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Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family." But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present...
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Book 3 of Yukon Quest historical fiction series set in Alaska in the late 1800s. Miranda Colton, presumed dead, finds herself under the care of a native Alaskan and a studious botanist from England, Teddy Davenport. Miranda only longs to find her friends and and continue north. She fears that her chances are diminishing with each passing day. Teddy is deeply committed to his research of the unique landscape of the rugged Alaskan frontier. But despite...
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"Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the simple premise that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his mind-bending general relativity, showing how matter warps space and time. Not only did this explain how gravity...
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When heartache and loss invade Karen Pierce's carefully ordered world, she is devastated. Her plans and dreams for the future seem distant and unattainable, and she is bound by a promise to care for two young adults who are struggling with a loss of their own. Continuing their journey north to the goldfields seems their only option, and Adrik Ivanov agrees to be their guide. With a late start and the constant threat of winter hastening their pace,...
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Johnstone Country. Frontier Spirit Lives Here.
Meet Hunter Buchanon, a towering mountain of a man who learned how to track prey in Georgia, kill in the Civil War, and prospect in the Black Hills of Dakota. Now he's trying to live a peaceful gun-free life-but fate has other plans for him...
A MAN AND HIS COYOTE
When Hunter Buchanon rescued a wounded coyote pup-and named him Bobby Lee-he had no idea the cute little varmint would grow up to be such...
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Written over a span of twenty years, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is the authoritative account of the founding of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts by its leader William Bradford. The journal, here translated into modern English by Harold Paget in 1920, was begun by Bradford in 1630 and tells the story of the Pilgrims from their 1608 settlement in the Dutch Republic in Europe, through their voyage in 1620 aboard the "Mayflower" to the New World, and...
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Most lawyers don't set out to be business owners. They become business owners when they open their own law firm, and from that point forward, their work tends to become disconnected and chaotic. They're so busy with HR, bookkeeping, and marketing that they're lucky to have twenty minutes a day to work on cases. Many lawyers are drowning, which contributes to the profession's unsettling levels of alcoholism, drug addiction, and depression.
Eric Farber...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of America's Most Wanted Recipes presents low-calorie, copycat recipes from your favorite restaurants"--
"The next cookbook from New York Times bestselling author of America's Most Wanted Recipes features more than 100 low-calorie, copycat recipes from your family's favorite restaurants"--
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Depuis plusieurs décennies, dans presque tous les domaines du droit, le Canada et le Québec témoigne d'un passage d'une culture du litige vers une culture de l'entente. Une introduction à la théorie et à la pratique de la résolution des différends offre aux lecteurs et aux lectrices – particulièrement aux conseillers juridiques d'expression française – des compétences essentielles en vue de pouvoir choisir la meilleure façon d'aider...
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Desde hace varias décadas, los actos de vandalismo ejecutados por estudiantes de las universidades públicas, como mecanismo de protesta contra el gobierno de turno, ha sido una práctica común, que se fortalece como consecuencia de los límites que enmarcan el ejercicio de fuerza por parte del Estado; cuando tiene ocurrencia la manifestación violenta, contraria a la protesta pacífica protegida constitucionalmente, acontecen daños tanto en bienes...
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Libro que contiene uno de los ensayos jurídicos de mayor repercusión en la reforma del Derecho Penal de Europa. En ella, Cesare Beccaria expone la realidad de las leyes penales vigentes durante el siglo XVIII, poniendo de relieve la crueldad de su aplicación. Frente a ello, propone una serie de cambios normativos, que para entonces se apreciaban como revolucionarios. Planteó la delimitación de los delitos y el establecimiento de las penas a fin...
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A distinguished jurist provides insights into the judicial role by asking and answering the question, "What is it that I do when I decide a case?" In this legal classic, Benjamin N. Cardozo - an Associate Supreme Court Justice of the United States from 1932-38 - explains a judge's conscious and unconscious decision-making processes. Cardozo handed down opinions that stressed the necessity for the law to adapt to the realities and needs of contemporary...
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Le Grand-duché de Luxembourg doit une partie de son originalité à son multilinguisme. Cette aisance à jongler avec les langues a permis au pays de faciliter les échanges politiques, économiques, culturels et sociaux, à tel point qu'il se positionne aujourd'hui au rang des États les plus attractifs et les plus compétitifs du monde.
Cet atout est protégé et consacré par la loi et la constitution, qui reconnaissent trois langues officielles:...
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This is the story of fifty years of legal battles in North Carolina, as experienced by one of the most successful lawyers in the state. It conveys a story of strong local attachment, unwavering political faith, and long and successful service at the bar.Originally published in 1950.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were...
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Having practiced law for ten years now, the author of this book believes that it is especially difficult to begin and maintain a successful practice these days. He shares his youth's turmoil and the benefits to him of entering law practice. Being in the profession has furthered his general belief that self-discipline and devotion carry us a long way indeed, and he shares his practical experience using autobiography and case stories. He describes how...
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