Soldier Sailor Beggarman Thief

The first serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after the two world wars of the twentieth century.

A family confronts its dark past in this saga of murder, revenge, and redemption by the New York Times–bestselling author of Rich Man, Poor Man. In Irwin Shaw’s celebrated novel Rich Man, Poor Man, the Jordache clan was divided and scattered by the forces of American culture and capitalism after World War II. In this potent sequel, the family reunites after a terrible act of violence. Wesley never really knew his father, Tom, the black sheep of the Jordache family. Driven by his sorrow and a need for justice, Wesley uncovers surprising truths about his estranged family’s complicated past. Focused, forceful, and deeply moving, Beggarman, Thief is a stunning novel by a true American literary master. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that "war made the state and the state made war," Braumoeller shows argues that the same is true of international orders: while they reduce conflict within their borders, they can also clash violently with one another, as the Western and communist orders did throughout the Cold War. Both highly readable and rigorous, Only the Dead offers a realistic assessment of humanity's quest to abolish warfare. While pessimists have been too quick to discount the successes of our attempts to reduce international conflict, optimists are prone to put too much faith in human nature. Reality lies somewhere in between: While the aspirations of humankind to govern its behavior with reason and justice have had shocking success in moderating the harsh dictates of realpolitik, the institutions that we have created to prevent war are unlikely to achieve anything like total success--as evidenced by the multitude of conflicts in recent decades. As the old adage advises us, only the dead have seen the end of war.

This book provides a synthesis of recent research on the history of crime and criminal justice in Europe from the mid-18th to the mid-20th centuries. It tackles the subject chronologically, paying due attention to the evolving economic, social, and political aspects of the continent over the two centuries. It addresses specifically the different forms of criminal offending and the changing interpretations and understandings of that offending at both elite and popular levels. It explores how both old regimes and the new nation states, that emerged in the early 19th century, responded to criminal activity with the development of police forces and the refinement of forms of punishment.

The protection of noncombatants from deadly violence is the centrepiece of any account of ethical and legal constraints on war. It was a major achievement of moral progress from early modern times to World War I. Yet it has been under constant attrition since - perhaps never more so than in our time, with its 'new wars', the spectre of weapons of mass destruction, and the global terrorism alert. Civilian Immunity in War presents eleven specially written essays on the main aspects of this highly topical subject. Written in a clear and non-technical style, this volume will appeal to students and researchers in philosophy, politics, and law, as well as anyone with an interest in the ethics and legality of war.

Radiohead Complete is the definitive collection of Radiohead songs, including every song ever released by the British rock band (at time of publication). This artist-approved 368-page book contains 154 songs, including B-sides and rarities, all with lyrics and guitar chords. In addition it features 48 pages of artwork by the band's album artist Stanley Donwood, who also designed the exclusive cover artwork. This is the full eBook version of the original printed edition, in fixed-layout format. Contents: (Nice Dream); 15 Step; 2+2=5; 4 Minute Warning; A Punch Up At A Wedding; A Reminder; A Wolf At The Door; Airbag; All I Need; The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy; Anyone Can Play Guitar; Backdrifts; Banana Co.; Bangers + Mash; The Bends; Bishop's Robes; Black Star; Bloom; Blow Out; Bodysnatchers; Bones; Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was; Burn The Witch; The Butcher; Climbing Up The Walls; Codex; Coke Babies; Creep; Cuttooth; The Daily Mail; Daydreaming; Decks Dark; Desert Island Disk; Dollars And Cents; Down Is The New Up; Electioneering; Everything In Its Right Place; Exit Music (For A Film); Faithless, The Wonder Boy; Fake Plastic Trees; Faust Arp; Feral; Fitter Happier; Fog; Ful Stop; Gagging Order; Give Up The Ghost; Glass Eyes; The Gloaming; Go Slowly; Go To Sleep; Harry Patch (In Memory Of); High & Dry; House Of Cards; How Can You Be Sure; How Do You Do?; How I Made My Millions; How To Disappear Completely; I Am A Wicked Child; I Can't; I Might Be Wrong; I Promise; I Want None Of This; I Will; Identikit; Idioteque; Ill Wind; In Limbo; India Rubber; Inside My Head; Jigsaw Falling Into Place; Just; Karma Police; Kid A; Killer Cars; Kinetic; Knives Out; Last Flowers; Let Down; Lewis (Mistreated); Life In A Glasshouse; Lift; Like Spinning Plates; Little By Little; Lotus Flower; Lozenge Of Love; Lucky; Lull; Lurgee; Man Of War; Maquiladora; Melatonin; Million Dollar Question; Molasses; Morning Bell; Morning Bell / Amnesiac; Morning Mr Magpie; Motion Picture Soundtrack; My Iron Lung; Myxomatosis; The National Anthem; No Surprises; Nude; The Numbers; Optimistic; Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box; Palo Alto; Paperbag Writer; Paranoid Android; Pearly; Permanent Daylight; Planet Telex; Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2); Pop Is Dead; Present Tense; Prove Yourself; Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors; Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong; Pyramid Song; Reckoner; Ripcord; Sail To The Moon; Scatterbrain; Separator; Sit Down. Stand Up; Skttrbrain; Spectre; Staircase; Stop Whispering; Street Spirit (Fade Out); Stupid Car; Subterranean Homesick Alien; Sulk; Supercollider; Talk Show Host; There There; These Are My Twisted Words; Thinking About You; Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief; The Tourist; Trans-Atlantic Drawl; Trickster; True Love Waits; Up On The Ladder; Vegetable; Videotape; We Suck Young Blood; Weird Fishes/Arpeggi; Where I End And You Begin; Worrywort; Yes I Am; You; You And Whose Army?; You Never Wash Up After Yourself.

Widely regarded as one of the most active and publicly engaged university presidents in modern academia, Duderstadt—who led the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996—presided over a period of enormous change, not only for his institution, but for universities across the country. His presidency was a time of growth and conflict: of sweeping new affirmative-action and equal-opportunity programs, significant financial expansion, and reenergized student activism on issues from apartheid to codes of student conduct. Under James Duderstadt’s stewardship, Michigan reaffirmed its reputation as a trailblazer among universities. Part memoir, part history, part commentary, The View from the Helm extracts general lessons from his experiences at the forefront of change in higher education, offering current and future administrators a primer on academic leadership and venturing bold ideas on how higher education should be steered into the twenty-first century.

The new novel in the Rogue Series from the New York Times bestselling author—and five-time RITA Award winner… Lady Hermione Merryhew, daughter of an impoverished marquess, already has her share of problems. The last thing she needs is an intruder in her bedroom, especially not a fugitive thief. She should scream, but the shabby rascal is a man from her past. Six years ago, at her first ball, dashing Lieutenant Mark Thayne failed to steal a kiss, but succeeded in stealing a little of her heart. She's older and wiser now. She can't toss him to the wolves. Besides, she wants that kiss. Now Viscount Faringay, Mark has never forgotten Lady Hermione, but he mustn't involve her in his dangerous life. He's infiltrated the Crimson Band, violent revolutionaries who plan a bloodbath in London, and if he survives the night he will be able to destroy them. Hermione is involved, however, and only he can protect her.