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Introduces the varieties of litigation systems in use in different modern states. It opens with a treatment of the principal differences among the major civil litigation systems. Subsequent chapters include coverage of the organisation of courts and the legal profession, the role of the attorney and the judge, the processes of learning and proving facts, the appellate process, and enforcement of judgments.

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Written from a restless outsider's perspective, this collection of poetry reflects author Linda Chase's changing emotional and physical landscapes. Having spent half of her life in the United States and half in Great Britain, Chase presents her unique perspective on both countries. Through poetry, Chase's words examine the effect of time on love and the human body. A section of this work also celebrates her 30-year love and practice of Ta'i Ch...

Transatlantic poems of love, loss, and celebration, this compilation features the work of an American poet based in the United Kingdom: Linda Chase. Inspired by paintings, gardening, memory, and love itself, this poetry reflects the author's demotic style and underscores her voice: gentle, sharp, wry, honest, and curious. Written with wit and poignancy, it also presents some of Chase's most harrowing and healing work, which resulted from her p...

The perfect introduction to the life and work of Richard Estes. Icons of contemporary American realism, the works of Richard Estes have established him as one of the pre-eminent realist painters of his generation. Photorealism emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, deliberately flouting the prevailing abstraction that dominated the American art scene. Estes was at the forefront of this new photographically derived and inspired imagery, whi...

A comprehensive study of the artist's work as well as his artistic development and process, and includes a compilation of his early paintings through to his most recent works.

A British artist who spent two decades living and painting in the United States, John Salt came to prominence in the early 1970s as a leading and innovative Photorealist. His exquisite and intriguing evocations of abandoned cars and dilapidated trailers, often depicted in a bucolic rural setting, challenged the conventional definition of landscape and placed him among the foremost realist painters of his generation. Based on extensive intervie...

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Biedermeier furniture and interior design are recognized today as the first great flowering of haute bourgeois taste in interior design. Biedermeier is a style with great range, from austere to sumptuous, but it is never ostentatious in its celebration of comfort, domestic intimacy, and practicality. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, these bourgeois ideals in design were pursued by a wide range of society from the Hapsburgs and Hohenz...

Highlights some of the women of surfing, from Linda Benson and Joyce Hoffman in the 1950s and 1960s to Layne Beachley, Sofia Mulanovich, Bethany Hamilton, and Lisa Andersen, four-time women's world champion.

A warm and witty second collection from popular New York-born poet Linda Chase.

Dedicated to the art of creating wonderful rooms, this volume illustrates the wealth of decorating approaches, from the minimal to the ornate, whether formal or casual, classical or whimsical. 190 color photos.