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Mr. Peanut

By: Adam Ross

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A New York Times Noteable Book Mesmerizing, exhilarating, and profoundly moving, Mr. Peanut is a police procedural of the soul, a poignant investigation of the relentlessly mysterious human heart. David Pepin has been in love with his wife, Alice, since the moment they met in a university seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. After thirteen years of marriage, he still can’t imagine a remotely happy life without her—yet he obsessively contemplates her demise. Soon she is dead, and David is both deeply distraught and the prime suspect. The detectives investigating Alice’s suspicious death have plenty of personal experience with conjugal enigmas: Ward Hastroll is happily married until his wife inexplicably becomes voluntarily and militantly bedridden; and Sam Sheppard is especially sensitive to the intricacies of marital guilt and innocence, having decades before been convicted and then exonerated of the brutal murder of his wife. Like the Escher drawings that inspire the computer games David designs for a living, these complex, interlocking dramas are structurally and emotionally intense, subtle, and intriguing; they brilliantly explore the warring impulses of affection and hatred, and pose a host of arresting questions. Is it possible to know anyone fully, completely? Are murder and marriage two sides of the same coin, each endlessly recycling into the other? And what, in the end, is the truth about love?

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353

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Vintage

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0307593762

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9780307593764

Masters of Crime

Fiction's Finest Villains and Their Real-Life Inspirations

By: Adam Nightingale

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Masters of Crime

Fiction's Finest Villains and Their Real-Life Inspirations

By: Adam Nightingale

This fascinating volume reveals the real men – and women – behind some of the most infamous London villains ever to appear in fiction. Fagin, Professor Moriarty, Moll Cutpurse and the notorious 'cracksman' A.J. Raffles were all rooted in the lives and deaths of a litany of real-life criminals, agitators and activists. With a special emphasis on the city that spawned them, this book brings together their stories for the first time, and shows how they were woven into fiction by some of Britain's greatest writers, including Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle. Containing prison escapes, sensational trials, daring art thefts, vicious attacks, roaring boys, black magicians and private detectives, Masters of Crime explores both the real underworld of British crime history, and its fictional counter-parts. It will delight fans of true crime and crime fiction alike.

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264

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The History Press

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0750981334

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9780750981330

Forensic Evidence in Court

Evaluation and Scientific Opinion

By: Craig Adam

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Forensic Evidence in Court

Evaluation and Scientific Opinion

By: Craig Adam

The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice. This book aims to provide a thorough and detailed discussion of the principles and practice of evidence interpretation and evaluation by using real cases by way of illustration. The presentation is appropriate for students of forensic science or related disciplines at advanced undergraduate and master's level or for practitioners engaged in continuing professional development activity. The book is structured in three sections. The first sets the scene by describing and debating the issues around the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence presented to the court. In the second section, the principles underpinning interpretation and evaluation are explained, including discussion of those formal statistical methods founded on Bayesian inference. The following chapters present perspectives on the evaluation and presentation of evidence in the context of a single type or class of scientific evidence, from DNA to the analysis of documents. For each, the science underpinning the analysis and interpretation of the forensic materials is explained, followed by the presentation of cases which illustrate the variety of approaches that have been taken in providing expert scientific opinion.

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336

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119054435

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9781119054436

Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel

By: Adam Abraham

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Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel

By: Adam Abraham

Views the Victorian novel through the prism of literary imitations that it inspired.

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301

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Cambridge University Press

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1108493076

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9781108493079

The Places of Wit in Early Modern English Comedy

By: Adam Zucker

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The Places of Wit in Early Modern English Comedy

By: Adam Zucker

An exploration of wit, witlessness and social and comic conventions in the plays of Shakespeare, Jonson and their contemporaries.

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271

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Cambridge University Press

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1107003083

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9781107003088

Hiking Waterfalls Washington

A Guide to the State’s Best Waterfall Hikes

By: Roddy Scheer,Adam Sawyer

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Hiking Waterfalls Washington

A Guide to the State’s Best Waterfall Hikes

By: Roddy Scheer,Adam Sawyer

Hiking Waterfalls in Washington includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for the area’s most scenic waterfall hikes. Hike descriptions also include history, trivia, and GPS coordinates. This book takes you through state and national parks, forests, monuments, and wilderness areas, and from city parks to the most secluded corners of the area to view the most spectacular waterfalls.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493041282

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9781493041282

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks

By: Adam Lukeman

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Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

A Celebration of the World's Most Unheralded Fright Flicks

By: Adam Lukeman

Since 1979, Fangoria magazine has been a leading name on the horror scene, covering feature films, video games, comic books, and all aspects of horror entertainment. This selection of lesser known horror gems are divided into three categories: Killers and Slashers; Supernatural and Haunters; and, of course, Monsters. Each of the 101 entries reveals the year of release, director, screenwriter, country of origin, plus little-known facts about the film. Here are more than 101 reasons to look beyond the Hollywood hype-fests when you need something to make your skin crawl.

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292

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Three Rivers Press (CA)

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1400047498

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9781400047499

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Mr. Peanut

Mr. Peanut

Masters of Crime

Masters of Crime

Forensic Evidence in Court

Forensic Evidence in Court

Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel

Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel

The Places of Wit in Early Modern English Comedy

The Places of Wit in Early Modern English Comedy

Hiking Waterfalls Washington

Hiking Waterfalls Washington

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen

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