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The Serpentwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by American writer Raymond E. Feist.The novels revolve around two characters, Erik von Darkmoor and Roo Avery and also includes a host of previous characters from past novels, including Nakor, Pug, Macros the Black, Calis and Jimmy.
Dartmoor is frequently mentioned in the Agent Z series of comical children's books written by Mark Haddon. Dartmoor prison is implicated in the local Dartmoor 'Hairy hands' ghost story/legend. Dartmoor prison plays a central role in The Lively Lady, American author Kenneth Roberts' 1931 historical novel taking place during The War of 1812
Big City Federal Penitentiary: Big City, United States: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) issue 50 Big House Brouhaha (2001) Bolingbroke Penitentiary: San Andreas: Grand Theft Auto V (2013) HMP Blakedown: Devon, England: Convict 99 (1938) Blackgate Penitentiary: near Gotham City: Batman Boomsby: Bangalla: The Phantom, first app. "The Slave Market of Mucar ...
Escape from Furnace is a series of five novels written by British author Alexander Gordon Smith. [1] The books are written from perspective of the teenage protagonist Alex Sawyer and describe his incarceration in the fictional London prison Furnace Penitentiary.
The Rise of the Penitentiary: Prisons and Punishment in Early America is a history of the origins of the penitentiary in the United States, depicting its beginnings and expansion. It was written by Adam J. Hirsch and published by Yale University Press on June 24, 1992.
Robert Kilgore Muchamore was born in Tufnell Park, London, on 26 December 1972, [1] and is the youngest of four children; his father was a milkman and his mother a cleaning lady. [2]
These institutions reflected the realities of the state at the time: brutality, a lack of knowledge, unconcern for inmates, carelessness, misuse of religion, political infighting, apathy and selfishness. [1] Hence, the book argues that efforts to reform prisons in pre-Civil War New York were usually overseen by those who weren't sympathetic ...
[1] Michael Donnelly, writing for Social Forces says that Colvin's book might be easier to understand for students because he simplifies complex topics. He does a good job of bringing together different historical sources, but it would be even better if the book had pictures and charts to make it more engaging and easier to read. [2]