Unlike many other books about the American founding, this new work by two of the most prominent scholars of American political history emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compact theory. Social compact theory, the idea that government must be based on an agreement between those who govern and those who consent to be governed, was one of the Founders' few unifying philosophical positions, and it transcended the partisan politics of that era. Contributors to this volum...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America.This new second edition of the b...

In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? meets Brian Green's Elegant Universe, a senior writer from Space.com leads readers on a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier, investigating what's really "out there."We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we alone in the universe? Books, movies and television shows proliferate that attempt to answer this question and explore it....

Über die Berufsgruppe der Kopisten juristischer Dokumente gäbe es viele Anekdoten zu erzählen, und doch wird über die sogenannten Schreiber nie geschrieben. Die Angestellten der Rechtsanwaltskanzlei in der Wall Street, von der Herman Melville erzählt, wären alle eine Geschichte wert: der alte Turkey, der zumindest bis zum Mittagessen ein vorbildlicher Beschäftigter ist, Nippers, der sehr unter seinem Ehrgeiz und seinen Verdauungsproblemen leidet, und der zwölfjährige Ginger Nut, dessen Vat...

This 128-page oversized catalog was produced circa 1900 in Germany and contains hundreds of stunning examples of screen-printed patterns and design elements originally conceived for wall and ceiling decoration. Created at the crossroads of Victorian and Art Nouveau styles, the catalog reflects the best European designs of the period.The full-color patterns, reproduced from rare originals, encompass decorations for every room in a variety of styles, including floral, animal, and geom...

Do you desire the truth about God, our foremost religions, the purpose of life and the future of our planet?If so, Illuminating the Narrow Gate will guide and empower you to fulfill your destiny of transcending the darkness and embracing an enlightened spirituality. Blessed with astonishing insights and revelations, this revolutionary book heralds a global awakening and the inevitable doom of institutional religion.Volume II contains 15 appendixes ...

Eine verschlossene Zelle. Ein kaltblütiger Mord. Und nur eine Verdächtige: Du»Four Walls – Nur ein einziger Ausweg« ist ein wendungsreicher Locked-Room-Thriller um eine junge Frau in einem immer unheimlicher werdenden High-Tech-Gefängnis.Lebenslänglich für einen brutalen Doppel-Mord, den sie nicht begangen hat: Cara Lockhart scheint in einem Alptraum festzustecken. Sie wird ins Hochsicherheits-Gefängnis »High Fern« gebracht, das als modernstes Frauen-Gefängnis Englands gilt...

The apocalyptic end times have finally arrived. What is coming to an end, though, is not what you have been led to believe.Do you desire the truth about God, our foremost religions, the purpose of life and the future of our planet? Are you ready to challenge the religious powers that be to learn what most would rather not know? If so, this revolutionary book will help you transcend the darkness on your eternal journey home to a God of pure, unconditional love (a Go...

Bei archäologischen Ausgrabungen muss oft der fruchtbare Oberboden separat gelagert werden, um ihn nach Abschluss der Grabungsarbeiten wieder zuoberst auf die wiederverfüllten Grabungsschnitte aufzubringen, um Flurschaden und Ernteausfälle für den Grundeigentümer zu vermeiden. Wird die Grabung auf Grünbrache oder Weideland ausgeführt, bietet es sich beim händischen Bodenabtrag an, den Oberboden in Form von Rasenziegeln zu stechen, die in Form sauber aufgeschlichteter Rasenziegelmauern und ...

Original study and a review of the pertinent literature are presented in this monograph on the early development of the neopallial wall and the choroidal area in vertebrates before the appearance of nerve cells. In the pre-neural period the telencephalic wall is a cohesive, non-stratified epithelial sheet of elongated, radially oriented, polarized cells. Although these cells, including the radial glial cells, differ from each other in various regions and change in shape, internal structure...

One of three volumes in honour of the teaching and scholarship of the late Michael I. Handel, this book details the universal logic of strategy and the ability of liberal-democratic governments to address this logic rationally. Treating war as an extension of politics, the diverse contributors (drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel) explore the difficulties in matching strategy to policy, especially in free societies.

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic interactions at microscales to communities functioning at regional and global scales. The book leads t...