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The Law of the Land: A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic
Par Akhil Reed Amar. 2015
From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may…
be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and culture. Geographic idiosyncrasies add more than just local character. Regional understandings of law and justice have shaped and reshaped our nation throughout history. America’s Constitution, our founding and unifying document, looks slightly different in California than it does in Kansas. In The Law of the Land, renowned legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar illustrates how geography, federalism, and regionalism have influenced some of the biggest questions in American constitutional law. Writing about Illinois, "the land of Lincoln,” Amar shows how our sixteenth president’s ideas about secession were influenced by his Midwestern upbringing and outlook. All of today’s Supreme Court justices, Amar notes, learned their law in the Northeast, and New Yorkers of various sorts dominate the judiciary as never before. The curious Bush v. Gore decision, Amar insists, must be assessed with careful attention to Florida law and the Florida Constitution. The second amendment appears in a particularly interesting light, he argues, when viewed from the perspective of Rocky Mountain cowboys and cowgirls. Propelled by Amar’s distinctively smart, lucid, and engaging prose, these essays allow general readers to see the historical roots of, and contemporary solutions to, many important constitutional questions. The Law of the Land illuminates our nation’s history and politics, and shows how America’s various local parts fit together to form a grand federal framework.Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century
Par Jed Rasula. 2015
In 1916, as World War I raged around them, a group of bohemians gathered at a small nightclub in Zurich,…
Switzerland for a series of bizarre performances. Three readers simultaneously recited a poem in three languages; a monocle-wearing teenager performed a spell from New Zealand; another young man flung bits of papier-mâché into the air and glued them into place where they landed. One of these artists called the sessions "both buffoonery and a requiem mass. ” Soon they would be known by a more evocative name: Dada. In Destruction Was My Beatrice, modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we’re still struggling to understand today.CBAC TGAU Dylunio a Thecnoleg (WJEC GCSE Design and Technology Welsh Language Edition)
Par Chris Walker, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes, Andy Knight, Jennifer Tilley, Jacqui Howells. 2020
Welsh-language editionReinforce classroom learning and boost students' understanding of their chosen area of design and technology with this textbook written…
for the WJEC GCSE Design & Technology specification for Wales.Written by leading D&T experts, this textbook will build your students' knowledge of the core principles, help to develop their designing and making skills and provide them with the opportunity to make sure they are ready to tackle both parts of the assessment.- Helps students clearly understand the core knowledge, understanding and skills and general concepts of designing and making, as well as build their knowledge, understanding and skills of either Engineering Design, Fashion and Textiles or Product Design in more depth.- Hones students' mathematical and scientific ability so they don't miss out on the easy marks.- Features practice questions in the style of the written exam to make sure students are confident to tackle the written element of the assessment.- Inspires and motivates students with stretch and challenge activities designed to challenge the more able learners and ensure progression to A-level.- HonesCBAC TGAU Dylunio a Thecnoleg (WJEC GCSE Design and Technology Welsh Language Edition)
Par Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes, Andy Knight. 2020
Welsh-language editionReinforce classroom learning and boost students' understanding of their chosen area of design and technology with this textbook written…
for the WJEC GCSE Design & Technology specification for Wales.Written by leading D&T experts, this textbook will build your students' knowledge of the core principles, help to develop their designing and making skills and provide them with the opportunity to make sure they are ready to tackle both parts of the assessment.- Helps students clearly understand the core knowledge, understanding and skills and general concepts of designing and making, as well as build their knowledge, understanding and skills of either Engineering Design, Fashion and Textiles or Product Design in more depth.- Hones students' mathematical and scientific ability so they don't miss out on the easy marks.- Features practice questions in the style of the written exam to make sure students are confident to tackle the written element of the assessment.- Inspires and motivates students with stretch and challenge activities designed to challenge the more able learners and ensure progression to A-level.- Hones