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More than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture. Yet his reputation as the starry-eyed prophet of self-reliance has obscured a much more complicated figure, who spent a lifetime wrestling with injustice, philosophy, art, desire, and suffering. James Marcus introduces readers to this Emerson, a writer of self-interrogating genius whose visionary flights are always grounded in...

Marius following Yuri into the mainland of Thenus after his friend's banishment, leaves him alone, pathless and far from Highwash, his childhood home. Alone with Yuri, Marius finds himself overwhelmed quickly, haunting premonitions filling his waking hours while the newly discovered world of Thenus pulls at his soul. Ralis, injured from his conflict with the Prince of Thenus, finds himself quickly facing demons of old. His old self an ever-r...

Marius following Yuri into the mainland of Thenus after his friend's banishment, leaves him alone, pathless and far from Highwash, his childhood home. Alone with Yuri, Marius finds himself overwhelmed quickly, haunting premonitions filling his waking hours while the newly discovered world of Thenus pulls at his soul. Ralis, injured from his conflict with the Prince of Thenus, finds himself quickly facing demons of old. His old self an ever-r...

“A must-have for fans of Yellowstone National Park!”—The Guardian “A great resource, one you can either sit down with to explore a facet of this intriguing region or use to find an answer to a question about Yellowstone.”—National Parks Traveler

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Marius and his fellow brothers and sister have spent their entire lives living under Elder Macaro's regime in Highwash. But their time has come to face the trial of apprentices and see if they're ready to become true mages. Whilst Sebastien first born prince of Lord Salamon unknowingly seeks the resolution of his Father's vengeance. And Ralis the once beggared boy faces his greatest enemy, himself. Each of their lives makes no difference. Each...

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A "funny, contemplative" memoir of working at Amazon in the early years, when it was a struggling online bookstore (San Francisco Chronicle).   In a book that Ian Frazier has called "a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom, " James Marcus, hired by Amazon.com in 1996-when the company was so small his e-mail address could be james@amazon.com-looks back at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and re...

The entertaining story of the first five years of Amazon.com is recounted by employee number 55. "The most impressive aspect . . . is Marcus's sculpting of self into an everyman caught between two magnets--culture and commerce."--David Shields ("Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity") 224 pp.

Volume 5 addresses those Supreme Court cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or foreign nation during the 1790's. This volume deals with not only the landmark case of Chisholm v. Georgia, in which the Court determined that it had jurisidiction over such suits, but also with six lesser-known cases in which states were sued. For each case the editors provide a historical introduction and publish the relevant documents, incl...

Volume one presents documents that establish the structure of the Supreme Court and recount the official record of the Court's activity during its first decade. It serves as an introduction and reference tool for the subsequent volumes in the series.

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“Atlas of Yellowstone shows that good things happen when top-notch cartography, tasteful design, solid research, and compelling geography come together. The atlas will delight professional and armchair readers alike. Its treasure trove of maps explore wide-ranging topics—from geology to wildlife to people and the land. Better still, these well-orchestrated elements reveal a bigger idea: the place we call the Greater Yellowstone.” —Tom Patterso...

Volume one presents documents that establish the structure of the Supreme Court and recount the official record of the Court's activity during its first decade. It serves as an introduction and reference tool for the subsequent volumes in the series.

With Malice toward Some: How People Make Civil Liberties Judgments addresses an issue integral to democratic societies: how people faced with a complex variety of considerations decide whether or not to tolerate extremist groups. Relying on several survey-experiments, Marcus, Sullivan, Theiss-Morse, and Wood identify and compare the impact on decision making of contemporary information, long-standing predispositions, and enduring values and be...