Author : Leigh Fondakowski
Publisher :
Release Date : 2013
ISBN 10 : 0816678081
Pages : 350 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (816 downloads)
Download Stories from Jonestown PDF Format Full Free by Leigh Fondakowski and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects survivor's accounts of the infamous mass murder-suicide at Jonestown in the Guyanese jungle.
Author : Deborah Layton
Publisher : Anchor
Release Date : 2010-08-18
ISBN 10 : 9780307575135
Pages : 368 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (575 downloads)
Download Seductive Poison PDF Format Full Free by Deborah Layton and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this haunting and riveting firsthand account, a survivor of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell. A high-level member of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple for seven years, Deborah Layton escaped his infamous commune in the Guyanese jungle, leaving behind her mother, her older brother, and many friends. She returned to the United States with warnings of impending disaster, but her pleas for help fell on skeptical ears, and shortly thereafter, in November 1978, the Jonestown massacre shocked the world. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a suspenseful story of intrigue, power, and murder.
Author : Nancy E. Marion
Publisher : Lexington Books
Release Date : 2014-07-22
ISBN 10 : 9780739183601
Pages : 306 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (183 downloads)
Download Killing Congress PDF Format Full Free by Nancy E. Marion and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations, and other Violence Enacted on Members of the U.S. Congress analyzes all assassinations, attempted assassinations, and other violent acts carried out on members of Congress. Each chapter focuses on a particular incident, describing the events, the people involved, and the consequences of the violence.
Author : Julia Scheeres
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-10-11
ISBN 10 : 9781451628968
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (628 downloads)
Download A Thousand Lives PDF Format Full Free by Julia Scheeres and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the US government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late. A Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing “revolutionary suicide” and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. Vividly written and impossible to forget, A Thousand Lives is a story of blind loyalty and daring escapes, of corrupted ideals and senseless, haunting loss.
Author : Jeff Guinn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-04-11
ISBN 10 : 9781476763842
Pages : 656 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (763 downloads)
Download The Road to Jonestown PDF Format Full Free by Jeff Guinn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Edgar Award Finalist—Best Fact Crime “A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey” (The Boston Globe)—the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, the largest murder-suicide in American history, by the New York Times bestselling author of Manson. In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness. In this riveting narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life, from his early days as an idealistic minister to a secret life of extramarital affairs, drug use, and fraudulent faith healing, before the fateful decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died—including almost three hundred infants and children—after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink. Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case, including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones’s Indiana hometown, where he spoke to people never previously interviewed, and uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. He even visited the Jonestown site with the same pilot who flew there the day that Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered on Jones’s orders. The Road to Jonestown is “the most complete picture to date of this tragic saga, and of the man who engineered it…The result is a disturbing portrait of evil—and a compassionate memorial to those taken in by Jones’s malign charisma” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Author : Wendell G. Johnson
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2017
ISBN 10 : 9781440839412
Pages : 381 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (839 downloads)
Download End of Days PDF Format Full Free by Wendell G. Johnson and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2017 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions describes apocalyptic writings in the world's major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The cross-referenced entries address ancient traditions--Zoroastrianism, as one example--as well as modern apocalyptic movements, such as Arun Shinrikyo, the Branch Davidians, and the Order of the Solar Temple. This book's broad scope offers coverage of overlooked traditions, such as Mayan Apocalyptic, Norse Apocalyptic, Native American eschatological literatures, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Readers seeking detailed information on the eschatological and apocalyptic movements and proponents of End Times can reference entries about individuals such as Harold Camping, Jerry Falwell, David Koresh of the Brand Davidians, and James Jones and the People's Temple. This single-volume encyclopedia also contains numerous historical entries on subjects such as the Great Disappointment, the Great Awakening periods of religious revival, Joachim of Flora, the Maccabean Revolt, and the Plymouth Brethren. The influence of apocalyptic ideas far outside the realm of religion itself is documented through entries on film, including well-known modern movies such as The Hunger Games and Apocalypse Now, literature by writers such as Dante, and works of fine art like Wagner's Gotterdammerung. The inclusion of entries related to literature, film, and other art forms further attests to the wide-ranging social influence of belief in the end of days.
Author : Claude-Hélène Mayer
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-06
ISBN 10 : 9783030169534
Pages : 523 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (169 downloads)
Download New Trends in Psychobiography PDF Format Full Free by Claude-Hélène Mayer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers insights into contemporary trends and perspectives in psychobiographical research. It applys new theoretical and methodological frameworks and presents discourses on psychobiography from transdisciplinary backgrounds and various socio-cultural contexts, displaying the new state-of-the-art, new trends and themes in psychobiography. The book outlines psychobiography’s outstanding contribution to psychology from 36 internationally reputable authors. It also presents the ideas of five outstanding psychobiographers through interview excerpts. This book is a must for researchers, lecturers and practitioners in the field of psychology and social sciences interested in the use of new psychological theories and methodologies in life-span research.
Author : Michael Farrell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-16
ISBN 10 : 9783030408305
Pages : 216 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (48 downloads)
Download Criminology of Poisoning Contexts PDF Format Full Free by Michael Farrell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book examines poisoning in various contexts of international conflict. It explores the modern-day use of poison in warfare, terrorism, assassination, mass suicide, serial poisoning within healthcare, and as capital punishment. It examines a broad range of international cases from the Americas, Europe, Japan, India and more in relation to Situational Crime Prevention and its theoretical precursors, in order to explore potential prevention strategies and the ways in which perpetrators circumvent them. Case studies include analysis of attempts on the lives of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the Tokyo subway attacks, the crimes of Dr. Harold Shipman and the Heaven's Gate and Jonestown cults. For each, the means, motive, opportunity, location, and perpetrator-victim relationship is examined. This accessible book speaks to students of criminology and those interested in penology, careers in criminal justice, homicide detectives, anti-terrorism personnel, forensic pathologists and toxicologists.
Author : Jeffery Deaver
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2020-05-12
ISBN 10 : 9780525535997
Pages : 432 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (535 downloads)
Download The Goodbye Man PDF Format Full Free by Jeffery Deaver and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, reward-seeker Colter Shaw infiltrates a sinister cult after learning that the only way to get somebody out . . . is to go in. In the wilderness of Washington State, expert tracker Colter Shaw has located two young men accused of a terrible hate crime. But when his pursuit takes a shocking and tragic turn, Shaw becomes desperate to discover what went so horribly wrong and if he is to blame. Shaw's search for answers leads him to a shadowy organization that bills itself as a grief support group. But is it truly it a community that consoles the bereaved? Or a dangerous cult with a growing body count? Undercover, Shaw joins the mysterious group, risking everything despite the fact that no reward is on offer. He soon finds that some people will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden . . . and to make sure that he or those close to him say "goodbye" forever.
Author : Judy Kutulas
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-03-16
ISBN 10 : 9781469632926
Pages : 274 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (632 downloads)
Download After Aquarius Dawned PDF Format Full Free by Judy Kutulas and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Judy Kutulas complicates the common view that the 1970s were a time of counterrevolution against the radical activities and attitudes of the previous decade. Instead, Kutulas argues that the experiences and attitudes that were radical in the 1960s were becoming part of mainstream culture in the 1970s, as sexual freedom, gender equality, and more complex notions of identity, work, and family were normalized through popular culture--television, movies, music, political causes, and the emergence of new communities. Seemingly mundane things like watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show, listening to Carole King songs, donning Birkenstock sandals, or reading Roots were actually critical in shaping Americans' perceptions of themselves, their families, and their relation to authority. Even as these cultural shifts eventually gave way to a backlash of political and economic conservatism, Kutulas shows that what critics perceive as the narcissism of the 1970s was actually the next logical step in a longer process of assimilating 1960s values like individuality and diversity into everyday life. Exploring such issues as feminism, sexuality, and race, Kutulas demonstrates how popular culture helped many Americans make sense of key transformations in U.S. economics, society, politics, and culture in the late twentieth century.
Download The 1970s PDF Format Full Free by Neil A. Hamilton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the United States during the 1970s as well as presenting primary source material such as memoirs, letters, news articles, and speeches.
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Author : George D. Chryssides
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-01-02
ISBN 10 : 9781441198297
Pages : 456 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (198 downloads)
Download The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements PDF Format Full Free by George D. Chryssides and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements covers key themes such as charismatic leadership, conversion and brainwashing, prophecy and millennialism, violence and suicide, gender and sexuality, legal issues, and the portrayal of New Religious Movements by the media and anti-cult organisations. Several categories of new religions receive special attention, including African new religions, Japanese new religions, Mormons, and UFO religions. This guide to New Religious Movements and their critical study brings together 29 world-class international scholars, and serves as a resource to students and researchers. The volume highlights the current state of academic study in the field, and explores areas in which future research might develop. Clearly and accessibly organised to help users quickly locate key information and analysis, the book includes an A to Z of key terms, extensive guides to further resources, a comprehensive bibliography, and a timeline of major developments in the field such as the emergence of new groups, publications, legal decisions, and historical events.
Author : Ritchie R. Moorhead
Publisher : Author House
Release Date : 2011-07-12
ISBN 10 : 9781463408466
Pages : 642 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (48 downloads)
Download The Kid Looks Back-Short Stories & Tall Tales PDF Format Full Free by Ritchie R. Moorhead and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kid Looks Back is a collection of sixty-eight stories that cover a wide range of topics. I hope that his book will be a gentle hiding place where you can go to get away from something, return to something or go where you have never been. Some of these stories are true. Others are factually true, although bit embellished. Others are outright fabrications. Most look back to a kinder, mellower time. Digging for worms, swimming in a pond, using an outhouse or wading in a river may bring gross evaluations from our urbanized cousins. I hope that this book introduces them to life with a smile. Most of the stories have a message. Many are simply humorous. Entertainment is the motive. Carefree is the mood. Try to find yourself within these pages. May the beak of reality crack your comfort shell. Start anywhere. Finish anytime. Enjoy!
Author : Irina Gendelman
Publisher : Lexington Books
Release Date : 2020-10-14
ISBN 10 : 9781793610898
Pages : 247 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (61 downloads)
Download Classroom on the Road PDF Format Full Free by Irina Gendelman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel explores real-world, out-of-the-box examples of faculty-led student travel that challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional tourism. Contributors share teaching methods that can be adapted for a variety of university travel scenarios and encourage students to be responsible and thoughtful members of the global community who seek out valuable experiences in other cultures to go beyond the standard consumption of touristy clichés. Furthermore, this book contributes to existing discourse about travel by going beyond being “just” a tourist to become a person who impacts—and is impacted by—other cultures and the commensurate politics of place. Contributors discuss issues of cultural imperialism, economic disparity, and responsible travel that can help protect unique destinations from the homogenizing effects of global capitalism, encouraging respectful and responsible travel.
Download Guyana PDF Format Full Free by Kirk Smock and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides all the practical and background information necessary to get the most from your trip.
Author : Clifton D. Bryant
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2014-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9781317770534
Pages : 889 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (77 downloads)
Download Deviant Behaviour PDF Format Full Free by Clifton D. Bryant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive set of readings examining the full range of concerns in the field of deviant behaviour. All the selections are relatively recent and have not appeared in other anthologies.
