The Oxford History of Modern War

The Oxford History of Modern War
Author: Charles Townshend
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192806459

Offering a comprehensive overview of military conflict over several centuries, this book consists of fascinating thematic chapters covering air and sea warfare, combat experience, technology, and even opposition to war.

A Promise of Justice

A Promise of Justice
Author: David Protess
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1998-08-03
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The dramatic true story of how a journalist, a professor, and three students solved a murder and helped free four wrongly convicted men after 18 years in prison.

The Walnut Trees of Altenburg

The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
Author: André Malraux
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1992-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780226502892

"One of the key texts of Malraux's work . . . [its] pages must be counted among the most haunting in all of twentieth century literature."—Victor Brombert "The description of the gas attack on the Russian front in 1915 will never be forgotten by anyone who has read it. . . . [Malraux] writes with the precision, the certitude and the authority of an obsessed person who knows that he has found the essence of what he has been looking for."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, from the Foreword Malraux's greatest novel, Man's Fate, gave a grim, lurid picture of human suffering. [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg], written by a life-long observer of violent upheaval and within the shadows of World War II, gives a calm, thoughtful vision of humanistic endeavor that can transcend the absurdity of existence. Mature readers will find this a rewarding visit to one of the most accomplished writers of our time."—Choice

In the Company of Giants

In the Company of Giants
Author: Paul J. Ciolino
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0595348130

"For those who care about justice, and especially those who want to do something about injustice, Paul Ciolino's In the Company of Giants is a must-read."--Rob Warden, Executive Director, Innocence Project, Northwestern University School of Law "Paul Ciolino is old school. Right is right and wrong is wrong. With street smarts and a sixth sense for where to look, Ciolino won't let go until he's found what he's looking for, which is quite simply justice. And now he's written a highly readable, straight-ahead, tell-it-like-it-is guide to let us in on what he knows."--Alex Kotlowitz, Author of There Are No Children Here, Never a City So Real, and The Other Side of the River Herein lies the root of the issue. Justice, morality, and freedom. This is what our fight is about. This is what it boils down to for me and I hope for you as well. Money is nice. Professional recognition by our peers is great. Warm and fuzzy media stories about our quest for justice are ego enriching. But, at the end of the day, it is about our most basic and dearest God inspired constitutional rights as Americans. This is what the wrongful conviction case is about, and this is why we find ourselves doing this work.

The Bachelors

The Bachelors
Author: Henry de Montherlant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1803
Genre: French fiction
ISBN:

Crooked City

Crooked City
Author: Martin Preib
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2014-02-19
Genre: Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN: 9781495485312

In this second collection of connected essays, Chicago cop Martin Preib takes on seemingly unrelated murder cases, all dating from one year, 1982, including some in which offenders were released as part of the wrongful conviction movement. This book shatters reader assumptions-about the workings of justice, the objectivity of the media, and the role of the police in the city of Chicago, even calling into question allegations of police torture in the notorious cases against Jon Burge. Told in the gripping tension of a crime novel, Preib strives for the highest language as he wanders these brutal, controversial killings.