Crimson Dragon Publishing carries books that encourage readers of all ages by sparking the imagination. While we focus on the fantasy and science fiction genres, we also carry illustrated books for young readers that focus on social-emotional skills development and fictionalized non-fiction.
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Tattoos in crime and detective narratives examines representations of the tattoo and tattooing in literature, television and film, from two periods of tattoo renaissance (1851-1914, and c1955 to present). It makes an original contribution to understandings of crime and detective genre and the ways in which tattoos act as a mimetic device that marks and remarks these narratives in complex ways. With a focus on tattooing as a bodily narrative, the book incorporates the critical perspectives of posthumanism, spatiality, postcolonialism, embodiment and gender studies. The grouped essays examine the first tattoo renaissance, the rebirth of the tattoo in contemporary culture through literature, children's literature, film and television. The collection has a broad appeal, and will be of interest to all literature and media scholars, but in particular those with an interest in crime and detective narratives and skin studies.
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In the aftermath of the greed vs. grievance debate and the new wars paradigm, the focus of conflict studies shifted decisively to understanding "predatory" behaviours as the raison d'etre of contemporary conflict. Conflict was viewed as a continuum in which the more you engage in criminal behaviour, the less political you are.This approach has been robustly criticised over the past 15 years; however, in the process, we have been left with unsuitable concepts to handle the complex interactions between civil war, political power and criminality. The departure point here is the understanding of politics and criminality as two historically differentiated domains of human activity. Different, but interrelated, often co-constitutive and overlapping. Here, we empirically and theoretically explore their interactions, connections, and convergences, not focusing solely on irregular actors, thus bringing back the State and elites into this debate.
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Risk, anxiety and moral panic are endemic to contemporary societies and media forms. How do these phenomena manifest in a place like South Africa, which features heightened insecurity, deep inequality and accelerated social change? What happens when cultures of fear intersect with pervasive systems of gender, race and class? Worrier state investigates four case studies in which fear and anxiety appear in radically different ways: the far right myth of 'white genocide'; so-called 'Satanist' murders of young women; an urban legend about township crime; and social theories about safety and goodness in the suburbs. Falkof foregrounds the significance of emotion as a socio-political force, emphasising South Africa's imbrication within globalised conditions of anxiety and thus its fundamental and often-ignored hypermodernity. The book offers a bold and creative perspective on the social roles of fear and emotion in South Africa and thus on everyday life in this complex place.
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— True crime stories from the morgue — Famous deaths and autopsy stories resolved, such as Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the case of Anne Greene, who survived her execution by hanging The post-mortem examination. A glimpse inside the interior of the human being. Many find the idea fascinating; for others it is creepy or even repugnant. There are still numerous myths and horror stories surrounding the autopsy, many of them associated with primal human fears such as that of being buried alive, which have existed since Antiquity. It is precisely for this reason that it is important to carry out the post-mortem examination with the utmost conscientiousness. Pathologist Roland Sedivy provides an exciting insight into his profession. Profound and with tremendous humour, he tells us about the early days of the autopsy, and shares with us some macabre and some mysterious cases.
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This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.
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Some deserve to live. Others deserve to die. A lunar eclipse hovers above Hamburg and bathes houses and streets in an unearthly light. In the exclusive district of Blankenese, four men are brutally murdered in the basement of a villa. Only the granddaughter of the owner survives the bloody massacre. Severely traumatized and completely listless, she is found sitting in the middle of the corpses. She cannot remember anything. Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg, who has to struggle with a number of personal issues himself, asks the criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf for support. When Evelin succeeds in penetrating the buried memories of the key witness piece by piece, she and Alex begin to disclose not only the motives for the massacre, but also the unimaginable extent of cruelty and depravity behind it. And Alex suddenly finds himself confronted with his own guilt-ridden past...
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A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come. In Bedsit land, Patrick Clarke plunges into the archives and interviews more than sixty contributors, including the band members themselves, to follow Soft Cell through the many strange and sprawling worlds that shaped their extraordinary career. They lead him from the faded camp glamour of the British seaside to the dizzying thrills of the New York club scene. From transgressive student performance art to the sleaze and squalor of pre-gentrified Soho. From the glitz of British showbiz to the drug-addled chaos of post-Franco Spain. He emerges on the other side with the most in-depth, innovative and entertaining account of the duo ever written.
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This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality.
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In "Kalle Blomquist lebt gefährlich", dem zweiten Fall des Meisterdetektivs, gerät Kalle Blomquist zusammen mit seinen Freunden Eva-Lotta und Anders in ein spannendes Abenteuer. Nachdem der alte Gren tot aufgefunden wird, nehmen sie die Ermittlungen auf und stoßen auf dunkle Geheimnisse und gefährliche Gegner. Eva-Lottas Beobachtung eines Mannes in grüner Hose am Tatort führt sie auf die Spur des Mörders, und die Kinder müssen all ihren Mut zusammennehmen, um das Rätsel zu lösen und Gerechtigkeit für den alten Gren zu fordern. Gelistet bei Antolin. Fesselnde Detektivgeschichte: Kalle Blomquist, der Meisterdetektiv, löst seinen zweiten spannenden Fall und beweist Mut und Scharfsinn. Zeitloser Kinderbuchklassiker: Ein unvergessliches Abenteuer von Astrid Lindgren, das Generationen von Kindern begeistert hat. Stärkt Freundschaft und Teamgeist: Die Geschichte zeigt, wie Kalle und seine Freunde zusammenarbeiten, um Rätsel zu lösen. Fördert die Fantasie: Kinder werden ermutigt, ihre eigene Detektivarbeit zu leisten und kreativ zu denken. Lerninhalt: Neben Unterhaltung bietet das Buch wertvolle Lektionen über Gerechtigkeit und den Mut, für das Richtige einzustehen. Für junge Leser ab 9 Jahren: Ideal für unabhängige junge Leser sowie zum Vorlesen in der Familie. Skandinavisches Setting: Taucht ein in die idyllische und spannende Welt Schwedens durch die Augen von Kalle Blomquist.
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Warum wurde er nicht in London oder Chicago geboren? Oder in einer anderen Großstadt, in der Verbrechen noch auf der Tagesordnung stehen? Stattdessen sitzt der 12-jährige Kalle Blomquist in diesem langweiligen Kleinköping in Schweden und wartet als Meisterdetektiv auf seinen ersten Fall. Doch dann findet er in einer alten Schlossruine eine auffällig schimmernde Perle – und hört kurz darauf von einem großen Juwelenraub! Die Zeit des Meisterdetektivs ist gekommen. Kalle Blomquists erster Fall – endlich auch als Taschenbuch.
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The level of domestic abuse has been increasing for years, but often only cases of physical abuse hit the headlines. Hardly anyone talks about the mental, or psychological, abuse that usually precedes a physical or sexual assault. Those affected do not usually recognise the destructive dynamic in their relationship until far too late. In this book, three case histories illustrate the typical forms of mental abuse in relationships. In addition, experts explain the topic from psychological, therapeutic, political and legal perspectives, and the head of a counselling centre for male victims of mental abuse also has his say. An important and startling book.
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Mörderballaden gibt es, seit der Mensch Geschichten erzählt. Ob H. C. Artmanns Dialektgedichte, Bertolt Brechts Moritat von Mackie Messer oder Nick Caves Murder Ballads – sie alle handeln von Verbrechen. Juliane Liebert holt dieses Genre in die Gegenwart und dichtet von einer Bankräuberin in Männerkleidern, die in einem Stand-off mit der Polizei erschossen wird. Von Opfern politischer Verfolgung. Von Brieffreundschaften mit zum Tode Verurteilten. Von der Zeit, »der wahren mörderin«. Sie fragt, »wie es wohl meiner mutter geht / dort in der erde / trinkt sie? horcht sie? ist ihr kalt?« und »hast du angst? ich sagte nein. ich wollte keine haben«. Sie berichtet von Mord und Totschlag, unseren Ängsten und Wünschen – und spiegelt darin den ganzen Wahnsinn der Welt. »song: essen töten shoppen«.
