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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (non illustrated) Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student from St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. This murder he also commits to test Raskolnikov's hypothesis that some people are naturally able to and also have the right to murder. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov also justifies his actions by connecting himself mentally with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose, only to find out he "... is not a Napoleon." (non illustrated) |
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The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay Paperback edition of the classic Federalist Papers. |
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On Liberty John Stuart Mill The Origin of Liberalism. Influenced by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Mill adopted a modified laissez-faire position, believing in the efficiency of free enterprise, but aware of the frequent failure of the market to maximize utility. Later refining this stance, he argued that the promotion of happiness is a moral duty (though he made a clear distinction between desirable and undesirable forms of pleasure). These ideas had a decisive influence on Mill's classic 1859 essay, perhaps the most celebrated defense of individual freedom and self-protection based on utilitarian values rather than natural right to appear in English. |
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THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE (non illustrated) Sir Author Conan Doyle Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.
Upon arriving, Watson finds Holmes in his bed looking very ill and gaunt indeed, and Holmes proceeds to make several odd demands of Watson. He is not to come near Holmes, for the illness is highly contagious. He will seek no help save from the man whom Holmes names. He will wait until six o’clock before Holmes names him. When Watson objects and tries to leave for help, Holmes musters enough strength to leap out of bed, and lock the door, taking the key. So, Watson is forced to wait. Holmes seems delirious at times.
Watson examines several objects in Holmes’s room while he waits. Holmes has a fit when Watson touches one item, a little black and white ivory box with a sliding lid. Holmes orders him to put it down, explaining that he does not like his things touched.
At six o’clock, Holmes tells Watson to turn the gaslight on, but only half-full. He then tells him to fetch Mr. Culverton Smith of 13 Lower Burke Street. Oddly, he also tells Watson to be sure that he and Smith return to Baker Street separately. Smith is not a doctor, but is supposedly an expert on the illness that ails Holmes. Also, Holmes explains that Smith does not particularly like him, for Holmes once cast the suspicion for Smith's nephew’s murder on him.
Outside Holmes’s door, Watson meets Inspector Morton. Upon hearing of Holmes’s illness, the inspector’s expression somewhat suggests exultation to Watson.
Watson goes to the address, and at first Smith refuses to see him. Watson forces his way in and once he makes it clear to an angry Culverton Smith that Sherlock Holmes is dying and wants to see him, his attitude changes drastically. He seems quite concerned, although for a moment, it seems to Watson that he is pleased. Smith agrees to come, and so Watson excuses himself by saying that he has another appointment. He arrives back at Baker Street before Smith gets there.
Holmes is pleased to hear that Smith is coming, and orders Watson to hide behind a decorative screen next to the bed. He does so, and presently, Culverton Smith arrives. His bedside manner seems more taunting than soothing.
Believing that they are alone, Smith is quite frank, and it soon emerges, to the hiding Watson’s horror, that Holmes has been sickened by the same illness that killed Smith’s nephew Victor. Believing that Holmes is at death’s door and will never get to repeat what he hears, Smith is also frank enough to admit that he murdered his nephew with this disease, which he had been studying. He sees the little ivory box, which Smith sent by post, and which contains a sharp spring infected with the illness. He pockets it, removing the evidence of his crime. He then resolves to stay there and watch Holmes die.
Holmes asks him to turn the gas up full, which he does. He also asks for some water and a cigarette. No sooner have these requests been fulfilled than Inspector Morton comes in — the gaslight was the signal to move in, it turns out. Holmes tells him to arrest Culverton Smith for his nephew’s murder. Smith, still as arrogant as ever, points out that his word is as good as Holmes’s in court, but then, of course, Watson emerges from behind the screen to present himself as a witness to the conversation.
Holmes is not really dying, of course. This has all been a ruse to get Culverton Smith to confess to his nephew’s murder. Holmes was not infected by the little box; he has enough enemies to know that he must always examine his mail carefully before he opens it. Starving himself for three days, and a little vaseline, belladonna, rouge, and beeswax made him a convincing malingerer and the claim of the "disease's" infectious nature was to keep Watson from examining. (non illustrated) |
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Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Lubbock County- Texas (Last Statments) This Book contains the Final Last Statements of Death Row Inmates before they were Executed. This information was researched from the records of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This non fiction murder and criminal justice book includes information and facts on inmates found guilty and executed for crimes committed from Lubbock County and in the State of Texas. Inside this Booklet you will get a brief summary of each case. You will learn the crimes that the inmate was found guilty of and summaries of the case and history. Copies of the Inmates last statement, if any, are included. This booklet does not take a position on the Death Penalty. It is meant to be a reflection of non fiction murders and real life crimes committed in Lubbock County, the people involved, and the last statements of those accused before facing execution. |
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The Law Frederic Bastiat The Law was originally published in French in 1850 by Frederic Bastiat. It was written two years after the third French Revolution of 1848. From Wikipedia: Claude Frédéric Bastiat (29 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost. Bastiat was born in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. When he was nine years old, he was orphaned and became a ward of his paternal grandparents. At 17, he left school to work in his family's export business. Economist Thomas DiLorenzo suggests that this experience was crucial to Bastiat's later work since it allowed young Frédéric to acquire first-hand knowledge of how regulation can affect markets. Sheldon Richman notes that "he came of age during the Napoleonic wars, with their extensive government intervention in economic affairs." When Bastiat was 25, his grandfather died, leaving the young man the family estate, thereby providing him with the means to further his theoretical inquiries. Bastiat developed intellectual interests in several areas including philosophy, history, politics, religion, travel, poetry, political economy and biography. After the middle-class Revolution of 1830, Bastiat became politically active and was elected justice of the peace in 1831 and to the Council General (county-level assembly) in 1832. He was elected to the national legislative assembly after the French Revolution of 1848. His public career as an economist began only in 1844. It was cut short by his untimely death in 1850. Bastiat had contracted tuberculosis, probably during his tours throughout France to promote his ideas, and that illness eventually prevented him from making further speeches (particularly at the legislative assembly to which he was elected in 1848 and 1849) and took his life. Bastiat died in Rome on 24 December 1850. Bastiat was the author of many works on economics and political economy, generally characterized by their clear organization, forceful argumentation, and acerbic wit. Economist Murray Rothbard wrote that "Bastiat was indeed a lucid and superb writer, whose brilliant and witty essays and fables to this day are remarkable and devastating demolitions of protectionism and of all forms of government subsidy and control. He was a truly scintillating advocate of an untrammeled free market." On the other hand, Bastiat himself declared that subsidy should be available, but limited: "under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people, to help them adjust to changing conditions." Among his better known works is Economic Sophisms, which contains many strongly worded attacks on statist policies. Bastiat wrote it while living in England to advise the shapers of the French Republic on pitfalls to avoid. Contained within Economic Sophisms is the famous satirical parable known as the "Candlemakers' petition" which presents itself as a demand from the candlemakers' guild to the French government, asking the government to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products. He also facetiously "advocated" forbidding the usage of everyone's right hand, based on the assumptions that more difficulty means more work and more work means more wealth. Much like Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal or Benjamin Franklin's anti-slavery works, Bastiat's argument cleverly highlights basic flaws in protectionism by demonstrating its absurdity through logical extremes. Bastiat's most famous work, however, is undoubtedly THE LAW, originally published as a pamphlet in 1850. It defines, through development, a just system of laws and then demonstrates how such law facilitates a free society. He also famously engaged in a debate, between 1849 and 1850, with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon about the legitimacy of interest. |
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Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 4th Edition (Aspen Student Treatise Series) Erwin Chemerinsky Relied on by students, professors, and practitioners, Erwin Chemerinsky's popular treatise, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, Fourth Edition, clearly states the law and identifies the underlying policy issues in each area of constitutional law. The characteristics that make this treatise so highly valued include: - Thorough coverage of all areas of constitutional law, suitable for both beginning and advanced courses.
- Issues are presented clearly and with a neutral approach that examines all sides in constitutional law issues.
- Discussion not only of doctrines but of the underlying policy issues of the law.
- Flexible organization: the chapters can be used separately in any order.
Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition: - Focuses particularly on developments since the publication of the third edition, including issues involving standing, congressional power, presidential power and the war on terror, preemption, school desegregation, abortion rights and voting rights, and First Amendment issues concerning speech and religion.
- Includes coverage of the most recent and significant cases :
- Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation and its implications for taxpayer standing
- Boumediene v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, concerning the war on terror
- Wyeth v. Levine and Riegel v. Medtronic (preemption cases)
- Philip Morris USA v. Williams and the law of punitive damages
- District of Columbia v. Heller (an in-depth look at this case in a new section on the Second Amendment)
- Gonzalez v. Carhart and its importance in analyzing issues concerning abortion rights
- Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. and the law of voting rights
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, on the use of race in school desegregation
- Garcetti v. Ceballos and its significance for the speech of government employees
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Randall v. Sorrell, and Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC (campaign finance law)
- Morse v. Frederick and student speech
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The Federalist Papers [Illustrated] Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean.
The Federalist remains the major primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, as the essays outline a lucid and compelling version of the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government. The authors of The Federalist wanted both to influence the vote in favor of ratification and to shape future interpretations of the Constitution.
However, the authors of the Federalist papers also had a greater plan in mind. According to Federalist 1:
It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.
According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer."
At the time of publication, the authorship of the articles was a closely guarded secret, though astute observers guessed that Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
This book contains the complete text of;
- The Federalist Papers
- United States Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- United States Constitution
- Bill of Rights
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Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Dallas County- Texas (Criminal Justice-Death Penalty) S. Smith, S.Smith This Criminal and Law Book contains the Final Last Statements of Death Row Inmates from Dallas County, Texas before they were Executed. This Criminal Justice Book is Part One of Two. This information was researched from the records of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This Book contains 15 case files and Last Statement Records if the inmate made a statement. This non fiction murder and criminal justice book includes information and facts on inmates found guilty and executed for crimes committed from Dallas County and in the State of Texas. Inside this Booklet you will get a brief summary of each case. You will learn the crimes that the inmate was found guilty of and summaries of the case and history. Copies of the Inmates last statement, if any, are included. This criminal justice booklet does not take a position on the Death Penalty. It is meant to be a reflection of non fiction murders and real life crimes committed in Dallas County, the people involved, and the last statements of those accused before facing execution. |
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THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED CIRCLE (non illustrated) Sir Author Conan Doyle The book is about Sherlock Holmes. He is a detective in London and he dissolves mysteries with his friend mr Watson. On day, when Sherlock was at ms Warren`s place, ms Warren told him about her mysterious new lodger. First Sherlock didn`t wanted to know anything about it because she hadn`t got facts enough. But when she told some more things, Sherlock changed his mind. Now he thought he had to look at it. The thing ms Warren told were very strange. She told that her lodger never came out of the room he bought. And he always sended prints when he wanted something. And what might be the strangest thing of all, is that ms Warren never see the lodger. So Sherlock decided to do some research about it. At the end he found out that the lodger had put someone else in his room to keep her safe from the big danger. Because he and the woman were being threatened by a big Italian man. Sherlock heared that from nthe Italian woman herself when he had enticed her. He did that by using the same signs as her husband. Her husband had killed the big Italian guy. But after Sherlock heared all about what he did to the woman and her husband, Sherlock sayd she and her husband had nothing to worry about. (non illustrated) |