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The Last Fish Swimming: The Global Crime of Illegal Fishing - Hardcover

$135.00

by Gohar Petrossian (Author)This book examines the global, local, and specific environmental factors that facilitate illegal fishing and proposes effective ways to reduce the opportunities and incentives that threaten the existence of the world's fish. Humans are deeply dependent on fishing--globally, fish comprise 15 percent of the protein intake for approximately 3 billion people, and 8 percent of the global population depends on the fishing industry as their livelihood. The global fishing ...

A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments - Paperback

$81.00

by John Vile (Author)Now in its sixth edition with coverage of major Supreme Court decisions through the end of the 2013-2014 term, this book remains a key source for students, professors, and citizens seeking balanced, up-to-date information on the Constitution, its amendments, and how they have been interpreted. A document that is well past two centuries old, the U.S. Constitution remains as relevant and important today as during the time of our country's founding. Now in its sixth edition,...

Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments: Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948 - Paperback

$73.44

by Patrick Brode (Author)Patrick Brode has produced a fascinating study of government hesitancy surrounding war crime prosecutions in Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments, a history of Canada's prosecution of war crimes committed during the Second World War. Number of Pages: 324 Dimensions: 0.68 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 15, 1997

Canadian State Trials, Volume II: Rebellion and Invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839 - Paperback

$90.63

by F. Murray Greenwood (Editor), Barry Wright (Editor)This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-1838 and associated patriot invasions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Qu�bec). Number of Pages: 524 Dimensions: 1.17 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2002

The American Bee Keeper's Manual - Being A Treatise On The History And Domestic Economy Of The Honey-Bee, Embracing A Full Instruction Of The Whole Su - Paperback

$44.62

by T. B. Miner (Author)This book, originally published in 1854, presents a single volume containing a full, practical treatise on the culture of bees. Much of the information will still be found useful today to those that keep bees and those interested in the history of the subject. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern edit...

Model Yachts and Model Sailing - How to Build, Rig, and Sail a Self-Acting Model Yacht - Paperback

$41.74

by James E. Walton (Author)This vintage book is a complete guide to building, rigging, and sailing self-acting model yachts. With simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of useful tips, this profusely illustrated handbook constitutes a must-have for the novice enthusiast, and would make for a fantastic addition collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Principles of Self-Acting Model Yacht Building", "How to make the Hull", "How to Make the Deck Fittings, Rudders, &c.", ...

Day In Court - Or, The Subtle Arts Of Great Advocates - Paperback

$43.18

by Francis Lewis Wellman (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 262 Dimensions: 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 09, 2009

Darling On Trusts - The Department Of Justice - The Sherman Anti-Trust Law, With Amendments - The New Rules Of Practice For The Courts Of Equity Of Th - Paperback

$44.62

by Joseph Robinson Darling (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 254 Dimensions: 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 21, 2010

Dynamic Fair Dealing: Creating Canadian Culture Online - Paperback

$87.21

by Rosemary Coombe (Author), Darren Wershler (Author), Martin Zeilinger (Author)Dynamic Fair Dealing presents a range of insightful and provocative essays that rethink our relationship to Canadian fair dealing policy. Number of Pages: 442 Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 15, 2014

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by Gabriel Tarde (Author)This fascinating book contains a detailed treatise on the laws of imitation, being an exposition on the science, history, and philosophy of intimation as an important social phenomenon. This thorough treatment of the subject will greatly appeal to those with a keen interest in sociology and psychology, and it is a must-have for fans and collectors of Gabriel Tarde's influential work. The chapters of this book include: 'Universal Repetition', 'Social Resemblances and I...

Tyranny in America: The New African-American Holocaust - Paperback

$26.98

by Doris Elaine Smarr (Author)"Tyranny in America" The New African-American Holocaust exposes insidious and obscene acts which are being perpetrated by the state and federal courts of the United States of America upon the African-American community. These acts are tantamount to "SLAVERY," "HUMAN TRAFFICKING" and "ETHNIC CLEANSING." Generations of African-American families and children are being destroyed by the disgraceful actions of our Federal Prosecutor's Office and the Courts. The emergin...

Queen City Gothic: Cincinnati's Most Infamous Murder Mysteries - Paperback

$26.95

by J. T. Townsend (Author)Losing a loved one to murder is life's ultimate tragedy. But when the killer is never captured, a family's paralyzing grief only compounds. Years pass. Pain grows. Time heals nothing. Parents, spouses, and children of the victims never find peace. Investigators continue to lie awake night after night, year after year, thinking, "If only..." Cold cases fascinate us because of the endless possibilities. What if Alice Hochhausler hadn't driven her daughter home from wor...

Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict: Ethics and Conflict - Paperback

$147.51

by Kathleen Ouimet Perrin (Author), James McGhee (Author)Quick Look Nursing: Ethics and Conflict, Second Edition presents ethical issues and case studies from the perspective of nurses. It guides nurses on what to do when patients, family, and physicians have varying perspectives on what care should be provided and when and how they should intervene to protect an elderly person from a hazardous living situation. This text is the ideal quick reference to prepare nurses for health care ethical ...

Unlikely Muse: Legal Thinking and Artistic Imagination - Hardcover

$39.76

by Daniel J. Kornstein (Author)This trail-blazing book explores previously uncharted aspects of law and literature, as well as the psychology, paradoxes and wonderful mystery of creativity. A study of artistic inspiration, Unlikely Muse examines and analyzes the lives and works of three very different writers who combine law, literature and imagination: nineteenth-century French novelist Honor de Balzac, modernist American poet Wallace Stevens, and controversial playwright-memoirist Lillian ...

La Ley de Salud Mental de Puerto Rico: Manual Para Su Manejo Por Miembros de la Rama Judicial, Representantes Legales, Pacientes Y Sus Familiares Y Pr - Paperback

$40.43

by Carlos Gil (Author)Cu les son los derechos de la persona que recibe los servicios de salud mental?; qu tipo de tratamientos debe recibir una vez admitido a una instituci n de serviios de salud mental?; tiene derecho a la confidencialidad una persona que ha recibido servicios de salud mental y, de tenerlos, cu les son las penas, si alguna, para los violadores?; qui n paga por los servicios de salud mental de una persona indigente, por sus medicamentos una vez sale de la instituci n de s...

The Impossible Dream: The Founding of The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University - Paperback

$16.81

by C. Max Lang (Author)History of Milton S Hershey, his chocolate factory, trust and the individuals responsible for accumulating surplus funds; legal challenges of transferring funds from a tightly written trust; interactions between a foundation and a university without a medical school; building concepts for research, education, and patient care; and recruitment of faculty, students and staff Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 07, 2010

The Impossible Dream: The Founding of The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University - Hardcover

$32.89

by C. Max Lang (Author)History of Milton S Hershey, his chocolate factory, trust and the individuals responsible for accumulating surplus funds; legal challenges of transferring funds from a tightly written trust; interactions between a foundation and a university without a medical school; building concepts for research, education, and patient care; and recruitment of faculty, students and staf Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 07, 2010

Henry S. Manley (1892-1967): His Life and Writings - Hardcover

$36.67

by Joyce Manley Forney (Author), Robert H. Manley (Editor), Kathy Manley (Editor)THIS BOOK MAKES CLEAR HENRY S. MANLEY'S STATURE AS A SIGNIFICANT FIGURE REGARDING NEW YORK STATE AND, MORE BROADLY, UNITED STATES, LEGAL AND NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND SCHOLARSHIP. Henry S. Manley made legal history, was a skilled chronicler of history, and lived a life that reflected many facets of his far-ranging interests and capabilities. In Henry S. Manley (1892 - 1967) His Life and Writings: Early Pilot, C...

Surrogacy and Embryo, Sperm, & Egg Donation: What Were You Thinking?: Considering IVF & Third-Party Reproduction - Hardcover

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by Theresa M. Erickson (Author)In Surrogacy and Embryo, Sperm, & Egg Donation: What Were You Thinking?, an attorney who practices exclusively in reproductive law shares her expert guidance for those ready to create a family via third-party reproduction. Theresa Erickson, managing partner of Erickson Law, APLC, and the Founder and Chair of Conceptual Options, The Surrogacy and Egg Donation Center, educates and guides parents, surrogates, egg donors, sperm donors, and embryo donors through ...

Surrogacy and Embryo, Sperm, & Egg Donation: What Were You Thinking?: Considering IVF & Third-Party Reproduction - Paperback

$25.87

Looking for a Better Way to Pray? - Paperback

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by B. J. Willhite (Author)In 1988 I wrote a book called "Why Pray?" which went through 6 printings by Creation House and one by the author. That book was written because I knew I had something to say to the pray-ers of America. I have, over the past 50 years of ministry, read scores of books on the subject of prayer. Most of them dealt with some rather fundamental issues, but none seemed to answer the questions I had regarding this matter. I wanted to know why God, who has all power, a plan a...

Wronged: An Overview of the Criminal Court System With Emphasis On Arizona and the Federal Courts - Paperback

$45.90

by Bennie (Author)Are you a criminal? Most people are not, nor have they ever been. The idea of being arrested, charged and maybe having to go trial is totally foreign. That's what this manuscript deals with. From arrest to trial in a simple straightforward way, that is easy to read. The briefs and court decisions at the Federal level are included for the readers interest, so as to, give them some idea what a brief looks like, how it's developed; form, language, cases involved, the court's de...

The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases - Paperback

$18.00

by Deborah Halber (Author)Mary Roach meets C.S.I. in this "lively study that's part whodunit, part sociological study...The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives" (Publishers Weekly). Currently, upwards of forty thousand people in America are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated from their names, are being adopted by the bizarre online world of amateur sleuths. It's DIY CSI, solving cold cases from the comfort ...

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by Lamont Cranston (Author)Seattle is a seacoast town. With more than its share of outlaws. This book proves crime does pay if you are good at it. Number of Pages: 456 Dimensions: 1.02 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 09, 2010

Judicial Misconduct and the Complicity of Government - Paperback

$22.91

by Robert L. Mason (Author)If you drive a car, this book is a must It was over four years ago when the Author received a minor traffic ticket, and went to court as a Pro Se (without an attorney). From the beginning he became a victim of the judge's willful judicial double standard misconduct. Over the next four years he submitted several complaints with documented proof of old and new issues to the higher appellate court system. The appeal courts then condoned the judicial errors and miscond...

Angels to Ashes: Largest Unsolved Mass Murder in Alaska History - Hardcover

$32.33

by Michael McGuire (Author)The book details the murders aboard the fishing vessel Investor. This is the largest unsolved mass murder in Alaska State history. Eight people were slaughtered, including two small children and the Captians pregnant wife. The book starts with the actual scene of the murders and continues on through the lives of those involved as well as two trials of the suspected killer. The State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that their suspect was guilty. The author ...

1,825 Days of Hell: One Man's Odyssey Through the American Parole System: Corrupt and Self-Propagating Us Correctional System - Paperback

$21.40

by Jerry Tanner (Author)1,825 Days of Hell is the shocking story of one man's fight to regain his self-respect, dignity, and livelihood against a government bureaucracy so bent on exerting total control over his movements and activities that it was willing--and astonishingly able--to unilaterally revoke, without due process, his constitutional rights, including the most fundamental and cherished American right to freedom of speech. It is the tale of a harrowing journey through the US parole s...

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (Vol.4) - Paperback

$50.49

by U. S. Department of Commerce (Author)New 9th Edition is available (ISBN: 978-1500927554). This is Original 8th Edition (Rev, July 2008) Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (a.k.a. MPEP) This Manual is published to provide U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent examiners, applicants, attorneys, agents, and representatives of applicants with a reference work on the practices and procedures relative to the prosecution of patent applications before the USPTO. It contains instructions...

Five Last Acts (2nd edition): expanded & revised - Paperback

$39.02

by Chris Docker (Author)(Please note that a 2015 updated edition is also available). Hailed in 2010 as the most complete source available, Five Last Acts II details options and methods for rational suicide in the event of unbearable and unrelievable suffering. Bringing reassurance, knowledge and hope, and the strength to face an uncertain future.(Please note a 2015 version is now available.)Even with modern technology, not all ends are good ones. Although palliative care continues to make gre...

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Mediation Matters: Practical Negotiation Strategies from a Nationally Recognized Mediator - Paperback

$12.99

by Michael Russell (Author)Do you want to be a better negotiator in mediation? Do you know how to prepare your clients for their first mediation? Do you have a strategic approach to opening offers? Do you know how to close a deal? Lawyers spend many hours and significant resources learning to be better trial advocates. The truth, however, is that most lawsuits are not resolved at trial. They are resolved in mediation. Despite this, few attorneys spend the time necessary to learn and master pr...

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by Brenda Derouen (Author), Brenda Derouen (Illustrator)I'm A Lawyer is a book that teaches children about the job of a lawyer. It encourages readers to dream big. Inspired by the lack of children books that showcase women and minorities in the field of law, Attorney DeRouen wrote this book to provide visuals of minorities in law while simultaneously teaching children about lawyers.Author Biography?Brenda DeRouen is a divorce and family law attorney from Houston, Texas. She is is the founding...

Motions for Relief & Legal Guides: File any Motion in any State and Win - Paperback

$80.98

by Esquire Danie Victor Laguerre (Author)This book of motions allows you to obtain any type of relief in court if a parent is in violation of a prior final judgment or court order.Author BiographyAttorney Danie Victor-Laguerre, Esquire has been practicing law in the State of Florida since 1991. Number of Pages: 126 Dimensions: 0.27 x 7.8 x 5.08 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2012