This book explores the process by which constitutional indeterminacies involving reapportionment were resolved through the political process and examines how the current House arrived at its 435-seat limit. In doing so, it also elucidates the way the House was instituted and reconstituted after each census to reconcile the demands of representation with the challenges of institutional design. The history of reapportionment is not one of stagnation. Since the 1911 Apportionment Act, the Hou...

Robert Ross addresses a fascinating and unresolved constitutional question: why did political parties emerge so quickly after the framers designed the Constitution to prevent them? The text of the Constitution is silent on this question. Most scholars of the subject have taken that silence to be a hostile one, arguing that the adoption of the two-party system was a significant break from a long history of antiparty sentiments and institutional design aimed to circumscribe party politics.

Two and a half years after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, New Orleans and south Louisiana continue to struggle in an unsettled gumbo of environmental, social, and rebuilding chaos. Citizens await the fruition of four successive recovery and reconstruction planning processes and the realization of essential infrastructure repairs. Repopulation in Orleans Parish has slowed considerably; the parish remains at best two-thirds of its former size; thousands of former residents w...

This e-book brings together important and influential works by celebrated scholars from East to West into a single collection.Contents:Sun Tzu The Art of WarConfucius AnalectsLao Tzu Tao Te ChingPlatoEarly: The Apology of Socrates, Charmides, Crito, Euthyphro, Ion, Laches, Lysis, MenexenusMiddle: The Republic, The Allegory of the Cave, Symposium, Meno, PhaedoLate: CritiasAristotlePoeticsParva NaturaliaSense...

Bohemian Masques & Phases – 5 Classic Artistic Satires is a fascinating exploration of the nuanced and often satirical portrayals of bohemian life and artistic expression. This carefully curated collection captures the essences of artistic satire through a blend of novella, dramatic writings, and narrative exploration. Within its pages, readers will encounter a panoply of voices, each offering a unique take on the bohemian ethos, delving into themes of creative rebellion, societal norms, a...

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

Rapid technical developments with lasers and other energy devices have continued over recent years, both in the different types of devices available and in what can be used for cosmetic and other treatments, including scar and tattoo removal, hair removal, cellulite, and lipolysis. In the second edition of Lasers and Energy Devices for the Skin, th

Lost Sci-Fi Books 161 thru 170 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sThe Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon - They tried Gordon Kent for murder–but who was really responsible?He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton - The story of a modern Icarus — David Rand was a freak of nature, a glorious, winged freak, who had experienced the freedom of the sky and could no longer be tied to the ground

Travel to distant planets, explore strange futures, encounter alien civilizations, and face impossible choices in this incredible collection of classic science fiction.50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 11 brings together fifty unforgettable tales from the golden age of science fiction. From mysterious visitors and time paradoxes to lunar expeditions, Martian adventures, artificial intelligence, and cosmic mysteries, these stories capture the imagination and wonder th...

Aristotle's works shaped centuries of philosophy from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance, and even today continue to be studied with keen interest.Aristotle left a great body of work, perhaps numbering as many as two-hundred treatises, from which approximately thirty-one survive.His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteor...

'This book is timely. I hope it will send people back to his work, whether it be films he's directed, roles he's played ... and everything else that made him everybody's favourite polymath.'MICHAEL PALINSeriously Silly is an intimate portrait of Terry Jones - Python, actor, director, historian, reluctant national treasure and purveyor of sincere silliness - written by the man he chose to tell the story of his life.From his Welsh upbringing i...

Mike Myers thinks he was "a genius", while John Cleese regards him as "a true cultural icon". He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. A writer, director, performer and true pioneer of his art, he died aged only 48. His name was Marty Feldman, and here, at last, is the first ever biography. Acclaimed author Robert Ross has interviewed Marty's friends and fami...