A Drowning in Bath
Title | A Drowning in Bath PDF eBook |
Author | L. A. Nisula |
Publisher | Lisa Anne Nisula |
Pages | 192 |
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Genre | Fiction |
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Cassie Pengear had just solved a difficult case in London and was looking forward to a quiet holiday in Bath where she could relax, visit the Regency sights, and read Jane Austen novels. Her cousin Milly had very different ideas of a how to spend their holiday and convinced Cassie to try the mixed bathing at the hotel baths. While there, they witness one of the guests being murdered. With the police insisting it was nothing more than a tragic accident, if she wants to see the killer caught, Cassie has no choice but to try to solve A Drowning in Bath. In a Victorian England that almost existed, a steampunk London where tinkerers and clockwork devices exist alongside hansom cabs and corsets, murder is still solved by traditional observation and intuition. This is the London where American typist Cassandra Pengear finds herself stumbling over corpses and helping Scotland Yard detectives solve murders (although they inexplicably prefer to call it interfering). Follow her adventures in the Cassie Pengear Mystery series, beginning with The Killing at the Carnival.
Killing and Letting Die
Title | Killing and Letting Die PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie Steinbock |
Publisher | Fordham Univ Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780823215621 |
Available in a new digital edition with reflowable text suitable for e-readers This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting die." Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, "how-to" manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients in a permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, "Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment" includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels, and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, "Philosophical Considerations," probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg.
Submerged
Title | Submerged PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Hisle |
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Release | 2018-07-15 |
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ISBN | 9780974060279 |
A compelling true-crime drama, based on exclusive new information, Submerged exposes hidden angles of a case that captivated and divided an ordinary American community, tore apart two families and tested the criminal justice system. Compelled by conscience and curiosity, former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Janice (Morse) Hisle-who covered the saga of Ryan and Sarah Widmer from the start-dug deep for material that tells the untold tale: dozens of interviews, 6,000 pages of trial transcripts and previously unrevealed records.Submerged will draw you into the unexplored depths of a stranger-than-fiction true story-one that you'll still be pondering long after you've finished turning the pages.
Ignoring Gravity
Title | Ignoring Gravity PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Danby |
Publisher | |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2014-12-04 |
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ISBN | 9780993113413 |
Rose is adopted and doesn't know it. 'Ignoring Gravity' connects two pairs of sisters separated by a generation of secrets. Finding her mother's lost diaries, Rose begins to understand why she has always seemed the outsider in her family, why she feels so different from her sister Lily. Then just when she thinks there can't be any more secrets... This is the first in a series of novels about Rose Haldane, identity detective. This is what some of the early reviewers said: "Drama? Check. Suspense? Check. Romance? Check. Will-they-won't-they? Check. Great twists? Check, check, check! I am pleased to say this story has them all and then some." "'Ignoring Gravity' is just the book to take with you to the beach this summer. It has everything you need: romance, family drama, humour - and some moments guaranteed to make you tearful." "There is a twist at the end which unexpectedly gave me the shivers as I contemplated history repeating itself. A well written book with a story which will keep you turning the pages. Thoroughly recommended." "This is the perfect summer read; I read this sprawled in the garden, under the sun. It really is the perfect mix of drama, family, love, discovery and friendship."
The Life You Can Save
Title | The Life You Can Save PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Singer |
Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0812981561 |
Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor. Reprint.
The Injury Fact Book
Title | The Injury Fact Book PDF eBook |
Author | Susan P. Baker |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0195061942 |
Causes of injuries are explored. Injuries are also analyzed on the basis of intent. Injuries are illustrated by age, race, sex, geographic area, urban/rural residence, and per capita income.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
Title | King Bidgood's in the Bathtub PDF eBook |
Author | Audrey Wood |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152055783 |
Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.