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Proposes deregulating entry into the legal profession to open up competition among and improve innovation by lawyers, reduce social costs of high legal fees, and make more efficient use of the nation's labor resources, while lowering legal costs and providing consumers with a wider range of legal services"--Provided by publisher.

Why do you have brown eyes, hairy fingers, dangly earlobes, or knuckles that crack? Are you a thrill-seeker, a people-person, a computer whizz, or a social wallflower with a morbid fear of spiders? And if so, who's to blame - your parents or your genes?What Makes Me, Me? is an age-appropriate tour of the tricky subject of biology and how genetic make-up and experience makes everyone unique. Find out what genes and chromosomes are for, why some...

A household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three baftas, Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen and The Human Mind. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a life peer in 1995.

A household name thanks to popular TV series that include The Human Body, which won three British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), Superhuman, Walking with Cavemen, and The Human Mind, Lord Winston's pioneering work in the field of human fertility helped thousands of childless couples have "miracle babies" and earned him an outstanding international reputation. A winner of the Royal Society's prestigious Michael Faraday Gold Award, he was made a l...

Why do humans walk on two feet? What really happened to the dinosaurs? Delve into the story of evolutionary science and follow Charles Darwin on his epic voyage in search of the origin of species in Evolution Revolution.Starting with the publication of Darwin's famous On the Origin of Species, Evolution Revolution explores how one man's revolutionary theories changed the world. Discover how Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection b...

From caveman to modern man ... Few people doubt that humans are descended from the apes, They explain why a happily married man will fantasize about the pretty, slim, young woman sitting across from him in the tube and why thousands of people spend their week entirely focused on whether their team will win their next crucial match.

An eye-catching pop-up book packed with amazing facts, games, and activities, Utterly Amazing Human Body takes children into the truly awe-inspiring workings of the human body. From bulging muscles to the inside of the brain, readers can find out how the digestive system works, explore the five senses, learn about fingerprints, genetics, how hair grows, and more in this ultra-modern follow-up from the successful Utterly Amazing Science.Using i...

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Robert Winston is one of the country's best-known scientists. As Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, University of London, and Director of NHS Research and Development and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital, he has made advances in fertility medicine and been a leading voice in the debate on genetic engineering. His television series include Making Babies, The Human Body, Human Instinct, Walking w...

Elements make up everything around us - our computers, our games, and our food and drink. They make up trees and grass, cars and roads, and are the fundamental components of us, human beings. But what exactly are elements? What is their history? When were they discovered? It's Elementary! explores the chemistry of everyday things, from how blood needs iron to why helium balloons are lighter than air. Structure and headings based around easy-to...

Robert Winston is one of the country's best-known scientists. As Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, University of London, and Director of NHS Research and Development and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital, he has made advances in fertility medicine and been a leading voice in the debate on genetic engineering. His television series, including Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Bo...

Excerpt from A Century of Law in North Carolina A fair test of the worth of a government is the affection in which it is held by the citizen. It is by this standard we love to measure our brave State. Wherever a North Carolina man may go, his heart remains with his people, the sylvan Toe wanderer through the woods, Mount Mitchell, standing forth without a peer, the bleak sand-dunes of Nags Head - every foot of ground is dear to us. As the win...

Excerpt from Talks About Law Wherein Such Legal Principles as Touch the Daily, Business of the People Are Treated, in a Manner Within the Reach, of the Average Mind About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, p...

Get thinking about thinking! Introducing readers to the most powerful and complicated computer network they will ever encounter - their own brain - What Goes on in My Head? explains what the different parts of the brain do, how they work together, what gives us our individual personalities, why some people are better at doing certain things than others, and why, despite its immense complexity, there are still some things the brain cannot do or...

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Excerpt from Leonard Henderson: Address of Judge Robert W. Winston Presenting the Portrait of Chief Justice Henderson to the Supreme Court of North CarolinaHamilton to vote for the Republican, Jefierson, rather than for Burr. This is the real secret of the burr-hamilton due], the remark made by Hamilton concerning Burr at the gubernatorial caucus in Albany being but the pretext. Mr. Henderson was buried in Salisbury, and a monument was erected...

The ultimate guide to every bone in your body.Did you know bones are 75% water? Or that humans and giraffes both have just seven vertebrae in their necks? Learn more amazing facts in The Skeleton Book.Full of incredible computer-generated 3-D images, children can explore the bones of the body in great detail. Find out how the skeleton is flexible enough to make the body agile but provides support and strength to the body. Bones are stronger th...

A unique and exciting visual guide to the human body, with specially commissioned handcrafted illustrations that make this amazing machine accessible and engaging for children.From the intricately wired brain and structured skeleton to the relentlessly pumping heart and rising and falling lungs, each part of the amazing human body is explored through the incredible paper-crafted artworks of Owen Gildersleeve, making My Amazing Body Machine an ...

Lord Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. He is one of a kind - a world-renowned scientist who has combined ground-breaking academic work with an ability to communicate ideas and understanding to the general public.Owen Gildersleeve is an award-winning set designer and illustrator based in London. His work uses a range of handcrafted techniques, and he enjoys...

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.