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Robert Sharpe

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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

My Life in the Law is a rich, personal reflection on Robert J. Sharpe’s long, varied, and influential career as a lawyer, scholar, and judge.After giving an account of his early life and education, Sharpe examines his time as a law student in the late 1960s, an era when great emphasis was put upon formalistic legal doctrine, heavily influenced by English law. As a legal academic in the 1970s up until the 1990s, Sharpe participated in Canadian law’s emergence from the shadow...

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Robert Sharpe

Good Judgment, based upon the author's experience as a lawyer, law professor, and judge, explores the role of the judge and the art of judging. Engaging with the American, English, and Commonwealth literature on the role of the judge in the common law tradition, Good Judgment addresses the following questions: What exactly do judges do? What is properly within their role and what falls outside? How do judges approach their decision-making task?In an attempt to exp...

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Robert Sharp

A thrilling debut that spans thousands of years.In the twilight days of Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV, a slave stumbles into the path of a vizier's imperial ambitions. And, in the near future, a brilliant scientist and her ruthless companions edge closer to completing an impossible experiment: the revivification of an ancient mummy.The two stories weave together in a tale that combines science and myth, anticipation and horror...The Good Shabti is an original publi...

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Robert Sharp, Nicole Weston

Try a tiki—a sweet, fruity blast from the past, updated for modern tastesTiki cocktails are a tasty mid-twentieth-century American classic, but their popularity suffered when syrupy drink mixes hit the scene. Now it's time to welcome them back: Food blogger Nicole Weston and mixologist Robert Sharp have brought back the fresh taste of tiki drinks, banishing the artificial syrupy sweetness of mixes for fresh fruit juices, high-quality spirits, and homemade syrups. T...

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Robert Farquharson Sharp, Henrik Ibsen

Regina Engstrand (his daughter, in Mrs Alving's service).

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Lee Allred, Robert T. Jeschonek, Anthea Sharp, Michèle Laframboise, Lisa Silverthorne, Angela Penrose, Dayle A. Dermatis, Leslie Claire Walker, Louisa Swann, Stefon Mears, Brenda Carre, Felicia Fredlund, Dale Hartley Emery, Eric Kent Edstrom, Alexandra Brandt, Thea Hutcheson, Annie Reed, Fiction River

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Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine

Humans prove great fodder for fiction. But what about the universe of possibilities offered by the nonhuman protagonist? The eighteen daring humans of Fiction River’s latest volume explore just that. From a goblin who must choose whether to risk everything for love to a heroic rat adventuring at sea to sentient underpants (yes, underpants), these nonhuman tales demonstrate why Adventures Fantastic says: “If you haven’t checked out Fiction River yet, you should. T...

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Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, B.A. Paul, Brenda Carre, Dory Crowe, Anthea Sharp, Robert J. McCarter, O’Neil De Noux, Kent Patterson, Michael D. Britton, Rick Wilber, Robert Jeschonek, Rob Vagle, R.W. Wallace, J. Steven York, Robin Brande, Alexandria Blaelock, C.A. Rowland, Kathy and Jerry Oltion, David H. Hendrickson

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Pulphouse

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on ...

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Robert F. Sharp, Joseph M. Granville, Charles R. Richet

To hit off the happy medium between over- and under-work is no easy task even to those who have the necessary knowledge, on the one hand, and the liberty to arrange their own scheme of occupation, on the other. But, for one person who is injured by doing too much, I quite believe with Dr. Wilkes that many may be found who are sustaining serious damage from not having enough mental stimulus. The listless vacuity in which so many of the well-to-do classes spend their lives,...

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Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Angela Penrose, Annie Reed, Robert Jeschonek, Anthea Sharp, C.A. Rowland, Michael D. Britton, Robert J. McCarter, Robin Brande, Valerie Brook

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Pulphouse Books

Stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine never seem to fit exactly in one genre or another. Part of the fun of the magazine.Totally Pulphouse, then, that the ten stories in this volume don't fit in the standard "time travel" category. Some read like pure science fiction, some explore time travel and the repercussions of time travel, and some explore "end of the world" themes.Closed out by a powerful look at the repercussions of one single detail about time and space and the ...

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Kent Roach, Robert Sharpe

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Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

When Brian Dickson was appointed in 1973, the Supreme Court of Canada was preoccupied with run-of-the-mill disputes. By the time he retired as Chief Justice of Canada in 1990, the Court had become a major national institution, very much in the public eye. The Court's decisions, reforming large areas of private and public law under the Charter of Rights, were the subject of intense public interest and concern.Brian Dickson played a leading role in this transformation. Engaging and i...

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Kaiju Rising

We are surrounded. A wealthy man hunts the kaiju that killed his daughter on an island inhabited by mega-fauna. They are everywhere. By the light of a campfire a young girl shares the true story of the epic brawl that caused Hurricane Irene. There is no escape. Sabotage turns an international science competition into a monster and mecha massacre. They Reign. From deep ocean trenches and dense vibrant jungles to alien worlds and other dimensions, the kaiju have returned! This is a collectio...

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Robert Beattie, Glen Sharp

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The Scene-Sequel Solution

You're writing a novel, and you've locked down your genre, format, and beats ... but something's not clicking within your scenes - the basic structure and order of your sentences. The Scene-Sequel Solution format has been used by big names and working pros for at least a century, and is even presented under re-branded names, yet it still seems to be a secret. Here, then, is your initiation. If you can re-write your key story passage into scene-and-sequel form, then you understand your char...