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![]() ![]() Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powers―and limits―that it places on the presidency. ![]() ![]() The Oath and the Office is the book we need, right now and into the future, whether we are voting for or running to become president of the United States. An essential guide to the presidential powers and limits of the Constitution, for anyone voting―or running―for our highest office.Ĭan the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? Is it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a president’s executive order? In today’s fraught political climate, it often seems as if we must become constitutional law scholars just to understand the news from Washington, let alone make a responsible decision at the polls. ![]()
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![]() And when he learns that a charming, handsome nobleman ordered a piece of that very pie, Josse is convinced that the poison was meant for this upper-class guest, and not for the poor stranger who died alone in Anne's guest chamber.Īfter failing to persuade the Sheriff that the death was suspicious, Josse turns to his old friend, the formidable Abbess Helewise. When Josse discovers wolf's bane in the remnants of the pie, he knows that someone must have tampered with Anne's cooking. He rides off to the scene of the crime and starts his own investigation. ![]() Josse has been a regular visitor to Goody Anne's, and he hates to think that Anne-or her fine cooking-has fallen suspect. ![]() ![]() Josse d'Acquin, a knight with a knack for solving mysteries, is troubled by the news of the stranger's death. But while Anne's serving maid and boy finish up their chores, a man lies dying in the guest chamber-poisoned by a piece of pie made by Goody Anne herself. At the end of a dark and dreary market day, Goody Anne's inn at Tonbridge is finally settling down for the night. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But more than their age difference stands in their way, not the least of which is Aaron’s semi-closeted status and the fact that he’s never openly discussed his sexuality with his son. But when Julian starts flaking on his responsibilities and Malachi and Aaron are forced to spend long hours alone together, their mutual attraction is impossible to resist.Īaron can’t fight the temptation sexy Malachi presents. "Look but don’t touch" becomes his motto. He decides to take the opportunity to bond with his son and hires Julian and his roommate, Malachi, to assist.Īs a broke college student, Malachi could use the money, and spending the summer with Aaron for eye candy sounds like a dream. Despite having to remodel the family lake house, it would be a vacation of sorts, and he had every intention of enjoying it-until the friend who was supposed to help him got injured and left him in a lurch. ![]()
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Lord Mouse by Mason Thomas7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Review: It’s so much fun when I try a new author, and they blow my socks off with a well written story that is so full of twists and turns that you have trouble putting the book down. ![]() But Mouse is unprepared for the dangers behind the plot to make Lord Garron disappear. Falling for a nobleman can lead to disaster. Falling for a client can lead to mistakes. Making matters worse, Mouse is distracted by Garron’s charm and unyielding integrity. Now, they must escape an army of guardsmen, a walled keep and a city on lockdown, and a ruthless mage using her power to track them. Getting Garron out of his tower prison is the easy part. But he cannot turn his back on that much coin-enough to buy a king’s pardon for the murder charge hanging over his head. He’s no altruistic hero, and something about the job reeks. The job? Free Lord Garron, the son of a powerful duke arrested on trumped up charges in a rival duchy. When a stranger with a hefty bag of gold seduces him to take on a task, Mouse knows he’ll regret it. Sure, his methods may not make him many friends, but he works best alone anyway. ![]() At a Glance: Lord Mouse is non-stop action and suspense once things are set in motion.īlurb: Scoundrel by nature and master thief by trade, Mouse is the best there is. ![]()
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![]() She presents the research concerning eight insights that are foundational to Montessori education and describes how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom. Montessori's theories and practices stand up to the scrutiny of modern-day developmental psychology? Can developmental psychology tell us anything about how and why Montessori methods work? In Montessori, the author shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori: Current scientific research provides astounding support for her major insights. ![]() Does Montessori education provide a viable alternative to traditional schooling? Do Dr. One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. School reforms repeatedly fail by not penetrating these models. ![]() Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children's learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. ![]()
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Pierce brown light bringer7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() " Brown's plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. ![]() RED RISING - GOLDEN SON - MORNING STAR - IRON GOLD - DARK AGE - LIGHT BRINGER So begins Darrow's long voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield.īecause Eo's dream is still alive-and after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.ĭon't miss any of Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga: But now they need Darrow, and Darrow needs the people he loves-Virginia, Cassius, Sevro-in order to defend the Republic. Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold, and will raze the worlds to realize his ambitions. Marooned far from home after a devastating defeat on the battlefields of Mercury, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars from its bloodthirsty would-be conqueror Lysander. ![]() ![]() The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.īut the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. Description Darrow returns as Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. ![]()
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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:numberstars00lois:epub:e81e3741-eb85-41e4-9529-1d2cd77fa871 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier numberstars00lois Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9475gg59 Isbn 0440220335ĩ780440220336 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL7519589M Openlibrary_edition Full Book Name:Number the Stars Author Name:Lois Lowry Book Genre:Academic, Childrens, Classics, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Middle Grade, School, War, World War II, Young Adult ISBN 9780440227533 Date of Publication:1989 PDF / EPUB File Name:NumbertheStars-LoisLowry. Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:56:20 Boxid IA175201 Boxid_2 CH102801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y. ![]()
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Book review the mountain between us7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() While some blood is seen from open wounds from time to time, along with a few shots of a character butchering a dead animal, this film is very low in gore and violence. ![]() Apart from the crash itself, there are close calls beside cliffs, the constant risk of freezing to death, falling through ice, discussions about starvation, they fight off vicious wildlife, and suffer various injuries, some of which are deep gashes that bleed and require stitches. Violence/Scary Images: The majority of the plot revolves around the survivors of a plane crash struggling to stay alive in a frozen landscape. As complete strangers, the question is what will harm them more: the uncontrollability of nature or the unfamiliarity of the other person? At least there’s a dog to pat when things get rough. ![]() This time around it’s Hollywood superstars, Idris Elba and Kate Winslet’s turn to try and beat the odds, in the ultimate test of their humanity. So it’s intriguing to see how one would cope if all those things were stripped away. We’ve drastically altered the natural landscape, amassed huge amounts of resources, and depending on where one lives, we can live comfortably. There’s just something alluring about survival stories. Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges Mills Goodloe, Charles Martin (novel), Chris Weitz (screenplay) Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ![]()
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Son of Interflux by Gordon Korman7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() His father is the Senior Vice President of Interflux, a large corporation that makes only parts of things. Plot Simon Irving has just moved to the town of Greenbush, New York with his parents. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Son of Interflux is a 1986 children's novel by Gordon Korman. , Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va.Ĭopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. Thus, the story ends even more pointlessly than it began. The ending, true to form, depends on the absurd antics of another adult, this time Simon's father's boss, to resolve the dilemma of students fighting the insensitive corporation. ![]() Language is regarded, at least in most intellectual traditions, as the quintessential human. She is the continual target of the longest standing joke in the book. Buy a cheap copy of Son of Interflux book by Gordon Korman. Simon's mother is a culinary fool who follows every whimsical new "health" diet that the newspaper prints. Although there are some funny moments at school and passable character development of Simon and his two best friends, girls and women are reduced to cardboard stupidity or, worse yet, clinging boyfriend fiends. ![]() While masquerading as contemporary high-school angst, this novel is pure fantasy bordering on the ridiculous at points. 1 2006 by Gordon Korman (Author) 15 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 44.76 9 Used from 38.26 2 New from 160.50 Paperback 9.99 7 Used from 18.59 1 New from 9.99 Mass Market Paperback 34.29 11 Used from 34. Grade 7-10 This zany, but rather pointless, romp pits Simon Irving against his father, vice-president of Interflux corporation, to save a piece of open land next to his high school. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() On a breakneck journey from Jackson Hole to a maximum security prison-Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik will stop at nothing to take Project Osiris down. Hammerstrom-and trapped in Serenity for good. 2, 2016 After discovering that their home of Serenity, New Mexico, is really a giant science experiment to test the effects of nurturing on clones of master criminals (Masterminds, 2015), four teens escape and head out into the world in search of revenge and freedom. And the wrong move could send them right back into the arms of Dr. But the outside world isn't exactly what they expected-strangers aren't just unfriendly, they're dangerous. Masterminds: Criminal Destiny Hardcover International Edition, Februby Gordon Korman (Author) 71 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 18.10 6 Used from 14.12 Paperback 16.03 22 Used from 6.54 2 New from 16. What they discover will change everything, leading them straight into the Plastic Works and the heart of the experiment, in order to uncover the deadly criminals they're cloned from-and any evidence that will convince the outside world to believe the truth. Evading capture by breaking laws and sneaking into houses, hotels, buses, and cars-are they becoming the criminals they were destined to be? They decide to track down Tamara Dunleavy, the mysterious billionaire and founder of Project Osiris. After their narrow escape from their "perfect" hometown, Eli, Tori, Amber, and Malik are finally in the real world and determined to expose the leaders of Serenity. The clones of Project Osiris are free-but they're being hunted. The second book in the acclaimed, action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. ![]() |