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- The famine plot : England's role in Ireland's greatest tragedy / by Coogan, Tim Pat,1935-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronology of the famine -- Setting the scene -- Born to filth -- A million deaths of no use -- Five actors and the orchards of hell -- Meal use -- Evictions -- The work schemes -- The workhouse -- Soup and souperism -- The Poor Law cometh -- Landlords targeted -- Emigration : escape by coffin ship -- The propaganda of famine."A bold new history of the great famine that holds the British government accountable"--P. [2] of cover.- Subjects: Ireland;
- © c2012., Palgrave Macmillan,
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- Understanding Hamlet / by Nardo, Don,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; English literature; Tragedy;
- © 2001, Lucent
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- Smacked : a story of white-collar ambition, addiction, and tragedy / by Zimmerman, Eilene,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Eilene Zimmerman's ex-husband, Peter, had it all: He was a partner at a prestigious law firm, lived in a $2 million house by the beach, and had two great kids. Maintaining a friendly relationship, Eilene and Peter talked and saw each other frequently. But a few years after their divorce she started noticing erratic behavior: absenteeism, weight loss, constant exhaustion and sickness. Peter explained it away as stress from the pressures of his job, but Eilene couldn't shake the feeling that something else was wrong. Months later, when she finds him dead, she goes on a journey to investigate how a man she thought she knew had become a drug addict. Zimmerman also takes a wider look at other cases of white-collar drug use and the devastation it leaves behind, showing that addiction can strike anyone. The result is a moving, intimate, and revealing look at both Peter's downward spiral and the drug epidemic among high-powered professionals, its impact on his family, and how a woman reconceives her life in the wake of loss"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Zimmerman, Eilene.; Zimmerman, Peter, -2015.; Lawyers; Drug addiction; Drug addicts; White collar workers; Workaholism; Divorced people; Grief.;
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- The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy / by Clark, Anna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Drinking water; Drinking water; Health risk assessment; Heavy metals;
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- Blood in the water : the untold story of a family tragedy / by Sherman, Casey,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.A contemporary true crime narrative for everyone fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, about Nathan Carman, who was found floating on a raft in the North Atlantic and was later accused of murdering his mother to gain access to his family's fortune of more than 40 million dollars.- Subjects: True crime stories.; Carman, Nathan, 1994-2023.; Murder; Parricide.;
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- Blood in the Water The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy [electronic resource] : by Sherman, Casey.aut; CloudLibrary;
"Blood in the Water is a twisty true crime narrative of greed, suspicion, and revenge, taking us from the high seas to the mansion of an enormously wealthy family. Compelling and cinematic, it keeps you guessing about the complicated family at the heart of this saga until the very last page." —Shawn Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of College Girl, Missing Troubled waters hide deadly secrets… When Nathan Carman, a young man with a complicated past, is miraculously rescued from a lifeboat bobbing in the unforgiving North Atlantic, questions swirl about the fate of his mother, who is presumed to have drowned when their fishing boat sank. Nathan is in remarkably good shape for being lost at sea for a week, and his account of what exactly happened out there on the waves raises questions from family members and law enforcement. Nathan's story of a fishing trip gone awry doesn't quite add up, and suspicion mounts. The mysterious murder of Nathan's multi-millionaire grandfather a few years before had made Nathan's mother an extremely wealthy woman. With a seven-million-dollar fortune at stake, did Nathan commit the ultimate betrayal? Or is there more to this tragic tale than meets the eye? From New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman comes a gripping contemporary true crime narrative for everyone who was fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, and for anyone compelled by the intersection between money, power, and family. For readers of bestselling true crime books like: The Devil at His Elbow If You Tell American Predator- Subjects: Electronic books.; Murder;
- © 2025., Sourcebooks,
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- Project Mind Control : Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA. by Lisle, John.;
For the first time ever, 'Project Mind Control' is the inside story of the CIA's secret torture program, MKULTRA, with never-before-revealed information, including testimony from the perpetrators themselves. From the author of 'The Dirty Tricks Department'.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage;
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- Macbeth : Bloom's Shakespeare through the ages / by Bloom, Harold; Marson, Janyce.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-390) and index.- Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent.; Regicides in literature.;
- © c2008., Infobase Pub.,
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- The eagle and the hart : the tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV / by Castor, Helen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were thirty-two when Henry deposed him and became king in his place. Now, the story behind one of the strangest and most fateful events in English history (and the inspiration behind Shakespeare's most celebrated history plays) is brought to vivid life by the acclaimed author of Blood and Roses, Helen Castor. Richard had birthright on his side, and a profound belief in his own God-given majesty. But beyond that, he lacked all qualities of leadership. A narcissist who did not understand or accept the principles that underpinned his rule, he was neither a warrior defending his kingdom, nor a lawgiver whose justice protected his people. Instead, he declared that "his laws were in his own mouth," and acted accordingly. He sought to define as treason any resistance to his will and recruited a private army loyal to himself rather than the realm-and he intended to destroy those who tried to restrain him. Henry was everything Richard was not: a leader who inspired both loyalty and friendship, a soldier and a chivalric hero, dutiful, responsible, principled. After years of tension and conflict, Richard banished him and seized his vast inheritance. Richard had been crowned a king but he had become a tyrant, and as a tyrant-ruling by arbitrary will rather than established law-he was deposed by his cousin Henry, the only possible candidate to take his place. Henry was welcomed as a liberator, a champion of the people against his predecessor's paranoid despotism. But within months he too was facing rebellion. Men knew that a deposer could in turn be deposed, and the new king found himself buffeted by unrest and by chronic ill-health until he seemed a shadow of his former self, trapped by political uncertainty and troubled by these signs that God might not, after all, endorse his actions. Captivating, immersive, and highly relevant to today's times, The Eagle and the Hart is a story about what happens when a ruler prioritizes power over the interests of his own people. When a ruler demands loyalty to himself as an individual, rather than duty to the established constitution, and when he seeks to reshape reality rather than concede the force of verifiable truths. Above all, it is a story about how a nation was brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration-and, in the end, how it was brought back"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400.; Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413.;
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- Too many to mourn : one family's tragedy in the Halifax Explosion / by Mahar, James G.; Mahar, Rowena.;
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- Subjects: Jackson family.;
- © c1998., Nimbus,
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