Honest but mistaken eyewitnesses are the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. As the innocent go to prison their lives are shattered; as the criminal goes free, the public remains vulnerable. With a vivid cast of brilliant scientists, street-wise cops, and former prosecutors--all haunted by the legacy of wrongful convictions, some directly involved with one--Doyle sheds light on the intersection of personal ambition, legal and political principles, and scientific inq...

Frequently cited and just as often disputed, Elizabeth Anscombe’s “Modern Moral Philosophy” (1958) and “The First Person” (1975) are touchstones of twentieth-century analytic philosophy. Though the arguments Anscombe advances in these papers are familiar to philosophers, their significance remains widely misunderstood, says James Doyle.No Morality, No Self offers a fresh interpretation of Anscombe’s still-controversial theses about ethical reasoning and individual identity...

Architecture and the Origins of Preclassic Maya Politics highlights the dramatic changes in the relationship of ancient Maya peoples to the landscape and to each other in the Preclassical period (ca. 2000 BC–250 AD). Offering a comprehensive history of Preclassic Maya society, James Doyle focuses on recent discoveries of early writing, mural painting, stone monuments, and evidence of divine kingship that have reshaped our understanding of cultural developments in the first millennium BC. H...

With an increase of global security concerns over potential terrorist acts, the threat of WMDs, and increasing political issues with nations seeking nuclear capability, the need to track, detect, and safeguard nuclear material globally has never been greater. Nuclear Safeguards, Security and Nonproliferation is a comprehensive reference that covers cutting-edge technologies used to trace, track, and safeguard nuclear material. It is a contributed volume with sections contributed by scienti...

Post-Confederation Ottawa sets the scene for this fascinating biography of a literary couple. The marriage of Annie Howells and Achille Fréchette in 1877 brought together two literary families and two cultural traditions. Annie was the daughter of the US consul in Quebec, William Cooper Howells, and sister of the American novelist William Dean Howells. Achille, a translator for the Canadian House of Commons, was the brother of the French-Canadian poet Louis Fréchette. Both Annie and Achill...

Where on Earth? is Jam-packed with all of geography's greatest hits, with all the boring bits taken out. From lava-spewing volcanoes to cool ways to remember the world's highest mountains, longest rivers and most desolate deserts - plus all the countries and continents in which these fantastic features are found. The perfect learning companion to help all school children get to grips with discovering the world around them.

The survival guide that helps kids " discover whether they are prepared for the adventure-filled life of a zombie catcher " ( Publishers Weekly ).Would you like to become expert at spotting a zombie? Can you separate zombie fact from zombie fiction? Would you like to know if you suffer from kinemortophobia? If the answer to these questio...

Fifteen-year-old Talulah (Tullie) has a passion for the natural world, and sensitivity to how history mistreated her Choctaw people. Only now, suddenly, "history" gets personal. One day—in the middle of a swim lesson—a message appears literally out of nowhere, inviting her to the twenty-fourth century!Future folk have been recruiting teens from across time, to travel and explore where adults can't. Along with a computer whiz-kid, a free diver from nineteenth century Ceylon, a cabin...

Chapter 20 - Final ThoughtsIn the beginning, I was part of a strong Christian family with great role models. My mother's family was Presbyterian, and my father's family was First Baptist. Although I attended church regularly as I grew up, I did not attend as regularly during my middle years. I always believed in God, but sometimes my priorities were not Christian-oriented. I always had faith, but there were times when I allowed other priorities to prevail. Much later in my life, I ...

Dopo aver acquistato l’anello, Aslan è deciso a chiedere a Quaid di sposarlo con una proposta di matrimonio memorabile, proprio quella che il suo ragazzo sogna fin da quando era bambino.I suoi tentativi però, proprio sul più bello, per un motivo o per un altro, finiscono sempre per essere un buco nell’acqua. Il detective della Omicidi ha ormai i nervi a fior di pelle e Quaid, percependo che gli nasconde qualcosa, inizia a immaginare gli scenari più terribili in relazione alla loro ...

La storia d’amore tra Quaid, detective dell’Unità Persone Scomparse, e Aslan, suo collega della Omicidi, procede a gonfie vele, se non fosse per il fatto che Quaid, per via delle insicurezze dovute al suo passato, avrebbe bisogno che Aslan dimostrasse i suoi sentimenti non sono con le proprie azioni ma anche a parole, cosa che invece ha fatto solo una volta, per giunta sotto l’effetto di droghe.Inoltre, il detective dell’Unità Persone Scomparse si trova davanti a un bivio della sua...

Dopo il ritrovamento di una bambina, che ha misteriosamente con sé lo zaino della sorella Juniper, scomparsa trent’anni prima, il detective dell’Unità Persone Scomparse Quaid Valor non si dà pace, e si immerge nel lavoro, deciso a scoprire di più sull’avvenimento che, tanto tempo prima, ha portato alla distruzione della sua famiglia.Durante una cena per festeggiare il suo compleanno, e presentare a suo padre Aslan Doyle, il detective della Squadra Omicidi con cui esce da un mese, Q...