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Author: Patinkin Daniel J. File Type: epub Six moving profiles reveal the complex realities behind gun violence in the United States. These are the stories of the shooters. In South Carolina, a young man embarks on a life of crime that culminates in a drug-related shooting and decades in prison in Chicago, an off-duty police officer engages in a shootout with a murderous gunman, saving a fellow patrolman in rural Tennessee, a troubled teenager shoots her abusive father in his sleep. The Trigger recounts the dramatic life stories of six individuals who have shot someone in America. In 2017, over 15,000 were killed and over 31,000 were injured by gunfire. Faced with these desensitizing statistics, one easily forgets that each incident is perpetrated by a living, feeling human being who has walked a unique path. The causes and consequences of these violent acts are often far more complicated than one might expect. Author Daniel J. Patinkin exhaustively interviewed each of six shooters about their life experiences and about the unique circumstances that compelled them to use a firearm against another person. The result is a series of profound narratives that is sure to distress and challenge the reader, but also, perhaps, to provide enlightenment and inspiration. **Review A provocative, sometimes maddening, occasionally riveting examination of the lives of six ordinary Americans who share the experience of having shot someone. . . . The roughly 43 victims of gun violence every day [in the United States] were killed by the kind of people profiled by Patinkin. . . . Each story is self-contained but also illuminates the broader issues surrounding gun violence. . . . Patinkin writes about these lives with bracing empathy, and he clearly engaged the trust of his subjects, whose perspective on their crimes is filled with horror and regret. . . . [He] has told us six stories that no one else would. He acknowledges that he is in no way trying to overlook the central tragedy of the victims and their families, but he tries his best to force readers to realize that these shootings arent just random events, but a result of real troubles within the shooters and the society that produces, and generally ignores, them.Washington Post A moving exploration of gun violence . . . With a distressing and challenging set of narratives, Patinkin gives a rare account of the perpetrators perspective.oxygen.com, 5 True-Crime Books We Cant Wait to Read This Spring We need stronger conversations around gun violence, and The Trigger is an interesting place to start.giggles.com and att.net, 11 True Crime Books Thatll Give You Goosebumps and Keep You Up All Night Timely . . . His narratives, each complex in its own thorny way, humanize shooters for those who, like Patinkin before he embarked on this project, have had no previous exposure to them as people.Publishers Weekly Patinkin illuminates hard truths about American society that are not evident in commonly cited statistics or partisan talking points. The narratives challenge the reader to critically examine his or her own beliefs, and to either reaffirm them or abandon them. This is a powerful and unique contribution to the dialogue about gun violence in the United States.Andrew Yang, author of The War on Normal People and 2020 US presidential candidate Patinkin dives behind the headlines to reveal the fine details of the lives of his subjects. He humanizes them through his meticulous investigative process and offers a compelling and gripping work that explores gut-wrenching social issues. Anyone seeking to understand gun violence in America needs to read this intense, intimate book. Tony DSouza, author of Mule The Trigger is a raw and unflinching look at Americas gun violence epidemic. Patinkin weaves us through the complicated and emotional backstories that propel people into shootings. This is a sobering and important book. Jooyoung Lee, gun violence expert and author of Blowin Up About the Author Daniel J. Patinkin is a Chicago-born writer and businessman. His unique career has spanned the real estate, finance, education, and entertainment industries. He earned a BA in English and history from Indiana University and an MFA in producing from the University of Southern California. He is also the cowriter, with Chris Leben, of The Crippler.

Author: Roshdi Rashed File Type: pdf Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader will find here, for the first time edited and translated into English, the essentials of this tradition, namely a fragment of an early Arabic translation and the first Arabic redaction of the Spherics composed by al-Mahani al-Harawi, together with a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus treatise. With this book, a new and important part of the Greek and Arabic legacy to the history of mathematics comes to light. This book will be an indispensable acquisition for any reader interested in the history of Ancient geometry and science and, more generally, in Greek and Arabic science and culture. **About the Author Roshdi Rashed, Universite Paris University of Tokyo Athanase Papadopoulos, Universite de Strasbourg.

Author: James H. Willbanks File Type: pdf This detailed two-volume set considers the Vietnam War, one of Americas longest and bloodiest wars, from a topical perspective, addressing the main characters and key events of the war and supplying many relevant primary source documents. Comprehensively explains how the Vietnam War became one of the United States longest and bloodiest wars and why it served as a society- and culture-changing event, even for the millions of Americans who were not directly involved in the conflict Examines 14 key topics within and surrounding the Vietnam War, ranging from the First Indochina War to the aftermath of the war for both Vietnam and the United States Includes key primary source documents, illustrations and maps, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed chronology**ReviewRather than alphabetically arranged through the entire volume, the clustering of them by period and event and linked with relevant documents makes the reference more useful for individuals who wish to focus on a particular period or topic. The documents are pertinent. Other features include a listing of the reference entries and documents, a preface and introduction, chronology, a lengthy selected bibliography, and an index. Typical of ABC-CLIO, the publication is colorful and attractive. - ARBAAbout the Author James H. Willbanks, PhD, is the General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, KS.