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Courtiers of the Marble Palace

The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk

By: Todd C. Peppers

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Courtiers of the Marble Palace

The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk

By: Todd C. Peppers

Courtiers of the Marble Palace explores how law clerks are hired and utilized by United States Supreme Court justices.

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Stanford University Press

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The Taft Court: Volume 10

Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930

By: Robert C. Post

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The Taft Court: Volume 10

Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930

By: Robert C. Post

This work will serve as the authoritative reference text on the Supreme Court during the period of 1921 to 1930, when William Howard Taft was Chief Justice. It will become a point of common reference across multiple disciplines, including history, law, and political science.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009336223

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Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock

By: C. Clarke

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Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock

By: C. Clarke

This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre.

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Springer

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The Most Southern Place on Earth

The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity

By: James C. Cobb

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The Most Southern Place on Earth

The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity

By: James C. Cobb

Cotton obsessed, Negro obsessed," Rupert Vance called it in 1935. "Nowhere but in the Mississippi Delta," he said, "are antebellum conditions so nearly preserved." This crescent of bottomlands between Memphis and Vicksburg, lined by the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, remains in some ways what it was in 1860: a land of rich soil, wealthy planters, and desperate poverty--the blackest and poorest counties in all the South. And yet it is a cultural treasure house as well--the home of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Charley Pride, Walker Percy, Elizabeth Spencer, and Shelby Foote. Painting a fascinating portrait of the development and survival of the Mississippi Delta, a society and economy that is often seen as the most extreme in all the South, James C. Cobb offers a comprehensive history of the Delta, from its first white settlement in the 1820s to the present. Exploring the rich black culture of the Delta, Cobb explains how it survived and evolved in the midst of poverty and oppression, beginning with the first settlers in the overgrown, disease-ridden Delta before the Civil War to the bitter battles and incomplete triumphs of the civil rights era. In this comprehensive account, Cobb offers new insight into "the most southern place on earth," untangling the enigma of grindingly poor but prolifically creative Mississippi Delta.

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Oxford University Press

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Saving the Soul of Georgia

Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights

By: Maurice C. Daniels

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Saving the Soul of Georgia

Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights

By: Maurice C. Daniels

This is a biography of Donald Hollowell, one of Georgia's foremost civil rights attorneys. The bulk of the manuscript is focused on Hollowell's career as a lawyer and, in particular, his work on key cases in the 1950s and 1960s, but Daniels also includes a discussion of Hollowell's early years, education, military service, and employment as a regional director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In researching the book, Daniels relied on personal interviews as well as the personal papers of civil rights advocates and Southern opposition leaders, court records, newspaper accounts, and other archival sources that offered insight into Hollowell's activism and lawyering. In addition, Daniels conducted three extensive personal interviews with Hollowell that provide firsthand information about his childhood and early background, the influences on his desire to become an advocate for social justice, and his experiences as a civil rights activist and lawyer. Daniels also conducted several interviews with Hollowell's wife, Louise T. Hollowell, to whom he was married for 62 years. The narrative captures Hollowell's civil rights work in Atlanta as well as his work with grassroots leaders in other parts of Georgia. It covers well- known civil rights cases such as the desegregation of University of Georgia while also chronicling the lesser known, yet nonetheless significant, desegregation cases that provided the groundwork for that case. Daniels illuminates Hollowell's behind-the scenes work to help bring about social change in Georgia, his collaboration with proponents of direct action, and the intersection of his work with that of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund's campaign for equal justice"--

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University of Georgia Press

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0820345962

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Managing Sticky Situations at Work

Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace

By: Joan C. Curtis

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Managing Sticky Situations at Work

Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace

By: Joan C. Curtis

This title is a practical guide for the millions of men and women who may find themselves dealing with difficult or problematic situations in the workplace. Managing Sticky Situations at Work: Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace gives employers and employees the tools they need to resolve uncomfortable, unproductive workplace conflicts in a forthright, sensitive, and systematic way. This necessary and timely title gives readers examples of common, real-life workplace situations, followed up with a new and effective way to respond-the Say It Just Right model of communication-applied to each case. Managing Sticky Situations at Work ranges over a myriad of all-too-familiar problems involving and affecting bosses, co-workers, clients, and subordinates. Examples come from the health care professions, information technology companies, small businesses, retail, the public sector, and other sources. From back-stabbing and personality clashes, to bullying bosses and awkward office romances, to inappropriate Internet use and nasty emails, it gives readers recognizable scenarios, practical solutions, and the parameters to help them "say it just right" when it is time to act.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313362793

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Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law

By: Thomas C. Grey

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Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law

By: Thomas C. Grey

In Formalism and Pragmatism in American Law Thomas Grey gives a full account of each of these modes of legal thought, with particular attention to the versions of them promulgated by their influential exponents Christopher Columbus Langdell and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Grey argues that legal pragmatism as understood by Holmes is the best jurisprudential framework for a modern legal system. He enriches his theoretical account with treatments of central issues in three important areas of law in the United States: constitutional interpretation, property, and torts.

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BRILL

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9004272895

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The Tolerant Society

By: Lee C. Bollinger

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The Tolerant Society

By: Lee C. Bollinger

In The Tolerant Society, Bollinger offers a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, and offers an alternative explanation. Traditional justifications for protecting extremist speech have turned largely on the inherent value of self-expression, maintaining that the benefits of the free interchange of ideas include the greater likelihood of serving truth and of promoting wise decisions in a democracy. Bollinger finds these theories persuasive but inadequate. Buttrressing his argument with references to the Skokie case and many other examples, as well as a careful analysis of the primary literature on free speech, he contends that the real value of toleration of extremist speech lies in the extraordinary self-control toward antisocial behavior that it elicits: society is stengthened by the exercise of tolerance, he maintains. The problem of finding an appropriate response -- especially when emotions make measured response difficult -- is common to all social interaction, Bollinger points out, and there are useful lesons to be learned from withholding punishment even for what is conceded to be bad behavior.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019505430X

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A Social History of Anthropology in the United States

By: Thomas C. Patterson

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A Social History of Anthropology in the United States

By: Thomas C. Patterson

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the social history of anthropology in the United States, examining the circumstances that gave rise to the discipline and illuminating the role of anthropology in the modern world. Thomas C. Patterson considers the shifting social and political-economic conditions in which anthropological knowledge has been produced and deployed, the appearance of practices focused on particular regions or groups, the place of anthropology in structures of power, and the role of the educator in forging, perpetuating, and changing representations of past and contemporary peoples. The book addresses the negative reputation that anthropology took on as an offspring of imperialism, and provides fascinating insight into the social history of America. In this second edition, the material has been revised and updated, including a new chapter that covers anthropological theory and practice during the turmoil created by multiple ongoing crises at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This is valuable reading for students and scholars interested in the origins, development, and theory of anthropology.

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Routledge

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1000185397

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Serial Killing for Profit

Multiple Murder for Money

By: Dirk C. Gibson

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Serial Killing for Profit

Multiple Murder for Money

By: Dirk C. Gibson

This the first book to focus specifically on serial killers motivated by monetary gain. Serial Killing for Profit: Multiple Murder for Money addresses a gap in the existing literature by documenting one dozen of the most notorious perpetrators of commercial serial murder—murderers who kill to secure inheritances and pensions, to sell possessions or even the body itself, or as murderers-for-hire. In these pages, readers will encounter some of the nation's most infamous and disturbing criminals, including "America's first serial killer," Herman Mudgett; Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the "Honeymoon Killers;" Los Angeles's "Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez; the "black widow" Blanche Taylor Moore; and Dana Sue Gray, who killed three women for shopping money. Author Dirk Gibson gets to the twisted heart of each case, meticulously detailing the crimes, the victims, the hunt for the killers, the distinctive variations on the motive of "killing for money," and the lessons learned by investigators in each instance. Everyone from professional investigators to true crime aficionados will be riveted by these stunning accounts.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313378916

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The Dark Side of G.K. Chesterton

Gargoyles and Grotesques

By: John C. Tibbetts

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The Dark Side of G.K. Chesterton

Gargoyles and Grotesques

By: John C. Tibbetts

This is a critical study of the great British man of letters G.K. Chesterton, devoted to the novels, stories and essays that explore the darker fringes of his wild imagination. "Everything is different in the dark," wrote Chesterton; "perhaps you don't know how terrible a truth that is." Chesterton's use of the theme of "gargoyles" provides the thematic structure of the book. It covers the detective stories of Father Brown and others, the locked rooms and miracle crimes in his writing, his status as a science fiction writer, and the riddles and paradoxes of three works--Job, The Man Who Was Thursday, and the play The Surprise. This volume also includes an interlude about Chesterton and Jorge Luis Borges and a robust appendix including interviews about the formation of Ignatius Press's Collected Chesterton.

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McFarland

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1476643970

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The South on Paper

Line, Color and Light

By: James C. Kelly

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The South on Paper

Line, Color and Light

By: James C. Kelly

Explores forty-four southern artists and eighty of their works.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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0963283634

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Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812

By: C. Edward Skeen

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Citizen Soldiers in the War of 1812

By: C. Edward Skeen

Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Book Award During the War of 1812, state militias were intended to be the primary fighting force. Unfortunately, while militiamen showed willingness to fight, they were untrained, undisciplined, and ill-equipped. These raw volunteers had no muskets, and many did not know how to use the weapons once they had been issued. Though established by the Constitution, state militias found themselves wholly unprepared for war. The federal government was empowered to use these militias to "execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;" but in a system of divided responsibility, it was the states' job to appoint officers and to train the soldiers. Edward Skeen reveals states' responses to federal requests for troops and provides in-depth descriptions of the conditions, morale, and experiences of the militia in camp and in battle. Skeen documents the failures and successes of the militias, concluding that the key lay in strong leadership. He also explores public perception of the force, both before and after the war, and examines how the militias changed in response to their performance in the War of 1812. After that time, the federal government increasingly neglected the militias in favor of a regular professional army.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813188784

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Law and the Unconscious

A Psychoanalytic Perspective

By: Anne C. Dailey

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Law and the Unconscious

A Psychoanalytic Perspective

By: Anne C. Dailey

How do we bring the law into line with people's psychological experience? How can psychoanalysis help us understand irrational actions and bad choices? Our legal system relies on the idea that people act reasonably and of their own free will, yet some still commit crimes with a high likelihood of being caught, sign obviously one-sided contracts, or violate their own moral codes--behavior many would call fundamentally irrational. Anne Dailey shows that a psychoanalytic perspective grounded in solid clinical work can bring the law into line with the reality of psychological experience. Approaching contemporary legal debates with fresh insights, this original and powerful critique sheds new light on issues of overriding social importance, including false confessions, sexual consent, threats of violence, and criminal responsibility. By challenging basic legal assumptions with a nuanced and humane perspective, Dailey shows how psychoanalysis can further our legal system's highest ideals of individual fairness and systemic justice.

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Yale University Press

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0300188838

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition

The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

By: Steven C. Hayes,Kirk D. Strosahl,Kelly G. Wilson

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition

The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

By: Steven C. Hayes,Kirk D. Strosahl,Kelly G. Wilson

Since the original publication of this seminal work, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has come into its own as a widely practiced approach to helping people change. This book provides the definitive statement of ACT--from conceptual and empirical foundations to clinical techniques--written by its originators. ACT is based on the idea that psychological rigidity is a root cause of a wide range of clinical problems. The authors describe effective, innovative ways to cultivate psychological flexibility by detecting and targeting six key processes: defusion, acceptance, attention to the present moment, self-awareness, values, and committed action. Sample therapeutic exercises and patient-therapist dialogues are integrated throughout. New to This Edition *Reflects tremendous advances in ACT clinical applications, theory building, and research. *Psychological flexibility is now the central organizing focus. *Expanded coverage of mindfulness, the therapeutic relationship, relational learning, and case formulation. *Restructured to be more clinician friendly and accessible; focuses on the moment-by-moment process of therapy.

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Guilford Publications

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1462528945

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By the Noble Daring of Her Sons

The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee

By: Jonathan C. Sheppard

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By the Noble Daring of Her Sons

The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee

By: Jonathan C. Sheppard

A tale of ordinary Florida citizens who, during extraordinary times, were called to battle against their fellow countrymen Over the past twenty years, historians have worked diligently to explore Florida’s role in the Civil War. Works describing the state’s women and its wartime economy have contributed to this effort, yet until recently the story of Florida’s soldiers in the Confederate armies has been little studied. This volume explores the story of schoolmates going to war and of families left behind, of a people fighting to maintain a society built on slavery and of a state torn by political and regional strife. Florida in 1860 was very much divided between radical democrats and conservatives. Before the war the state’s inhabitants engaged in bitter political rivalries, and Sheppard argues that prior to secession Florida citizens maintained regional loyalties rather than considering themselves “Floridians.” He shows that service in Confederate armies helped to ease tensions between various political factions and worked to reduce the state’s regional divisions. Sheppard also addresses the practices of prisoner parole and exchange, unit consolidation and its effects on morale and unit identity, politics within the Army of Tennessee, and conscription and desertion in the Southern armies. These issues come together to demonstrate the connection between the front lines and the home front.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817317074

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

By: Steven C. Hayes,Kirk D. Strosahl,Kelly G. Wilson

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The Process and Practice of Mindful Change

By: Steven C. Hayes,Kirk D. Strosahl,Kelly G. Wilson

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1609189647

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Debugging by Thinking

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Robert C. Metzger

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Debugging by Thinking

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Robert C. Metzger

Debugging by Thinking: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach is the first book to apply the wisdom of six disciplines-logic, mathematics, psychology, safety analysis, computer science, and engineering-to the problem of debugging. It uses the methods of literary detectives such as Sherlock Holmes, the techniques of mathematical problem solving, the results of research into the cognitive psychology of human error, the root cause analyses of safety experts, the compiler analyses of computer science, and the processes of modern engineering to define a systematic approach to identifying and correcting software errors. * Language Independent Methods: Examples are given in Java and C++ * Complete source code shows actual bugs, rather than contrived examples * Examples are accessible with no more knowledge than a course in Data Structures and Algorithms requires * A "thought process diary" shows how the author actually resolved the problems as they occurred

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Digital Press

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1555583075

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Chinese Justice, the Fiction

Law and Literature in Modern China

By: Jeffrey C. Kinkley

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Chinese Justice, the Fiction

Law and Literature in Modern China

By: Jeffrey C. Kinkley

This is a full-length study of Chinese crime fiction in all eras: ancient, modern, and contemporary. It is also the first book to apply legal scholars law and literature inquiry to the rich field of Chinese legal and literary culture.

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Stanford University Press

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0804739765

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Men of Massachusetts

Bay State Contributors to American Society

By: August C. Bolino

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Men of Massachusetts

Bay State Contributors to American Society

By: August C. Bolino

As one of the original Thirteen Colonies and birthplace of the American Revolution, Massachusetts has continued the rich tradition of liberty throughout its storied history, becoming a primary contributor to many fields of human endeavor in American society. Massachusetts native August C. Bolino profiles two hundred significant historical personages from this state in Men of Massachusetts. Beginning with a brief history, Bolino traces the role individual men have played throughout the states nearly four-hundred-year history, offering a concise and informative profile of each one. He discusses how Massachusetts has been a leader in reform movements, including education, the abolition of slavery, and womens and African American suffrage. In addition, Bolino depicts how people of Massachusetts spread culture in literature, music, entertainment, and sports, championed liberty, encouraged entrepreneurship, and paved the way for us in the twenty-first century. Profiles include such storied figures as John Adams and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elias Howe and Calvin Coolidge, and, of course, the Kennedy family. A true testament to the remarkable achievements of the people of Massachusetts, this compendium shows the fruits of true liberal philosophy.

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iUniverse

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1475933762

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Laughing at the Gods

Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law

By: Allan C. Hutchinson

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Laughing at the Gods

Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law

By: Allan C. Hutchinson

This book showcases eight judges that exemplify judicial greatness and looks at what role they play in law and society.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107017262

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Toxicogenomics

A Powerful Tool for Toxicity Assessment

By: Saura C. Sahu

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Toxicogenomics

A Powerful Tool for Toxicity Assessment

By: Saura C. Sahu

Toxicogenomics is the integration of genomics to toxicology. This technology is a powerful tool for collecting information from a large number of biological samples simultaneously and thus it is very useful for large-scale screening of potential toxicants. Toxicogenomics: A Powerful Tool For Toxicity Assessment provides up-to-date state-of-the-art information presented by the recognized experts, and is therefore an authoritative source of current knowledge in this field of research. The potential link between toxicology, genetics and human diseases makes this book very useful to investigators in many and varied disciplines of science and toxicology. Topics covered include: mechanistic toxicogenomics analysis and interpretation of toxicogenomic data principles of data mining in toxicogenomics design issues in toxicogenomics studies sources of variability in toxicogenomic assays Escherichia coli stress response as a tool for detection of toxicity toxicogenomics as a tool to assess immunotoxicity toxicogenomics and ecogenomics for studying endocrine disruption and basic biology use of toxicogenomics as an early predictive tool for hepatotoxicity nutrigenomics: the application of genomic signatures in nutrition-related research application of toxicogenomics in drug discovery potential uses of toxicogenomic biomarkers in occupational health and risk assessment usefulness of toxicogenomics in the regulatory environment perspectives on toxicogenomics at the US Environmental Protection Agency Toxicogenomics: A Powerful Tool For Toxicity Assessment is an essential resource for research scientists currently engaged in toxicogenomics, and will also be of interest to researchers working in toxicology, genetics, medicine, pharmacology, and food sciences, and to regulators and risk assessors of drug, food, environmental and agricultural products.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470699647

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Breaking the Spell

Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

By: Daniel C. Dennett

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Breaking the Spell

Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

By: Daniel C. Dennett

The New York Times bestseller – a “crystal-clear, constantly engaging” (Jared Diamond) exploration of the role that religious belief plays in our lives and our interactions For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.

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Penguin

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110121886X

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The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

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The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared in many other films, including The Three Musketeers, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia encompasses all of the films in the distinguished actor’s prolific career, from his early roles in the 1940s to his work in some of the most successful film franchises of all time. This reference highlights Lee’s iconic roles in horror cinema as well as his non-horror films over the years, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. The entries in this book feature: Cast and crew information Synopsis Critical evaluation Newspaper and magazine reviews DVD availability Many of the entries also feature Sir Christopher’s recollections about the production, as well as the actor’s insights about his directors and fellow costars. Appendices in this volume include discussions of Lee’s significant work on radio and television, as well as film shorts, screen tests, films in which he is mentioned, films from which he was cut, and unrealized projects. A film-by-film review of the actor’s cinematic output. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia will appeal to this legend’s many devoted fans.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810892707

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9780810892705

From Our Christian Heritage

Hundreds of Ways to Add Christian History to Teaching, Preaching, and Writing : Indexed by Scripture, Topic, and Source

By: C. Douglas Weaver

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From Our Christian Heritage

Hundreds of Ways to Add Christian History to Teaching, Preaching, and Writing : Indexed by Scripture, Topic, and Source

By: C. Douglas Weaver

Weaver has retrieved from obscurity the rich treasures of Christian tradition from the 1st through 20th centuries and made them meaningfully accessible for preachers, teachers, worship and study leaders, students, devotional readers, and persons interested in the history of the church.

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Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.

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1573121541

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The Greater Middle East and the Cold War

US Foreign Policy Under Eisenhower and Kennedy

By: Roby C. Barrett

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The Greater Middle East and the Cold War

US Foreign Policy Under Eisenhower and Kennedy

By: Roby C. Barrett

At the height of the Cold War, the US sought to maintain power and influence in the Greater Middle East - the region from Morocco to India - in the context of a growing threat from Russia and the decline of British imperialism. This original and important study illuminates this tense period in international relations, offering many new insights into the global situation of the 1950s and 1960s. Roby Barrett casts fresh light on US foreign policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy, illuminating the struggles of two American administrations to deal with massive social, economic, and political change in an area sharply divided by regional and Cold War rivalries. With a dramatic backdrop of revolutionary Arab nationalism, Zionism, indigenous Communism, teetering colonial empires, unstable traditional monarchies, oil, territorial disputes and the threat of Soviet domination of the region, this book vividly highlights the fundamental similarities between the goals and application of foreign policy in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations as well as the impact of British influence on the process. Drawing on extensive research in archives and document collections from Kansas to Canberra as well as numerous interviews with key policy makers and observers from both the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, Roby Barrett explores the application of the Cold War containment policy through economic development and security assistance. Within the broader context of the global Cold War struggle, the Greater Middle East also held the potential as the flashpoint for nuclear war, and Barrett analyses fully the implications of this for international relations. In the process this book draws some unexpected conclusions, arguing that Eisenhower's policies were ultimately more successful than Kennedy's, and offers an important and revisionist contribution to our understanding of the Cold War and the Middle East.

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0857713086

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Formal Logic

Its Scope and Limits

By: Richard C. Jeffrey,John P. Burgess

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Formal Logic

Its Scope and Limits

By: Richard C. Jeffrey,John P. Burgess

The first beginning logic text to employ the tree method—a complete formal system of first-order logic that is remarkably easy to understand and use—this text allows students to take control of the nuts and bolts of formal logic quickly, and to move on to more complex and abstract problems.This new edition provides additional problems, solutions to selected problems, and two new Supplements: “Truth-Functional Equivalence” reinstates material on that topic from the second edition that was omitted in the third, and “Variant Methods, in which John Burgess provides a proof regarding the possibility of modifying the tree method so that it will always find a finite model when there is one, and another, which shows that a different modification—once contemplated by Jeffrey—can result in a dramatic speed-up of certain proofs.

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0872208133

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