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When Peter Crawford was attacked with a knife by his mother, he went to live with his father and stepmother. Peter thought that his stay with them was only going to be for a short period of time, but years and years passed and he was still living there. Meanwhile a brother and two sisters were born. Now that Paul's eighteenth birthday was only a few months away he was torn between his love for his mother, his promise to God, and his responsibi...

This is a translation from the French of the complete, behind-the-scenes story of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, from its proposal by Balkan journalist Mirko Klarin through recent developments in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.

When it was first published in 1989, Susan Miller's Rescuing the Subject: A Critical Introduction to Rhetoric and the Writer established a landmark pedagogical approach to composition based on the importance of the writer and the act of writing in the history of rhetoric. This first paperback edition includes a new introductory chapter in which Miller addresses changes in the field since the first edition, outlines new research, and surveys po...

Management Ethics is a highly accessible and concise introduction to issues and key problems in the area of management ethics.

Between 1808 and 1830, the Whigs made a remarkable transition from opposition to office that highlights important trends in early Nineteenth-Century Britain. The Whig Revival examines how a coalition between provincial interest groups and the parliamentary party established them as a viable governing party by 1830. Where earlier studies have focused on the Whigs experience in government or liberal reform movements, this work examines their yea...

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation on patients with medical and psychiatric conditions, as well as providing interpretative and methodological results in comparative studies of sleep deprivation.

Provides users with a thorough and complete listing of book-length works on North America and the Caribbean prior to 1815.

Against a stark backdrop of territorial Arizona, a veteran fleeing his past tries to outrun his destiny. Caught between nightmares of past battles and visions of the future, Royal Healey is hired as the marshal of a small town. His new life provides Royal with happiness he can't quite accept. When the town is afflicted by tragic events, Royal pursues a truth so dark and sinister it threatens to destroy him. Sparse but lyrical in style, this is...

Against a stark backdrop of territorial Arizona, a veteran fleeing his past tries to outrun his destiny. Caught between nightmares of past battles and visions of the future, Royal Healey is hired as the marshal of a small town. His new life provides Royal with happiness he can't quite accept. When the town is afflicted by tragic events, Royal pursues a truth so dark and sinister it threatens to destroy him. Sparse but lyrical in style, this is...

This book introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. Explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero Investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education Considers the role of rhetoric since the end of antiquity. Includes a glossary of proper names and technical terms, a...

A haunting, almost uncanny tale of love and honor in which the...characters move through a world of secret passions and silences.... [Set in Puerto Rico], scenes of impoverished farmers, madwomen, and men in coffee shops and cafes combine to form a blend of voices and landscapes whose essence can be distilled into three words: tobacco, coffee, and sugar." - Marjorie Agosin, New York Times Book Review

This book gathers an array of approaches to studying environmental rhetoric and the presidency, covering a range of administrations and a diversity of viewpoints on how the concept of the "rhetorical presidency" may be modified in this policy area.

The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong.

The presence of brush in rangeland environments is a high-priority issue among landowners. Here, leading range management professionals introduce and explain not only the mechanisms of managing brush but also the changes in management philosophy and technology that have taken place over time.

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One of Hitchcock's favorite and most personal films, Rear Window offered the ideal venue for the director to fully use the tricks and ideas he acquired over his previous three decades of filmmaking and shows him as a consummate virtuoso in full command of his technique. Providing an extensive analysis of the film, John Fawell dismantles many myths and cliches about Hitchcock, particularly in regard to his attitude toward women. Though Hitchcoc...

Sprinkled with humor and optimistic philosophy, "Pooped Doggy" covers a year in the life of the Graves family. Find out how life in quiet Peru, NY has been touched by Montreal, the Kentucky Derby, Machiavelli, Taoism, the Boston Marathon, Inukshuks, and so much more!Whether it's the sighting of a wild animal, participating in a triathlon, or detailing the birth of his daughter Nora, Arthur Graves uses life experiences as a platform to build on...

Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the painter's abilities.But their burgeoning relationship is interrupted when Alessandra's parents arrange her marriage to a wealthy, much old...

The annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are fundamental to the study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period. Ranging from the ninth to the twelfth century, its five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed. In Families of the King, Alice Sheppard...

The Cuban saga of the latter half of the 20th Century is an epic, heartbreaking tale of global politics and grand history. From Castro to Kennedy, the CIA to the Mafia, Communism to Capitalism, Totalitarianism to Democracy, the actors have been players on the world stage, and the issues and conflicts have been titanic.Felipe Calzadilla is one of those people, a man who has lived and survived and triumphed, through the entire story of modern Cu...