Scapegoat (Mehr als 1.100 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Patrick Flint meets The River Wild in this heart-pounding 1970s Wyoming thriller from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins.A family river trip meant for fishing, hiking, and adventure turns deadly when a gang of outlaws targets the Flints-and Patrick's son lies critically injured.Patrick Flint planned the perfect wilderness escape: a week on the Tukudika River with his family, exploring the Bridger-Teton National Forest, observing big horn sheep, and retracing the lands of the Mountain Shoshone. But the adventure starts badly-a dead body floats past before they even leave camp. Things spiral out of control: teenagers go missing, a young cousin is lost in the forest, Perry sustains a severe head injury, and the family patriarch lags behind.When a shortcut to safety puts Patrick's brother in the crosshairs of ruthless criminals, the Flints must navigate treacherous rapids, unpredictable weather, and family tensions while racing against time to survive. Every decision could be the difference between life and death."A roller-coaster ride from the first page to the last!"Scapegoat is the fourth installment in the Patrick Flint series, a thrilling spin-off from the What Doesn't Kill You super series. Available in digital, print, and audiobook.Fans of C.J. Box and Craig Johnson will love Hutchins' pulse-pounding Wyoming adventures, packed with suspense, family drama, and breathtaking landscapes.Reader Praise: "A Bob Ross painting with Alfred Hitchcock hidden among the trees.""Edge-of-your-seat nail biter.""Unexpected twists!""Full of action, suspense, and heart. I was scared, mad, and relieved all at once!""Absolutely unputdownable."Buy Scapegoat today for a white-knuckle adventure in the wilds of Wyoming.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. From the author of Blackfishing the IUD, a darkly hilarious novel about familial trauma, chronic illness, academic labor, and contemporary art.   In the tradition of Rabelais, Swift, and Fran Ross--the tradition of biting satire that joyfully embraces the strange and fantastical--and drawing upon documentary strategies from Sheila Heti, Caren Beilin offers a tale of familial trauma that is also a broadly inclusive skewering of academia, the medical industry, and the contemporary art scene. One day Iris, an adjunct at a city arts college, receives a terrible package: recently unearthed letters that her father had written to her in her teens, in which he blames her for their family's crises. Driven by the raw fact of receiving these devastating letters not once but twice in a lifetime, and in a panic of chronic pain brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, Iris escapes to the countryside--or some absurdist version of it. Nazi cows, Picassos used as tampons, and a pair of arthritic feet that speak in the voices of Flaubert's Bouvard and Pécuchet are standard fare in this beguiling novel of odd characters, surprising circumstances, and intuitive leaps, all brought together in profoundly serious ways.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. In the Choat family, you never have to look hard to find a culprit. Missing TV remote? Blame the goat Lost coat? Keys in the moat? Broken boat? Blame the goat>But don't be surprised if the goat doesn't take it lying down. In this hilarious, rhyme-happy picture book, children will love to pore over the funny illustrations, picking up clues that all is not as it seems between Jimmy Choat and the goat, Petunia P. Oat. Because Petunia knows who's really to blame, and before long the whole family will too>. Slack, Michael (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Slack, Michael (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Zustand: Like New. Winner of the Plutarch Award Winner of the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary historical biography of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. As King James I's favorite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skillful player of the political game, Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power. In a gripping narrative of the Stuart court, he became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth-century royal and political life. With a novelist's touch, Lucy Hughes-Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes, the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, gender-fluidity, same-sex desire in 17th-century England, and appallingly rudimentary medicine. Witch hunts coexisted with Descartian rationality and public opinion was becoming a political force. Falling from grace spectacularly, Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country. From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties, The Scapegoat navigates love, war-fever and pacifism in a society on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this immersive and authoritative account of a powerful royal favorite, Hughes-Hallett summons an era that still resonates today. This meticulously researched biography illuminates the dramatic life of the man who defined an era: A Royal Favorite's Rise and Fall: Follow George Villiers's extraordinary journey from King James I's lover to the most powerful--and hated--man in England, charting his dazzling ascent and spectacular downfall. Intrigue in the Stuart Court: Explore a world of political maneuvering, murder plots, and shifting allegiances as Buckingham navigates the treacherous landscape of Jacobean and Caroline England. Same-Sex Desire and Gender Fluidity: Discover a vivid portrait of 17th-century courtly life where same-sex relationships and gender-fluid expression were an open, and powerful, part of the social fabric. An Immersive Historical Narrative: Written with a novelist's flair, this award-winning account transports you to a society on the brink of civil war, bringing a pivotal period of British history to life.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future.Since 1945, the US has justified numerous wars, interventions, and military build-ups based on the pretext of the Russian Red Menace, even after the Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991 and Russia stopped being Red. In fact, the two biggest post-war American conflicts, the Korean and Vietnam wars, were not, as has been frequently claimed, about stopping Soviet aggression or even influence, but about maintaining old colonial relationships. Similarly, many lesser interventions and conflicts, such as those in Latin America, were also based upon an alleged Soviet threat, which was greatly overblown or nonexistent. And now the specter of a Russian Menace has been raised again in the wake of Donald Trump?s election.The Plot to Scapegoat Russia examines the recent proliferation of stories, usually sourced from American state actors, blaming and manipulating the threat of Russia, and the long history of which this episode is but the latest chapter. It will show readers two key things: (1) the ways in which the United States has needlessly provoked Russia, especially after the collapse of the USSR, thereby squandering hopes for peace and cooperation; and (2) how Americans have lost out from this missed opportunity, and from decades of conflicts based upon false premises. These revelations, amongst other, make The Plot to Scapegoat Russia one of the timeliest reads of 2017.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Patrick Flint meets The River Wild in this heart-pounding 1970s Wyoming thriller from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins.A family river trip meant for fishing, hiking, and adventure turns deadly when a gang of outlaws targets the Flints-and Patrick's son lies critically injured.Patrick Flint planned the perfect wilderness escape: a week on the Tukudika River with his family, exploring the Bridger-Teton National Forest, observing big horn sheep, and retracing the lands of the Mountain Shoshone. But the adventure starts badly-a dead body floats past before they even leave camp. Things spiral out of control: teenagers go missing, a young cousin is lost in the forest, Perry sustains a severe head injury, and the family patriarch lags behind.When a shortcut to safety puts Patrick's brother in the crosshairs of ruthless criminals, the Flints must navigate treacherous rapids, unpredictable weather, and family tensions while racing against time to survive. Every decision could be the difference between life and death."A roller-coaster ride from the first page to the last!"Scapegoat is the fourth installment in the Patrick Flint series, a thrilling spin-off from the What Doesn't Kill You super series. Available in digital, print, and audiobook.Fans of C.J. Box and Craig Johnson will love Hutchins' pulse-pounding Wyoming adventures, packed with suspense, family drama, and breathtaking landscapes.Reader Praise: "A Bob Ross painting with Alfred Hitchcock hidden among the trees.""Edge-of-your-seat nail biter.""Unexpected twists!""Full of action, suspense, and heart. I was scared, mad, and relieved all at once!""Absolutely unputdownable."Buy Scapegoat today for a white-knuckle adventure in the wilds of Wyoming.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "The Scapegoat is a novel of disquiet and disturbance, with an atmosphere of perfect dread. Think Patricia Highsmith or Jim Thompson, that blend of menace and brilliance. Sara Davis had me shivering. This is the debut novel of a marvelous new talent." --Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling N is employed at a prestigious California university, where he has distinguished himself as an aloof and somewhat eccentric presence. His meticulous, ordered life is violently disrupted by the death of his estranged father--unanticipated and, as it increasingly seems to N, surrounded by murky circumstances. His investigation leads him to a hotel built over a former Spanish mission, a site with a dark power and secrets all its own. On campus, a chance meeting with a young doctor provokes uncomfortable feelings on the direction of his life, and N begins to have vivid, almost hallucinatory daydreams about the year he spent in Ottawa, and a shameful episode from his past. Meanwhile, a shadowy group of fringe academics surfaces in relation to his father's death. Their preoccupation with a grim chapter in California's history runs like a surreal parallel to the staid world of academic life, where N's relations with his colleagues grow more and more hostile. As he comes closer to the heart of the mystery, his ability to distinguish between delusion and reality begins to erode, and he is forced to confront disturbing truths about himself: his irrational antagonism toward a young female graduate student, certain libidinal impulses, and a capacity for violence. Is he the author of his own investigation? Or is he the unwitting puppet of a larger conspiracy? With this inventive, devilish debut, saturated with unexpected wit and romanticism, Sara Davis probes the borders between reality and delusion, intimacy and solitude, revenge and justice. The Scapegoat exposes the surreal lingering behind the mundane, the forgotten history underfoot, and the insanity just around the corner. …

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. In a country founded on the principle of religious freedom, with no medieval past, no legal nobility, and no national church, how did anti-Semitism become a presence here? Frederic Cople Jaher considers this question in A Scapegoat in the New Wilderness, the first history of American anti-Semitism from its origins in the ancient world to its first widespread outbreak during the Civil War. Comprehensive in approach, the book combines psychological, sociological, economic, cultural, anthropological, and historical interpretation to reveal the rise and nature of anti-Semitism in the United States.…

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