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Lawtalk

The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions

By: James Edward Clapp,Elizabeth G Thornburg,Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Marc Galanter, MD

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Lawtalk

The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions

By: James Edward Clapp,Elizabeth G Thornburg,Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Marc Galanter, MD

Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: "boilerplate," "jailbait," "pound of flesh," "rainmaker," "the third degree." This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars.Lively and unexpected, "Lawtalk" will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another . . .

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369

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Yale University Press

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0300178174

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9780300178173

The Girl in the Glass Tower

By: Elizabeth Fremantle

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The Girl in the Glass Tower

By: Elizabeth Fremantle

Lost in history . . . losing her self. Uncover Tudor heroine Arbella Stuart's incredible story, reimagined by Elizabeth Fremantle in this tense, historical thriller. Hardwick Hall, sixteenth-century England. Formerly a beacon of wealth and power. Now a gilded prison. Hidden away, forgotten, one young woman seeks escape. But to do so she must trust those on the outside. Those who have their own motives... Discovery means death. But what choice has any woman trapped in a man's world? Imprisoned by circumstance, Arbella Stuart is an unwilling contender for the throne. In a world where women are silenced, what chance does she have to take control of her destiny? Praise for The Girl in the Glass Tower: 'A top-notch literary thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Thrilling, clever and beautifully written' The Times, 'Books of the Year' 'Filled with dense, dark political and social intrigue' Daily Mail 'Shots are fired, troths are plighted, sea voyages taken, escapes dared and mysteries solved' Daily Telegraph 'Beautifully written, completely engrossing and a book that stays with you after the pages are closed' Historia

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459

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Penguin UK

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1405920068

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9781405920063

Nottinghamshire

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Elizabeth Williamson

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Nottinghamshire

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,Elizabeth Williamson

Full of memorable and surprising buildings, Nottingham is a county that rewards close investigation. Great medieval churches are represented by Worksop, Newark and by Southwell, with its exquisite carved 'leaves'. Of its country houses, Wollaton Hall shows Elizabethan architecture at its most fantastic, Bunny Hall the English Baroque at its most bizarre, while Lord Byron's Newstead Abbey incorporates one of the strangest of all monastic ruins. The city of Nottingham, marvellously set between hills, is crowded with sturdy Victorian and Edwardian commercial buildings, and enlivened by a strong local tradition of first-rate Modernist architecture.

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520

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Yale University Press

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0300096364

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9780300096361

Engines of Influence

Newspapers of Country Victoria, 1840-1890

By: Elizabeth Morrison

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Engines of Influence

Newspapers of Country Victoria, 1840-1890

By: Elizabeth Morrison

Engines of Influence is a fifty-year history of Victoria's country newspapers, beginning with James Harrison's Geelong Advertiser in 1840 and ending in December 1890 when 166 papers were being published in 122 country towns. This significant book identifies all press sites and newspapers of the era, whether long-lasting or short-lived, and highlights the major part played by them in helping construct the machinery of government, lay the foundations of party politics and foster a sense of rural Victorian identity. The country press was an important agent of political change leading up to events such as the separation of the Port Phillip District from New South Wales in 1851, and the federation of the colony of Victoria with other British dependencies into a single nation at the end of the nineteenth century. Engines of Influence shows how country newspapers also exercised cultural authority, circulating ideas generated both within local communities and from the wider world. Towards the end of the fifty years examined, this rural press was becoming a close part of a unified political state, linked through the metropolitan press and agencies to a technologically-based global communications network.

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382

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Academic Monographs

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052285155X

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9780522851557

The British Slave Trade and Public Memory

By: Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace

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The British Slave Trade and Public Memory

By: Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace

A provocative examination of the politics of memory and how a diverse culture remembers its complex history of racism. The author explores these issues in this study and by incorporating a range of material, she analyses how museum exhibits, novels, films, and a play dealt with the subject of slavery.

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Columbia University Press

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0231137141

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9780231137140

Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law

By: Kate Elizabeth Brown

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Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law

By: Kate Elizabeth Brown

Alexander Hamilton is commonly seen as the standard-bearer of an ideology-turned-political party, the Federalists, engaged in a struggle for the soul of the young United States against the Anti-Federalists, and later, the Jeffersonian Republicans. Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law counters such conventional wisdom with a new, more nuanced view of Hamilton as a true federalist, rather than a one-dimensional nationalist, whose most important influence on the American founding is his legal legacy. In this analytical biography, Kate Elizabeth Brown recasts our understanding of Hamilton's political career, his policy achievements, and his significant role in the American founding by considering him first and foremost as a preeminent lawyer who applied law and legal arguments to accomplish his statecraft. In particular, Brown shows how Hamilton used inherited English legal principles to accomplish his policy goals, and how state and federal jurists adapted these Hamiltonian principles into a distinct, republican jurisprudence throughout the nineteenth century. When writing his authoritative commentary on the nature of federal constitutional power in The Federalist, Hamilton juxtaposed the British constitution with the new American one he helped to create; when proposing commercial, monetary, banking, administrative, or foreign policy in Washington's cabinet, he used legal arguments to justify his desired course of action. In short, lawyering, legal innovation, and common law permeated Alexander Hamilton's professional career. Re-examining Hamilton's post-war accomplishments through the lens of law, Brown demonstrates that Hamilton's much-studied political career, as well as his contributions to republican political science, cannot be fully understood without recognizing and investigating how Hamilton used Anglo-American legal principles to achieve these ends. A critical re-evaluation of Hamilton's legacy, as well as his place in the founding era, Brown’s work also enhances and refines our understanding of the nature and history of American jurisprudence.

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320

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University Press of Kansas

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0700624805

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9780700624805

Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies

By: Elizabeth A Bohls

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Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies

By: Elizabeth A Bohls

This book examines the relationship between Romantic writing and the rapidly expanding British Empire.

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224

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748678751

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9780748678754

Edible Arrangements

Modernism's Queer Forms

By: Elizabeth Blake

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Edible Arrangements

Modernism's Queer Forms

By: Elizabeth Blake

Bringing together the fields of queer theory, modernist studies, and food studies, this book intervenes into debates about literary form.

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237

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Cambridge University Press

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1009321226

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9781009321228

Haunted Halls

Ghostlore of American College Campuses

By: Elizabeth Tucker

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Haunted Halls

Ghostlore of American College Campuses

By: Elizabeth Tucker

Why do so many American college students tell stories about encounters with ghosts? In Haunted Halls, the first book-length interpretive study of college ghostlore, Elizabeth Tucker takes the reader back to school to get acquainted with a wide range of college spirits. Some of the best-known ghosts that she discusses are Emory University's Dooley, who can disband classes by shooting professors with his water pistol; Mansfield University's Sara, who threw herself down a flight of stairs after being rejected by her boyfriend; and Huntingdon College's Red Lady, who slit her wrists while dressed in a red robe. Gettysburg College students have collided with ghosts of soldiers, while students at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College have reported frightening glimpses of the Faceless Nun. Tucker presents campus ghostlore from the mid-1960s to 2006, with special attention to stories told by twenty-first-century students through e-mail and instant messages. Her approach combines social, psychological, and cultural analysis, with close attention to students' own explanations of the significance of spectral phenomena. As metaphors of disorder, insanity, and school spirit, college ghosts convey multiple meanings. Their colorful stories warn students about the dangers of overindulgence, as well as the pitfalls of potentially horrifying relationships. Besides offering insight into students' initiation into campus life, college ghost stories make important statements about injustices suffered by Native Americans, African Americans, and others.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604733179

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9781604733174

Medical Imaging - E-Book

Techniques, Reflection and Evaluation

By: Elizabeth Carver,Barry Carver,Karen Knapp

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Medical Imaging - E-Book

Techniques, Reflection and Evaluation

By: Elizabeth Carver,Barry Carver,Karen Knapp

The third edition of Carvers’ Medical Imaging supports radiography students to take a reflective, evidence-based approach that will enhance their practice. This important textbook comprehensively covers the full range of medical imaging methods and techniques in one volume, and discusses them in relation to imaging principles, radiation dose, patient condition, body area and pathologies. It encourages the student to critically analyse their work rather than simply carrying out tasks. The book has been updated by an impressive team of contributors to align with developments in both radiographic techniques and the role of the radiographer. It is an essential companion for students of BSc (Hons) diagnostic radiography, those undertaking a foundation degree in radiographic practice or bachelor of medicine, and postgraduates alike. Comprehensive, fully illustrated and well referenced discussion of all imaging techniques. Full image evaluation for radiographic examinations, including common errors New material on potential impact of errors on accuracy of the radiographic report New sections on preliminary clinical evaluation for projection radiography examinations, which prepares students for UK professional standards Section on cross infection implications (relevant post COVID-19) Includes imaging of children with suspected physical abuse

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580

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702085308

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9780702085307

Jane Austen For Dummies

By: Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray

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Jane Austen For Dummies

By: Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray

Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and morals The fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane Austen Want to know more about Jane Austen? This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today. Discover * Why Austen is so popular * The impact on manners, courtships, and dating * Love and life in Austen's world * Her life and key influences * Her most memorable characters

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118050541

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9781118050545

Book's by Elizabeth Mansfield

Lawtalk

Lawtalk

The Girl in the Glass Tower

The Girl in the Glass Tower

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Engines of Influence

Engines of Influence

The British Slave Trade and Public Memory

The British Slave Trade and Public Memory

Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law

Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law

Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies

Edible Arrangements

Edible Arrangements

Haunted Halls

Haunted Halls

Medical Imaging - E-Book

Medical Imaging - E-Book

Jane Austen For Dummies

Jane Austen For Dummies

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