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Simone Weil

Thinking Poetically

By: Joan Dargan

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Simone Weil

Thinking Poetically

By: Joan Dargan

Situates Weil’s writing within the French literary tradition, and recognizes her as a master stylist.

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SUNY Press

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0791442233

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9780791442234

Fever

By: Joan Swan

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Dr. Alyssa Foster will admit to a bad boy fetish. . . But when she finds herself face to face with a convicted murderer with a ripped body, a determination for freedom and an eye on her as his get out of jail free card, Alyssa knows she's in deep trouble. . .. Not just because Teague Creek is a prisoner desperate for freedom, but because his every touch makes her desperate for more. A man with a life sentence has nothing to lose. . . Teague Creek has one shot at freedom, but his plan to escape with a hostage develops a fatal flaw: Alyssa. On the run from both the law and deadly undercover operatives who know of his strange abilities, he needs to avoid trouble, but every heated kiss tells him the fire between them could be just as devastating as the flames that changed him forever. "Gripping, gritty, no holds barred romantic suspense. . ." --New York Times bestseller Stephanie Tyler ". . .a wild (and sizzling) ride." --Bonnie Hearn Hill "Fans of The Fugitive and Heroes won't be able to pass up this smart, sexy, page-turning read." --Elisabeth Naughton "Swan's gutsy, jaw-dropping style will have readers talking!" --New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione

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352

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Kensington Books

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075827789X

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9780758277893

Deadly Force, Colonialism, and the Rule of Law

Police Violence in Guyana

By: Joan Mars

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Deadly Force, Colonialism, and the Rule of Law

Police Violence in Guyana

By: Joan Mars

In post-colonial countries such as Guyana, the legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical perspective, to explain and understand variations in police violence over time, and she extends her study to include the social, political, and legal structure in which such actions are embedded. Her findings support the notion that police violence is a function of decades of coercive state rule under British colonialism, as well as the state's legitimization of violence in police work. In this first study on police violence and homicide in Guyana, Mars presents and analyzes data covering a 14-year period. She also provides comparative and descriptive information on the use of excessive and deadly force by the police, and, in addition, discusses laws relating to such incidents. Mars finds little support for the community violence hypothesis in reference to Guyana and concludes instead that the level of violence in the community and the everyday dangers of police work does not significantly influence the rates of police-caused homicide in that country.

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222

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313012725

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9780313012723

Rush

By: Joan Swan

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Rush

By: Joan Swan

Gutsy, jaw-dropping style!" --Larissa Ione "Joan Swan writes riveting twists and turns like no one else!" --New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Tyler Jessica Fury, Washington lobbyist, has money, connections, and her own firm. But five years ago she had something better: happiness. Her firefighter husband, Quaid, was handsome, courageous, and crazy about her. Then one day he walked into a chemical inferno--and never walked out. Jessica has been through hell to get back on her feet. And then a rumor surfaces that could bring a miracle or shatter her world--again. Q has been a prisoner forever. He's honed his mind and body into weapons. He's developed abilities no one else understands. But he's still at the mercy of a cabal of ruthless men, who blank his memory, test him like a lab rat, and tell him lies. Although his past has been erased and his future looks grim, instinct tells him he has a woman to live for. What his mind can't remember, his body can't forget. . . The heat is on.

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400

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758288263

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9780758288264

Blaze

By: Joan Swan

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Blaze

By: Joan Swan

With a man like him, every mission becomes personal. . . Ever since FBI agent Keira O'Shay started tracking a young boy named Mateo, she's felt a connection even her empathic abilities can't explain. She needs to save Mateo from the cult leader holding him hostage. Nothing can interfere with that--not even the reappearance of Luke Ransom, the hot-as-hell fire captain she's regretted walking out on for three long years. Losing Keira left Luke vulnerable--in every way. When they were together, the powers each possesses were mysteriously enhanced. But it's the sexy, surprising woman beneath the tough exterior that Luke's really missed. Even if she betrayed him utterly. And even if agreeing to help her uncover a government conspiracy means watching his life and his heart go up in flames again. . . Praise for Joan Swan and Fever "Swan's gutsy, jaw-dropping style will have readers talking!" --New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione "Smart, emotional and unputdownable." --New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Tyler

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384

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758279221

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9780758279224

Shatter

By: Joan Swan

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Shatter

By: Joan Swan

For seven years, Halina Beloi has been in hiding, and soon enough Mitch Foster, the man she had to leave behind, shows up at her door brandishing a handgun and wanting answers. Original.

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368

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Kensington Books

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0758288271

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9780758288271

Simone Weil

Thinking Poetically

By: Joan Dargan

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Simone Weil

Thinking Poetically

By: Joan Dargan

Simone Weil created a memorable œuvre remarkable for its lucid, striking, and seemingly transparent prose. Aphoristic and impersonal in tone, it is the instrument of a master stylist. The first to recognize Weil's achievement as a writer, this book situates her work within the French literary tradition, showing its affinities with Pascal and Baudelaire, and acknowledges its kinship to the works of poets and writers of her generation, notably the poets René Char and Marina Tsvetaeva. The parallel between Weil's concept of decreation and the impersonality of the speaker in her prose is shown ultimately to be related to her will to surpass the boundaries of the written page in her drive to self-immolation. Close reading of passages from her notebooks, several short texts, and a proposal for front-line nurses addressed to the Free French illustrates the forces and influences at work in her writing.

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164

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State University of New York Press

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1438400500

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9781438400501

Conversations with Joan Crawford

By: Roy Newquist,Joan Crawford

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Conversations with Joan Crawford

By: Roy Newquist,Joan Crawford

Interviews with Joan Crawford provide insight into her views on her career, films, four husbands, lovers, leading men, children, and loneliness during her final years

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186

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Berkley Publishing Group

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0425050467

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9780425050460

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