ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTRABAND
From Spanish contrabanda, from Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando), from Medieval Latin contrabannum, from contra- + bannum ban, of Germanic origin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRABAND»
Discover the use of
contraband in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contraband and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A smuggler living in a post-apocalyptic New York City with his pet rat, Joe "Skid" Marak struggles to find the legendary author of The Smuggler's Bible, the only man who can explain the methods of a mysterious killer. Reprint.
Investigating an act of sabotage against the controversial cellphone channel Contraband, Toby uncovers a "voyeur underground" where money-hungry youths film violent street events to satisfy the country's demand for sensational news.5NjBwBT
Thomas J. Behe, Phil Elliott, 2008
Taryn Simon lived in John F Kennedy International Airport from November 16 through November 20, 2009. JFK processes more international passengers than any other airport in the United States.
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Creolization and
Contraband: CuraCao in the Early Modern ...
Creolization and Contraband uses the history of Curaçao to develop the first book-length analysis of the relationship between illicit interimperial trade and processes of social, cultural, and linguistic exchange in the early modern ...
As master of his destiny, Paul Weekes does what is necessary to survive.
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Diary of a
Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor
The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author’s great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war.
William Benjamin Gould, 2002
This riveting work of Latino noir follows the paranoid underworld exile of Volfango Sanzo, a man so haunted by his secrets that he escapes to sprawling networks of underground tunnels and labyrinths in near-future America where dissidents ...
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Race and Gender in Louisa May Alcott's My
Contraband
This paper will investigate the way in which this mulatto is described, in which way this is linked to the forbidden desire of the white nurse and what her strategies are to make this desire less a taboo.
Cornelia Charlotte Reuscher, 2013
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PO-Boy
Contraband: From Diagnosis Back to Life
Returning home from a stint serving in the Peace Corps in Central Africa, Patrice Melnick learns she is HIV-positive. She decides to live her life to the fullest, appreciating music, food, and literature--and finding love.
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Smuggling:
Contraband and Corruption in World History
Contraband and Corruption in World History Alan L. Karras ... historians have
become dependent upon other kinds of sources, prepared by those who rarely
participated in smuggling activities, in order to characterize contraband
commerce.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRABAND»
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contraband is used in the context of the following news items.
8 arrested after allegedly smuggling drugs, contraband into Wilson …
LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Wilson County Sheriff's Office has arrested eight people in for allegedly smuggling drugs into the jail. «WKRN.com, Jul 15»
Letter: Truth coming out about prison contraband
Prison inmates are masters at manipulating their guards into bringing them drugs, according to Seth Ferranti, whose article “Prison Drug ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
Zone 'C' Customs seizes N1bn contraband in 6 months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone “C”, Owerri said it recorded 226 seizures of contraband items with a ... «Daily Sun, Jul 15»
Contraband cigarettes worth over RM40k seized in Bandar Penawar
KOTA TINGGI: Police arrested four men and seized contraband cigarettes worth RM 46,482 at a sundry shop in Bandar Penawar, here last ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
The challenge of keeping contraband out of prisons
For those outside the security industry, the idea of prison contraband rarely extends beyond the old gag of a file inside a cake. In fact, contraband at prisons and ... «SourceSecurity.com, Jul 15»
Guard charged with bringing contraband, phones into Northampton …
Jenkins' arrest follows a crackdown on contraband following the ... Drug- and cell-phone-sniffing dogs turned up no contraband at the prison ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
Fishing line and sock used to smuggle contraband from Bristol men …
TWO Bristol men with relatives doing time in Dartmoor Prison were involved in a plot to smuggle in packages containing thousands of pounds ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
Corrections officer Gene Palmer says he smuggled contraband to …
The grooming of the two prison workers accused of helping two inmates escape began two years ago — with a simple paintbrush. «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
South Africa Intercepts Contraband Ivory From Harare
“We are happy that they have been able to intercept the contraband,” said Kasukuwere. “We will be sharing information with our South African ... «VOA Studio 7 for Zimbabwe, Jul 15»
More than 1300 cartons of contraband cigarettes seized in two days
SINGAPORE - More than 1,300 cartons of contraband cigarettes have been intercepted at the Woodlands Checkpoint since Wednesday (July ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
