EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book Ely Echoes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bob Cary
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781452906188
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Ely Echoes written by Bob Cary and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cosmic Constitutional Theory

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Harvie Wilkinson III
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2012-03-12
  • ISBN : 0199846022
  • Pages : 174 pages

Download or read book Cosmic Constitutional Theory written by J. Harvie Wilkinson III and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging volume, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Thinkers as diverse as Justices William Brennan and Antonin Scalia, Professor John Hart Ely, Judges Robert Bork and Richard Posner, have all produced seminal interpretations of our Founding document, but ones that promise to imbue courts with unprecedented powers. While crediting the theorists for the sparkling quality of their thoughts, Judge Wilkinson argues they will slowly erode the role of representative institutions in America and leave our children bereft of democratic liberty. The loser in all the theoretical fireworks is the old and honorable tradition of judicial restraint. The judicial modesty once practiced by Learned Hand, John Harlan, and Oliver Wendell Holmes has given way to competing schools of liberal and conservative activism seeking sanctuary in Living Constitutionalism, Originalism, Process Theory, or the supposedly anti-theoretical creed of Pragmatism. Each of these seemingly disparate theories promises their followers an intellectually respectable route to congenial political outcomes from the bench. Judge Wilkinson calls for a plainer, simpler, self-disciplined commitment to judicial restraint and democratic governance, a course that alas may be impossible so long as the cosmic constitutionalists so dominate contemporary legal thought.

Book The Emotional Lives of Animals  revised

Download or read book The Emotional Lives of Animals revised written by Marc Bekoff and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to incorporate a surge of new science When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of this book in 2007, he predicted that over time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would grow “richer, more accurate, and possibly different.” Since then, not only has the field seen an explosion of new and startling research, but the popular interest in the subject has grown as well, spawning countless podcasts, articles, and bestselling books. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and compassion, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals.

Book Superior National Forest  N F    Echo Trail Area Forest Management Plan

Download or read book Superior National Forest N F Echo Trail Area Forest Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Creon s Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities

Download or read book Creon s Ghost Law Justice and the Humanities written by Tomain and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creon's Ghost examines the enduring problem of the relationship between man's law and a "higher" law from the perspective of core humanities texts and through discussion of hotly debated contemporary legal conundrums. Today, such issues as intelligent design in school curricula, same-sex marriage, and faith-based government grants are all examples of the interaction between man's law and some other set of moral principles. As these debates are considered in this book, the author uses texts such as Antigone and Plato's Republic and pairs them with the most important jurisprudence texts of the 20th century to explore different approaches to the contemporary conflict or court ruling under consideration. Creon's Ghost demonstrates that the humanities can both illuminate our understanding of contemporary problems and that "classic" texts can be read alongside jurisprudential texts, thus enriching our understanding of and appreciation for law.

Book The Spirit and the Salvation of the Urban Poor

Download or read book The Spirit and the Salvation of the Urban Poor written by Brandon Kertson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Still, poverty is an ever-present reality, even in so-called first world nations like the United States. If the Holy Spirit is the member of the Trinity that is ever present in our world, perhaps the Spirit can be a resource to address poverty. In this pneumatological theology of poverty, Brandon Kertson explores the current state of poverty in the United States, arguing its complexities also require complex answers demanding a pneumatological approach that has yet to be offered. Using Renewal theology and pneumatology, Kertson develops a pneumatological four-fold gospel based on Jesus’ pneumatic declaration of Luke 4. He explores how the Spirit addresses poverty through Jesus and the historic and global church, and how we can begin to address poverty through the Spirit today. The Spirit as savior, baptizer, healer, and entelechy of the kingdom lays the foundation for a holistic response to the complex problem of poverty in our country.

Book Rights

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlos Nino
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 1992-08
  • ISBN : 9780814757710
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book Rights written by Carlos Nino and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1992-08 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume concern the topic of legal rights, how they are related to morality, the place of rights on moral theory, and the legal recognition of rights.

Book Sherlock Holmes on the Air

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matthew J Elliott
  • Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
  • Release : 2016-12-20
  • ISBN : 1780921047
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes on the Air written by Matthew J Elliott and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven scripts from the famous US radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Within these pages you'll discover how Holmes solved the mystery of the Amateur Mendicant Society, defended Professor Moriartys younger brother against a charge of murder, and investigated the yuletide puzzle of the French duellist who somehow survived a bullet to the heart. This collection is ideal for the Conan Doyle enthusiast, the budding scriptwriter or any actors/performers who've ever dreamed of taking a part in an original Sherlock Holmes adventure.

Book Henry V Companion

    Book Details:
  • Author : BookCaps
  • Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
  • Release : 2013-02-28
  • ISBN : 1621074951
  • Pages : 57 pages

Download or read book Henry V Companion written by BookCaps and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry V is one of the greatest histories ever written--but let's face it..if you don't understand it, then you are not alone. This annotated book includes a summary of each scene, an overview of themes and characters. It does not include the play. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Book Born to Pull

Download or read book Born to Pull written by Bob Cary and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the origins of dogsledding and the different types of sled dogs, and discusses living conditions for sled dogs, canine communication, selecting and training a team, and dogsled racing.

Book Mining the Heartland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Erik Kojola
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2023-06-06
  • ISBN : 1479815225
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Mining the Heartland written by Erik Kojola and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting portrait of the cultural struggles and political conflicts of proposed copper-nickel mines in Minnesota’s Iron Range On an unseasonably warm October afternoon in Saint Paul, hundreds of people gathered to protest the construction of a proposed copper-nickel mine in the rural northern part of their state. The crowd eagerly listened to speeches on how the project would bring long-term risks and potentially pollute the drinking water for current and future generations. A year later, another proposed mining project became the subject of a public hearing in a small town near the proposed site. But this time, local politicians and union leaders praised the mine proposal as an asset that would strengthen working-class communities in Minnesota. In many rural American communities, there is profound tension around the preservation and protection of wilderness and the need to promote and profit from natural resources. In Mining the Heartland, Erik Kojola looks at both sides of these populist movements and presents a thoughtful account of how such political struggles play out. Drawing on over a hundred ethnographic interviews with people of the region, from members of labor unions to local residents to scientists, Kojola is able to bring this complex struggle over mining to life. Focusing on both pro- and anti-mining groups, he expands upon what this conflict reveals about the way whiteness and masculinity operate among urban and rural residents, and the different ways in which class, race, and gender shape how people relate to the land. Mining the Heartland shows the negotiation and conflict between two central aspects of the state's culture and economy: outdoor recreation in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes and the lucrative mining of the Iron Range.

Book Promoting Participation  Law Or Politics

Download or read book Promoting Participation Law Or Politics written by David Campbell and published by Cavendish Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06-10 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors argue for constitutional reform which would facilitate British citizens' effective participation in the making of the decisions that set the basic pattern of their collective life. They assert that this failure of the British Constitution is unacceptable.

Book Making Sense of the Constitution

Download or read book Making Sense of the Constitution written by Walter M Frank and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Making Sense of the Constitution: A Primer on the Supreme Court and Its Struggle to Apply Our Fundamental Law, Walter Frank tackles in a comprehensive but lively manner subjects rarely treated in one volume. Aiming at both the general reader and students of political science, law, or history, Frank begins with a brief discussion of the nature of constitutional law and why the Court divides so closely on many issues. He then proceeds to an analysis of the Constitution and subsequent amendments, placing them in their historical context. Next, Frank shifts to the Supreme Court and its decisions, examining, among other things, doctrinal developments, the Court’s decision making processes, how justices interact with each other, and the debate over how the Constitution should be interpreted. The work concludes with a close analysis of Court decisions in six major areas of continuing controversy, including abortion, affirmative action, and campaign finance. Outstanding by the University Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools

Book The Senator Next Door

Download or read book The Senator Next Door written by Amy Klobuchar and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of the Democratic senior senator from Minnesota.

Book St  Andrew s Cross

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hubert Carleton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1899
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 964 pages

Download or read book St Andrew s Cross written by Hubert Carleton and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mental Health and Well Being in Animals

Download or read book Mental Health and Well Being in Animals written by Franklin D. McMillan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few decades have seen a virtual explosion of scientific research in the area of cognition, emotions, suffering, and mental states in animals. Studies in the field, laboratory, and clinical medical practice have amassed an overwhelming body of evidence demonstrating that mental well-being is of paramount importance in all aspects of animal care. There is no longer any reasonable doubt among researchers that mental health is of equal importance as physical health and animal well-being. Recent research convincingly shows that physical health is strongly influenced by mental states, thereby making it clear that effective health care requires attention to the emotional well-being as well as physical. Yet, for its vast importance, mental health in veterinary medicine has to date not been compiled and structured into an organized field or body of knowledge. This information, so critical to the formal establishment of the field of mental health and well-being in animals, remains scattered throughout a wide array of scientific journals. This book represents the first authoritative reference text bringing together the most up-to-date information in the variety of subjects comprising the field of mental health and well-being in animals. Bringing together a host of distinguished experts internationally noted in the fields of animal emotion research, animal behavior, cognitive science, and neuroscience, the book represents the first authoritative reference compiling the diverse information on the animal mind and combining the revolutionary advances in the cognitive sciences with the knowledge in veterinary medicine and clinical animal behavior. This book takes a descriptive and proscriptive approach to mental health, mixing the scientific research with practical information with clinical applications for veterinary health professionals to use in practice.

Book Historical Sketches of the Quetico Superior

Download or read book Historical Sketches of the Quetico Superior written by J. Wesley White and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: