Seán Etchingham (12 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Donato Bilancia: The Monster of LiguriaBetween October 1997 and March 1998, Donato Bilancia murdered seventeen people across the Italian Riviera in a killing spree that terrorized northwest Italy and baffled investigators. This comprehensive account examines how a forty-six-year-old professional burglar with no history of violence transformed into one of Italy's most prolific serial killers after a devastating gambling betrayal triggered catastrophic narcissistic rage. The book traces Bilancia's psychological escalation from targeted revenge murders through robbery-homicides to random expressive violence against vulnerable women, revealing the neurological and psychological mechanisms that drive such transformations. It details the unprecedented investigative response that eventually identified him through converging DNA evidence, ballistics analysis, and patient surveillance, while exploring why his inconsistent victim selection delayed detection for months. The narrative examines his trial, his defense of diminished responsibility based on claims of being "possessed by a disease," and the court's rejection of these arguments. Finally, it follows his twenty-two years of imprisonment during which he never developed genuine remorse or rehabilitation, ending with his death from COVID-19 in December 2020, and considers the lasting lessons his case provides about investigating serial violence, the limits of rehabilitation, and the intersection of gambling addiction, personality disorder, and explosive rage. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Donato Bilancia: The Monster of LiguriaBetween October 1997 and March 1998, Donato Bilancia murdered seventeen people across the Italian Riviera in a killing spree that terrorized northwest Italy and baffled investigators. This comprehensive account examines how a forty-six-year-old professional burglar with no history of violence transformed into one of Italy's most prolific serial killers after a devastating gambling betrayal triggered catastrophic narcissistic rage. The book traces Bilancia's psychological escalation from targeted revenge murders through robbery-homicides to random expressive violence against vulnerable women, revealing the neurological and psychological mechanisms that drive such transformations. It details the unprecedented investigative response that eventually identified him through converging DNA evidence, ballistics analysis, and patient surveillance, while exploring why his inconsistent victim selection delayed detection for months. The narrative examines his trial, his defense of diminished responsibility based on claims of being 'possessed by a disease,' and the court's rejection of these arguments. Finally, it follows his twenty-two years of imprisonment during which he never developed genuine remorse or rehabilitation, ending with his death from COVID-19 in December 2020, and considers the lasting lessons his case provides about investigating serial violence, the limits of rehabilitation, and the intersection of gambling addiction, personality disorder, and explosive rage.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Zhu Wen and the Forging of Medieval ChinaIn the dying decades of the Tang dynasty, as famine swept the Yellow River valley and the empire's ancient aristocratic order crumbled under its own weight, a classics teacher's son from a forgotten county in central China began the journey that would end with the destruction of one of history's greatest civilisations, and the founding of another. Zhu Wen was a rebel, a defector, a warlord, a regicide, and an emperor, and his career spanned every register of human violence and institutional ambition that the most turbulent half-century in Chinese history had to offer.This book traces the full arc of Zhu Wen's extraordinary life: from the poverty and humiliation of his boyhood in Liu Chong's household to the rebel armies of Huang Chao, from his calculated defection to the Tang to the twenty-five years of military and administrative construction at Kaifeng that produced the most formidable regional power in the Central Plains, and from the massacre of the Tang aristocracy at Baima Station to the jade seals of the Later Liang dynasty pressed into his hands in the Luoyang palace. It is also the story of everything he destroyed along the way, and of the world that his destruction, unwillingly and unknowingly, made possible.Written with the narrative urgency of the best historical writing and the analytical depth the subject demands, this is the definitive account of the man who ended the Tang and opened the door to the Song. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Zhu Wen and the Forging of Medieval ChinaIn the dying decades of the Tang dynasty, as famine swept the Yellow River valley and the empire's ancient aristocratic order crumbled under its own weight, a classics teacher's son from a forgotten county in central China began the journey that would end with the destruction of one of history's greatest civilisations, and the founding of another. Zhu Wen was a rebel, a defector, a warlord, a regicide, and an emperor, and his career spanned every register of human violence and institutional ambition that the most turbulent half-century in Chinese history had to offer.This book traces the full arc of Zhu Wen's extraordinary life: from the poverty and humiliation of his boyhood in Liu Chong's household to the rebel armies of Huang Chao, from his calculated defection to the Tang to the twenty-five years of military and administrative construction at Kaifeng that produced the most formidable regional power in the Central Plains, and from the massacre of the Tang aristocracy at Baima Station to the jade seals of the Later Liang dynasty pressed into his hands in the Luoyang palace. It is also the story of everything he destroyed along the way, and of the world that his destruction, unwillingly and unknowingly, made possible.Written with the narrative urgency of the best historical writing and the analytical depth the subject demands, this is the definitive account of the man who ended the Tang and opened the door to the Song.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Jacksonville Strangler: How Institutional Failures Enabled a Serial KillerThis comprehensive true crime analysis examines the case of Paul Durousseau, a serial sexual predator who murdered at least seven women between 1997 and 2003 despite numerous opportunities for law enforcement and social institutions to stop him. The book provides forensic detail on how DNA evidence, GPS tracking, and investigative coordination eventually brought Durousseau to justice, while simultaneously conducting a devastating critique of the systemic failures that allowed his killing spree to continue. From probation supervision breakdowns to employment screening gaps to a catastrophic plea deal that kept his DNA out of databases, each institutional failure cost lives that could have been saved. The narrative balances clinical analysis of forensic methodology, neurological evidence, and legal proceedings with humanizing portraits of the seven confirmed victims, ensuring their lives and losses remain central to understanding the case's true cost. Through twenty-eight detailed chapters, readers gain insight into serial predator psychology, modern investigative techniques, capital punishment jurisprudence, and the biopsychosocial factors that combine to produce violence-ultimately arriving at evidence-based policy recommendations for preventing similar tragedies through institutional reform. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Jacksonville Strangler: How Institutional Failures Enabled a Serial KillerThis comprehensive true crime analysis examines the case of Paul Durousseau, a serial sexual predator who murdered at least seven women between 1997 and 2003 despite numerous opportunities for law enforcement and social institutions to stop him. The book provides forensic detail on how DNA evidence, GPS tracking, and investigative coordination eventually brought Durousseau to justice, while simultaneously conducting a devastating critique of the systemic failures that allowed his killing spree to continue. From probation supervision breakdowns to employment screening gaps to a catastrophic plea deal that kept his DNA out of databases, each institutional failure cost lives that could have been saved. The narrative balances clinical analysis of forensic methodology, neurological evidence, and legal proceedings with humanizing portraits of the seven confirmed victims, ensuring their lives and losses remain central to understanding the case's true cost. Through twenty-eight detailed chapters, readers gain insight into serial predator psychology, modern investigative techniques, capital punishment jurisprudence, and the biopsychosocial factors that combine to produce violence-ultimately arriving at evidence-based policy recommendations for preventing similar tragedies through institutional reform.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Donato Bilancia | The Monster of Liguria | Seán Etchingham | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | SilverBack | EAN 9798231020454 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Zhu Wen and the Forging of Medieval China | Seán Patrick Etchingham | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | SilverBack | EAN 9798235965362 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Jacksonville Strangler | How Institutional Failures Enabled a Serial Killer | Seán Etchingham | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | SilverBack | EAN 9798233725685 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…