By the 1880s, Texas was like a snake shedding an old skin and growing a new one. Struggling to become a modern society, Texas had outgrown its Wild West heritage and now wished to forget the years of war, occupation, poverty, and lawlessness. Leaving Austin by train in March 1884, a group of friends find themselves unexpectedly caught up with others in both lethal conflict and the enchantment of the "Queen City of Texas," San Antonio. Events surrounding one of the most astounding killings of the decade form the action for a tale of blood feud, revenge, civic rivalry, and running gunfights through the plazas and streets. Together with darker events, however, San Antonio provides fertile ground for romance. Carriage rides through exotic streets, dinner at fabulous restaurants, shopping excursions at the San Antonio market, luxury hotels, the San Antonio River, and haunting buildings from the Spanish Colonial past create a spell-binding environment that encourages amorous relationships while forcing profound self-examinations.
4-Sided Love Triangle Michelle Hetzel, Keary Renner, and Devon Guzman were three high school girls who shared a secret: their lesbian desires. After high school, Michelle married Brandon Bloss, 25, while Keary and Devon lived together. Michelle used her husband's credit card to finance a trip for herself and Devon to the island of St. Croix, where they were secretly wed. Back home in Easton, Pennsylvania, on a night in June 2000, Devon broke up with Michelle, and a series of violent quarrels ensued among the foursome. The next day, Devon was found dead in her car. Geometry Of Murder Devon's death was murder made to look like suicide. Her throat had been cut clear through to the spine. Who was the killer? Keary Renner had been physically abusive to Devon in their relationship. Michelle was furious at being rejected by Devon. And Brandon Bloss wanted his wife to stay faithful to him. Forensic evidence indicated that Brandon and Michelle were the culprits. A jury agreed, sentencing them both to life prison terms. Here is a searing true account of secret lives, lethal passions--and savage murder. Includes 16 pages of shocking photos. John Kearney has been an award-winning newspaper and science writer for fifteen years and served for three years as a writer and editor for Diagnostics Intelligence, a scientific publication on blood and DNA testing. He lives in New Jersey.
On the eve of achieving everything he has always worked for, Yukihiro finds his world suddenly shattered. Gentle Sensei Naha, who had been both teacher and father to him, has expelled him from the dojo in a blind and inexplicable rage. The darkly beautiful Aki, who had promised to become his wife, has been carried off by the insatiable warlord Takara. And Yukihiro, only yesterday his province’s most celebrated young warrior, now finds himself in exile, disguised in beggar’s rags, searching for answers. To uncover them, and to survive the mortal challenges his enemies have in store, he will have to go beyond all he knows of the way of the warrior, and begin to grasp the way of the master.
May the peace of God guard and keep you in the testimony of Jesus Christ. The book you have in your hands was written over the course of six years. Part of the reason that it took so much time to write is that I am disabled with bi-polar manic depression and hyper compulsive disorder. At the time of this writing I am still receiving counseling from my psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Roddy, who has worked with me for many years to help me become stabilized. I wrote this poem as an expression of gratitude for what the Lord has done for me and to give tribute to Christ for his passion. It is the love of Christ that has saved me from a life of extreme trail and struggle. I would like to thank you my pastor, Steve Gilman, for helping to shape the poem into what it is today. When I first wrote the poem it rhymed, but had no meter, so Pastor Gilman helped me to put it into the metered verse that you find in this final version. Finally, it is my hope that others with disabilities who read this may come away with a renewed sense of possibility. Christ has worked with me through my disability and gives me hope. My prayer is that you will come to know that hope for yourself.John KearneyJohn Kearney lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attends both First Baptist Church and Mercy Seat Lutheran Church. In his free time he loves to ride his bike and spend time with his grown daughters. This is his first book.
This Palgrave Pivot strives to recount and understand Indigenous Law, as set within a remote community in northern Australia. It pays close attention to the realpolitik and high-level political functioning of Indigenous Laws, which inspires a discussion of how this Law models the relational, influences governance and emplaces people in an ordered kincentric lifeworld. The book argues that Indigenous Law can be examined for the ways in which it is a deliberate, stabilizing and powerful force to maintain communal order in relation to Country, a counter framing to popular and ‘soft law or soft power asset’ visions of such Laws often held in the national and international imaginary. It is the latter which too often renders this knowledge esoteric and relinquishes it to a category of lore or folklore. This is an open access book.
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