The exclusive community of Pompano Island features a daily interaction between the ultra-rich owners and the many men and women who work in the homes and on the yachts. But recently a few rich tyrants have gone too far, and the little people decide to strike back, using very direct and inventive measures. Before too long, the island and its problem residents face a series of events that will seriously test them all, as the Island security and local police forces are called in to uncover the truth.
The exclusive community of Pompano Island features a daily interaction between the ultra-rich owners and the many men and women who work in the homes and on the yachts. But recently a few rich tyrants have gone too far, and the little people decide to strike back, using very direct and inventive measures. Before too long, the island and its problem residents face a series of events that will seriously test them all, as the Island security and local police forces are called in to uncover the truth.
Bullying can occur at all ages and in all types of relationships: in the family, at school, at work, and even between countries. James Laurent is an intelligent young boy from Philadelphia who is bullied during his early years by kids and also by some adults. As he becomes an adult himself, he faces even more difficult challenges until his shame and anger cause him to reach the breaking point. In order to seek revenge for his past, Jamie sets a course of action to punish the people, the city, and the country that have betrayed him. The actions of just one man can have national and international implications, extending in this case all the way to war between Israel and Iran!
With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction is the fullest account of the period's fiction ever published. Now in a second edition, the book has been revised and a generous selection of images have been chosen to illustrate various aspects of Victorian publishing, writing, and reading life. Organised alphabetically, the information provided will be a boon to students, researchers and all lovers of reading. The entries, though concise, meet the high standards demanded by modern scholarship. The writing - marked by Sutherland's characteristic combination of flair, clarity and erudition - is of such a high standard that the book is a joy to read, as well as a definitive work of reference.
An engaging guide to a rich literary heritage, The Stanford Companion presents a fascinating parade of novels, authors, publishers, editors, reviewers, illustrators, and periodicals that created the culture of Victorian fiction. Its more than 6,000 alphabetical entries provide an incomparable range of useful and little-known source material, its scholarship enlivened by the author's wit and candor.
During the trials & tribulations of Lear Jet, Control Data & Xerox, John Titsworth was there at the top. Now retired, Titsworth takes you behind corporate scenes as only someone who witnessed the actual events could. Besides being colorful & dramatic, the stories Titsworth tells reflect an era of management brilliance & arrogance that have brought this country where we are today. Raised on a Midwestern farm, Titsworth explains that his success came from the values of honesty & fairness taught him by his parents. As a struggling young engineer, Titsworth describes how time & again he saved his employers by breaking down communication barriers built by bureaucratic rigidity. His reputation for doing this well advanced Titsworth steadily through management to the Board of Directors. John Titsworth's best stories are about the people he met, including Bill Lear, the genius inventor who built Lear Jet. As the founder of Lear Jet's electronics division, Titsworth saw how exhilarating & challenging true entrepreneurship can be. Titsworth took these lessons to Control Data & Xerox on a mission to breathe new life into their operations. John Titsworth's adventures will give you insight into what works & what doesn't in corporate America.
The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American legal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants were forbidden to have legal counsel, and lawyers seldom appeared for the prosecution either. Trial was meant to be an occasion for the defendant to answer the charges in person. The transformation from lawyer-free to lawyer-dominated criminal trial happened within the space of about a century, from the 1690's to the 1780's. This book explains how the lawyers captured the trial. In addition to conventional legal sources, Professor Langbein draws upon a rich vein of contemporary pamphlet accounts about trials in London's Old Bailey. The book also mines these novel sources to provide the first detailed account of the formation of the law of criminal evidence. Responding to menacing prosecutorial initiatives (including reward-seeking thieftakers and crown witnesses induced to testify in order to save their own necks) the judges of the 1730's decided to allow the defendant to have counsel to cross-examine accusing witnesses. By restricting counsel to the work of examining and cross-examining witnesses, the judges intended that the accused would still need to respond in person to the charges against him. Professor Langbein shows how counsel manipulated the dynamics of adversary procedure to defeat the judges design, ultimately silencing the accused and transforming the very purpose of the criminal trial. Trial ceased to be an opportunity for the accused to speak, and instead became an occasion for defense counsel to test the prosecution case.
A provocative, no-holds-barred expose of the growing humanistic/New Age influence invading the American public school system. Revealing the surprising ease with which children are being turned away from traditional values and taught to make choices based on their own feelings, this book also offers information to equip parents to wisely and confidently face these issues.
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