Winfield, Iowa, 1918. Colonel Wallace Carson, the ruler of a vast agricultural empire, asks Ann Hardy, his ten-year-old granddaughter and eventual heir, to promise she will safeguard The Northeast Quarter, the choice piece of land from which the empire was founded. Ann readily accepts -- little knowing what awaits her. When the Colonel is killed unexpectedly the same afternoon, the world around Ann and her family begins to fall apart. Against ...
The Ceremony of Sides will be the place where the children coming of age of Qistoria will find out what their future holds. But there is a dark secret among the people and they are called Anathemas. Dark and fiercesome beasts with secrets to unleash. And at each Ceremony there is always one.
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Justin meets Zip and Zap is a space fantasy. A young boy is playing in his yard when he hears a strange noise. He realizes that a spaceship is about to land near him. What happens next is the beginning of an adventure on which every child would delight to embark. It is written entirely in rhyme and is easy to read.
As I think back to the reason that this book came into my heart to write, I have to give credit to a very close friend of mine, Mr. Willie Pratt. On the return from a fishing trip, Mr. P. sat and listened to me talk about the love I had for the works of our Lord Jesus Christ. Everyone else went to sleep on me, but poor Mr. P. let me finish. He told me that no one was going to let me unload on them, and the only way I was going to be heard was ...
This volume brings together essays on Athenian law by Edward M. Harris, who challenges much of the recent scholarship on this topic. Presenting a balanced analysis of the legal system in ancient Athens, Harris stresses the importance of substantive issues and their contribution to our understanding of different types of legal procedures. Collectively, the essays in this volume demonstrate the relationship between law and politics, the nature o...
Anyone in the legal profession will benefit from the sage advice and wisdom the author offers to his son, a young lawyer just entering the legal profession. Includes the American Bar Association's Canons of Professional Ethics. [Facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition.]
Anyone in the legal profession will benefit from the sage advice and wisdom the author offers to his son, a young lawyer just entering the legal profession. Includes the American Bar Association's Canons of Professional Ethics. [Facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition.]
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Department of Veterans Affairs relies on the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model (EHCPM) to project veteran enrollment, enrolled veterans' use of health care services, and the cost of providing those services. This evaluation of the EHCPM examines its accuracy and validity, identifies potential model enhancements, and assesses the risks and benefits posed by the VA's reliance on the model for budgeting and planning.
This fascinating collection presents a rare look at women writers' first-hand perspectives on early American history. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries many women authors began to write historical analysis, thereby taking on an essential role in defining the new American Republicanism. Like their male counterparts, these writers worried over the definition and practice of both public and private virtue, human equality, and ...