Andrew Taylor
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How do identity and social circumstances affect experiences of the criminal legal system in the US?
It's no secret that factors such as race and socio-economic status will affect a person's experience of life, and contact with the criminal legal system is no different. Drawing on the author's own experience of jail and the criminal legal system, as well as academic literature in the field of carceral studies, this book explores how pre-existing...
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In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rival Once visited by the likes of Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and George Eliot, the London Library is a maze of books-a jumble of first editions and forgotten texts. For Tony, it is a refuge from the failure his life has become-and it is about to be invaded by a destructive old friend. Adam is a world-renowned novelist who spends so much time writing articles and appearing...
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Clare and Gerald live a perfect life in the Forest of Dean with their cat, Cannop. Then Gerald's young nephew comes to stay. Jack is from another world — active service in Afghanistan. The experience has left him outwardly untouched, but for a scratch that won't heal. Jack and Cannop don't like each other. Clare and Jack like each other too much. The scratch begins to fester.