The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an unforgettable adventure that’s as epic as the historic victory of Winning Colors. It’s Seabiscuit meets Narcos, and the best true-life gambling story ever told.In the late 1980s, a spectacu...

" This is the book that throws down a forceful gauntlet on how, at last, to create an equitable America." —William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Duke UniversityFor some Americans, freedom means the provision of life's necessities, those basic conditions for the "pursuit of happiness." For others, freedom means the civil and political rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights and unfettered access to the marketplace—nothing...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Petroleum geologists job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application into a muc...

During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks. In Not a Catholic Nation, Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—and details the reactions of the region's Catholic population, the Klan's primary targets.Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources—French-...

Illuminates the cross-border migration and settlement of Catholics from Canada to northern New York.Catholics across Borders examines the evolution of a French-speaking population in Plattsburgh over a century. Contrasting with New England's francophone textile mill centers, Plattsburgh featured interethnic cooperation instead of conflict. The book explores how international events affected French Catholic identity at the local level, drawing from French-l...

In 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine lamented: "We are losing the war against cancer." Cancer is one of humankind's oldest and most persistent enemies; it has been called the existential disease.But we are now entering a new, and more positive, phase in this long campaign. While cancer has not been cured -- and a cure may elude us for a long time y...

Dr. Linda Kipling has had her share of excitement working as a meteorologist with the Naval Research Laboratory. Twice in four years, she and her boss, the arrogant Dr. Victor Silverstein, have faced international crises requiring heroic action. Now, in 2011, Kipling faces her most formidable foe yet: her only remaining relatives, the Müller family.Debates about climate change continue as two researchers in Greenland mysteriously disappear. Kipling soon comes to a horrific realizat...

In New York City, it’s October but it feels more like an August heat wave and ex-Marine Max LaFollette needs a job. During an interview at Imperium Solutions, a powerful, enigmatic oil company, he inadvertently discloses information that provokes a chain reaction. When it’s over, Imperium’s thugs have ransacked his home, his wife is dead and the NYPD suspects him. It’s the best day Max is going to have for a long time.Forced to flee for his life, Max escapes into the tunnels under ...

This book introduces young lawyers to the art of trial advocacy. The author provides a historical context and shares engaging stories of exemplary trial lawyers throughout history. He then walks the reader through the role and qualities of the trial lawyer and presents an in-depth primer on rhetoric and persuasion. Each stage of the trial is considered in depth with examples from real cases.

The Fifth Edition adds new material addressing the many authentication issues that can arise as digital evidence is presented at trial. The authors have drawn upon excellent work by others to present the new material so that it is clear and understandable.Table of Contents:Section I: Direct ExaminationPurpose, Form, and StructureRecollectionDocuments and Electronically St...

Raymond Charles Brickman III and Kathy Ann Erickson—two individuals who will never meet in space—by chance collide in time. Both think they’ve been wronged and plan retribution. To avenge long-held grievances originating from America’s Civil War, Brickman intends to extract concessions by threatening to destroy critical American satellites. Erickson seeks no such concession. Her family killed during the Soviet war with Afghanistan, her objective is the total annihilation of her homeland, t...

On December 7, 1941, Keiko Tanaka finds her whole world affected by the Pearl Harbor bombings. Normally friendly neighbors are suddenly suspicious of her Japanese ancestry, and her engagement to James Armstrong—a Caucasian—becomes a crisis rather than a celebration. Despite their parents' protests, Keiko and James decide to marry before she is sent to the internment camps and he to the war. Nearly sixty years later, Keiko's daughter, Kazuko—born in the camps—attends to Keiko on her deathbe...