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The law of the land: a history of the Supreme Court (The modern scholar)
Par Kermit Hall. 2003
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution.…
Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions. 2003.The immortal wilderness
Par John Hay. 1987
The implosion conspiracy
Par Louis Nizer. 1973
Book-ends: collected intros and outros
Par Michael Chabon. 2019
The year of no summer: a reckoning
Par Rachel Lebowitz. 2018
On April 10th, 1815, Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted. A build-up of ash in the stratosphere altered weather patterns and lead,…
in 1816, to a year without a summer. Instead, there were June snowstorms, food shortages, epidemics, inventions, and the proliferation of new cults and religious revivals. These linked lyrical essays chart the events and effects of the apocalyptic year following the eruption. Weaving history, fairytale, mythology, and memoir, Lebowitz ruminates on our interaction with weather and the natural world, motherhood, transformation, war, the human appetite for destruction, and our search for God and meaning in times of disaster. 2018. Uniform title: Essays.The end of the end of the earth: essays
Par Jonathan Franzen. 2018
In this provocative new collection, Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes-both human and literary-that have long preoccupied him.…
Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we've come to expect from the award-winning author. 2018.You can't do that in Canada!: crazy laws from coast to coast
Par Beverley Spencer. 2000
You may not think twice about giving someone a hug in Wawa in public on a Sunday afternoon - until…
an officer of the law gets involved! And we know you usually enjoy wearing your snake outdoors in New Brunswick, but it's illegal, as is carrying your pet lizard around on your shoulder. This book contains over 200 crazy Canadian laws from coast to coast. Grades 3-6. 2000.Historical essays
Par H. R Trevor-Roper. 1957
Old songs in a new cafe
Par Robert James Waller. 1983
Nineteen essays written since 1983 by Waller, a folksinger and author of the bestselling "Bridges of Madison County/" The writings…
include a loving tribute to his wife, thoughts on his daughter leaving home at eighteen, a book signing on a snowy day in St. Ansgar, playing "Wabash Cannonball" for a program with Charles Kuralt, and thoughts on his fiftieth birthday. Bestseller. 1983.Judges
Par Jack Batten. 1986
In these first-hand accounts, the readers meet judges of every level, from Provincial Court where scrappy, street-level cases are heard,…
to the Supreme Court of Canada where lofty judgments and weighty reinterpretations of laws are made. 1986.May your first love be your last, and other stories
Par Gregory Clark. 1978
The uncommercial traveller, and, Reprinted pieces
Par Charles Dickens. 1890
Thirty-seven essays by Charles Dickens published in the weekly journal All the Year Round between 1860 and 1869. Dickens records…
his observations of people and places in "Travelling Abroad," "Arcadian London," "The Italian Prisoner," "Bound for the Great Salt Lake," "In the French-Flemish Country," "Aboard Ship," and others. 1890.A history of an Ontario grassroots disability rights movement, and their unfinished campaign to achieve a barrier-free province for persons…
with physical, mental and/or sensory disabilities, through the enactment of strong new legislation -- the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA). Also provides a thorough description of the legislation which this movement secured in 2001, why it ended up being so disappointing, and the ODA movement's strategies to get the legislation implemented from late 2001 to 2003. It concludes with a look to the future when the ODA movement will seek to get Ontario's new government, elected in October 2003, to substantially strengthen this legislation. 2003.Trying to save Piggy Sneed
Par John Irving. 1996
Collection of short works contains three memoirs including the title entry, six short stories, and homages to writers Charles Dickens…
and Gunter Grass. As Irving tells the story of his grandmother's retarded garbage collector, Piggy Sneed, he warns that any memoir from a writer with a good imagination is false. This and many of the other pieces were previously published in journals. Some strong language. 1996.Uncommon will : the death and life of Sue Rodriguez
Par Lisa Hobbs Birnie, Sue Rodriguez. 1994
Written in collaboration with Sue Rodriguez and published soon after her death in February 1994, "Uncommon will" chronicles the years…
following Rodriguez's diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Birnie covers Rodriguez's legal battles for assisted suicide, and the physical and private torment she suffered before her death. c1994.Why do the Jews need a land of their own?
Par Sholom Aleichem. 1984
Walden
Par Henry David Thoreau. 1960
Records Thoreau's life at the Walden Pond retreat, his detailed observation of nature, and his comments on the world's problems.…
His essay, "Civil disobedience," argues that one's conscience must dictate whether one should support an immoral government. 1960, c1854.View from a height
Par Isaac Asimov. 1964
The blue caterpillar and other essays
Par Samuel F Pickering. 1997
In these eleven essays, the author sifts through an accumulation of daily events, selecting insights and anecdotes about various seasons,…
places, and people. Long walks provide fodder for his writing, and he finds meaning in the examination of all that he encounters. c1997.Tips from the top: 53 bright ideas from Canada's top financial advisors
Par John St. Croix. 1996