62 Results for : culpable
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Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 773min
Oscar Pistorius was eleven months old when he had both legs amputated below the knee, due to congenital fibular disease. Despite this severe disability, Pistorious grew up to be an extraordinary athlete, inspirational role model, and global symbol of resilience. In 2012 he became the first amputee runner in history to compete in the Olympics and was hailed as a hero not only in his native South Africa but around the world. Everything changed for Pistorius in the early morning hours of February 14, 2013, Valentine's Day, when he shot and killed his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, through a closed bathroom door, allegedly because he mistook her for an intruder intent on doing him harm. He was arrested and charged with premeditated murder, and overnight, the public's view of Pistorius turned on its head. Not since the O. J. Simpson case has a courtroom drama riveted global attention on one man's fate. Acclaimed journalist John Carlin's vivid firsthand account of Pistorius' seven-month murder trial, broadcast worldwide from Johannesburg, details the wrenching emotional breakdowns and merciless interrogation of the accused on and off the stand, the fraught relationship between the Pistorius and Steenkamp families, and the highly controversial verdict of culpable homicide, for which Pistorius received a five-year sentence. But Chase Your Shadow is far more than just a sensational crime story, as Carlin shows through meticulous reporting and extensive access to Pistorius and his family and friends. This courtroom confrontation between a white, privileged, 27-year-old male athlete on trial for murder and the black female judge who alone would decide his fate held in a democratic country trying to exorcise its history of racial hatred and endemic violence against women - exposes the complex social and political realities of post-Apartheid South Africa. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gideon Emery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004232/bk_harp_004232_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Murder Creek: The "Unfortunate Incident" of Annie Jean Barnes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 412min
On a chilly evening in fall of 1966, Annie Jean Barnes left her home in East Brewton, Alabama, to spend time at a secluded fishing camp owned by a local doctor. Less than 48 hours later she was hospitalized - beaten and abused. Within a week, she was dead. And, it would seem, willfully forgotten by the citizens of Brewton - the more prosperous area on the west side of Murder Creek - who soon came to refer to the fate of Jean Barnes as an "unfortunate incident." The 2003 publication of Suzanne Hudson's novel In a Temple of Trees raised the ghost of Annie Jean. Present at Hudson's premiere book signing in Brewton, Joe Formichella met Barnes' surviving children and became moved to tell the story in full. Who was culpable for their mother's death? The town physician who owned the camp? The authorities who mishandled the subsequent investigation? Had there been a cover-up? With so much evidence either contradictory or mysteriously missing, was there now any way to bring anyone to justice? Formichella, in seeking those answers, found instead a larger question: what would justice mean for a community built as though it were a functioning social model for certain principles set down in the deeply flawed Alabama state constitution - a document penned in 1901 by wealthy land-owners and politicians, seeking to keep the riff-raff at bay? Systems of justice, in Alabama, and throughout America, should be designed to protect precisely those citizens too poor to wield any kind of influence. This is the story of a breakdown in that system, a clarion call for its correction, and a ray of hope for those who have waited too long for the answer to the simple question: who beat Annie Barnes? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Formichella, Suzanne Hudson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/077130/bk_acx0_077130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sinclair: The World's End Murders through the Eyes of a Killer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 182min
A spine-tingling account of the man behind the World's End murders On October 15 1977, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott left the World's End pub after a fun-filled night with two men in their arms. They had their whole lives ahead of them. They had nothing to fear and everything to look forward to. Their naked bodies were discovered the following day. They were found six miles apart from each other. No attempt had been made to conceal their bodies, and both girls had been beaten, gagged, tied, raped and strangled. The case attracted widespread media attention and despite the Police's best efforts, they were unable to identify a culprit. Within the next six months, the investigation was scaled down. The World's End killers were still at large. Free to continue terrorizing the streets of Scotland. Thanks to the advances in DNA profiling, investigators were able to link the murders of Christine Eadie and Helen Scott to an Angus Sinclair, who was known to the Police. Sinclair had pleaded guilty to culpable homicide of an eight-year-old girl when he was just 16 and was serving a life sentence for the murder of another 17-year-old girl. It is not known how many victims suffered at the hands of Sinclair. He is thought to have killed at least another four women but it could have been twice that amount. Best-selling author Ryan Green assumes the role of Angus Sinclair and attempts to fill in the blanks on one of Scotland's most notorious serial killers. Sinclair is a shocking true story about lust, manipulation, dominance and extreme violence. CAUTION: This book contains descriptive accounts of sexual abuse and violence. If you are especially sensitive to this material, it might be advisable not to listen any further. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve White. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/110358/bk_acx0_110358_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Eight Faces at Three
John J. Malone, defender of the guilty, is notorious for getting his culpable clients off. It's the innocent ones who are problems. Like Holly Inglehart, accused of piercing the black heart of her well-heeled and tyrannical aunt Alexandria with a lovely Florentine paper cutter. No one who knew the old battle-ax liked her, but Holly's prints were found on the murder weapon. Plus, she had a motive: She was about to be disinherited for marrying a common bandleader. With each new lurid headline, Holly's friends and supporters start to rally. There's North Shore debutante Helene Brand; Holly's groom's press agent, Jake Justus; the madam of a local brothel, and Alexandria's hand-wringing servants. But not one of them can explain the queerest bent to the crime: At the time of the murder, every clock in the Inglehart mansion stopped dead. And that's only the first twist in a baffling case of "aunty-cide"-because Alexandria won't be the last to die. The first novel in Rice's John J. Malone series, Eight Faces at Three introduces the hard-drinking Chicago-based attorney that made the author a household name. Comic, witty, and lush, the Malone books are a throwback to a time when alcoholism was commonplace and murder (or, reading about murder) was fun. Fans of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man series and Richard and Frances Lockridge's Mr. and Mrs. North will find much to enjoy in the witty banter of Malone and his constant companions, Brand and Justus. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.- Shop: buecher
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Haifa Republic
A provocative argument for a new way of seeing Israel, Zionism, and the two-state solution.Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel is an urgent wake-up call. The philosopher Omri Boehm argues that it is long past time to recognize that there will not be a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. After fifty years, Israel s occupation of the West Bank constitutes annexation in all but name, even as the legitimate claims of the Arab population, soon to be a national majority, remain unaddressed. Meanwhile, daily life goes on under conditions rightly likened to apartheid. For liberals in Israel and America to continue to place their hopes in a two-state solution is a form of willful and culpable blindness, especially now that Israeli leaders across the political spectrum have begun to speak of ethnic cleansing. A catastrophe is in the making.But Haifa Republic also offers grounds for hope. Catastrophe can be averted, Boehm contends, by reconfiguring Israel as a single binational state in which Palestinians and Jews both possess human rights and equal citizenship. The original Zionists Theodor Herzl, Ze ev Jabotinsky, and, early in his career, David Ben-Gurion all advocated such a federation, and as prime minister, Menachem Begin successfully submitted a kindred plan to the Knesset. A binational federation offers a last chance for the two peoples who call Palestine home to live in peace and mutual respect and to have a truly democratic future in common.- Shop: buecher
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The Political Works of Remigius Dei Girolami, Hörbuch, Digital, 220min
This is an abridged version of Dr. Nicholas Newman's translation and commentary on the political works of Remigius dei Girolami. Not included in the audio version is Newman's commentary, footnotes, and works cited. Remigius dei Girolami, a Dominican friar and lector in the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence as well as a political philosopher and theologian, wrote in the context of the Guelf-Ghibbeline conflict in Florence in the early 14th century. Unfortunately, Remigius is rather poorly known, as he is eclipsed by his more famous teacher, Thomas Aquinas, and his Florentine contemporary, Dante Alighieri. Nevertheless, Remigius authored an impressive array of texts, ranging in topic from theology to science to music to politics. What is offered in this book is a new translation of several of Remigius dei Girolami's political works; the De Bono Communi, De Bono Pacis, Sermones de Pace, and the De Iustitia. These texts, in their discussion of how to overcome this conflict, offer a unique perspective, since Remigius carefully avoids the core of the conflict, the last playing out of the Investiture controversy between Pope and Emperor, and instead focuses on the relationship between the individual and the state. These are not polemic texts, meant to bolster one side over the other, rather he paints a picture in which even the victory of one side over the other results in destruction for all, since conflict is of detriment to society as a whole. It is not imperial party or papal party that are the problem and must be defeated, as is seen often in other texts of the same time period, such as the Defensor Pacis by Marsilius of Padua or Dante's De Monarchia, whose hatred of the Black Guelfs was so great that he consigned many of their leaders in the Inferno. Instead, it is the individual who does not love the city who is culpable for the destruction of the state, conversely, it is through the love of this individual for the community that all benefit./ Language: English. Narrator: Chiquito Joaquim Crasto. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/161053/bk_acx0_161053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Vivir ou simplemente existir 3 (eBook, ePUB)
Eduard Wagner Ben pode ser que o libro resultou un pouco abundante, o que alí se describe, pero todo pasou como alí se indica. Seguro que hai moitas memorias e estas son quizais as que se podería dicir que era unha vida normal, pero esta tamén é a visión de como vivín a miña existencia. Pero iso non quere dicir que culpo a ninguén do meu entorno ou semellante, senón que todo se basea nas miñas propias decisións. Daquela, non podía xulgar se estaban ben ou mal, pero só despois. O 95% das veces decidín facelo así. Se me dixeran ou non algo é unha pregunta diferente. Pero o que, sen dúbida, estará comigo ata o final da miña vida, sexa como sexa, é que unha persoa pense noutra persoa cun asasinato de personaxes para talvez darlle un impulso á súa carreira. Se naquel momento os feitos e non as estimacións foran transmitidos como feitos das finanzas á xudicatura, a miña vida probablemente tería un rumbo diferente. Aínda que por esta causa se constatase que fun culpable dalgunhas infraccións legais, estou convencido de que serei inocente ata o final da miña vida. Decidín protexer ao meu fillo co meu enfoque. Podes pensar o que queres agora, eu decidín o camiño correcto para min, se non, o meu fillo podería non estar vivo hoxe. Non podo responder necesariamente se estou feliz coa miña vida actual ou non, porque creo que ese é un punto de vista moi persoal. estou feliz. Por que? Por unha banda, a miña existencia vai agora con calma en contraste co que xa puiden vivir, por outra parte estou moi contenta de poder librarme da adicción que me acompañaba durante máis de 3 décadas. Non sei como pasou iso en 2014. Era un poder superior ou era que estaba máis preto do suicidio do que quería admitir para min mesmo. De todos os xeitos, non o vou cuestionar. Quizais todo o que estou dando sexa unha experiencia que poida ser útil para uns ou outros. Pero iso non quere dicir que condeno o que tería vivido, non, ao contrario. Mentres tanto, seis décadas de vida tamén houbo momentos fermosos, e un dos outros que se me ocorren é o nacemento do meu fillo. Xulga por ti mesmo se paga a pena vivir esta existencia ou non.- Shop: buecher
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Vivir o simplemente existir 3 (eBook, ePUB)
Eduard Wagner Bien puede ser que el libro haya salido un poco sustancioso, lo que allí se describe, pero todo sucedió como allí se dice. Seguro que hay muchas memorias y estas son quizás de las que se podría decir que fue una vida normal, pero esta es también la visión de cómo experimenté mi existencia. Pero eso no significa que culpe a nadie en mi entorno o similares, sino que todo se basa en mis propias decisiones. En ese momento, no podía juzgar si estaban bien o mal, pero solo después. El 95% del tiempo me decidí a hacerlo de esa manera. Si me habrían dicho algo o no, es una cuestión diferente. Pero lo que sin duda me acompañará hasta el final de mi vida, en cualquier forma, es que una persona piense en otra persona con carácter asesino para quizás darle un impulso a su carrera. Si en ese momento los hechos y no las estimaciones se hubieran pasado como hechos de las finanzas al poder judicial, mi vida probablemente habría tomado un rumbo diferente. Incluso si se determinara por esta causa que yo era culpable de algunas violaciones legales, estoy convencido de que seré inocente hasta el final de mi vida. Decidí proteger a mi hijo con mi enfoque. Puede pensar lo que quiera ahora, he decidido el camino correcto para mí, de lo contrario, mi hijo podría no estar vivo hoy. No necesariamente puedo responder si estoy feliz con mi vida actual o no, porque creo que ese es un punto de vista muy personal. Yo estoy feliz. ¿Por qué? Por un lado, mi existencia ahora transcurre tranquilamente en contraste con lo que ya pude experimentar, por otro lado, estoy muy feliz de haber podido deshacerme de mi adicción que me había acompañado durante más de 3 décadas. No sé cómo sucedió eso en 2014. ¿Era un poder superior o era que estaba más cerca del suicidio de lo que quería admitirme? De todos modos, no lo cuestionaré. Quizás todo lo que estoy dando es una experiencia que podría ser de utilidad para uno u otro. Pero eso no quiere decir que condeno lo que hubiera vivido, no, al contrario. Mientras tanto, en las seis décadas de vida, ciertamente también ha habido momentos hermosos, y uno de los otros que me viene a la mente es el nacimiento de mi hijo. Juzga por ti mismo si vale la pena vivir esta existencia o no.- Shop: buecher
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Viure o simplement existir 3 (eBook, ePUB)
Eduard Wagner Pot ser que el llibre hagi resultat una mica contundent, el que s'hi descriu, però tot va passar tal com s'hi diu. Segur que hi ha moltes memòries i aquestes potser són les que es podria dir que era una vida normal, però aquesta també és la visió de com vaig viure la meva existència. Però això no vol dir que culpi a ningú del meu entorn o similar, sinó que tot es basa en les meves pròpies decisions. Aleshores, no podia jutjar si tenien raó o mal, però només després. El 95% de les vegades em vaig decidir a fer-ho així. Si m'haurien dit alguna cosa o no és una altra pregunta. Però el que sens dubte m'acompanyarà fins al final de la meva vida, sigui la forma que sigui, és que una persona pensi en algú altre amb un assassinat de personatges per tal de donar un impuls a la seva carrera. Si aleshores els fets i no les estimacions s'haguessin traslladat com a fets de les finances a la justícia, probablement la meva vida hauria pres un altre curs. Encara que per aquesta causa es descobrís que era culpable d'algunes infraccions legals, estic convençut que seré innocent fins al final de la meva vida. Vaig decidir protegir el meu fill amb el meu enfocament. Potser penses el que vulguis ara, he decidit el camí correcte per a mi, si no, el meu fill podria no estar viu avui. No puc respondre necessàriament si estic content amb la meva vida actual o no, perquè crec que és un punt de vista molt personal. Estic content. Per què? D'una banda, ara la meva existència va amb calma en contrast amb el que ja vaig poder viure, per l'altra estic molt content d'haver pogut desfer-me de la meva addicció que m'acompanyava durant més de 3 dècades. No sé com va passar el 2014. Era un poder superior o era que estava més a prop del suïcidi del que volia admetre per mi mateix. De totes maneres, no ho qüestionaré. Potser tot el que estic donant és una experiència que podria ser útil per a un o l'altre. Però això no vol dir que condemni el que hauria viscut, no, al contrari. Mentrestant, sis dècades de vida també hi ha hagut moments bonics, i un dels altres que em ve al cap és el naixement del meu fill. Jutgeu vosaltres mateixos si val la pena viure aquesta existència o no.- Shop: buecher
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