet wants to move up. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Eddie must content with lethal swans, sneaky Yellows, inviolable rules, an enforced marriage to the hideous Violet deMauve, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself. Will Eddie be able to tread the fine line between total conformity—accepting the path, partner, and career delineated by his hue—and his instinctive curiosity that is bound to get him into trouble?

States of Terror
States of Terror

Author: David Simpson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 022660022X

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How have we come to depend so greatly on the words terror and terrorism to describe broad categories of violence? David Simpson offers here a philology of terror, tracking the concept’s long, complicated history across literature, philosophy, political science, and theology—from Plato to NATO. Introducing the concept of the “fear-terror cluster,” Simpson is able to capture the wide range of terms that we have used to express extreme emotional states over the centuries—from anxiety, awe, and concern to dread, fear, and horror. He shows that the choices we make among such words to describe shades of feeling have seriously shaped the attribution of motives, causes, and effects of the word “terror” today, particularly when violence is deployed by or against the state. At a time when terror-talk is widely and damagingly exploited by politicians and the media, this book unpacks the slippery rhetoric of terror and will prove a vital resource across humanistic and social sciences disciplines.

Sacred Terror
Sacred Terror

Author: Douglas E. Cowan

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781481304900

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Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power--and the powerlessness--of religion.

Martyrdom and Terrorism
Martyrdom and Terrorism

Author: Dominic Janes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0199959870

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This pioneering collection of essays explores the intertwined histories of martyrdom and terrorism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Christian and Islamic traditions of moral witness and debate over the justified use of militant sacrifice are situated in relation to the development of Western nationalism, with a particular focus on the French Revolution and imperialism.

50 Shades of Purple
50 Shades of Purple

Author: P. F. McGrail

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-22

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781723938917

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It's hotter if we don't use a safe word. Horror stories make your heart pound. Erotica stories make your blood race. Now put them together and what do you get? 50 SHADES OF PURPLE is a collection of 57 short stories that cross the line to create the most suspenseful, exciting situations imaginable. Innocent beginnings have salacious twists, and the supernatural monsters are just as likely to seduce you as they are to rip you limb from limb. The constant surprises will keep you on the edge of your seat, devouring your attention as you satisfy your need to unravel each unique mystery. Praise for 50 Shades of Purple "The most incredible horror anthology I've ever read. This is a truly mesmerizing work. The author promises in the foreword that the shifts in tone will be jarring but never dull, and delivers on that immediately with stunning effectiveness." ★★★★★ Review "The author has a fantastic way with words. Each story is funny, scary, sick, twisted, hopeful, horrific or all of above, all at once. If you love horror, this is one I highly recommend." ★★★★★ Review "I loved this book! Not only were the stories well written, it was like a mystery grab bag, where one never knows what will be pulled out next!" ★★★★★ Review Special edition with full page illustrations. The explicit sex and violence in these stories won't hide anything from you, especially when accompanied by original illustrations. This combines with the immersive, realistic writing style to bring even the most incredible situations into vivid detail. About Haunted House Publishing We're passionate about publishing horror stories for adults, scary books for teens, and all sorts of dark fiction. We've got new horror kindle books every month, specializing in supernatural stories, supernatural book collections, and paranormal books for adults. We've got zombie books, demonic horror, ghosts and specters, angels and demons, gothic novels, and haunted houses and ghosts novels. We promise some of the top horror books 2018.

Jihadist Terror
Jihadist Terror

Author: Anthony Richards

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1788315561

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The past 18 months have seen a radical increase in incidents of jihadist terrorism within the United Kingdom – from the Manchester Arena attack, to the Houses of Parliament, to London Bridge. As a result, there are renewed calls for a high-level national conversation about the causes of, and the responses to, this particular terrorist problem. This book identifies policy and research gaps from an evidence-based perspective – it analyses what we know, what we don't know and what we need to know in relation to understanding and countering the jihadist terrorist threat. It provides readers with a synthesis of the knowledge and evidence that exists on each of the key topic areas, representing a distinctive and valuable resource for policymakers, academics and students. The contributors to the volume are leading international and national experts, from both the scholarly and policy-making communities, who are ideally placed to comment on the question of jihadist terrorism and the future of the threat in the UK.

Murder on Shades Mountain
Murder on Shades Mountain

Author: Melanie S. Morrison

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0822371677

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One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. Weeks later, Nell identified Willie Peterson as the attacker who killed her sister Augusta and their friend Jennie Wood. With the exception of being black, Peterson bore little resemblance to the description Nell gave the police. An all-white jury convicted Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. In Murder on Shades Mountain Melanie S. Morrison tells the gripping and tragic story of the attack and its aftermath—events that shook Birmingham to its core. Having first heard the story from her father—who dated Nell's youngest sister when he was a teenager—Morrison scoured the historical archives and documented the black-led campaigns that sought to overturn Peterson's unjust conviction, spearheaded by the NAACP and the Communist Party. The travesty of justice suffered by Peterson reveals how the judicial system could function as a lynch mob in the Jim Crow South. Murder on Shades Mountain also sheds new light on the struggle for justice in Depression-era Birmingham. This riveting narrative is a testament to the courageous predecessors of present-day movements that demand an end to racial profiling, police brutality, and the criminalization of black men.

Terror in Our Time
Terror in Our Time

Author: Ken Booth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 113662113X

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Written by two leading scholars, this book is an accessible overview of the global political consequences of the 9/11 terror attacks. The War on Terror has defined the first decade of this century. It has been marked by the deaths of thousands of people, political turmoil, massive destruction, and intense fear. Regardless of the name it goes under, the long war on terror will continue to affect lives across the world. Its catalyst, 9/11, did not have to happen, nor did the character of the responses. This book offers a set of novel interpretations of how we got here, where we are, and where we should be heading. It is organised around twelve penetrating and readable essays, full of novel interpretations and succinct summaries of complex ideas and events. In their examination of those aspects of global order touched by terror, the authors argue that the dangers of international terrorism are not overblown. Future 9/11s are possible: so is a more just and law-governed world. Terrorism cannot be disinvented, but with more intelligent policies than have been on show these past ten years, it can be overcome and made politically anachronistic. This book will be essential reading for all students of terrorism studies, international security, war and conflict studies and IR in general, as well as of much interest to well-informed lay readers.

Images of Terror
Images of Terror

Author: R.L. Bruckberger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1351310224

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The book acts as a guide to the images of terrorism that we see daily in the mass media. The author believes that our perceptions of terrorism are formed by the interaction of bureaucratic agencies, academics and private experts. These images and stereotypes that we are offered do not necessarily reflect objective reality.