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In the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, American governance was transformed, with momentous implications for social and economic life. Legal reforms gradually brought an end to traditions of local self-government and associative citizenship, replacing them with positive statecraft: governmental activism intended to change how Americans lived and worked. William J. Novak shows how Americans translated new conceptions of citizenship, social welfare, and economic democracy into demands for law and policy that delivered public services and vindicated people's rights.

The US intelligence community assesses Dr. Oleg Karpinsky and his protectors are in mortal danger. The president orders the Pentagon to retrieve them before the Russians can attack. There’s only one problem. The most powerful nation in human history has been rendered near impotent by a vicious Arctic storm.

A dragon shifter stirs and wakens deep in the Scottish Highlands. His cave is the same and his hoard intact, yet something’s badly amiss. Lachlan ventures above ground—and wishes he hadn’t. His castle is gone, replaced by ungainly row houses. Men aren’t wearing plaids, and women scarcely wear anything at all, particularly the woman who accosts him with unseemly banter. In Inverness for a year on a psychiatry fellowship, Dr. Maggie Hibbins watches an oddly dressed man pick his way out of a thicket. He looks so lost—and so gorgeous—she takes a chance and stands him a meal.

Clinging to life underground after a cataclysmic nuclear war, the remains of the human race are desperate for a way to change the past. Harnessing the power of an artificial wormhole, their only hope to avert global annihilation is to travel back in time and alter the discovery of nuclear fission. Humanity's future rests on the unlikely shoulders of Proteus. Born with a unique genetic mutation, scientists discover that he is the only one capable of surviving the ravages of time-travel. Proteus is sent backward to early 20th-century London...but Time doesn't want the past to change.

Who killed Tim Whalen? And why? Was it because he was a "helicopter parent" who micromanaged his short-tempered basketball star son? Perhaps he was murdered because he got on the wrong side of the shadow network of hangers-on brokering big-money deals to deliver young stars. Ernie Creekmore, a real estate agent looking to ease back into coaching, is asked to assist when the investigation turns cold. Ernie's plate is full. He's scouting hoop prospects while attempting to cultivate sales prospects at work - and keep his irascible boss off his back.

Cold Wonderland is the latest Coach Ernie Creekmore mystery from T.R. Kelly, a sure shot for fans of Harlan Coben's books and other sports-themed mysteries.

Former Hanover County Sheriff Buck Lawson leaves the mountains of North Carolina to take a job as the police chief of the small South Georgia town of Mercy, and soon finds himself in over his head. For one thing, his predecessor has been murdered...Buck has inherited an unsolved homicide, a house that may well be haunted, and a police department that is almost certainly corrupt. It falls to Buck to free an innocent man and bring the former police chief’s killer to justice while wading through the quagmire of incompetence and dishonesty that permeates his office.

This book offers logical and historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Some of this evidence is from Jewish sources....

The Rapture is an easy-to-understand book detailing the rapture and other events that will be happening very soon. This is not a hard-to-understand book that refers to bible verses from the Old Testament. I want people to read and understand the book and gain knowledge from it. It is very easy to understand, and it has many tips to help you survive the dangerous times ahead. This is the first of a series of books that I will publish to help you understand the information in the Book of Revelations.

What if you could find a way to enter another reality full of wild and life changing adventure? And what if every time you fell asleep you woke up in that other reality? Welcome to the world of Theo Dunnery, a 12 year-old boy who feels alone and full of fear when he stumbles on an ancient book that draws him into another world. In that world, he learns he must complete a quest to find the Five Seals of Truth if he is to conquer his fears. Facing great odds and many enemies, Theo sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to discover who he really is as the son of Elyon.

He was “Ben-Hur", “Moses” in The Ten Commandments, and he did battle with the Planet of the Apes. During his long career, Charlton Heston projected an unequaled image of strength and authority, tempered with compassion and wisdom. Charlton Heston, Michael B. Druxman’s one-person stage play, finds the Oscar-winning actor in his final years, shortly after it has been discovered that he suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. Struggling to hold onto his memories, he thinks back on his life; its many successes, as well as its disappointments. One actor; one set.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Amelia Island. Greater Than a Tourist - Amelia Island Florida USA by author Lauren Goldenberg offers the inside scoop on a First Coast treasure. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Dr. Steven Collins has devoted his life to one cause: finding a way to prevent a catastrophic collision between Earth and an asteroid, like the one that killed off the dinosaurs millions of years ago. Collins spends years developing a shield - a device that uses the Earth’s own magnetic field - and finally reaches the point where he is ready to test it.

Christina is a young woman whose life has been turned upside down by three unnerving events: First, her father is uprooting the family to take the perilous journey west; second, she's being blackmailed by an unscrupulous snake; and third, she's having premonitions of a danger to a people of whom she has no knowledge. When faced with unspeakable odds, can she find the will to survive?

The Stories About Stuff series is a collection of 12 fables I had been telling my three sons when they were growing up. Unlike most stories for kids, Stories About Stuff take on serious topics, such as evanescence, alienation, disaffection, estrangement, and make them accessible, educational, and fun for a young audience.

Stories About Stuff is a collection of 12 fables I had been telling my sons when they were growing up. The Stories About Stuff series is unique since it tells stories about objects of everyday use (a fork, a pen, a kettle, a candle) or object of nature (a stone, a leaf). Also, unlike most stories for kids, Stories About Stuff take on serious topics: evanescence, alienation, disaffection, estrangement; and make them accessible, educational, and engaging.

In the summer of 1984, four best friends become hip-hop outcasts and learn about the power of friendship, life, death, and how hard it is to be unique in a town that doesn't always welcome those who are brave enough to be different.

For centuries, there has been peace in the Desert Realm, where animals of every shape and size live together in harmony. However, when a menacing force known as the “Venomous Ones” kidnap the unborn son of King Aridin and Queen Sparra, that peace comes to an end. With war and conflict on the horizon, three brave young hares are entrusted with the task of finding and rescuing the kidnapped prince and bringing order to the Realm.

All Elliott Harkness wants is to be a superhero. His parents are superheroes. His older sister is a superhero. Heck, even his dog is a superhero. But Elliott has a problem - he’s a “zero”, which is super-speak for powerless! So, while his family is off fighting crime, Elliott is stuck muddling through middle school. But when danger strikes, and Elliott is Earth's last hope, will he find the power to be the epic hero he's always wanted to be? Or will he always be just an epic zero?

Elliott Harkness is finally legit. He’s learned the superhero ropes and even saved the world a few times. But when he makes a major mistake during a do-or-die mission, his confidence is shattered and he decides to hang up his tights for good. Unfortunately, Elliott will need to put his early retirement plans on hold. Ravager, the Annihilator of Worlds, is heading for Earth! To stop it, Elliott needs the Orb of Oblivion.