Violent Art

Enter the world of eristic dialectics with "The Obscure Art of Always Being Right," an adapted and updated version of Schopenhauer's classic texts. This book is not just a book, but a powerful tool that will transform the way you express yourself, debate, and defend your ideas. With this book, you will: Hone your debating skills and learn how to argue more effectively and persuasively to master the art of argumentation. Learn to quickly identify unfair argumentation tactics and defend against them. Understand Schopenhauer's original teachings in a contemporary context, making them more ...

It's Christmas Eve. And a Wednesday. John Hark has few friends, no job and no prospects. Since leaving the marines, he’s found little to motivate him beyond his martial arts training. His girlfriend has left him, his sister harasses him, and his best friend is stuck somewhere in Atlanta traffic. John settles in for a subdued Christmas Eve of video games in his lousy apartment with his tabby cat Reese. But neighbors have gone missing, lights are cutting in and out, and a major snowstorm is brewing outside. It seems this night can't get any worse. Until an assassin attacks John in his ...

Behind the Lens takes you inside the demanding world of forensic photography, where every frame can preserve a detail, clarify a relationship, or challenge an assumption. At an indoor violent-crime scene, photographs are more than pictures—they are a permanent visual record of what was present, where it was located, and how the scene appeared before it changed. This practical guide explores the discipline, judgment, and technical control required to document difficult scenes accurately and responsibly. You will learn how to enter and read a scene, protect evidence, reduce contamination ...

This is not a story about winning. It is the story of a man who never fit into institutions, hierarchies, or power games—and who chose not to brutalize himself in order to belong. Born into an orthodox family, marked early by trauma, illness, and repeated humiliation, Krishna Vasudevan learned to endure without hardening. From childhood bullying and institutional cruelty to workplace erosion and silent sidelining, the world repeatedly asked him to fight, dominate, conform—or disappear. He did none of these. Instead, he walked away. Inspired by The Matrix but grounded in lived experience...

The acclaimed Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus and God and Empire—“the greatest New Testament scholar of our generation” (John Shelby Spong) —grapples with Scripture’s two conflicting visions of Jesus and God one of a loving God, and one of a vengeful God, and explains...

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the way Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do...

Une victime. Le mauvais corps. Et une vérité qui dérange. DCI Garrick est confronté à une affaire qui n’a aucun sens. Un cadavre est découvert — mais quelque chose ne colle pas. Ce n’est pas le bon corps. Très vite, l’enquête déclenche une tempête médiatique nationale. Au centre du scandale : un mystérieux artiste urbain, une figure insaisissable à la manière de Banksy, dont les œuvres prennent une valeur vertigineuse… Et dont les acheteurs commencent à mourir. Alors que la peur se propage dans le monde de l’art, un marchand ambitieux comprend qu’il pourrait ...

On the eve of their wedding, Jackson discovers something he can’t forgive about his fiancee Sara. As he tries to make himself disappear so that he won’t be found by her and her violent family, he connects with international art dealer Sebastian Lee who offers him an escape route – but at...

A bold experiment has mutated a small fraction of humanity. Nations race to harness the gifted, putting them to increasingly dark ends. At the dawn of global war, flashy American superheroes square off against sinister Germans and dissolute Russians. Increasingly depraved scientists conduct despicable research in the name of victory. British agents Fogg and Oblivion, recalled to the Retirement Bureau, have kept a treacherous secret for over 40 years. But all heroes must choose when to join the fray, and to whom their allegiance is owed - even for just one perfect summer's day.

Elena Zoric, a sex worker and addict, is murdered, her body concealed and left near a stream in North London. Her phone lies nearby, the last number dialled was to a former NCA Investigator, a woman who had saved her from sex trafficking: Met DI, Grace Archer. When questioned by North London...

With a rare clarity and fearless honesty, Daemon Fairless tackles the horrors and compulsions of male violence from the perspective of someone who struggles with violent impulses himself, creating a non-fiction masterpiece with the narrative power of novels such as Fight Club and A History of...

Life is full of suffering; the challenges are inevitable, but there are big differences in how we deal with them and how we grieve. We have to be grieving the right way. We must understand that we are not insane and that grieving is "normal." Grieving is loving. It's OK that we're not OK. And we must also realize that we're required to recover from it. We have the power to overcome our suffering. Life-changing crises can produce a transformation of similar depth. When we accept death, transform our attitude towards life, and discover the fundamental connection between life and death, a ...

For years, I was a violent sociopath as a direct result of my childhood and then experiences as a soldier. My adventures in the methamphetamine culture certainly exacerbated that. I am not proud of this. I'm just saying what it is; that being said, this book will articulate that experience in a series of amusing anecdotes and thoughts that explain the important lessons that I learned during that time.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - September 2021 Evening Star: Two bullied school children decide to reveal their true selves to their classmates and suffer the consequences. Conscience Cleaners: A genuinely repentant criminal appeals to the court to have his memory erased of the crime he committed. The Room Above: A convicted criminal wakes to an erased memory and finds he is part of a strange government rehabilitation program. Appreciating Hate: Police do a wellness check to a home and find a man who has been systematically working to remove art that glorifies the vile. The Showing: ...

La mattina del 2 novembre del 1975, quando all'Idroscalo di Ostia fu scoperto il cadavere di Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lucia Visca fu la prima cronista ad accorrere sulla scena del delitto. Lì, su quella spiaggia sporca di sangue e povertà, insieme al cadavere del poeta giacevano alcuni indizi importantissimi: dettagli trascurati dai primi investigatori ma che tornano alla ribalta grazie alla riapertura delle indagini voluta dal Tribunale di Roma nella primavera del 2010. Con l'archiviazione di questo ultimo procedimento, finisce la vicenda giudiziaria.