"An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope" by J. W. Griffith serves as a foundational guide for those interested in the microscopic world. The book meticulously covers the principles of microscopy, detailing the construction and use of microscopes. Griffith emphasizes the importance of proper techniques in specimen preparation and observation, making it accessible for beginners. The text is enriched with illustrations that enhance understanding, allowing readers to visualize microscopic s...

Constitutionalism and Liberty: Essays in Honor of David K. Nichols explores the relationship between liberty and constitutionalism in American politics and political theory, and is organized around the question of how human liberty is preserved and advanced while empowering government to have the necessary authority to effectively govern society. The essays themselves are divided into three areas reflecting the breadth and diversity of David K. Nichols’s scholarship. The first ass...

Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, R. T. Smith, Forrest Gander, and Rita Dove, and the editors have dedicated equal focu...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

When Markie and the team are called to the High Schells Wilderness in Nevada, they think that the situation is going to be easy. But when they get confronted by predatory dinosaurs and get trapped in another time, things change. They now all have to survive and wait until a solution appears. This will be quite an adventure for the watchers and the 5Ds.

Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire.

In this adventure, Markie and the team are heading for California. In the San Bernardino National Forest, there is trouble brewing. Saber-toothed tigers and giant short-faced bears are creating great havoc. They are really dangerous and put the team in extreme situations. However, things are not what they seem. An unseen figure is watching the team's movements and is doing whatever it can to hinder their efforts in succeeding in this mission. What could possibly happen?

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Molly Pearson is a young Biology teacher with two passions in her life: a strong commitment to protecting wildlife; and a desire to encourage the children in her classes to feel the same enthusiasm for Nature. When her class decide they would like to restore the school’s neglected and vandalised nature corner her hopes are raised and challenged at the same time. The hurdles that she meets along the way will include bullied and bullying pupils, as well as the expected ones ...

"REVIEW Dec 2018: IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY PETERLOO TOOK PLACE READ THIS BOOK"WARNING! This book may contain NUTS! (Non-Uniform Text Speech)In other words speech in what some have called "Olde English Vernacular". It is spoken by characters in the book from the North, the Midlands and the South of England. There is a glossary at the end of the book to help if you can rise to the challenge. It adds shades of colour to this 19th century story that you may not be expectin...

When a personal vendetta leads to a savage prison escape, Special Agent Sam Rivers must outwit a deadly killer before his family becomes the next target.Sam Rivers expects a quiet few days at a law enforcement conference, held at Peterson’s Resort, deep in the forests of northeastern Minnesota. Joined by his wife and teenage stepdaughter, the special agent for the US Fish and Wildlife Service looks forward to a working vacation. But the wilderness offers no refuge ...

This ebook bundle brings together the first five Sam Rivers mysteries, featuring murder, conspiracy, and fast-paced investigations.The collection includes:Wolf Kill—A bizarre livestock attack draws Sam into an investigation involving the mysterious death of his estranged father.Cougar Claw—When a wealthy businessman is reportedly killed by a cougar, Sam questions the evidence behind the impossible attack.Killi...