A wild journey through the shady side of Bluegrass politics, from bribe-takers to traitors to treasury raiders.In 1826, Governor Desha pardoned his own son for murder. In a horrific crime, Governor Goebel was assassinated in 1900. James Wilkinson was branded a traitor against Kentucky and the nation. "Honest Dick Tate" ran away with massive amounts of money from the state treasury. And in modern times, Operation BOPTROT resulted in perhaps the biggest scandal in th...

Commencèrent, à partir du printemps 1984, les réunions du Comité de préparation pour lesquelles déjà Strasbourg - ville des routes, croisée des chemins - méritait son nom puisque de Milan, de Liège, de Neuchâtel ou de Lille, toutes les voies y conduisaient. Denses et paisibles rencontres, dans l'atmosphère studieuse de la Bibliothèque de Philologie romane, qui construisirent progressivement l'architecture de notre Congrès. Sur la suggestion de notre Président, C. Segre, qui anima la prépar...

The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as settings of breathtaking beauty, as venues of scientific inquiry, as destinations for much-needed...

The only book to delve deeply into Maryland’s rich musical performance history and the people who created it.In Musical Maryland, the first comprehensive survey of the music emanating from the Old Line State, David K. Hildebrand and Elizabeth M. Schaaf explore the myriad ways in which music has enriched the lives of Marylanders. From the drinking songs of colonial Annapolis, the liturgical music of the Zion Lutheran Church, and the work songs of the tobacc...