In 1879, a Canadian Blackfoot known as Spopee, or Turtle, shot and killed a white man. Captured as a fugitive, Spopee narrowly escaped execution, instead landing in an insane asylum in Washington, D.C., where he fell silent. Spopee thus “disappeared” for more than thirty years, until a delegation of American Blackfeet discovered him and, aided by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, exacted a pardon from President Woodrow Wilson. After re-emerging into society like a modern-day Rip Van Wink...

In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and sea snakes that are found along the almost 2,000-mile border between the two countries.Each chapter is devoted to one state—four in the US (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) and ...

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This fourth edition addresses certain developments, including the 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Limitation Convention, which have come into effect since publication of the previous edition. The chapters on limitation of liability for passenger claims and in relation to the carriage of goods have been updated, as has the chapter on limitation regimes worldwide. The book also focuses upon the practicalities of seeking to limit by reference to case law and procedural rules.

Although it originated in theological debates, the general will ultimately became one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern political thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau made it the central element of his political theory, and it took on a life of its own during the French Revolution, before being subjected to generations of embrace or opprobrium. James Farr and David Lay Williams have collected for the first time a set of essays that track the evolving histo...

Drawing on nearly two decades of intense academic research and teaching of company law, Dr. Subai brings his experience to bear in a book which is the first of its kind in Nigeria as it comprehensively examines the principles of Nigerian company law from a historical and analytical perspective. The Principles of Nigerian Company Law revolves around the Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 but in do doing so, it comments on its provisions, but goes beyond this to consider underlyi...

An Easy-to-Use Guide to Help Readers Learn about HeavenEveryone wants to know what happens after they die. Many authors have tried to describe and explain the mysteries of heaven, but what does the Bible say about it? The 100 Best Bible Verses on Heaven goes straight to the source of all Truth to give insight into the afterlife. The 100 verses that are highlighted include the well-known passages as well as hidden treasures. Each verse is followed by a brie...

This book is concerned with the problems of private corporations and their control. By private corporations are meant associations formed to carry on some business undertaking, and possessing the attributes of a legal entity. This terminology is almost identical with that used in the legal and economic literature of the U.S.A.

You are called by name.Every follower of Jesus in the Gospels had a not-so-great “before.” A brash fisherman. A pious religious leader. A demon-possessed woman. A thieving tax collector. But God’s love reached beyond the brokenness and called them before His transformative work of redemption even began. And He called them His own.He’s still doing that today.Encounter Jesus the way His followers did. In The Chosen: 40 Days with Jesus, explore the mo...

International Trade Law offers a clear overview of the complexities of an international sale transaction through informed analysis of case law, legislation, and international conventions and rules. Fully updated with changes to the law and new directions in legal debate, this new edition considers:Standard trade terms including INCOTERMS 2010, the Convention on International Sales of Goods 1980 and the UNIDROIT Principles for International Commercial Contracts

"You will only make this journey once. What kind of journey will it be?"Is your love for other believers growing? Is your faith in God a topic of conversation among other believers? Is God's work you work? If you can answer "yes" to these questions, you are growing spiritually. If you answered "no", your road to spiritual growth may be filled with obstacles. Just as our physical lives need nourishment, our spiritual lives need the nourishment provi...

An accessible introduction to multimodal contracts of carriage, Multimodal Transport Law works from general principles toward specific, technical problems. Adopting an international approach, it addresses such key topics as:Contracts of carriageTransport documentsThe parties to a contract of carriageInternational conventions on the carriage of goodsMultimodal situations covered by unimodal conventionsConflict of laws