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Pleading out : how plea bargaining creates a permanent criminal class / by Canon, Dan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Brahmins, bargains, and bootmakers -- The ordinary men standing around -- The vital force of progress -- The rise of the criminal class -- Tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving -- A finger on the scales -- Lucy and Ethel's conveyor belt -- The weakest defense -- Affluenza -- Conditions, coercions, and castrations -- For the sake of expediency -- Spare the rod, spoil the trial -- Greater than their hoarded gold."Law professor and civil rights lawyer Dan Canon argues that an astounding 97 percent of cases in the United States are disposed of quickly and quietly with plea deals, rather than the jury trials most of us envision. Over the last 200 years, the criminaljustice system has come to prioritize speed and volume above all else. The central question our courts ask is not whether justice is being done, but how they can more efficiently herd bodies through a reductive, inadequate, inhuman process. The result isa massive underclass of people who are restricted from voting, working, and otherwise participating in society. Pleading Out exposes the ugly truth about what's wrong with America's criminal justice system today-and provides a starting point for fixing it"--
Subjects: Plea bargaining;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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A practical guide to culture : helping the next generation navigate today's world / by Stonestreet, John,author.(CARDINAL)407292;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-367)."Something has changed. We all sense it. Cultural pressure is increasing, especially on our kids. But even in a world of addictions, ever-present screens, and gender-identity questions, youth can have clarity and confidence. We must help them attain it. In this honest and practical guide for parents and Christian leaders, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle explore questions such as: What unseen undercurrents are shaping twenty-first-century youth culture? Why do so many kids struggle with identity? How do we talk to kids about LGBT issues? How can we steer kids away from substance abuse and other addictions? How can we ground students in the biblical story and empower them to change the world? "--Back cover.
Subjects: Christianity and culture.; Attitude (Psychology); Conduct of life; Christian life.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Iceman : uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an alpine glacier / by Fowler, Brenda.(CARDINAL)658739;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index.
Subjects: Copper age; Copper age; Mummies.; Neolithic period; Neolithic period; Otzi (Ice mummy);
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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The secret lives of men : what men want you to know about love, sex, and relationships / by Blazina, Chris.(CARDINAL)672625;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index.The ten commandments of growing up male -- The secret shoebox : the basis for love and sex -- Man emotions : more than sex and aggression -- Beyond the body armor: when feelings are exposed -- Peter Pan doesn't live here anymore -- Lost boys to renaissance men -- The father and mother wounds -- Making peace with the shadow parents -- The V spot : castrating the man you love -- How to offer constructive feedback to a man -- Why every man needs a guardian and how to become one for the one you love.
Subjects: Men; Men; Men.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Empress Cixtisis / by Simon, Anne,1980-author,artist.(CARDINAL)595754; Allen, Jenna,translator.(CARDINAL)600289;
Includes bibliographical references."Cixtisis, the empress of Tchitchinie, kidnaps all of the men from Agalaia's kingdom to castrate them and make them her slaves. Anger grows amongst the female residents of Suffragette City--they want their husbands back. Will Aglaia be able to avert war and bring peace once again to the region? Anne Simon showcases a deft touch in this allegorical fantasy graphic novel brimming with subversive twists and comical turns"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fantasy comics.; Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908; Anthropomorphism; Kings and rulers; Queens; Slavery; Women's rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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And man created God : a history of the world at the time of Jesus / by O'Grady, Selina.(CARDINAL)421973;
MARCIVE 6/10/13Includes bibliographical references and index.The rebranding of Rome -- Augustus : god and first citizen -- Alexandria : gods in the city -- The African goddess-queen -- The mirage of Arabia : Rome's fiasco -- How Herod and the Pharisees radicalized the Jews -- Galilee : Jesus and the messiah-bandits -- Castrating priests and trading gods in Palmyra -- Political and religious chaos in Parthia -- A 'pagan Christ' in Babylon -- India : Brahmins versus monks -- The Buddha in a toga -- Confucius' religion for civil servants -- Wang Mang the pious usurper -- The dragon who flew too high -- Recalcitrant spirits : the German resistance -- Rome : the emperor becomes god -- The death of Jesus -- And Paul created Christ.At the time of Jesus' birth, thousands of people were leaving their families and tribes behind and flocking into brand new multi-ethnic cities. The world was undergoing the first phase of globalization, and in this ferment rulers and ruled turned to religion as a source of order and stability. The world was full of gods, competing and merging with one another. Selina O'Grady takes the reader on a journey across the empires of the ancient world and introduces us to rulers, merchants, messiahs, priests and holy men. Throughout, she seeks to answer why, amongst the countless options available, the empires at the time "chose" the religions they did? Why did China's rulers hitch their fate to Confucianism, a philosophy more than a religion? And why was a tiny Jewish cult eventually adopted by Rome's emperors rather than the far more popular and widespread cult of Isis? O'Grady looks at why and how religions have had such an immense impact on human history and in doing so uncovers the ineradicable connection between politics and religion--a connection which still defines us in our own age.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Church history; Christianity; Civilization, Ancient.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Fight club [videorecording] / by Fincher, David,film director.drt(CARDINAL)373496; Milchan, Arnon,1944-film producer.pro(CARDINAL)634800; Linson, Art,film producer.pro(CARDINAL)810204; Chaffin, Ceán,film producer.pro; Bell, Ross Grayson,film producer.pro; Uhls, Jim,1961-screenwriter.aus; Pitt, Brad,1963-actor.act(CARDINAL)305261; Norton, Edward,actor.act(CARDINAL)273634; Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-actor.act(CARDINAL)376729; Meat Loaf(Vocalist),1947-2022,actor.act(CARDINAL)882872; Leto, Jared,1971-actor.act(CARDINAL)535454; Grenier, Zach,1954-actor.act; McCallany, Holt,actor.act(CARDINAL)848859; Bailey, Eion,actor.act; Kaplan, Michael(Costume designer),costume designer.cst; Haygood, James,film editor.flm; McDowell, Alex,production designer.prs(CARDINAL)848498; Cronenweth, Jeff,cinematographer.cng; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Palahniuk, Chuck.Fight club.; Dust Brothers,composer (expression); Fox 2000 Pictures,presenter.(CARDINAL)784935; Linson Films (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)848422; Regency Enterprises,presenter.(CARDINAL)785784; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)340075; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,film distributor.(CARDINAL)137420;
Fear center -- Ground zero -- Insomnia -- Nesting instinct -- Remaining men together -- Power animal -- Marla -- Single serving Jack -- Tyler -- Jack's nice neat flaming shit -- Lament of a sofa -- Odd jobs -- Hit me -- Paper Street -- Welcome to fight club -- Infectious human waste -- Sport fucking -- Tyler's secret formula soap -- Chemical burn -- Middle children of history -- Homework -- Jack's smiling revenge -- Project mayhem -- Human sacrifice -- Space monkeys -- Psycho boy -- Near-life experience -- Tyler says goodbye -- Operation latté thunder -- Déjà vu -- Changeover -- Mea culpa -- Castrating cops -- Kicking and screaming -- Walls of Jericho -- End credits.Costume designer, Michael Kaplan ; music by The Dust Brothers (Michael Sampson and John King); film editor, James Haygood ; production designer, Alex McDowell ; director of photography, Jeff Cronenweth.Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf Aday, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Holt McCallany, Eion Bailey."A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground 'fight clubs' forming in every town -- until a sensuous and mysterious woman comes between the two men and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion."--Back of container.MPAA rating: R.DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby surround, THX.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Film adaptations.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Sports films.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Crime films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Film adaptations.; Violence in men; Violence; Young men;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Enlightened sexism : the seductive message that feminism's work is done / by Douglas, Susan J.(Susan Jeanne),1950-(CARDINAL)192891;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-334) and index.Get the girls -- Castration anxiety -- Warrior women in thongs -- The new girliness -- You go girl -- Sex "R" us -- Reality bites -- Lean girls-mean girls -- Red carpet mania -- Women on top--sort of.
Subjects: Feminism; Mass media and women; Women in popular culture; Feminism.; Women's movement.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broken angels / by Masterton, Graham,author.(CARDINAL)516266;
One cold spring morning in County Cork, two fishermen find a bundle of rags floating in the Blackwater River. It is the bloated body of Father Heaney. His hands and feet are bound, and his neck bears the marks of garrotting wire. Worse still, he has been castrated. When a second priest is found murdered, his body bruised and beaten and the same savage wound hidden beneath his soutane, Detective Inspector Katie Maguire finds evidence of a sinister cover-up at St Joseph's Orphanage. But the Catholic diocese still wields considerable power here, and the Garda are under pressure to close the case. Katie has to work alone if she is to catch the killer in time - but first she must shatter a wall of silence that for decades has hidden a terrible secret. A secret that is beyond belief.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Maguire, Katie (Fictitious character); Catholic Church; Murder; Orphanages; Priests; Secrecy; Women detectives; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Secret societies / by Harding, Nick,author.(CARDINAL)640773;
Examines these societies and why common and influential people alike are drawn to their ceremonies, rites, secrecy, and more.
Subjects: Secret societies.; Rites and ceremonies.; Manners and customs.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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