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Constitutional Criminal Procedure: An Examination of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and Related Areas (Law School Casebook Series)
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Law & Business (1995)
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Easy to Read, Easy to Follow
Clearly the Easiest Text in Law School. The author explains the law and applies it. The facts of each case makes the rule of law easy to understand. It is important for the reader to keep track of the direction the cases are headed. Also keep track of "bright line" or "case by case" rules. The only supplement you need for this class is the current newspaper headline! Brief each case, and mind your facts!
Henry and Mary Ponsonby: Life at the Court of Queen Victoria
Published in Hardcover by Duckworth (01 August, 2002)
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A meticulous and scholarly biographical portrait
Henry & Mary Ponsonby: Life At The Court Of Queen Victoria by William M. Kuhn (Associate Professor of History, Carthage College) is the informed and informative, meticulous and scholarly biographical portrait of Henry and Mary Ponsonby, two high-ranking courtiers who served Queen Victoria during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Henry & Mary Ponsonby is an enthusiastically recommended, intimate portrayal of court life which offers unique insights into the recent history of Great Britain's royal family in general, and the court of Queen Victoria in particular.
In pursuit of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Helps me to never forget April 9th, 1945.
This is, in my opinion, a faultless biography of one of the world's most controversial, and relevant theologians. The only rival to Kuhn's work is Eberhard Bethge's (1970-English) "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" (and even then, only because it is more exhaustive/detailed) but here, William Kuhns has provided readers with a more navigable journey of the life that was Bonhoeffer's, from Breslau birth to Flossenburg martyrdom.
No matter if you've read only two or three, (or all) of Bonhoeffer's books, this one is the perfect companion/commentary.
It is unique in that it is the first study by a Catholic of Bonhoeffer's daring concepts, and as such, it draws its understanding largely from Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology. There is an excellent exploration of B.'s seemingly paradoxical ideas concerning the non-religious interpretation of biblical concepts: ie., "religionless Christianity;" "holy worldliness;" "the powerlessness of God in the world;" "Christian atheism" etc. Bonhoeffer believed firmly in the proclamation of a renewed language drawn from the secular world... that "the time when men could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or simply pious, is over."
How much MORE true this is for our present times!
Bonhoeffer's ideas were so far ahead of their time that the Church (catholic, in the universal sense) is still trying to understand and appropriate them. For Bonhoeffer, there were only two important questions: "What is Christianity?" and "What is Christ for us today?"
And Kuhn's book is a brilliant, well-written look at how Bonhoeffer approached these questions with not only his intellect, but with his life's blood.
It is the harrowing story of how this man who opposed Hitler at the outset eventually fell victim to his conviction that there is no possibility of compromise between Christianity as it should be practiced and the evils of Nazism. Read it.
No matter if you've read only two or three, (or all) of Bonhoeffer's books, this one is the perfect companion/commentary.
It is unique in that it is the first study by a Catholic of Bonhoeffer's daring concepts, and as such, it draws its understanding largely from Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology. There is an excellent exploration of B.'s seemingly paradoxical ideas concerning the non-religious interpretation of biblical concepts: ie., "religionless Christianity;" "holy worldliness;" "the powerlessness of God in the world;" "Christian atheism" etc. Bonhoeffer believed firmly in the proclamation of a renewed language drawn from the secular world... that "the time when men could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or simply pious, is over."
How much MORE true this is for our present times!
Bonhoeffer's ideas were so far ahead of their time that the Church (catholic, in the universal sense) is still trying to understand and appropriate them. For Bonhoeffer, there were only two important questions: "What is Christianity?" and "What is Christ for us today?"
And Kuhn's book is a brilliant, well-written look at how Bonhoeffer approached these questions with not only his intellect, but with his life's blood.
It is the harrowing story of how this man who opposed Hitler at the outset eventually fell victim to his conviction that there is no possibility of compromise between Christianity as it should be practiced and the evils of Nazism. Read it.
Opportunities in Gerontology and Aging Services Careers, Rev. Ed.
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books (24 September, 2002)
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Don't waste your time or money
Whoever wrote the front and back promo covers for this book did not apparently read the book. The book is a very general overview of the fact that there are aging jobs-- in other words, no new information for anyone over the age of 14.
The "up to date salary statistics and earning potential" information advertised on the cover consists of the author saying that there is a broad range of earning potential.
The "essential advice from the experts" consists of a reference list at the end.
Very poor book-- the worst example I can remember of advertising far exceeding content.
The Book of Probes
Published in Hardcover by Gingko Press (01 May, 2003)
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Cognition, Perception, and Language, Volume 2, Handbook of Child Psychology, 5th Edition
Published in Paperback by John Wiley & Sons (10 March, 2000)
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Constitutional Criminal Procedure 1999
Published in Hardcover by Panel Pub (1999)
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Constitutional Criminal Procedures
Published in Hardcover by Panel Pub (1999)
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Democratic Royalism the Transformation
Published in Hardcover by Macmillan Press Ltd (01 January, 1996)
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Democratic Royalism: The Transformation of the British Monarchy, 1861-1914 (Studies in Modern History (Macmillan Pr))
Published in Hardcover by Palgrave Macmillan (1997)
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