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Darren Walsh, the UK's first Pun Champion (TM) and the comedy circuit's Tallest Comedian (TM), debuts his first and greatest joke book encompassing four misspent years of scribbling and doodling. The punderful winner of the funiest joke of the 2015 Edinburgh festival.

Public distrust of and skepticism about ten nation's electoral system is widespread. The increasing costs of campaign finance have suggested to many that politics is the exclusive preserve of the rich. The simultaneous rise to prominence of political action committees (PACs) seems to allow special interest groups to determine the outcome of elections. But while calls for electoral financing reform are once again being heard, there is little co...

The 2004 presidential election was the first big test of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). Enacted in the wake of the deeply flawed 2000 election, the law was passed in an effort both to improve the voting process and to increase voter access. While there were improvements in the voting process in a number of jurisdictions, the ways in which many states carried out the law's mandates produced a number of unintended consequences, result...

Imagine being ill and in extreme pain, as many of your friends or relatives insist that you try medical marijuana. Naturally, at that point you might wonder: "Is this quackery, or perhaps even worse just a lame excuse to get stoned? Can this drug truly help me?" Well, finally for the first time here, internationally acclaimed physician James W. Forsythe cracks the issue wide open. For many years, this world-famous integrative medical oncologis...

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This is the silly, but true, life of a Scilly Sergeant. Fans of The Shepherd's Life and Clare Balding will love this book!

More and more states require students to pass large-scale tests as a condition of promotion or graduation. What are the forces that have pushed high-stakes testing to the forefront of K-12 educational policy? Are such tests the best way to gauge educational attainment? This volume examines the economic and educational assumptions underlying the call for high-stakes tests.

Internationally acclaimed physician James W. Forsythe reveals details that leave many people stunned, a revelation that scientists have been developing robots to serve as doctors--while machines handle virtually every aspect of health care. Far more frightening to many patients than mere "science fiction, " these advancements are steadily moving into hospitals and medical clinics worldwide. "Before long, you might be lucky to ever see a 'real,...

This is a story about what happens when a state education department partners with city school districts in an attempt to close the achievement gap between poor, minority city students and their counterparts in the predominantly white and more affluent suburban districts. It is set in New Jersey, but the lessons apply in any American city that has concentrations of poor children in failing school districts. What sets New Jersey apart is the ge...

Tom Fort revisits Eastern Europe, 20 years after his first tour. Then, Czechoslovakia still existed, Russia was the USSR and the Warsaw pact had not been dissolved. He was keen to find out what had changed, and how the people and way of life had moved on. He also found time for a spot of fishing along the way... From the author of "Under The Weather" and "Downstream".

Born into the squalor of the Ash-Pits, young Susan Lucket is determined to raise herself above the rural poverty of eighteenth-century Hampshire. Her natural talent for midwifery points her way forward, for all women share the pain and peril of childbirth, whether in manor house or hovel. But when Edward Calthorpe, youngest son of a privileged landowner, offers her marriage, the memory of her terrible childhood returns to haunt her. And when E...

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Well hark at you, stumbling upon my autobiography. Bet you wouldn't have put money on that three years ago, eh?! Please don't stress yourself out too much though, it's actually socially acceptable nowadays that you're interested. Firstly I'd like to emphasise that I have WRITTEN THIS BOOK MYSELF, so be assured you're getting the TOOTH, the WHOLE TOOTH and NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH! (Which was my original choice of title, but babe, we're so over th...

The Trophies ... The Tuesday Club ... The Prawn Crackers ... Marc Overmars may have given him the nickname, but the Romford Pele is a legend in his own right. Over 16 action-packed years, from a trainee scrubbing the boots of the first XI, to a record-breaking 333 Premier League appearances, Ray Parlour's never-say-die performances, curly locks and mischievous sense of humour have gone down in Arsenal history.Battling tirelessly on the pitch, ...

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