The author came to Alaska as a greenhorn biologist - enthusiastic, but lacking in practical knowledge. The timing was perfect for opportunity: federal legislation was in the works that would change the face of Alaska forever - millions of acres of wild Alaska were being set aside in perpetuity for conservation purposes. The passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) set the stage for the future, both for the land and for those who chose to implement the Act's m...

IS THE LEFT EVER RIGHT? is a book about America's historical connection to the Christian faith, its evolution over time, and its challenges in the current divisive political climate in the United States. The book was written for believers, in part to challenge some views and practices, but more importantly to encourage all Christians to follow God's commandment to love one another, even when there is disagreement about political issues. The book is also for anyone interested in U.S. histor...

Normative Jurisprudence aims to reinvigorate normative legal scholarship that both criticizes positive law and suggests reforms for it, on the basis of stated moral values and legalistic ideals. It looks sequentially and in detail at the three major traditions in jurisprudence – natural law, legal positivism and critical legal studies – that have in the past provided philosophical foundations for just such normative scholarship. Over the last fifty years or so, all of these traditions, alt...

Growing up in the 1960s in rural America created special memories for many. John Mead was no exception. Though an only child and with limited parenting from his mother and father, John nevertheless flourished in the care of his aunt and uncle and the carefree life of Woodland, Washington. He loved football and hunting and fishing most, except for his dog, Max; John had a special connection with animals - especially dogs. New love came too, with a high school romance that led to an early ma...

Marriage, Sexuality, and Gender examines contemporary debates about the meaning and value of marriage. The book analyzes arguments for traditional marriage, including those of neonaturalists, utilitarians, and communitarians or virtue theorists. The volume also considers a range of feminist, welfarist, and liberationist arguments for ending the institution altogether. It evaluates two major reform movements: one focused on expanding marriage to include same-sex couples and the other focuse...

The essays collected in this volume reflect the profound impact of Martha Nussbaum‘s philosophical writings on law and legal scholarship. The capabilities approach that she has largely authored has influenced the approach scholars take to the law of disabilities, both in the United States and in Canada, as well as to international human rights and to domestic private law‘s protections of vulnerable populations. Her analyses of the relationship between our emotions and our thought and actio...

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues whi...

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn Robin York’s sizzling debut, a college student is attacked online and must restore her name—and stay clear of a guy who’s wrong for her, but feels so right.**When Caroline Piasecki’s ex-boyfriend posts their sex pictures on the Internet, it destroys her reputation as a nice college girl. Suddenly her once-promising future doesn’t look so bright. Caroline tries to make the pictures disappear, hoping time...

Unfälle im Bereich von Baugruben und Gräben bedeuten für Einsatzkräfte eine Vielzahl von Herausforderungen bei zugleich fehlender Routine und Erfahrung. Die Autoren erörtern Hintergründe und Besonderheiten und zeigen der Leserschaft technische und taktische Lösungsansätze zum Befreien von verschütteten Personen auf. Leicht verständlich werden Rettungskräfte auf die unterschiedlichen Szenarien eines Tiefbauunfalls vorbereitet. Zahlreiche Abbildungen sowie Tipps aus der Praxis helfen bei der...

Olivia Lincoln has a plan guaranteed to get her life back on track. A plan that involves her best friend, Danny. And he’s on board, too…until she blurts out that they’re engaged and expecting a baby, and the news spreads like wildfire.The problem? Danny doesn’t do marriage. Or family. And everyone knows it, including Olivia.As irritated as he might be, protecting Olivia is what Danny does. But put best friends under one roof, add house rules begging to be broken, accidental...

At the age of thirty-eight, Inga Olafson thought she’d never find happiness again. Her wealthy and powerful ex-husband had traded her in for two girls half her age, and she thought that all was lost. But then the wealthy and powerful Caleb Essex entered her life and reintroduced her into the world of limitless sensuality. And when the young, inexperience, and wickedly curious corporate assistant, Maggie, enters into their life, passion explodes like never before. Meanwhile, their coworker,...

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn Robin York’s provocative new novel, two young ex-lovers find themselves together again in the shadow of tragedy—and an intense, undeniable attraction.**Caroline still dreams about West. His warm skin, his taut muscles, his hand sliding down her stomach. Then she wakes up and she’s back to reality: West is gone. And before he left, he broke her heart.Then, out of the blue, West calls in crisis. A...