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Sandra Day O'Connor

By: Evan Thomas

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—as seen on PBS’s American Experience “She’s a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time.”—Walter Isaacson Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings—doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness. She became the first ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the Court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s, O’Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise. Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives—who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground—will be inspired by O’Connor’s example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women. Praise for First “Cinematic . . . poignant . . . illuminating and eminently readable . . . First gives us a real sense of Sandra Day O’Connor the human being. . . . Thomas gives O’Connor the credit she deserves.”—The Washington Post “[A] fascinating and revelatory biography . . . a richly detailed picture of [O’Connor’s] personal and professional life . . . Evan Thomas’s book is not just a biography of a remarkable woman, but an elegy for a worldview that, in law as well as politics, has disappeared from the nation’s main stages.”—The New York Times Book Review

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Random House Trade Paperbacks

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0399589309

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A Debonair Scoundrel

An Episode in the Moral History of San Francisco

By: Lately Thomas

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A Debonair Scoundrel

An Episode in the Moral History of San Francisco

By: Lately Thomas

Originally published in 1962, this book tells the flamboyant story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco’s infamous era of graft. In the year 1906, San Francisco was rocked by two calamitous earthquakes. Nature herself was responsible for one; a man named Ruef was responsible for the other. Abraham Ruef (1864-1936), known as Abe Ruef, was a rogue of innumerable refinements. A classical scholar, a wit, a bon vivant, he was also a political boss who not only picked the city’s officials—among them, “Handsome Gene” Schmitz, San Francisco’s “bassoon mayor”—but picked the city’s pockets as well. When he was finally arraigned for graft, Ruef attempted to appoint himself District Attorney to prosecute the case! In A Debonair Scoundrel, Lately Thomas reconstructs the little known but fantastic career and its gaudy, dramatic setting: a city thrown into wild disorder; fighting in the courts reeking with corruption; kidnappings, and flying bullets with overtones of slapstick comedy and suspense. The men who saw to Ruef’s undoing were relics of a bygone West: millionaire Rudolph Spreckels, who tried to reform his own class; Fremont Older, the Evening Bulletin crusading editor—and others, such as Teddy Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst. Their encounter with Abe Ruef is wittily described by Lately Thomas, author of The Vanishing Evangelist, who has brought his magnificently creative gifts to a book as brilliant and rambunctious as the fabulous era he describes.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1789121272

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9781789121278

Working with People with Learning Disabilities

Theory and Practice

By: David Thomas,Honor Woods

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Working with People with Learning Disabilities

Theory and Practice

By: David Thomas,Honor Woods

The authors bring together the relevant theory for social workers, nurses, teachers and others working with people with learning disabilities. Using jargon-free explanations and case examples, they present the information needed to inform good practice.

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286

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853029734

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9781853029738

A Dangerous Journey

Inside Another Year in Boxing

By: Thomas Hauser

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A Dangerous Journey

Inside Another Year in Boxing

By: Thomas Hauser

Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Reviewing his 2018 collection, Booklist proclaimed, “This is Hauser in a nutshell: compassion, character, and context. As always, an annual delight.” A Dangerous Journey continues Hauser’s tradition of excellence, turning his award-winning investigative reporting skills on the scandal surrounding the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs and the failures of corrupt and incompetent state athletic commissions. Hauser also takes readers into Canelo Alvarez’s dressing room in the hours before and after his rematch against Gennady Golovkin, the biggest fight of the year, and offers in-depth portraits of boxing’s biggest stars—past and present—as well as reflections on fight-related curiosities ranging from Ronda Rousey to David and Goliath. Thirty-five years ago, Hauser began writing about boxing with his superb The Black Lights, which has long been regarded as a boxing classic. He only gets better.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1682261077

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9781682261071

Protect Yourself at All Times

An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing

By: Thomas Hauser

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Protect Yourself at All Times

An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing

By: Thomas Hauser

“Hauser is a treasure. Whatever he writes is worth reading. Boxing is blessed that he has focused so much of his career on the sweet science.” —Booklist Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike anticipate Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene, where his award-winning investigative journalism is on display. The annual retrospective of the previous year in boxing is always a notable moment in the sport that no one knows better than Hauser. Protect Yourself at All Times offers a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, dressing room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin, and compelling portraits of luminaries like Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, and Don King, all filtered through the perspective of a true champion of boxing.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1610756487

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Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform

Explaining National Parliaments' Adaptation to European Integration

By: Thomas Winzen

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Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform

Explaining National Parliaments' Adaptation to European Integration

By: Thomas Winzen

This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration. Advancing an explanation based on political parties' constitutional preferences, the volume investigates the nature and variation of parliamentary rights in European Union affairs across countries and levels of governance. In some member states, parliaments have traditionally been strong and parties hold intergovernmental visions of European integration. In these countries, strong parliamentary rights emerge in the context of parties' efforts to realise their preferred constitutional design for the European polity. Parliamentary rights remain weakly developed where federally-oriented parties prevail, and where parliaments have long been marginal arenas in domestic politics. Moreover, divergent constitutional preferences underlie inter-parliamentary disagreement on national parliaments' collective rights at the European level. Constitutional preferences are key to understanding why a 'Senate' of national parliaments never enjoyed support and why the alternatives subsequently put into place have stayed clear of committing national parliaments to any common policies. This volume calls into question existing explanations that focus on strategic partisan incentives arising from minority and coalition government. It, furthermore rejects the exclusive attribution of parliamentary 'deficits' to the structural constraints created by European integration and, instead, restores a sense of accountability for parliamentary rights to political parties and their ideas for the European Union's constitutional design.

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Oxford University Press

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0192511912

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9780192511911

Homelessness in New York City

Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio

By: Thomas J. Main

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Homelessness in New York City

Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio

By: Thomas J. Main

Introduction -- The beginnings of homelessness policy under Koch -- The development of homelessness policy under Koch -- Homelessness policy under Dinkins -- Homelessness policy under Giuliani -- Homelessness policy under Bloomberg -- Homelessness policy under De Blasio -- Conclusion.

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NYU Press

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1479846872

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9781479846870

Politics in the Trenches

Citizens, Politicians, and the Fate of Democracy

By: Thomas J. Volgy

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Politics in the Trenches

Citizens, Politicians, and the Fate of Democracy

By: Thomas J. Volgy

In Politics in the Trenches, Volgy shows what really happens behind the scenes of government. He contrasts perception with reality regarding the rewards and perks of office. He examines the process of experimentation in the political laboratory and shows how the news media distort it. He provides a case study of homelessness to illustrate the system's constraints. And he offers a chapter on a typical week in office that will be an eye-opener for most readers."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816520852

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9780816520855

Baseball's Retired Numbers

Major and Minor Leagues

By: Thomas W. Brucato

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Baseball's Retired Numbers

Major and Minor Leagues

By: Thomas W. Brucato

The retiring of a number to honor a player likely began with the New York Yankees. The Yankees were not the first team to experiment with numbers on uniforms to identify players, but they were the first to wear numbers permanently and retired Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939. This book covers retired numbers in baseball's major and minor leagues. In the major league section of the book, a player's name is followed by his retired number, the name of the team that retired it, the year that it was retired, the player's primary position, and the teams he was affiliated with during his playing career. The author then presents a brief summary of the player's career and lists any major awards or honors he won. Retiring numbers in the minor leagues is a bit different; a player who excels in the minors isn't usually with a team for long because he is promoted to the majors. In the minor league section, a player's name is followed by a brief summary of his significance. After both the major and minor league sections, readers will find team-by-team and numerical lists of honored players.

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McFarland

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0786417625

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9780786417629

Equity and Trusts in Australia

By: Michael Bryan,Vicki Vann,Susan Barkehall Thomas

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Equity and Trusts in Australia

By: Michael Bryan,Vicki Vann,Susan Barkehall Thomas

Equity and Trusts in Australia offers an accessible introduction to the principles of Australian equity and trusts law for students, linking key doctrines to their wider relationship with the law. The text covers foundational topics of equity and trusts law, including the nature of equity, fiduciary relationships and trust structures. This edition has been revised to include recent landmark decisions and a new chapter on termination and variation of trusts. Each chapter concludes with a guide to the online resources, which encourage students to extend their knowledge of the content through further reading, practice problems and discussion topics. Written by a team of experienced authors, Equity and Trusts in Australia is an ideal text for students undertaking this area of study for the first time. A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia is also available and provides cases and primary legal materials to accompany Equity and Trusts in Australia.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009232355

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9781009232357

In Defense of Tort Law

By: Thomas Koenig,Michael Rustad

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In Defense of Tort Law

By: Thomas Koenig,Michael Rustad

Tort law is a good thing (whatever it is....).

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363

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NYU Press

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0814747582

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9780814747582

Health Systems in Transition

USA, Second Edition

By: Thomas Rice,Pauline Rosenau,Lynn Y. Unruh,Andrew J. Barnes

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Health Systems in Transition

USA, Second Edition

By: Thomas Rice,Pauline Rosenau,Lynn Y. Unruh,Andrew J. Barnes

The book provides a thorough review of the U.S. health care system, including its organization and financing, care delivery, recent reforms, and an evaluation of the system's performance.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487526458

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9781487526450

Marine Biologist

By: William David Thomas

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Marine Biologist

By: William David Thomas

Describes the work of a marine biologist.

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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

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1433943891

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9781433943898

Comparative Federalism

A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition

By: Thomas O. Hueglin,Alan Fenna

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Comparative Federalism

A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition

By: Thomas O. Hueglin,Alan Fenna

Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry, Second Edition is a uniquely comprehensive, analytic, and genuinely comparative introduction to the principles and practices, as well as the institutional compromises, of federalism. Hueglin and Fenna draw from their diverse research on federal systems to focus on four main models—America, Canada, Germany, and the European Union—but also to range widely over other cases. At the heart of the book is careful analysis of the relationship between constitutional design and amendment, fiscal relations, institutional structures, intergovernmental relations, and judicial review. Such analysis serves the dual role of helping the reader understand federalism and providing a comparative framework from which to assess the record of federal systems. The second edition has been extensively revised and updated, taking into account new developments in federal systems and incorporating insights from the growing body of literature in the field. It includes two new chapters, "Fiscal Federalism" and "The Limits of Federalism.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442607246

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Book's by Thomas Conlan

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First

A Debonair Scoundrel

A Debonair Scoundrel

Working with People with Learning Disabilities

Working with People with Learning Disabilities

A Dangerous Journey

A Dangerous Journey

Protect Yourself at All Times

Protect Yourself at All Times

Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform

Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform

Homelessness in New York City

Homelessness in New York City

Politics in the Trenches

Politics in the Trenches

Baseball's Retired Numbers

Baseball's Retired Numbers

Equity and Trusts in Australia

Equity and Trusts in Australia

In Defense of Tort Law

In Defense of Tort Law

Health Systems in Transition

Health Systems in Transition

Marine Biologist

Marine Biologist

Comparative Federalism

Comparative Federalism

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