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Spring Shadows, the third book in the Grace Restored Series, follows the life of Katie MacKenna. With the Rossi Family dismantled, the only thing left for Katie to do is to graduate and hopefully move on to the police force before going to Quantico. However, a new boss is in town - one who has a score to settle with Katie. With threats against her on all sides, Katie doesn't know who to trust...

Neither rational choice theory, with its emphasis on interest calculation, nor sociological institutionalist theory, with its emphasis on identity-defined rule following, indicates how governments determine which of their multiple interests or identities are at stake in a particular situation or how they develop mutual comprehension of each other's goals. International Regimes for the Final Frontier addresses these gaps by tracing how governme...

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TheHistorical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia, Second Edition is an easily accessible reference guide to what is important in Saudi Arabia's past and present. This second edition has been completely updated to cover developments since 1993.

In the middle of the Atlantic she awakened, terrified that she was doomed for disaster when she found herself on a disabled troopship in 1944 heading for the festering sands of Egypt. A bad omen of what was to come. This is a novel regarding women in the service and how they coped with the painfully uncertain present they were confronted with while thousands of miles away from home. In her case she couldn't get far enough from the neighborhood...

In the middle of the Atlantic she awakened, terrified that she was doomed for disaster when she found herself on a disabled troopship in 1944 heading for the festering sands of Egypt. A bad omen of what was to come. This is a novel regarding women in the service and how they coped with the painfully uncertain present they were confronted with while thousands of miles away from home. In her case she couldn't get far enough from the neighborhood...

How did the concept of Western liberalism, rooted in the notions of religious toleration and universal human rights, evolve into the "anything goes" moral relativism of our own late twentieth century society? This is the question at the heart of David Peterson's fascinating examination of the Positivist tradition, one of the most farreaching philosophical movements of the past two centuries.The book begins prior to the official birth of Positi...

Though nearly everyone is familiar with such great mythological figures as Hercules, Icarus, and Medusa, one may wonder what relevance these ancient characters, and their stories, hold for modern readers. This unique reference book brings mythology to life for students by exploring the connections between ancient myths and contemporary culture. An introductory essay sets the tone with its overview of the myriad areas of human endeavors--includ...

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the theories, methods and approaches for reducing HIV-associated risk behaviors. It represents the first single source of information about HIV prevention research in developed and developing countries. It will be an important resource for students, researchers and clinicians in the field.

Excerpt from Selection of Public Officials in Iowa Organization and methods are now everywhere emphasized in programs of political betterment. No one questions the fundamental proposition that public officials are agents of the sovereign people, but there is still considerable difference of opinion as to the best methods of selecting these agents. In the nineteenth century democracy declared in favor of popular election, but at present the sa...

Excerpt from Joseph Smith Defended, and His Divine Mission Vindicated: An Answer to the Attacks of His Enemies, Religious and Political My object in writing this book is because I see a need of such a work, and because the enemy of righteousness and truth has been so artful in vilifying and misrepresenting Joseph Smith, that I desire the truth to be placed alongside of the misrepresentations, so that those who are looking for truth may be abl...

Winter's Verdict, the second book of the Grace Restored Series, continues Katie MacKenna's story. Even though her roommate in college was murdered right before break, Katie chose to stay on the nearly deserted campus. During that time, she is approached with an opportunity that may affect her aspirations to be an FBI agent. With the challenges ahead of her, will her heart experience a winter thaw or will she continue on as the Ice Queen?

Excerpt from The Military Heroes of the War of 1812: With a Narrative of the War The war of 1812 furnishes little to gratify the military annalist until he approaches its close. The imbecility of the Generals and the number of their defeats, naturally dispirit an author. He feels the subject continually checking him, and is delighted, when the campaign of 1814 opening, affords him something beside disgrace and disaster to record. The unpromis...

Excerpt from Corrupt Practices Legislation in Iowa The fact that social and political innovations are frequently in advance of the prevailing code of public morality is clearly illustrated in the history of popular elections. During the last century the suffrage expanded so much and popular elections multiplied so rapidly that the purity of the ballot has not been adequately protected by the development of an extra-legal code of public morali...

A captivated audience watches the dizzying spins of gymnasts, the powerful glides of top swimmers and the goal-scoring kicks of football players. Take young readers behind the scenes to have a close look at how science is involved in their favourite Summer Olympic sport, including gymnastics, swimming, track and field, and football.

In her eye-opening and heartrending fourth novel, award winning author Tanya J. Peterson takes us inside the anguished mind of Isaac Bittman-an average family man whose mysterious and progressively violent mood swings, many of which he cannot remember, begin to unravel the lives of those closest to him. After a series of bizarre encounters, including losing his job and waking up half-dead in the wilds of Idaho, he begins treatment at a revolut...

Excerpt from The Teaching of Citizenship: An Outline for Grades One to Nine Inclusive In 1919 the Iowa Legislature passed a law requiring the teaching of citizenship in all grades. Mr. H. C. Moeller, County Superintendent of Schools in Black Hawk County, asked the Extension Department of Iowa State Teachers College to prepare for his teachers an outline for such teaching. It was at the suggestion of Mr. Irving Hart, Director of the Extension ...

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Living Language Dothraki bietet einen Einstieg in die eindrückliche Sprache der Dothraki, dem berüchtigten Reitervolk aus Game of Thrones. Es wurde von David J. Peterson, dem Entwickler des Film-Dothraki, persönlich geschrieben. Der Kurs umfasst ein Lehrbuch und eine CD mit folgenden Inhalten: - Umfangreiche und detaillierte Erläuterung der Grammatik des Dothraki, inklusive Anwendungsbeispielen - Dothraki-Begrüßungen und -Verabschiedungen sow...

Revised and up to date, the Second Edition includes valuable information that addresses questions such as: * What is transparency and why do we care? * How can financial statements inform investors? * How can financial statements mislead investors? * How has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act changed companies' financial disclosures? * What should you look for in financial disclosures when judging a company's financial health? * How do financial statement...