Is it "just words" when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power.John M. Conley, William M. O...

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and liberals, support it for these reasons.Indefensible puts forward a devastating challenge to this conventional wisdom, which has normalised the existence of the most savage weapons of mass destruction ever known. It is the e...

Después de que el aspirante a novelista, Jack Conley sale de un coma, descubre que sufre de sinestesia, y que ahora su cerebro le confiere poderes psíquicos.La investigación de Jack sobre Alfredo, rey de Northumbria le lleva hasta La Cueva del Rey Alfredo, en el norte de Yorkshire, donde- según dice una leyenda- el rey se refugió después de una sangrienta batalla. Lo que Jack no sabe es que su investigación ha desencadenado una serie de eventos paranormales mortíferos, de los que J...

Home to the United States Naval Academy since 1845, Annapolis and its busy harbor attract visitors from around the world.  Since its founding in the 1600s, Annapolis has played an important role in American history. The area became Maryland's capital in 1694, and its capitol building is the longest in continuous use in the United States. John L. Conley is an Annapolis area writer. The historic images in this book are from his personal collection.

Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size.Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all over the state - including, for...

The first four books in John Broughton's 'Jake Conley Mysteries', now available in one volume!Elfrid's Hole: Aspiring novelist Jake Conley wakes from a coma to find he has synaesthesia and heightened psychic abilities. When researching King Aldfrith, Jake unwittingly unleashes deadly paranormal events, becoming the prime suspect. With the help of Detective Inspector Mark Shaw, Jake must clear his name and bring peace to a tormented soul from over a thousand years a...

Discourse Perspectives in Organizational Communication brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities to look at discourse and how it shapes organizations and their social actors. Unlike others in the field, this book assumes that language creates and constitutes reality, rather than simply mirroring or describing it. This collection illustrates the variety of organizational phenomena that might be studied and the range of epistemological and methodological approaches ...

Politics and the Past offers an original, multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. Demonstrating that "reparations politics" has become one of the most important features of international politics in recent years, the authors analyze why this is the case and show that reparations politics can be expected to be a major aspect of international affairs in coming years. In addition to broad theoretical and philosophica...

Cuando el novelista Jake Conley vuelve a la conciencia luego de una seia herida en la cabeza, descubre que es afectado por una rara condición: sinaestesia.Esto no sólo le daba a su cerbro mayores poderes psíquicos, pero también afecta su conducta. Destacado a nivel nacional después de descubrir la tumba del Rey Aldfrith y escribir un bestseller. Jake está en un mundo de problemas.Después de que su cerebro de cables cruzados responde a la psicometría en la casa de su infanci...

The husband never really understood where his wife went during the day, what she was doing or why she came home so late. The neighbors were beginning to talk. Then, things got really fishy when their baby was born. She was half shark, half dolphin. The Catfish was now out of the bag! His wife had been secretly having an affair! There are many questions that Sharkdolph must seek the answers to: who she really is, why she is so different from the other dolphins, but more importantly, who her...

There have been many studies analyzing the philosophy of Blaise Pascal, but this book is the first full-length study of the philosophies of his sisters, Jacqueline Pascal and Gilberte Pascal Périer, and his niece, Marguerite Périer. While these women have long been presented as the disciples, secretaries, correspondents, and nurses of their brother and uncle, each woman developed a distinctive philosophy that is more than auxiliary to the thought of Blaise Pascal. The unique philosophical ...

All seven books in John Broughton's 'Jake Conley Mysteries', now in one volume!Elfrid's Hole: After Jake Conley regains consciousness from a coma, he discovers he’s affected by synaesthesia, and that his now cross-wired brain endows him with heightened psychic powers. Jake’s research on the Northumbrian King Aldfrith takes him to Elfrid’s Hole in North Yorkshire, where - as legend relates - the king sheltered after a bloody battle. What Jake doesn't realize is that...