This book asks the crucial question of how it came to pass that on the 25 May 2018, the Irish electorate voted by a landslide in favour of changing its abortion legislation that, for the previous thirty-five years, had been one of the most restrictive regimes in Europe. The author shows how, alongside traditional campaigning tactics such as street demonstrations, door-to-door canvassing, and the distribution of pro-choice merchandise and information leaflets, a key strategy of pro-choice a...

Some are born heroes, some such as Rolly have heroism thrust, literally in his case, upon them. I was determined to bring philosophy out of the closet, to be more precise out of the cloistered, tweedy, pipe smoke suffused, atmosphere in which it has suffocated. Mind games are fine and well in theory, this was an opportunity to practise! Who better to rise, in his case descend, to the occasion than my good friend Rolly.

Between the years 1949 and 1976, Luther David Ralph (son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, farmer, carpenter, storyteller, journalist) wrote over 800 columns entitled "Billy the Goat's Tales of Two Towns By L.D.R." for the GOODLETTSVILLE GAZETTE. In his first column he wrote, "This column will start in Shackle Island (TN) and eventually wind up in Goodlettsville (TN)......we will endeavor to mingle news of the past as handed down for posterity with amusing events of today." During th...

A collection of famous transcendentalist essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.Nature, Self Reliance, Walking, and Civil Disobedience.In Nature, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses nature, and suggests that reality can be understood by studying nature.Self Reliance contain...

A family man takes embarks on a dangerous endeavor in this gripping Ralph Compton western.Owen Burnett’s needs are small. All he’s ever wanted is his wife’s affection, his children’s health, and a little plot of land which he can farm. Still, he’s no fool. So when his neighbor Gareth Kurst makes him a business proposition, one that could leave him richer than he’s ever dreamed, he can’t refuse giving the risky scheme a try.Rounding up cattle up in the Texas...

This illustrated biography of Harvey Spencer Lewis, Imperator of the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, was written in response to many requests from Rosicrucians and others who sought the key to this mystic-philosopher’s life mission of rekindling the ancient flame of Wisdom in the Western world. We view his triumphs and tribulations from the viewpoint of those who knew him best.

In the hills above Martin, everyone knows Aunt Florence Crisp is not a woman to be crossed. When the federal government comes for America’s gold, Florence summons Bromley Payne, a local photographer with a truck and more curiosity than good sense, to help move part of her fortune before it is too late. But what begins as a secret trip to the bank quickly turns into something darker: rumors spread through town, old loyalties tighten, and Florence’s quiet, watchful daughter Goldie seems to b...

In this Ralph Compton western, a man discovers that Bluff City is the place to find one’s fortune—or one’s grave...Bluff City is a prosperous silver-mining town-and a place of opportunity for those willing to exploit its hard-working citizens. Harve Barker is the wealthiest man in the territory, offering irresistible vices to anyone willing and able to afford them. Outlaw Jesse Stark has grown fond of the town's surrounding mining camps, leading a gang of desperado...

Essayiste, poète et philosophe, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) est l'un des fondateurs du transcendantalisme américain, une philosophie qui met l'accent sur l'autonomie, l'introspection et l'importance de la nature pour l'être humain. Critique avisé des tendances déshumanisantes de la société moderne, en particulier de l'industrialisation naissante, il a diffusé ses idées par le biais de dizaines d'essais publiés et de plus de 1 500 conférences publiques à travers les États-Unis. Les troi...

There’s trouble on the trail drive in this pulse-pounding Ralph Compton western.Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but fair. He’s never lost a hand on a drive and doesn’t aim to start now. So when a cowhand needs a sawbones bad, Stout sends Chancy and Ollie to escort the man to a town called Prosperity, which none of them has ever heard of.

Henry David Thoreau was the last male descendant of a French ancestor who came to this country from the Isle of Guernsey. His character exhibited occasional traits drawn from this blood in singular combination with a very strong Saxon genius. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on the 12th of July, 1817. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1837, but without any literary distinction. An iconoclast in literature, he seldom thanked colleges for their service to him, holding them in smal...

A marshal and a teenage bounty hunter team up to dole out justice in this classic tale of the Old West.If things are quiet in the little town of Sweetwater, Marshal Fred Hitch sees no reason to make waves. But when Tyree Johnson shows up, Fred’s relaxed nature is put to the test. At fifteen years old, Tyree is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter with no patience for anyone calling him “boy.” He’s come to apprehend a killer who escaped from Cheyenne and has been hiding i...