1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00050164

Autore

HAJI MOHAMMAD ALI, SIRVANI

Titolo

Haqiqat al-Haqayeq / Haji Mohammad Ali Sirvani ; Aqa Mir Aqasi Oqli (Qoliyof)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Moscow, : Adabiyyat-e Xavar, 1981

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 20 c

Classificazione

IRA VI AEZ

Lingua di pubblicazione

Persiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Altro front. : Xakikat al-Xala'ik (Istina istin) : Kriticeskij tekst, predislovie, primecanija i ukazateli Agamira Kulieva / Xadzzi Muxammad-'Ali Sirvani

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963764103321

Autore

Scott Gini Graham

Titolo

Homicide by the rich and famous : a century of prominent killers / / Gini Graham Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2005

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400666261

9786612406027

9781282406025

1282406027

9780313024757

0313024758

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

364.152/3/09730904

Soggetti

Celebrities - United States - History

Homicide - United States - History

Murder - United States - History

Murderers - United States - History

Rich people - United States - History

Trials (Murder) - United States - History



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: A Matter of Motive; CHAPTER 2: What's the Method?; CHAPTER 3: Hiring Help; CHAPTER 4: The Big Cover-Up; CHAPTER 5: Family, Friends, and High Places; CHAPTER 6: The Power of the Police, Press, Personality, and Politics; CHAPTER 7: Legal Power?; CHAPTER 8: When Rich Kids Kill; CHAPTER 9: Losing It; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many people express shock and horror when they hear of a wealthy or famous person killing another person. As a society, we seem to expect the rich and famous to behave better, to commit fewer crimes, to be immune to the passions that inspire other, less prominent people to kill. After all, the rich and famous have everything-why would they need to murder? But the rich and famous kill for the very same reasons others do: love, power, money, jealousy, greed, revenge, and rage. Here, Scott takes us on a tour of murders committed by the rich and famous during the last century, looking at the motiv