They are powerful men living in diverse cultures on different continents. Yet, they share one thing in common. They've crossed people willing to pay six figures to hire the Cabbage Head. Patrick O'Fallon is the Cabbage Head. Once he is set loose, there is no man cunning enough to escape. Patrick will find him and murder him with ruthless efficiency. Patrick is a man consumed by the past. A warped and unbelievably abusive relationship with his psychotic mother left Patrick wholly incapable of having meaningful relationships with women. They terrify him as much as his mother did. Yet, he worships them and secretly wishes for the maternal love he was denied. When he discovers the Internet, Patrick is transformed. His fingers do not stutter. Until the weekend tryst with a psychotic sadist. Tortured, but left alive, Patrick gives up the Internet, and the hope of a permanent relationship. But when a young widow comes to Patrick's rescue, he is faced with a choice. Can he give up the intrigue for the quiet suburban life? And will his secretive employers allow it? "The Cabbage Head takes you on a twisted odyssey through the mind of a sociopath. Even more amazing, McClain makes you care about this ruthless killer for hire. With his terse, seamless prose, McClain actually makes writing look easy." --M. F. Korn, author of Rachmaninoff's Ghost, and Skimming the Gumbo Nuclear.
Aidan Fraser abandoned the Mystics to join the modern world. Now he needs their help to recover technology that threatens to annihilate all life. Aidan Fraser betrayed his heritage by aligning himself with the hated technodru. Now he heads the Institutes for Quantum Research where he created an inexhaustible power source. Caitlyn Drummond - Aidan's intended before he abandoned the Isles of Myst - warns of a vision prophesying the end of all flesh. Anthropian Warlords have stolen the technology, and Aidan must recover the designs to prevent them from being converted to military use. But Aidan's ill-equipped to do it alone. The Warlords are hybrid offspring from union between hominids and an alien race called the Celestials. The Warlords are cunning and possess almost supernatural abilities. Caitlyn convinces Aidan to retrain in the Mystic Arts if he hopes to thwart the Warlords. He knows the price for her help will cost his freedom, but it is the only way to save a corrupt and violent world. Even so, might it still be possible to escape the Isles and Caitlyn Drummond a second time?
This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are used by human cultures as well as how riparia can be used to sustain environmental quality. In recent years riparian management has been widely implemented as a means of improving fisheries, water quality, and habitat for endangered species. This book provides the basic knowledge necessary to implement successful, long-term management and rehabilitation programs. Treats riparian patterns & processes in a holistic perspective, from ecological components to societal activities Contains over 130 illustrations and photos that summarize this complex ecological system Synthesizes the information from more than 6,000 professional articles Sidebars provide a look into ongoing research that is at the frontiers of riparian ecology and management
Chess historians and collectors consider the California Chess Reporter the gold standard for California chess magazines. There have been over a hundred chess periodicals to have graced California chess during the last one hundred years, but only one has combined all the pertinent information that a chess historian looks for: who played in what tournament, club or league, when and where it was played, and, of course, the game scores. The match results, club results, league results, tournament cross tables, and game scores that appeared every month for both Northern and Southern California answered all of these criteria and more. The Reporter had very balanced reporting; there were first hand accounts from tournaments, articles on opening and endgame analysis, problems (yes, Virginia, in those days there really were players who liked to solve them), and even an occasional fiction story (Zeno the rat was terrific!) The off-set process that the Reporter adopted created very readable chess diagrams and excellent photos. During the Reporter's great twenty-five year run, it covered the 1952 Hollywood International, the 1954 Second Pan-American Chess Congress in Hollywood, the 1955 United States Open in San Diego, the 1961 United States Open in San Francisco, the 1963 Piatigorsky Cup in Los Angeles, the 1971 United States Open at Ventura, the 1974 Eagle Rock International, as well as assorted Lone Pine, American Open and Paul Masson Tournaments. Bobby Fischer fans will find the coverage of the 1957 United States Junior Championship in San Francisco, the 1961 Fischer vs. Reshevsky Match played in New York and Los Angeles, the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica, and commentaries on his 1964 Simultaneous Exhibition tour fascinating as well. During Fischer's run for the World Championship, CSCF membership increased dramatically, so in July of 1971, Guthrie's need for more help was answered when Robert Burger became co-Editor. The Associate Editors, Gordon Barrett (LA), Dr. Mark Eudey (Berkeley), Neil Austin (Sacramento), and Irving Rivise (LA), were still helping out. A Games Editor position had even been created; ably filled by the eclectic Jude Acers. After Fischer won the World Championship, California chess membership exploded and continued to increase until 1975. Of course, when Fischer abdicated, the membership slowly started declining. In 1976, a number of new league leaders decided to break away from the CSCF, effectively splitting up the state. After the breakup of the state organization Guthrie decided to call it quits. The magazine fulfilled its mission statement and gave us continuous, statewide coverage for twenty-five years. Reading the CCR is like taking a trip through time; starting with the early 1950's chess club scene and ending in the 1970's post-Fischer world of endless weekend chess tournaments. The California Chess Reporter published nearly 200 issues packed with chess lore that now, thanks to Ishi Press, will live forever.
Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American? In Disoriented: Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation State, Robert Chang examines the current discourse on race and law and the implications of postmodern theory and affirmative action-all of which have largely excluded Asian Americans-in order to develop a theory of critical Asian American legal studies. Demonstrating that the ongoing debate surrounding multiculturalism and immigration in the U.S. is really a struggle over the meaning of "America," Chang reveals how the construction of Asian American-ness has become a necessary component in stabilizing a national American identity-- a fact Chang criticizes as harmful to Asian Americans. Defining the many "borders" that operate in positive and negative ways to construct America as we know it, Chang analyzes the position of Asian Americans within America's black/white racial paradigm, how "the family" operates as a stand-in for race and nation, and how the figure of the immigrant embodies a central contradiction in allegories of America. "Has profound political implications for race relations in the new century" —Michigan Law Review, May 2001
Archibald and Feldman, leading observers of the scene, provide an incisive overview of the challenges facing and possibilities for America's universities and colleges in their training future generations.
Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy groups in national politics and the behavior of minority members of Congress, the authors find the relationship between the groups is characterized mainly by non-conflict and a considerable degree of independence. The question of why there appears to be little minority intergroup conflict at the national level of government is also addressed. This is the first systematic study of Black–Latino intergroup relations at the national level of United States politics.
A classic work of American theatre, based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in defense of a schoolteacher accused of teaching the theory of evolution The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation. Praise for Inherit the Wind "A tidal wave of a drama."—New York World-Telegram And Sun “Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee were classic Broadway scribes who knew how to crank out serious plays for thinking Americans. . . . Inherit the Wind is a perpetually prescient courtroom battle over the legality of teaching evolution. . . . We’re still arguing this case–all the way to the White House.”—Chicago Tribune “Powerful . . . a crackling good courtroom play . . . [that] provides two of the juiciest roles in American theater.”—Copley News Service “[This] historical drama . . . deserves respect.”—The Columbus Dispatch
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