A provocative new history of America’s constitution and an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imaginedThe American Revolution occurred at a time when Britain’s constitutional order failed to adapt to the extraordinary growth of its colonies. The framers designed an American constitution to succeed where Britain’s had faltered, planning for continuous population and territorial expansion that would eventually cr...

A groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in New England before being folded into the United StatesIn the vaunted annals of America’s founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston highlights Boston’s overl...

"Leonidas and the 300 Spartans: The Battle of Thermopylae"In the year 480 BC, the ancient world was on the brink of chaos as the mighty Persian Empire, led by King Xerxes, marched with an overwhelming force to subjugate Greece. The city-states, fractured and disunited, faced the dire threat of annihilation. But from the heart of Sparta emerged a beacon of hope, courage, and defiance."Leonidas and the 300 Spartans: The Battle of Thermopylae"...

This audiobook narrated by Mark Peterson offers a provocative new history of America's constitution— and issues an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imaginedThe American Revolution occurred at a time when Britain's constitutional order failed to adapt to the extraordinary growth of its colonies. The framers designed an American constitution to succeed where Britain's had faltered, planning for ...

Deputy Kathy Dahl has one job and one job only: to transport a dirtbag of a con artist from a jail at the far corner of southern Minnesota to their jail in northern Minnesota. Literally. How hard can it be?But Mother Nature has other plans. A severe blizzard strikes when she is halfway through her return trip home, with the talkative con artist handcuffed in the back seat. They soon discover both of their paths are linked more closely than this single trip.

Caleb Simmons is certain he is the last person alive.He is also certain that there is something in the darkness. Something that took everyone else.But what it is, he doesn’t know.Darkness, Alive is a gritty, searing, post-apocalyptic novelette that will keep you reading to the very end.

Immediately following the harrowing events in BEHOLDER’S EYE, the first thriller novel in the Central Division series, Minneapolis PD investigators Kolin Raynes and Simon Templeton are once again back in Glade, Minnesota, to further investigate the aftermath of the elusive serial killer.They may know what drove the Video Slayer to do what she did, but how did she do it? Did she have help or was she a lone killer in her monstrous deeds?Kolin and Simon delve ...

Erica Wickstrom never expects to find her grandmother’s brooch. At a rummage sale of all places. But there it is, next to a dozen other pieces of vintage jewelry. Her grandmother was last seen wearing it the day of her husband’s funeral. Over twenty-five years ago. The day she disappeared.Will Erica finally discover the truth about her grandmother? Or will she uncover a sinister evil that lurks in the shadows of her beloved small town home?

'The collection transcends the traditional institutional division lines (private, public, large, small, research, undergraduate, etc.) and has something to offer for readers in every realm of academia. The collection challenges the reader to think about how to implement and improve undergraduate research experiences, what such experiences mean to students and faculty, and how such experiences can take a permanent place in the modern preparation of undergraduate mathematics and STEM majors....

In The****Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate: Second Edition, a team of leading international scholars presents the state-of-the-art in the field, ten years after the publication of the award-winning First Edition. Following the Preface by Edgar Schein, 33 entirely new chapters document the development and maturing of ideas canvassed in the First Edition, and also offer exciting new perspectives on organizational culture and climate.This Handboo...

Jack Hudson walked away from the father he loved 15 years ago. More importantly, he walked away from his miserable and mentally unbalanced stepmother, Natalie.Now his father is dying and Jack wants to make amends with his father. But Natalie still stands in his way and may have had a hand in his life all along.

The book is a funny imaginative story about Tator Tot King who goes on an adventure along with Queen Mushroom. As the story unfolds, the characters turn out to be ingredients as they journey towards making a Tator Tot Casserole .Imagination brings about creative writing!