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Adventures in Solitude

What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound, Abridged

By: Grant Lawrence

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Adventures in Solitude

What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound, Abridged

By: Grant Lawrence

From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel “Curve of Time” Blanchet to Jim “Spilsbury’s Coast” Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the area with a romantic aura that helps to make it British Columbia’s most popular marine park. In this hilarious and captivating book, CBC personality Grant Lawrence adds a whole new chapter to the saga of this storied piece of BC coastline. Young Grant’s father bought a piece of land next to the park in the 1970s, just in time to encounter the gun-toting cougar lady, left-over hippies, outlaw bikers and an assortment of other characters. In those years Desolation Sound was a place where going to the neighbours’ potluck meant being met with hugs from portly naked hippies and where Russell the Hermit’s school of life (boating, fishing, and rock ’n’ roll) was Grant’s personal Enlightenment—an influence that would take him away from the coast to a life of music and journalism and eventually back again. With rock band buddies and a few cases of beer in tow, an older, cooler Grant returns to regale us with tales of “going bush,” the tempting dilemma of finding an unguarded grow-op, and his awkward struggle to convince a couple of visiting kayakers that he’s a legit CBC radio host while sporting a wild beard and body wounds and gesticulating with a machete. With plenty of laugh-out-loud humour and inspired reverence, Adventures in Solitude delights us with the unique history of a place and the growth of a young man amidst the magic of Desolation Sound.

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Harbour Publishing

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1550176471

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9781550176476

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority

Realignment, Dealignment, And Electoral Change From Franklin Roosevelt To Bill Clinton

By: David G Lawrence

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The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority

Realignment, Dealignment, And Electoral Change From Franklin Roosevelt To Bill Clinton

By: David G Lawrence

The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority makes sense of the last half century of American presidential elections as part of a transition from a world in which realignment was still possible to a dealigned political universe. The book combines analysis of presidential elections in the postwar world with theories of electoral changeshowing how Reagan bridged the eras of re- and dealignment and why Clinton was elected despite the postwar trend. American electoral politics since World War II stubbornly refuse to fit the theories of political scientists. The long collapse of the Democratic presidential majority does not look much like the classic realignments of the past: The Republicans made no corresponding gains in sub-presidential elections and never won the loyalty of a majority of the electorate in terms of party identification. And yet, the period shows a stability of Republican dominance quite at odds with the volatility and unpredictability central to the competing theory of dealignment. The Collapse of the Democratic Presidential Majority makes sense of the last half century of American presidential elections as part of a transition from a world in which realignment was still possible to a dealigned political universe. The book combines analysis of presidential elections in the postwar world with theories of electoral changeshowing how Reagan bridged the eras of re- and dealignment and why Clinton was elected despite the postwar trend.

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Routledge

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042996529X

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9780429965296

German Submarine Warfare in World War I

The Onset of Total War at Sea

By: Lawrence Sondhaus

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German Submarine Warfare in World War I

The Onset of Total War at Sea

By: Lawrence Sondhaus

This compelling book explores Germany’s campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Noted historian Lawrence Sondhaus shows how the undersea campaign, intended as an antidote to Britain’s more conventional blockade of German ports, ultimately brought the United States into the war. Although the German people readily embraced the argument that an “undersea blockade” of Britain enforced by their navy’s Unterseeboote (U-boats) was the moral equivalent of the British navy’s blockade of German ports, international opinion never accepted its legitimacy. Sondhaus explains that in their initial, somewhat confused rollout of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1915, German leaders underestimated the extent to which the policy would alienate the most important neutral power, the United States. In rationalizing the risk of resuming the unrestricted campaign in 1917, they took for granted that, should the United States join the Allies, German U-boats would be able to stop the transport of an American army to France. But by bringing the United States into the war, while also failing to stop the deployment of its troops to Europe, unrestricted submarine warfare ultimately led to Germany’s defeat. Because US manpower proved decisive in breaking the stalemate on the Western Front and securing victory for the Allies, Sondhaus argues that Germany’s decision to stake its fate on the U-boat campaign ranks among the greatest blunders of modern history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442269553

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9781442269552

The Speculation Economy

How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

By: Lawrence E. Mitchell

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The Speculation Economy

How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

By: Lawrence E. Mitchell

American companies once focused exclusively on providing the best products and services. But today, most corporations are obsessed with maximizing their stock prices, resulting in short-term thinking and the kind of cook-the-books corruption seen in the Enron and WorldCom scandals. How did this happen? In this groundbreaking book, Lawrence E. Mitchell traces the origins of the problem to the first decade of the 20th century, when industrialists and bankers began merging existing companies into huge “combines”—today's giant corporations—so they could profit by manufacturing and selling stock in these new entities. He describes and analyzes the legal changes that made this possible, the federal regulatory efforts that missed the significance of this transforming development, and the changes in American society and culture that led more and more Americans to enter the market, turning from relatively safe bonds to riskier common stock in the hopes of becoming rich. Financiers and the corporations they controlled encouraged this trend, but as stock ownership expanded and businesses were increasingly forced to cater to stockholders' “get rich quick” expectations, a subtle but revolutionary shift in the nature of the American economy occurred: finance no longer served industry; instead, industry began to serve finance. The Speculation Economy analyzes the history behind the opening of this economic Pandora's box, the root cause of so many modern acts of corporate malfeasance.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1605093866

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9781605093864

A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

By: Lawrence R. Walker,Frederick H. Landau

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A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

By: Lawrence R. Walker,Frederick H. Landau

The Mojave Desert has a rich natural history. Despite being sandwiched between the larger Great Basin and Sonoran Deserts, it has enough mountains, valleys, canyons, and playas for any eager explorer. Ancient and current waterways carve the bajadas and valley bottoms. This diverse topography gives rise to a multitude of habitats for plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. A Natural History of the Mojave Desert explores how a combination of complex geology, varied geography, and changing climate has given rise to intriguing flora and fauna—including almost 3,000 plant species and about 380 terrestrial vertebrate animal species. Of these, one quarter of the plants and one sixth of the animals are endemic. The authors, who, combined, have spent more than six decades living in and observing the Mojave Desert, offer a scientifically insightful and personally observed understanding of the desert. They invite readers to understand how the Mojave Desert looks, sounds, feels, tastes, and smells. They prompt us to understand how humans have lived in this desert where scant vegetation and water have challenged humans, past and present. A Natural History of the Mojave Desert provides a lively and informed guide to understanding how life has adapted to the hidden riverbeds, huge salt flats, tiny wetlands, and windswept hills that characterize this iconic desert.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816538417

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9780816538416

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #7

By: C.E. Lawrence,Arthur Conan Doyle,Nick Andreychuk,Marc Bilgrey,Carole Bugge,Lenny Picker,Nicholas Briggs,M J Elliott,Janice Law,Michael Mallory,Brucew Kilstein

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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #7

By: C.E. Lawrence,Arthur Conan Doyle,Nick Andreychuk,Marc Bilgrey,Carole Bugge,Lenny Picker,Nicholas Briggs,M J Elliott,Janice Law,Michael Mallory,Brucew Kilstein

The seventh issue of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. Fiction: The Dead House, by Bruce Kilstein A Letter from Legrand, by David Ellis An Old-Fashioned Villain, by Nick Andreychuk The Premature Murder, by Michael Mallory The Double, by Janice Law The Way It Is (novel excerpt), by Carole Buggé A House Divided, by Marc Bilgrey Classic reprint: A Scandal in Bohemia, by Arthur Conan Doyle Features: From Watson’s Scrapbook (Editorial), by John H. Watson, M.D. Moriarty’s Mailbag, by Professor Moriarty The Adventures of the Six Napoleons...of Crime, by Lenny Picker C.E. Lawrence -- The Darker Half of Carole Buggé (interview) Sherlock’s Big Finish: An Interview with Nicholas Briggs, conducted by M J Elliott The Roots of the Psychic Detective in Fiction, by Lee Weinstein

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434448576

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A Hemingway Odyssey

Special Places in His Life

By: H. Lea Lawrence

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A Hemingway Odyssey

Special Places in His Life

By: H. Lea Lawrence

A must-read for Hemingway enthusiasts in the centennial year of his birth, A Hemingway Odyssey contains never-before-published interviews with people who knew him and observations of the special places he frequented, thus revealing how powerfully the waters Hemingway loved influenced his writing from his earliest days to his last novels. Wherever Hemingway went—in Michigan, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Key West, Cuba, or Kenya—he managed to find special places that he plumbed both emotionally and with a hook and line. In this fascinating narrative, H. Lea Lawrence retraces the great writer's footsteps to these special places and records the recollections and insights offered by some of the people who recalled when Hemingway visited their town or fished with one of their relatives. Beginning with one of the writer's first short stories, "Big Two-Hearted River," which is reproduced in its entirety, an unmistakable relationship is established between Hemingway's angling experiences and various stages of his writing. This unique approach to Hemingway's life sets it apart from the work of other biographers. Numerous photographs put readers in touch with his life, particularly with the waters where he loved to fish, from rushing trout streams to the Gulf Stream.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1620452634

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9781620452639

Contract Law in America

A Social and Economic Case Study

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

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Contract Law in America

A Social and Economic Case Study

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

Contract law as applied in the real world and not just in the law books: the classic study of the social and economic realities of contracts in commercial and trade cases, told through case studies and rich historical analysis. A recognized and oft-cited study in law & society, this volume previously hid out as a rare book or was completely unavailable. Now readily accessible and reasonably priced, it also features a new preface by the author and a new, analytical foreword by Stewart Macaulay.

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Quid Pro Books

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1610279786

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9781610279789

The Invasion Spy

By: Donald L. Lawrence

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The Invasion Spy

By: Donald L. Lawrence

A thirty-year old American Captain, Bryan Radcliffe, is transferred to England in 1943, to work for the British Secret Service, prior to the Allies D-Day invasion of France. He is asked to travel secretly into occupied France as a spy to obtain information as to enemy forces. He risks his life and must avoid German officers and agents who have marked him for capture and worse. Finally, as the enemy prevents his exit he miraculously escapes them. With the French Resistances help he then tries to leave Franas a French civilian on a train headed to a neutral country. On board he meets a lovely young American woman from Paris traveling with a young son, one Jane LaPierre. They quickly bond and agree he will try to keep in touch. Near the wars end they try to resume their friendship, but cant due to a sad event in her past. Back in England he assists in the final Invasion plan again risking his life against German spies. Finally, he returns to America, having completed his work abroad. After the war he is awarded a heros medal by the French Government to be received in Paris. Will the lovers have another chance to make a life together? Will his old enemies still pursue him?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524584835

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9781524584832

A History of American Law

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

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A History of American Law

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

Renowned legal historian Lawrence Friedman presents an accessible and authoritative history of American law from the colonial era to the present day. This fully revised fourth edition incorporates the latest research to bring this classic work into the twenty-first century. In addition to looking closely at timely issues like race relations, the book covers the changing configurations of commercial law, criminal law, family law, and the law of property. Friedman furthermore interrogates the vicissitudes of the legal profession and legal education. The underlying theory of this eminently readable book is that the law is the product of society. In this way, we can view the history of the legal system through a sociological prism as it has evolved over the years.

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Oxford University Press

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0190070900

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9780190070908

Black Cop

My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism

By: Calvin Lawrence

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Black Cop

My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism

By: Calvin Lawrence

When Calvin Lawrence joined the Halifax City Police in 1969, he thought he knew what to expect. There was growing tension in the city between the black community and the police, and Calvin believed that as a black police officer he would be able to make a difference. But what he didn't know was that he was embarking on a life-long career in which he would consistently be the target of racist behaviour — from his co-workers and his superiors, and from police organizations as a whole. Calvin describes how he was the target of racial slurs, mocked for being black, pigeonholed into roles, and denied advancement because he was not white. After 36 years in law enforcement, Calvin retired early from the police, suffering from clinical depression and with a settlement from the RCMP after winning a Human Rights complaint. Calvin holds nothing back as he reflects on a career that took him across the country — he shares his experiences as Newfoundland's only black police officer, his undercover stints in Edmonton and Toronto, and his time in Ottawa protecting major world leaders like Jimmy Carter and Brian Mulroney. Calvin Lawrence's story lays bare the key failures of Canadian police organizations that operate on the basis that only white Canadians are entitled to the rights promised to all by the rule of law and the Canadian Charter of Rights.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1459414497

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9781459414495

The Fireside Conversations

America Responds to FDR During the Great Depression

By: Lawrence W. Levine,Cornelia R. Levine

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The Fireside Conversations

America Responds to FDR During the Great Depression

By: Lawrence W. Levine,Cornelia R. Levine

Selected letters originally published in The people and the president, c2002 by Beacon Press.

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Univ of California Press

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0520265548

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9780520265547

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Roads and Other Structures

By: Lawrence Berlow

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Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Roads and Other Structures

By: Lawrence Berlow

More than 650 landmarks are covered, ranging from ancient monuments such as Stonehenge, to contemporary engineering feats such as the World Trade Center in New York City. The concisely-written entries describe when the landmark was built, who built it, why it was built, its dimensions, how it was constructed, and any problems encountered during construction. Additional features include: numerous photographs; biographies of important builders and designers; glossary; chronology of dates in civil engineering from 3000 BC to the present; listings of tallest buildings, longest bridges, and highest dams, and a geographical index which locates the structures by country.

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Routledge

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1135932549

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9781135932541

Standards

Recipes for Reality

By: Lawrence Busch

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Standards

Recipes for Reality

By: Lawrence Busch

An investigation into standards, the invisible infrastructures of our technical, moral, social, and physical worlds. Standards are the means by which we construct realities. There are established standards for professional accreditation, the environment, consumer products, animal welfare, the acceptable stress for highway bridges, healthcare, education—for almost everything. We are surrounded by a vast array of standards, many of which we take for granted but each of which has been and continues to be the subject of intense negotiation. In this book, Lawrence Busch investigates standards as “recipes for reality.” Standards, he argues, shape not only the physical world around us but also our social lives and even our selves. Busch shows how standards are intimately connected to power—that they often serve to empower some and disempower others. He outlines the history of formal standards and describes how modern science came to be associated with the moral-technical project of standardization of both people and things. Busch suggests guidelines for developing fair, equitable, and effective standards. Taking a uniquely integrated and comprehensive view of the subject, Busch shows how standards for people and things are inextricably linked, how standards are always layered (even if often addressed serially), and how standards are simultaneously technical, social, moral, legal, and ontological devices.

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MIT Press

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0262525054

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9780262525053

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

By: Lawrence H. Officer

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Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

By: Lawrence H. Officer

This book presents the lifelong and ongoing research of Lawrence H. Officer in a systematic way. The result is an authoritative treatment of such issues as market structure and economic efficiency where more than one characteristic of a commodity is priced, both in general and in application to shipping conferences; financing of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund; monetary history of the UK and US; and central-bank preferences between gold and dollars, The book first examines multidimensional pricing, defined as pricing when a commodity or service has several characteristics that are priced. The second part is concerned with country-group conflicts in the United Nations and International Monetary Fund. The book then takes a fresh look at historical experiences of monetary-standard upheavals and the final part considers a crucial time (1958-67), during which central-bank gold-dollar decisions were power-politically determined.

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Routledge

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1135986037

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9781135986032

A History of American Law, Revised Edition

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

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A History of American Law, Revised Edition

By: Lawrence M. Friedman

A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of the law is to the economic and political life of the country, he makes a complex subject understandable and engrossing. A History of American Law presents the achievements and failures of the American legal system in the context of America's commercial and working world, family practices and attitudes toward property, slavery, government, crime and justice. Now Professor Friedman has completely revised and enlarged his landmark work, incorporating a great deal of new material. The book contains newly expanded notes, a bibliography and a bibliographical essay.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451602669

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9781451602661

Book's by Lawrence Hadley

Adventures in Solitude

Adventures in Solitude

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority

The Collapse Of The Democratic Presidential Majority

German Submarine Warfare in World War I

German Submarine Warfare in World War I

The Speculation Economy

The Speculation Economy

A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

A Natural History of the Mojave Desert

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #7

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #7

A Hemingway Odyssey

A Hemingway Odyssey

Contract Law in America

Contract Law in America

The Invasion Spy

The Invasion Spy

A History of American Law

A History of American Law

Black Cop

Black Cop

The Fireside Conversations

The Fireside Conversations

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World

Standards

Standards

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

A History of American Law, Revised Edition

A History of American Law, Revised Edition

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