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Is the United States Constitution the embodiment of certain principles? The four authors of this book for a variety of reasons, and with somewhat different emphases, believe the answer is no. Those who authored the Constitution no doubt all believed in liberty, equality, and, with caveats, republican self-government values, or if you will, principles. But they had different conceptions of those principles and what those principles entailed for...

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Reclaiming American patriotism from the extremist positions of the nationalists on the right and the cosmopolitan globalists on the left, Steven B. Smith argues for a patriotism that is broad enough to balance differing loyalties and capable of bringing the country together around the highest ideals of democracy and equality.

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The Texicans ride again. Will they make it to the playoffs or will they fold their tents. High School football is king in the East Texas community of Lone Star. East Texans live and die for football. Winning teams put schools on the map and help bring about tremendous prosperity in rural East Texas. The average pay for a teacher during the seventies is just over $1000, 00 per month. Winning makes people feel good about themselves, and the comm...

The Texicans ride again. Will they make it to the playoffs or will they fold their tents. High School football is king in the East Texas community of Lone Star. East Texans live and die for football. Winning teams put schools on the map and help bring about tremendous prosperity in rural East Texas. The average pay for a teacher during the seventies is just over $1000, 00 per month. Winning makes people feel good about themselves, and the comm...

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In the Golden Age of Piracy, none was more dreaded than Blackbeard. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin head for a week's vacation at Virginia Beach, where three hundred years ago, pirates sailed the waters off the Atlantic Coast. As the kids explore the beach, they find suspicious activity from the neighboring military base that points to the discovery of a historic shipwreck-maybe even lost pirate treasure!When they meet a mysterious stranger named One-...

All children benefit from inclusive education and storytelling. It allows them to identify themselves and the diverse world around them in the bedtime stories they share with their caregivers. To showcase and celebrate inclusivity for children from an early age sets them on a path of genuine discovery, appreciation, and empathy for the rest of their lives. This stories feature opportunities to discuss inclusivity, while providing equitable rep...

If I Were A Bird" features a young girl as she questions what it might be like to live as one of the many types of birds found around the world - only to realize that being a bird would mean missing out on the unique things she loves about herself and being a part of her family. All children benefit from inclusive education and storytelling. It allows them to see themselves and the diverse world around them in the stories they share with their...

Starting with an appreciation of the practical realizations that move us to assume responsibility, Full Responsibility develops an ontologically-grounded model of different forms of responsibility and the challenges and fulfillments found in each. Special attention is given to pragmatic and political responsibility, highlighting considerations for right action that are not accurately recognized by universalizing ethics. Issues in abortion deci...

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Charlie Parker is an African Grey Parrot. He entered the life of the Smith family three decades ago when they first encountered him in a downtown Manhattan bird shop and found him so irresistible, they had to bring him home. In hearing Charlie's tales in this charming book, we come to realize that parrots are intelligent, sociable and loving creatures, to an extent that, as the renowned avian scientist Professor Irene Pepperberg insists in her...

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Daniel "Stitch" Cromwell attempts to salvage his life after an airplane crash disfigures him and kills his wife. Despite his success as an elite Air Force fighter pilot, his efforts to fulfill his life's ambitions are frustrated by a relentless series of impediments-prejudice, blackmail, kidnapping, and cynical manipulation. He secretly flies for the CIA and smuggles $40 million worth of cocaine for a Mexican drug cartel in desperate pursuit o...

In the Golden Age of Piracy, none was more dreaded than Blackbeard. Sam, Derek, and Caitlin head for a week's vacation at Virginia Beach, where three hundred years ago, pirates sailed the waters off the Atlantic Coast. As the kids explore the beach, they find suspicious activity from the neighboring military base that points to the discovery of a historic shipwreck-maybe even lost pirate treasure!When they meet a mysterious stranger named One-...

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